Chapter 36 - New Strategy (2/2)

” So,you helped him to contact with girls and also helped him to break up with them.”

” Exactly. Seeing them struggling like this I kinda kept myself away from all this.”

” What about Ray?”

” Ray was my classmate. But I never saw him dating anyone or be interested in any girl. You could say he likes to keep things to himself and I never thought of him in a romantic way. To me he is just a very good friend.”

Ha! Friend zone! Good for him. I am really happy to hear it from her mouth although there's a possibility that it may change some day. You never know I mean I learned about my feelings after a long time. It wasn't instant.

” Are you for real? What about your crush?”

” Uh well no.”

My conversation was successful for now. It helped me a lot to know about her past relationships. I feel less worried now. All I have to do is make her fall in love with me. If I just tell her about my feelings she will turn me down. Our relationship will become complicated so, I better hold onto my feelings and try to gain her affection.

We left for our work like usual. I know that I have to stay calm and take every step carefully. Being hasty will only make things worst. She considers me as her friend and if I try harder I can change it to her lover.

It would have been better if I had some one who would give me suggestions on this topic. Sadly I gotta think of everything by myself.

It was lunch time. I always call Stella during the lunch time. I called her up and she picked up the phone.

” Hey.”

” You done with your work?” I heard her asking me.

” Yeah. What about you?”

” I went to eat outside for lunch.” Strange. Stella usually eats at the office canteen. Why would she go out today ? As I was holding the phone I heard a male voice from the side

” Hey you want extra cheese?” And that was Ray.

” Hold on second.” Stella replied and kept me on hold. I was furious to know what was going on.

” Sorry about that.”

” Where are you? Are you with Ray?” I didn't let her finish her speech and yelled at her angrily.

” Yeah. He was near my office so he called me and asked me to eat lunch with him-” Suddenly her phone ended. Did she hung up?

I called her number again and it said switched off. This is not okay at all. Why would her phone go off during her office time. I became anxious as I thought of Ray. Who knows what he was planning in his head. Even though he's Stella's friend I can not trust him.

Oh god! What should I do now? Should I go to her office to check if she's there or not?

No,no I can't do that either. Her office stuff thinks she's not married. If I show up there it will only cause problems for her. I looked at time and it was around 2 p.m which means she will be home by 5. If her phone got switched off she may return home earlier. I'll wait until 5 o'clock after that I'll go search for her.

~ to be continued