Leap OF Fate

Chapter 53

Alex and Serene worked with Rich for another round of testing. They continued getting errors but were

making progress since the errors were no longer duplicates of the previous run.

Serene and Alex focused on resolving the errors they’ve encountered. She did not notice the brooding

man outside the conference room looking at them. He tapped on the glass to call

their attention, but neither took notice.

His sharp eyes looked sharper when Alex moved closer to Serene. One hand leaned to the table, and

the other held the back of her chair. Serene focused her attention on the screen and from time to time

would look at him, then back to the screen.

He picked up his phone and picked her name from his contacts. The vibration of her phone startled her.

Justin’s name displayed when she picked up her phone.

Out of habit, she looked around to search for him. She bit her lip when she saw him outside the NôvelDrama.Org owns this.

conference room.

Alex still leaned forward on the table and focused on her screen. Uh-oh, somebody’s going to have a

hard time again later.

Justin ended the call without even uttering a word. His eyes met hers and he knew she knew he’s not

happy. She mumbled something to Alex, who straightened his back and looked to the glass

wall where Justin stood and bowed his head to him. Serene gathered her things and went out of the

conference room in a hurry.

Her left hand held her computer bag while her cold right hand held his. She took all her courage to lift

her eyes up to meet his burning glare. Justin looked at her through his eyelashes.

Without a word, he walked towards the exit, Serene on tow.

They took his exclusive elevator. As soon as the elevator door closed, Justin pulled her wait to give her

a punishing kiss. He bit her lips, almost chewing them. She submitted to him as he plundered her

mouth. They were both breathless when he stopped.

“Justin…” she spoke tentatively, her wide, teary eyes looking at him. She felt conflicted. On the one

hand, she knew she did nothing wrong and was just performing her role. Alex is her mentor, not to

mention that he’s married and is not into her at all. While on the other hand, she should have been

more cautious and should not have let her guard down, given the previous situation she had with Rich.

His non-response added to the tension she felt. She hated feeling guilty for something she should not

be guilty about and apologize when she’s not at fault. He opened the car’s door for her before walking

to the driver’s side. He was about to start the car when Serene held on his arm.

“Justin, please say something.” Her voice broke. Her teary eyes looked up at him.

Justin scanned her face. He hated it when she looked at her with her wide, teary eyes. He felt like he’s

bullying her.

“What do you want me to say?”

“Anything. I want to know what you’re thinking.”

“Fine. You and that guy were very comfortable with each other. Your even OK that he’s practically

hugging you.”

“It’s not like that… he’s my mentor —”

“Is that how he mentors you?”

“Justin, please…”

“Please what, Serene?”

“Please don’t be so narrow-minded.

Alex is a married man. It’s purely professional between us.”

The corner of his mouth twitched when he heard her describe him as narrow-minded.

“What were you two doing that he’d have to be that close to you?”

“We’re reviewing the codes we wrote against the errors we received during the test run —”

“Why are you in such a hurry to get this project to be over?”

“Huh?”

“Why are you in such a hurry to return to Coast City and leave me?”

So, everything boiled down to this. She thought she had this issue settled already when she promised

that she’ll move to Hyacinth Bay after a month, but she’s wrong, he’s still not over it.

“Didn’t we already discuss that, Justin?”