108 Before The Accident 3 (1/2)

It was 20:50 PM. Sarah was panting, running from someone who was following her. Her pink outfit was drenched by perspiration. Her heart kept beating uncontrollably, she didn't know who was the stalker. But she knew she was in a dangerous situation.

Shocking, someone abruptly grabbed her shoulder from behind. ”Ahh!” She shrieked as she turned around and hit the man with her bag!

She smacked him as she closed her eyes. She was too afraid to see the stalker. ”Wait! Wait! Sarah! It's me! It's me! Kitamura Ryo!” The man pleaded her to stop hitting him.

Sarah opened her eyes quickly and looked at the gaudy man in front of her. ”Kitamura-san?”

Ryo looked at her strangely and said, ”Call me Ryo, Sarah. We already agree on that. Anyway, what's wrong? Are you okay? Why are you so tense?” He looked at her pale face and her moist eyes.

Sarah took a quick breath and divert her gaze from him.

She didn't want someone to look at her like this. Her body was still trembling. These past few days she was being harassed non stop by a mysterious person. She didn't know why they act like this to her.

Was this because of her recent well-known name? Her beauty? Her wealth?

It was really hard to detect that stalker. Her apartment area was one of the secure districts in the city. The owner of the room apartments must have a password to enter.

There were CCTV and securities as well as guarding the location. So, it was impossible to enter without it or being invited as a guest yet this person did it.

The death threatening she got from a month ago. It was constantly repeating. She checked the person with the help of the securities yet the video footage mysteriously gone.

'Is this a setup?' She thought. By the end, she could only report to the police, but until now there was no news from them.

She had a urged to call Daniel and her parents. Sadly, she knew how busy they were in the company. Especially, Daniel who was working hard to be the heir of Skyfly Corp. Recently, he rarely called her in weekdays as he began busier, thus, their conversation started to decrease each day. He didn't pick up her phone call as well. When she messages him, the faster he replied probably the next day.

He promised her to come once a while, she could count the time he visited her in only one hand. Months, she really missed him, didn't he feel the same?

She felt aggravating. 'Is this the long distance relationship everyone talks about? Why this is really hard to do?' She wondered.

It may trigger the longing feeling but it didn't cease the sadness with it. She hoped for him to show a little care to his new fiancee and wife-to-be.

Her thoughts were interrupted when she saw Ryo's figure as if he was waiting for her answer. She looked at Ryo weakly, ”I'm sorry. I'm feeling unwell, but I'm fine. Don't worry.”

”Are you sure? How about this, let me take you home. I heard this area is dangerous lately. It's not good for a girl like you wandering around in this time.”

She looked at her surrounding, it was quiet and no one beside both of them. She nodded and let him took her back to the apartment's door. Before they reached the place, a sudden realization came to her mind, she asked him, ”Why are you here, Ryo-san?”

He opened his eyes like he finally remembered something. He pulled something in his pocket and gave it to her. ”You left your purse in the cafe. I wanted to bring give it to you a while ago, yet you already rushed to your apartment. So, I could only follow you here. I'm sorry for suddenly appearing in front of you.”

As she grabbed her purse from his hand, they reached in front of her apartment's main door. He looked at her, ”Sarah we are friends now. If you need any help you can call me. I'll try my best to help you. That death threats are rubbish. A lot of famous people got that once a while too, not only you. So, you didn't have to think about it. The agency will help you and I'll protect you. Did you report this to the police already?”

”I did. But, one thing I didn't report them. Because I didn't have proof to them I was being stalked and It was just from my feeling only. They couldn't take any action from it.” She elaborated while looking down. She was quite disappointed with the outcome.

”Tell me more about it?” He asked inquisitively.

After a moment of silence, she told him about her stalker recently. How she felt she was being followed and she felt someone took her photo secretively. It didn't feel like a paparazzi, she felt it was someone with a bad intention to her. But she couldn't describe it well. She didn't know why she felt like this, overanxious perhaps?

Ryo looked at her troubled face. He couldn't help to state this problem will grow big if they didn't take action right away!

He thought of something and offered her, ”How about this, let me take you to your apartment from now on. After campus or works. It may stop him to stalk you if I'm on your side. If he does appear, we will catch him and turn him to the police. This only first method, we will think another when we succeed with this one. How is it?”

As she lifted her eyes, she looked at the man expression. Sincere and genuinely worried for her. She said, ”That's...fine.”

Right now she didn't have anyone who she could really depend in this city. She didn't know why but his behavior to her was the same as big brother care for his sister. She didn't dislike the feeling. He was different from other guys. Although he could be defined as her superior in her job, he treated her as a friend and that was only it.

He never showed his lewd expression. Yes, his outfits was a little strange, as he was specialized in fashion as well. He joked around her, and she didn't find him annoying. He reminded her of Daniel when she felt comfortable with someone. The difference was only their personality. Daniel was a serious person while he was an easy-going type.

Thus, in a short time, she was closed to him.