Preslie said she was on her period.
"I always suffer whenever my period is here. I think it's the aftereffect of me trying to lose weight. I asked for leave today and will be back tomorrow. The pain usually only happens on the first day." Preslie told Yesseca over the phone.
Yesseca thought to herself that she would no longer be here the next day.
But she didn't know why she hung up before she could tell Preslie that.
The morning passed.
Yesseca thought that being around people at work would make her feel better.
But it didn't.
Perhaps it was because she did not sleep well or because of the phone call she'd made to Selina; her mind was in a muddle the whole morning. Finally, she could take a short break during lunch.
She ordered some beef and ate mechanically.
She was numb but Yesseca still managed to discover something.
She seemed to have a lot of beef in her food today.
She knew the shop owner of the restaurant was stingy with his portions. So every time Yesseca came by, the beef on her plate was gone after three bites. But, that day, there was still meat on her plate no matter how many bites she took.
Yesseca was a little shocked.
She could not help but raise her head.
And that was when she saw Tremaine sitting opposite of her.
There was a big plate of beef in front of Tremaine. Whenever Yesseca took a bite, Tremaine would place a piece of meat onto her plate. Perhaps Yesseca had too much on her mind that she only realized Tremaine was sitting opposite of her at this moment.
"Why are you here?" Yesseca muttered.
Tremaine looked at Yesseca as if he was looking at an idiot. "You're getting more and more distracted. How could you not notice me for such a long time?"
Yesseca did not reply.
She thought for a while and stood up.
She had a thought.
This man in front of her was a bad person.
She should not have anything to do with him.
Seeing that Yesseca was about to leave, Tremaine stopped her, "I want to talk to you. Why did you call me a pervert and throw stones at me yesterday?"
Yesseca ignored Tremaine and walked forward quickly. Tremaine followed her with his long legs and pulled Yesseca into a washroom nearby.
Tremaine closed the door.
Yesseca's body shuddered.
She remembered what happened before. Tremaine had brought her into a washroom and molested her.
Her senses seemed to come back to her.
She was about to rush out.
But Tremaine stopped her.
The look on Yesseca's face changed. "Let me out."
Tremaine looked at Yesseca calmly and said, "You're finally responding. You pretended as if I was dead earlier!"
After saying that, Tremaine suddenly picked Yesseca up.
Just like last time, he carried Yesseca towards the countertop.
"What did you mean by what you said yesterday?"
Tremaine looked into Yesseca's eyes.
Yesseca tried to hop down.
But Tremaine held Yesseca's legs down.
Her slender and smooth legs.
Yesseca felt greatly humiliated. "Let go of your hand!"
Tremaine sneered, "If you don't explain to me today, I won't let you go and will force myself on you on the spot!"
Yesseca's face turned red, "You're despicable!"
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