Chapter 10: Chapter 10

"Huh! What an amazing view." I admired the back of those shirtless broad shoulders which was standing a few feet away from me facing the window for that I couldn't able to see his pretty face.

Man!! He is blessed with well-built body beside his skin is pale as mine. Wait.. did I say pale? The only person I know who has pale skin is Mr. Walking stick and what the hell is he doing in my dream?

I sat abruptly on the floor and blinked my eyes several times to get rid of the image which is standing a mere meter away from me but being stubborn like him, it didn't fade out of my sight that made me huff internally.

Couldn't able to bear his presence beside me, I pinched my arm to protect my soul from this dream but a piercing pain attacked my brain and I covered my mouth immediately to prevent the maniac scream.

I'm not dreaming!!! He is real and is standing an inch away from me without wearing any shirt!!

Does he have any manners?

Unconsciously, I looked down and saw I'm wearing a long sized t-shirt which would fit for two people, I don't think I own these kinds of any t-shirt.

Lap tab... lap tab... lap tab... I heard the pounding sound of my own heartbeat. He is shirtless and here I'm wearing his t-shirt and too far my dismay it's early morning and I would have spent the whole night with him.

What does that mean?!

Hope it's not what I'm thinking. I repeated this as a mantra to myself but who I'm kidding...

"Ahhh!!!" I screamed out of my lungs when my mind played the ugly scenario of me and him cuddling each other and...

"Shut up." He snapped angrily that made my mouth zip immediately.

"You are always bringing trouble." He walked towards me and in a blink of an eye, he pulled the t-shirt through my head and wore it straight away not sparing a single glance.

Hoo... It fitted him correctly.

My cheeks heat with embarrassment when I realised I mistaken him for nothing. I have my shirt on under his t-shirt which I wore yesterday that means nothing happened between us.

Thank God!

"Don't think too much. You were shivering in your sleep so I offered you my t-shirt." Like a gentleman, he answered for my unasked questions.

"Why are you here in my room?" I threw him a hard glare but see this gentleman didn't flinch a bit.

"Look around. Is this look like your room?" He asked nonchalantly.

What the heck is he saying? Please don't tell me I'm in his room but yes I'm not in my room and it seems not to belong to him either. So... Heil... Yeah! He is the reason why I'm here and it's the same room where I found the baby's portrait.

How I ended up here?

Shit!!! A big. big. big. shit!!! I recalled yesterday's incidents and glad that he was there for me but I'm not going to show my appreciation. He is a murderer. Yes! He killed my baby. How can I forget that easily?

"Now tell me why the fuck did you come here?" He grabbed my forearm and made me look into his furious eyes that were burning with the blazer.

"Rakesh said he found the book in this bungalow. So I..."

"This one?" He cut me off in my midst showing a book that exactly looks like mine, I mean the one Rakesh gave me.

"Yes." I nodded my head.

He cursed something under his breath before slamming the book in my open hand. "Don't trust whatever the nonsense people would say." He raked his fingers through his silky hair, his sharp jaw clenched with anger but I'm not in the mood to admire his beauty, am I?

Hell no... But my eyes haven't left his long fingers and silky hair until he snapped me once again. "Got it." I found myself nod my head. Ahh!! He is ruling me. Where the strong Reil who won't tolerate these kinds of attitude? Where did she go?!!!

"It's..."

"Don't come ever here." He cut me off once again. What the hell is he thinks he is doing? Is he my teacher? Stupid my ass!!!

"The place is too dangerous especially a stranger like you. If I had arrived a bit late, Heil would have you in his wonderful dinner." His eyes softened when his gaze landed on my stomach but he recovered so fast.

"But Rakesh said he found the book here. That's why I came here because 30 pages are missing and I need that." I don't know why I explained this to him but I felt good after telling him the reason why I came here in the first place.

"He didn't find the book from here." I threw him a confusing look. "I'm the one who told him to give this book to you." He said leaving me completely in utter shock.

Firstly, Rakesh lied to me. Not just a lie, the lie would have taken my life. Secondly, Walking Stick has a soft spot in his heart too otherwise he wouldn't help me twice despite he killed my baby.

"Ohh." I don't find any other words rather that this mere 'Ohh'. What can I say I'm totally hurt.. and betrayed.

"And don't poke your nose into other's privacy." He said looking at the wall where the portrait was fixed. Haven't I taken the portrait with me but how... Ahh, he would have placed it. So he is respecting other's feeling where mine has no values.

Why peoples are so cruel to me?

Nodding my head I walked out of the room with teary eyes and climbed down the steps not caring my throbbing foot but my legs gave up and when I thought I'm going to leave this building with bruise face a hand snaked around my waist and pulled me towards his chest.

At that sudden impact, my right hand landed on his broad chest where his heart is beating fastly like mine. He looked down at me where I looked into his eyes, we both held our stare for a few more seconds.

This is the first time I felt electricity running through my veins. How a person has this effect on me? Slowly, his gaze travelled to my lips but went back to my eyes immediately. "Be careful." He sounds unsure as he is saying these sweet words for the first time to someone.

We exchanged each other a gaze until he lifted me in his arms and stepped down. "Why are you so nice to me?" I can't help but ask.

Sometimes he behaves so rudely, and another time he completely acts like a harmless baby.

He broke my Scooty just because I sketched his bullet and now offered his t-shirt when I felt cold in my sleep. If he wants he can mind his own business like he usually do but he saved my life from Heil and... The pen, yeah he even gave me his pen.

"I don't know." He placed me down. After that, I didn't dare to ask another question. "Come on. Heil must have left this place." He led me outside of the building.

I followed him like a lost puppy until we reached the centre and all of a sudden he laced his fingers through mine and gestured me to walk with him. I don't know what got into me but I walked with him without any protest.

What happened to me? And what happened to him?

He then stopped in front of the small room and opened the door using his key. I watched all his actions as to how he kicked the door by his leg because he is holding my hand and is not ready to let it go anytime soon.

"I wanted to give this to you." He said looking inside the room. I wanted to scream like 'don't take advantages over my situation' but a red coloured figure reflected through his eyes caught my attention that made me look inside the room.

I was stunned and speechless. Am I seeing my baby right in front of my eyes? Yeah! It's real. I already woke up from my sleep, aren't I? Too much out of my happiness I burst into tears.

It's my Scooty...

"How.. How did.." my voice croaked.

"I didn't break your Scooty, I'm not heartless as you think. I just dismantled all the part and threw them randomly so that you can't get the clue but seeing you in this broken state made my heart melt and I decided to give it to you back. So I fixed all the part back to its original place..."

I wiped my tears and uttered small thanks.

"I can guess how this is valuable to you, even a blind person can understand the way you are taking care of your baby." He gave me a weak smile as he lost in his own thoughts like he is recalling something ungrateful incidents.

I wanted to hug him but I didn't, my ego is bigger than his anger issue. Once again uttering small thanks I started to walk towards my Scooty and hugged my baby like we are seeing after a long time.

"I really missed you." I kissed my baby.

Without wasting another second I started my Scooty and made my way towards the cottage where he stood there with blank expression but this time I could sense something awoken in his blank stare.

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"Why the hell did you plan to kill me, huh?" I attacked Rakesh with my purse the moment I saw him sitting in his cabin.

"Girl. What happened to you?" He rubbed his head where I hit him mercilessly.

"Don't act innocently. I know who you are." I spat at him.

"Huh? If you don't mind care to explain in detail?" Of course, he dared to ask me a detail.

"You." I pointed my forefinger towards his chest. "Where did you find the book?" He raised his eyebrows mocking me as 'is that.'  Well... what else would he have expected from me?

"I told you already that I found the book in the bungalow near the centre." He said casually. "And you shouldn't have hit me like this over a silly matter." I think I hit him slightly. Shit! I should have broken his nose.

"Huh!! Actually, I didn't find the book. Blake found the book from there and asked me to give to you. And... I thought why don't switch the place? You were like Tom and Jerry so I thought to grab this opportunity to gain a place in your stone... Hmmpp.." He cleared his throat dramatically. "Your pretty heart." He rubbed his head once again.

"Seems Mr. Hunter told you the truth already." He threw me a sheepish smile.

"Huh!" I let out a defeated sigh.

He seems harmless, it's useless to spend my time on him. Deciding to leave him alone, I turned my heels and walked out of his cabin.

No one planned anything and I think I'm overthinking. Okay... Reil... Let's start our work. I won't back away until I find the missing 30 pages.

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