Defying Fate: The Unstoppable Eileen

Chapter 32

The moment Eileen got home, she whipped out a pyramid clock worth 300 bucks. She plonked it on her bedside table

Staring at the clock in awe, she snapped a photo and fired it off to Ophelia in the wee hours of the morning

Ophelia was in deep sleep when the sound of a Whatsapp notification jolted her awake. It was a common trait among agents – they were hyper–sensitive to the sound of phone calls, texts, and social media notifications. No matter how sleepy, they instantly woke up to those sounds

Just as Ophelia was thinking there might be an issue with one of her artists, she realized the flurry of messages were all from Eileen

Ophelia snapped awake She might not freak out over anyone else’s messages, but if it was Eileen’s

Ophelia felt a jolt of anxiety, cautiously opened up Whatsapp, and a minute later, she was staring at seventeen clock photos and the final message from Eileen saying. [Pretty, isn’t it? My whole room lights up with this clock!] Ophelia was left in deep thought.

After a full three minutes of silence, Ophelia tentatively replied with a question mark, followed by. [Did you send it to the wrong person?

The reply came quickly. [No, Ophelia, it’s for you. Do you like it?]

Ophelia glanced at the time in the top right corner of her phone screen, 3:30 am

Confused, Ophelia asked. [Do you know what time it is?]

Eileen replied. [Of course, it’s half past three in the morning. But I just landed, I’m not adjusted to the timezone, not sleepy]

Ophelia protested, [But I’m sleepy‘]

Eileen changed the subject. [Ophelia, you haven’t answered my question. Do you like it?]

Inhaling deeply. Ophelia didn’t reply, she simply blocked Eileen and went back to sleep. With no reply from Ophelia, Eileen sent another message, [Ophelia, are you there?]

sending it, she waited for quite a while, but there was

down her phone, looked at the beautiful new clock on her bedside table, and murmured, “Sweetie, it’s not your fault they can’t appreciate your beauty. It’s okay, as long as I get it. I

a thing for clocks, an interest not of her own, but a legacy of her

age of ten after Sarah remarried, she once had a happy childhood.

clock has a unique sound. Listen carefully to them, Eileen

can I take it? Won’t you miss it?”

my daughter. How could I ever miss it?” Her father said.

that clock

owl clock on the shelf, a smile of admiration showing on his face, and said, “You have good

be willing to give it to

away her tears and buried those memories deep inside her heart. She had to stop thinking about those who would

day, Eileen was off to the office bright

walked into the office, she heard her assistant lamenting, “I queued for twenty minutes for this breakfast, you said you’d only have a

twenty minutes? Worth it. Eileen

The

I promise.” Eileen said

voice, who else could it

a stern face. Seeing the boss arriving, the assistant cried

assistant’s entire breakfast, stopped at the sight of Ophelia’s angry face and greeted politely. “Ophelia.”

in my office!” Ophelia said angrily.

Ophelia into the office. As soon as Ophelia sat down on her office chair, she pulled out a packet of herbal soup, stuck a straw in it,

of the soup was unbearably bitter. Ophelia had been having it for four days and she was about to lose

aromatic scent of the soup in the air.

her, “I don’t believe you