0.1 | No Exit from Deception ?

0.61 | A Resignation To Not To See My Bae

"Elizabeth? Why did you call me by that name? Joseph . . . he must have told you about this. You are hiding him inside your house. I know . . . he can't trifle with my emotions like that." She rushed onward violently while Sarah followed her.

"Elizabeth!"

She noticed an unfolded, crinkled blanket on the couch. She pulled it away causing the little miniatures on her center table to shake and ultimately fall off.

"You are going to break them!" Sarah yelled. "It's my home."

Elizabeth turned around in horror, gazing at Sarah. For she wasn't used to hearing Sarah speak so awfully harsh. "I'm sorry," she cried out.

"Please go back. He has left his home. I don't know if he will ever come back or not. You, too, should move on."

"Sarah, love is not an arbitrary phenomenon, whereupon one person's decisions taken in haste are imposed on the other just to receive a wordless nod. I was also a significant part of this relationship. He should listen to my words as well before finding a new path."

Water pooled at Ruby's spot. Her clothes, hair, and shoes everything weighed much more than her body weight.

"Eliza─"

Without letting Sarah complete the comfort-providing line, Elizabeth pushed her past as she went on to bang Joseph's gate again. "Joseph! You loved me like crazy. Prove me wrong if those were just pretty lies of yours."

At that moment, a car halted. Sarah peered at the brawny men while keeping her hands on Elizabeth's shoulder.

Two bouncers marched toward Elizabeth and said, "Mrs Warner has sent us to take you back to the mansion."

Elizabeth didn't hear him as she imagined her life leaping the abyss of woebegoneness. "Dammit! Call me, Joseph."

People walking under their umbrellas in twos and threes secured a safe position from where they captured the short clips of the drama.

The bouncer stood before her eyes. "What we'll do, shall be seen as a part of our duty." He must have sniffed the parlous around him and decided to give her a heads-up. After all, who would want to get beaten by a girl who was witnessing her love life take the form of a devastating breakup?

"Everyone, we should proceed." He and his other peer hooked their arms and dragged her to the car. Meanwhile, Elizabeth jerked their arms and took off her sneakers, throwing them at Joseph's window. "Joseph, you will regret this decision. Joseph! Joseph!"

The bouncer forcefully pulled her to the car. A cry broke through her lips.

Sarah turned to the other side as she shut her ears, silencing the shrieks of justice and unbound love.

Sarah doddered inside while Anshuman handed her the towel to soak herself up. From behind Anshuman's silhouette, appeared Joseph. He pretended to look unperturbed.

"Never have I felt so flawed after lying to anyone than today, Mr Holden. This incident has raised a lot of questions about our friendship," Sarah recited arrogantly, not sparing a glance at him.

"Joseph, man, what's all this happening?" Anshuman breathed out.

Joseph adjusted the front of his jacket, looking at Anshuman with forced endearment. "I'm giving you the
keys," he said about his home. "Please show it to the real estate agents. And if you find a potential one, give them my contact number to discuss terms."

"Bro, this was gratuitous. She needed you in her life, Jos──"

Joseph pushed him against the wall, an arm doused at his throat. "Don't say anything that you might repent afterward."

"Great going! Excellent! I have no words to acknowledge your greatness!" Anshuman mocked in his cracked tone.

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As she returned to her room, she was surrounded by a circle of maids who took charge of restoring Elizabeth's makeup and giving her a nice hairdo. She had changed into a pale blue and pink cocktail dress. A tear blurred her vision in her right eye, soon making her sob.

Mrs Warner came from behind and tucked her head against her abdomen. "It's alright El. This dinner will help you take your mind off this subject. You will forget him soon."

Mark dashed through the door, breaking their serious line of thought.
"El, how are you doing now? Also, did Joseph really leave his job? I mean why so?"

"It was a fossilized decision on his part. I'm glad he had no issues from working here and had some other reasons." Mrs Warner then kissed Elizabeth's head. "My dear El is the world's most beautiful girl. She will get thousands of proposals from every corner of the world. And will ultimately choose anyone from them."

Mark squatted to whisper in her ear. "I'll promise to protect you not as a wannabe boyfriend, but as a doting brother.

"What's with the Chinese whispering out there?" She lifted a skeptical brow.

"It's a brother-sister thing," finally Elizabeth stated with a smile plastering on her face. There was no use in dwelling on the past, she believed.

Word count- 2070

a/n; Joseph's gone : (

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