the fate played

36 - hot & bothered

Chris Langford 

As much as I dread the early morning meetings I had to host this one as some of my useful for nothing employees handed out some confidential information regarding the company. So technically, this was not a meeting, just me firing some unfaithful bastards. I pay them and they can't even keep some things secret, fucking go out and sell me for what?

Harry hands me the list of the fired employees and I sit with that list and other papers dividing the work load for others and going through some drafts. An hour later, my phone rings and I pick it up to hear updates from my lawyer. Much to my irritation, I'll have to drag my ass to his office to be able to settle the matter once and for all.

I wrap up my work, hand the completed documents to Harry before I make my way out from my office. An awful 20 minutes of drive and I find myself standing in front of the lawyer's office. Asking the receptionist for the appointment, I wait for few more minutes before she clears me to go in.

The guy had worked for my family since my grandfather started the business. So I had no doubts in his ability to solve the feud if in case it happens. Apparently my uncle Kevin's personal assistant had been bugging me to show up to London before my uncle hands me the remaining shares of the company.

The meeting goes on and it concludes that I take my ass to London and settle the matters once and for all. He makes me go through certain papers, warns me about the changes and all the shit about legal notices and what not. The thing is I had gone through them twice the moment my dad transferred the company to me, so it wasn't an issue, the only pain in the ass was my uncle's personal assistant calling me all the way to London for some fucking papers.

My mood went a little off so instead of going back to my office, I make a stop at the coffee house near to my office block. Placing the order, I wait at the corner table and go through my phone. My mind was still looking for the bastard who dared to go around her. Some shit faced fucker dropped flowers at my door on Hailey's birthday and had no note or address or nothing.

I asked my private investigator to dig on this, I knew I looked like a fool asking him to look out for some douche bag trying to get to my girl but my hands were itching to know who the fuck it was. So far he couldn't quite find out anything, lucky bastard got his ass saved, otherwise I would've handed him his ass on some silver plate.

My coffee arrived, I opened the lid, take a long breathe and feel the bitter yet sweet aroma reach up my nostrils and sigh. Coffee has this power over me, somehow calmed my nerves down. I let myself drown in the caffeine when my phone pings again, bringing me out of my wonderland.

All I ask is 5 fucking minutes with my coffee, but fucking hell is on fire if my phone won't stop with messages.

The message is from Harry saying Jessica is looking for me and has planted her ass in the waiting area. Good ! As she has some answers I would like to have. I slide down the notification bar and turn off the screen not before taking in the view of the new wallpaper I have on my phone.

The picture was taken back on Hailey's birthday.

It's just her looking at something up and ahead of her and having a smile and a content look on her face but that moment had been so mesmerizing that all I could think of was a way to capture it and in a split second I fished out my phone and clicked the picture.

Hailey literally has no idea that she had me wrapped around her little finger and had me so fucking whipped for her. The look on her face when she came back with those stuffed bears in her hands was so fucking captivating and fuck me when she turned those bears and showed the actual reason of that emotion.