CHAPTER 33

                                    

                                          
After almost three months of living together, Engfa and Charlotte's lives became more organized and very happy because they felt that their lives complemented each other. Sometimes they would go to work together where Engfa would send Charlotte to her workplace first and then she would go to her workplace since the distance between their companies was only 20 minutes. When they got home from work, they would stop by anywhere to spend time together and relieve work stress.
Charlotte felt that the time spent with Engfa was very meaningful to her. If possible, she wanted Engfa to always be by her side because she was too obsessed with the woman.
However, lately, they rarely went to work together and always went to work separately because Engfa had to visit sites outside the district so she had to bring her own car there. Once Charlotte asked her to use the company car but Engfa gave the reason that she was not comfortable using the company car and preferred to use her own car. Charlotte finally couldn't argue with this anymore.
What made Charlotte even more unhappy was that Engfa now always came home late, sometimes late at night and this worried her because Engfa rarely had time to be with her, especially since she got a new project in New Jersey. Even on weekends, she sometimes worked until Charlotte felt neglected.
Tonight, Engfa had promised to come home early to have dinner together. Charlotte looked at the wall clock that showed 8 PM, but Engfa's figure was still nowhere to be seen. She tried to open her mobile phone to check if there were any calls and messages from Engfa but there were none.
She sighed a long time and tried to dial her lover's phone number, after a few seconds, the call was answered but it was not Engfa who answered the call but Nudee who picked up the call. This made Charlotte confused, why Nudee had picked up her call.
" Hello Charlotte, this is Nudee "
" Hello Nudee, hmm why did you pick up ? Where is Engfa ? "
Ask Charlotte who was still confused
" Oh Engfa is taking a shower Char, that's why I picked up. Her phone is in the living room "
" Taking a shower ? Where are you exactly ? Engfa said she's having a site visit in New Jersey today "
Charlotte asked again, trying to control her angry voice as best she could so it wouldn't be heard there.
" Oh now we're in New York, Char. When we get back here, Engfa said she wanted to stop by her house, she said she wanted to rest first before going back to Brooklyn. I'm waiting for my lover to come and pick me up here "
When hearing all that, Charlotte's heart swelled with anger. She looked at the food that had been served on the table. The anger in her chest was burning even more. Engfa didn't remember their dinner tonight at all, she really didn't remember !
" Oh... okay Nudee, see you later "
Charlotte immediately hung up the call and continued to take all the food she had cooked and threw it in the trash. Her thoughts began to flash back to her relationship with Mew. Mew used to be like this too, Mew used to be like this, Mew used to be like this, putting work before herself until she finally had to hide everything she felt. Charlotte didn't want the same thing to happen again. Her tears quickly flowed down her cheeks, worried and afraid that her relationship with Engfa would have the same ending.

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Charlotte was still trying to wait, the clock on the wall was already showing 10.30 PM. Engfa still hadn't come home. Charlotte tried to distract herself from wondering where she was but with every passing hour, the question kept creeping back, where was Engfa now ?