Chapter 27 - The change of event (1/2)

Meanwhile, a certain drunk woman had just woken up…

Bella Lim felt a sharp headache on her head as soon as she opened her eyes. Groaning, she used her fingers to gently rub her temples. She stared at the ceiling for a while before slowly rose from her lying position. Her eyes ran over the alarm clock on the bedside table. She heaved in relief after seeing that there was ample time before her working hour starts.

She looked at herself and realized that the black dress she bought from D's boutique was still on her body. At the same time, everything that had happened last night came uninvited into her mind, impossible to appease the already painful headache she was feeling.

”It was indeed him. I met Eric,” she mumbled, hoping that by accepting the fact, she would feel better. In the end, she rolled on the bed and then screamed into her pillow.

”So embarrassing!”

Their meeting wasn't supposed to be like this!

Bella Lim returned to the night her life ended, and soon, the dire state Eric Wu was in came to her mind, giving her the comfort that what she experienced last night was nothing compared to the fear and anxiety she felt when seeing him in so much pain.

Feeling better, she left her room.

”Morning, big sis!” little pumpkin smiled when he saw Bella Lim came out from her room. Lily heard the greeting and turned around with a spoon in her hand.

”Morning, I made you some hangover soup,” she told her.

”By the way, what really happened to you last night? Was the dinner awful?” she asked after seeing her approaching them.

Last night, she was really worried after seeing Bella's condition. However, when she wasn't saying anything and kept on drinking, she gave up and went to sleep.

”Morning little pumpkin,” Bella Lim approached her little pumpkin and planted a kiss on his forehead. Then, she went to check Lily's hangover soup.

”I meet someone scary last night. He scared the shit out of me,” Bella gave a small account of what she had experienced.

She took a slurp of the soup, second, third, and soon, she took over the whole pot. Lily watched her greedily savored the soup and laughed.

This wasn't the first time she saw her getting drunk. However, it was definitely, the first time to hear that someone scared the shit out of her.

”He? A man?” she asked with interest in her voice. She poured himself a cup of coffee while waiting for Bella to share more of her experience. For all she knew, this woman never showed any interest in men. Elis, the chef of Simply Café had been trying to woe her but failed miserably.

”Uhuh,” Bella acknowledged, then proceed to divert the story in a different direction: ”Our new barista will come today, right?” she asked.

In the past, Carla would report to work on the first day she worked as Simply Cafe's manager. After the reborn, she wondered if it was still the same.

Lily rose an eyebrow as she stared at Bella with a bemused look.

”A new barista? You said before that Jordan wouldn't recruit anymore after Carla. Has he agreed to lessen our burden?” she asked.

Bella Lim was shocked. She looked at Lily who was also looking at her, waiting for her to respond to her last question.

”Carla is already a worker? Did she report in yesterday?” she asked in surprise.

”What are you talking about? She had been working for over a month already,” Lily stared at Bella with a narrowed gaze. She thought that Bella was acting strange, yet, she couldn't put her fingers on what it was.

”Sorry, I tend to forget things after drinking. I completely forgot about Carla,” Bella saw the look Lily was giving her and quickly made up an excuse.

It seemed that another event in her past life had changed again! Was it because her position as manager came early? Therefore, certain events changed to fill the plots? But, this would make things complicated.