It had gotten pretty late when Annabelle printed out her resignation letter. She handed it over to the HR department, tidied her belongings and left the office.
She had made arrangement with TuanTuan in the evening to shop for some daily necessities. She called for a cab and head directly to TuanTuan’s shared location.
When the girls met, TuanTuan immediately clung unto her and urged for a tittle-tattle about the office incident. And Annabelle had to spend the next five minutes cagily explaining.
“Can the two of you not be so cliché?” TuanTuan remarked, “And did he really failed to recognize you?”
“I would like to think so,” Annabelle smiled bitterly, “Sometimes life is just like a movie. But if he had known who I am, he wouldn’t have reacted that way.”
All the drama got Dorie frisky. She shoved a spoon right in the face of Annabelle and asked sportively, “Dear Miss Xia, may I ask for your kind time for a short interview?”
“Yes you may,” Annabelle replied playfully along.
“May I ask what’s on your mind when your ex-husband couldn’t recognize you?”
Annabelle pretended to think hard, and answered earnestly, “I thanked God.”
“Perhaps also a little, tiny mini bit of… disappointment?” Dorie asked cheekily.
“Nope.” Annabelle replied instantly.
*Clap clap*
“We hereby authenticate that Miss Xia, you are no ordinary woman!”
Annabelle burst into a cheerful laughter, “And you’re corn nuts, hahaha!”
The mood was lightened up. Dorie turned down a notch and asked concernedly, “You have been his wife for some good years. I think anyone else in your shoe would’ve felt disgruntled, or definitely a bit offended with the fact that he didn’t even recognize you…”
“To be fair, my heart was all set to leave that time. So I guess there was no room for other emotions.” Annabelle replied.
“What’s the plan now? Resigning?”
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