The Lycan King’s Rejected Soulmate by Fire Sprout

Chapter 72
Avery
A week passed by and the only eventful thing that happened was that my fashion business became relatively well known.
The show I had attended last week had done its job well.
Today, I was in my office. I was brainstorming designs.
This was the only drawback of anything fashion. Trending things have to be produced frequently.
New products are the highlights here so I did not really have a moment of rest.
A knock sounded.
I looked at the door, “Come in.”
The person that knocked came in. It was Jana.
“What’s wrong?” I asked.
Jana takes this job seriously so she would not do anything that can be considered as a slacking action.
It was strange that she came to tell me something personally.
“President, your friend is here. She said she wants to see you.” Jana said with furrowed brows.
Sadie was here.
The friend that came had to be Sadie.
I have only brought one friend here and that was Sadie. It is no wonder that Jana was frowning.
I had already informed Jana that Sadie was the culprit of the leak that happened in the show last week.
I stood up and left the office.
This past week, I had avoided thinking of Sadie and I put all my time and efforts into my business instead.
I did not want to feel unnecessary pain and discomfort.
Still, I had to see her.
I can not just leave her like that. At least, I wanted to listen to what she had to say.
I went outside and I saw Sadie. She smiled at me but I did not smile back.
There was a small resturamt closer to the place my business headquarters was located so I led her there.
I could have taken her to my office to have a chat but I did not want to.

Once bitten, twice shy.
My trust in her had decreased drastically, I don’t feel at ease with bringing her to my establishment.
The thought of her doing something shady would plague me if I tried to bring her there.
This was why I did not want to doubt her in the first place. I knew that once someone does something that really warrants me to be truly wary against them, our relation would be hard to maintain.
Our relations would be at the verge of breakdown because I would start to second guess every action or thing the person does.
I did not want that kind of thing to happen to me and Sadie. It was why I chided myself when I was doubting her intentions.
It seemed my action of chiding myself the day I first saw her was futile. Her actions made my considerations feel like a laughable thing.
I booked a private room instead of the normal publicized setting. I knew she wanted to talk and privacy was a
must.
After we sat down, an awkward silence lingered between us.
“What did you want to talk about? Why did you want to see me?” I finally broke the quiet. If she did not want to talk, I would leave.
Rather them wasting my time here, I would love to go back to brainstorming the designs of the new products I want to launch.
“Avery. I am sorry for leaking your designs.” Remorse was on Sadie’s face.
For a second, I could see the Sadie I was familiar with.
The Sadie that would apologize if she does something wrong. The Sadie that would not hesitate to admit her mistake whenever she discovesr she was in the wrong.
I felt like I was taken into the rollercoaster of emotions caused by the past.
“It is nothing. I have already forgiven you already.” I said.
Truly, I have forgiven her.
It was easier to forgive her since I was able to salvage the harm she had done to my business during the show.
We would not be having such an easy conversation if it was otherwise.
I don’t know what I would have done, all I know is that it won’t be pleasant.
The only thing that is hard to get past is the trust between us.
My trust in her had shattered and no matter how I try to put it together, it would never be the same as it was before this incident.
I would always suspect her actions and motives. I would always scan her behaviors and words for a deeper meaning even if that is not what she was trying to imply.”
Our relationship had taken a hit and it was difficult to mend it back.
Besides, I knew she disliked me for some reason. This alone is enough for me to be wary of her.
“Avery. I knew you must have guessed it. Without my passive agreement, the girl I took in would not have harmed
you by selling your designs.” Sadie observed my face but I kept my face expressionless.
I did not show what I was thinking in my face.
Still, her words brought immense shock to me. It was one thing to guess it and another thing for her to admit to it herself.
So she had given that so called girl she took in some kind of agreement.
It was why the girl sold my hard work for petty profits.
“Why? I did not do anything to harm you whatsoever. I even tried to be there for you as much as I can so you won’t feel the pains of your torturous past. This is how you repay me?” My words came out with a wry and chilly smile at the edge of my lips.
Before I put thoughts of Sadie away from my mind, I had always wondered why she did all this.
“I noticed that you have a feeling of dislike for me. I did not remember doing anything to offend you so why would you harm me like this? Here I was, thinking we were best of friends. I did not know you thought otherwise.” I continued.
For someone I am not close to, I would not tell them that I noticed their dislike for me. I would just avoid them and stop all interactions with them.
In Sadie’s case, I wanted to know why she hated me.
Our friendship had been smooth sailing so far.
What went wrong? Where had things start to change? Why had she not said anything when I did something that dissatisfied her?
Why had she opted to stab me in the back instead of confronting me face to face?
These are questions I want answer for.
I was unwilling to see our friendship be affected like this.
When I was in the quagmire of despair, only the thoughts of Dante, my pups, my wolf and Sadie kept me going.
Why was it that when she came, all my dreams and imaginations shattered resoundingly?
I wanted to get answers to my confusions. I had already forgiven her but I still want to know why she thought it was okay to do this to me.
Normally, I would not be affected by anybody’s actions. Why Sadie’s actions destabilized me is because I consider her a close friend.
She was someone I can leave my back open to in a deadly battle.