A Round Trip To Love Volume 1 Chapter 36 111 Mar 18, 2020

I retrieved the ring and the key from the box. The dull-coloured ring felt like it has shrunk, after much effort it finally slip on my finger.

It may not fit me well anymore, but I still look upon it as a much cherished object, as a reminder of the times when love kept us going, when everything else stopped moving.

I tried Lu Feng's mobile, it was turned off, automatically diverting to text messaging. I tried his home number, no one picked up, and was once again diverted to a voice messaging inbox, so I hung up. He has likely gone out for some social events. I had such a yearning to see him that I decided I could sit around and wait for him at his home.

Holding the key in my hand I suddenly felt a wave of butterflies in my guts, fumbling around the keyhole for a long time before slotting it in.

A superior door knob does not even make a single squeak when it locks and unlocks. I took a deep breath, pushed the door open, and took a step forward.

One step, that was all it took, for my eyes to capture the image of two male figures intertwined on that Nordic sofa. For a split second, I had a suspicion that it was just a figment of my imagination, however among the two male bodies, one with a strong and fair-skinned back of mixed Caucasian blood stood out like a sore thumb, unmistakably Lu Feng's.

I was in total stupefaction, rooted in position with one leg forward.

Perhaps I should have readjusted my stance or rearranged the shocked expression on my face to make myself appear more indignant, but I could not control any parts of my anatomy.

Lu Feng was the one who raised his head first, upon seeing my stunned self, he froze: ” Xiao Chen ?”

The sound of his voice might as well be cold water splashed across my face, thoroughly and completely waking me up. I let go of the key still inserted in the keyhole, spun around and hurried away. I have to count my lucky stars that this was a stand-alone house, at the very least I did not have to disgrace myself again rolling down some stairs.

” Xiao Chen, Xiao Chen ! Wait !”

” Listen to me !” Lu Feng's unchecked strength is so strong that the wrist he twisted to pull me back felt like it had dislocated, ” I can explain………”

I looked at him in my disheveled state of mind.

Quietly I waited for his explanation, preparing to hang on to every word coming out of his mouth, whatever reasons he gives to justify the situation, I am willing to be deceived. I can pretend to be stupid and believe anything, as long as this pain in my heart stops, I will accept it.

” I thought you will never come, so I looked for others…………..”

” Lu Feng !” I screamed at him cutting him off, I was hit by an acute dizziness, a curtain of blackness taking over my eyes. I consciously swallowed my saliva to ensure that the words proceeding out of my mouth next would not carry any ambiguity: ” If you want someone to sleep with you, I am indeed not the suitable person. You are right to find someone else."

The ring was too tight, I gritted my teeth and pulled it off tearing some skin with it, and it finally loosened.

" Take this back." He did not receive it, so I threw it at his face.

This is it, it is over. The ring returned, the key returned. I have nothing left, cleaned from any attachments, no future, no worries, no love, no hate. All up in smokes.

This is good.

I hid myself in the bedroom, not making a sound, only shuddering ceaselessly.

Zhu Sha and Ding Ding both thought that I must have lost my mind, without any rhyme or reason absent from work for several days, only returning to submit a resignation notice.

" I think this job does not suit me." My demeanor was that of a dense person.

" If it is not suitable you can request for alternative arrangements. If you want a new job scope, just approach the boss, from your past acquaintance with him this should be a trivial matter. "

" We are no acquaintances." Even having a conversation with them is extremely taxing, " Just schoolmates."

Any personnel transfer or resignation had to go through the formality of approval from the managing director, if I want the complete set of termination and referral papers, I would have to bring the notice to Lu Feng himself.

I knocked on his door and was let in, he was in the middle of a heated conversation on the phone, bellowing out orders. When he raised his head and saw me, he could not hide his consternation. He wrapped up his call, sat upright, and looked at me with overwrought nerves.

I did not understand why he would look so spooked, was he worried I would throw a bitch fit right there in his office or even hit him?

I am not a clown.

" Managing Director. "

The colors on his face shifted slightly.

" After your perusal please provide a signature." I placed the resignation letter in a deferential manner in front of him, respectfully.

" Yi Chen." He breathed with all his self-control, "That man does not mean anything at all, whatever it was between me and him goes as far as exactly what you saw, nothing more."

" Please provide a signature."

" It is all my fault, but you don't need to resign, there will be nothing like this ever again in future, I guarantee you. You move over, and if you still mind what happened, I will replace all the furniture in the house."

His self defense convey the impression that I am stirring the pot because of some petty jealousy.

Lu Feng, you do not know, that you very nearly killed me.