Chapter 251 - I don’t mind being clawed by my drowning cat. (2/2)

Eshan then wiped his hands with the hand towel before his hands went to the first button of his shirt. With a slow and steady movement, he opened a total of six buttons. Six. Yes, I counted each. Something was captivating with the way, Eshan carried out the simple task of unbuttoning his shirt.

”The security was hired for your protection, not to make you worried. That was the only reason I kept it away from you. And, most importantly, we spent most of the time together. So even if you knew about them- it would not have mattered,” Eshan said. He did not move an inch from his place, but his voice was audible to me, and I heard his explanation clearly.

”Can you talk to Arjun?” I asked after staying silent for a minute or so. Though I badly wanted to argue with him for hiding such an important fact from me, my main priority was Arjun. I just could not erase his indifference from my memory. Disappointing him was never my intention, but I eventually did it.

After the last incident of Eshan going missing, besides the promise I made to myself and Eshan, I had made a promise to Arjun as well. I wanted to improve, not for others but myself.

I ended up messing everything.

”I can… but I won't,” Eshan replied.

The first half of his sentence gave me hopes only to shatter them with his denial that followed. ”Why?” I narrowed my eyes, wondering what reasons could there be that Eshan did not wish to help me.

Eshan removed the shirt and dumped it in the dirty clothes bag. That was when I caught the big faded- green colored stain near the waist of the shirt. That oddly looked like a bitter gourd juice. With the help of the towel, he cleaned his waist. He then walked back into the room, but instead of coming to the bed, Eshan chose to sit on the couch.

”I introduced a friend to you. After that when both of you decided to acknowledge a sibling relationship, I had nothing to do with it. Then how can you expect me to meddle now?” Crossing his legs, he leaned back. Intertwining his fingers, he placed them on his knees, looking relaxed and at ease in his bare upper torso.

Though his lack of clothing distracted me for a bit, and I could not understand the reason behind not wearing clothes, I stayed silent. Pondering on his words Eshan's surprised reaction on knowing that Arjun called me sister flashed in my memory.

”Hurting him was not my intention.”

”Your words spoke otherwise,” Eshan retorted. ”Wipe your face. With all those tears, you must feel uncomfortable.”

Eshan's reaction was too calm. Since the moment Arjun mentioned Karan's name, he had gone silent. Yet, he was not this distant. Something seemed to have changed. Running myself through the things that happened after Karan's name was brought in the conversation, I still failed to realize what went wrong. Taking out a wipe, I cleaned my face. That gave me time to think about the shift in Eshan's demeanor. He was fine when he went to bring the water for me in the kitchen.

Yes, everything was considerably fine then.

Then where things went wrong?