Stella was sure she died when she hit her head on the table. But right now she was confused, wasn't she suppose to be dead, she glanced around in a daze. The place looked like the office cafeteria. The office?....Was this what the afterlife looked like??
She couldn't help but examine her body, remembering how sick and old she looked, but right now she looked like her younger self, with beautiful glowing skin. What was going on??or could this be the memory you see before dying??
Her mind raced as she tried to make sense of the situation, she could hear a voice in the background but couldn't register the words. The voice sounded familiar.
"Miss Stella!! Aren't you coming, are lunch break is over. "Miss Stella??...Are you ok, you look terribly tired." The voice became clearer when she felt a tap on her shoulder , she turned to find her co-worker. Miss shin standing besides her with a warm smile. Which was strange because Miss shin had quit ten years ago.
"Are you ok??" the older woman asked and before she could make any sense of it ,she had already answered yes.
"Ok then, we should head back upstairs before we get a scolding don't you think?" Miss shin suggested. Stella could only nod as she was to stunned to even speak.
When miss shin left, Stella took a a look around and realized that she was at her work place. The M&K office. But how??
She quickly remembered how she was forced to quit her job when she got engaged. But how was she still alive, she remembers that she was beaten to death by Michael.
"How could it be ...I died, but life offered me another chance ,how is this possible??Just then she felt a light vibration, looking down and noticing the phone on the table, it was her old phone. She opened it ,taking note of the date and time she was convinced she had being reborn into her younger self ten years ago.
Before she could make more sense of the situation, she heard someone call out her name, the voice immediately sending shivers down her spine.
She turned to see her now boyfriend- Michael. holding a drink in his hand with a smile that looked almost sweet.
"Babe are you ok, you look stressed and I was on my way to give you your favorite drink, come on.... Let me work you upstairs."
But Stella was to stunned to even speak...her husband and killer standing right in front of her and flashing her a smile. What the hell...???
"Stella trembled all over at the sight of Michael and even Michael could notice something wasn't right." Huh?? What's wrong? Are you ok??You don't look so good!! Maybe you should take the rest of the day off."
Stella couldn't concentrate on anything he said , the more she looked at him, the more she remembered how she caught him cheating on her, with Rachel and how he had killed her. She felt herself at the brink of tears, but couldn't hold them back.
She glared at Michael as endless stream of tears flowed down her cheeks. Seeing the way Stella glared at him and how she fought to hold her tears back, Michael panicked as he tried to calm her down.
"Babe what's wrong ,please calm down, if you are really not feeling well I could go get you some medicine." Michael suggested. But Stella couldn't stand listening to him any longer.
"Get out out of my way, don't talk to me and don't look at me" Stella said as she walked past him, trying to avoid having any conversation with him. but she was immediately stopped in her path as Michael held onto her wrist and not letting go.
"Hey babe, wait up. what's up with you, what got you so angry??"
"LET GO!!!Stella shouted, hence drawing the attention of other employees. But Michael was not budging ,he held unto her hand like his life depended on it. With how tight Michael held unto her wrist, she could feel the area starting to sting..
"Michael, Let go, your hurting me"!!Stella said to him. "Then stop moving around and just talk to me" Michael argued. The more he held unto her hand , the pain increased she was sure , it was going to leave a scar but she had to make him loose his grip.
Before she could think of a way to get away from Michael , she heard a female voice break out.
"Stella?? Michael?? what's going on?" I've being looking everywhere for you guys, Rachel said with a warm smile...as always."
Stella was so pissed, seeing the both of them once a again in this life." Ha- even after death they come to haunt me!!"Go to hell."
Huh?? what did you just say??Rachel was stunned from what she had just heard.
Stella just wanted to get away from this evil couple, the sight of them disgusted her, but she couldn't ignore the strong grip around her wrist. She tried pulling away but instead Michael leaned in closer, his tone laced with anger. "Stella stop acting this way and just talk to me"-But he couldn't complete his plead when he felt a large masculine hand rap around his wrist tightly ,making him flinch in pain.
Stella looked up to see broad shoulders covered in a grey suit that towered over her, blocking her view from Michael, before the person finally spoke up and moved to the side, allowing her to get a better view of the man coming to her rescue.
"She said to let go of her hand, I'm sure you heard her, the man said." Michael looked like he was about to say something but when he looked up to see the person talking ,his facial expression quickly drained from one of irritation to alarm.
The sharp gaze piercing into Michael did not allow him to utter another word, all he could do was let go of her hand as he lowered his head in fear and shame.
And who was the knight in shining amour?? James king .
The managing director. He was known to be brutal and stern with his employees. But also the finest man in the room , no one could hold a finger to him. He turned around , looking at Stella, "Are you ok?"
Stella quickly answered, trying to evade looking directly at him, she felt intimidated by the way he looked at her. When she looked back up she could see that he was starring intensely , not at her but at her wrist.
That was when she noticed the darkly colored bruise on her wrist and when she tried touching it, she flinched in pain. She quickly tried covering it as so not to make a scene from it, but it was to late because everyone present had already seen it. This quickly made Michael feel uncomfortable, knowing that he was the one that inflicted the bruise on her wrist.
She couldn't think of anything to say and with how everyone looked at her with pitiful eyes made her feel uncomfortable, but she didn't have to because James clear and deep voice had already spoken out.
"Get back to work... everyone, Miss Stella.....Mr. Michael . I'd like the both of you in my office this instant". Panic was already evident on Michael's face, he didn't like the managing director for many reason's and he very much didn't like speaking to him, and apart from that he feared him for reason's only known to himself.
Stella noticed all this, but she never knew why Michael was so afraid of him, but that was besides the matter, she had to get her act straight together and prepare herself to be reprimanded, she could already feel it coming. James didn't like any one distracting the work at the office and he did not care to know about anyone's personal life. That was why most people taught of him to be mean and heartless.
She was quickly pulled out of her thought's when they reached the door to James office, noticing how Michael glared at her but she couldn't care less about him or whatever he felt, she just wanted to get this done with.
...The office screamed silence, even though they had being inside for over a minute now. James sat on his chair behind his table, but non of them dared to say a word. Stella breathe a sigh of relief when James deep voice finally broke the silence.
"Mr. Michael...It had reached my attention that You were in a romantic relationship with Miss Stella. It is not against the company's policy for two colleagues or co-workers to date each other, but it won't be tolerated when you try to use your relationship to disrupt the peace of the work place and just as Miss Stella is your girlfriend , I am sure you know she is also a worker under my supervision it won't be tolerated when you exact violence when approaching her no matter what the reason might be." James said as he directed his words towards Michael.
"I'm sorry sir, it won't happen again", was all Michael could say ,as he bowed his head and coward in fear." What a pathetic hypocrite" Stella thought.
"You may leave my office and get back to work," James sounded sternly.
Stella figured the address was also meant towards her so she turned her back to leave, but James voice quickly rang out stopping her in her tracks.
"Not you Miss Stella, I haven't spoken to you yet". She turned to meet his sharp eyes looking at her ,almost as if he could see right through her, she flinched ,feeling intimidated by the way he looked at her. She turned to glance at Michael , but he didn't spare a second glance at her as he sprinted out of the office, leaving the door behind them closed.
She had being left alone with James , she stood there in silence fidgeting as she thought of the worse possible outcome that could happen, but she was quickly pulled out of her trance when she noticed him walking closer and closer towards her, With every step he took forward she took a step back until she felt the cold iron door against her back, she knew she had been backed into a corner.
But it was weird, why had she been backed into a corner and why was he standing so close. He was to close , so close that the sharp smell of his perfume filled her nostrils it was all she could smell, and he was all she could see. The movement of his hands going behind her had caught her attention, but Stella couldn't tell what he was about to do.