Wang YiBo decided to propose to his longtime boyfriend, Xiao Zhan, in his unusual but not unwanted way. Yet after a week of being engaged, Wang YiBo disappeared without a trace, leaving Xiao Zhan devastated and heartbroken.
For three years, Xiao Zh...
With an angry yell, I threw the file clear across the room. Papers from the manila folder escaped its haven to scatter in a disorderly fashion around the room.
"Another fucking loose end!" I muttered in frustration then closed my eyes against the dawning of a new day. Rays from the rising sun flickered through the large expansive windows and bathed my high-rise office in a kaleidoscope of orange and pink hues.
Rubbing my throbbing temples, I leaned my head against the leather chair and used my feet to gently swivel myself back and forth. "Bo-di, where are you? Please come back to me. Fuck! I miss you so much!"
It has been three years, two months, and eight days since he left me and yet I still feel the pain of his departure as if it happened yesterday. When will this pain go away? When will I find the other half of my heart, my soul? God wouldn't be so cruel and heartless, would he? To tear us apart when we belong together? If only...
A knock interrupted my melancholy, and I rose from my chair. Before I had a chance to move, the door opened and in waltzed my assistant-cum-friend, Leo Wu.
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"Leo," I greeted with detachment, "what is it?"
Still reeling from another setback, I wasn't much for company today. I turned to face the windows and watched as the sun rose higher in the sky. Sunlight began filling my office with its glorious light, but there was only darkness I saw and darkness I felt.
My world since he left me.
When he disappeared, I was devastated. Wrecked beyond all belief. Life as I knew it was suddenly turned upside down. Thinking something had happened to him, I searched for months on end until I came to the realization that he left me. My fiancé actually left me high and dry. Without a word, without a trace, without so much as a fucking goodbye. Just up and left. Gone.
It took me months to come to terms with his abandonment. Then the anger set in, and I hated him with all my being. No, I despised him. Despised him for making me love him, for proposing to me, and then leaving me without giving me a reason as to why he forsaken his promise. I fucking hated him...
Until I found out the truth...
"Zhan," Leo Wu called sharply.
Blinking, I realized he must have been trying to get my attention. "Yes," I answered through gritted teeth. My emotions were a mess, spiraling out of control at speeds I knew would get out of hand if I didn't rein it in now. Taking a deep breath, I forced myself to relax and began compartmentalizing the chaos that was my mind, shoving them into the box inside my head. Finally feeling a little bit like my old self, I looked up at my friend.
"Your parents called," Leo Wu said, this time in a softer voice.
And just like that, my emotions broke free of the box and almost destroyed the peace I had just achieved a few minutes earlier. Thick and palpable, my anger rose, filling me almost to the brim. It took several heartbeats before I could put a lid on my temper. Not his fault, I reminded myself.
