Chapter 130: A small world
Her name left my parted lips, my voice filled with surprise and disbelief as my gaze remained on her. My eyes were running wild with emotions and I didn’t know exactly how to describe what I was feeling at that moment. It was almost like a mixture of relief, joy but also sadness, anger and betrayal as the memories from before came flooding my mind in an instant.
I felt my heart skip a beat and it felt as though time had come to a pause. I couldn’t believe my eyes, what are the odds that I would see her again? Since when has the world become so small? By some odd twist of fate, I ended up at the boutique she was working at.
Her eyes grew wide and shock flashed past her face for a fleeting moment when she realised she was looking right at me. Within the next second, a soft gasp emerged from her throat and a flustered look masked her features. Before I knew it, the glass she was once holding slipped out of her hands and fell onto the ground, shattering upon hitting the ground.
"Aurelia, careful!" Xavier yelled out as he reached out to grab me by my shoulders within a split second, pulling me back to his side.
The loud sudden sound caught everyone’s attention as they immediately whipped their heads around, their eyes darting around in search of the source of the noise. Realisation washed over them when they looked down to see broken pieces of glass scattered everywhere.
"Are you okay?" He asked as a mixture of concern and worry was swirling in the depths of his dark brown eyes. He hadn’t even noticed it was Serena who was standing before our eyes when that was all I could think about at that moment as my mind continued to buzz with thoughts.
"Yeah, I’m fine, don’t worry," I muttered under my breath.
"Oh my god, Serena!" Julia shrieked, her high-pitched voice slicing through the air as her brows furrowed together to form a frown on her face. Her eyes flickered over to glance at Serena with a look of disdain plastered across her face. "Serena, what is wrong with you? Can’t you be more careful? I know you are new but gosh... You are so clumsy and careless all the time, no wonder nobody wants to hire a stay-at-home-mum like you," she continued to complain and sneaked in a snarky remark, her tone carrying a sharp edge to it while the rest of her colleagues laughed along, mocking her as if she wasn’t standing right in front of them.
I watched as Serena bit her lower lip, as if she was trying to hold back the words sitting at the tip of her tongue. Instead, she bowed and apologised over and over again.