She took quick shower and then, she started helping Anna in the kitchen.
"Christine,What are you thinking? You are not yourself. Is something weighing on your mind?" Anna had noticed her small movements.
"Nothing, B
Sam thought there is something going on between Christine and her childhood school friend. However, they were good friends and they were not romantically involved with each other.Christine had a crush on Ryan. Interestingly, Ryan had known about her little crush on him. He too had feelings for her so he was spending time with her in university and used to call her for extra curriculum activities.He is a good dancer and would invite her whenever he was rehearsing his dance steps.He was bright student in the University and was in Top 5 in the final exams.They had lost contact with each other after graduations.
"It is past midnight in Country A. Who were you talking to so late into night? Sorry, I have no right to brown nose in your business but was he your boyfriend?" Anna turned and winked to Christine. Christine was embarrassed."He is not my boyfriend.We are just university friends.He is also an employee of CreativeWorks and works at on-site in support team." Christine tried to explain her.
Christine avoided Sam for the entire day fearing that he would question her about morning incident.Sam tried his best to make himself busy in his work.Ryan was unusually swamped with workload today.He had no time to meet Christine during the lunch break. He took some workload with him back home. Christine met Ryan near intersection. Interestingly, Sam was nowhere to be seen.Christine did not know whether he left before her or still behind her. She thought he would not initiate a conversation with her even if he saw her with R
"I had frequent interactions with her in last couple of weeks. She is very conservative girl and not ambitious to earn more money. For her, money is not everything. She loves her middle class happy family. There are no clashes between two siblings for power, money and what not. She can sense that my family is not ordinary family and I am her big boss. I can understand her worries. She do not want anyone to accuse her of gaining opportunities because of this relationship.""I am upset about her spending time with other guy. I am unco
Everyone became busy in their own work. Soon, it was lunch time and Kylie called Christine for lunch.Kylie could not wait to know about Christine and Ryan. As soon as Kylie, Lucy and Christine found a table to sit for lunch. Kylie winked to Lucy. Lucy internally rolled her eyes.
Sam did not wait for Christine after work hours. He knew that she would go back home with Ryan. On the other hand, Ryan was boldly waiting for Christine near office entrance. Kylie and Lucy waved their goodbyes and went ahead. Christine returned Ryan's food container. She had finished food on her own in the cafeteria after reaching office."Thank you for the food. You had cooked well." Christine did not know if he would misunderstand if she praises his food too much.
Anna reported to Sam when Christine reached home. Anna and Christine prepared dinner and finished meal by 7:30 pm. Christine was in dilemma. She did not want Ryan to pick and drop her from here on. She is well aware that she would not develop any feelings for him. On contrary, she was missing Sam. She would not call him or text him. She was scared that she would not be able to control her emotions and would fall deeper. It's already Wednesday and there are two more working days in this week. If she tells Ryan that she do not want him to come tomorrow then he may think she is avoiding him because today's incident. She would instead ask him to stop picking her from Monday by finding some excuse. Christine texted Ryan on when to pick her up tomorrow morning but later, kept her phone on silent mode. She didn't respond to his other text messages.
" I can totally understand your feelings. You have not stayed away from your parents anytime. On the other day, you had mentioned about renting the apartment in City M. At that time, You and your family were in the same city and you could go to your house on every weekend or whenever you want. This is your first weekend in this foreign city so you would miss your parents. Slowly, when you get busy with work and becomes more familiar with this city and with every one around you, you would not experience this lonely feeling. You have all of us here. You will again go back to city M in few months time for annual vacation. You would not realise when you complete 3 years here. Post 3 years, it all depends if company wants to keep you at on-site and if you want to stay at this location." Ryan tried to ease her concerns.