Will's POV
"30 years! I'm alive on this Earth for fucking 30 years and I've never let anyone treat me harshly but what I deserve to be treated the way she did all the time whenever I tried to make her feel happy?" My mind wandered and got off with her when she left. I've been racking my senses alive, all screaming and shouting, throwing tempers like a teen kid at Hud, trying to tell him what the hell she did and what the fuck I did. We stood in my office, me summarising all the shit, strolling back and forth and he, giving me all the irritating looks all the all-time. "Calm your tits! I told you everything gonna very complicated and you better be prepared for what you've already done cause, in my opinion, she doesn't remember anything and she's all disturbed and she needs space at the very prior place. And bro, you are suffocating her. Please go slow! Don't forget what she's going through. And I'm not saying she doesn't need you but let her breathe first. Take each step very carefully. You guys are at a point that everything with you is subtle. Be sure before you jump." Each word Hud said rang in my head. And I admit I was being a jerk all the time. But what am I supposed to do? I can't see her living in all pain. And every time I tried to console her, she had always pushed me miles away from her. And I know she needs space to breathe but she's the one who is choking herself with all those memories and overthinking everything. She needs to let go of everything and start a new life but she isn't in the mood to even care about it. And yeah it hurted me seeing her in that cause it all reminds me of myself when I was in her situation years ago. "Tessa? It's me. I need your help. No! It's not me this time. I'm fine. It's someone whom I love"
Riya's POV
I've been all in a rough mood all day and it worsened after the call. The call from the people I wish they never existed. "Why me all the time!" I sighed. Continuing my life saying "I have too I will!" I kept on living my life.
"Milk check, veggies check, chicken check, cheese check, chocolates, where is chocolate?" I searched for the sweets section for my favorite chocolates. Specifically, I have sweet tooth for chocolate and I can't deny, whenever I have cravings for them I become a monster. Of course, chocolates are good for mental health and I found a serious urge to have plenty of chocolates. As heading to the sweets department I stumbled upon a thing and almost lost balance. It was a wallet. A ladies mauve wallet with a plain matte fabric covering it and a trademark of the well-known brand on it. Picking it up I felt its weight, it was heavy. A rich lady must be so clumsy to lose it. "Hey!" A high-pitched, feminine voice echoed through the store. I turned, searching for the owner of the voice to find her running towards me. She was a tall, sophisticated lady in her mid-twenties. "Hi! That belongs to me." She breathed heavily as she was running with the store cart. "Is it really, but I need to check." I wasn't naive to handover a full of cash wallet to anyone other than the owner. "Yeah, of course, Tessa Seville, that's me. You can check." I checked in to find the id card inside. "Yup, here you go!" Yup, it belonged to her. "Thank you so much! Nice to meet you!" She held her hand to me. "Nice to meet you too, I'm Riya Dani." She smiled ear to ear with her fuller lips. She portrayed a perfect, elegant lady with a warm, welcoming aura, surrounding her. "Would you like to have coffee? You saved my day, that's the least I could do. Please?" She knitted her brows making her face so undeniable and I gave in.
"Here you go." I nearly jumped when the waiter came up with our orders. We sat in the coffee shop near the departmental store. But the astonishing thing was I saw a knowing glimpse of her like she was here on a purpose. Her aura had a slight change from so welcoming to something mysterious, something unusual. And till I was sure about it we were sitting in the coffee shop. "I know there are millions of things running into your mind. Don't worry I'm not gonna kidnap you not rob you. Just relax." She clarified as she read everything from my mind. "Did I introduced myself correctly? Okay, myself, Dr. Tessa Seville. I am a psychiatrist and mind reader, so I guess it was a piece of cake to read your face." She chuckled. "I'm so sorry to scare you. I didn't mean to." I was able to feel all my facial expressions changing in seconds by seconds. But in end, we both laughed about everything I thought. "So, a psychiatrist! You did scare to my soul." I finally blurted, still trying to control my laugh. "Oh! Ouch, it's been a long time I've laughed this hard. Ahhh!" Uff! My cheeks hurted of laughing for a while, it felt good. We relaxed for a few moments before we could talk anything. We both ordered cappuccinos which smelled heaven in the shop, tempting me more to gulp each drop from the cup. Without waiting anymore I drank bit by bit. But there she was still staring at me with conscious gazes, not so uneasy but still full of concentration like she was reading my mind again. Finally, after a while of almost enjoying my drink, I looked up to her. "I can feel your pain." She mumbled, making me go full-on alert. "Oh, I'm sorry again. But there was something in you that made me look into you again. Sometimes it really sucks. Like I'm not in my work hours but your abilities make everything difficult for you." She sighed apologetically, making my mind wander back in those memories. Buzzz! Her phone vibrated, bringing me back to reality. "Hey, sweetheart! Don't cry, mommy will be home soon. Remember I am at work and you promised you'd never cry when I am at work. Okay..." It seemed like she's a mom. "I'm so sorry, it's neither easy to be a working mom,"
"Well, I guess you should be home before your baby burns down the house," I replied sarcastically.
"This is my business card. And I hope we meet again." We were out on the streets, off to our ways, steering back into our lives. "Yeah, it was a great time with you. Here's mine." I handed her my card. "Well, I would like to suggest something to you. I guess you should just give it a try. I know you have your things that you're going through but sometimes going off-limits is not that bad. When you're feeling so yourself in it. I mean, let your heart decide once. Listen to it." Her words ran off my head. I mean really bouncer when she said just give it a try. To whom?