** Anna’s POV **I was packing my personal items in a box back in the office. It wasn’t much though, just a few books, pens and a flower vase. I couldn’t help but think about the whole thing.Was I doing the right thing? I had saved up quite a few bucks to take care of my needs for a few months while I went job hunting. With my work experience, I don’t think it would be that difficult to find something decent to do.Who wouldn’t want to employ a former employee of Blackwood Precious Stones and Jewelries? This was to my advantage.Without a knock, the door was pushed open and Megan walked in, a frown on her face. I turned to her with a little smile, expecting a lecture from her.“What do you think you are doing, Anna?” she asked with a wrinkled face, curiosity etched on her face.“Did Mr. Blackwood send you to come and try to change my mind?” I asked coldly and turned my back to her.“He didn’t have to, the moment I learnt that you were leaving, I decided to come over and talk sense

** Anna’s POV **I was bored to death at home, it had been two weeks already since I quit my job. I had applied for a new job in over four places but I was yet to get any feedback from any of the companies. I wasn’t really worried, I could take care of myself long enough to find a job.But then I had to find a way to deal with the boredom. Too much screen time was a threat to my eyesight, I wanted to do something different today, something productive, maybe something that would make me happy.My first option was Jennifer but the daughter of Jezebel had left me behind on a road trip with her other friends, too bad I didn’t have other friends. Megan had called in a few times to see how I was faring and she even asked to know if I had a change of mind but I was way past that now, there is no going back.I like to wonder if Mr. Blackwood still thinks of me, because I can't keep him out of my head. There has been no contact between us in the past two weeks, although it still feels like

** Omniscient Narrator **The driver of the car was none other than Mr. Blackwood. “Anna, are you okay?” He asked curiously as he rushed to her. He immediately held her shoulders and turned her to face him, she was soaked in water.Annabel didn’t react, even though she was surprised to see him here; she just stood there in the rain crying. She had no idea how he was here or why, was he imagining him here or had he been stalking her all these weeks?Mr. Blackwood cupped her cheeks immediately and made her look at him, slowly wiping off the tears from the corner of her eyes with his thumb. “It is okay, I am here now, Ann.”“Tell me what happened, why are you crying? Who hurt you?” he asked in a sputter of words as they both got drained in the rain. There was so much pain in his eyes watching her cry, he was hurt seeing her like that.“I… I…” Annabel couldn’t make up any words as she felt choked by her own tears, she just let the tears flow down her face without holding back, she was

Tears rolled down Anna’s eyes as she sat there in shock; why was this happening to her? Why was everyone in her life betraying her?She was still contemplating on her miserable life when she heard a knock on the door. Anna got up and slowly walked to the door, she stood there crying, not knowing if to open the door or not.When the knock persisted, she slowly unlocked the door and pulled it open. It was Jennifer standing outside, wearing a pity face the moment she saw Anna.“Oh babe, I am so sorry.” Jennifer cooed and embraced her in a tight hug. “I just wish you had listened to me, I tried to warn you about him.” she said in consolation.Annabel didn’t reciprocate the hug, she just stood there crying, Jennifer’s words of consolation only fueled the rage and anger with her. How could this human look her in the face and pretend like she didn’t sleep with her boyfriend?Jennifer broke the hug and stepped back. “It is okay, Anna. Please stop crying, at least now your life purpose can be

Annabel walked out of the hospital room, leaving Jennifer behind and quickly wiped off the tears forming in her eyes as she did so. She couldn’t understand why she was being excessively emotional these days, it was like the tears were waiting for reasons to pour down at every given interval.She arrived at the Doctor’s office and was welcomed with a smile. “Mrs. Juliet, you sent for me.”“Yes Anna, you said you wanted to run a test. Can I know why?” the Doctor asked, they had known each other far back during her college days. She used to be the school nurse but then got promoted to the position of doctor at a general hospital.“Yes Ma’am. I experience constant dizziness, moodiness and nausea. Also, frequent urination and terrible cramps; please don’t tell me I am going to die, I refused to use google for that very reason.” Anna joked.She had learnt to stop googling her symptoms on google because they gave the worst diagnosis she could ever imagine. One time they made her think she ha