Unexpected

n hit my face. All I wished for in that moment was for the smile on my face to remain like that

I could realize, the next thing

leep memories of how

sounds as she walked. She is always on her laptop, sending emails and feeding deadlines to her soul.

s when the e

nd she steps out - Dera, CEO of Beauty Palace. Sharp heels. Sharper eyes.

t's worse. It's cold. Calculating. Like she already knows y

yell. She do

tight-lipped smile? Someone's getting fired. He

always like this, th

it was the betrayal of a partner, others whisper about a hostil

aybe

ns wh

director with a

blink when

eryone's log

nd if you survive under her rule, you rise faster than anywhere else

offee on her reports. Everyone

almly said, "Bring me a new copy. And don't

y eyes, I was on a hospital bed". I c

aring. I couldn't utter a word, not because I couldn'

I didn't need him. I didn't mean to say that to him, and I was never like that. I was just under pressure from the baby we lost and lo

in as my guardian and took care of the hospital bill before he left. I told the doctor to tell me what was wrong with me since I could

h it and thinking about how he would present it to his wife. H

bring them apart. Richard was such a charming, handsome, cool guy, who was a man o

a had just finished her work and was headed home, humming to h

ersection-green light, no distractions,

o the side of her car. The sound of crunching metal filled

d stepped out, her knees weak but steady eno

ed man with a tight jaw and an eve

n't you know when to stop? Yo

inked,

is on me, 'he cut her off, voice loud and aggressiv

. People were starting to watch. She hated scenes l

t the whole thing on dash cam. You ran the red,' he said to the man, then looked at Dera. 'I saw everything. You drove through clean.' The man's face flushed, suddenly unsure. 'And if you're trying

ed defender, eyes wide. "You s

"Yeah. Lucky I was behi

ally releasing. "I don'

e let me buy you a coffee af

a beat, then smiled th

e walked into something better-something unexpected. And

hers might say. Dera's parents were rich while Richard's parents were not rich, neither starving. Richard was a lawyer

hought it was something usual until it became worse. Dera tried getting up, but the pain was too much. She tried calling for help, but it seemed nobody heard her, so she crawled towards the door. Luckily for her, her husband was back and was heading to her room when he heard Der