Leap OF Fate

To everyone’s surprise, without a word, Serene got up from her seat and went out of the room. She did not care about the incredulous look of her colleagues, not to mention the dark face of her Director, Mr. Kim.

She just wanted to get out of that place as quickly as she could. Her chest tightened, her eyes burned. She further hurried her steps and went straight to the nearest washroom. She locked herself up in the first vacant cubicle that she saw.

Alone, her tears fell down from her eyes. She suppressed her sobs lest other people would hear her. “They both have to be here,” she muttered. Her emotions were a mess. She felt confused, surprised, angry, depressed all at the same time. Like her feelings, her thoughts were also a mess. She cannot understand why of all the places in the world she ended up working here. While she was happy with her work and the people she worked with, with those two here, how can her life be peaceful again?

She thought she had buried Bryan in the deepest recess of her heart and memory. She thought that she no longer felt anything for him — no pain, no anger, no resentment. But how wrong she was! All this while, all those feelings that were just pushed down and had resurfaced.

After a few minutes, she went out of the cubicle and washed her face. She stared at her reflection. Like a zombie, she returned to her workstation. Soon as she got in her small office, Director Kim came to see her with a stern expression on his face.

“What was that about?” he asked directly.

not myself today. Can I file for a half day leave?” she asked solemnly. Looking at her now, Director Kim cannot believe that the person whom he just promoted and this mess of a girl in

I will no longer tolerate lapses. You understand me,

Mr. Kim.” He had called her Ellis. He

of their department. She pressed the down button of the elevator and looked

the elevator, but she did not pay attention. She just stared at her shoes absentmindedly. A familiar scent reached her

called her, using the nickname he used

close to him, gave her complex emotions. She felt

inwardly, looking for words. It had been two years. He had not seen her since the incident at his house. He looked for her to talk to her but did

couple of years. She looked more mature now, but it suited her. She still looked tall and stoic. Her long hair, which was simply tied in a neat ponytail, made her looked

he finally said. He looked at her for a response,

anything to Bryan. She did not expect him to follow her