Jack's jaw dropped alongside his pen as he stared at Archer. He waited for Archer to burst into laughter and say he was joking.But such a reaction wasn't forthcoming from him not that he has known Archer as someone who jokes."What?" Jack asked.Archer narrowed his eyes, was this jackass pretending not to know what he was talking about?How was it possible that they were in a relationship no matter how dysfunctional it was that he had no idea his girlfriend was pregnant?"What did you just say?" Jack asked.Archer scowled at him, "Let's stop the pretense, shall we?""I have no idea what you are talking about." Jack said, "I didn't know she was pregnant."Archer thought he heard him mumbling, "Hailey is pregnant?" or something along those lines."Stop lying," Archer snarled."I am speaking the truth, I haven't spoken to her in a while.""Since when? Are you not joined at the hip?""Nor recently.""And why should I believe you?" Archer questioned.Jack kept quiet, "Because if I knew s
Archer got back to the office, all moody. His mood went from downright mad to furious.He didn't want to deal with anything right now. The words Jack uttered to him pissed him off to no end.He stopped short when he saw Eric nervously pacing in front of his office, Archer sighed and ran a hand through his hair as his scowl deepened.Eric was the last person he wanted to see right now.Eric stopped pacing when he saw Archer, he cleared his throat and approached him."Archer, hey," Eric stammered, his hands fidgeting with a stack of papers. "I was just, uh, waiting for you."Archer shot him a glare that could freeze time. "What do you want, Eric? I've had a long day."Eric bit his lip, choosing his words carefully. "I, um, wanted to talk about the project. I know you asked for those reports, and I—""You know what, Eric? I don't have time for this," Archer interrupted."I understand, but I thought maybe we could discuss it," Eric replied, desperation creeping into his voice.Archer narr
Archer's footsteps crunched on the sandy beach as he approached the secluded spot where Hailey sat, her nerves increased when she saw him approach.She could recognize that build anywhere. Archer's hands were in his pockets as he gently walked on the sand.The sound of people laughing and partying around the bonfire made Archer smile. He had never come to the beach before.He has no family and no friends, and When he asked Hailey, she said she hated it because of the sand.The distant sound of waves crashing and people yelling made it a lot easier especially knowing that she pleaded for days before Archer agreed to meet with her.Hailey knew it was his favorite place to be even though he hadn't been here before. She remembered all the times he would talk about going to the beach but she would refuse.It was a miracle Archer agreed to come.In his defense, he wanted to address the elephant in the room. Hailey looked up, her eyes meeting Archer's as he stood before her.She smiled at h
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Archer walked away from there before anger got the better part of him. He was furious with Hailey for saying all that when she had him all along and threw him out in the streets, literally.Or did she finally forget how much she suffered when she got her new boyfriend Jack? Archer was so mad.Although he had no idea if he was mad at Hailey or himself. He walked near the water as memories threatened to explode in his head.It all concluded a time in his life where he was happy, where all he wanted to do was keep the smile on his face so bad that he was willing to do anything to achieve that.Archer smiled, the only part that terrified him the most was that he would never experience that kind of love and happiness in his life again.Not that he had tried to look for. Between Hailey and finding out he was the heir to his grandfather's empire, Archer had no time for love.His purpose is to enact revenge on all those who had wronged him. He kicked a pebble with his leg into the water.Arch
Hailey opened her mouth to defend herself but she deflated, she couldn't bring herself to lie about it anymore.She was going to hide it and wait till she got to a better place with Archer before telling Jack."I was going to tell you after I told Archer," she said quietly as she hugged herself."Somehow, I don't believe that.""I am honest, I didn't want to bother you with such tales."Jack hummed to himself, "I take it that Archer is the father?" he asked.Hailey nodded, "Yes."There was silence before Jack let out a humorless laugh."How long have you been cheating on me with Archer?" he asked.Archer stumbled back from shock at the question. His ability to eavesdrop had gotten better after the last time.He had been standing there for a while and he had yet to make a sound."I am sorry," Hailey said."You are sorry? You are sorry? For what exactly?" Jack snapped.Hailey flinched but she maintained her ground, "I am sorry for hurting you.""You slept with that fool?" Jack asked mo
For a week, Archer poured all his focus into his work and avoided everyone.A dark cloud loomed around him the whole week, even his colleagues knew and avoided him.He was on a warpath, he terrorized them to get their work done on time and made many corrections. They were groaning and expressing their displeasure but Archer couldn't care less.He almost threatened them to drop out or quit instead of moaning at the work or if they couldn't handle a little competition.Even Lola almost tore her head off when he sat criticizing her work. He has rejected every single thing she had brought him.Archer sat in his office listening to the interview going on.Archer has closed the HK Haibu deal, and the media covered it because the owner said he wanted to show the world that he had joined hands with Sky Corporation.It was a happy moment. The board called him up again and this time, they had good things to say about him. They were over the moon that they teased him with another promotion.Arc
"Thank you, thank you, thank you." Lola chorused in his chest."What did I do now? You finished the project. I should be thanking you.""That's not it,""Then what?"Lola looked up at Archer with a smile, "If it wasn't for you, the others wouldn't respect me the way I wanted.""You got their respect because they know you deserved it."Lola shook her head, that stubborn glint setting in her eyes."Everybody avoided me and talked behind my back. But thanks to you, they stopped."Archer furrowed his brows, "I didn't do anything."Lola pinned him with a glare, "Don't play dumb. I know that you warned everyone in the office."Archer sighed as the memory hit him.He had walked in to drop some files for the team leaders. when he overheard Lola's name being mentioned.They were snickering and saying a lot of things that he should have left alone. It wasn't the first time and it wouldn't be the last.Archer wanted to ignore the way those girls kept cackling and snickering to themselves like th