Chapter 6 He is back..

The news broke in the university like wildfire. Everyone was talking about the incident.

24 hours had passed but there was no sign of Jamie to be found. His number was still powered off.

Sylvia's eyes had swollen due to continuous crying. Jamie's family was still at the university trying to locate their son.

After a while, Mr. Scarlet, who has been quiet the entire time received a call. He quickly took Lauren's hand to take her to the car, "Jamie's back home."

Sylvia heard him. She quickly ran towards them, "I'll come with you."

"No dear, Jamie lost his phone. He probably met a minor accident. This is not the right time to meet him. I'll tell him to call you after he rests a bit. You must be tired too."

"Yes, Sylvia darling, you have been here the entire day looking for him. You should also go, get some rest now that Jamie is back home safely."

Lara pulled Sylvia and told her to relax. She took Sylvia to her place for a change.

"Lara, does this not sound weird to you? Mr. Scarlet seemed indifferent."

"Yeah. I did feel how he abruptly stopped you from meeting Jamie at all. Do you think there's more to the story?", Lara was curious.

Sylvia didn't say anything.

"Let's wait for Jamie to get in touch with you. Right now, you need to eat. I'm really hungry."

Lara lived alone. Her parents passed away when she was only 12 years old. She was brought up by her uncle. Only recently, he also died of sudden cardiac arrest. So Lara was all on her own now. She would cook once, and usually order delivery to feed herself.

Tonight, she had ordered from a Chinese restaurant.

Sylvia did not eat much although Chinese food was her favorite cuisine.

"Sylvia, can you please stop thinking already? Finish your food or you won't be able to sleep. You haven't slept properly since last night." Lara showed her concern.

"I can bring my head around the situation. Mr. Scarlet was clearly hiding something, but WHAT??..

I'll try Jamie again".

She went into the room to find her phone and dialed Jamie. Jamie picked up on the second ring,

"Hi."

He said wryly.

"Where have you been Jamie? I was so worried about you. I wanted to..", Jamie cut her before she could say more and said, "Sylvia, my head's hurting. The doctor has asked me to rest for a week. I'll talk to you when I feel better." He didn't wait for Sylvia to say something in response, instead, he disconnected the line.

Sylvia couldn't move an inch.

The phone slipped out of her hand. "Have I done something wrong?", she thought to herself.

Just then Lara entered the room and saw tears rolling down Sylvia's face.

"What's wrong? Did he not pick up your call?"

"He said he wanted to rest!" Sylvia was heartbroken.

She had indeed never been in a physical relationship with him or with anyone for that matter, but she truly loved him. She would always dream of marrying him one day.

Today, however, one of those days where she was not sure if she was even a part of his life anymore. The more she thought about the call, the more she cursed herself for not being able to do as he wanted.

For Sylvia, a physical relationship with a man was as sacred as worshipping god. She did not want to have it before she married him. And Jamie had always respected her decision. But the sudden change in his attitude worried Sylvia.

Suddenly, the bell rang. Lara went to see who it was.

She came back with a huge bouquet of Peach flowers and handed it over to Sylvia with a suspicious look on her face.

Sylvia asked in disbelief, "Who is it from?"

"I don't know. You tell me."

Sylvia took off the card stuck in between the flowers. Her eyes protruded as she read the card.

"What does it say? Why do you look so shocked?"

Sylvia gave it to Lara to read.

The card read, "You are MINE. Today's episode was just a trailer. If I ever see you again with him, I WILL KILL HIM."