The Grand Mistress

Manager Rose reminder sounded like a threat and emphasizing Hawk\'s name worked well with the crowd of reporters. Certainly they were all afraid of Hawk and so they chose not anymore to pester Feather with questions about his disappearance. Besides, they all don\'t have the courage to write anything negative about President Hawk as they all are aware of what the consequences will be.

As the interview was about to end, only then did Hawk appear with Lucas and few of his bodyguards. Of course their presence caught everyone\'s attention but no one dared to approach him for an interview, instead everyone turned kind toward Feather who at that point was relieved that Hawk somehow showed up.

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When the interview wrapped up only then did Hawk approach Feather. Although he could approach her without hassle earlier as everyone in the room would of course dare not question him, he chose to be polite and let everyone do their thing. Also, he didn\'t know what excuse he would tell Feather about his disappearance earlier and he was not the kind of man who would make up false excuses. He had already made the Han\'s heiress upset, lying would only add up to the injury.

"Thank you for coming," It was obvious from Feather\'s voice that she was upset but she did not dare confront him about his disappearance. She even faked a smile to hide what she truly felt. For her, it was best not to upset Hawk and act like a very understanding fiancée, "Don\'t worry I\'ve manage to answer their questions about your absence without much of a complication,"

Unknown to her, Hawk was trying to thread the right words to say to her because he was expecting her confrontation. The fuzzy cat he knew was a headstrong woman who would not forgive slip ups without thorough explanation and so when Feather approached him like nothing had happened, his brows creased. Did she just forgive him without explaining? Weird. 

Feather saw the rather confused expression that registered on Hawk\'s face and afraid that she might have offended him she added, "I know you are very busy and yet I insisted with this pre-wedding concierto without asking your schedule first. You must have a hard time adjusting things and have to go and attend to some important clients. Don\'t worry I understand it,"

The confused Hawk only nodded not able to say a word. He certainly didn\'t expect such an easy pass. When did the bossy Somerset village girl become this timid? It was obvious that she was upset but she seemed to have lost all courage to confront him and chose to keep it all to herself. With this, Hawk was having hard time trying to reach out to her as her constant pretentious act of being a very understanding fiancee shuts him off. Unkown to her, her actions was creating a wall between them, a wall that wasn\'t there before.

"The President wants you to join him in his car Miss Han," Lucas took the initiative to cut the awkwardness between Hawk and Feather. He also knew they needed to talk about what happened tonight and so he took charge of giving them the time and space to be by themselves. He thought it would be better for Hawk to bring Feather home so they can have a little privacy in his car on their way to the Han\'s mansion. "He wants to bring you home personally,"

"Of course," Feather flashed another fake smile and as Lucas directed her, she went on her way toward the exit as Hawk followed her behind. Soon they were both in the backseat of Hawk\'s car yet the awkwardness still lingered.

Hawk waited for Feather to speak up but halfway to the Han\'s mansion she didn\'t say a word. With that, Hawk sighed and decided to cut the silence between them.

"I\'ll make it up to you," Hawk let go of a promise. "I\'m sorry about tonight,"

"President Hawk it\'s nothing," Feather lied, "I know what I am getting into. I know you are managing a big conglomerate and these kinds of things are bound to happen. I\'m just glad you still showed up,"

"Feather, if you are angry, it\'s okay to tell me," Hawk encouraged her to open up. For other men, the Han\'s heiress\' action of being apathetic to their fiancée\'s slip ups was a convenient thing, but for Hawk, things were different. He had fallen hard to the Han\'s heiress he met in the Somerset village and her character was something he adored very much. However, for some reasons, Feather wasn\'t speaking up. Did their long years of separation had changed her so much to the point that she was nothing like the girl he had fallen head over heels on?

"I told you it\'s okay," Feather flushed another fake smile of her and because she was a good actress, the smile reached her honey colored eyes. Her eyes that all this time Hawk was trying hard to fathom and connect but couldn\'t. "We only spent little time together and as much as possible I don\'t want to spend it on arguing things over,"

"I see," Somehow, Hawk understood her point and so he stopped his pleas for her to open up. What she said was rather true, because of his role as the President of a big conglomerate, he was far too busy to spend much time with her and for that he knew he had to make up for it, "How about we spend tomorrow together? I\'ll take you jewelry shopping,"

"Jewelry shopping?" Feather\'s eyes glistened with real joy upon hearing it. Knowing that she blabbered the words outright looking so excited, she immediately composed herself, "I mean I would glad to spend more time with you. Tomorrow...tomorrow is good,"

Seeing her pleased, Hawk was relieved. He always felt bad for her, especially that for some reasons his focus was always with someone else. He didn\'t know what was really happening in him and what was with the mystery woman that he just cannot resist. However by then, there was only one thing certain, Feather was his fiancee and he was bound by any means to be responsible for her.