Chapter 5

I met Olivia when I was 22.

I had just graduated and started working at her company.

My desk was right in front of her office. When her office door wasn't fully closed, I would peek through that tiny gap to look at her.

To gaze at that face that looked 70% similar to the one that had appeared countless times in my dreams.

They really looked so alike, especially the dimples that appeared when they smiled.

Later, my colleague Sam caught me looking.

He pressed an iced coffee against my face, startling me.

I turned to meet his eyes as he said, "Adrian."

He smiled and handed me the coffee, his tone light as if joking: "Don't go falling for Ms. Olivia."

"She's got someone in her heart already."

I blinked at him.

He leaned in to gossip: "Ms. Olivia has a first love she can't forget."

"Not sure exactly how long they were together, but I think they knew each other since they were students."

"When the company was just starting out, they were still together. He'd come by sometimes to bring her lunch."

"Once during a meeting, she got a call saying he was sick. She immediately left everything behind to go to him."

"Can you believe it? Such a workaholic, dropping everything for her boyfriend."

"Pretty romantic, huh?"

I held the coffee and asked softly: "What happened after that?"

"They broke up later."

"I don't know the details, but I think Ms. Olivia still has feelings for him."

"She even keeps his photo on her desk."

Sam shrugged and smiled, "I guess her first love probably hasn't let go either."

"Loving each other but unable to be together - it's like a bittersweet ending straight out of a novel."

I was stunned for a moment hearing this.

Just then, Olivia's office door suddenly opened and her secretary came out: "Adrian, Ms. Olivia is calling for you."

When I went in, Olivia was looking over some documents. Seeing me enter, she looked up with a smile.

Two small dimples appeared at the corners of her mouth.

My gaze fell on a framed photo standing on her desk. I stared at it, my mind full of Sam's wistful expression from earlier.

"...Adrian, will you be my boyfriend?" Olivia suddenly asked.

Caught off guard, I answered reflexively: "Okay."