"Why were you late? Where have you been all this time?"
Jordan's deep and dark voice echoed round the space of two, with domination as his dark eyes stared at the woman standing in front him without any easy emotions.Yet, Hattiea being strong enough showed no signs of weakness or any signs of submission on her face instead she still stood in front of him maintaining her posture professionally.She was not scared of his outburst like others and that's what made her different than the rest too, she knew her husband wasn't a man to harm anyone especially not her.She was the best to deal with him because she understood him in right manner and better than others did."Something came up."Hattiea answered in short.But clearly not having any of her attitude at the moment of heat, a deep yet scary chuckle from Jordan was heard.He sounded threatening and Hattiea well knew the reason behind his sudden anger as she just chose to not mind him much at the moment."What was it? I would like to know the reason."Jordan uttered next, still glaring at her dangerously before laying his back on the chair more in order to have a better look of her.The tone of his was a lot more deeper than before now, making the environment more gloomier than it already was.But Hattiea still chose not to react until the next second he shouted at her loudly."ANSWER ME, HATTIEA!"She took a sharp breath, her chest rose up and down not because of nervousness or fear for him building inside of her but in fact she was just tired.She was just not ready to start any argument with him at the moment. That was all!"Today is father-in-law's birthday, someone had to visit him if you didn't care to do so!"Hattiea replied surprisingly annoyed while Jordan was not even shocked after hearing her answer.He knew everything and that was what making him more mad at her audacity.The reason behind his anger was one that she dared to go against his words.No matter what he always said to her she had always obeyed his wishes being polite.But regarding this matter, she never behaved well with him."HOW MANY TIMES DID I TELL YOU THAT I HAVE NO FATHER!"Jordan slammed his hands over the desk angrily banging it loudly while causing immediate disturbance at the silent cabin containing the two.Hattiea sure flinched at his sudden action but she still didn't feel much intimidated by him just yet.She knew he was only being a coward to hide his own feelings deep down, Hattiea had always tried to help Jordan to face all of his difficult circumstances with enough dare to fight those off.And the case was same with him too, he had always supported her in the very same manner.He too helped her out in many hard situations of life since he met her.Hattiea understood him the best at this moment of time but the fact that he would always lie about was his relationship with his parents, caused Hattiea to put herself forward and make everything right in his family.She knew he was not in a good terms with his father as he had experienced a broken family since childhood.Jordan was raised by only his mother half of his childhood while his father abandoned the both without any care. That's what angered him till this day.For him, his only family was his mother whom he deared to no end, no one else held any importance in his life other than her.No one else!"HOW DARE YOU MEET THAT MAN, HATTIEA?"Jordan shouted again with the same anger. His reason of anger was valid for Hattiea who eyed him with no complains.She sure respected him but she pitied him more. Witnessing all the ugliness of his parents' relationship, he grew up to be a man with no love.Till this day he feared to get into any relationship.He hated his father because he abandoned him and his mother when they needed him the most and today he believed that the same abandonment was the only revenge for his father for all of the struggles him and his mother bore, all alone.But that's not how world works...Hattiea knew well that he was not happy doing all that, she wanted to bring happiness in Jordan's life which he never had.Hattiea wanted to repay everything he had once provided her, that even included the faith in relationships and love.Hattiea wanted to make his life beautiful like he made hers and in order to do that, she knew that she needed to fix his relationship with his father first.Hattiea there, standing was soon about to prepare a polite reply for Jordan's angry statements but just then hearing his next claim, she immediately felt devastated."Aren't you taking this fake marriage way too seriously?"Jordan questioned her out of momentary rage while instantly regretting what he just said out of anger.That was it...The marriage which confused the entire world even their perfect pair was actually one fake tale and a mere compromise between the two.Nothing more else was it, than a black lie.Even though they both knew boundaries of their fake relationship, they still respected each other very much to the possible extend where they promised to never even hurt the other one's beliefs.Both had been broken and hurt at some point of their life, which was why both decided to become the medicines of one another's wound too.Until today, he had to bring up their reality of relationship this harshly. He indeed crossed his limits by humiliating Hattiea like that.Jordan unknowingly drew a line of dare between them both.Which didn't make both of them feel good, including Jordan himself who was even more surprised that he said what he shouldn't even have said at the very first place.Hattiea's eyes glistened a little, she was disappointed now.No words then came out in reply for minutes from either of their mouths, until again Hattiea decided to speak."If he is not your father then I got not explanations to do to you about meeting him and if this marriage is fake for you, then you got no rights to question about my whereabouts Mr.Lawrence."Hattiea spoke with her broken voice while addressing him formally.As that was when Jordan knew that she was suppressing her cries within her. Her red and glossy eyes glared at him making him more guilty than he already was."I have kept the file for you to check."Hattiea exclaimed next while turning around and exiting the cabin of Jordan not even hearing what he has to say next.Jordan was still speechless to acknowledge his words that he exclaimed earlier.He didn't mean to hurt her like that at all, he never intended to cause any harm to her feelings then how come, he ended up making her cry today?Jordan closed his eyes cursing out loud but soon opening them and breathing deeply he successfully got his senses back again.He did reacted way too much harsher with her but all of that wouldn't have happened in the very first place if she didn't have gone to meet his father, with whom he had cut all ties.Jordan looked at the door of his cabin from where his pretend wife just exited herself, to stay away from him.Regret was now eating him, he respected her to no end and he never intended to cause any harm to her.Even if they both shared no love relationship, they did shared the closest and the most comfortable friendship with one another."Why are you always so stubborn, Hattiea?"Jordan mumbled to himself gulping a hard lump down his throat with regret.The reality of their marriage was painful, they had to be one for a difficult reason.He knew the circumstances pained the both but they both were trying to deal with it at their very best possible ways.Hattiea Smith, aged 23.She had been working in fashion industry for almost 5 years now, her agency was classified under top 10 agencies in the fashion industry.Sponsored numbers of famous faces and names in the industry already, Jay's agency was somehow facing some troubles in recent months in order to discover and release new faces.Hattiea Smith though felt very lucky enough to work with her fiancé, Jayson who was the chairman of the agency himself. He's also her boss and of course... they were about to get married soon as for what rumours claimed.Both reportedly were madly in love with each other since teenage years. Jayson Rogers, who was also Hattiea's boss... has always been one determined character and a great hard worker in terms of his business.Since college days both were together with one another and after graduating when he decided to start his own company right away, Hattiea was very happy and followed him wholeheartedly to support him without any second thoughts.Wor
"Jay, I need to talk to you alone..." Tiara uttered in anger still glaring at Hattiea with unknown hatred, meanwhile she just frowned at her action deeply. Mainly at the nickname, it was always Hattiea who called Jayson that way. Never anyone at work had ever owned the guts to take that nickname except her before.And hearing that coming from Tiara, made Hattiea feel uncomfortable. Speaking about her, even though Tiara was always treated specially at work because of her popularity and fame, there has still been some boundaries between a boss and employee relationship.Everyone at workplace biased and pampered her because she was the only popular face of the agency at the current moment of time and displeasing her could be one challenging outcome for the agency itself.Hence at some point the agency was tolerating her attitude till now, even Jayson. She was a rude talker at work, she used to demand the best team to collaborate with and the best costume and makeup at the times than
"YOU LAID WITH HER BEHIND MY BACK AND MADE HER PREGNANT, JAYSON?" Hattiea shouted at Jayson's face this time pushing him away from her harshly. While he stumbled back in pure shock, never before she shouted at him. As she was always the woman who put him first in everything, she loved him so much to the extend that she sacrificed her own wishes. Guess that's what betrayal caused her. Hattiea then started taking long breaths while crying out loud while looking at the other person, Tiara. The woman who caressed her belly while blankly staring at her crying in misery, maybe that's what she wanted. Tiara was having the baby of her fiancé, she would now demand the rights as a partner not as a mistress anymore and that was why she was here to claim her rights. Hattiea still teared up in betrayal meanwhile looking at her, Jayson then decided to approach her yet again. "Baby i-it was a mistake."He spelled out with his broken voice, suppressing his sobs in the lump being stuck on his
MEANWHILEHattiea's eyes were red. She was heartbroken and too devastated to be able to react on her surroundings anymore.She escaped from Jayson's hold ignoring his pleads behind her, seeking for some personal space but as soon as she exited his office, she was stunned to see people being gathered out of the door just to witness all the ruckus going on inside their boss's office.Everyone knew well how much their boss loved his secretary, it was so much to the extend where he never let go of Hattiea even at the work time... then how come he ended up cheating on her? How come he cheated on her with another woman this easily? That too Tiara? That was way too unexpected for anyone to believe. Even though Jayson was Hattiea's fiancé and valued her in both field of his professional and personal life... there were still few people who envied their pair and coordination at work, mostly because they thought Hattiea was way too perfect to stand next to him and their agency.People thought
"Did I tell you-you to continue seeing me after-after the shoots secretly?" Tiara questioned again looking right at Jayson's dark pair of eyes with equal dare. His grip on her throat loosened after hearing her this time, reality started hitting him immediately. It has always been Jayson who chased after Tiara even though being engaged to Hattiea, he chose to cheat on his fiancé with some other woman first. Then how come it was only her fault in all this? Tiara only chose to have an affair with Jayson knowing him being already in a relationship with Hattiea, that's the only fault she had in everything...And now that she was a mother to his unborn child, she just wanted him to take responsibility of it. That is all she wanted, then where is she wrong in all of this? He should not blame everything on only her when he was the cause of everything from the start. If not he had gotten attracted to any other woman than Hattiea at the very first place, then all of this would not even h
LATER THAT DAY Jayson's heart felt heavy, maybe the guilt he was carrying was the cause of all. Nothing could get any better until he sees Hattiea, he acknowledged.It has been a couple of hours of her leaving his office now yet, she did not show up the entire day. Jayson waited all the while just to talk the matter with her for once.He wanted to meet her in order to make sure that she was fine, even though he knew too well that she was not.His eyes were still a bit red while being focused on the busy streets ahead, he licked his dry lips again and again because of the nervousness building inside of him while driving to Hattiea's house.After whatever have happened earlier, Jayson just could not face her with enough dare but he knew, he had to... at some point of time.He should at least apologise for what he had done.That is the least thing he could do, right? Hattiea obviously does not deserve a betrayal like that from him. Being cheated on was the worst nightmare for a woman l
'Why would she jump in front of the running car like she does not even care for her life' What was she even thinking?' His legal tangles tried to figure out what was wrong with her in actual senses.Though Sebastian was relieved enough for the fact that she was not injured because of his friend. At least the situation not in the worse case. Still... there was something that Sebastian was curious about her. He kept looking at the woman's pale face for a heavy minute and noticed her dried tears on her cheeks, he assumed her to be crying before passing out. Maybe she was not in her senses when all that happened to her? Maybe... Sebastian chose to wait for the woman to wake up first in order to ask forgiveness from his friend's behalf as a formality, he was no more in tension after hearing that no damage was made to the lady.Jordan was not at fault, hence there was nothing to be worried about either. The unknown woman was still lying on the bed unconsciously when another guest adde
"Are you feeling any better, Miss?" Hattiea next heard the nurse asking her with a confused yet uneasy tone making her shake her head at those words nonchalantly. The nurse seemingly again eyed her detached wrist nervously, which Hattiea was still seemingly rubbing in pain."Where am I?"Hattiea questioned directly to the nurse after a moment instead of replying her back.Her throat seemed to be dried out as she gulped a hard lump down. Her head still felt a little dizzy for unknown reasons yet she managed to get her senses together and face the nurse in front of her with seriousness. "And what happened to me?" With her raspy voice she questioned the nurse back again while watching her curiously.The nurse's face seemed to lose colours immediately right then.It was as if she was nervous and horrified to answer that question? But why? The reaction of the nurse confused Hattiea a bit."Um... You fainted due to low blood pressure, Miss!" Somehow the nurse managed to let out profes