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Hailey's pov; On Saturday morning, As i was waiting for Alex in the cafe, I ordered myself an iced Americano and sipped it while looking out onto the street. The sky was dark and heavy with clouds, and a chill hung in the air. A few drops of rain had already begun to fall, leaving tiny glistening trails on the pavement. I nervously watched as more started to come down, feeling anxious about my fear of stormy rain. I don't want to embarrass myself in front of Alex. Or should I head back home quickly after cancelling the plans with Alex. Suddenly, I saw Alex through the raindrops on the window. My heart skipped a beat as he walked into the cafe, his hair slicked back and his clothes drenched from the rain."Hey," he said, flashing me a charming smile."Hey," I replied, feeling my cheeks flush with excitement."Sorry I'm late. The rain caught me off guard," he said, shaking the excess water off his coat and taking a seat in front of me."It's okay. Um, are we still going to look at hou
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Hailey's pov;At Alex's new haunted house,When the clock struck six, I peered out the window and said, "I think if I leave now, I'll be able to get home before the rain gets really bad again." "However, the rain hasn't stopped yet. If you go now, you'll get soaked.""What if it rained all night?" "Furthermore, it's drizzling now, so It'll be fine if I go now."He pulled on his coat and remarked, "Then I'll accompany you to your home." "Don't worry. I'll take a taxi." "It'll be quicker if I give you a ride.""Alex, I think I can go by myself." "The house hunt was pretty fun and a little scary," I added as I put on my coat. "But I had a great day," I added, laughing. "the lunch too, and it made me forget where I was for a minute." "I'm excited to see how you turn this place into," I said, looking at the house. "I was simply kidding about being your acquaintance before, you can phone me if you need any assistance." I slipped on my shoes and said, "See ya at college.""What if it rain
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Hailey's pov;At the supermarket, Alex exclaimed, "Wow! I didn't expect things to be cheaper. Looks like we can buy half of the list from here."I said, "That's why I brought you here." And placed the tissue rolls in the cart he's holding.As we walked through the aisles, Alex couldn't help but Marvel at the variety of products on display. We bought every essential on the list and made our way to the checkout counter. As we were waiting in the line, Alex excused himself and ran back into the aisle. Did he forget to buy something on the list? I took out my phone from my pocket and cross checked the essentials we bought with the list. When I finished checking, I found out that we didn't miss anything on the list. Then where did he go? While the cashier was scanning the items in the cart, Alex came back with two instant noodles and a box of dumplings and placed it on the counter with other things. He said, "In case we felt hungry." And gave a grin. I pointed at the dumpling and asked, "
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Hailey's pov;Alex and I went to the gift shop to get Sophie a present. "Haven't you decided yet?" Alex inquired as I pondered my purchase."I've been thinking about it for a while, but I couldn't come up with anything." "What should I get her?" "Do you have any recommendations?""She's your friend, not mine."I sighed and said, "We've only had four or five meetings. What am I supposed to do if I don't know what she likes? Furthermore, she is always with her... boyfriend." "Why is it so difficult to find a gift for a girl?" "I'll just grab whatever comes to mind," I sighed. And chose a package of cookies from the shelf. "Come on, let's go.""Are you sure about that?" "We still have time," he responded, holding out his phone to show the time. "You can take your time looking for a more appropriate gift.""Are you saying it's not appropriate? What's the problem with cookies? Everyone enjoys cookies. Let's get started."Alex and I arrived at Sophie's birthday celebration twenty minutes l
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Hailey's pov;While I was deep in my thoughts, Riley poked me and said, "Hey, you missed your turn." "Huh, what turn?" I asked in confusion. She said pointing at Mr Grey, "The attendance." Mr Grey was screaming out the names that came after me as I looked at him. I groaned and waited until he called out everyone's name before standing up and walking over to him to confirm my attendance. Riley inquired, "What is it?" when I returned to my seat. "What?""You've been acting strangely since you arrived at class.""I don't." As I took my notebook from my backpack, I said. "Are you hiding something from me?" she said as I glanced at her."No. What do I have to hide from you? You know that even if I tried, I couldn't keep anything from you."She nodded and returned to her workbook. It's surprising to see her giving up easily but it's good. I don't want to make her worried too.At the cafeteria, I couldn't stop myself from glancing around during lunch break. When Riley discovered this,
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Hailey's pov;Alex was practising in the water with other swimmers at the swimming pool stadium while I sat on the audience side and stared at him, but I was thinking about what Jason told me about Harry. Rehab? What, two years? Harry had been in rehab for two years. For what purpose? Jason stated that Harry mentioned my name so he remembers me, which is the thing that scared me the most. Is that to say he came here because of me? All of the information I received from Jason had jumbled my thoughts. I thought it was finished, but it's back.A splash of water jolted me back to reality. I was soaked in water as I looked at my shirt. I stood up from my seat, and Alex yelled at the person who made the splash."It's my fault," I explained. "I should have sat further away from the pool."While I was drying the hair with the towel Alex gave me, he said, "We can't leave like this," "Come with me." "Where?" He took my hand in his and said, "To the locker room." "Why?" "Let's get you out o
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Hailey's pov;I was dropped from my attendance for the second time in my life because I took two days off from college to let my wounds heal. The first time it happened was when Harry... I don't even want to think about those horrible incidents. I wish I had the power to erase those memories forever. I sighed and copied Riley's notes from her notepad quitely."What do you think you're doing in the middle of the cafeteria?" Riley questioned, taking my notebook. "Don't you see I'm eating here? Girl, if you don't want to eat, fine. But you're spoiling my appetite too!" "Well, my hands hurt after copying notes from every class, too," I inquired. "Are you going to write it for me, then?""Crap!" she exclaimed as she placed the notebook back on the table, "Do it by yourself." "Am I stupid to write notes twice in a row?" And she kept eating her lunch while I kept copying the notes. "Can't you do it elsewhere?" "I'm getting tired of looking at it."When I was finished, I got up from the tabl
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Eight years ago,Hailey raced to her grandmother while yelling, "Granny!...Granny!... Granny!..." while clutching the drawing sheet in her hands. After finding her grandmother in the backyard sorting through a basket of vegetables. She sprinted over to give her a bear hug while exclaiming, "Granny! Look at what I drew!"Her drawing impressed her grandmother, who remarked, "My little rabbit drew so well." and pinched Hailey on the cheek softly. She looked over the illustration once more and inquired, "Why did you draw only you and me?" "Did they ask you to draw your grandparents?"Hailey shook her head a little and said, "Teacher asked us to draw our family, so I drew us, granny." And smiled at her. "Why are there just two of us? Where are your mother, father, and your little brother?" Hailey's grandmother repeated her question, "Why didn't you draw them, Hailey?" when she received no response."Because I don't like them, granny.""How many times must I urge you to stop speaking in t
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Hailey's pov:I drove away from the house as soon as I saw those images from the old diary. I dialled Mr Perez's number, and he answered, "Yeah?" "I'd like to see you. Where are you? Are you at your place? Please send me the address.""It's 3 am.""What's the big deal? I need to see you straight away. Please send me the address.""Is something wrong?" I hung up with him and dialled Jane's number to get his address from her. I went immediately to Mr Perez's house after having the address from her. I knocked on his door and stood in front of it, expecting him to open it. I walked in when the door opened. "Did you fight with your parents?" he inquired. I handed him the diary and asked him to open it. He was clearly astonished to see those photographs. "What is our relationship?" I questioned as I approached him."We're friends.""Do friends kiss like this?" I inquired, pulling up the kissing image. "Hailey… I'm sorry I didn't mean…" "Why didn't you come back to me, Alex? What took
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Hailey's pov:When i came to the company, I saw Mr Perez talking with my employees. I ignored him and walked to my cabin. While i was working, Jane, my personal assistant, came in and informed me, "Mr Perez is here to talk with you about the production, mam. Shall I let him in?"When I nodded, Mr Perez walked in with a big smile on his face. After he sat down, I asked while looking at my laptop, "Jane told me you have something to talk about the production. What is it?" "Since we're going to take the scenes today, I thought you might be interested to join us…"I cut him off saying, "I'm sorry about that, Mr Perez. I have other work to look at.""Alright." When he was about to leave, I asked, "Send me the clips once the scenes are done, Mr Perez." He gave me a nod and walked out of my cabin. Shit! Why do I feel like I was rude to him? I really want to be there and look at the production process but I don't want to see him. Why is it so hard to ignore someone? I have never ignored s
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Alex's pov:After getting the residential address from Hailey's personal assistant, I took Hailey to her house. When I knocked on the door, the door was opened by Mrs Walton. When I walked in holding Hailey, Mrs Walton asked, "Do I know you? You look familiar to me.""I'm Alexander Perez, I'm working with Ms Walton for an advertisement." When she showed me the room, I made her lay on the bed and walked out of the room. When I tried to leave the house, Mr Walton walked in asking, "What are you doing here?" Mrs Walton, "He's working with Hailey. I think she got a little drunk so he came to drop her."Mr Walton, "He's not working with Hailey." And turned to me asking, "What are you doing here? How did you find her?" I sighed and said, "We met at a success party which was held in Dallas. Hailey's the one who asked me to do an advertisement for her new product. If you don't believe me, you can ask her personal assistant."He made a call to Hailey's personal assistant and talked to her.
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Alex's pov:Back in Kansas in Hailey's meeting room, Hailey introduced the production team members along with their designations, "That's Jeremy, he's the director. Elisabeth, she's assistant director and cinematographer, Mason, Location manager. Patrick, costume designer and Cyrus from the accounting department. I picked out the best ones from each department, Mr Perez." I got up from the seat and said, "Don't want to beat around the bush, so I'll jump right into the story I made." I showed the storyboard I prepared for the brand and explained it to everyone in the meeting room and asked for their suggestions. They were more responsive than I expected. I felt relaxed after hearing about their ideas and the enthusiasm they showed for the project. After everyone left the meeting room, Hailey asked me, "Why didn't you say anything about the team? I thought you'd pick whoever you want and discard the others. Or did you take them because you're feeling that I'm forcing it on you?" "I'
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Alex's pov:When I talked about the proposal from RJ industries for making an advertisement for their new product to Mr Torrez, he immediately talked with Hailey and made a deal with her in an online meeting. When Mr Torrez ended his speech with closing words to Hailey, "We're glad to work with you, Ms Walton." Hailey thanked him back and said, "Thanks for collaborating with us, Mr Torrez and Mr Perez." And ended the call with hailey. Mr Torrez said to the employees, "I'll check the list and update who will be going to Kansas for the project in the group. Now, you may disperse."After everyone left, I stayed and asked Mr Torrez, "Can I go to Kansas and take care of it in person?""Let's send someone from the production team." He said as he was looking into his laptop. I sighed and said, "Antonio, let me go to Kansas."He leaned back on the chair asking, "Why are you so persistent? Is it because you're the one who brought up this proposal?""No.""Then what's the deal? Why do you wan
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~ EIGHT YEARS LATER ~Alex's pov:"Good morning, Perez!" When Ms Sanchez greeted me, I greeted her back by saying, "Good morning Ms Sanchez." "The President asked you to meet him when you're here, Sir.""Okay, I'll go ahead. Thank you for informing me." And headed to the president's cabin. When I entered the cabin, the president said, "I heard the campaign went pretty well. As expected, you gave your best even though it's not your position. Thank you for your hard work, Mr Perez." And placed a letter on the table saying, "And, I want you to do me a favour. While I was thinking about a person to send for our latest advertisement success party, you came to my mind, Mr Perez. I hope you're free this weekend to attend this party on behalf of me." He pointed to the invitation saying, "I attached the flight tickets, hotel room details and the place of the party with the invitation for your reference." "I have an important meeting to go to. Otherwise I would have gone by myself."He didn'
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Hailey's pov:A week later, Since I felt bored and alone, I couldn't stay home any longer and came to college.As I walked in the hallway, everyone stared at me but I didn't give attention to any of them. In the classroom, I became invisible from my own friends and classmates. No one talked with me or asked for my help on anything. The teacher who asked me to run an errand for him everytime now forgot my name. People in the canteen treated me like trash so I walked out without eating anything. I went to Alex's classroom, but he wasn't there. His classmates said he's on leave today. When the second bell rang, I was on the way to the next class, I saw Alex walking somewhere. Didn't they say he didn't come today? I walked to him and called out his name, "Alex." He looked at my bandaged hands and asked, "Why didn't you stay home and rest until you recover?"I hugged him as soon as I realised he still cares for me. He broke the hug and said, "I have to go. Take care." I held his hand
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Hailey's pov:When I woke up, I was in the hospital. When I tried to get up, my hand felt heavy to even lift it up in the air. When I took a look at it, it was bandaged well. What happened to my hand? I touched it to feel the pain and I remembered what happened. Riley?! I removed the trip's needle from the back of my hand and got out of the bed. And when i came out of the room, mom and dad were sitting on the three seater chair. Seeing me they came to me calling out my name, mom, "Hailey! What are you doing out of the bed?" I peeked through other rooms asking, "Where's Riley? What room is she in?" Mom held my hand saying, "Calm down. Calm down, Hailey. Come on, let's go to your room first."I brushed her off asking, "Where's Riley? I want to see her." And started looking inside every room I came across. "I want to see her right now."Dad, "Hailey, listen to me." When I ignored him and kept looking for Riley, she grabbed both of my shoulders and said while looking into my eyes, "She
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Hailey's pov:After I arrived at the street where Riley sent the address, I messaged her that I reached and got a reply from her that she's nearby. I put my phone back in my pocket and waited for her looking either side of the street. It looked empty which scared me a little. As I was waiting for her, I saw Riley walking towards me from my right. I ran to her and gave her a hug. She returned the hug asking, "What's the emergency? Why did you ask me to come see you? What happened?"I opened the zip a little and showed her what's in that bag saying, "One million dollars like you said. Is this enough for them or do you need more?" Riley closed the bag asking, "Are you insane? How did you get this money? Did you ask your parents? Did you ask them?" I looked away from looking at her and said, "No. I didn't ask them." "I got it from… it doesn't matter who it is. Just take the money and give it to them. And, stop hiding yourself from them from now on." And gave her the money. "I can't ta
