189 Strange Call (1/2)

She did not notice her dress until Liling walked up that stage. Her parents were quite rich, so the mere looking at the dress was enough to tell her that it was not gotten just anywhere.

As painful as it was to accept, it was clear that Liling glowed from head to toe. Seeing her up there, something told her that it wouldn't be long before she won't be able to near her shadows anymore.

The more she watched her, the more her heart ripped into pieces. She was suffocating on her seat, finding it hard to breathe.

She was sure that if she hadn't left that moment, she was going to collapse on the floor.

The weekend was hell for her; she had locked herself up in her room, not wanting to eat anything. The worst of all was that the idiot who had slept with her refused to pick up her calls. Her parents had knocked and pleaded with her, all to no avail.

She had to literally drag herself off the bed, since it was the first day of work. Her eye bags were clearly visible, so she had to use a great deal of makeup to cover it up.

She wanted to avoid Liling and the bad mouthed Xin Yong for the meantime, but who would have thought that the first person she would see as she stepped into X was her?

Liling was putting on a latest Chanel dress, with matching heels and her hair was up in a ponytail, she was radiant and with a smile plastered on her lips.

Richen was putting on nice clothes too but because of her moody expression; she looked like a clear contrast of Liling.

As soon as recognized her, she wanted to pretend that she didn't see her, but it was already too late, Liling had already seen her.

The painful thing was not that she saw her, but the victorious smile that was plastered on her lips as she took steps toward her.

Richen wanted to turn around and walk away, but on a second thought she decided to wait for Liling to approach, so she would slur her for sleeping with men just to get into the company.

Just the mere thought of insulting her in front of the company; put a slight smile on Richen's face as she waited for her to approach.

But a funny thing happened, Liling who had looked as though she was coming to meet her, or maybe scream her victory to her face, just passed by her as though she was a shadow.

Richen's tongue which was about to move suddenly stuck to her alveolar as she felt Liling walk past her as though she did not exist.

She couldn't literally believe her eyes. Her feet stuck to a place and her eyes remained gazing into space.

It took her 30 seconds to realize what had just happened. Her eyes fluttered and she slowly turned around to see Liling walking into the elevator.

The only thing that saved her from fainting was her pride. What was she going to tell people when she finally woke up?