Broken Reflections

Chapter 26

The moment I enter my room I break down in tears. I try to stop myself but it's too late now.

Everything I've been holding in comes rushing out in the form of hot tears falling down my cheeks. I sit on the bed and fall apart even more.

He got hurt.
He got hurt because of me. Because of my ignorance and stupidity.

It's my fault that I forgot about the timer set on the oven. He is in pain because of me. He's burned because of me.

But my tears isn't just because of that, it's everything I was trying to cope up with. The sadness , the anger, the fear, the jealousy, the regrets, the pain. Everything.

I'm regretting the fact that I left the kitchen to get my phone from my bedroom.

My fear that it's going to get even worse now. He's going to hate me even more.

My pain that I've caused him pain.

My jealousy that he gives Sadie that smile. The smile I would do anything for, just for it to be directed at me.

My anger that it's not fair. It's not fair that I love him so much and he hates me.
Why couldn't he had fallen in love with me just as I did? Why? Why couldn't that have happened?
Why me? Why am I the one who has to tolerate his hatred?

He's right, I ruin everything.
I ruin everything good for him.

And all of this makes me so sad. I keep crying until I can't cry anymore.

I've cried for at least an hour straight.
I sniffle and get up to go into the bathroom.

I look at my reflection, my puffy eyes, my red eyes and cheeks, my flushed lips.

I wash my face and go back to my bed. I lay down and close my eyes. I feel a tear falling down my temple.

Okay, the crying session didn't end at the point.

I take a deep breath and start crying again with my eyes closed.

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I walk out of the elevator and walk towards my office. Before entering I glance at his office and the cabin besides it.

She's not in her cabin.

I look away and enter my office with my heavy heart. I didn't see him at home, he left early.
I didn't see him after last night.

I fell asleep crying. I woke up with puffy eyes and it was really obvious that I cried. I had to rub ice on my eyes to make it less puffy and I had to wear concealer to make my eyes look normal.

I sit on my chair and start using my IPad, trying to ignore the urge to barge in his office and check up on his hand.

It was my fault.
My eyes starts to sting.
Oh God, please. No.
I can't cry. Not right now.

I take a deep breath and focus on the jewellery I'm designing. I need to hurry up with the designing, now that I know the due date.

Sadie came to my office tomorrow to inform me the date Devin wants all of my designs done before. It's 1st October, she told me that.

So I need to focus now but my heart is aching for me to go check up on him. My heart wouldn't be relieved until I see him.

So I stand up and walk out of my office. I stop by the door to his office and take a deep breath before knocking and opening it.

I walk inside.
Sadie looks at me and says "Speak of the devil." She's sitting on the chair across from Devin.

I raise an eyebrow at her.

"Rose, you almost burned the whole kitchen last night?" She asks, mockingly smiling.

I look at Devin and he scoffs, looking at some file he's holding. My eyes sting and I quickly blink away any tears that are about to form.

"Why are you so interested in what happened last night?" I say to her.

"Oh, come on. He got his hand burned because of you." She says.

"It was an accident." I say, trying my best to not let my eyes form any tear.

"As if. It was your fault." She scoffs and I'm losing my mind over her attitude.

"Why the hell are you so concerned? And who even are you to question me?" I say to her. "I think you're forgetting that you're an assistant here. So don't talk to me like that unless you want to lose your job."

"You can't fire me." She stands up and walk closer to me.

"You think I can't? This is my company too. I can fire you in a second if you don't learn some manners on how to talk to your boss." I walk closer to her and glare at her. "Don't you dare talk to me like I'm your friend. Stay away from my personal life."

She silently looks at me. I know she's mad as hell right now but she can't do anything. Without saying anything else I turn around and leave his office. I come back to my office and take a deep breath to calm myself down.

My fingers find my necklace and I play with it, trying to relax myself.

Where the hell did she get the audacity to speak to me like that? To question me like that when it's none of her business.

I know it's my fault but that doesn't mean she can say whatever the hell she wants.

I won't tolerate if she ever tries to poke her nose in my personal life.

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