“You’re curious why I came to see Hayden?” Ethan asked as if he could read my mind.Since I couldn’t make a sound anymore, I just nodded my head softly at him instead. Something about Ethan felt different but for the life of me, I couldn’t figure out what it was. As he continued laughing softly at me, I stared at him in pure confusion. If I had to put it, I would say that for some reason Ethan looked more approachable and friendly than before. Did something…happen while I was sleeping for three days?“Yes…what did you talk to Hayden about?” I managed to say in a shaky voice.“You can ask him that yourself. You’re here to see him, right?” Ethan replied smoothly. So, he’s not going to answer me after all. If I didn’t have any options left, then I’ll just ask Hayden about it. Something really seems off but hopefully it wasn’t something bad. “Congratulations on your marriage,” Ethan said before he smiled warmly at me.The way his green eyes held mine told me that his words were sincere
“When he found out that you were missing, he began looking for you right away. With his help, we were able to locate you in a very short time,” Hayden told me solemnly. “I see…” I whispered. “Thanks to that, the boss has been reconsidering the relationship between Torex and Silva,” Hayden disclosed brightly before he smiled at me. “Wow. Really?” I asked with widened eyes. “Well, it’s not that easy but at least the old man is thinking about it. Surprisingly, the most difficult part is Ethan and his big ego,” Hayden said with a small chuckle. “What does that mean?” I asked, not sure what exactly that meant. “He’s having a hard time accepting help from Torex as a reward for helping you. He says that he would have helped you regardless…and that is starting to piss the old man off…” Hayden explained. “Was that what you two were discussing?” I asked curiously. “Pretty much…” Hayden muttered. “What will you do? Can you help convince Ethan to…be more cooperative? I mean, he’s the one
“Why do you look so shocked?” Hayden asked before offering me his arm.I quickly looped my arms around his as I leaned in closer to him. He doesn’t just look good; he smells good too. Hayden looked down at me and caught me staring up at his angelic face. “Are you ok…or do we need to get your brain checked?” Hayden asked teasingly.“I’m ok! Let’s…go home…” I quickly replied before he made his joke a reality. We made it back to the mansion without incident. The last time we left the mansion, we were headed to the church where we were supposed to get married. Who would have thought that it was more than a week after that before we could return back here again. Also, we didn’t get married at the church. I wondered how fate could be so cruel to me to have my church wedding fail two times in a row. Thankfully, we were married already as far as we were concerned. I glanced at Hayden who was seated leisurely on his sofa while I wondered what was supposed to happen next between us. Are we s
As a result of that, the boss came up with the genius idea to remodel some parts of the mansion so that Hayden and I would have a bigger area for ourselves. With that being said, the boss seemed very focus on making sure that there would be enough room for his not-yet-conceived-or-born grandchildren. “They’re really making a big deal out of it, huh?” Harvey commented with a small laugh before his eyes retuned to the book that he was reading. Not knowing what to do and where to go, Hayden and I had retreated to the most private part of the mansion at that moment. Harvey greeted us with a knowing smirk the moment that we ran into him in his living room. It felt like forever since I’ve last been in Harvey’s wing of the mansion, although it hadn’t been that long at all. Harvey was his same old cheerful and cynical self as always. “I guess…” I replied before plastering a smile on my face. “The old man is messing up the entire place. He’s just acting like this is his place…” Hayden com
“All you have to do is sign here and that’s it. We’re done!” the boss announced loudly. Hayden didn’t seem at all surprised at how his father seemed to be rushing and impatient about everything. Instead of bothering us to travel to the city hall, the boss had a representative from the city hall turn up to our mansion with our marriage registry ready for signing. The thin and frail middle-aged man who had the misfortune to be selected for this task looked like he couldn’t wait to get this over and done with so that he could go home. The ride to this mansion with a blindfold on must have been harsh on him psychologically if not physically as well considering his age. I fully sympathized with him, and I had to say that from my experience I could understand what it really felt like. The way the man trembled as he stood in front of us reminded me of the old and unfortunate priest that was supposed to wed us twice at the church. I wished that our union wouldn’t need to involve any more un
I wondered if other people saw him this way as well or if it was just me because I was probably too obsessed and in love with my husband. That was a question that I kept to myself in amusing wonder. “Do you want to come along?” Hayden asked suddenly when I finished with his tie.“I can?” I exclaimed in shock. “You can’t leave my side, if you’re fine with that then you can,” Hayden replied with a smile. “I’m fine with that. I need to get dressed…like right now…” I replied in a shocked whisper before quickly turning around to head to the dressing room. I heard Hayden laughing behind me as I rushed off to get some presentable clothes on. After marrying Hayden it wasn’t made entire clear whether I could leave the house and go out as I liked like normal or not. Even with the improvement in the situation with Silva and the other small gangs after my kidnapping, Hayden was still cautious about taking me outside. I did my best to be patient and understanding about all this. My not-so-plea
“Well, if there are no questions. Let’s start the discussion. Ethan, why don’t you try to tell everyone why this is such a great idea…” the boss said as he waved his hand at Ethan to stand up. Ethan’s face clearly showed that he didn’t expect that he had to make a speech of any kind. Regardless, he stood up and smiled around at everyone at the room. When he started speaking, I was awestruck by how mature he sounded and looked. Had he always been like this? Probably not. He’s changed so much from the time that we were together and probably in a way that was better for him and the gang that he now leads and controls. I didn’t focus on what he was saying at all because I was too busy admiring the man that he had become. Sure, he turned out very differently from what I imagined he would be like in our future together during the time that we were together. However, I doubt that I turned out the way that he had imagined me either. “Stop gawking at him or I’m going to make sure that this
“So, why isn’t that fair?” I asked, still not getting his point. Hayden grinned at me and gave me a look that seemed to pity me and my stupidity. I glared back at him as I silently demanded for an answer. “Think about it, Malissa. People are asked the put up their hands. Nothing in the rules states that they have to put their hands up at the same time. So, say…who will put their hand up first?” Hayden prompted me to think. “Huh?” I murmured in confusion. “Even worst…let’s say that I don’t put my hand up when they ask who is in favor. What do you think those old Torex folks are going to do?” Hayden asked with an innocent smile on his lips. They won’t put their hands up. If the next heir doesn’t put his hand up, they probably won’t put their hand up to vote in favor. This is all because they can see what the other people are choosing to do, and they can react to it. Everyone will be watching everyone else. Why didn’t I realize this before?I thought of the eyes of the Torex manage