Chapter 194 - Eshan liked floral prints from the childhood... (1/2)

|Innaya|

”It has nothing to do with you, Innaya. Honestly, we are nothing more than strangers. It's him,” she pointed her finger to Eshan before she added, ”I am miffed with. He's been avoiding me.” Ayesha wiped her face as she glared Eshan.

Her words could not be any truer. We were nothing more than strangers. What bothered me was her statement being ignored by Eshan. When did that happen? Why did I not know about it?

They were so enjoying each other's company reminiscing about their childhood to the point where Eshan forgot about me. Then how could she blame him like that?

”You're right regarding us.” I pointed first to her and then to myself. ”But, Eshan did not ignore you. He would never do that to you. After all, you're childhood friends. And, I know how much he values his relationsh.i.p.s. I know how much his friends mean to him,” I said calmly.

If she was seriously hurt, then I do not want her to blame Eshan a bit. He was already stressed because of me. If this girl ended up increasing his stress, then how was I going to handle it? Eshan would not let me comfort him. Whatever I said was the truth. He valued his friends a lot.

Eshan's head snapped in my direction. Our eyes met briefly I could see the surprise in his brown orbs. I blinked my eyes, assuring him that I would not let his friend have any misconceptions.

My eyes darted to those fingers which were tugging at Eshan's sleeves. Ayesha sheepishly smiled, tilting her head to the side. ”I'm sorry. I didn't mean to say all that. You're behaving little weirdly. So...” She trailed off, giving him an innocent smile.

It truly looked as if she was saying the truth. The smallest indifference of Eshan was hurting her.

”Achoo!” I covered my nose. ”Excuse me! I need to dry my hair. You guys continue.” I left them standing there, unable to watch the soft look in Eshan's eyes.

As I stepped out of the balcony, I felt slightly better. Closing my eyes, for a while I stood in the warm sunlight. The sun was not harsh yet. It was the winter, the warm rays were almost relieving. A gentle nudge against my right leg had me open my eyes, looking down at the reason.

My mood brightened at the sight of Fortune. In these days of despair, he as the only support I have had. He silently stayed beside me, even to the point of ignoring Eshan.

We made a lot of progress. Starting with only petting him, touching him, I could now let him rest on my lap, being absolutely worry-free to have him around. It was as if my cynophobia never made an appearance in my life.

Things were that good with him. He would sense my mood, and comfort me with his adorable presence. He once pushed Eshan away when we were arguing. As if he could understand that we were not on good terms of discussion.

”Sweet boy! Do you wanna play? Hmm?” I asked him as I rubbed his cheek. He brought his that long tongue out. It looked as if he was smiling in approval. He wanted to play.

Daily at this time, Eshan would leave for his office. That left me at home with Fortune. So, this was time to relieve my stress and his boredom.

From the corner of my eyes, I peeked inside the room to know more about what they were doing. I should not have done so because I found Ayesha hugging Eshan sideways.