"No no, nothing to be worried about, the wound was not affected in this accident. But it could have been. The wound looked deep so no matter how long it has been that wound still needs protection. Any wrong move will have serious consequences... I just had to tell you guys that, otherwise everything is fine.""Oh okay doctor, we will keep that in mind. Thank you." Tyler said.***Back in the company, Alice had just arrived in front of the building, many thoughts roaming in her head. She remembered her high- school and uni days with Stefen. He barely even spoke two good sentences with her, still... she liked him. Even when they were in the same group for group projects, Stefen never noticed Alice. He was always with Jack and his clique. A

  Alice was back to work. Only this time she wasn't thinking of Stefen and Jasmine. She was thinking of someone else... someone who never had any place in Alice's life was now occupying her thoughts. Every activity of Jack's that day left a question mark behind it. She looked towards the handkerchief that she kept on one corner of her table as she recalled what Jack had said.   "And the only thing I want to do right now is to request you. Never ever be the Alice that you were today. Like neeevvvveeerrrr. Today's Alice was not herself. Others might say you looked like a quiet and sweet girl, but I know that it isn't you. I like the rude Alice better."   "Alice?" Rosie who was also an intern there called Alice bringing her back to present. "This came for you." She said as she handed over a cloth ba

"Exactly what I was about to say. They look delicious and even I see nothing wrong in giving it a try." Jack finally spoke internally being proud of his own answer. Stefen was the one who was left speechless this time. The Jack in front was either acting too childish or had lost his sense. Jack continued walking and took the tray from Alice's hand. He kept it on a trestle table that was in one corner of the room. "Come guys: Alice, Stefen" Jack called both of them as he took one of the coffee cups and took a sip of it. "This coffee is too good." he took another sip and grabbed a doughnut as well and took a bite of it in a casual way as if he never hated the food. "This doughnut is delicious," Jack said in amusement and took another bite of it. Stefen had trouble recognizing the Jack who was in the same room with him, after all he just admitted that the food he hated his whole life out of blue tasted good to him. Alice walked forward reaching the table and sat on the long chair that

Years ago he had left her side and went somewhere without informing Jasmine and the consequences that the two families had to face was huge. This time too, he left her standing outside the office building just because Kevin called him and that led to Jasmine nearly losing her life again. Because of that reason, Stefen was afraid to leave Jasmine's side in the hospital as well. The kiss was mandatory for him. He wanted to convince himself that Jasmine was now alright and was there in his life, nothing wrong will ever happen to her again. That kiss was to assure his heart.It nearly took Stefen an hour to reach his apartment. He stood outside the door and searched for his keys in his pocket to open the door when he saw the lights coming out from his apartment. Someone was in there.He thought for a while who could that be. It was unlikely for his dad to be there at this hour. Jack usually informed Stefen before coming to meet him because sometimes Stefen used to go over to his dad's plac

The days were going by slowly for all of them. Jasmine had to stay in the hospital for a week more and Stefen was always by her side. He had to see Jasmine in pain at times, seeing her suffer made his heart heavier but somewhere deep in that same heart of his, he was happy. He was happy to be there for her. The guilt that he had in his heart for not being there with her a decade ago was now diminishing. He enjoyed helping her and spending time with her as they were together building new memories. It was the first day at work of Jasmine and Stefen after the incident. As before, Stefen picked her up and they both followed their self-made tradition of having their breakfast together. Jasmine had slowly but surely started to realize how much she loved Stefen's company. When she was still in the hospital, Stefen barely left her side. He was with her almost every moment. He took an official leave from the office just to be by her side. They came out of the elevator and started walking tow