“Don’t worry. You’ve done more than enough. Honesty, you’ve exceeded my expectations,” the boss said.
“Sorry, I don’t quite follow…” I said as I looked at the boss questioningly.
“Are you in love with my son?” the boss asked abruptly.
I remembered that he had asked me this before in our previous conversation. Back then, I had answered him firmly that I wasn’t. However, now it wasn’t as easy to give him a straightforward answer…
“Does it matter?” I asked instead of replying.
The boss’s eyes narrowed at me slightly before he grinned at me.
“You seen her already, haven’t you? Amelia…” the boss asked before he let out a sigh.
“Yes…I have…” I replied.
The boss seemed deep in thought for a short moment before he spoke up again.
“That girl…she’s not going to make it…” the boss said emotionlessly.
For a moment, I felt like the old man in front of me wasn’t heartless. However, he must have suffered greatly at the loss of his eldest son and perhaps from what happened to Amelia as well. Now that I thought about it, I didn’t know what happened to Harvey and Amelia.
“Hayden said she could wake up…” I said softly.
“He probably also said that the chances are slim…” the boss interjected.
“Well, yes…he did…” I admitted.
“Even if she did wake up, she wouldn’t make it. I would prefer for her to just pass away in her sleep. That would be best for her,” the boss said before he closed his eyes briefly.
He looked quite tired. I wondered if he would tell me what happened if I asked. On the other hand, I wasn’t sure if I should ask. I might be prying too much. Nothing good may come out of knowing either; I’ll just be satisfying my own curiosity. However, there was one thing that I wanted to ask…
“Do you know why Hayden still wants to marry Amelia?” I asked.
“What did he tell you?” the boss asked.
“Well, he told me that Amelia is actually his brother’s fiancée so…I was wondering why he wants to marry her…” I said hesitantly as I gathered my thoughts together and tried my best to put them into words.
“He’s probably just guilty. I would be extremely surprised if he’s in love with her…it’s just not likely…” the boss replied, waving my concern completely away.
“Guilty? But…Hayden didn’t do anything wrong, did he?” I asked, not quite understanding.
“Frankly, I don’t think Hayden did anything wrong either. No one thinks that it’s Hayden’s fault but…he probably still blames himself for everything after all this time,” the boss said, and he sounded very regretful.
Hayden feels guilty…
‘Same as always. I told him that…I’m sorry…’
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