---- Chapter 7 "Ms. Needham wishes to see you again, Mr. Weatherford," Hayden's assistant, Erica Shearsby, said with clear discomfort on her face. "Tell her to get lost! The sight of her makes me sick,"' Hayden snapped, slamming the documents in his hand onto his desk. Just then, Scarlett's sweet voice carried through the air. "Oh, my! For you to be throwing such a huge tantrum, Lucy must have really forgotten all about you, Hayden!" She was wearing the latest Chanel suit, and her red lips were curved up in a mocking smile. "Everyone now knows that you abandoned your new wife just to reconcile with your ex-girlfriend. What devotion." "How dare you bring her up?" Hayden yelled angrily. ---- He tightened his hand around her wrist before harshly tossing it aside, leaving angry red marks on it. "Tf you hadn't lied that you were being forced to get married and begged me to fake a marriage with you, would Lucy have gotten angry and left me?" Scarlett rubbed her aching wrist even as she smiled derisively. ''Who said they would be my strongest support? Who brought up that they would first deal with my family issues before going through with the divorce? Now you're blaming me?" She became more emotional as she spoke and shoved the flower vase on the office desk to the floor. Glass shards flew into the air, some of them scratching her ankles. "You've been enjoying the benefit of having my father's resources to support the company all these years, Hayden, but now you want to turn ---- your back on me?" Hayden felt as if he was looking at a stranger when he gazed upon his childhood friend, someone who had been as good as a younger sister to him. "Was this all part of your careful plans?" he asked. "You deliberately chose to get married when Lucy's mother was critically ill and posted the photo on Instagram to make her feel despair!" "That's right! I did it all on purpose," she shouted, her makeup ruined by her endless tears. " Ever since you chased away some naughty kids for me when I was 11 years old, I made up my mind to ensure that I would be the only woman you had eyes for! "Look how poor that bitch Lucy is, not to mention. the fact that she only came into the picture later on! I can overlook that she was by your side back when you first established your company, but do you really think she's worthy of being the