Hailey held her breath as she locked eyes with him, his ocean blue eyes boring holes in her.
"Lost in my eyes..yeah?" Hardin smirked and Hailey blinked, she quickly pushed him away.
"Give me back the remote, I am trying to enjoy a movie," Hailey complained.
"If you want it back, you shouldn't disturb me with the noise from the TV" Hardin replied and Hailey scoffed.
"Go. To. Your. Study" Hailey said slowly and Hardin chuckled.
"No, and you won't be getting the remote" Hardin replied and hiding the remote further making Hailey grit her teeth in anger.
"Fine! moderate volume" Hailey said and Hardin gave her the remote, she rolled her eyes at him.
She turned on the TV and reduced the volume.
After a while, Hailey fell asleep on the couch, and her head dropped to Hardin's shoulder, he was busy on his laptop.
When he felt her head on his shoulder he turned towards her to find her in a deep sleep and he smiled.
Looks like she was finally warming up to him and that made him happy, if things could work out between them even after everything he would be more than glad.
Even though he knows that whenever he sees her he would be reminded of his ex but he was willing to live with that fact if she would just forgive him.
He closed the laptop and carefully carried Hailey, bridal style, he was careful not to wake her up from sleep.
He took her to her room and dropped her on the bed, she mumbled again in her sleep and Hardin wondered what she was trying to say.
He brought his head closer to her face to hear what she was mumbling.
"Hardin Anthony, I hate you" she said sleepily and Hardin sighed.
Of course that's what she would say, at least she wasn't thinking about Cole, he was glad he was occupying her thoughts even though it was because of the hatred she had for him.
Hardin covered her with the duvet and left the room.
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Hailey's eyes opened slowly and she sat up on the bed.
"How did I get on the bed?" Hailey muttered to herself, she remembered watching TV and she dozed off.
Then it dawned on her that Hardin probably brought her to the bed and she scoffed.
"Who knew that monster can be nice?" she said and got up from the bed going into the bathroom.
After taking a quick shower, Hailey wore something comfortable and went downstairs to eat something.
She knew Hardin would have gone to work by now, so she went into the kitchen to make toast. She was famished.
Her phone rang and it was Faye calling, Hailey doesn't really have any contact on her new phone, it was just Faye, she would have had Mark's number but Faye wouldn't allow it.
"It's not that I don't trust you, I just won't let you have his number" Faye's words rang in her head and she chuckled to herself.
"Crazy woman" she muttered before picking the call.
"Are you at home?" Faye asked immediately.
"Yes I am, is something wrong?" Hailey replied.
"No, I want to come see you, we are going to a fashion show later tonight" Faye said and Hailey blinked.
She wasn't sure if Hardin would let her leave the house, he has always been so controlling.
"Alright, see you later" she managed before hanging up.
"Since it's Faye, he wouldn't mind and besides, he is changing, there's no problem going to a fashion show" Hailey muttered as she focused on the toast she was making.
"Aren't you done yet?" Faye yelled from Hailey's bedroom.
She arrived an hour after she called Hailey, they spent most of the day talking and watching movies.
When it was almost time for the fashion show, she followed Hailey to her room to pick a dress for the fashion show they were to attend.
Hailey has been in the wardrobe for ages, she was still picking what to wear, she had never gone to an event like this before and she was nervous.
"I'm almost done," Hailey said and Faye sighed.
Hailey came out moments later with a black silk dress with a slit that got up to her thighs.
It was one of the dresses she saw when she first entered this room as Hardin's wife, she had never thought she would wear anything that belongs to Hardin cause it was probably for his mistress but none of her clothes were beautiful enough for the kind of event Faye was talking about.
"Wow.. you look extremely beautiful" Faye said and Hailey smiled.
"Thank you" Hailey said and Faye checked the watch on her wrist.
"We are almost late, let's head out" she said getting up from Hailey's bed and they walked out of the house into Faye's car.
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Just as Hailey expected this was a place filled with rich men and women, people of the higher class.
When they entered the place which had a runway and Hailey believed the models would walk on it, they were led to the VIP section.
"You're going to tell me which one of the styles you love the most," Faye said as they sat down on the comfortable red chair.
"Alright" Hailey smiled, she was happy, Faye invited her, she was already used to not getting invited to things especially with the fact she was always too busy to even go anywhere.
The show started and the models started coming in, Hailey was mesmerized, all the dresses were beautiful and it fit the models perfectly.
Hailey couldn't decide which one was better, she just kept staring till it was over.
"So... Which is good?" Faye asked.
"All of them," Hailey replied and Faye laughed.
"You were supposed to pick one" Faye said and Hailey chuckled.
"I love all but the blue knee length dress is beautiful" Hailey said, she especially admired that dress cause it was just unique and it fits the model that wore it too perfectly.
"So you like it?" Faye asked.
"Yes" Hailey replied and Faye nodded and They stood up to leave
"Mrs. Campbell" a female voice was heard behind them and Faye cursed under her breath, she clearly recognized the voice