Chapter 42
~ Hailey ~
The door creaked open.
Slowly. Reluctantly. Like whoever was on the other side had to physically force themselves to turn the handle.
And then he stepped out.
Navine.
Not some faceless CEO I'd never met. Not some mysterious executive who existed only in emails and organizational charts.
Navine Bellamy. The man I'd caught kissing his father's fiancée. The man who'd thrown a stone at me and then chased me through the streets.
He looked exhausted. His hair was disheveled like he'd been running his hands through it. His tie was loosened. There were shadows under his eyes that suggested he'd slept as poorly as I had.
And he wouldn't meet my eyes.
He looked at the floor. At the wall. At Derek hovering anxiously nearby. At Nathaniel leaning against the desk with t
