Sam did not wait for Christine after work hours. He knew that she would go back home with Ryan. On the other hand, Ryan was boldly waiting for Christine near office entrance. Kylie and Lucy waved their goodbyes and went ahead. Christine returned Ryan's food container. She had finished food on her own in the cafeteria after reaching office.
"Thank you for the food. You had cooked well." Christine did not know if he would misunderstand if she praises his food too much.
Anna reported to Sam when Christine reached home. Anna and Christine prepared dinner and finished meal by 7:30 pm. Christine was in dilemma. She did not want Ryan to pick and drop her from here on. She is well aware that she would not develop any feelings for him. On contrary, she was missing Sam. She would not call him or text him. She was scared that she would not be able to control her emotions and would fall deeper. It's already Wednesday and there are two more working days in this week. If she tells Ryan that she do not want him to come tomorrow then he may think she is avoiding him because today's incident. She would instead ask him to stop picking her from Monday by finding some excuse. Christine texted Ryan on when to pick her up tomorrow morning but later, kept her phone on silent mode. She didn't respond to his other text messages.
" I can totally understand your feelings. You have not stayed away from your parents anytime. On the other day, you had mentioned about renting the apartment in City M. At that time, You and your family were in the same city and you could go to your house on every weekend or whenever you want. This is your first weekend in this foreign city so you would miss your parents. Slowly, when you get busy with work and becomes more familiar with this city and with every one around you, you would not experience this lonely feeling. You have all of us here. You will again go back to city M in few months time for annual vacation. You would not realise when you complete 3 years here. Post 3 years, it all depends if company wants to keep you at on-site and if you want to stay at this location." Ryan tried to ease her concerns.
Anna had chopped onions.When she rubbed her eyes mistakenly, her eyes became watery and irritated.More she tried to wipe her tears, more and more tears gushed out of her eyes. Sam laughed by watching her reaction. He thought she has this reaction because he has proactively came into kitchen to her help so he said-"Anna, Why have became so emotional? Don't feel so touched. I was in back to back meetings. I did not ate much in lunch. I am super duper hungry. Do not want to munch on snacks just before dinner so I am here to help
"How could you go on business trip at this time? Sam, Rob was angry when I agreed to come City O to help you but you know very well that I cannot extend my stay beyond 6-8 weeks. Right now, Christine is not serious about Ryan but after all, he is her university crush. You never know how and when she would develop feelings for him again. I have not met Ryan yet but I refuse to believe that he is doing all these things for his old friendship. Don't you always say a guy and a girl cannot be just friends. Eventually, One day, they would develop feelings for each other. If they both keep on spending time with each other then I am afraid that they would fall in love sooner or later. Have you become dumb person after falling in love? Wake up Sam. I have dreamed countless times about you getting together with Christine. You need to work hard to turn m
"When my brother came back from his journey, you had hugged him in front of everyone in public. Later time, i remember him mentioning that you would get angry and you were quite reluctant whenever he would mention about business trips." Sam was laughing when he recollected his past memories with his brother. His brother was best to him in this entire world.Anna was embarrassed. She was too much in love with Rob. She did not know what had gotten into her at that time. She might have missed Rob too much after all he had gone fo
When Anna and Christine returned back to their apartment, Anna informed Sam about her small encounter with Ryan. She told him to be wary of him. She had seen love for Christine in his eyes in that short span so she warned Sam to not underestimate him.Christine did not chat with Ryan as usual. She took quick shower. These days weather in City O was very cold so she avoided staying in water for too long. She changed into her night time Pajamas.
Sandra too did not held herself back and texted-"Did you go for a dinner date with Sam, tonight?"Christine did not know whether to cry or laugh. Would she dared to go with that pervert for Dinner date? Of course,
"Sandra, As I have said I am confused. I don't know what I feel about him. I do not hate him like before. He is being good to me since I contacted for the first time for travel date. I think he did not lied when he said he loved me for years. I do not dare to look into his eyes. I fear that I could be drown in his eyes. He is very dangerous." Christine recalled the day when she was not able to look away from his face until he turned away his face in other direction."Did not you ask him what he see in you that he loves you so