Read Online The Billionaire's Forgiveness (A Winters Love Book 3) by Holly Rayner - Free Book Online Page B
Authors: Holly Rayner
Ads: Link
mistakes, and I heartily forgive you for yours. But as far as that check there goes, you don’t have to do that…”
“Please, Hayley. I know it seems like a bribe, but I’m not asking you for anything. I just want you to have it in order to ease my own conscience.” She looked at it again. I could see just in the room I was in that there were many things she could use it for. I didn’t doubt that she, like Robyn, had plenty of student loans to pay off.
She finally, shyly took the check from my hand. She looked at it one last time and now with tears in her eyes she said, “Thank you so much!”
“You’re welcome. I’m so sorry.”
~
CHAPTER EIGHT
~
ROBYN
Aaron told me to stay home from work on Wednesday, but there was something that I had to do. I showered and made myself as presentable as I could after all of that crying the night before. I text Aaron then because I didn’t want to do anything to make things worse and I said, “May I go apologize to Hayley?”
A few minutes later I got a text back that said, “If you feel you need to. I told her it was an error in the accounting.”
“I won’t mess with the story. I will just take responsibility for the accounting error. I have to take responsibility for something. This was all my mess.”
The next text I got reaffirmed that he was the most amazing man on earth. It said simply, “I love you.”
I sent back, “I love you too. So much!”
I drove over to Hayley’s apartment and knocked on the door. She pulled it open and grabbed my arm, pulling me inside. She was smiling from ear to ear.
“Hi,” I said. “You’re happy.”
She giggled and said, “Aaron Winters… your boyfriend, our boss… he just came by here a while ago.”
I laughed, “Yeah, he said that he told you everything was taken care of now.”
“Yes, but he also handed me a check for ten thousand dollars. I told him it wasn’t necessary, but he insisted. Oh! He gave me a full-time position too! I can pay off my student loans and finish my Master’s program now!”
“I’m so glad for you. I came by to apologize to you, Hayley.”
“Apologize? For what, Robyn?”
“This whole thing was my fault. It was my error with some of the advertising accounts. Until they took you out and you never came back… I didn’t realize it. I’m so sorry!”
“Oh Robyn. That was a simple error. You didn’t realize I’d be accused of stealing it…”
“No! No, I didn’t realize that, I promise you. I would never want someone else to pay for one of my mistakes. I just wanted to let you know that I’m so sorry for what you were put through.”
She hugged me tight. “I owe my job to you… and my new boyfriend,” she said with a grin.
“You and Gary?”
“Yes! Oh Robyn, I like him so much.”
“That’s great. Have you talked to him? He’s been so worried about you.”
“I just got off the phone with him before you came over.”
“Okay, good. I have to get to work now. I’ll see you there tomorrow?”
“Yes, for sure. Thank you for coming by.”
“Thank you, Hayley for everything.”
I left there feeling a little better. I went ahead and went into work then for the rest of the day. I was ready for life to return to normal. That evening, Aaron came back to my apartment as promised. I made us dinner and this time, we got to eat it. As we ate, he told me all that he’d done to fix my mess. I almost started crying again, but I held the tears at bay. After dinner we watched a movie and I fell asleep in his arms again. I still couldn’t imagine how I got so lucky.
The next few days passed in blissful normalcy. Friday evening, I got the call from Igor. I was with Aaron at his apartment and I put him on speaker phone once again.
“Hello baby!” I could tell by the look on Aaron’s face that he didn’t like that anymore than I
“Please, Hayley. I know it seems like a bribe, but I’m not asking you for anything. I just want you to have it in order to ease my own conscience.” She looked at it again. I could see just in the room I was in that there were many things she could use it for. I didn’t doubt that she, like Robyn, had plenty of student loans to pay off.
She finally, shyly took the check from my hand. She looked at it one last time and now with tears in her eyes she said, “Thank you so much!”
“You’re welcome. I’m so sorry.”
~
CHAPTER EIGHT
~
ROBYN
Aaron told me to stay home from work on Wednesday, but there was something that I had to do. I showered and made myself as presentable as I could after all of that crying the night before. I text Aaron then because I didn’t want to do anything to make things worse and I said, “May I go apologize to Hayley?”
A few minutes later I got a text back that said, “If you feel you need to. I told her it was an error in the accounting.”
“I won’t mess with the story. I will just take responsibility for the accounting error. I have to take responsibility for something. This was all my mess.”
The next text I got reaffirmed that he was the most amazing man on earth. It said simply, “I love you.”
I sent back, “I love you too. So much!”
I drove over to Hayley’s apartment and knocked on the door. She pulled it open and grabbed my arm, pulling me inside. She was smiling from ear to ear.
“Hi,” I said. “You’re happy.”
She giggled and said, “Aaron Winters… your boyfriend, our boss… he just came by here a while ago.”
I laughed, “Yeah, he said that he told you everything was taken care of now.”
“Yes, but he also handed me a check for ten thousand dollars. I told him it wasn’t necessary, but he insisted. Oh! He gave me a full-time position too! I can pay off my student loans and finish my Master’s program now!”
“I’m so glad for you. I came by to apologize to you, Hayley.”
“Apologize? For what, Robyn?”
“This whole thing was my fault. It was my error with some of the advertising accounts. Until they took you out and you never came back… I didn’t realize it. I’m so sorry!”
“Oh Robyn. That was a simple error. You didn’t realize I’d be accused of stealing it…”
“No! No, I didn’t realize that, I promise you. I would never want someone else to pay for one of my mistakes. I just wanted to let you know that I’m so sorry for what you were put through.”
She hugged me tight. “I owe my job to you… and my new boyfriend,” she said with a grin.
“You and Gary?”
“Yes! Oh Robyn, I like him so much.”
“That’s great. Have you talked to him? He’s been so worried about you.”
“I just got off the phone with him before you came over.”
“Okay, good. I have to get to work now. I’ll see you there tomorrow?”
“Yes, for sure. Thank you for coming by.”
“Thank you, Hayley for everything.”
I left there feeling a little better. I went ahead and went into work then for the rest of the day. I was ready for life to return to normal. That evening, Aaron came back to my apartment as promised. I made us dinner and this time, we got to eat it. As we ate, he told me all that he’d done to fix my mess. I almost started crying again, but I held the tears at bay. After dinner we watched a movie and I fell asleep in his arms again. I still couldn’t imagine how I got so lucky.
The next few days passed in blissful normalcy. Friday evening, I got the call from Igor. I was with Aaron at his apartment and I put him on speaker phone once again.
“Hello baby!” I could tell by the look on Aaron’s face that he didn’t like that anymore than I
Similar Books
