My Paranoid Lover (Lance Mason) novel Chapter 21

Chapter 21 Mutual Enemy

Lance’s face turned really ugly, he must have not expected me to be that harsh.

I stared at me hard and left me alone in the office. I sighed in relief.

My stomach was growling in hunger. I didn’t have mood to work anymore and went to the KFC store opposite of the office. I bought a burger and sat there eating alone.

I swiped my Instagram while eating, I don’t really use Facebook much. I use it to contact my friends only. As for work, I use WhatsApp to contact my clients.

Facebook sent me a notification telling me that it was my birthday. Oh right, my birthday, the 17th.

Leo used to wish me birthday or even fly back in secret and celebrate it with me. Now he’s already someone else’s husband. Nobody would call me and say: “Happy Birthday, Jennie Gomez.” Anymore.

There’s no point celebrating birthday alone, plus I was never an extrovert so I didn’t have many friends. The naïve little me used to think that having Leo was enough.

Now Leo didn’t want me anymore. I realized how lonely it was.

Finishing the burger off, I went back to office. After the incident in the office just now, I didn’t have the mood to continue working anymore. I cleaned my desk and informed Wendy that I was feeling sick so I needed to go home.

Wendy looked at me with sorry eyes and said: “Jennie, I can’t decide for you, you need to talk to boss.”

It was actually only 30 minutes to the end of office hours, but perhaps I just remembered that it was my birthday and decided to go home earlier. I planned to buy a small cake by the road side and celebrate it myself. Since no one love me, I should love myself right?

I knocked on Lance’s office door. “Come in.”

I pushed the door open and he looked at me from his desk. “Yes?”

“Boss, I’m not feeling well, can I leave early?”

He didn’t answer me immediately, he looked at his watch and said: “Only 30 minutes left, what’s the rush?”

“Boss, I’m not feeling well.” I said once again.