Chapter 183 - I wanted to share this with you (2/2)
I watched Eshan glancing at my hand which was caressing Fortune, then at Fortune, and then his eyes turned to me again.
”Haha...” Eshan laughed once he got over the shock. ”Wonderful. It's wonderful. Congratulations my dear wife.” He clapped his hands.
His happiness was contiguous because I started smiling too. I could just keep looking at him like that.
”When did this happen? How did you do it?” He turned his inquiring gaze at me. He seemed curious and that was what I had expected so it didn't surprise me.
”In the afternoon. It happened just like that,” I replied, recalling how I had taken that small little initiative, and rest happened on its own.
”That's why you called,” Eshan muttered to himself. ”I missed it. Damn it.” He looked a bit disappointed.
”Don't worry, I have recorded the video,” I gently added. Eshan patted my head ruffling my hair as if I was a child. The mere mention of me having recorded the video has him smiling so lovingly.
Sitting like this with him and Fortune was also good. This calmness, peace was slowly calming down my nerves.
I leaned against Eshan while my hand did not stop rubbing Fortune's fur. Arjun had really maintained him well.
”Arjun really looked after him well. Fortune is such a good boy,” I voiced out my thoughts. My eyes never left Fortune's. His head rested on his front paws as he silently received my pampering. My heart could not resist his cuteness.
How could I have missed something like this for so long? If I had known, having a dog felt like this, relaxed you mentally, I could have had tried every means to try and get over my fears.
Nonetheless, it was never too late. If not for Arjun to drop Fortune at our place, I would still be stuck with my cynophobia. Once again, directly or indirectly, Arjun had helped me in dealing with my problems.
”True. Arjun loves Fortune very much. Sometimes he sleeps holding Fortune in his bed. I wonder, how he is managing without him.” Eshan sighed. His eyes held a faraway look in them. Even his tone expressed his worry for his friend.
Did he really not know where Arjun was? What if, Arjun was in any problem? I had not received any calls from him. I had called him today as well, but the response I got was the operator saying mobile was switched off. What was going on with him?
I stopped caressing Fortune. Slightly pulling back, I looked at his face, asking him, ”Do you have any other number of his? I had called him in the afternoon, but it said switched off. I'm feeling that things are not well at his end.”
I hoped he would not get jealous as he had gotten in the morning. Truthfully, he wasn't jealous. He just wanted to pull my leg. However, his legs got pulled by that woman in the morning. Recalling her face, I could not help but compare my timid, introvert, shy personality with her outspoken, bold, and confident one.
Even the clothes she wore were the ones I could never think to wear.
Eshan's sigh stopped my mind from going into the overdrive. He rested his chin on top of my head. ”No, Tesoro. We can't contact him unless he wants to. I also feel that be should not be any problem, but if he's, let's pray that he get back unharmed.”
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