Solitaire ✔

Chapter Twenty-Two

Chapter Twenty-Two

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(Grace's POV)

I walked step by step. My eyes shut as I stopped at my pace. The silence wrapped me with misery. Breathing was the only thing I could do at that split moment. In this space which that eighteen year old me couldn't feel a thing but pain.

Swallowing down my saliva, my eyebrow frowned had brought me back to stop the tears from rolling down. But it hadn't been easy. After nine years which I had spent working myself way up for a future, I thought I would have left being coldblooded to anyone even him.

Yet, it had always been the same.

"You looked so hard on yourself." A voice woke me up from my tormenting echos.

Blinking off the pearls of tear that resided at the edge of my eyes, I bit my lip to withstand the breaking down in front of Chris.

"This church..." I found myself speechless at the memories, "Is beautiful"

"I know." He walked in front as he looked up at the Cross, "you said it many times before"

Smiling at the memories which I shared with Chris, I realized I hadn't been paying attention to the relationship that me and Chris shared. He is always here and I was always not putting him to heart.

My hand touched my chest, feeling the heart that didn't really skipped a beat for anyone. It was so broken and still it pound strongly on every beat and emotion for the person that took it away.

"And I always visit it after you left" He sighed at the after part which he faced alone. He had his fair share of heart breaking moments as well.

"But." Then, he turned around and looked at me.

My presence froze in seconds, watching him closely. Recently, behind the fake smiles and all the relatively hatred hidden a sad and miserable man.

"I stopped coming when Rachel came into my life" He smirked at his foolishness. Like as if he hadn't realized of his heart that had stopped shattering and found the person he could love again.

"Do you love her?" My question, do sound stupid even by asking. I would have knew the answer.

"No" He shook his head, turning back to look at the cross, "I didn't do what I should to love her"

He was remotely guilty for everything. From his back, I saw a man whom had doomed himself in guilt.

"You can do it now" I looked at him, "Win her back this time with your heart"

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(Rachel's POV)

"You didn't tell me it was Solitaire." I hugged the files as I stepped into the office. Once, I had to came in to this office for Chris's documents to get approval from Mr. Greene.

Hilbert raised his head up, watching me pouting lips.

"Does it matter?" Raising one eyebrow, as he busy flipped through the files that I landed on his desk.

"Of course it ..." Biting my words as I almost spilled my feelings out again.

Suddenly, Hilbert put his pen down and watched my eyes carefully.

"W-Why?" I felt a shivers down my spine as he looked at me like this. Although me and Hilbert were friends but in the eyes of many, they thought I had already got together with him.

He tilted his head a little, watching me cheekily "Maybe it would seem nice to have you as a girlfriend"

I stuttered at his words, looking at the files on his desk. There were three files which are not signed and two files that the Human Resource department reminded me to get it done by today. Oh, I almost forgot about that one particular file which I left inside my in-tray. Should have took it in for Hilbert's signature as well. Maybe I should walk out now and come back later.