“Welcome…” the boss said in greeting before he smiled at me.
“Hello…” I said softly.
“Why are we here?” Hayden asked, cutting to the chase.
“I wanted to talk to Malissa and you’re just her driver,” the boss replied with a laugh.
He seemed to be in a good mood today. Hayden didn’t find his joke funny, but I thought that it was a good attempt. We took our seat on the long sofa opposite the boss. Hayden sat next to me.
“I told you just now that I wanted to talk to Malissa, right? So, why are you still here, Hayden?” the boss asked.
“You want me to leave?” Hayden asked in annoyance.
“Yes. Leave…” the boss spat.
The two men stared at each other down. Seriously, these two father and son just never seemed to get along at all. I wondered what these two were like when Hayden’s elder brother was around. Did they get along better as a trio than as a duo?
Hayden squeezed my hand softly as he looked closely at me. I could see the worry in his blue eyes but I felt quite fine with being left alone with the boss. Actually, there were somethings that I wanted to say to the boss without having Hayden in the room as well.
“It’s fine…” I whispered to him softly before smiling reassuringly at him.
“Ok. I’ll be waiting just outside…” Hayden said before he gave my hand one final encouraging squeeze.
I watched as Hayden got up and headed for the door. The door opened and Hayden disappeared through it before the door closed again. Satisfied that Hayden was now gone, the boss turned his full attention on me.
“How have you been?” the boss asked, it was the same question as always.
“I’m fine. We’re both doing ok…I guess…” I replied.
“I see. The contract is coming to an end soon…” the boss said.
I knew that to be true, so I just nodded. I was right, the boss wanted to talk to me because the contract was coming to an end. We only have five days left and not much is going to change between us at this point. Hayden did say that he wanted us to act normal until the contract came to an end. Although that meant that we could continue the way we were, that also meant that he was fine with everything coming to an end.
He never talked about continuing our relationship beyond the contract expiry date. Neither did he talk about wanting something more of our relationship. Now that I come to think about it, his mind was still unchanged regarding Amelia. Although, I still couldn’t understand that. Now I sort of understood the boss’s frustration at his son’s stubbornness. Maybe if I ask Hayden directly about it, he would tell me why he wanted to marry Amelia so badly.
“Yes, there’s only five days left…” I said.
“So, you’ve been counting down the days…” the boss said with a little amused laugh.
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