His eyes gleamed with a ferociousness that I had never seen.

|Innaya|

"Ayesha."

Gone was the nickname as Eshan called out her name warningly. His eyes gleamed with a ferociousness that I had never seen.

"I won't repeat this ever again. Respect my life. We were childhood friends. It's been ages we have had any form of contact. For the sake of our childhood friendship, and memories, I can overlook anything, but not this. If you ever try this again, remember our friendship ends there. Now, please leave us alone for a while." Eshan almost scolded her in one of those businesslike tones.

I did not expect such kind of outburst truthfully. I thought at most he would reprimand her for her words. Here, he was talking about ending their years of friendship. His blunt words took me by surprise.

"Shan—" Ayesha called out in a choked voice.

"Leave." He did not even spare her a glance as he turned his back to her. I could see his palms fisting the balcony's railings under them forcefully.