What do I do now?

The moment I left the clinic, the world felt smaller.

I was carrying twins and I didn't know how to tell their father because I didn't know who he was. I sobbed as I walked home

Two heartbeats. Two tiny lives depending on me.

“How am I supposed to do this?” I thought as I walked home.

That same day,I went to work avoiding everyone as much as possible.

Every glance at my stomach made me feel like they had already found out the truth.

My supervisor saw me and beckoned on me.

“Hey, Elowen Hartwell. See me in my office”.

I felt a surge of fear. I wondered what was packaged for me.

I looked around. The other employees were staring at me in disgust except for one of my friends that looked at me with concern.

I hurriedly went to the supervisor's office. He was a no-nonsense man.

I greeted him as I entered.

He gestured to a seat and I did so.

“You've been abandoning your duties and today you are late for work”. He said sternly.

“I…” He interrupted even before I could even say a word and passed me a brown envelope.

I looked at him hoping he would say the content of the envelope but he kept mute.

I opened it myself.

And I froze.

It was a damn sack later.

“Sir?” I didn't even know how to explain myself.

“You may leave”. He said without emotion.

I pleaded with him telling him that I had nothing to fall back to. I was just the only one fending for myself.

But he paid deaf ears to me.

I had no other choice than to leave.

The other employees seemed like they knew what was in stock for me because they were jeering at me.

My friend, Ana ran up to me.

“ Elowen, what's the problem? You have been truant”.

“Ana, I don't know. I'd talk to you later”.

I said and shoved her by.

She stood and stared at me waving a good bye.

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I had to get a job, especially now that I was expecting babies. Twins. I had promised to protect them. I didn't know how but I'd try. I wasn't scared of Cassian but I was just scared of what would come after.

I applied for a job in one of the biggest companies in Seoul and to my greatest surprise, I got the job.

The next day, I was dressed corporately, ready to start my first day at work.

The HR manager, a plump woman with kind eyes, greeted me warmly. “Elowen, welcome. Let me show you to your desk”.

I nodded silently, trying not to look around.

And then I froze.

Seated across the office was Yura Han.

Cassino’s ex.

She looked up from her laptop, eyes sharp with a faint smile. Luckily she didn't know me but I had met her once at Grand Haneul.

She was everything I was not. Elegant, beautiful, confident and commanding.

I looked out and followed the HR to my desk trying to make myself invisible.

“So she works here”. I thought to myself.

The morning passed with lots of introductions and paperworks.

I barely noticed the office chatter because there was just one thing in my mind.

The one night stand and the twins.

I just wished time could just fly so I could go home.

Lunch time came and I left everything I was doing because I was terribly hungry.

As I was walking towards the cafeteria. I met Yura again. Her gaze fell on me.

I felt my heart jump.

She tilted her head slightly. There was nothing malicious about the look she gave me but I could feel it.

Yura noticed me.

Yura could be trouble and I had no idea how she would react if she ever found out the truth, especially for the fact that I work in the same place with her.

I went towards the cafeteria, ordered a light meal and was heading back to my seat with my head bowed thinking of my fate.

I bumped into someone and the whole food poured with the glass plates clattering on the floor.

I was shocked.

“I'm…I'm”. I stuttered trying to use my hands to clean up the mess I did until I looked up and froze.

Standing in front of me was Cassino Blackmoor.

“Do I know you?” He asked.

“Yes..No…um…no…we've never met”.

I stuttered. “Who are you?” I asked even after lying.

“I am the CEO of this company”. He said with a grin.

I gasped.

“Meet me in my office”. He said and I walked away.

I froze at that spot.