Todos los capítulos de A Simple Way To Break You (English): Capítulo 1 - Capítulo 10

“I’ll just resign so I won’t have to respect you anymore. What do you think?” I stopped walking and looked at him with a mix of arrogance and challenge. “Will you accept my resignation letter?”We were already outside the meeting room, so plenty of eyes were now on us. Yet not a single person tried to intervene in what could turn into an argument. This was a battle between a branch manager and a finance manager. No one would dare step in.When I was still new at Hornbrown Investments, I had already submitted a resignation letter to him because I truly couldn’t stand working with him. It was incredibly hard seeing him frequently making out with someone in his office whenever I went there to report!I wasn’t uncomfortable because I liked him. I was uncomfortable because I was disgusted. He had no ethical manners!Good thing he doesn’t do that anymore, or should I say, I just don’t catch him doing it now?Anyway, he didn’t accept my resignation letter back then. He simply tore it apart w

“One iced coffee, please,” I said to the barista as I handed her my credit card.She immediately swiped it and gave it back to me. “On it, ma’am!” she said as she pointed to an empty table, gesturing for me to sit while waiting for my order.She pointed to a seat near the glass wall. The view there was nice. We could clearly see both the inside and the outside of the coffee shop.I let out a deep breath before sitting down at one of the tables. Hornbrown Investments has been so busy lately that I haven’t even had time to buy my iced coffee here. I love my job and hate it at the same time. It stresses me out, yet I love how I’m able to help people become financially literate because of it.Another thing is the salary—it’s high. Let’s be practical. Working feels better when you’re paid well. Aside from iced coffee, my salary is the only thing keeping my exhausted spirit alive, especially when the workload gets overwhelming.Just like now.After my argument with Kleinder, I barely saw

I don’t know how I ended up standing in front of Shainara’s condo unit tonight. It’s extremely far from our company, but even so, I drove all the way here just to see her.I couldn’t wait until tomorrow, and I couldn’t scold her properly over the phone. I wasn’t even the type of person who would barge into someone’s place without the owner knowing, but right now, I truly couldn’t stop myself. I made the effort to come all the way to her unit just to lecture her.“Shainara?” I called out as I pressed the doorbell. I don’t know how many times already, but surely, it was more than enough to make someone annoyed.“Open the door, you dimwit,” I added, trying to keep my composure.I didn’t want the security guards to drag me away for causing a scene in front of her unit. If that happened, I wouldn’t be able to accomplish my goal of lecturing her until my voice gave out.After several more doorbell rings and repeated phone calls, the door finally opened. Shainara appeared in front of me, h

“I’ll break your heart after six months.”That was it.Those were the cold words I said to Kleinder, who was calmly eating a salad at one of the cafeteria tables. No small talk. No beating around the bush. Even while I was still looking for him earlier, that was already what I had in mind.I wanted to break his heart the same way he broke my best friend’s.I sneered when he almost spat out his food at what I said. Yet after what he did to Shainara, he hadn’t shown even the slightest reaction. He could still eat properly despite everything he’d done. Did he have no conscience?Ah, right. Of course he didn’t. If he had one, he wouldn’t be the kind of man who makes countless women cry and plays with them as if they were nothing more than dolls.“Sorry,” he said, setting his plate down and wiping his mouth after I suddenly sat across from him. “What did you say again?”He smiled at me as if his entire day had been perfect. I hated the fact that he was smirking like that while cold rain

I blinked.Wait, am I dreaming? No… I’m not, right?I could clearly feel the warmth of his hand against my cheek, and because of that, it only made everything feel even more unreal.It shouldn’t feel comforting. I didn’t even want to see him, so why did it feel like, in just a single moment, my entire body and mind, both of which had been spiraling since yesterday because of everything that happened lately, suddenly calmed down?“Kleinder?” I called again. “A-Are you really standing in front of me right now?”He smirked. “Why? Do you want proof?”I couldn’t answer right away. I was filled with confusion and another emotion I couldn’t quite understand.My heart was pounding so hard, and I knew it wasn’t because I was annoyed. Our conversation in the cafeteria kept replaying inside my head.Shit.But wait, what was he doing here?“Let go of me already.” Once I recovered from the shock, I slapped his hand away from my cheek.His grin only widened, but he didn’t try to get closer again.