At the same time, the explosive crack of thunder sounded overhead just as a purplish-white streak of lightning split the night sky in half, ominously igniting the darkness that fell over the land.
Tucked away in Bayside Residence, Sonia bolted upright in bed and gasped. Her heart felt constricted with panic, but she had no idea why.
To switch on the bedside lamp, she had to bring her hand up. After that, she massaged her temples and reached for the glass of water on her nightstand, then took a sip as she tried to calm herself down.
She was done drinking and was just about to place the glass back on the nightstand when her eyes widened in horror; the curtains had not been drawn over the French windows at the foot of her bed, and on the rain-splattered glass appeared a terrifying figment of what looked like a skull.
Am I imagining things? Sonia shut her eyes tight and opened them again, then looked up at the French windows once more.
This time, she was met with darkness, which was weakly illuminated by the neon lights of the nightscape that refracted off the glass. There was no skull at all.
“Phew.” She let out a huge sigh of relief and patted her chest to soothe her wildly-beating heart.
As it turned out, she had been imagining things after all. Of course I was. With the way modern society is progressing, I should be jaded enough to ignore all the nonsense about paranormal stuff. She shook her head and let out a self-effacing laugh at her own rich imagination.
When Sonia arrived at work the next day, Daphne—who had been waiting at the former’s office doorway—bowed and greeted, “Good morning, President Reed.”
“Good morning. Why are you here waiting for me? Has something happened?” Sonia asked as she took out her card key and swiped it across the sensor on the door, then made her way into the office.
her. “I just got a call from Fuller Group. They want you to go
her chair when she heard this and paused.
Daphne nodded earnestly. “Yes.”
it
place for any relevant meetings. No one would dare speak up against his decisions unless they were prepared to lose out on the project. Sonia had fought tooth and nail to procure the partnership, so abandoning the project halfway was not an option, which meant she
scheduled for 2.00PM,” Daphne
took off her coat and sat down.
a ticket this morning.” Daphne opened the folder
brief introduction on fashion inscribed upon it, Sonia couldn’t help but laugh while musing, “I can’t believe he actually gave
you personally, but he got a phone call and had to leave
a work call. Speaking of which, you should get back
once and
a call from the police station and was informed that the investigation into
sabotaged the crystal chandelier. As to why the chandelier had fallen in the first place, the investigation showed that it was purely due to a worn-out supporting
she could
incident to come to an end
arm, then heaved a
car and drove
flickered over to the time displayed on the bottom right corner of his laptop
saw three of
curtly in
the cane that was resting against the edge of the table and hoisted himself to his feet, then proceeded toward the door. Tom, on the
arrival at the conference room, Toby and Tom made their way through the door, and those who were
and formal front along with the rest
who gathered at the conference table before it lingered briefly on Sonia, and only then did he look away. “Please
information related to the meeting agenda. However, a look of astonishment flashed in his eyes when he noticed Sonia’s bandaged arm as she reached for the document,
had returned to his usual spot behind Toby that he pointed out in a low voice, “President Fuller, it seems
there was a meaningful gleam in
raised a brow. Okay, so I’ve unnecessarily voiced out my observation. I
day was with regards to the essential uses for which the alternative energy technology might be used after
as she could on the subject of alternative energy, and she might have sat through several college classes for the same, but her knowledge
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