It was a usual sight . Ryan was walking ahead and Melvine following behind him . Their silent journey got interrupted by an enthusiastic voice .
" Hey , Ryan....."
Hearing the voice both Ryan and Melvine looked at the direction of the voice . The owner of the voice was a gorgeously beautiful girl who was coming out from a nearby store . Ryan's face lit up as he saw her . The girl came to Ryan hurriedly and without giving him any chance to say anything she literally threw herself in Ryan's arms .
" Oh , Ryan , I missed you so much . I'm so happy to see you again . "
And it was not one-sided . Ryan also hugged her very intimately and said , " I'm also very glad to see you again , Darling ! "
They broke the hug as the girl said , " Oh ! I really missed your hug . Anyway , how are you doing ? "
" Great as always . What about you ? "
" Good but I won't say great . "
" Why so ? "
" Because... I've spent the greatest time of my life when I was with you . " , she said in a coquettish tone . Ryan smiled . After a few more flirtious remarks she asked pointing at Melvine , " Your new partner ? "
" Umm , kind of . " Ryan replied nonchalantly .
" Change of taste ? "
" Not really . "
After that , finally the girl turned to Melvine and said with a warm smile , " Hello , I'm Nia . " , she extended her hand towards Melvine .
" It's Melvine . " , Melvine said with an expressionless look but made no effort to shake the hand , extended towards her . But it seemed like Nia didn't mind at all . She again turned to Ryan and started chatting with him . After a few exchange she said , " Okay , I'll leave now . I wish , we could talk a bit more . "
" May be next time . But , I must say , you've gotten more beautiful darling . "
" Wanna date me again ? " , she said with a wink .
Ryan let out his famous lazy smile as he said , " Why not ! "
" Aww , I'll wait for that day . But for now , won't you give me a farewell kiss ? "
" Sure . " , with that Ryan pulled her closer and pecked her lips slightly .
Nia left . Ryan started walking again and Melvine instinctively followed him . She was confused .
But why ? Was it because of Ryan's intimacy with Nia ? Why confusion ? Shouldn't it be a relief ? If Ryan gets hooked up with one of his ex partners shouldn't that be the most welcomed thing for the person who wants to break free from Ryan ? Ryan's intimacy with his ex girlfriend shouldn't bother someone who has no interest in him .
Ryan's interaction with Nia . Isn't that very common for a playboy ? Did she expect any different reaction from Ryan just because he was now with her ? Then she shouldn't have expected that . But when the ' shouldn't s don't perform their work properly confusions are born .
Her confusion was , in conclusion , about recognising her present feeling which was clouding her mind . What was the feeling ?
Relief ?
Or .... jealousy ?
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Three days ago
Enilese was feeling very helpless for the first time in her life .
Currently she was trying so hard to save a young woman who was already badly injured . Usually she guards those areas which are less dangerous in nature . In her short working period she has faced very few dangerous creatures . And it wasn't very hard for her to manage the situations ; every time she succeeded to perish those creatures with her powers or save the victims by creating a shield around them .
But today nothing was working in her favour . Her attacks were not affecting the creature at all . After some futile attacks her last hope was creating a shield to at least protect the woman . She made a shield according to her plan but now , she could feel that the shield is getting cracked bit by bit as the creature was approaching them slowly tearing the shield , made with strong wild weed .
In a few moments the creature got dangerously close to them . Enilese thought , she had to try till the very last moment in order to save the woman . She found no other option but to attack the creature again but this time she herself moved closer to the creature in order to make some distance between the injured woman and the creature . In the process she got injured . The creature's claws harshly scratched her skin . Enilese couldn't manage this creature , she already knew that when her powers didn't affect it . Still she was trying but unfortunately the creature managed to grab her completely and now it was trying to bite her , her power also was not working , she just tried to keep the creature's face away from her so that it can't bite her . It was clear that it won't take long for her to end up like the woman . Enilese sighed thinking about the end of her life . At that time , with closed eyes she was praying so hard for someone to come and help her .
And .... somebody came . Helped her also .
She felt that the creature's grip around her loosened and within seconds it collapsed . She heard a familiar voice , " You okay ? "
She opened her eyes and got up slowly , she was exhausted . She said while panting , " Thank you so much , Riley . "
... " And like that , Riley brought Enilese back to the base . She had many injuries on her body and she was awfully silent . I tried to talk to her but she remained silent . Riley told me about what happened with her . " Selina finished talking about that day's incident . Pierce remained silent for some time . Pierce and Selina both felt that Enilese's grip around their hands had been loosened . Pierce pulled out his hand , Selina did the same and then she tucked Enilese's hands in the blanket . She stood up and was about to leave the room when Pierce said , " Is that all ? Are you sure there's nothing else ? If she was just upset that she couldn't save the woman herself then why she's saying not to leave her in her unconscious state ? "
" I'm not sure . But all I can say is that she was already sick from the injury but yesterday when she asked Riley how the woman was she was insulted very badly for not being able to manage the situation . That could've affected her more . "
Pierce frowned and asked , " Who insulted her ? "
But Selina didn't reply . Pierce waited for her reply for some moments but when she still didn't say anything he said , " Let me know if she looks for me when she wakes Up . "
Pierce almost walked out of the room when he heard Selina's voice .
" Pierce , you know very well who insults her in this base . "
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" Are you sick ? "
Melvine and Ryan were at a restaurant . She was feeling very tired so she was messaging her temples when Ryan asked that . Melvine was a bit surprised to hear that . It's not about the question but the tone . She was used to Ryan's either lazy and flirting tone or authoritative and threatening tone . But what about today ? She looked at him . However she couldn't stare at him for long . It's still the same . From the very beginning till this moment it's still difficult for her to make eye contact with Ryan . Anyway , even if she couldn't look at him for a long time she managed to see the look in his eyes . But ...just like she couldn't understand his tone she couldn't categorise the look in his eyes either . Was it her problem not to know the tone , the look ? Or it's that , his eyes and voice are devoid of any kind of emotion ?
" Are you still alive ? " , his usual tone returned .
" What ? "
" Thank God , I thought your soul has already left your body . Anyway answer my question . "
" I'm not sure . These days , I'm feeling very tired all the time . May be I'm overworking a little . "
" Then eat more nutritious food . You are a doctor . You know better than me what to do for which symptoms . "
" I don't think it's anything serious . "
" If you can't even take good care of your health how will you be a good doctor ? "
She just nodded . Today should be considered as confusion generating day for Melvine . She was becoming more confused about her feelings as the time was passing . However she was yet to figure out the confusions . She started eating silently .
Ryan suddenly asked , " In your hospital , how many people are close to you ? "
" What kind of question is that ? "
" Darling , how many times have I told you , I don't like questioning back . Just answer . "
" I don't know what you meant by close but I work in a ward with four more people . They are my colleagues , nothing more than that . Our interactions are mostly work related . "
" I see . Which ward do you work in ? "
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A place in the Willow forest .
Shawn approached a hooded figure . He was just five hands away from the figure when the figure said , " I think , that's close enough . Don't come any closer . "
Shawn didn't move further and said , " Okay . So why did you want to meet ? "
" Umm , I ...I just wanted to ....you know what I'm trying to say . "
" Right , I know . But , do you really want to meet ..."
" No no . I don't deserve it yet . Still if I could know ! " , the hooded man sighed . Then he continued , " Sorry for wasting your time . I know , it's meaningless but I couldn't control myself . "
" Anyway , how long you're gonna stay this time ? " , Shawn asked to change the subject .
" I'll stay for at least two weeks . "
" I see . "
" Okay , I'll leave then . "
He started walking slowly .
Shawn said from behind , " She is completely fine . No need to worry about her . We'll always keep her safe and happy . "
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After spending the whole evening with Ryan finally Melvine was returning to her home . Ryan always accompanies her When she returns home everyday. Like every other day today also , Melvine was walking ahead and Ryan was following behind her . Ryan was saying something and Melvine was listening silently . May be not listening at all .
Why would she listen anyway ? Does she have any interest in what he's saying . All these hanging out , spending time .... aren't these things imposed upon her without her consent ? Definitely she won't be interested in the person who has imposed something upon her . Undoubtedly , her only wish would be to get free from his imposition . The sooner , the better .
Should she be blamed ?
From her perspective , isn't it unjust that a person is making her do as he pleases just because he saved her from a dangerous man . She can't say that he has harmed her in any way but ...
... it's like floating .... without any direction .... without any destination .
With that floating .... one won't reach anywhere . One can't reach anywhere .
It was the same with Melvine . Ryan haven't done anything to her but he doesn't let her go either .
She doesn't know how long this aimless floating will continue . Normally she doesn't think much about all these .
But today was different .