Lie To Me novel Chapter 1

In a year, everything could happen; changes will always occur. We couldn't tell what is going to happen and we have no choice but go with the flow.

Life is simply like that.

Not everything you slept with last night have a guarantee to be with you the next morning you wake up.

That's the reality we have to accept; whether we like it or not, that's the reality.

"You're so uptight, Jia. You should loosen up," Hansel said after handing me a cup of coffee. Black coffee, my favorite.

"I have deadlines to attend to Hans." I simply answered, shaking my head.

Hans is my best friend. He was the only person who picked me up when I was a total mess and broken into pieces. He helped me stand, while those people who call their selves my friends left me in the time where I needed them most.

"You were always chasing on your deadlines, when we both know for a fact that there's no deadlines to chase," he said on a matter of fact tone. I rolled my eyes. "You are always ahead of your deadlines; you can’t fool me. You can't reason that out to me anymore." He added.

I sighed.

"You know how demanding my work is, Hans. One mistake could lead me to a complicated situation, and you know how much I hated that," I reasoned still.

I'm a marketing manager in a manufacturing company and we manufacture different kinds of bags of different brands, it was a made to order from a foreign buyer. And from them, our products are going to market in different countries all over Asia, America and even Europe. So, I have to pay close attention to the production of each products, because one mistake, even small, could always lead us to delay of production.

"Your work doesn't demand anything more than as you already are, Jia. It was only you who always thinks that you need to prove anything to anyone when in fact, no one is questioning your validity… reason why you always get hurt," he whispered his last words but it clearly came to me.

I stared at him; a bit disappointed to hear that from him.