Chapter 14: Chapter 14

After Naomi washed all the dishes, she turned back to her room. As soon as she turned around, she saw her father standing in front of her, asking whether she got an email or not. She lowered her gaze and shook her head slowly. Her father, who understood her sadness, moved forward and patted her shoulder, hoping his soft pat would ease her sadness.

"Maybe this isn't your luck," said Benny, who nodded slowly by Naomi. Wearily, she walked past her father who was worried about her being sad like that,

Benny sighed,

Maybe she needs time for herself.

Naomi closed the door and took a place for her to sit on her bed. She was still thinking positive, maybe she should wait a few hours. Until it happened, she walked to her desk to pick up her phone which was still charging. She kept refreshing her inbox hoping there will be a new message for her,

She closed her eyes, trying to shift her gaze to her laptop which was waiting for her to continue her work. Heavily, she opened her laptop and went back to her work.

*Previously*

Alex is looking at a CV of a person selected by Adrian and Seira. He was examining the work of a person who was chosen and after seeing everything, it was no wonder to him that he was chosen to be Adrian's successor.

"Are you disappointed?" asked Darius who had been standing in front of him,

“Of course…” he said quietly, leaning back in his oversized chair. He was very disappointed that Naomi was not chosen as Adrian's replacement. Though he had expected more of it.

"Though I'm really curious about who that girl is," Darius said, getting a fierce glare from Alex,

"Wow, you don't have to stare at me seems you want to kill me like that," he said as he raised his hands as a sign of surrender with a death glare from Alex.

"Believe me, I could not betray Diana," he said again,

Alex let go of his death stare and looked back at his computer which contained not a CV from Naomi,

"So do you have any other plans to go after her?" said Darius who was shaken by Alex,

"I can't move yet because I have a lot of work to do," Alex said languidly. He closed his eyes, thinking the way of how to reach Naomi. Until finally his mind dwells on one thing,

"Should I call her?" he said while his eyes still closed.

"But what if she blocks my number?" he muttered again,

"You just have to prepare another phone to call her again. If later he blocks your, you can use another number. And so on until she's sick of blocking you."

Alex snapped his hands vigorously, “Bingo! You're right!” he said excitedly,

"You can hang out with her right after you get home from work,"

Alex straightened his seat and shook his head at Darius, "It won't be that easy, I think she will mind doing it with me."

Darius furrowed his brows in surprise, "Why?" he asked, causing Alex to take a deep breath,

"I've hurt her in the past. She won't be that easy to accept me," he said softly. Alex really regretted everything until this moment. He regretted having resisted his instincts not to give the photos to his friends. Dia sangat egois, keinginan untuk diakui oleh teman-temannya lebih besar ketika dia masih muda.

If he hadn't realized his feelings too late, he was sure that Naomi wouldn't be left him and they will be together until now.

"Did you hurt him so badly?"

"Awfully," he said with a huge regret in his life.

"Can you tell me?" he said, making Alex reluctant to tell him. He looked back at Darius who was still with a curious expression. He sighed softly because he also wanted advice and some feedbacks from Darius. He finally told Darius everything. Starting from how it all started, to what was the end of their relationship,

"Are you insane?!" he cried out of surprise. He never expected it went be like that,

"Severe, isn't it?"

"Awfully!" shouted Darius in disbelief

"I know, it's very self-conscious if I come back into her life. But, I can't let her go…”

Darius sighed, seeing Alex’s earnestness and the pain that was clearly printed on his face. Darius had lowered his head and raised it again to look at his friend who was hurt by his own actions in the past,

“You have to try… if you want her that much, then try to chase her back,”

"Everyone has the right to get a second chance," Darius added,

"Where do you think I can start?" Alex asked quietly,

"You can text her, call her to take her out on a date,"

Alex nodded in understanding, "Okay... I'll try"

****

The next day,

The girl groaned tiredly, after a day of helping her father, she finally got time to rest for a while before she continued her work. She looked up at the ceiling and stretched out her arms,

Today was Saturday, where many young people were traveling and even dating this weekend, but when it came to Naomi, she chose to stay at home and rest.

These days, she tries to always seem friendly and kind to the buyers. She had to suppress her sadness because for her professionalism was everything in work. She didn't want to sink into sadness.

It seems this is her destiny.

The evening is the perfect time to get rid of all uncomfortable after a day of activities. Tears pooled in her eyes, and soon they would fall. Naomi didn't hold back this time, she allowed herself to let it all out so she could relax.

She wiped her tears from time to time and took a few deep breaths.

In a sad situation like this, a call came into her phone. She took out her phone and saw an unknown number was entrenched on the screen. Even though her back had goosebumps, her curiosity dominated her more.

With a nod, she picked up the call and put the phone to her right ear. There wasn't any voice, and with all the courage she started to open her mouth to say 'hello',

"Naomi..."

Naomi fell silent at the sound. It was a voice she didn't want to hear in his life. She hated this sound and at the same time, she was afraid of his voice, because this voice was a sound that could bring her memories back to the past.

"As expected you didn't change your number..."

The girl was shaking violently, she couldn't stop herself from blinking her eyes with short breaths,

"W-who?" she said, pretending not to know the owner of this voice,

"You forgot me? Too bad… I can't believe you can forget me.”

Naomi clenched her fists and clenched her jaw, trying to muster up the courage within herself,

"Wh-whoever you are, I don't know you!"

"Oh really? Should I look for you and appear before you?”

"Stop saying nonsense!" she shrieked with a tremor,

"Hey... I think you never change," the man said while leaning against the plain white wall that held his body,

"Look out for me in the next few months. I'll look for you and-"

TIT!

She hung up the call. Naomi held her chest which was beating so fast that it even gave her a very uncomfortable sensation. The bastard would be back in a few months after he was released from prison and she had to prepare for it.

Naomi caught her breath to relax her body. She took the phone away from her because of the shock she felt.

"Calm down, Naomi. Be calm," she said, who kept repeating the words for herself.