Leap OF Fate
Chapter 37
After sending Serene back to her hotel, Justin drove back to Rain International. He had a couple of meetings to do in the office, after which he’d meet a client at the hotel where Serene was staying. He planned on surprising her by bringing her dinner.
Knowing Serene was just in the same building as him, he wanted to rush his meeting. However, it was for a significant acquisition for Rain International, so he made sure that he got all details covered.
The meeting concluded a little later than usual. Coming out of the hotel’s function room, he went to the restaurant to pick up his reservation. His heart was aflutter and had a bit of a spring in them. He cannot help but smile at the thought that the last time felt this was perhaps back when he was still a teenage boy crushing over his classmate.
He paused in his steps and his brows furrowed when he saw a group of men rushing in. They looked like hotel personnels. The crease on his forehead deepened when another set of men came rushing in. By attire, he could tell that they were firefighters.
“Sir, please follow me and evacuate the building,” one of the hotel personnel approached him soon as he got spotted.
Justin stood rooted in his spot. He stared at the person. His heart palpitated and his body felt cold as soon as he received the command. Serene’s image came up in his mind.
“What’s going on?” he asked the other person.
left his body. Serene’s room was on the 20th floor, just a floor above the fire. Is she safe? Was she already evacuated? Justin’s brain felt
into the hotel, not caring about the shocked look on the hotel’s personnel or for his safety. The hotel personnel’s angry shout asking him to stop did
fire exit and took two steps at a time as he climbed up the flight of stairs. He’s on the tenth floor. The ten flights of stairs felt like forever. He felt like he was not climbing quick enough.
pungent odor hit in his nose, making him cough. He took out his handkerchief and covered his
time to find her room. Standing in front of her door gave him an ominous feeling. He kicked the door hard, sending it to
the image of Serene gave to his view. She was clutching her chest as she laboriously coughed. He
when she lost her consciousness. He immediately closed the gap between them
the moment he carried her out of the room to the moment they arrived in the hospital felt like forever for Justin. He felt like dying watching the paramedics attend to
lot of fumes. His heart pounded in his chest like crazy. He paced the halls back and
of the emergency ward and transferred her to
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adjusted her eyes from the blinding light. She looked around her unfamiliar surroundings. When she tried to move her hand, she felt another person’s hand enclosed