An Unexpected Life

JORIE

I was panting hard, my feet felt planted to the floor but higher, I felt fluorescent lights burning my eyes and someone holding on to me.

Even my weak body felt like it had strength on its own and I was jinxed. I heard murmurs around me, the chumming sound of devices, laughter and the smell of coffee.

Hastily, I opened my eyes and the first face I saw was Zac holding my hand firmly with a smile.

Out of reflex, I slapped him with my free hand, panicking. I heard gasps, terrifying me the more as I stepped back.

Something wasn't matching up yet I was furious, because I was staring at Zac! He placed his palm on his cheek, surprised.

"Baby?" He called, stepping closer but I lifted my leg to hit him on the dick "you cheat!!" I screeched wanting to throw myself on him, to punch his face.

If someone hadn't thrown herself in front of us, I was sure to leave him in scratches.

"Miss Jorie? Hey... what's wrong? It's your boyfriend"

I furrowed my brows, staring at the face which had become familiar. She was my colleague here who got transferred...but what was she doing here?

I lowered my eyes to my shoes, I was on worn out heels, then abandoning her, I ran to the glassy wall that separated our boss floor from ours and I realized I was in my office wear which was a cheap sleeve shirt and a long skirt that swallowed me.

What? This day was...I turned around only to find Zac again, he had followed me. "Baby...are you okay?"

He tried to touch me but I felt irritated and shoved his hand away. My eyes were hovering around as this exact day felt so familiar.

“Am I alive? I survived? But how? There were a lot of questions bothering me. "Baby... you're scaring me."

I snubbed him and hurried towards the calendar sitting on a desk and when my eyes came in contact with the date, I gasped.

I had reincarnated 5 years earlier from when everything began except Zac and I relationship was just based on boyfriend and girlfriend stuff. It was back to when I lavished on him and barely focused on me.

It was true, I was alive! If yes, then this was my change, to set everything right, to think of me and gain my revenge.

I didn't know how long this dream, or superstition or whatever abyss I was will last but while I'm still breathing, I will make use of it.

"Miss Jorie, I think you need to sit down and relax, you're over working yourself." Vera suggested holding my hand as she was walking me to my chair.

She was real, everything felt real and mixed emotions coursed inside me.

"Baby, say something!" Zac panicked in a concerned tone and I shot him a glare.

"Miss jorie...the boss wants to see you." the secretary announced, catwalking from the elevator that chimes open.

The mention of that, the chaotic place suddenly became silent with all eyes settled on her. The boss?

The boss was more like a god who one barely sees as he was overseas often. He only had delegates who addressed us. In fact, even when I was promoted, only his representative came to congratulate me.

"Me?" I asked, pointing at myself, startled. The secretary raised her iPad to her chest and nodded.

"Yes ma'am, before he changes his mind."

"Babe, maybe the chaos you caused got him mad...let me speak to him, that way he would spare you." Zac proposed, still rubbing his red cheek and stepping in front of me.

"Awwn, he loves you." a colleague of mine hailed and Zac smiled which got on my nerves.

He was so dead with me. "He called for me, it isn't like you would make things worse." I snapped him off, taking him aback and I walked past him to the secretary.

My expression was mind-blowing as shock was written on the faces of those gathered but I dismissed it and followed the secretary inside the elevator.

While inside the elevator, I became sober, as my eyes burned with tears. Why does he have to be the first person I saw? It still hurts.

Just to fight back my tears, I turned to have a glimpse at the polished secretary. "Please why is the boss looking for me?"

She first paused and let out a sarcastic sigh. "Didn't you apply for the position of a secretary?"