" Jane, come come! " Kathy welcomed her, giving her a warm smile. Jane smiled in return and took a seat beside Brirney." What's going on? Anything serious? I mean all of you are sitting together." She asked curiously." No "." Yes".Britney and her aunt both ended up saying it at the same time. Jane looked suspiciously at both of them.Soon Mary, her aunt, realized they couldn't let her know about this. It was supposed to be a surprise. Smiling awkwardly at Jane she mumbled _" We were just talking about you. I mean it's already 9.30 but you still didn't come so I was just concerned. I was about to call you ". She looked at Jane expecting her to buy her excuses. She felt bad for her. The girl hardly went out. She told her that after coaching she would go to dinner with her friends. She was happy that Jane was finally opening up to people again and making friends. But in the rush that was the only lie she could come up with. Shefali made it in mind that next week after her birthd
A WHILE AGO:Entering the bathroom Adrian stood under the shower. Brushing his hair with fingers he stood under the shower and closed his eyes, waiting for the water to drench him completely. He badly needed that to calm his mind down. But nothing came out except the sound of the air trapped inside the pipeline. Knitting the eyebrows together he tapped the shower and twisted the handle in both ways but nothing happened.Adrian punched the wall with full force, frustrated. Nothing was going on in his favor. It seemed like everyone and everything was plotting against him. Coming out of the bath chamber he closed the glass door with full force. Peeping in the corridor he found no one there. Without minding to put more clothes he went towards the common bathroom in a towel, covering his lower abdomen.PRESENT:Entering the bathroom Adrian was about to go straight to the shower but stopped seeing someone in front of the mirror. Feeling his presence at the same time she turned back to onl
" Sissy ". Turning back, both of them saw Liam and Aria standing there, watching them with amused eyes.Jane quickly pushed him aside and got out of his embrace as soon as his hold on her wrist got loose." Liam, Aria, what are you doing here?" She asked nervously. She was so thankful that both of them came to get her out of the devil's clutch but embarrassed that they saw her with him." Mummy sent us to get you," Aria replied to her. Her eyes drifting between Adrian and Jane." Ok, Aria. Can you please tell your mom to come here?" Jane asked pleadingly. She won't be able to go in front of everyone like this." Ok, I am telling her." Both of them left the place giggling.Without giving him another look Jane came out of the washroom.Turning the shower off Adrian waited for one whole minute before coming out.He didn't really plan for any of these to happen but it somehow ended up better than he expected. Only if the kids won't have interrupted him! He could have lost his chance to
" Leo." Hearing the voice all of them turned back. Adrian saw Mary, Leo's Mom standing there. Her face was gleaming with the excitement of meeting her son probably after months.Adrian shared a civilized relationship with him as he was their neighbor. Both of their mothers were friends for a long time.He recognized him as soon as he saw his face. For a moment he felt at ease realizing he was her uncle's son, but then an unsettling feeling was back as he remembered immediately they weren't blood-related. He was her father's friend's son. The realization only made him more restless even if possible.Her expression made it clear how much she was comfortable with them. The realization that he wasn't a part of her comfort circle made him clench his jaw. Generally, he loved to see her smile. The way her lips curl slightly upwards making her look even more radiant. But now her laughing felt like a thorn prickling his skin.He was standing there for a while but none of them even spared a g
Sunlight peeking through the curtain fell upon Adrian's face, disturbing his peaceful sleep.He stirred a little, blinking a couple of times as he tried to adjust his vision. Stretching both of his hands upwards he turned to his other side just to find an unfamiliar figure beside him, wrapped around the duvet.In a moment realization hit him like a truck. Jolting up he sat back straight. But suddenly felt someone was hammering inside his head. Clutching his hair with fingers he let out a loud groan to tolerate the unbearable pain. God hangover! What did he do last night? He dashed out of his home and went straight to the bar. Then he drank like it was the end of the world. The girl came to him, talked, and he left with her. Then?"Jane, wasn't she here? Was I just hallucinating? Shit! How drunk was I?" I didn't end up doing something he would regret, right? But why did it feel like she actually was here?" He couldn't even remember anything properly.Only the girl beside her can answe
Half lying on the couch Adrian was lost in his world. His face maintained a blank expression as he was staring into space. At a distance, his family was gossiping with each other and the sound of their laughter was filling the living room from time to time. Some of their words hit his ears but not his mind which was an absolute mess. However, he had no interest in their topic either." Do you want to go to the club today?" Hearing his best friend Adrian looked up. Samuel was standing in front of him, looking at him with curious eyes. " No," Adrian replied shortly." Of course." He snorted. He already got to know what happened last night. Adrian told him everything except the fact that he imagined her to be someone else. What could he have possibly said? That he was so angry after seeing her with that filth, he lost control over his mind? That he drank to a point when he started hallucinating her? Did these things happen when you were attracted to someone? Was infatuation meant
" I told you a couple of times that I don't like to be touched. How many more times do I have to repeat myself? " Jane asked him sternly. Careful so that her inner turmoil didn't get expressed.Listening to her words Adrian clenched his jaw and roughly yanked her wrist to come face to face with her. Encircling one of his arms around her waist he pressed her front with his. As soon as her soft petite frame came in contact with his stone hard one, she winced a little. With his other hand, Adrian held her jaw so tightly that her lips puckered out. " tsk! tsk! Such a double standard behavior my feisty cat! Wasn't you throwing yourself into that filth on every little chance you got? Then why are the rules only for me? Hmm?" Adrian whispered like talking to a kid. Jane was taken aback. She couldn't even make sense of anything that he was saying." What the hell are you talking about?!". She uttered those words with difficulty as the pressure on her jaw kept increasing. Adrian snickered
Jane flinched when she felt a hand on her shoulder. Turning back she heaved a sigh in relief seeing Leo standing in front of her. " Hey, are you ok? It's just me." Leo said, unsure of her sudden tensed behavior." Yeah, yeah I am good.". Jane smiled trying to act casually." So shall we dance, miss shorty?" Leo teased her to lighten her mood.Jane was about to agree to his proposal but then she realized the word he had used to address her." Why did you just say ?" She asked, raising one of her eyebrows, daring him to repeat.Leo chuckled and dragged her to the dance floor. Soon she joined her friends along with Leo and started vibing to the music." Oh by the way Leo I forgot to tell you Camilla called today". Jane said, keeping her gaze fixed on his face to see the reaction.For a moment she felt like his eyes twitched with some buried emotions but it was soon gone. " Oh really! What was that brat saying?" He forced a smile on his lips, trying to maintain his cool. But his eyes