Cross- Roads:- What To Choose Love Or Friendship 8 Meeting

Hayley eyed the people who were standing in front of her. Two guys and two girls and out of these four people Hayley knew only one that was Ginny, Keith's fiancée. Apart from Ginny who was dressed in simple ice blue dress her hair up in a bun, there was a guy dressed in sharp business suit rushed towards Keith and gave him a hug by the way they interacted any one can say they knew each other from a very long time and then came another guy he was wearing a more casual attire but he was looking as handsome as any male model in the country or maybe better than them. Then Keith shake hand with a girl with whom he had very reserved or maybe respected kind of manner maybe it is because that suited guy had a hand wrapped around that girl's waist as if saying she is mine and then this time Keith went forward towards Ginny, Keith hugged her so tightly that it looked like that he was going to squeeze her to death and then when she punched him he let go of her and then placed a small peck on her forehead. That scene was so pure and adorable that Hayley's heart skipped a beat she forgot, how long has it been since she feel something like that. But she suppressed this thought and pushed it back of her mind. She was just standing there and smiling. After that Keith realized that he brought Hayley along with him . He left Ginny's side and came to stand beside Hayley and then he started the introduction. First he pointed towards the suited man and said " Hayley he is Tyler James, you might heard about him he is famous painter and owns art houses around the world." With that when Hayley looked at Tyler he was smiling at her his hand extended towards her. Hayley shook his hands and he said "I liked my introduction without the part I own art houses around the world because that is my family business I just inherited it." By the tone of his voice Hayley understand that he was the person who wants to get recognized by his name not because of his family. Hayley smiled and said that she going to keep that in mind. This time before Keith can introduce the girl standing next to Tyler the guy who was standing beside Ginny suddenly extended his hands towards her and said " h.e.l.lo, I am Caleb Mason . My family own real estate firm and I own this club." He smiled and shook her hand firmly. There is only one person left to introduce that is the girl standing beside Tyler. Sensing Hayley's gaze on her the girl was about to say something but Tyler beat her to that and introduced her to Hayely. " She is my girlfriend Nora and she is also Ginny's best friend." Although Hayley knew each and every one and they were well aware of her but still Hayley introduced herself " Hii, I am Hayley Phillips and it's nice to meet you guys." Hayley knew each one of them and if her memory serves her right then there was one person missing seeing her in deep thought Keith said out loud " Aaron is not here. He is in county A attending some seminar. He will come back in some days ." when Hayley got her answer they all started to chit chat and this time proves the bonding time for all of them. They all make her feel like she was always the part of their group especially Ginny and Nora . When they got to know that there still two days left for Hayley's work to start they decided to go shopping and roam around the city to let Hayley got to know the city better but before that , Hayley told them that she wants to see that apartment which company arranged for her. She didn't want to prolong her stay at Keith's house for long although Keith and Sarah Aunty was not very happy about her decision but they understand Hayley's point of view also . So Hayley told Ginny that she does want to come but she needs to check out the apartment she is going to live first.

After hearing this Keith chimed in their conversation he said " Oh about the apartment I forget to tell you I already talked to Aaron about his apartment which is empty these days he shifted back to his parent's home so he wanted to rent that apartment and I talked to him about it and he doesn't have any problem with you living there as his tenant." Hayley was shocked when she heard that, wasn't she going to live in the apartment company arranged for her, then why Keith is saying he talked to his friend about her renting his apartment. After seeing her confused reaction, Keith remember that he didn't tell her yet about the change in her staying plans. He cleared his throat and said " the thing is little birdy that me and mom thought that you should stay closer to house, and Aaron's apartment fits the bill, it is situated in the best location and equal distance away from both our house and company and it is easy for you to accommodate and it is easy for us to be there with you if you need us." He said all of this in one breath. Ok he is behaving like a typical older brother, that is what Hayley think after hearing his explanation and although Keith tried to cover it but Hayley got what he was trying to do, he was trying to keep her within his eye sight. But why didn't Hayley feeling irritated or angry unless she was feeling little warm inside. But suddenly another thought occurred to her and that was what about the rent. Sensing her in deep thought this time Ginny answered all her queries, she hold Hayley's hand and said " don't worry we will go to Aaron's apartment tomorrow and see if you like it not and don't worry about the rent company get it cover." Hearing Ginny's word Hayley suddenly feel her uneasy heart is put at ease and she feel herself relax . Suddenly Caleb spoke up and said "if you don't like Aaron's apartment I have my best real estate agent to fetch a good apartment for you according to your needs." Hayley didn't speak anything and gave him a smile and nodded. Seeing all of them taking care of her like that she felt great relief but she didn't thought that this was all because of her att.i.tude, charm because she was fully aware that they treated her this nicely because of Keith, she still remember when they entered the club all the people coming towards them to meet Keith and Keith told all the bodyguards to protect Hayley well.