Before Spring Ends [LingOrm]

Chapter 1 : Spring?

Spring is the season that Lingling hates the most. It reminds her of many things that she doesn't want to remember especially—PENG!! I am so sorry, are you okay? A familiar voice made Lingling turned around immediately. She scoffed at herself for being foolish thinking it was her. But the voice was way too similar. She shook her head after realising what she was thinking. She turn her sight back to the americano in front of her. She wasn't the type to drink coffee, but in the past three years it seems she was already used to such bitterness as if equivalent to being alone.

DING! LingLing looked at the phone screen lit up next to the table, 'Bow', 'Hey, what are you doing? Mr. Kwong wants to see you.' As she picked up her phone ready to reply, it rang. Why did you call? Ling, your father— Hey, Ling, you must attend the dinner tonight. Why? I wanted to go by myself. After all, it was organised by me, but there's a emergency, I have a very important client who needs to meet. I'm sorry that I didn't tell you earlier, and it's too late, so I can't call off the dinner as well. I wanted to let you have a rest.. Dad, it's fine. I'll help you deal with it tonight. Great, I'm so sorry.

After hanging up the phone, LingLing drank the last mouthful of americano before getting up and left.

At the same time in a bar, there was a woman with ash greyed hair, dressed very simply in an oversized t-shirt. The dull light shining on top created an atmosphere on her. Although it was ordinary, there seems to be a kind of magnetic force on her that people around her couldn't help but look at her. She holds up a guitar and her slender fingers strummed the chords rhythmically. After the performance, she put the guitar aside as usual, walked around the bar and sat in the corner.

She took out her phone and found nearly 30 unread messages from her good friend Gina. What in the world? The phone rang right after she replied with a '?'. What's wrong? Orm you better come quickly to the company, something's wrong. Wrong? What has it got to do with me? Orm couldn't understand. Your dad, sorry, Mr Sethratanapong suddenly requested you to come to the company immediately. As Orm was about to hang up the phone, please! Please don't hang up on me, you know me Orm, Mr Sethratanapong said that if you do not come back, i would be fired..., i won't have a job anymore, Orm pleaseeee~ okay fine, i will go, alright. Thank god, better make it quick, bye!

Orm knew Gina was lying. Ever since she came back home, Dad has been constantly pressuring her to come back and inherit the company. But this isn't what Orm wants. Ever since she was born, being Orm, who holds a golden spoon, never needs to work hard or think. Her father will satisfy her with whatever she wants. But when she was 12 years old, her mother died suddenly. As if he had changed, her father suddenly began to cultivate her and took her to training class. When she was only 15 years old, he took her to company meetings with her. At first, she thought that if she followed him obediently, her father would be happy. But this only makes her father's demands more strongly. Just because she made a small mistake, she had to kneel down and think about it. At the moment when others were 17 years old and enjoying their youth, Orm seems to go faster than the others and has taken on a very important case in her father's company. Because of a successful agreement with the other party, Orm had helped her father's company earned a top class name in the business world, and also took this opportunity to cooperate with many well-known business partners.

One day, Dad called Orm into the office, picked up a document and handed it to her. When Orm, who frowned, opened the document at a loss, her expression lowered. Dad didn't look in her direction either. Orm clenched her fist, and tears gushed up in an instant. Dad... Are you not satisfied with me? Or what? I have been doing what you want for so many years. I will do whatever you want me to do. I don't bury my grievances and I've never resisted. I thought you would be satisfied as long as I followed your arrangement. But you never seem to be happy with everything I have done. Why?

Dad swallowed his saliva and tapped the table with his fingers. After thinking for a moment, Orm, I hope you can agree to this request and marry Peter of the Li family. You know - Dad!! I'm fed up with it! Tears dripped down, her body trembled, and I'm done! What did you say? Dad's pupils widened in an instant. I said.. I said I would stop doing it! Orm stood up and held her hands tightly. After a moment, she turned around and was about to leave. If you step out of this room, don't try to come back. Dad said with a cold face. Humph, Orm shook her head. She didn't expect Dad to be so cruel. She left without looking back. But what she didn't see was that her father wiped a tear off his face with one hand.

Orm stands in front of this familiar building, which is also the first time she come here since she returned. Entering the gate, it immediately attracted the eyes and attention of others. It seems like the development in the past three years has improved better than i had expected. When she stopped in front of the office door, Orm immediately regretted, but what else can she do? She took a deep breath before opening the door.

Mr Sethratanapong didn't realise that Orm is standing in front of him as he continues signing some contracts. Can't knock on the door? Without any reaction coming from the latter, he raise his head and was startled to see that Orm is really here. Orm! It's really you! Orm look at him without any expression. Looks like there isn't any important thing that Gina was saying. I shall— wait!! Mr Sethratanapong immediately grabs onto her wrist but let go when he looks into her eyes. Err.. do you want anything to drink? Orm relives a sigh, what exactly is the matter? Orm asked getting a little frustrated. I will just say it straight away. Come to the dinner with me tonight. Dinner? Orm shrink her eyebrows which he notices, i didn't want to disturb you, but it is important to me, no to both me and you. How important? Dad kept silent for a moment, remember when you were 17 you had helped me come to a successful agreement with the my client? He is holding a dinner inviting many entrepreneurs, he said he wanted to see you too. Me? Yes. Maybe you don't know about this, but this client of mine is now ranked first in the business corporate. So what does this got to do with me? He said it was all thanks to you. I don't understand. You don't need to, he just wants to see you. Orm never knew meeting this client can lead to meeting her again.

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Im back after so long. This time i am writing about LingOrm. I've watched their series 'The Secret Of Us' and ever since i became obsessed with them, giving some thoughts i decided to start writing a story about them. I've also recently created a kofi, feel free to give me a tip (no pressure) it means a lot to me and gives me encouragement to write better.