Just A Step Away

Chapter 32

Katherine's POV:

"So you've never seen anyone in these three long years?" Darwin kept mocking since we came back from that awful date.

"It's none of your business." I shut him off while switching channels.

I was watching TV. No! Corrections, I was trying to watch TV because Darwin was sitting just beside me on sofa and his presence was affecting me. But I being Katherine didn't want to show him that by asking him to get off so I let him sit near me.

"Do you want something to eat?" He asked.

I ignored his question.

'Why is he continuously pushing the conversation? I don't want to talk to him.'

Just give him one more chance. He is your best friend.

'He "was" my best friend. Now he is nothing but a person who crossed his limits and treated me like a trash then trapped me in his fake love and then took my innocence that night just for the sake of his revenge. I hate him.'

Few minutes later, he came back with the tray of Lasagna in his hands. The smell of lasagna hit my nose, soon the aroma of tomatoes and cheese started messing my mind but I didn't dare to look at the table.

"I know you hate me and don't consider me anything more than your bodyguard but please, eat something. I'm noticing you, you don't have any proper meals." He said with concern.

I refused to look at him but deep down inside I wanted to shout at him, hit him for making my life like this. I left my home town because of him and look; he was sitting right next to me.

I heard him taking a deep sigh. He came in front of me and kneeled down, making us face each other.

I lowered my head, not wanting to look at him and wishing him to give up and leave me alone.

"Sunshine, please! I'm stupid, idiot and all those bad things which you want to say but believe me; I'm not worth of you skipping meals because of me. Please eat something." He tried to convince me.

A tear which I was controlling for some time, escaped from my eyes and fell on my hands which were placed on my knees.

Darwin immediately noticed my tears and cupped my face and made me look at him.

"Don't" He pleaded me to stop crying while rubbing my tears with his thumbs.

'I hate him. I hate him so much but I hate myself more. He destroyed my life but I was still melting in front of him. What kind of effect he has on me? Why I behave so week in front of him? Those walls which I tried to maintain for three years were falling down just in front of him. Why?'

"I want to stay alone. Leave me in my room." I requested him. I wanted to think rationally, which was being next to impossible near him.

He sighed sadly and stood up to help me. I wish I wasn't bound by that fracture.

He cautiously took my hand and placed it on his shoulder and picked me up in bridal style. I circled my hands around his neck and held them tightly. I could hear his heart beating loudly and irregularly.

'Do I have effect on him too?'

He placed me on the bed carefully and set the pillow behind me. I felt his breath on my bare shoulders when he did that. I closed my eyes and tried to control myself. It was getting harder than I thought to live with him.

He looked at me for the last time and then left the room not before coming again and placing the tray of lasagna on bed.

As soon as I heard the sound of him closing the door, I started stuffing lasagna in my mouth.