Niel was at the penthouse, currently was just having a meeting with his board of directors for about twenty minutes already. The CEO of the company was presenting some new investment plans and Niel was focusing himself on them. Out of the blue, his phone suddenly rang. The meeting got halted as all of them heard the sound of ringing. Niel hastily took out his phone from the pocket inside his coat and saw that the one who was calling him was Ben. He felt weird that Ben was calling him in the middle of his meeting. 'He knew I was in a meeting right now. Why would he call me?' He wondered internally. Usually, Ben would just send him text messages if there was something he needed to tell him. But this time it was a call. 'Was it urgent?' He thought more. "Can we pause for a while?" Niel asked the rest that were present inside the meeting and they just gave him a nod, obeying his request. Niel excused himself from the meeting table and walked to the hallway that l
Within thirty minutes after Ben made the phone call, Niel arrived at Haylee's old house. He parked his car right in front of Ben's car. Ben who was sitting inside the car waiting for him came out again to greet his Master. As soon after Niel got off his car, Ben approached him hastily and bowed down to him in respect. He apologized for calling him and interrupting his meeting previously."Go home. I'll take it from here," Niel instructed him while staring at Haylee from afar.Ben nodded in compliance and got into his car again, driving away from the area immediately.Niel scanned the surrounding. There weren't many people around the area. It was a shabby neighbourhood. Somehow, he felt like he couldn't believe that Haylee used to live in such a neighbourhood before. Now, that he came back to that place again, he felt heavy to let Haylee return to such a place.He noticed that there was a 'For Sale' signboard in front of the house. 'Her mom was really awfu
When it was around nine o'clock, Niel entered his bedroom again and saw Haylee had already fallen asleep. He turned off the stereo and checked the food tray that she left at the bedside table. She did eat some of the food although she didn't really finish it. 'At least she ate a little,' he mumbled internally and took the remote control of the lights. He dimmed the lights inside the bedroom and then took the food tray to the kitchen.After that, he went to his study office. It was the room next to his bedroom. He sat on a swivel chair behind the wide office desk inside the room and took out his phone from his pants pocket. His mind kept thinking about Haylee's old house. 'Should I just buy it?' He wondered. 'She grew up in that house since she was little. I bet she must have a lot of happy memories with her parents inside that house,' he thought more. 'Why am I being this sentimental?' He groaned instead, didn't like the melancholy air that surrounded himself.Niel sig
Niel groaned in distress as his mind rolled back to reality. He still remembered it quite clear that he had made a promise to Haylee before. He promised her that he would not date anyone else. Now, Brianna was trying to sabotage her at school and trying to make her high school life miserable because of him."No... I can't let that happen. Not after Haylee got abandoned like this. Her high school life should be great at least. She's suffering now. I can't just let her suffer at school as well. What should I do?" He grumbled alone inside his study office, having lost of what to do.He knew what was the right choice for him, but it was also the wrong thing as well. He had never imagined being put in such a situation in which making the right decision was also like making the wrong one. It was too complicated, he ended up being stressed because of it."Ahhhh... I have a meeting tomorrow. I don't have time to think about this," He began to sigh over and over again.
"A dream? Why so?" Niel was confused, couldn't understand what she meant."Do you still remember that day when my mom chased me out from home?""Yes. Why?""That day... you took me to shop and bought me so many things, and then you showed me your penthouse and brought me to live at the lakehouse. Those moments... it felt like a dream. I really thought it was a dream because when I woke up the next morning, my mind seemed not to be able to process it. I screamed that morning and thought I was kidnapped by a stranger when I woke up in your bedroom," Haylee told him what she felt during the first time she slept in his lakehouse."I knew. Martha told me," Niel responded and chuckled a bit again."It took me days to finally realize that I was indeed living in your house and my mom really did chase me out. Sometimes, I even dreamt that I was sleeping inside my bedroom in my old house.""Did you still dream like that nowadays?""No," Haylee
As they walked past the entrance door, another few men dressed in black came to Niel as well and suddenly walked behind him in an orderly manner. Haylee got startled and quickly speed up her pace. She unconsciously bumped herself into Niel from behind.Niel stopped his steps abruptly. In an instant, all his subordinates behind him showed a tense expression on their faces. They were expecting Niel to get furious as someone just bumped into him. It was disrespectful behaviour, a big no to anyone who worked inside the building. 'That girl was done,' they thought internally, feeling sorry for Haylee and they assumed that in any seconds now, she would get scolded by Niel, the Chairman of the Anderson Global Corp."Oh, your coat got dirty! My make-up had stained it a little. Let me clean it a bit," Haylee said leisurely and rubbed Niel's back to remove the make-up stain from his coat.'That's a wrong move, Miss,' the subordinates thought almost similarly with their fa
"Well... sure! There were two bodies inside the Anderson Global Corp. The first one is the Anderson Industry that deals with any local business arrangements. The second one is Anderson International Cooperation. That one deals with the international business arrangements. Both are separate multibillion dollars companies but under the same entity which is the Anderson Global Corp. The Chairman, Mr Anderson, owned both of them and he was the one that control both companies," Susan gave her a brief explanation about Niel's company."Ooohhhh..." Haylee made a sound of amazement. Susan just smiled at her."How was he like when he was here inside this company before?" Haylee asked more."The Chairman is a very solemn person. To be honest, he rarely smiled. He was always looked so serious all the time," Susan leaned closer to her and whispered to her ear as if afraid that someone might hear them."Really? But he was quite friendly when he was at school. He likes
When the clock showed past twelve at noon, Niel finally returned to his office room. He entered his office room hastily without knocking on the door."Oh my goodness!" Haylee was utterly startled by his sudden arrival that she accidentally dropped the phone in her hands.Niel laughed seeing her reaction. He walked speedily to his office desk while shaking his head. Haylee was still laying on the sofa, relaxing by herself. She took her phone again that dropped on her stomach."What are you doing? Are you slacking off while I'm working to find money to feed you?" He mocked her lazy behaviour.He looked at Haylee, waiting for her to react. She focused her eyes on him, looking at him sharply."You're rich," Haylee replied scornfully to him.Niel laughed again at her words. He took a few papers from his desk and reviewed them. Then his eyes caught his brown leather journal was being put in a place that it was not supposed to be. He usually put it