Chapter 22 - Don’t you have any shame?

" Pretentious? Why do you think it is pretentious?" Kevin asked.

Silvia shrugged her shoulders and said," Well I feel that you pretend to be cold and aloof but actually you are a really warm person."

Kevin cleared his throat and said," Well I was always like this."

" Too bad if you are always like this." Silvia said.

" I'll leave now." Kevin said.

" Oh I thought you were here to accompany your friend for the night." Silvia said.

Kevin shook his head and said," I think that friend of yours is enough for him."

Silvia chuckled and said," Yeah right."

" So goodnight then." Kevin said.

" Goodnight and Thank you for that." Silvia said.

" Anytime." Kevin said before walking outside.

Staring at his back for a really long time, Silvia took a deep breath and entered the emergency room.

Just then the billing guy came rushing towards her and said," Nurse Silvia that guy who paid the bill, is he your friend?"

Silvia nodded her head.

The man breathed a sigh of relief and said," Ah thank God. I gave your friend the wrong card. This is his card and that card belongs to someone else. So can you help

me switch?"

Taking the card from his hand, Silvia said," Yeah just wait here for sometime. He just left. I'll go see if he is still there." before rushing outside.

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Outside

As Kevin stepped out of the hospital and was walking towards his car, a man pointed towards him and said," Oh look who it is. Kevin Austin."

Kevin narrowed his eyes when he saw who it was.

Walking towards Kevin, the man laughed and said," So why are you here? Are you here to see the psychiatrist?"

Glaring at the man, Kevin curled his hand into a fist.

The man mockingly smiled and said," What you wanna hit me again?"

Kevin helplessly shook his head and decided to ignore him.

Blocking his path, Richard said," I can easily hide those marks with Emily's concealer but how are you going to hide the pain and failure that you are facing right now?"

Pausing for a while, Richard continued," You know I sometimes feel very bad for you. I mean giving someone your everything and getting nothing in return is very hurtful. I can understand your pain."

" Get out of my way." Kevin said.

" Ahh there is so much hurt in your voice. I am really sorry for taking Emily away from you Mr Austin. I really didn't intend to but Emily wasn't really happy with you." Richard said.

When Richard did not get any kind of aggressive vibes from him, he continued," Emily used to tell me how difficult it was to be with you. Women want attention and need love. Now since you are away most of the time, you can't give that to a woman right. No wonder you don't have a woman beside you. Well anyway with your cold personality, I don't think that it is possible but still may you find a perfect woman for yourself in the future and-"

Cutting Richard off, Silvia said," There you are. Honey I have been looking for you everywhere." Before walking towards Kevin.

Turning towards Silvia, Richard frowned when he found her a bit familiar.

Kevin on the other hand, widened his eyes in shock when he saw Silvia coming towards him with a sweet smiled plastered across her face.

Hooking her arms around Kevin's, Silvia shook his shoulder and asked," Why did you leave me alone like that?" Turning towards Richard, Silvia smiled and said," Oh seems like you met an old friend here."

Staring at Silvia for quite sometime, Richard asked," Aren't you the same girl who was with him at the restaurant?"

Placing her hand on her chest, Silvia gasped and said," I am so sorry. Have we met before? Oh I don't remember anything." Pulling Kevin's sleeves, Silvia asked," Honey did I meet him before?"

Kevin who could not take his eyes off the little drama queen who was clutching onto his sleeves like a small baby, finally understood what she was trying to do.

Deciding not to spoil her little show, Kevin cleared his throat and said," Yes we did meet him few days ago."

Silvia pouted her lips and said," Ah too bad I don't remember meeting you."

" You both are dating?" Richard asked.

Wrapping her arms around Kevin's waist, Silvia said," Yes we are. Do you have any problem with that?"

Richard slowly shook his head and said," Oh no I don't. I mean it is very strange that Mr Austin managed to find someone for himself after having a really bad breakup just a month back. He even met his ex girlfriend yesterday. So I thought may be he is still after her."

Silvia helplessly shook her head and said," Mr- Hmm what was you name?"

" Ri-"

Cutting him off, Silvia said," Whatever your name is, don't you have any shame?"

Richard frowned and said," Sorry?"

" I said don't you have any shame? You are shamelessly mentioning his ex-girlfriends name in front of me. Do you want us to have a breakup?" Silvia asked.

" No-I didn't mean to." Richard said.

Turning towards Kevin, Silvia said," Honey I don't like this friend of yours."

Seeing her flawless and perfect acting, Kevin could not help but smile and said," So we won't talk to him anymore."

" Hmm." Silvia said.

Richard raised his eyebrows when he realised how beautiful the girl standing in front of him was. Tucking his hands inside his pocket, Richard kept in staring at Silvia for a really long time.

Noticing his not so pure stare, Kevin wrapped his arms around Silvia's waist completing startling the latter.

Glaring at Richard, Kevin said," Didn't you hear what she said? She doesn't like you. So get the hell out of here if you don't wanna die."

Looking at Silvia for the last time, Richard turned around and left.

After Richards car drove out of the hospital, Silvia stepped out of his embrace and awkwardly cleared her throat.

When Silvia came outside to exchange the card with Kevin, she heard how Richard was mocking Kevin. She obviously remembered who Richard was.

Silvia wanted to just ignore it and let them be but her heart was not cooperating with her brain.

The way Richard was spouting out nonsense about Kevin, Silvia decided to follow her head and help him walk out of this situation with some pride. How could she let a egoist man like Kevin lose his face in front of his ex-girlfriends boyfriend.

Passing him the card, Silvia said," This- actually the man at the billing counter gave you the wrong card."

" Oh." Kevin said before taking out the card from his wallet and giving it to her.

" So I'll take my leave now." Silvia said before turning around ready to leave.

But before she could, Kevin grabbed her hand and said." Thank you for what you did just now. There for no need of you take all the trouble. I know you are not comfortable with all this and I keep dragging you in."

Silvia smiled and said," May be God wants to involve me in all this."

Kevin helplessly shook his head and said," Its not about God. It's about what you want."

" It was not a big thing. You can give me a burger treat next time if you want to." Silvia said.

Kevin smiled and said," Yes I will."

" Okay now I have to go." Silvia said.

Letting go her hand, Kevin said," Okay. I'll see you tomorrow then."

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