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

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

Adrian quietly pulled the chair from Jane's desk and took a seat. His eyes roamed through the room out of curiosity. It's just the same since his last visit. Well, that was his first visit too. The memory of his small encounter with her in the kitchen made him genuinely smile. He couldn't believe that he only wanted to bed her for one night. It was surprising, almost terrifying for him to realize how deep his feelings had grown within some months. He still wanted to bed her, but for every night. He didn't think he would ever have enough of her. Probably he always wanted her like this, but his stubborn ego never let him admit his newly found feelings. Now She became as important as the air he breathes in.He wanted to propose to her the very next day of her birthday, but he decided against it. She was already very angry with him. She could have rejected him because of her stubbornness. So he was waiting for her anger to subside.She was not in a position to make a choice anymore. Will

" Are you a kid too?" Jane stopped and turned to face him, giving him a questioning look. " I only told the kids to leave. Why are you leaving darling? Come here. I need to talk to you". Jane halted in her place with a blank face and waited for him to speak further." How are you my feisty cat? It's been a couple of days since our last meeting." He said while walking towards her.Jane closed her eyes and dug her nails into her palm as the memory from that night again rushed to her mind. She wanted to avoid him at any cost. She was somehow afraid of what he might do to her again. But she refused to let him win." Stop giving me these stupid nicknames. Jane. That's my name and you are allowed to call me only that." She let her words out clear and loud.Taking two large steps Adrian stood in front of her. " What if I don't? What will you do then huh, feisty cat?" He chuckled, deliberately putting more pressure on the last word to see her reaction. Leaning down he took a strand of h

" Are you sure you wanna bunk the last class?" Isabella asked Jane, raising her eyebrows. Since morning she could feel her friend's restlessness. She had a feeling that Jane was disturbed about something. There was no way this girl would miss a class willingly. But she kept insisting that nothing happened. " huh?! Oh. I... yeah. I gotta go. Aunt Mary wanted me home early. Bye Isabella. See you." Jane left hurriedly without giving any chance to Isabella to speak further.Clutching her backpack tightly she almost rushed out of the gate. She let out the breath that she was holding for so long. Even the gatekeeper was looking at her weirdly. Jane soon took some steps forward to make herself invisible from the building. It was all happening because of him. She couldn't believe she had to lie to everyone just because he wanted her to. Looking at the sky she couldn't help but envy the birds. How they were flying utilizing freedom to its fullest. She dreamed of that freedom. Only if she