182 Bitter is born (1/2)

Da Xia stretched her arms when she finished her day's work. It was already past seven in the evening and she was sure almost everyone had left for their homes.

She rubbed her eyes and temples and tiredly stood up from her seat. Closing her laptop, she picked up her bag and took her phone from the table.

As she made to walk out, her eyes swept over the package she had received earlier which was lying abandoned on her table, and she hesitantly picked it up.

It was in a letter envelope, she stared at it strangely, not knowing who it came from since it did not bear any sender information.

Anxious and a bit scared, she decided to open it when she got home. It was quite unsafe to open an unknown letter in a place where there was no-one .

Putting the letter envelope into her bag, she hurried out of her office.

Her parents already knew of her schedule and had warned her to stop overworking herself, but she never listened. When she arrived home, she was quite glad when she was told by the cook that they had not returned since morning.

Rushing upstairs, she took a quick shower and changed into her Pajamas, then went downstairs to eat her meal. After the meal, she rushed back upstairs to her room. She walked over to her bag on the cushion in her room and took out her phone from it. Her eyes met the package once more. She took it out and walked over to her bed.

Lying on her bed, she stared at the envelope for sometime, her heart beating against her chest.

She wondered why someone would send her a letter in the 21st century?

After contemplating for a while, she finally tore open the envelope and took out a folded piece of paper.

Slowly, she opened the paper and read through the contents. Her hands on the paper suddenly froze and goosebumps washed through her skin.

She remained transfixed staring at the paper for a good three minutes. After sometime, her eyes fluttered, pulling her out of her daze. She folded the paper and placed it back into the envelope.

She pushed the envelope under her pillow and immediately covered herself with her duvet. Her mind filled with different thoughts.

....

”I said to call me later and not after four days!”

Xin Yong screamed over the phone, she did not wait for Liling to reply before she continued.

”I will scold you later, keep that aside, guess what? X welcome party is on Saturday and my baby bought me a. a.. gorgeous ...a magnificent... breathtaking dress. it's so... ”

”Xin Yong!, it's pretty, I'll see it tomorrow, okay? ”

Liling cut her off, while giggling softly. Her friend was overly dramatic.

”Oh, Liling, you need to see this dress, he surprised me yesterday. I was so blown away! Jin Yue is so cute! so cute! I love him so so so! ”

”So much! ”

Liling completed the sentence again, still laughing.

Xin Yong asked, her tone seemed so happy. Liling was sure she wouldn't get scolded this time.

”Sorry, I forgot, but I would have remembered if you weren't doing stuffs under the sheets and had picked up my calls!”

”When? wait... you mean four days ago? oh my God! ”

Xin Yong burst out laughing, her mind recalling the events of that night.

”I'm so sorry! I couldn't reach my phone that night and I forgot to call the next day... oh my!”

”Yeah, you couldn't reach your phone because you were extremely busy!, don't worry, we'll see tomorrow, it's been so long! ”

”Yeah, and I've missed you so much. How is our handsome Liu Wei? ”

Xin Yong asked giggling lightly.

”He's sexier than yesterday. I'm looking forward to seeing you tomorrow, the prettiest girl in gahll, please don't make Jin Yue jealous by seducing all the men in the...”

”Liling, you didn't just say that, did you? . We all know who's Gahll's no1 beauty, wait, who's talking of gahll?. In the whole of China who can compare to you?.