It'll Come Naturally

"Hey Rain," Sanford greeted Rain in a rather hoarse voice. It was the first time that Rain had initiated to call him this early in the morning.

"I want to see Cyrus now! Otherwise there will be consequences and he should know what they are," Rain demanded. He did not sugarcoat his words anymore.

"Huh? What's the matter?" Sanford could tell that Rain was angry but he had no idea why. What did Cyrus do to get on his nerves?

"Ask him yourself. Tell him if he doesn't want to get arrested, he should see me right now!" Rain threw the phone aside. 'Damn it, ' he thought. 'Why did the accident have to take place now out of all the times that it could?' His plans to get Annie back were sabotaged by the circumstances and he could not do anything about it.

Sanford hung up trembling. It was the first time he had encountered Rain's anger. Fortunately for him, he did not have to see Rain throw a fit in person. Otherwise, Rain would have channeled all his rage to Sanford.

Rain drove faster than he usually would; he drove recklessly until he arrived at the hospital where he found that the ambulances had not come back.

"Are you alright?" Tom asked, worried and concerned about the condition of his friend. However, Rain kept a straight face and Tom could not help but wonder if he was successful last night.

"I'm fine. Do all that you can to aid the injured and don't worry about quoting me the medical bills." As Rain had been treated meanly when he was little, he always told himself that all people should be treated equally regardless of their social statuses and social standing; he showed no prejudice and practiced equality as much as he could.

Tom laughed at the man. "Look how generous the cold hearted man actually is," Tom teased Rain for the first time. Rain was older than Tom so Tom was always tiptoeing around Rain out of respect.

"Stop beating your gums. Are all the doctors and nurses ready?" In all of this, Rain was still hungover so he looked really pale and dispirited.

"Don't worry. I never joke about lives," said Tom although the opposite could be said about him since there were lives he had refused to save because he did not think they were worth saving.

More than a dozen injured people were sent to the hospital. Two were seriously hurt while the others were just slightly harmed. Luckily, none of the workers died.© 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

"Mr. Xia, some journalists have taken photos before I arrived. The accident will be published to the newspapers soon," William anxiously reported to Rain. He was nervous because he knew that if the accident reached public knowledge, the KD Group's stock would be affected and all of Rain's efforts for more than two years would be in vain.

"Try not to worry. I'm trying to deal with it." Along the way, Rain had already thought about all the possible outcomes; he had thought of the worst so that he could prepare for the worst. He had called the PR team of the FX International Group and asked them to prevent the media from reporting highly detailed news regarding the accident.

"The police have cordoned off the site. You will have to go there personally." William's eyes were clouded with worry because he could not bear to tell Rain about the tragedy in the construction site.

"Alright. I'll be there in a minute." Rain massaged the temple of his head. His thought was in a downwards spiral and he did not have the energy to think about his situation with Annie.

Annie had no idea what Rain had been busying himself with. She was obliviously eating sumptuous snacks with Fred in the food street of S City.

"Annie, I can't think of a reason why you like the food here so much." Fred looked at Annie who was freely indulging herself.

"It's not that I like the things that go on around this district, but no girl can say no to delicious food, can they?" Annie said with a dazzling smile. She was not like the other girls who preferred food more luxurious than the food she would hoard and purchase along the streets of a dangerous part of the city.

"That's right. You don't look very good though. Did you sleep well last night?" Fred asked carelessly.

"I guess it's because I'm not really used to this place." Annie was reluctant to think over the things that took place the night before because she knew that it would depress her.

"I met the deputy CEO of the FX International Group outside your room this morning," Fred shared, watching Annie's facial expression shift drastically.

"Oh? Really?" Annie's heart jolted but she did her best to look as calm as she could, trying to hide her excitement.

"Aren't you curious?" Fred asked, thinking that Annie would be more interested in the topic.

"Should I be?" Annie looked up to him innocently wondering.

"I thought he came for you," Fred said. He regretted the words that came out of his mouth because he knew that they were words that would piss the woman off. "What are you implying?" Annie asked angrily. She could not bear the tone that Tom took.

"I'm sorry. I went too far." Fred was right; he had overstepped Annie.

"Fred, you and I are good friends. So much that I accompanied you to that celebration. I didn't come there with personal agendas. Please, don't get me wrong." Fred, after all, could not find a female companion to take to S City so Annie was kind enough to come with him. If it were for any other reason, Annie would not have come back. The city held too many sad memories for her that she could not escape. But Fred suspected her of being ill-intentioned and that offended her. She did not like being misunderstood. As much as she could, Annie tried to maintain the purity of her integrity.

"I know. Please, don't be angry. I really didn't mean anything offensive. It was just a casual question I mindlessly asked." Fred wiped the sweat off his head. Annie was different; she was of distinct personality and she did not like it whenever other people questioned her. "Forget it. Let's just go." Annie immediately lost her appetite, so she got up and left, knowing real well that Fred would follow her.

Annie still remembered how she sadly walked along the same streets alone. It had been more than four years, but she still remembered so vividly. Even if Fred was with her now, she still felt lonely and isolated because the man who was with her was not the man she loved most.