Love Is Fair

Chapter 46

Chapter 046 The Hurtful Truth

One could be friends with their ex-partner after divorce, but what if they failed to even be lovers in the first place? Hailey’s question caught Matthew unawares. He pondered for a while. Although he had been in a lot of relationships before, he had never been married and had never tasted the bitterness of marriage, so he couldn’t come up with an answer. In the end, he turned to Owen and asked, Upstodatee from Novel(D)ra/m/a.O(r)g

“What do you think?”

Owen looked at Hailey with profound gaze. It was as if he could see the

sadness hidden underneath her sarcastic smile.

He remembered the day he wanted to divorce her. She was sad, in despair, and asked him, “Can we not divorce?” At that time, he did not feel much pain inside. All he wanted to do was end this loveless marriage as soon as possible, set Hailey free, and marry the woman he loved.

But for some reason, her question tugged at his heartstrings. It was as if a big hand had gripped his heart hard. “Why did you marry me back then?” Owen asked again, trying to get the answer for his doubt.

Hailey furrowed her brows. Why was he still thinking about this question? “I already said that it’s not important. What’s important is that we’re already

divorce, and there’s nothing between us now.” After the firm remark, she tugged at Matthew’s collar. “Let’s go!” “Hey, hey, hey. Easy. Slow down…” Matthew followed behind Hailey in a huff. Just as Hailey walked out of the door, someone grabbed her wrist. Owen chased after her and asked, “You’re from a rich family. You have your reputation and wealth. Why did you come to me and marry when when I was

almost paralyzed in a car accident? What exactly were you trying to do? What did you want from me?” His tone was flat and calm, but his words felt like a huge boulder smashing into

a lake, and it stirred up a ripple in the president’s office.

When Ryker came out of the elevator, he happened to hear this remark, and his pupils contracted heavily. The entire president’s office was silent, and everyone’s faces were full of shock. What did he say? Miss Newman once married a man? In other words, Mr. Moore was her husband! Hailey ignored her, but Owen insisted on getting to the bottom of it. She looked down at her hand, which was being grabbed by Owen, and then looked up at his eyes that were full of determination as if he was eager to get an answer. At this moment, she felt utterly ridiculous and absurd. Hailey let go of Matthew’s hand and looked at Owen coldly. “Let go.” Owen had never liked to have intimate contact with women, but he wanted an answer today. He was worried that she would run away again once he let go and avoid him. Instead of letting go, he held her wrist tighter. “I’ll let go when you tell me the answer, I will let go.” Hailey felt a hint of disgust surging inside her and glared at Owen fiercely. He had always been dignified and reserved, but why did he turn into such a stubborn and unreasonable man now? She wanted to struggle free, but he clenched her wrist tightly. A rage surged into her. Hailey looked straight into his eyes and grunted, “What answer are you expecting? What do you want to know?” Owen was taken aback. “…” “So you want to know how much I loved you? Do you want to know that I had

been secretly in love with you for many years, so I rushed to you and took care of you the minute you were about to be paralyzed after the car accident? Or do you want to know that I fell in love with you at first sight and couldn’t forget you?” Hailey asked a few questions in succession, and then hissed in a low voice, “Owen, haven’t you humiliated me enough in the past three years?” Owen’s gaze darkened. While he was in a daze, Hailey pulled her wrist out of his palm. Perhaps it was

because he had been gripping her hand too tightly just now, she felt a burning pain on her wrist. She gently flexed her wrist, her expression unspeakably cold and distant. “Owen Moore, regardless of the reason I married you back then, I’ve not

betrayed you or our marriage in the past three years. You, on the other hand, betrayed me! You did not cherish our marriage; you neglected your own wife; you cheated on me, and you wanted a divorce! What have I done wrong? Did I give you too much freedom?” Hailey chuckled. “You loved Eliza, not me. So now, you know her true colors and

choose not to love her anymore, but it’s none of my business. We’ve already divorced. Are you telling me that you suddenly realized how nice I was after the divorce and realized that you couldn’t leave me, so you come to pester me to get back with you? Huh?!”

Owen felt pain in his heart, and a trace of embarrassment flashed across his face. Indeed, he was acting a little strangely these days. Even he himself did not know what he was doing.

Were Hailey’s angry remarks the truth he had tried his best to hide?

But even he felt that it was absurd and ridiculous.

“I’m here to discuss a collaboration with you.” Owen said and looked at Hailey with a serious expression, “I’m also interested

in that piece of land in the northern Suburbs.” It felt as if he was trying his best to find a solid excuse to stay here. “But I’m not interested in you.” Hailey turned to Matthew and snapped, “I only agreed to cooperate with you back then and didn’t allow you to pull a third party in. Do you not trust me or do you not have the ability to own 40% of the shares? If you can’t handle this, I’ll find someone else.” “Yes, I can!” Matthew quickly blurted as he could see that Hailey was about to

turn against him. “I am a man of my words.” Hailey rolled her eyes at him. “Cut the crap then and take him away! I don’t want to see him!”

Then, she turned to the assistants, who were watching the scene with great interest, and snapped, “Drama’s over, so get back to your work. Shut your mouths. If anyone dares to tell anyone about what happened today, get the hell out of here.” The employees of the president’s office all lowered their heads and went back

to work. Hailey walked toward the elevator with Chris and the rest. Matthew patted

Owen on the shoulder. “Well, now you know what she thinks of you. Give up, buddy, and go back to North City. Leave your ex-wife to me. I’ll take care of her.”

“Hailey, wait for me.” Matthew then went after Hailey. Once again, they parted unhappily. Owen slowly clenched his hands by his side. As he watched Hailey’s cold and thin figure leave, his lips tightly pursed into a line. When was the last time she smiled sweetly at him? Her figure looked so cold

and distant nowadays. She refused to give him the answer he wanted. “Mr. Moore, let’s go.” Jose couldn’t stand it anymore. Mr. Moore was too pitiful! He imagined that Owen must be in so much pain after hearing such harsh remarks from his ex-wife. Her words were like a dagger that stabbed straight at Owen’s heart.

Hailey was so soft-spoken, but she looked scary when she lost her temper.

Owen was about to leave when Ryker came up to him. “Mr. Moore, I am Ryker Page, the vice president of Crystaldale Company. Can you give me a minute, please?”