Chapter 20: The past came to visit

Ruth dropped the tray and her hand flew to her mouth. Her eyes were fixated on the entrance as the familiar figure strode in accompanied by a sophisticatedly dressed extravagant woman, who had her hand wrapped around his arms. The jewellery adorning her neck and eyes was sparkling so bright it can illuminate a 20.25m2 room on its own.

"Nick," she whispered as time stood still

She had not seen him since he delivered his speech on graduation day. Whatever he did in the past months did have an awesome charming impart on him. He looked handsome more than ever. Ruth could not move or react for a long time.

One of the staff pulled her out of the hall retrieving the tray which drew everyone's attention to her from the floor. There was murmuring already going on in the hall as people deduced their own stories from the short incident. While others concluded, she was just a girl acting like one in front of an overrated charming man, others were also thinking she had done something to the