Something that felt like thunder struck Jessica’s chest while her eyes went incredibly wide… wide as saucers.
Quietness filled the air. It was so thick and tense in the air.
Jessica stepped back twice and almost lost her footing, but the man’s hand shot out straight to her waist to steady and keep her from falling and, like that, their eyes met, and the whole place fell away.
“Do you two know each other?” The chairman, Mr. Arthur’s voice brought them back to reality and immediately, Jessica wriggled herself from his grasp and turned on her heels at once.
“Jessica, please…wait” The middle-aged man pleaded, running two steps and catching up with her, standing two inches tall in front of her.
Jessica stopped walking abruptly and turned to look at his aged face whose gray beard was coveri
