chapter 181

Eric froze.The coming Friday was going to be their one-month anniversary when Eric and Lucy met for the first time. Eric had already begun preparing for their special day. The gleam in his eyes slowly returned and his heart felt lighter.Lucy remembers it too…Like a little child, he jerked his head towards her in excitement and nodded hard. "En! It's a very important day."Lucy bit the corner of her lip.Boss wouldn't remember that it will be a month since we met, right?Why would he? After all, it's his engagement night…She felt her heart twist in pain and her eyes slightly turned blurry. The tiny hope disappeared even before it lit her heart.Eric eagerly said, "Lucy. You will be free this Friday right? I want to take you somewhere special."Lucy froze. She slowly raised her head, feeling stunned.Take me somewhere this Friday? Your engagement? Boss wants me to attend his engagement ceremony? He wants me to see him put a ring on another woman's finger?Here I love him so much and he wants me to see him belong to someone else?Her tears unreservedly spilled out. Eric looked at her dumbstruck."W-Why are you crying?" He held her face in panic and wiped her tears. Lucy felt too tired to shake his hand away.A sense of anxiety and distress marred Eric's face. This was the second time she was crying now and all because of what he said. But the tragedy was that he couldn't understand where he went wrong."Boss... D-Don't you think it's time for you to leave this place?"Eric froze. He rapidly blinked his eyes at her. "What?"She slowly withdrew his hand from her cheeks. "Yes. You don't have any reason to stay here anymore. I think it is better for you to focus on your future…" With kathy.She wanted to say it, but her lips quivered so much that her name remained choked in her throat.Silence."You want me to leave…?" There was no change in his voice or any crack in his expression, but his heart felt terribly empty just like before he met her.Did she grow so closer to that man that she wants me to leave now?Lucy said nothing. She didn't answer. She turned and started to leave. As she held the knob of her door, her shoulders trembled. Tears plopped out as she said, "I…really enjoyed t-this time with you, Boss…"