Mending Her

Chapter-26

The next day,

I was working in my office when I heard someone's knock in my room.

I say come in but the person who enters makes me shocked.

From when did he start to knock before coming to my room.

"What happened?" I ask and he takes a seat and sits there silently.

I don't know what to say, but his silence was making me anxious.

I don't know this Sid.

When he is around, people don't get a chance to speak, and here he is silent.

Something is fishy.

"Did you come to sit and look at my room or do you want to say something?" I ask, and he looks distressed.

"Nyla, I promise I knew nothing." He says, and I look at him, narrowing my eyes.

"What didn't you know?" I ask and he opens his mouth to say something but close it again.

I don't know what is bothering him, but he is not saying anything. How will I understand?

"Look, Nyla. I knew Rehan had feelings for you. But I didn't help him pursue you. Even I told him that if something goes wrong, I will not help him." He says, and I become surprised.

"Yes, But I swear I didn't help him and I didn't know that stupid boy was preparing to recommend you. Ho does that. If you like someone, try to understand her, be friends with her, if you are sure she will reciprocate then propose." He sigh.

"But this stupid boy took you to date and even proposed to you. Who did that on the first date?" He looks disappointed in Rehan.

But I was shocked by his word.

Do all the boys the same as this?

Is a girl something like a thing?

If you like it, try to if it suits you then buy it.

Is it what people think about relationships nowadays.

"Do you think what your way is right?" I ask and he didn't understand my tone.

"Of course. This is how the relation works. That's how I proposed to my wife." He says and I sigh.

"Sid, if he would have done it, I would have hated him," I say and he stops his blabbering and looks at me shocked.

"Are you serious?" He asks and I nod.

"Do you know how my and John's relationship was?" I ask and he shakes his head.

"then let me tell you. John and I used to befriend. We meet at our fresher's party and he proposed to be a friend with me. And I agreed. But then slowly he starts to give me a hint he likes me. Though he didn't propose to me. But I thought that if feelings are true, then you don't need to propose." I say and he shakes his head.

"How can that be true? If you don't express your feelings, how can someone understand what you feel for them," he says and I sigh.

"You are right. And I am glad that Rehan didn't follow your way of pursuing me." I say, and he smiles.

"Did you agree to be together?" He asks, and I shake my head.

"No. But he would have to use the path I would have rejected him. I want to trust in my relationship. I am your friend, I treat you as a friend. But suppose someday we get to know I have feelings for you. How will you feel?" I ask, and his eyes pop out in shock.

"I will feel you broke my trust. You use friendship to shield your feelings and I will think you are a bad person." He says and I smile.

I know I don't need to explain to him more.

"Rehan is right. I am just surprised that I didn't understand you after being with you for five years. But he understands you more than me in five days." He laughs at himself and gets up.

He opens the door but then comes again closing it.

"Nyla, I know Rehan from our school times. He never had someone in his life. You are the first girl that makes his heart feel something." he says and laughs.

"I thought he was just joking. But I saw the desperation in his eyes. Not for to conquer something. That desperation was for healing your pain, to make a place in your heart." he says and that was new to me.

I never thought he is so much serious about me.

"I can vouch for him, if you give him a chance he will make you the happiest person in the world." He says, but I don't want him to persuade me.

"Sid,..." I try to say but he stops me.

"I am not here to make you agree. It's your life, so decisions will be yours. But I want to just tell you one thing. If you ever believed me, believe me once more and try to give him a chance. If he does something wrong, I will be the one who will kill him." He says and smiles at me.

He was leaving, but I stop him.

"Sid," I say and he turns around.

"Thanks, for giving me support. I will think about it." I say and he leaves after smiling at me.

I know they want the best for me.

But I am so confused that I don't know what to think.

I couldn't yet be healed from my previous heartbreak.

I don't know if I am ready for another one or not.

I understand Rehan is a good person not at least someone like John.

But the problem is not him.

The problem is me.

I don't know if I will love him back as he will love me.

I don't want to deceive him.

I want someone who can be the medicine to my wound.

Can he be the person who will heal my wounds or he will make it worse?

Love doesn't come with just attraction.

It comes with a lot of responsibility too.

What if his love is not so strong and we fall apart?

I can't tolerate another heartbreak.

SO it's better if I don't take a step.

If destiny has decided we will be together, I will be with him.

I don't want to try something that I am not confident about.