The Alchemists

After lunch, Finland quickly rushed back to the office. She wanted to carry out her duties so that later she could request for an extended leave to HRD through Ms. Fang, her manager.

When Finland arrived back at Suntec Tower, she was shocked to see several trucks parked near her office building. Many workers were taking down flower boards from the trucks. Then, she looked around and noticed that the entire pavement was filled with flowers.

The whole street now looked like a giant flower garden. Many passersby stopped to take photos.

"What is this?" she asked in amazement when she saw Tran walking out of the lobby of the building.

"What is happening here? Why are there lots of flowers outside our building?"

Tran looked at her in disbelief.

"Well, our boss told these men to place the flower boards outside because there is no more space in our office..." She shook her head, "After you left for lunch, dozens of florists constantly came to deliver flowers. We were happy when the first one or two flower arrangements came because it made the office pretty, but within an hour there was no more space in the office, hallway, and lobby!

That was why Ms. Fang refused the next shipment of flowers to be placed in the office. However, the flower workers were stubborn, so they kept delivering their flowers by placing them on the sidewalk..."

"Huh? Who sent this many flowers?" Finland asked in surprise.

"That was what I wanted to ask you," Tran exclaimed, "All of these flowers are for you. Don't you know who sent them?"

Finland was immediately stunned. She approached a florist worker and patted his shoulder.

"Good afternoon, Sir. Who are these flowers for?"

"For Miss Finland. Do you know her?" The man asked back.

"Uhm... it's me," said Finland, who suddenly felt uncomfortable.

Could it be… that all these flowers were from...

"Oh, these are all flowers for you, Miss. There is no sender's name; he said you will know who the sender is... He bought all the flowers in my shop, as well as other shops..." He handed over a beautiful flower arrangement with a card pinned on it.

When Finland received the flower, she saw a short text on the card, "I am sorry."

Only those three words: I am sorry. There were no arguments nor justifications.

Caspar admitted his mistake and apologized. Finland's heart suddenly melted. She looked at all the colorful flower boards on the sidewalk with the same text written on them: 'I am sorry'.

Finland's eyes began water when she walked pass the sidewalk and entered the lobby to go up to the 7th floor where her office was located. Along the way she saw sooooo many flower boards and flower arrangements which made many pedestrians unable to move freely.

All the employees in the building became excited. There were also flowers at the reception desk, in the lobby, in the hallway, and finally in the office of LTX International.

Everything reads one sentence. 'I am sorry.'

Ugh... with this kind of action, how could Finland continue being angry and not forgive Caspar?

It looked like Caspar had bought all the flowers sold in Singapore and sent them to Finland's office to show how much he regretted his action.

"Finland," Ms. Fang, who saw Finland entering the room, immediately called out to her, "Please forgive whomever it was who hurt you. We cannot accept any more flowers. The whole office has become too cramped to move and we could be fined by the Department of Environment because of the flowers outside the building."

Finland nodded slowly, not able to say anything. She hurriedly sat at her desk and sent a message to Caspar telling him to stop.

[I've forgiven you, don't send any more flowers. You have created such a mess.] Finland wrote.

Caspar immediately replied her SMS with a heart emoticon.

From the window, Finland could see the florists neatly arranging the flowers for her along the sidewalk around her office building. She could read some of the texts, and she found dozens of 'I am sorry's staring back at her.

Caspar couldn't even apologize like a normal person.