ANNA'S POV

I wake up hearing the irritating sound of my alarm. My eyes were closed and I was feeling cold. I opened my eyes slowly only to realise I was lying on the floor feeling dizzy. I lazily sat up and learn my back against the edge of the bed.

Using my fingers, I pushed my hair back from my face and tightly grabbed it. Last night's event started roaming in my mind.

He messed me up. He really did. I lay awake at night. Trying to imagine.
How it could have been? What I did wrong?

Why did I meet him? Why did life put him on my path? For him only to use me? And to leave me broken?

What am I supposed to realise? That I make mistakes? Or that I get attached too quickly? I don't regret doing those mistake. Because they are the best mistakes I've ever made. But thpse are the same mistake that left me broken. That mistake left me lost.

What am I supposed to say now? Sorry? Sorry to myself? Sorry for hoping? Sorry for feeling joy? Sorry for thinking it was something good? Sorry for feeling safe in his arms when he comforted me?

Sorry for ever thinking that he also has feelings for me? Just because he helped me once. I already started expecting?

I'm sorry for thinking it was a good idea. I'm sorry I thought life was giving me a break. Giving me a chance for the first time. But no life is always so cruel with me. My luck left me with my parents. I wish I could tell someone everything.

I literally cried and wiped my own tears, picked myself back up, and keep getting up. Because I know that no one is gonna rub my back and say it's gonna be alright.

I got ready for the office and went towards the elevator. I was alone in the elevator but I wasn't scared. I wasn't feeling afraid. My biggest fear was to loose him. And now I've gone through it.

When I first thought I lost him when I saw Won getting engaged and got confused, that didn't hurt more than last night. Because that time I thought I only like him. Yes, I liked him because as a teenager I found him cool, rich, and handsome. He has freedom. All the things I only wished to have.

I didn't know him before. I only knew a few facts about him and piece them together in a way it makes sense to me. But it wasn't him. It wasn't him at all.

When I came to know that it wasn't Tan who got engaged. A ray of hope passed through my heart and that was the moment I realised that I love him. That was a most unforgettable moment for me and after he helped me I started expecting more. I started dreaming. I didn't stop myself from thinking about him. From caring about him. From loving him.

'Attachments are dangerous when you are the only one who feels attached. You will always fight for your time. For their attention. For their care, priority. And you hurt yourself every day when you didn't get it. After trying your best'

The elevator stopped on the ground floor pulling me out of my thoughts. I walked outside and noticed a strange man in a black suit with earbuds, standing at the gate. As I walked past him he slightly bowed at me.

I quickly headed outside the building only to see two luxury black cars. A man was standing next to each of them.

As I walked near them they turned their attention towards me. I recognised one of them. He was the one who have dropped me multiple times when Tan wasn't here.' What was his name? I guess Aiden.'

He opened the car door from the passenger's side for me and closed it carefully when I sat in. He walked towards the driver's side and started driving. I noticed the movement of the next car which was behind us. They were with us actually.

He dropped me at the office building and went away. I took a long breath and walked inside.

WON'S POV

I was working in my office in the morning. Anna came and greeted me. I immediately raised my head and gave her permission to come. She sat in front of me. Opened her file and started doing her work silently.

I glanced at her. She was wearing a yellow simple and full-sleeved dress. It was reaching till her knee. Her brown, touchable long hairs were falling, completely hiding her back as it's so long. She was looking as pretty as always.

But something was missing in her eyes. Her eyes weren't shining like before. The galaxy that her eyes hold was missing.

I hate being suspicious about things but damn that gut feeling is always right. There must be something bothering her. And it bothers me to see her like that.

I tried to talk to her but as always she replied with yes or no. I handed her necklace back but she put that in her purse and simply thanked me.

That's how a week passed. She still seemed lost somewhere. She isn't even doing her work properly and keeps on making mistakes but I am feeling bad to tell her about it. She is already looking depressed and I don't wanted to disturb her more. So instead of complaining to her about it, I'm correcting her mistakes.

She isn't eating lunch with me or eating by herself. Day by day she is getting more and more silent and skinny. I have seen her a little bit open with Ezra. But now, she isn't talking to her also. All she does all day is sit in my office, bites and flips her pen, looks down at her file and mess it up.

I'm dying with the curiosity to know her problem. Why is she so silent? Her silence is echoing through my mind. It's not like she used to talk a lot. But at least her face had some emotion, some expressions. But now there is nothing. Her face is completely blank and emotionless.

What happened to her? Why does she look like she is going through so much at such a young age? Or I did something wrong?

I've always minded my business. I have never interfered in anyone's personal life. But this girl...this girl is something. She is making me feel something I've never felt before. I have never felt the urge to know someone so desperately.

I finally decided to ask her after working hours but I was nervous to ask. What if she will say ' Mind your own business, Mr. William. That will be so embarrassing for me.

I came out of my thoughts when she handed me her file. She grabbed her stuff and asked for my permission to leave that I gave her. She was about to unlock the door to go outside but I stopped her.

"Anna?". I finally called out. She turned to look at me with her empty eyes. ' How can emptiness be so heavy'.

I walked and stopped two steps away in front of her. She didn't move her gaze from my face.

" Anna, I was just wondering if thing's alright with you?" Well she didn't reply only blankly at me. So I had continue. " If something's bothering you, you can share". I passed a small smile that she didn't give back.

" I'm fine". She said above a whisper and glanced down at her fingers.

" Are you sure?"I asked.

She raised her head after a few seconds of silence. Tears were shimmering in her eyes. " No. I'm not". She said in a broken voice. A single tear fall on her cheek that she didn't even bother to wipe. She bites her lower lip to stop herself from crying.

It was like she was in the urge of crying waiting for someone only to ask her if she was doing okay or not.

'Is she that lonely'?

" Hey." I bent down till her level. " I don't know what you are going through with but you know what... everything will be alright. We all have bad days now and then. All of us. No matter how perfect we aspire to be. I believe what's coming is better than what's gone". I tried to soothe but she shook her head in no.

" Nothing is going to be alright. For me that 'better' is gone. He is gone". She whispered the last words I doubt if I hear them right. More tears started to stream down from her eyes and finally, she broke down in front of me.

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She knew love was a risk but she took it.