Publishedat 9th of April 2019 05:07:24 PMChapter 54
Akira immediately placed the idol back into her bag . A brief touch of Raymond had made her turn into scarlet red . She hung her head low and took a few steps back . Then she again looked inside her bag with a worried expression .
"Oh no", gasped Akira .
"What happened?", both Raymond and Mike asked at the same time .
"Looks like I misplaced my diary somewhere", Akira said and pinched her brows out of disappointment .
Katherine threw a look at Raymond as if she was accusing him of keeping the diary away from the girl for so long . She said,
"Don"t worry . I guess when you fell down yesterday, by mistake your diary stayed in this room under this morons bed . "
"Oh", said Akira . She looked even more worried now . Worried because she was scared if Raymond found out that she had a soft corner for him . Scared to expose her vulnerable side to him . So she asked,
"Sorry for asking, but did you read it?"
"Honestly I would have loved to read it . but it is impossible to do so when you have a living example of moral police sitting in the room", Katherine said and looked at her brother .
"Here, take it . ", Raymond said and picked up the diary which was still present under his pillow and handed it to Akira . He didn"t say anything because neither he could lie nor tell the truth . He didn"t want to break her heart and he had hardly read a few pages .
"Thank you again for . . . " and Akira"s voice just trailed off .
Katherine couldn"t miss the way they were looking at each other . Even though her brother vehemently denied, she knew that his heart was speaking something and his mind was speaking something else . So to give them some s.p.a.ce and time she said,
"Hey, Mike . Will you accompany me for a cup of coffee? I am dying out of hunger here but looks like n.o.body cares for me", she said candidly and got down from the bed .
Mike followed Katherine towards the cafeteria without a clue of what was cooking inside that lady"s head . Only Raymond knew what was the intention of his sister behind all this . He laughed inside his head because of her childish activities .
Akira stood there silently, fiddling with the notebook which she had just received from Raymond . Suddenly there was an awkward silence engulfing the entire room because both of them were at loss of words . A few moments later Raymond tried to sit upright on the bed but struggled a bit because of an injured arm and multiple drip connections on the other .
Seeing him struggle like this Akira came to him immediately and tried helping him out . She supported his back with one hand, and covered her other hand around his waist and tried to prop him up on the bed .
Locks of hair were all over Raymond generating a mesmerizing lavender note . Her face was inches away from his . She was embracing him with all her attention, scared to touch or disturb any needlepoint . Then she straightened the pillow behind his back and slowly let him rest . Her hand was still placed at the nape of his neck . She looked at him and asked,
"Better?"
She was still leaning close and for moment Raymond thought that the loudness his heartbeat would give him away . Her breath on his bare skin gave him gooseb.u.mps, tingling each of his nerves . His head wasn"t thinking straight after seeing her so close . She always smelled the same . A faint smell that caused his heart to race and blocked his mind .
He wanted to take the locks of her hair and push them softly behind her ears . He wanted to graze his fingers against her soft cheeks, but all he could do was to say,
"Uh huh . Thanks" .
Akira gently smiled and removed her hand supporting his neck . Then she stood back and looked at her watch wondering what was taking Mike and Katherine so long . Before another phase of awkward silence could start between them, she said,
"I will complete the activities that you had a.s.signed yesterday . Is there anything else that needs to be done in the office today? I mean if you want to pa.s.s on any information to anybody I can do that . "
Raymond smiled and said,
"Thanks but just focus on your work . If anything is needed I will directly contact the concerned people . You just rest and focus on your work . If possible go home early . Don"t stay up too late . "
Akira smiled and was about to say something but she was interrupted by a phone call .
"Hi Vikram!!!", said Akira and moved a bit away from Raymond"s side .
"You have to go to the police station to give your statement about the incident that happened yesterday", Vikram said .
"Police station? But I haven"t lodged a formal complaint yet", she asked in a surprised tone .
"You haven"t, but I have . Will come and pick you up in say 40 minutes?", said Vikram calmly .
"Umm, no need to pick me up . I am already outside . Mike and I came to the hospital to meet Raymond . I will start from here directly . Just send me the address in WhatsApp" . Akira said .
"How is your boss doing?", asked Vikram with a hint of curiosity in his tone .
"He is ok . The recovery is good . He will be discharged today . " Akira said and cast a glance back at Raymond .
"And what about you?", asked Vikram .
"I am totally fine . Actually, more than fine knowing that he is behind bars right now . No way I can forget the things he did to me", Akira said with a huge resolve reflecting in her tone .
"Akira . . . " Vikram said and paused .
"What?", asked Akira all worried .
"It"s nothing . Will meet you at the police station in 30-40 mins . Inform Raymond beforehand that they might come to collect his statement as well . " Vikram said and disconnected the call .
After finis.h.i.+ng the call Akira walked towards Raymond and said,
"My friend has reported this incident at the police station so I have to go and give my statement . I don"t know how long the formalities will take there so I might be late at the office . "
Raymond just nodded
Akira then continued, "They might come to collect your statement as well . Not sure when though . Will that be ok for you? I am really sorry for all this trouble" .
"It"s fine . Part of the protocol . There is no need to be sorry about it", Raymond said and started looking towards the door .
Katherine and Mike just entered the room with coffee cups in their hands . There was one for Akira too . Akira thanked Katherine for the coffee and collected her stuff to leave .
Just when she was about to leave Katherine interrupted her and said,
"Stay strong Akira . Even though that guy was your ex, he isn"t worth even 1% of your attention . Whatever happened was for your own good . Take it that way" .
"Thanks, Katherine", Akira said and left the room with Mike . She understood that Mike probably had told her everything about Anthony .
There were many things left unsaid in the heart of Raymond . But most importantly he just wanted to tell her sorry for misunderstanding her as a gold digger . He didn"t care what relation she had with Vikram because in his heart he just respected her for who she was .
P . S . Someone very dear to me had told me once - "First you should respect a person . Love follows automatically" .
Akira immediately placed the idol back into her bag . A brief touch of Raymond had made her turn into scarlet red . She hung her head low and took a few steps back . Then she again looked inside her bag with a worried expression
.
"Oh no", gasped Akira
.
"What happened?", both Raymond and Mike asked at the same time
.
"Looks like I misplaced my diary somewhere", Akira said and pinched her brows out of disappointment
.
Katherine threw a look at Raymond as if she was accusing him of keeping the diary away from the girl for so long . She said, .
.
"Don"t worry . I guess when you fell down yesterday, by mistake your diary stayed in this room under this morons bed . " .
.
"Oh", said Akira . She looked even more worried now . Worried because she was scared if Raymond found out that she had a soft corner for him . Scared to expose her vulnerable side to him . So she asked, .
.
"Sorry for asking, but did you read it?" .
.
"Honestly I would have loved to read it . but it is impossible to do so when you have a living example of moral police sitting in the room", Katherine said and looked at her brother
.
"Here, take it . ", Raymond said and picked up the diary which was still present under his pillow and handed it to Akira . He didn"t say anything because neither he could lie nor tell the truth . He didn"t want to break her heart and he had hardly read a few pages
.
"Thank you again for . " and Akira"s voice just trailed off
.
Katherine couldn"t miss the way they were looking at each other . Even though her brother vehemently denied, she knew that his heart was speaking something and his mind was speaking something else . So to give them some s.p.a.ce and time she said, .
.
"Hey, Mike . Will you accompany me for a cup of coffee? I am dying out of hunger here but looks like n.o.body cares for me", she said candidly and got down from the bed
.
.
Mike followed Katherine towards the cafeteria without a clue of what was cooking inside that lady"s head . Only Raymond knew what was the intention of his sister behind all this . He laughed inside his head because of her childish activities
.
.
Akira stood there silently, fiddling with the notebook which she had just received from Raymond . Suddenly there was an awkward silence engulfing the entire room because both of them were at loss of words . A few moments later Raymond tried to sit upright on the bed but struggled a bit because of an injured arm and multiple drip connections on the other
.
.
Seeing him struggle like this Akira came to him immediately and tried helping him out . She supported his back with one hand, and covered her other hand around his waist and tried to prop him up on the bed
.
Locks of hair were all over Raymond generating a mesmerizing lavender note . Her face was inches away from his . She was embracing him with all her attention, scared to touch or disturb any needlepoint . Then she straightened the pillow behind his back and slowly let him rest . Her hand was still placed at the nape of his neck . She looked at him and asked, .
.
"Better?" .
.
She was still leaning close and for moment Raymond thought that the loudness his heartbeat would give him away . Her breath on his bare skin gave him gooseb.u.mps, tingling each of his nerves . His head wasn"t thinking straight after seeing her so close . She always smelled the same . A faint smell that caused his heart to race and blocked his mind
.
He wanted to take the locks of her hair and push them softly behind her ears . He wanted to graze his fingers against her soft cheeks, but all he could do was to say, .
.
"Uh huh . Thanks"
.
Akira gently smiled and removed her hand supporting his neck . Then she stood back and looked at her watch wondering what was taking Mike and Katherine so long . Before another phase of awkward silence could start between them, she said, .
.
.
"I will complete the activities that you had a.s.signed yesterday . Is there anything else that needs to be done in the office today? I mean if you want to pa.s.s on any information to anybody I can do that . " .
.
Raymond smiled and said, .
.
"Thanks but just focus on your work . If anything is needed I will directly contact the concerned people . You just rest and focus on your work . If possible go home early . Don"t stay up too late . " .
.
Akira smiled and was about to say something but she was interrupted by a phone call
.
"Hi Vikram!!!", said Akira and moved a bit away from Raymond"s side
.
"You have to go to the police station to give your statement about the incident that happened yesterday", Vikram said
.
"Police station? But I haven"t lodged a formal complaint yet", she asked in a surprised tone
.
.
"You haven"t, but I have . Will come and pick you up in say 40 minutes?", said Vikram calmly
.
"Umm, no need to pick me up . I am already outside . Mike and I came to the hospital to meet Raymond . I will start from here directly . Just send me the address in WhatsApp" . Akira said
.
"How is your boss doing?", asked Vikram with a hint of curiosity in his tone
.
"He is ok . The recovery is good . He will be discharged today . " Akira said and cast a glance back at Raymond
.
"And what about you?", asked Vikram
.
"I am totally fine . Actually, more than fine knowing that he is behind bars right now . No way I can forget the things he did to me", Akira said with a huge resolve reflecting in her tone
.
"Akira . " Vikram said and paused
.
"What?", asked Akira all worried
.
"It"s nothing . Will meet you at the police station in 30-40 mins . Inform Raymond beforehand that they might come to collect his statement as well . " Vikram said and disconnected the call
.
.
After finis.h.i.+ng the call Akira walked towards Raymond and said, .
.
"My friend has reported this incident at the police station so I have to go and give my statement . I don"t know how long the formalities will take there so I might be late at the office . " .
.
Raymond just nodded .
.
Akira then continued, "They might come to collect your statement as well . Not sure when though . Will that be ok for you? I am really sorry for all this trouble"
.
"It"s fine . Part of the protocol . There is no need to be sorry about it", Raymond said and started looking towards the door
.
Katherine and Mike just entered the room with coffee cups in their hands . There was one for Akira too . Akira thanked Katherine for the coffee and collected her stuff to leave
.
Just when she was about to leave Katherine interrupted her and said, .
.
"Stay strong Akira . Even though that guy was your ex, he isn"t worth even 1% of your attention . Whatever happened was for your own good . Take it that way"
.
"Thanks, Katherine", Akira said and left the room with Mike . She understood that Mike probably had told her everything about Anthony
.
.
There were many things left unsaid in the heart of Raymond . But most importantly he just wanted to tell her sorry for misunderstanding her as a gold digger . He didn"t care what relation she had with Vikram because in his heart he just respected her for who she was
.
P . S . Someone very dear to me had told me once - "First you should respect a person . Love follows automatically"