Chapter 51

"Good…morning, I…" Hadley stammered after bumping into Maurice at the staircase the next morning and she was too ashamed to face the man after what transpired between them the other night.

Hadley was guilty and she would not sleep a wink with her troubled heart but she knew it was for the greater cause the man was not going to be too hurt if he finds out she betrayed him if they both keep their distance from each other.

"Are you okay?" Hadley heard Maurice ask and she was surprised. She thought the man was going to ignore her. 

Hadley nods her head slowly because her words have failed her and she could not make a sentence right. "It's good that you are fine," Maurice said walking down the stairs and Hadley raised her head to look at the finely dressed man in a navy blue suit that fitted him perfectly.

God, what is she going to do with him?

Hadley knew she could not be leaving in fear forever so she decided to settle the scores with Nicholas that mo