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Past

Red

Red was all Kevin  could see, he was beyond mad, it was a good thing that Chris  was present there to control him otherwise god knows what Kevin  would have done by now.

"Kevin  please calm down," Chris  said to Kevin  who just smashed his laptop on the ground.

"How can you ask me to calm down Chris  you know damn well that how much I hate that guy , my heart is filled with venom against him, how dare show up his face in front of me after four years, Chris  you know damn well , what he did to me and Ryan  four years ago, because of him we had to go through so much .

 you were there too Chris   how can you ask me to calm down , don't you feel anger towards him?" Kevin  said , his eyes were glassy as all the memories of his past came to his mind , and now he was clutching his head and trying to block all those horrible memories.

nothing hurts more than being betrayed by the person you love.

Chris  just stood there looking at Kevin with concern , seeing Kevin  in this condition was really painful for him , he never wants to see Kevin  depressed again and neither does Ryan .

After taking a deep breath he went towards Kevin and made him sit down on his chair and sat in front to him and said "Kevin I know what you are talking about and trust me it takes a lot for me to stay calm in a situation like this .

I hate Hayden just as much as you do , but you have to understand that we can't let our personal matters interfere with our company work , every decision that you make Kevin will affect the company and lets not forget that we have promised Mr. Roy took  care of his son and we can't go back to our work, it will affect the image of our company.

 We can't let this problem affect us , think about it Kevin , at the end whatever decision you take I will support it. Okay?

Kevin  didn't say anything for a few minutes , he was thinking about everything Chris  said and every word he said was correct , it was true that they both have worked their butt off to reach where they are today, and going back on his word means affecting the deal with Roy corporation and if the deal is canceled then Kevin's company will suffer a huge loss and he can't let that happen . He also has to think about his employees who work so hard for his company.

Now thinking about Hayden, Kevin now understands why people would call Mr. Roy's son a brat because he is a brat ,

Hayden ,Ryan  and Kevin  were in a polyamory relationship back in high school , Both Kevin  and Ryan came from a well paid family and so did Hayden , Hayden was an athlete, while Kevin  was the head of student council and Ryan  was the leader of Dance club . Kevin and Ryan  were best friends since elementary school and they were also neighbors , along with them Chris went to the same school they all were quite popular before Hayden joined their school.

Kevin and Ryan  were really attracted to Hayden , and soon all the three became a thing , back then also Hayden was a bad boy , but it changed when he came in the relationship with Ryan  and Kevin  , or that was what Kevin and Ryan  thought .

Hayden was always an enigmatic boy , He never told anyone about himself about his family or about his life before he had transferred school , moreover he liked to keep his distance , he never allowed anyone to get near him so it seemed like Kevin and Ryan were exceptions.

But soon Hayden’s attitude towards them changed , he became more aloof and changed ,he became more and more cold towards them.

One day on the campus they saw Hayden kissing another girl this enraged Kevin and Ryan they shoved the girl aside and then started to fight with Hayden

Hayden said some things to them and they said some things to him to make each other hurt and in the end both of them succeeded , at least Hayden succeeded.

In the end Kevin got so pissed at some of the words that Hayden said that he just went ahead and punched him in the face in front of the entire campus.

Not just that The girl with whom Hayden was making out with accused them that Kevin slapped her. And told them that Hayden was with them just because of a bet , as a  result they became a  fool in front of many students .

They became laughing stocks.

And from there on things got worse Kevin was tagged the bully and rumors like Kevin and Ryan were forcing Hayden or rumors about Ryan and Kevin’s families circulated around the campus.

Kevin was suspended and things got worse for Ryan.

Students kept their distance from them, some even made fun of them but nothing more  than that, but still Kevin got over it but not Ryan.

Ryan is a very sensitive person  he gets hurt easily , his family was also a mess he trusted people with difficulty and when Hayden broke his trust Ryan was very deeply plus the comments and rumors that spread in the campus made it worse.

Ryan was also very easily bullied back in high school and since Kevin was not on his side he was an easy target 

Kevin never cared about them but Ryan did. And seeing Ryan like that Kevin was also hurt.

And as for Hayden he just disappeared a few days later , he did nothing to clarify the rumors and he just watched everything from the side.

Thinking about those days and insults now makes Kevin's blood boil and now he is not going to let Hayden run away again, he has to pay the price for every insult and every wrong deed he did in the past ,Kevin  is going to make him regret everything he did to them in the past . He is going to take his revenge from Hayden , he is not going to miss this opportunity, he is not going to let Hayden get away easily .

'"You are right, I am going to make Hayden my assistant , and I am also going to use this opportunity to punish Hayden for what he has done in the past" He said to Chris .

"All right Kevin I am not going to stop you and I think Hayden deserves to be punished" Chris  said ,Chris  knew that Kevin  is not someone you should mess with , no one can handle Kevin's wrath and angry Kevin  is a very ,very dangerous Kevin , an angry Kevin  is like a hungry lion who is not going to show any mercy to his prey.

Mr. Roy was sitting in the waiting area with his son 

"do you know Mr. Shroff " he asked Hayden

 "no " Hayden replied 

"then why did he react that way after seeing you" 

"I don't know you should ask him" Hayden replied again

"Listen Hayden you better behave here with Mr. Shroff , I don't want you to do anything stupid which will ruin my image do you get that" 

"Let me remind you again old man you forced me to work here I am not here by my will , do you get that , so anything that will happen here will be your responsibility , don't blame it on me "

"Hayden you better behave because if I hear any complain from here then I am going to ruin those people you love so much" 

"you know what , you are a monster , I really don't know what was god thinking when he created you" Hayden said with anger evident In his voice

"Hayden I am your dad-"

 "yeah that's a very sad thing" 

Hayden said interrupting Mr. Roy

 "If you are my dad then why can't you understand that I don't want to work here and I don't think that Mr. Shroff is interested to teach me anything"

"That's not at all true Mr. Roy"

someone said out of nowhere , grabbing Mr. Roy's and Hayden's attention.Kevin 

Kevin  came towards them and said " I am really sorry Mr. Roy for earlier, it had nothing to do with you , I had a little problem back in my office but now everything is okay , so don't worry " he then turned towards Hayden and said "Hayden don't worry I will be more than happy to teach you a thing or two"

Kevin said with a sinister smile which sent shivers down Hayden's spine and it was that moment when Hayden knew that he was f****d there was no escape this time , he can't run away this time , he had to face the consequences of his actions now , he also knew that Kevin  is going to make his life miserable after all what he did to them in high school was not something which could be easily forgotten and Chris  who was also by his side, will support Kevin  .

"very well then Mr. Shroff , I will take my leave now and Hayden don't cause any problem " Mr. Roy then left the building leaving behind a nervous Hayden with Kevin  and Chris  who had a smirk on their face which clearly meant that they were going to have fun in making Hayden suffer .

"Now let's get to work Hayden,"Kevin  said.