Sarah’s pov (1 Week Later) It had been exactly one week since the blast. A gas cylinder blasted in Ice cream Heaven. Ashley Walters was still in a coma, but doctors were very positive about her recovery. Her friends’ eyes had swelled up due to excessive crying. Aniya, who used to be her orphanage friend, and Evelyne who was her employer at Ice cream Heaven. She luckily survived the attack because according to her statement to the police, she went out to buy mayonnaise as that night they kind of fell short on it. Ashley Walters! A girl who changed my life forever was now lying there with a lifeless body on that hospital bed. Three days back she was on a ventilator but later, she started responding to the medicines. I still remember Shella was the one who woke me up when she saw the news of the blast on TV. Without bothering to change my clothes or look for Justin, I straight away went to the hospital. Justin had already advised the medical staff to take care of her. He was ready to

The room provided to me in the dorm was furnished and had simple furniture. Ever since I arrived, I had been sitting on the floor hugging my knees to my chest, trying to think if I made some mistake. Or if I committed some crime.Was it possible that this all was a dream?Or maybe the time spent with Justin was a dream and now I had woken up to the harsh reality of life.“Mrs. Deluca. Come soon. I am not going back to sleep until you come back. I will wait for you.” Long forgotten words that came out of his mouth were there to haunt me.“Why, Justin? Why?” Putting my head on my knees I started crying. I was still waiting for him. Maybe it was all a prank. There was a message blinking on my phone. The message was from the bank. Justin had credited twenty million to my account.Maybe soon he would come back running to me, will put me on his shoulder like a sack and go out, “Mrs. Deluca. It was just a joke. Why the hell are you crying?”“Ms. Ashley!” Matt’s head came inside the doorway,

(Two years later) Ashley Walters pov “Congratulations, Ms. Walters. All five companies want you to design their places. Two of them are their head offices and three of them are residential plans. You are just halfway to your degree, and you are already getting offers.” I was beaming at the praise because two months back I did a private project of furnishing office space and that proved to be a hit. The principal of the International University of Arguli sitting across from me never had this idea that there were just five offers reached to me through the university but privately I was getting numerous. According to Aniya, “The way you are getting offers, you will be soon buying Deluca properties. Ha-ha.” Yes. For the past two years, Deluca properties had become a part of our jokes. “Ms. Walters these five offers will be distributed among our five toppers. However, you are being given the first choice to have your pick.” In the past two years, I had not only become the apple of m

Ashley Walters povA loud voice rang in my ears when I once wiped my nose with it, “KITTEN! THIS WAS MY FAVORITE T-SHIRT!”Oh, Justin! Why?Then I felt his fingers brushing my cheek and that made me jerk back. Turning around I tried to balance the box in my arms and entered through the open curtain. Once stepping inside, I looked over my shoulder expecting him to follow me.But found him rooted to the spot with closed eyes.There were several pairs of eyes directed at me including Rayan and Sarah when I walked towards my seat.Rayan had an evil smirk plastered across his lips that vanished as soon as he saw my face. He must be surprised, at how I managed to wipe the dark brown taint off my mouth. All five students had taken the advantage of coming early and took the seats opposite other community members. The only seat left vacant was opposite the Dean’s seat.Even their nameplates were moved according to their benefits.I was taking slow steps when again a pair of arms reached out an

I was wearing a simple blue, A-line dress that reached just above my knees and opted for matching blue pearl earrings. I straightened my hair and let them cascade down my back without any clips or scrunchie.The party was arranged in a hotel and was in full swing. I went to the table where I spotted my other university fellows. Rayan was also sitting there and seemed to be on his best behavior. The party was arranged in honor of the students who had gotten successful bidding. “You are late! Mr. Deluca and Ms. Sarah have already left the party.” Rayan informed me and stood up to fetch me a drink. I didn’t know why he was acting differently tonight. However, I took a sigh of relief when he told me about Justin and Sarah. I didn’t want to face the couple. I engaged myself in small talks with the other fellows as they were already accompanied by dates except for me and Rayan. Gerald had to go out of town for meeting his mom who was admitted to a hospital. “Walters! Interested to dance