Hailey helped herself down from the car the moment Tyler pulled up in front of Summer Incorporations. She took a deep breath as she took in the whole building. It was the same as she remembered it to be.
She was almost making her way in when she sighted another car parked opposite them and almost immediately, an individual came down from the back seat and it turned out to be him. Cole Luca Matthis She felt her heartbeat increase but that was it.
In as much as she would hate to agree, he looked terrible. He was definitely looking like the problems of his company and that was not the Cole that she knew.
“Let’s go in, babe.” Tyler approached her, interrupting her thoughts. He placed his hand on the small of her back. and was about to lead her in.
She didn’t fail to see the way that Cole’s eyes burned with so much jealousy the moment Tyler approached her. Hailey and Tyler had only taken a few steps when she heard someone call out her name. Looking up in the direction of where the voice came from, it turned out to be a very familiar face.
“Itam!” She let out a small smile the moment he approached her.
“Oh my God, Hailey, it’s really you!”“It’s good to see you. I was still telling the boss about you and how much we missed you at the company.” They all turned towards Cole and could see his eyes burning with anger and confusion.
“Good to see you too. This is Tyler.”
“Her boyfriend,” Tyler said politely, exchanging a handshake with Itam.
“I’m happy for you. Don’t let her slip off your hands. She’s a treasure! I give you my word.”
“I won’t.” Tyler smiled, possessively holding Hailey by her waist.
“We have to go. It was good to see you.” Hailey mumbled. She and Itam shared a polite smile after which She made her way in with Tyler possessively clinging to her,
Itam smiled in disbelief, approaching Cole who stood still in pain and confusion. Its frowned when he saw his first bawling. “Anything the matter, Sir!”
“Why were you smiling with my wife?” The words already came out of his mouth harshly before he realized what he said.
Itam frowned even deeper! “Your wife? Who?”Only then did it hit Cole that no one knew that Hailey was his wife when they were together. He hid that information and always treated her like a regular staff.
"Hailey and I have always been on good terms that was why we exchanged polite greetings. Her boyfriend seemed fine with it.”
“Her….her boyfriend?” Cole found himself stammering, his heart breaking into a million pieces.
“Yes, Sir. He introduced himself as her boyfriend.”
Cole cursed internally, trying to hide his pain. Wondering how she could have a boyfriend when they weren’t officially divorced.
“Did she tell you why she’s here?".
“No, Sir but she seemed to be in a hurry. We should go in too, Sir. We are late for the meeting.” Itam said, taking a glance at his wristwatch.
Cole defeatedly tucked his hands in his pocket and made his way towards the entrance, walking side by side with Itam. “I thought Eric said he had disowned her. What the hell is she doing here?” Itam had no idea what his boss was saying so he just continued to mind his business.
They approached the elevator and went all the way up to the floor that had the boardroom.
“I feel so irritated already. I can’t wait for the so–called emergency meeting to be ove…….” Cole was saying as he stepped into the boardroom. He stopped in his tracks just by the entrance when he saw Hailey and the dude from earlier occupying seats.
This time around one of his hands was on her lap and he couldn’t hold it in anymore. “What the hell is going on here?” Cole bluttered out, glaring at whom Itam earlier described as Hailey’s so–called boyfriend.
Actually, all members of the board were seated. About eight of them, excluding Hailey and her boyfriend. The only person who was missing was Eric Summers.
“Have your seat, boy!” Julz, the lawyer gestured to an empty seat. Seeing that other members of the board were giving him funny looks, Cole respected himself and went to take his seat which was opposite Hailey, while Itam waited outside and almost immediately, Eric graced them all with their presence. He froze for a few seconds before walking over to his seat with his head low, hardly making any eye contact with Hailey. Julz rose to his feet and was about to say something but was interrupted by the door which opened.
“So sorry, I’m late.” The familiar voice came through and it turned out to be Vanessa Summers. Her eyes scanned. through the room,Her world crumbled when her eyes fell on who happened to be her step–sister.
“What is this bitch doing here?” She referred to Hailey.