"So, the food was tasty, I guess?" Anastasia asked in a teasing tone after they were done having lunch.
Darius looked at her blankly after hearing her but didn't say anything. As if he was lost in a deep thought and didn't know how to voice it out. His face had lines of shock which Anastasia noticed and she got tensed about his behaviour. She kept her hand over his. He jerked off after feeling her touch and looked at her with widened eyes.
"Darius? Are you okay?" She asked slowly while giving him a worried look.
"I am not." He said in a defeated tone and looked away from her. He closed his eyes and opened them.
"Darius, what happened? Was something wrong with the food? Was it too spicy? Are you allergic to something? Did I put too much salt in some food? Tell me, what's wrong?! I am sorry." She exclaimed in one breath while looking at him frantically, waiting for an answer.
IN THE AFTERNOON"So, it's the last day of your business trip?" Selena asked over the phone."Yes. I will be back tomorrow morning." Anastasia replied with a lot of excitement as she walked around the kitchen to clear things up on the dining table."That's so awesome! Come back soon! I miss you so much!" Selena replied in a sad tone. Hearing that Anastasia became sad too. She stopped whatever she was doing and sat on the kitchen slab."I miss you too, Lena. I will be back tomorrow even before you are up from sleep and as it's Sunday tomorrow, we are going to spend together doing all the fun things that our heart desires." She said, quickly cheering up which cheered up Selena too."Do you promise? Won't you be tired?" Selena asked."No, I won't be tired because you are going to be my energy recharger and I promise, we will spend the day together." Anastasia sa
"So, did you like the food?" Darius asked as they walked outside the restaurant with their hands in hands. There is a small garden outside the restaurant where they had their dinner. The dinner was fun. They talked a lot. Mostly, Anastasia talked and Darius listened to her with a lot of attention. She shared her favourite memories. All of the memories were of recent years, of her college life. Not a single word about her childhood. Anastasia also got to know a little bit about him. Like he has an older sister who is a psychiatrist. Also a little information about his businesses, how many businesses he has and all. He shared a little bit about his friendship with Noah which Anastasia enjoyed a lot, because Darius and Noah have a lot of funny experiences together. She also got to know that he is an orphan. His parents died in a tragic accident when he was just a little baby. She felt really bad hearing that. Her eyes almost tea
THE NEXT MORNING "Thank you for the ride, Darius." Anastasia said in a small voice with a small smile while not meeting his eyes. He looked around the place where he just stopped the car according to her request with a frown. She stays here?! He didn't like the place at all. This place is so unsafe and looks shady. The deeper anyone gets into the locality, the more dangerous things one will encounter. "Are you sure you live here?" He asked with a deep frown. She suddenly got self-conscious and embarrassed thinking that he is going to judge her according to the place where she stays. That's why she didn't let him drive her to her actual place because if he didn't like the place where the car stopped, he is definitely going to hate the place where she actually stays. "Uhh… yeah. I… I will go now. Thank you for the ride again. You can go now." She s
"SELENA! SELENA! HELP! HELP ME!" Anastasia's loud cries for help almost stopped Selena's heart from running. She stopped whatever she was doing and pushed all the things away from her before running outside her room to their small living room from where her sound was coming. "Anastasia!" She exclaimed loudly in horror when she saw Anastasia in a miserable state, standing in the middle of the living room while looking really scared of something. Her eyes widened when she saw Anastasia's eyes closing as she dropped on the floor, losing her consciousness. If her heart didn't stop breathing the time when she heard her screams, it surely did this time when she dropped on the floor. "Anastasia!" She shrieked out once again and quickly ran toward her. She dropped on her knees as soon as she was near her and placed Anastasia's head on her lap. She pat her cheeks lightly. "Anas
IN NOAH'S OFFICE "Did you try calling her?" Noah asked as he looked at his friend with a small frown. "I did. But she didn't answer my phone. She had just returned back here after a long journey and stormed off the house suddenly, before I could say something, she was already out of the house." Darius explained with a groan as he gave his silky hair a hard pull. "Leave those poor hair and think. Aren't you the reason for Diana's frustration?" Noah asked with a roll of his eyes. "You can't blame me now. You know why I didn't live in that house and why it slipped my mind to get that house clean before. So much happened from the time she said she is going to return. Anastasia's accident, Richard's fiasco, many past loopholes, the sudden change between me and Anastasia. So, in total, I was packed up." He said in frustration, without thinking. The words just slipped his mouth without h
"Anastasia is my patient and there is no joke in all these. She has been my patient for the past three years." She said while looking dead serious. Darius and Noah's eyes widened in horror and shock as soon as they heard her. Diana was prepared for the rain of questions that was going to fall upon her after she let out the last sentence. Darius didn't make her wait in that as he shrieked out loud just after her words registered in his mind. "WHAT?!" He shouted. "What do you mean by she has been your patient for the last three years?! Why didn't you tell me? Why did you hide such big news for me?! Didn't you see me getting devastated after she went missing?! Do you hate me so much? I know that I was really cruel toward her and you were angry at me for that but that doesn't mean you will punish me that way. By keeping the LOVE of my life away from me for three long years! How could you do that to me? To your own brother?!" He screame
"So, you are trying to say is-..." Darius trailed off with an understanding look on his face."Yes, Anastasia isn't aware of her illness of forgetting events. She only knows that she lost her memory. That's it. Even telling her about it can cause her life danger." Diana said with a small frown."Danger? What kind of danger?" Darius asked with a frown."Well, she is really weak mentally. She can't take any small amount of stress it causes her to have anxiety problems. Selena told me once that somehow she overheard Selena and their grandma's conversation regarding her illness and that time she had a minor heart attack and had been in coma for almost one week." Diana explained the situation and Darius and Noah was shocked would be an understatement."What?!" Darius asked in shock. He was finding it hard to form a sentence after hearing that.She had a heart attack?! And was in c
"Oh, hey beautiful! Where are you going?!" One of the boys from the group said."Hey, listen to us, beauty!" Another one said."Come with us, darling! We will make you feel so good!" Another one said."You will have the best night of your life, sweetheart. Where are you going?" Another one said and they all started to laugh.There were four guys in total. Selena ignored them all and kept walking ahead with her head down and gritting teeth. She didn't want to stay in their presence any longer and started walking faster. But guess fate planned something else for her that day and those boys came and stood in front of her, blocking her path.Her eyes widened when she saw all of them standing in front of her and giving her nasty looks. She felt disgusted by them. She tried to walk around them and leave but they stopped her from doing that by standing around her in a circle.