All Chapters of The Last Fireworks: Chapter 1 - Chapter 7

I had just submitted my resignation to the HR department when I was summoned into the office of my boyfriend, Clarence Xenos.The second I stepped in, coffee splashed all over me.The liquid hit with so much force that it stung like a slap across my face.It burned a little.Off to the side was Naomi, the new intern. She sat on the leather couch. Her eyes were swollen and red, looking absolutely pitiful.“Clarence, don’t be mad at Lucia. It’s my fault. I had a hand in messing up that deal too.“If anyone should go, it’s me, not her.”Clarence was absolutely livid.He rarely ever lost composure of his temper in such a manner.Once again, it was all because of Naomi Smyth.He asked furiously, “Are you seriously threatening to resign and put pressure on Omi?“As her supervisor, ruining the deal was your responsibility, to begin with. How could you even have the nerve to pin the blame on her?“Do you have any idea what people are saying about her around the office? They’re all

After a long moment, his voice turned somewhat hoarse as he asked hesitantly, “Why aren’t you upset anymore?”So, he had known all along that I had been upset.But he had acted clueless about it all.Instead, he had always snapped at me, saying that I was petty, and that people who always assumed the worst in others were usually projecting.I was just about to tell him that I was moving out, when his phone rang.Naomi was sobbing on the other end of the line, saying that someone had bullied her.He glared at me furiously and sneered, “So, this is what you’ve been setting up all along. Lucia, you’re something else.”Before I could even figure out what was happening, he grabbed my wrist forcefully and pulled me into the car.I could smell ladies’ perfume inside the car. It was similar to the fragrance Naomi wore.A Labubu doll hung from the rearview mirror, which matched Naomi’s WhatsApp profile picture.I had not set foot in his car once ever since I started working at his com

He started to panic.“No way...”He knew how much Lucia cared about him.Over the past few years, she had brought up the topic of marriage more than once.If a woman was the one initiating the conversation about getting married, that meant she had already decided that he was the one for life.So, Clarence had always assumed that she would always stay by his side. He never once worried about losing her. He figured that all he had to do was say the word, and she would drop everything and race him to the city hall without a second thought.Where else could she even go?She had long cut off contact with her parents. She only occasionally kept in touch with her uncle, but she knew her aunt did not want to see her, so there was no way she would go to her uncle’s place.What about that small apartment she had bought with her own savings?His eyes lit up for a moment. He quickly grabbed his bag and drove toward the west side of the city.When he arrived at the west side, he stopp

On top of that, after Zoey submitted her resignation last time, she uploaded the video of Clarence instructing his employees to slap me that day onto the internet.His company had been hanging by a thread since then.While he was busy trying to save his company, Naomi was busy trying to salvage her relationship with him.He avoided her and directly fired her from the company, citing her poor performance as an excuse.I had not expected him to be so ruthless.Naomi had held onto some leverage too. They must not have reached an agreement, because she leaked his bedroom photos in the end. The two of them fought like cats and dogs and became the laughingstock of their circle for a long time.In the end, Clarence called the police, and Naomi was detained for a period of time before things finally calmed down.His eyes were bloodshot from exhaustion and his expression haggard. He had lost a noticeable amount of weight.He smiled bitterly and said, “Lucie, if you’d just come to me