Chapter 2-Cold Stranger

"Chen," Wei thought as she looked on the scene, she stood frozen. Hoo looked up suddenly laughing, "You're finally here." She stated, walking over to Wei. "I wondered if you would come, I didn't know you cared so much for me. If it was you I would be at a bar celebrating, it would have been better if you hated me, you would still be living in blissful ignorance." Tears formed as her sister spoke. "Why?" she thought, they had never gotten along as children but after moving out to attend college Hoo had made an effort to keep in touch. Why was she here with Chen, what was that text message? Was it all for this? Wei dropped to the ground tears poured from her eyes. "Why Hoo?" Hoo scowled at her grabbing her head she bent down to her ear.

"I saw something I wanted and went after it, or rather him. Why should a bitch like you have everything!" Wei looked up at her sister in disbelief, how could she not she, how had she not know that her sister hate ran this deep.

"Thanks Hoo." Chen shouted.

"Chen!" Wei screamed realizing that he owed her an explanation more than her sister, Hoo she could understand, hoo she could deal with, but how could he do this to her. They had been together since high school, how could he betray her like this. "Chen" she shouted again, but received no response. "You are bold enough to cheat on me with my sister, but too coward to talk to me now." She cried walking over to grab him. She realized, "Hoo." He cried out in pleasure. This shattered the remaining pieces of Wei's heart.

She released his hand in shock, turned, and ran towards the show.

"Leaving so soon, you're gonna miss the show, he performs really well" Hoo called, Wei felt the pieces of her heart sink into her stomach at her sister's words. Scratching at the handle she finally opened the door and sped down the hallway tears flowing from her eyes. She was crying so much that she didn't look where she was going and before she knew it, she crashed into a man with a familiar scent. "Pathetic." She heard a voice thundered down, she was flung to the ground. She looked up through her tears wondering why men were so cruel, but all she saw was his back as he walked away. "This is the second time you have ran into President Han, don't let there be a third. He doesn't do well with the damsel in distress act." Wei looked up at the blond she had met earlier, she opened her mouth to explain but stopped before a word left her lips. She did not owe this man anything plus his arrogance annoyed her. Standing up, she wiped her tears, she had enough humiliation for one night. "I apologize, sir." She stated bowing. "It was an accident, I apologize for being careless." She bowed again held her head up and left.

Wei walked through the door of her small apartment, her body shaking. She closed the door behind, thankful Xo had gone to visit her parents this week she immediately fell to the floor as the scene in the hotel room replayed in her mind. "Chen." She cried out in pain, her heart was completely broken. She replayed all the sweet memories in her head, the first time he confessed to her in high school, their first date, their first kiss. The proposal he made last year, in the past, she had felt nothing but joy when she would think of these memories but now all they offered was excruciating pain. "Was all a lie?" she wondered, when did he and her sister begin that sort of relationship? Chen in the past never had anything good to say about Hoo, was he just trying to hide their affair by pretending to hate her? Wei heart and head felt heavy as these questions filled her head. She laid by the door, sobbing until she had no tears left. At that moment she decided resolutely to let it go. She and Chen were over, but her life wasn't, she would get through this just as she had done her mother's death. What was the pain of a lost lover compared to that of a parent? Standing up slowly she pulled herself together, she would go on thrive even. It was better that she found out who the man she had loved really was before she married him. "Yes, I am better off without him." She cried before jumping in the shower, hoping the shower would also wash away her love for Chen.