Chapter 216 - Fate loves to play around (1/2)

Michael parked the car beside a 7-Eleven store, before making his way inside.

His car quickly drew the attention of the people around the place. After all, the bastard is a brand new Lexus LC, and especially when he got down from it, it was because the people around him were surprised for a bit to see a person with celebrity levels like appearance.

”What the...is he a celebrity?”

”He could be...but I've never seen him before though”

”Why don't you try and go asking him? After all, you're the boldest here from out of us”

”No way, this kind of person doesn't lack women throwing themselves at him. I'd rather not embarrassed myself by going out there and try to flirt with him”

Michael quickly frowned when he heard them whispering and looking at him as he made his way inside the store.

In fact, Michael had already noticed the changes of his physical appearance which really weirded him out at first but shrugged it off in the end, thinking that there's nothing more weirder than being thrown back in time from where everything all started.

Michael quickly headed to where the drinks are stored and got himself a bottle of soda, before making his way over towards the cashier.

He suddenly halted in his tracks and raised an eyebrow when he saw a familiar person behind the counter, who's currently busy tallying the purchases of the customers.

'Isn't that...Chelsea? Why is she working here?'

Michael tilted his head in confusion and doubt, before continuing in his steps forward.

A minute later, it was finally Michael's turn, ”This one please”

”Michael? Hi!” Chelsea looked up to his face and quickly recognized him even with the changes in his physical appearance.

”Ohhh, Hi!” Michael showed a wary smile while acting shock that the woman in front of him knows who he is.

”It's me, Chelsea”

Chelsea looked at Michael from head to toe with a look of disbelief on her face.

”Yeah, I just remembered you just now” Michael gave a dry laugh as he really didn't want to talk to this woman who had rejected him multiple times back in the day. That was why he was acting like he didn't even recognize her earlier.

”It was nice seeing you again” Chelsea smiled as she gazed straight into Michael's eyes, but she was immediately disappointed when she saw the gaze that Michael was giving her wasn't the same as back then.

”Yeah, me too,” Michael said.

”How about we catch up for another day as there are also others waiting in the line behind me, yeah?” Michael said as he gave the people waiting behind him an apologetic smile.

”Ahh!? Of course” Chelsea said fl.u.s.tered and gave the other customers an apologetic smile.

”That would be two dollars and ninety-nine cents,” Chelsea said.

Michael nodded, then handed her five dollars from his pocket.

Chelsea handed him his change and quickly took a pen out and wrote a string of numbers on his receipt before handing it over to Michael who just smiled at her in response.

”Uhmmm…call me,” Chelsea said as her eyes darted around.

”Sure” Michael just smiled and pocketed the receipt before making his way out of the convenience store.

Michael stepped out of the store and slowly opened the bottle of soda in his hands and took a huge gulp out of it, before releasing a long satisfied sigh.

'Fate really loves to make fun of me huh?'

Michael thought with a bitter smile on his face, it was because he didn't expect to meet Chelsea here of all places.

After all, the last time he heard any news of her was that she had met someone from another country and started living with her boyfriend.