Chapter No.33

After the Charity Gala, an inexplicable tension arose between me and Carlos. The success of the event confirmed to me that I was capable of standing on my own feet without needing him and he still shadowed as an unuttered challenge. The dynamics of our interactions started changing a couple of weeks after it was by accident that we met during a gathering.

It was unmistakable that there was electricity in the air when we locked eyes through a sea of people. We had a hidden understanding across our competitive and manipulative past, which went beyond the facades we occasionally presented in public. Through the evening, a tender exchange of glances and words gave away a silent understanding that the current between them had smouldered all this time.

This led to an even more private place - a quiet roof terrace facing the city. City glowing lights brought romantic mood in the night. To our deepest retreats, our breath almost stifled as tension grew between us.

“What’s this?” he said with