While the whole world celebrated the New Year, Alayna was confined in a sanatorium with boredom as her companion.
Reclining against the window, she was having some snacks. She then went on Weibo, but that didn't help to relieve her boredom. All she could see were New Year wishes from celebrities big and small.
“Babe, do you like this? I can buy you one.”
A message from Kevin came in, along with a picture of dessert.
Alayna only gave it an impatient look and didn't even click to zoom in the picture. “I’m not your babe. Fuck off.”
Kevin went out to buy food early. And he sent photos of whatever he saw. You would feel involved this way. As if you were shopping yourself, he told her.
But Alayna just wanted to tell him to screw off. She did not feel involved at all. It only made her feel that Kevin was showing off his freedom.
To explain her confinement, time rewound to a week ago, when she tried to break the prison for Christmas. But Doctor James caught her. She had longed the world outside ever since her treatment started.
She couldn’t leave the sanatorium until she fully recovered. She had been trying to persuade the stubborn shrink for almost month, just so that she could go out once for Christmas. But the cranky old man wouldn't relent.
She then saw a trending on Weibo, Nanking Wealthy Businessman Made a Block Booking to Propose.
She clicked on it when she saw Nanking. And she saw all those pictures, the chip in her hand crumbled.
“Holy shit…”
She stared at the phone for a good while and made sure that she didn't confuse Hayden with others. Then she made a call.
Her best friend was proposed, and she had to learn that from the Internet? That’s unfair!
Sulky, she felt mistreated.
“Sorry, the phone you have dialed is busy…”
The artificial voice of the machine was she could hear.
She then realized it was midnight in Nanking and no one would answer her all.
The thought of Hayden snuggling in a man’s arms, kissing and cuddling, made her mad. She even felt like she got cheated.
She want kissing and cuddling too!
Another message from Kevin interrupted her thoughts. “Babe, do you like this shirt? Which color do you like?”
“No. come back here, I’m drowsy.” she replied.
“Take a nap then, you don’t have to wait for me.”
Stupid man! Alayna dragged her shirt down a little bit and bore her shoulder. Biting her lip, she took a selfie and sent it.
“Then I’ll go to bed.”
She threw her phone away after the message was sent. Humming, she went to the restroom, ignoring the constant ringing of the phone.
Kevin would be back in half an hour, she bet.
The news of Joseph’s proposal was still blazed all over the Internet even after a week.
Normally, the public relations department would’ve done something to control it. But the only order for them was: don’t mind it.
“Really.”
The manager of the department asked Mark again. “It’s been on the trending for a week. Is it a good thing?”
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