"What's up?" Joseph sent Lisa a message which created an intersection between two parallel lines, life indeed was full of coincidence. Everything was in a thorough mess for Lisa after Ella left the country with her newly husband. The new girl Janine who covered for Ella was a scheming girl and she did not get along with Lisa at all, but the guys in the office seemed to like her very much. And Lisa did not want to find a replacement as a roommate. It was a humid evening on work day, she had nothing better to do when a message came in, it was Joseph. It was a message even more casual and meaningless than any words, yet, somehow, it was a consolation. By the time she was unable to find anyone else to talk with, Lisa replied immediately, he was a talkative guy and she struck up a conversation with him. They spent hours talking about their dreams, how she wanted to see the world, his of being a new CEO in the family business. Sometimes those that put on the happiest of faces all the t
"Adieu! Adieu! Janine." Lisa hoped not to see her again. It took two days for the work handover, then Janine was transferred to Marketing because Peter thought her skills might best be used in the new department. Lisa had been so busy that she had neither the time nor the inclination to think of other things, though she had to work harder than before, she felt no fatigue. Suddenly the air in the office was as fresh as ever, with Alex and William in the office treated her as before like Janine had not been there. It was not that Lisa did not hold grudges against them, she just did want to struggle and only Peter mattered. It wasn't until Ella had gone that she realized, for her at least, being friends with colleagues didn't emerge as a priority at all. Life was once again very hectic but empty. At the start, Ella chat with Lisa online very often, lately they did not talk at all, Lisa took it for granted that life moved forward. She was very concerned about Leopold, she initiated
"Have you heard the news? Janine and Charles are having an affair."The breaking news went viral in the company almost overnight; today's careers offered more opportunity for extramarital affairs, for example Charles as the vice CEO and the head of Marketing and his newly young and beautiful Secretary-Janine.It didn't occur to Lisa that Janine would tolerate a man older than her father, besides Charles was neither sexy nor funny.Unlike talking about the gossip of Joseph, people were being judgmental and critical about Janine, using the worst swearword in the world. One of the most elementary rules of life was never hit a man when he was down-in other words, never took advantage of a person's misfortune. Although what had happened in the office caused Lisa and Janine were not incompatible, Lisa did not want to talk about Janine behind her back for this matter.Lisa was too busy to studying at night and occasional weekends to get a MBA degree with Peter's recommendation, she was so th
Lisa is thinking about buying a more suitable couch if they are getting spontaneous again. When he is done his cheeks is flushed and he looks triumphant, the colour upon Lisa' spread over her face to her body. One of Joseph's hobbies is purchasing houses, this is an instance of childhood trauma and it is pretty commonplace in other families in the country. "What first put you onto texting me? I mean the message comes from nowhere."Joseph is a cuddle-a big surprise; the emotional wounds of early childhood leave ineradicable scars. He is lying on the couch with Lisa in his arms and a guilty look on his face. His mind travels back to the hot sultry day at the airport four years ago.After his mother Lucy named him CEO of the family business, he thought it would be a great time for him to do some actual work for the company. It turned out he was too naïve, Lucy disapproved all his ideas, then they started to argue about how the company would grow. Finally, he yielded the palm to her, in
Lisa truly understood the unpredictability of life, which often changed within an instant without being noticed. Just when it seemed life was going well, Peter's sudden death from acute myocardial infarction was devastating.Sometimes life hit you in head with a brick, two days later Charles took his place as the CEO of the company.The day before it all happened, Peter felt uncomfortable because he got a cold. Lisa asked him if he need to take the day off to go to the hospital, Peter interpreted his illness as being less severe. So he took some cold medicine and went back to work.Peter took good care of his body, he did not smoke or drink, eating healthy food and doing sports twice a week. When Lisa was about to go off work, she found out that Peter was fall sleep on the sofa in his office, she knew it was the pill so she did not care to wake him up.She had class the night and she told Alex that Peter was asleep, then Lisa left the company. The next day morning she had been told th
"If you ever kiss my finance again, I will destroy you." Penny went around to see Lisa on Sunday afternoon, they talked about what happened last night. Lisa had vague memories of Joseph coming under the influence of alcohol, a certain hollowness that she tried to stifle. To think that she had kissed Raymond wildly, a wave of nausea and disgusting swept over her. But what Penny had said aroused her. "Penny, are you trying to make welcome with the usual pantomime of exaggerated words and gestures?" "Lisa, those are his very words. He was so cool when he said it. Since when are you and Joseph engaged? The story has taken a huge twist, one minute you and Raymond are enamored, next minute Joseph appears as your finance. Is there something going on between you and Joseph?" "Don't be ridiculous, we are just friends. What did Raymond say? Did he misunderstand my intentions? I am so embarrassed." "Don't worry about him. He had worse. He can survive that one of his ex-girlfriend cheated on
Lisa began to walk faster to catch up to Penny and Rebecca, finally she caught them before they had gone far. Penny was both sad and angry, Rebecca patted her back and tried to comfort her."Penny, are you all right? I swear to God I don't know how this will happen. I felt awfully guilty for not helping you." Said Lisa who was still trying to gulp air after running."Lisa, things had moved too fast for my mind to keep up. But I think Kenny did not really like you. Penny, listen to me. What I have found was that Kenny knew that you would ask him, but he was too afraid to facing you. I have a friend who had a great tactic for dealing with unwanted chat ups -go nuclear early by saying her husband was a mercenary. Kenny went first in order to shut you up. According to my observation, he was very avoidant. Normally avoidant people want to be in relationships-because we are all programmed to get attached to other people- but they acted weird when they get close to a person. You can't hold b
"Hi, Joseph, I have a good piece of news to tell you. I am not single anymore and I have a boyfriend whose name was Joseph."After knowing Joseph for three years, being friends with him over two years, Lisa was ready to update her relationship status. But when she texted Joseph the good news after work, there was no reply from him at all. While waiting at home in hopes that Joseph would show up next minutes, she did not hear from Joseph until she went to bed.If Lisa had ever had crush on a person, even if the man was her neighbor who grew up at the same neighborhood, she might suffer from the nostalgic was how of reverential awe and swayed lost. But she knew Joseph well and Lisa was aware that Joseph must be fully occupied by work. During these waits, her brain slipped away from the body and wandered about the sweetest dreams.The next morning Lisa wake up at six thirty, she checked her phone and found out there was no messages or calls. She had to get ready for work because it was M