𝐘𝐔𝐀𝐍𝐅𝐄𝐍 : 𝐑𝐄𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐕𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐄 (𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝟐)

C H A P T E R : 9

Jk pov

Even though it's the weekend again, still I had many unfinished works left which tires me out. I still remember me getting ready for a meeting on Monday and now it's already Saturday.

Waking up to the morning sun in my room, I removed the duvet from my naked upper body as I hung my legs down from the bed and rubbed my eyes to adjust my vision to the daylight. My eyes automatically went to Bam who was waiting for me to get up while waggling his tail. I couldn't help but smile when he stood up on his four limbs and trotted towards me.

He climbed on the bed next to me and as the puppy he used to be, he licked my face and wanted me to get up from the bed because today I woke up late, a thing which I left behind the moment I started my life at London. This week was so tiring and I felt my muscles needing a boost up.

I stepped inside the bathroom and brushed my teeth, washed my morning face and slipped into a Tshirt which I found hanging at my cloth hanger.

Making my way straight to the gym room I had, I started to work out, tiring myself to burn all the calories. Sometimes I become a fitness freak and its really normal for guys like me who are conscious about health. But I had a guest in the gym room who was witnessing me tiring myself out, few grunts and groans leaving my throat whenever I felt like giving up on the count of sets of the exercises I was doing.

I couldn't help but chuckle at the way he tilted his head continuously whenever I moved or did a pull up or when I did some push ups. Bam was sitting on his fours and was peacefully watching me work out until I rested my body on the floor, feeling worn out at the way I worked out for a straight 90 minutes. This alarmed Bam and he rushed to check on me. I sat up on the floor and patted his head and said, "I'm okay and since you've been a good boy till now, don't you think you need something to eat? "

His eyes immediately shot up and he became restless. The 'food' always excites him and seeing him being the best dog makes my day. He's really an understanding dog who understands me quite a lot and helps me in my loneliness.

He's the only one who keeps me sane and lively. After all, he was given to me by Ms. Kim. It's been so long that Bam met her, that's when some memory started playing at the back of my head.

The first day when I met this guy at the detention room safe with her. I had promised her to keep him safe with me and after that day he became an inseparable person from my life. When I moved into this home, the only one who accompanied was Bam. I know he must be eager to meet Ms. Kim, if only he could speak, he would have shown his grudge towards me because of this, but it's not like I have kept him away from her, but the awkwardness we have and the professional relationship makes things difficult for not only her but to me too.

Back then, we used to watch her photos for quite some time with silence and my face always had a small grin whenever I checked her profile picture or the pictures that I clicked on my birthday at the carnival. I still do keep those pictures in my laptop inside a personal folder and sometimes my finger moves the curser to those folders as if it has a mind of it's own and I would watch her pictures.

She hasn't changed much, but few changes moulded her into the most beautiful woman I have ever seen. I don't know if that's my admiration or a fact, but it is what it is. The fact that Bam still hasn't forgotten her brings a pang to my heart, after all she was his first family, his saviour and his master.

Indulging myself into some episodes of past always gave me an inner peace but those memories were coupled with the ones I never wanted to reminisce, our separation. This is the reason why I always choose to live at the present forgetting everything about my past with her because whenever I think of those moments, it will always end up with our moment of separation.