The Encounter |H.S|

7

I wake up to the sound of my phone ringing, and I frown, narrowing my eyes at my phone while picking up. "Hello?"

"Evelyn, where are you?!" Harry exclaims and I flinch, frowning slightly. 

He sent me an email yesterday with my new schedule, and now he's calling me way earlier than he should. "Harry, what the fuck, it's six in the morning! You said I could start at eight!" I whisper shout, glancing at Hazel as she starts moving. 

"Well, I fucking changed my mind Evelyn!" He almost shouts and I suddenly felt like slapping him.

"Harry, I know that you're my boss, but I am not going now, you said I could go at eight so I will go at fucking eight." I say between greeted teeth. 

"Evelyn, I don't fucking care about what I said, bring your niece, or whoever that is, to work and be quick." He spits angrily and I sigh in frustration. 

"Don't talk about her like that Harry, I will fucking snap your neck! I'll bring her with me and I wish you good luck with that!" I say, anger taking over my body and I hang up before he could say something else. 

I look over at Hazel who is already sitting up on her crib, a wide smile on her lips, which makes my anger slightly fade. "Sorry about that, mommy's boss is mean." I say, taking her in my arms.

She clumsily presses her lips against my cheek and I widen my eyes, looking at her with a bright grin as she starts giggling before letting out a yawn. "Let's wake Louis up, yeah?"

I make my way to his room, feeling Hazel's curls tickling my face. I shake his shoulder, a groan coming out of his lips. "Leave me alone." He grumbles and I smile.

I put Hazel next to him and she harshly grabs his face and does the same thing that she did to me, clumsily kissing his cheek and Louis immediately opens his eyes. "Hazel, what?!"

He sits up, looking down at her with a frown, but a smile. I take her in my arms once again, looking at him with sad eyes. "I think I have to take her today to work, Harry is being an asshole again."

He frowns, his smile fading away as he gets up. "I can stay with her Ev, I don't mind."

"No, no, Harry was angry and said I could take her and now he's going to suffer with his choice of words." I say, furrowing my eyebrows at the memory of his harsh tone.

"Okay love, but if you need anything just call me" He says, taking Hazel from me and holding her close to him, "I can dress her up, go get ready."

I make my way to the bathroom, taking a quick shower before dressing up and putting on my black high heels. I make my way to the kitchen, seeing Hazel sitting in her infant car seat, a light green blanket covering her small body as she sleeps peacefully. 

Louis clicks it in the stroller and smiles at me. I go over to him and look at Hazel. "Aren't you going to eat breakfast?" He asks and I shake my head.

I walk to the car with the stroller and put the seat on the car, buckling it up and Louis helps me putting the stroller in the car trunk. I walk towards Louis as he shuts the door. 

"I better get going now, thank you for helping me Lou." I say, looking at Hazel through the window as she moves slightly while sleeping. 

"No problem love, have a great day and good luck with your boss." He mumbles, kissing my cheek and going home once again.

I sit on the driver's seat and let out a sigh before starting to drive. I don't know where to put Hazel, I can't let her be on the basket all day nor on the floor. I needed some kind of chair or I could ask for a play mat.

I park my car and carefully put Hazel in her basket, grabbing it, swinging  her bag over my shoulder and walking inside the big building. Before I enter the elevator, I stand in front of Megan with a small smile. "Hey Megan, do we have any play mats on the kids room? If you have, do you mind bringing it to me in a few minutes?"

She looks over at what I was holding and nods quickly. "I'll send someone to give it to you."

I nod, quietly thanking her and making my was to the elevator with a tall, brown haired man. "Oh, you're Harry's assistant, right?" He asks after pressing the button to the top floor.

"Yeah, I am." I confirm, looking at him with a smile. He glances at Hazel's basket when she lets out a loud yawn. 

"Is it yours?" He asks with a frown and I take a quick peek at her, her green eyes looking at mine and I mentally curse.

"Yeah… I mean, no no, she's my niece." I mumble and he nods before glancing at me once again.

"I'm Liam Payne by the way." He says, making me gasp quietly and he smiles, "let me help you with that." 

He takes the basket from my hands, carrying it himself just as the doors open, revealing a very frustrated Harry. We step out and Liam follows me to my office, Harry walking behind with crossed arms.

Liam sets the basket on top of my desk just as Hazel lets out a babyish laugh. They both leave before I could say anything else, which makes me sigh while sitting down in my chair and glance over at Hazel. "Men, am I right?"

Niall comes in shortly after, placing a play mat on the floor in front of my desk. "Oh my God, thank you so much Niall."

I take Hazel in my arms, kissing her face several times before putting her in the mat. I look at Niall once again and he smiles at me. "No need to thank me, Megan asked me to bring it."

I nod, giving him a brief hug before he leaves. I look down at Hazel, who is speaking gibberish while sticking a finger in her mouth. I open her bag and take out a pacifier for her, carefully giving it to her and she takes the hint, slowly and clumsily putting it in her mouth. 

I sit behind my desk, turning on the computer and looking up at the ceiling while waiting for it to turn on. I don't know what to think, the more I see Harry, the more I want to tell him the truth, not because I think he'll take me back, but because I pity him. 

I just don't think that this is the best environment to say something so important. 

The door bursts open, slightly startling Hazel and I look over at Harry as he makes his way towards my desk. "I'm going to have a meeting at Liam's building, do you want to come along?"

Before I could process anything, I nod. He nods too, taking a quick glance at Hazel before leaving. 

This is going to be a hell of a day.

I'm sorry if you don't understand some things, I tried to write in a understandable way pahaha. I hope you're enjoying the story♡