56 Dont Miss Me Too Much (1/2)

When Samantha and Kai were at the café, they ordered their drinks and sat at a window table. Both of them kept silent. Kai was thinking about who that man was earlier and why did Samantha suddenly wanted to have coffee with him. Samantha, on the other hand, was also thinking about Daniel Cho. She was very surprised to see him here. 'Is he here for me?', she became very nervous that her palms began to sweat. She was still wearing her jumpsuit and although the weather is cooler than usual, she seems to suddenly feel very hot.

”Wait here, Kai… I'll change out of my suit.”, Samantha got up from her chair and went out of the café to get clothes from her car. Just when she reached her car, a hand gently grabbed her wrist. Feeling the familiar touch, it sent an electrifying wave through her body which caused her to flinch from it. She turned her head to the man and looked at him in the eye.

”What are you doing?”

”Let's talk.”, Daniel said with an emotionless expression.

”About what? I already told you, we have nothing to talk about.”, Samantha replied while trying to suppress her emotions.

Daniel's expression darkened as he reached his hand in his pocket and took out a piece of paper. He raised the paper in between his index and middle finger and presented it in front of Samantha's face.

”You think you could just leave me with a note? How insulting.”, Daniel said fiercely.

Samantha swallowed at the sight of the white paper in front of her. She knew exactly what was written in that paper and she never thought that Daniel would keep it until now and show it to her.

3 months ago, back at the hospital, Samantha had called Assistant Chen when Daniel left. She had asked Chen to get her passport and clothes from her house and told her to come at the hospital in the evening. Samantha had done all the preparations by transferring her money to an offshore account and made it very hard to trace with the help of Carlos. Before she left, she had written 2 letters. One addressed to her family including Hannah telling them that she needed to leave but not to worry about her.

The other one was for Daniel. She had thought long and hard about what could make it less painful to read but she ended up with a very cliché one. In the paper, she wrote:

[Daniel,

I'm sorry but I don't deserve you, so this isn't going to work. Don't look for me.

Samantha.]

She folded the paper and placed it inside a small envelope with 'Daniel' written in the front. She reluctantly placed it on her bedside table and left her hospital room.

Samantha sighed, ”What do you want?”

”I already told you. Let's talk.”

”We're already talking.”

”Let's go somewhere else.”

She opened her car and took out a bag and went back inside the café.

Daniel felt dejected but he's not going to give up this easily. 'I refuse to believe that you're not going to remember me.'

When Samantha came back to the table after changing her clothes, Kai had a smile on his face. ”That was your ex-boyfriend huh? Are you running away from him?”

Samantha didn't respond. She just stared at the window.

”Kira, it's the first time that I've seen you like this ever since I met you months ago.”

”What do you mean?”

”You're always so full of energy but now, you're clearly flustered by that man… your mood is way too low.”

Samantha just pursed her lips and didn't say anything.

Kai sighed and sipped his coffee, ”I actually thought that you're finally going on a date with me but it turns out you're just using me as a shield. Ah! It hurts.”, he said as he clutched his chest like he was in pain.