Leap OF Fate

Chapter 21

Mary paced back-and-forth in Serene’s living room. “What do you plan to do now?” She looked at

Serene, who sat at the couch. “I don’t know yet. I might just go back home and start over.”

“Have you told auntie and uncle already?” Serene never gave her family details on the reason she and

Bryan broke up. They adored him and actually treated him as their son-in-law. It devastated them when

they learned about their breakup.

She did not want to hurt her parents, and she was not sure how they would take the reason for their

breakup considering that they hold very conservative perspectives. She just shook her head to answer

Mary’s question, looking very dejected.

Mary let out a deep sigh and sat beside Serene. She hugged Serene from her back and said, “Why do

these things happen to you?”

Serene simply bowed her head. She asked the same question herself. Why do these things happen to

her? Did she do something bad? Did she offend anyone?

After a while she said, “Let’s both go back home. My parents wanted me to manage the shop. Why

don’t you help me out? I’ll focus on the design while you handle the messy business part, hmmm?”

Although Mary was a CPA, she never practiced. She was really into designing clothes, swimsuits

specifically, but her family insisted for her to take up accountancy in order to help in the family

business.

After a while, Serene patted Mary’s arm, which overlapped on her stomach. “Thank you, I will think

about it, okay?”

After living in Hyacinth city for six years, she’s finally going back to Coast City after accepting Mary’s

offer. She just packed the last box of her stuff which she labelled donate when her cellphone rang. It

was an unknown number.

“Hello?”

“Serene…” she no longer needed to ask who was calling her. She’ll never forget this voice.

“What do you want?” she rudely responded. Published by Nôv'elD/rama.Org.

“I know you’re still angry with me, but can we meet, please?”

She did not know what possessed her to agree in meeting him. It was one of the upscale fusion

restaurants in Hyacinth City. The server ushered her to the table by the window when she gave Bryan’s

name on to the receptionist.

After waiting for a few minutes, Bryan and Chester arrived. Both casually dressed in jeans. Both good

looking. Chester smiled at Serene first.

“Sorry we’re late. We had a hard time looking for a parking space” he explained while taking his seat.

Bryan also sat, all the while looking at her.

“Hi,” she smiled politely, her attention all on Chester.

The server approached them to take their orders. Chester ordered for the two of them while she only

asked for juice. Once again, it was Chester who broke the awkward silence. “Serene, I know I already

said I’m sorry to you but I would like to let you know again how I deeply regret hurting you back then.”

She did not reply and just gave a curt smile.

“Is this the reason you called me out for?” Serene looked at the couple.

“Actually, there was another thing that we wanted to talk to you about.” Chester gave Bryan a quick

look, then took a deep breath before looking at her again. “I know that you and Bryan deeply care for

each other. I know that up to now, you still hold a special part in his heart.” He looked at him again, then

to Serene.

She just listened to Chester talk. Her face blank as she tried to guess what all these preludes leading

up to.

Chester cleared his throat before continuing to speak. “We cannot think of any other person to ask this

huge favor from other than you.”

Chester deliberately left a cliffhanger as he surveyed Serene’s expression once again. All he got was a

raised eyebrow from her. “Bryan and I would like to complete our family and we’d like to ask for your

help.” He quickly and succinctly dropped the bomb he was holding.

Serene’s face was ashen and her mouth agape as she alternately looked at the men across from her.

Did she understand what they wanted from her? Did they want her to bear their baby? With an

incredulous look, she focused her sharp gaze at Bryan.

He cleared his throat. “We wanted to ask you if you can be our egg donor for the in vitro fertilization.”

He cannot think of any other way to go about it than to dish it out to her straight. “I know how you feel

about me and what happened in the past, but as Chester said, I consider you a significant person in my

life, and we cannot think of anyone else who can help us make our dream come true.”

Serene’s hands formed into tight fists on her side, her mouth pursed tighter and tighter the more Bryan

spoke.

The nerve of these two to even consider her for their baby project! Was it not enough for Chester to

steal Bryan from her, now he came knocking on her door, asking for her egg? How thick faced is he!

And Bryan, she cannot help but inwardly smirk. This jerk of a guy whom she devoted her life to,

actually had the nerve to agree with his husband, or possibly suggest this proposition. After taking all

the love she could give before, then ending up cheating on her, he had the nerve to face her and say

that he wanted to take more from her.

Hold a special part in his life, my ass! Serene inwardly cursed.

She was so angry that she had no words for this shameless pair. She got up from her chair and without

turning back walked out of the restaurant. Her face gloriously red from anger.