Chapter 23: Chapter 23

Kevin uttered to Calista after hearing Rhino's words, "Let's go Calista."

Hearing Calista's name from Kevin's mouth, Rhino's anger seemed to pour chilies in wounds.

Rhino said while snarling in anger to Kevin, "I told you to go, not to Calista. So go right now."

Kevin looked at Calista once and swallowed. He ran away from there without delaying even a moment.

As Kevin left, Rhino looked at Calista with angry eyes. Calista standing with her head down in fear. Rhino grabbed Calista's hand and pulled her back against the wall.

Rhino has no idea what he is doing in his angry head.

Rhino was holding Calista's right hand firmly against the wall with his left hand and his right hand was holding Calista's left side against the wall next to his head. Calista standing in between Rhino's hands with her eyes wide open. Her hands and feet were clutching in fear. She did not understand the reason for Rhino's sudden anger.

Rhino said angrily with his intense eyes, "What were you doing here with that boy? And how dare he touch you? And why did you have such a fearful face in front of him?"

Calista didn't understand anything. And Rhino's sudden words! It makes her more confused.

What will Calista say? Words were not coming out of her mouth out of fear. Seeing Calista's silence, Rhino's anger increased.

Rhino said loudly, "Why don't you talk?"

Suddenly after screaming these four words, Rhino hit the wall with his right hand. Calista's soul trembled at such admonition of Rhino.

Calista tried to say in a trembling voice, "W.. we… were……"

Calista was not able to say words properly. Seeing Calista's terrible condition, Rhino regained his consciousness by now. He let go of Calista and stood facing the opposite direction. He tried to control his anger by putting his hands in his hair by closing his eyes. After a while, Rhino straightened himself up and looked at Calista. The girl was completely silent with fear. Rhino gently took Calista's hand and sat her on the chair. He himself sat on the chair next to her. He brought a glass of water and gave it to Calista to drink. Calista took the glass and drank it with a bang.

Rhino said to Calista in a soft tone, "Relax, Calista. There is nothing to fear. Now tell me what you were doing here with that boy. And who is that boy?"

Calista took a breath and told Rhino everything.

Rhino said after hearing everything, "So you didn't understand math. You should have told me after the class. I would have explained it to you. Why should you tell that boy?"

Calista said, a little surprised, "You will understand that math? I mean you aren't a mathematics major student!"

Rhino smiled a bit and uttered, "Well, I can. And why did you think I can't make you understand those? Do you think I'm stupid? Surely Stanford University did not give me a certificate after seeing my appearance?"

Calista said in surprise, "Did you study in America?"

"Yes ma'am. Now tell me what you do not understand?"

Calista opened her book and showed it to Rhino and told him where her problem is. Rhino explained everything beautifully to Calista. Calista also understood and took note of it. Calista was taking notes and Rhino was looking at Calista with fascination.

Her body smells sweet.

Rhino couldn't think where the scent of flowers always comes from Calista's body!

He started to think, "Is it a perfume? But it's not a chemical smell. It seems pure and natural."

Calista leaned on the table and her head was down as she wrote. Rhino got a little greedy. He lowered his face a little and brought his nose to Calista's head and began to smell her hair. Rhino was intoxicated by this intoxicating scent of her.

" I want to smell this smell more deeply."

Calista didn't have any idea what Rhino was doing. She was writing like she would finish that book at once.

After a while, Rhino straightened himself up a bit when he heard Calistha saying the math was done.

He uttered, "It's done! Or is there a problem somewhere else? I can help you with that too."

Calista uttered, "No, no problem for now. Thank you very much for helping me."

Rhino said with a little smile, "You don't need to say thanks to me. From then on, if there is any problem, you will tell me directly, you understand? You don't need to go to others and seek help."

Calista nodded her head and said, "Yes."

Then Rhino said, clearing his throat, "One more thing. You don't need to fear any boy in front of them except me. Let no other boy see your fearful face. Do you know? How sweet is this fearful face of yours!"

Rhino uttered the last sentence exclaimingly. While saying the words quietly, Rhino realized what he was going to say. So he stopped without saying the whole thing.

Calista frowned and looked at Rhino. Rhino's words were all going over Calista's head. She didn't understand Rhino's words.

Rhino said to divert the conversation, "Ok now go to class. Be there on time after class."

Calista nodded her head and said, "Yes."

Rhino left and came back again and said, "One more thing. Stay away from that boy, understand?"

Even though Calista didn't understand anything, she nodded her head and said, "Yes."

Rhino left.

Calista was staring at Rhino's leaving and started to think, "What happened to Rhino today? How strange he is behaving!"

Then she got up and went to class.

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Calista was sitting under the Banyan tree. She had just come from the library after finishing her class. Even today, the principal had called Rhino for some work. It will take him some time to come. Calista liked to come to this place these days. So she came here as soon as the class was over. Suddenly the sound of something interrupted Calista's ear. Calista turned her head around trying to see what the sound was. Nah, she couldn't see anything. She started to feel a little scared now.

"Is it a ghost!"

Then she reassured herself again, saying, "No no, do the ghosts come during the day or not? They come at night. But now it's daytime. You are getting scared for no reason, Calista."

Suddenly, Calista saw something white behind a tree. She was afraid but took some courage to go ahead to see what was there. She went to the tree and saw a white fluffy baby rabbit. Calista's fear disappeared instantly. Surprise and happiness came to her eyes. Calista sat down and took the chick in her hands.

"Wow! She looks so beautiful and gentle. She must have been lost from his parents."

Calista talking to the chick alone while patting her. On the contrary, Rhino was hurrying to Calista.

"I'm late again today. Calista must be waiting for me there."

Rhino was startled as he approached the bench because Calista was not there.

Rhino thought, "Had Calista gone? But Edith didn't say anything to me."

Rhino suddenly heard something behind the tree in front. He looked at the tree. Calista was visible from there. Rhino breathed a sigh of relief.

" That means Calista did not go. But what is she doing there?"

Rhino furrowed his brows and moved towards Calista. Standing behind Calista, he saw that she was talking to someone.

Rhino said with a furrowed brow, "Who are you talking to?"

Suddenly, Calista looked back in surprise at Rhino's words.

Seeing Rhino, Calista stood up and said with great enthusiasm, "Hey, you came? See what I got."

Calista said, pointing to the baby rabbit. Rhino moved away a little after seeing it.

In fact, he does not like pets at all.

Calista said again while caressing the chick, "How cute is the chick, isn't it?"