C47 Panic Was All Over Chris

Meanwhile, Mike had completely lost his appetite. After seeing Samantha in the corridor, his emotions had become a mess.

The memories he had spent months trying to bury had resurfaced all at once.

Instead of going out for lunch, he returned to his desk and buried himself in work. Lines of code filled his screen. But his mind was somewhere else entirely. Because of that, he forgot to tell Chris he wasn’t coming.

At the café, Chris waited. Five minutes passed. Then ten. Soon he took out his phone and called. No answer. He tried again. The phone was switched off.

Chris frowned. A bad feeling immediately settled in his chest. He knew better than anyone what Mike had gone through after the breakup. The depression. The sleepless nights. The months of isolation.

Without wasting another second, he headed toward the IT department. Unfortunately, he didn’t have access to the department’s security doors.

Just as he was wondering what to do, he noticed someone exiting the office. Alicia. Chris immediately recognized her.

She was the same woman who had tried to add Mike on Weibo and had directly rejected her.