Chapter 13 Time Flows

The setting sun sank silently to the bottom of the ocean, taking away with it the last rays of the day. Glowing orange merely moments before, the ocean slowly descended into blackness, making everything seem inexplicably melancholy and sad.

Michaela was seated atop the hood of her Land Rover as she gazed into the distance where the ocean and the sky met, hidden by a mysterious veil of the night.

Shadowy figures could be vaguely seen on the beach not far away. Running barefoot, they were engaged in carefree play upon the shore. The occasional peals of laughter completed the beautiful innocence of the scene.

The breath of the sea lingered, sighing with the ebb and flow of the tide. Michaela remembered the last time she came here. It was the night she and Zack got engaged.

Back then, she was only eighteen years old. She had come alone to clear her thoughts from the dread of finally becoming an adult.

 

Though she knew that everybody in the world had their own baggage and that she was not entitled to lament her fate, she could not help but feel sad to lead a life that was not hers.

Never had she expected that she would be there this time because of the cancellation of her engagement. To her surprise, all she felt was calmness instead of sorrow.

 

is life, I guess. I did my best then, and I did my best now. At least I realized this now and not after ten years

herself, Michaela did not notice the silent arrival

not descend immediately after rolling to a halt. Instead, a window wound down, and a

in the adjacent parking space and walked to the open window before addressing the passenger

been sitting like this the entire

dark eyes shone brightly against the fairness of his handsome face. Since his arrival, the man’s deep and fathomless gaze did not

did not cry or throw a tantrum. She seems very

in Jonathan’s eyes at the

that I have been

gotten drunk alone in her temper like most girls tended to, but her calmness had managed to surprise even

go have

door open and walked toward

scrambled out of the passenger seat at the departure of his boss and hurried toward the large man with a curious expression on his face. “Gary, why do you think he is so concerned for the girl?

think you know what Mr. Xander is thinking now, do

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