Chapter 437 - Longing (1/2)

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”It looks like it's going to rain again; we should get inside.”

That was all he said to Viktor before heading out of the alley. At the entrance to the street, Edward looked back again hoping to get a glimpse of that red hair and resume his chase, but all he saw was black and that kept him going forward, back to the hotel.

In the hotel, Edward just picked up his phone from the table where he had left it with a plate half full of food.

He looked at the food, considered whether to carry it or not before deciding to just go to his room and sleep.

”Are you okay, sir?” Holly stood to ask as Edward passed her the second time to leave the restaurant.

”I'm fine,” was his curt and half-hearted reply.

Again, the two employees of Edward Wu exchanged looks between themselves as their boss walked out on them.

Viktor raised his brows at Holly who just shrugged in return. Solemnly, and begrudgingly on the secretary's part she hadn't finished her food and she was enjoying the meal quite alright the two followed Edward's footsteps and caught up with him just before he walked onto the elevator.

The ride up was slow, quiet and jerky. Edward just leaned against the cold metal wall of the car, his eyes searching the ground for something,someone he couldn't reach.

His mind was clouded with so many thoughts that screamed confusion, hope and doubt. It couldn't have been who he thought it was. It just couldn't have been.

There were so many women with that colour of hair, so many women and it could have just been a shadow of his imagination. Because he'd longed for her too much, his mind was beginning to play tricks on him.

Edward was convinced that this was the explanation to what had happened that evening.

He didn't even want to consider what had gone through the minds of onlookers as he ran down the streets of a city he was a guest in.

Only God knows what he might have looked like; a man in a tux and boots running with the wind ruffling his hair and the sole of his shoes slapping the tarred curbs.

His eyes had been wide open and Edward thought he might have cried at some point in the chase. Who even cried when they saw a ghost?

Ding!

The sound of the elevator coming to a stop on the floor of their room was all it took for Edward to come around from his thoughts.

He looked at his employees who were trying their best not to show that they were watching him closely before walking out.

His room was three doors down the left of the elevator and that was where he headed.

”You guys can go to your rooms and stop casing me,” Edward suddenly said , coming to a stop.

He turned around to look at Holly and Viktor who were teetering a few steps behind him. ”I'm not in danger of running out of the building again, do not worry.”

There were no windows to see anyone passing the street and once Edward got into his room, he was just going to let his bed take him to the land of nothingness.

”Yes, sir.”