Honey You Are My Lucky Star (Callen and Chelsea)

Chapter 48

I open my eyes suddenly, feeling all sweaty. The white light comes into my eyes.

The woman I dreamed of was myself. The people in front of my sickbed were Callen, Maisy, and my ex-mother-in-law. After such a long time, I still have this dream.

"Are you awake?"

I turn my head and see my boss. I sit up and ask, "What brings you here, Boss?"

"I'm here to apologize," she says with embarrassment.

I'm actually confused.

She looks up at me and says, "I'm sorry. We didn't expect Sean to be such a jerk. But we can't have any bad press at the company, so can you forgive him?"

I finally know why she's here.

Sean tried to take me to the warehouse in the elevator. I'm not an idiot, so I knew very well what would happen if I followed him to the warehouse.

If I hadn't been biting his hand so hard, I wouldn't be sitting here right now.

"Where am I?" I ask indifferently.

After being stunned for a while, she answers, "This is the infirmary. You passed out just now."

"So you've already known what happened in the elevator?" I look at her. Please check at N/ôvel(D)rama.Org.

She thinks for a long time and then says, "Sean's been working here for seven years. He is a good employee and we..."

"I don't want to hear this. Just answer my question."

I suddenly think of Jonah. He offered me a check and asked me to leave Harrison, but he didn't make me sick like she did.

She clearly knows the truth, but she still wants me to forgive Sean. Obviously, as a woman, she doesn't think sexual harassment is a big deal.

But I can't accept this. Just because Sean's an old employee doesn't mean he can bully the newcomer.

She hesitates and finally says helplessly, "You know what a scandal can do to an educational institution. No one's gonna trust us again if this gets out."

"That's why you should punish Sean!" I become excited. "There's got to be a lot of people in the company who know about the harassment, right? Someone may have told you this before, but you let it happen."

"You are slandering me!" She gets extremely angry.

But I don't care. All I care about is what I want to know and the truth.

Ignoring her, I look straight ahead and say, "Sean and I used to be classmates, so I was really shocked that he turned out to be such a jerk."

"I'm sure this isn't the first time he's molested a woman. You still want me to forgive him?"

If she says yes, then I wonder if there's anything abnormal between her and Sean.

I spent the morning at the company, waiting to see how this matter turns out. But the result is really ridiculous.

The company sent out a notice that my quarrel with Sean had nothing to do with the company.

I'm still fired, and all Sean has to do is to write a review. What a joke!

This earth- shattering matter in my eyes doesn't end the way I thought it would. So, I choose to leave this company.

I don't have to work for a company that doesn't respect women.

I'm taking the subway home. Looking at the crowd, I finally feel that I'm not alone.

The world is full of people, but there's no one there for me.

Harrison calls me at this time. I ask him, "You already knew everything, didn't you? No wonder you warned me to stay away from Sean."

"What happened?" he asks.

I try to hold back the tears. 'Tm fired. Sean was harassing me so much that my colleagues thought I was the other woman. And they believed I got this job because I hooked up with him."

"No one believes me!"

I'm not a crybaby, because I don't think tears work.

I try not to cry at any time, but I can't help it at this moment. In the crowded subway, I tearfully tell Harrison what has happened today.

The bad guy gets away with it, and the victim gets fired.

Harrison's listening quietly. If it weren't for his breathing, I'd think I was talking to myself.

It makes me feel better to tell him everything, but he actually doesn't comfort me. I weep again. "Why don't you say something? I'm crying!"

A helpless laughter comes from the other end of the phone. "Get off the subway. I'll meet you at Exit B."

As usual, he hangs up without waiting for my response. The door of the subway opens suddenly and I rush out to Exit B.

I don't care how he knew where I was. I just care if he came here for me. All the sadness I felt before disappears because of what he said.

There's too many exits in the subway. I've been walking for a long time and I can't find Exit B.

He calls me again. I almost cry when I pick it up. "I can't find Exit B. What should I do?"

"Where are you now?"

I tell him the location and look back and forth. I just don't want to miss him.

About five minutes later, Harrison stands a few steps away from me with an unhappy expression on his face. "Come here, dummy."

I run to him, hug him, and sob in his arms. He gently lifts my chin with his finger.