PASSION AND AMBITION

dy opened the door and was about to step out when he heard his name. Surprised, he stood transfixed on the spot he was, afraid to look back. "You are such a jerk, Rowtan. You could

on him like an angry tigress, Rowtan thought. “If he can get away with the mess he placed himself in, he would never trespass again” he promised himself. He had already

be full of rage was still calm, not only calm but still asleep. He pushed his head backward with his hand and ran his fingers through his hair while his head was now r

ront of him. “Where on earth could his name have been called from?” he wondered. It was absolutely not from the other worker because they were very far from where he was. Of

he was to her initially. She tried to move forward to meet Rowtan but her legs seemed too heavy to move and a force kept weighing her down. She realized that she will need the

d call his name in her sleep? He began to doubt if it was his own name she was calling but remembered the first day they ever met in the office. After he told her

calling his name in her sleep right in front of him. It was so good to be true to him. The new discovery made him glad like someone that just won a lottery.

confusion. She became alarmed and wanted to ask Rowtan why he is in her office but words refused to come out from her mouth.. She was sweating even in the full A/C that was fully on in

and began to sweat. He really wanted to ask her what the problem was and explain why she found him in her office. He remained calm and collected despite the q

ow, he has to explain to her why she found him in her office. “Well, I came to check on you after I sent you a message which you saw but didn’t reply to. As I entered I noticed you were fast

. Her feet were getting cold and she was now rubbing them against each other. She couldn’t wait for dawn so she can leave the office she had completed all she was assigned to work on

erself. It would be embarrassing if he told her that she called his name twice in her dreams before waking up. “It seemed you had a dream, Julia. Yunno, I’ll c

remembered the manner in which she woke up. She was sobbing.es, she was but what made her sob out from her dream. Her elbows was on the table as she buried her head i

as happening at the end of the day. Quietly, he watched Julia think of her dream. She would surely remember this night for a long time, her first night of working on night duty at

sed she was at that moment. She reluctantly raised her head up and looked at Rowtan. “How could she have done that?” she asked herself. If she met Rowtan in

m to excuse her. Though he was still mused about her calling his name in her dream, he still remained calm and allowed time do its work. He prayed that his seat partner

m for barging into her office e again for the second time after she sent him out the first time but she couldn’t. Julia didn’t even wait till dawn came again. She had to leave the

nished from the office because if she should go out, she would still see Rowtan. “God, what have I put myself into?” she thought. She was already thinking of excuses to come up with so sh

to face Rowtan later that day and even for a very long time because of course, they are workers in the same company. If Julia regretted anything, she regretted why she didn’

d her things to prepare for home. The deed has happened, it can’t be undone, all she has to do is put the experience behind her and move on. It was like a surge of confidence waved in he

whatever he likes for all she cared. She would not be perturbed over him. After doing that, she closed the windows of her office and switched the light off. Her phone