THE MAN IN DISTRESS

ENVER'S POINT OF VIEW-:

"I am Enver Louis Fitzhebert. Call me whatever you want."

I was grinning like an idiot while introducing myself and when I finally realised it, I pulled my lifted edges back. However, on the other hand, upon hearing what I said, her head tilted slightly. As though thinking about what said, her brows pulled together. I was in a dilemma if I should ask what's wrong or not, but then ultimately decided to ask.

"Fitzherbert, huh?"

I snorted confusingly when she intervened between me and my words.

What's wrong with my surname?

I got all flustered out of embarrassment as I remained silent and let her speak.

"Est-ce que tu parles français?(D'you speak french?)"

As if her previous actions weren't confusing enough, she added fuel to it by adding words that I can't even understand.

"Eh..what?" Upon seeing her, not saying anything after that, I hesitated but asked her ultimately.

"Nevermind. Let's go. It's already late and looks like it will in rain some time."

However, she normalised her stature with still having the same skeptical look on her face, as she shrugged it off. I stood there, all baffled. Nevertheless, I just bobbed my head and tried to brush off any sort of feelings to probe further.

I dragged my limbs reluctantly as I followed her while she strode further. Initially, I, who was struggling with my lame body, was expecting her to walk in slow a pace. But, then I realised how she stops every now and then to look back to check on me if I was alright. As we walked further I struggled more and more. I tried to gulp down every sort of agonizing moan, climbing up my throat. I even kept bitting my lips relentlessly to hold them back. But ultimately, an audible whimper escaped my mouth when I unknowingly moved my displaced arm.

Despite the torment, I kept walking inrder to show I am all fine and not to bother her. However, my body froze when she decided to turn around and walk straight towards me. I kept staring at her with a confusing face as she held my shoulder firmly. My body, which was shivering a moment ago, broke into sweat, as if set on fire all of a sudden. I felt a strange warmth as she partially wrapped her arms around me. I felt my heart, which was beating so fast because of her body getting brushed against mine, went down to it's regular pace as suddenly as it went up.

"I am fine. You don't have to—"

I tried my best to come up with something but the way my dried throat betrayed me, I couldn't speak.

" Don't act like you are when clearly you aren't." She used the same reprimanding tone as I stood there meekly.

"And it's just to speed us up" As her explanation seemed reasonable enough, I refrain myself to rebut any further. The way she held me, I innately felt a tingling sensation going down my spine. I don't know why, but I couldn't even put my finger on something specific.

To tell the truth, it's the first in my entire life, that I felt this way. Even though she was just there to help me, for some reason I couldn't bring myself to calmy carrening heart. It was as if my ribs will break out of the torment that my fast beating heart was possessing. I even started wondering if my heartbeat was loud enough for to reach her ears.

"Umm..back then..what did you say?"

When I thought I was done with my embarassment process, I asked her.

"I asked if you can converse in French, but I guess you can't."

"Yeah, as I was brought up in London, so I can't use the language." She might have assumed that because of my last name, I guessed and tried to answer her with a calmed voice while controlling my distraughted self and thankfully that worked. Only being grasped like this, by a person like her, made my entire body break into cold sweat.

"..that figures." She mumbled.

After walking for a minute, we're finally at the place where her car was. I couldn't believe that a person from such a small town can have such a damn new model car and of course it was something perplexing. She helped me to get inside and sit on the back seat. Although she was sitting next to me, but I could sense the way she was keeping a distance from me. And I don't know for what reason, but I felt a light sting in my chest, as if she is taking me for someone unacceptable or untouchable.

I had a lot to say, lot to ask, but instead I kept quiet. The entire ride was silent and I just kept myself busy outside looking in. I saw we were moving outskirts of thst town.

She hopefully won't kill me..right?

Upon seeing how the car was moving to the outskirts, every possible wierd thoughts were running in my head. And aloft that, the way it was all quiet to an extent that the atmosphere started getting thick, it was getting hard to breathe inside the car. Just when I felt my agitation climbing up to an utmost level, Tye car brought to halt, which I internally felt thankful for. I watched her opening the door, as I did the same for myself.

As I got out of the car and looked everywhere, relishing the surroundings. The place indeed didn't suits her car. Confusing thought suddenly lingered in the back of my head, which I tried hard to brush off. Assuming everything just by believing in what your eyes see, is nothing but falsity.

"C'mon.."

When I was roaming my eyes around, I suddenly got alarmed due to her sudden voice. We walked up to the door and I tried my best to avoid initiating any conversation and embarass myself anymore. But what I wonder the most is that I feel embarassed when I care, and why the heck I do even care this much. That being said, I am also not a cold hearted or emotionally deprived person, who will not feel this way in the end.

She rang the door bell and I stand still while my eyes fluctuated everywhere. I don't know why but I got really irritated upon how the person inside was taking so much time to open the door. And when I thought I was at the brink of passing out, the door opened. I abruptly heaved a sigh that I unknowingly was holding.

" Don't you have the keys.....Umm who is he?"

A man, probably of my age, squeaked as he

opened the door. He scrutinized me head to

toe and then looked at Zephyr. However, she nonchalantly stood there and spoke.

"Getaway already and bring him inside."

She heaved out of annoyance, as she tried to shove him aside. Their behaviour with each other was quite ...odd. Although everything about her is odd, but still. I tried not to intervene between them two and stayed as quiet as possible.

"First, you move your ***.."

Woah..If you ask, for me, you need to gather all your guts together to say something this to her. Even I felt chills running down my body when she strode inside, not bothering to reply.

"Come on inside."

I looked at him and gave him a hearty smile. His voice was calm and zestful, unlike before when he was conversing to her. He wasn't quite amazed because of lame impression. Rather, he held me firmly and helped me to walk inside.

"Ryan, take him inside and show him the spare room, treat him and tell Stacy to prepare something for him to eat. I'll be back in a minute."

As we were walking through the small halway, we heard her as she squeaked while standing in the lounging space and without sparing a glance at us, she hurriedly walked inside.

The guy, whose name's Ryan I assumed, carefully made me sit on the sofa. My lame limbs didn't seem to be supporting me either. I really wanted to ask for the comfort room but I ultimately zipped off.

"JIMIN, COME OVER HERE!"

We again heard her, shouting from the other room. I could see how his forehead wrinkled out of irritation. "This woman... " He murmured in a quite inaudible tone.

"COMING!...Feel like home. I'll be right back."

He carefully scanned my stature for one more time before slipping out of the place. As soon as he left, I rested my head on the head rest, finding a good and comfortable position for my aching body. The stench of blood and sweat lingered inside my nose and honestly that developed an urge inside me to puke then and there. Nonetheless, I swallowed that urge and tried to shrug the dizziness, spreading in the back of my head.

After sometime, Ryan came back and asked me to walk up to the spare room. He again meticulously carried me to the room and

made me sit on the bed. I saw Zephyr, already sitting on a chair alongside the bed. Once he made me comfortable enough he left the room.

Man! Don't leave me with this woman..please

The inner me shouted as I felt a weird agitation while looking at her figure sitting across me.

"Make yourself comfortable. He will be back in a moment."

Haha.. you must be kidding, right?  Just by having you sitting next to me is enough for me to uncomfortable to an utmost level.

"But before he does...I'm gonna make myself clear."

My breathing hitched when those words came out of her mouth. I abruptly straightened up my hunched shoulder, while putting on a serious look.

"Look, I'm not being rude or imposing you for anything in any way, but listen up to me. You wanna stay here, that's fine. I know you didn't ask me to come here in the first place, rather I insisted as I thought you were in a dire situation. So, as I was the one, who brought you here, I won't mind you staying here even in the slightest way. But, you will have to follow some points..." The intensity in her eyes made a cold sweat run down my back. I innately kept quite in that serious situation. Although, a lot of things were going in my head, but still coming up with something to say was difficult.

"Now..these ain't any bitchy rules or something but some reasonable ones. I wouldn't be this harsh on you if they were any regular ruffians or mugger but they weren't, right?.. So I will have to take few safety majors."

She, who was being reasonable enough, was making it serious enough for me to listen to whatever she says.

"I understand.."

I nodded as my head hung low. My eyes darted everywhere aimlessly. I was amazed by the way she was so calm and thinking in such a serene way.

"Good. Well the thing is, you'll have to be as careful as possible. You can't just roam around on your own and put us in some sort of dire situation. That said, you'll have to refrain yourself from going in public without me or Jimin with you."

She sucked a deep breath and thought about something. The way she was looking up at the ceiling, was so adorable. Even with that cold, blank face, she managed to look so alluring. I am very well aware of the fact that we just met and I know nothing about her, but still she's causing my stomach somersault several time whenever I take a glance of her.

"D'you have your phone with you?"

She abruptly asked after a long pause, dragging me out of my trance. I hastily shook my head sidewise, gesturing a straight 'no'.

"Very well then. Don't contact any of your family or acquaintance, as it will make the situation even worse. So, it would be better if you obey what I said."

"I will. Thanks again." I gave her a genuine assuring look before agreeing to whatever she said. I truly was so thankful for whatever she did but coming up with something also seemed difficult

"Don't worry."

I watched her retrieving figure from afar as I heaved a deep sigh. Once she was gone, Ryan walked inside the room with some clothes and first aid box.

He treated all the wounded parts and fixed my arm. He said it wasn't displayed or broken but the sudden collision with some hard object, was causing the torment. He helped me to eat a hearty meal and asked me to take rest after taking some medicines. And it wasn't long enough when I finally fell into deep slumber.

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