Chapter One: The Affair

Isabella felt his lips press hers as he lifted her up to his desk. She had never expected this day to come. Her boss, whom she had a crush on for the past three months she'd been working here in the company, was finally kissing her.

"S-Sir, don't you have your wife to go home to?" I asked quietly as he pulled away from me.

My boss, Sir Eric Tsuyu, paused for a second. "Isabella, haven't you been wanting this for a few months now? Why are you concerned about my wife?"

I blushed. "Isn't it wrong to be having an affair? I mean, you two are marr-"

Eric cuts me off by kissing me, hard, as if he was thirsty.

"Listen, Isa," Eric whispers, calling me by my nickname. "My marriage with Lorraine is for business purposes. No matter what, you should always remember that I love you."

My heart was pounding; I've never felt this way towards anyone before. Eric made me feel as if he was the person who would keep me safe, support me, and love me to no end.

And that was why I gave him everything his heart desired.

"Isa, are you sure you're okay?" My best friend Qrizelle asked, concerned.

I nodded weakly, rolling over at my bed. "I-I'm fine-" I paused as another wave of nausea coated my entire body.

Qrizelle arched her eyebrows with worry. "You haven't been coming out of your room for two days now. You are definitely not fine."

I groaned as I clutched my stomach. "It's j-just a s-stomachache..."

She rubbed my back. "Wait, what if you're-?"

"It's just a stomachache," I said, more sharper than I intended to sound.

Qrizelle flinched at my tone of voice. "Can you at least take a test to make sure?"

I stopped, gripping at my sheets.

What if it was?

I nodded. "All right, fine."

A few minutes later, I immediately started packing my bags.

"Whoa, slow down, Isabella! Why? What happened?" Qrizelle yelped.

I wiped my face of tears. "Y-You have an apartment two cities along, right?"

Qrizelle nodded quickly. "Yes, but why?"

"I'm staying there."

"More than welcome, but at least tell me what the results were," Qrizelle pleaded, grabbing my wrist.

I looked at her straight in the eyes.

"It's Eric's."

*ERIC'S POV*

"Tristan! Bring me my mail!" I yelled, flipping my silver pen.

Tristan, my other assistant, came in with a bunch of envelopes. "Here you go, Sir. What about the quarterly meeting later this afternoon?"

"Tell Mr. Lee that I rescheduled it for tomorrow. I still have to develop the systems," I replied, checking the envelopes.

Tristan bowed, then headed out.

As I was scanning the letters, I came across a light-blue envelope. Just by the smell of honeydew radiating off of it, I knew who it was from. I turned it over, and there it was.

Isabella Galvan

She had been absent for two days now, ever since we did 'it' in my office.

I opened it up and scanned the paper:

Eric,

It's me, Isabella. I'm really sorry for not attending work for a few days now, but please take this letter as my resignation. I'm moving in with my friend now and I won't be working with you from now on. All I want to say is that I love you too. I apologize for leaving you behind, but please just treat Lorraine like the love of your life as a favor for me.

-Isa💜

I dropped the letter to my table, along with two tear drops onto the paper.

I had lost the only person that ever aporeciated me for all the efforts I did for them.

And I could only hope she would never forget me.

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