Chapter 183 - I wanted to share this with you

|Innaya|

I ignored his suggestive winks. The matter I wanted to share was above everything, I could not get distracted. I had to share the good news with him. I looked down and caught Fortune's eyes. 

Gosh. I couldn't avert my gaze from him. I have never found a dog as cute as I found Fortune.

I grinned brightly, my eyes twinkling in the surprise. For a moment, I feared that I would strain my jaw with how widely I had stretched my lips. What I had achieved was something to feel proud of. For years, I had been in the shadows fearing a species that could not be any more friendly. Dogs were considered the most sought after pet species.

Today, my fears were cast aside. I had taken a step forward, breaking the shackles of my past, how could I not feel proud?

I had never thought that I would ever be able to get rid of my fear of dogs. I had never thought that I would be able to stand without shaking around a dog. I had never thought that I would be able to bring myself to develop fond of them.

Wriggling a little, I managed to break free from his hold. Right before Eshan's eyes, I squatted on the ground. Eshan's hand was left hanging outstretched in the air, as he watched me with surprised filled eyes. My heart began racing as I was about to take the step that I could not keep calm about.

"This, I wanted to share this with you," I said as I glanced at Fortune, and then back at him. Some sort of realization seemed to be dawning on him as his lips slightly parted. The amount of happiness that I had in my heart made me feel that it would burst out.

I could not take a chance of him stopping me, so I brought my palm to Fortune's head and started caressing it. Fortune plopped on the ground letting me do whatever I wanted.

"Aww... Do you like it? You like it, honey?" I gently cooed. My smile widened as I continued touching his warm skin.

With my face holding victorious and proud expressions, I turned my head and tilted it upward to take a look at Eshan's expression. Was he shocked? Surprised? Happy? I wanted to know what he felt at the moment.

"What the!"

"Pfft..." I laughed out aloud. With his jaw dropped in surprise, eyes widened in shock, and his body bent down in an awkward position with his hand reaching out for my shoulder, he presented a hilarious picture.

I could not stop my laughter. He looked truly adorable. My laughter seemed to have startled him because he started falling forward. Quickly reaching out, I supported him. He would have crushed Fortune otherwise.

"What is there to be so shocked about? I'm just touching him." I unhappily muttered, but deep inside I was feeling happy.

"How? What? I mean... Damn! Are you okay? Do you think we need to see the doctor? What about your cynophobia? Wait..." Eshan looked lost for the words as he sat beside me. I could see how worked up he had got.

"Hey, hey... Eshan, calm down. I'm okay. This is what I wanted to share with you. I defeated my cynophobia. I made progress with Fortune. Now not only I can freely touch him while having him around, I no longer feel the slightest bit of fear from him," I happily announced my feelings.

Fortune snorted beside me as his eyes were fixed on Eshan's face. Why did it seem like he found Eshan's reaction stupid?

Never mind. I was happy with the reaction I received from Eshan.

I watched Eshan glancing at my hand which was caressing Fortune, then at Fortune, and then his eyes turned to me again.

"Haha..." Eshan laughed once he got over the shock. "Wonderful. It's wonderful. Congratulations my dear wife." He clapped his hands.

His happiness was contiguous because I started smiling too. I could just keep looking at him like that.

"When did this happen? How did you do it?" He turned his inquiring gaze at me. He seemed curious and that was what I had expected so it didn't surprise me.

"In the afternoon. It happened just like that," I replied, recalling how I had taken that small little initiative, and rest happened on its own.

"That's why you called," Eshan muttered to himself. "I missed it. Damn it." He looked a bit disappointed.

"Don't worry, I have recorded the video," I gently added. Eshan patted my head ruffling my hair as if I was a child. The mere mention of me having recorded the video has him smiling so lovingly.

Sitting like this with him and Fortune was also good. This calmness, peace was slowly calming down my nerves.

I leaned against Eshan while my hand did not stop rubbing Fortune's fur. Arjun had really maintained him well.

"Arjun really looked after him well. Fortune is such a good boy," I voiced out my thoughts. My eyes never left Fortune's. His head rested on his front paws as he silently received my pampering. My heart could not resist his cuteness.

How could I have missed something like this for so long? If I had known, having a dog felt like this, relaxed you mentally, I could have had tried every means to try and get over my fears.

Nonetheless, it was never too late. If not for Arjun to drop Fortune at our place, I would still be stuck with my cynophobia. Once again, directly or indirectly, Arjun had helped me in dealing with my problems.

"True. Arjun loves Fortune very much. Sometimes he sleeps holding Fortune in his bed. I wonder, how he is managing without him." Eshan sighed. His eyes held a faraway look in them. Even his tone expressed his worry for his friend.

Did he really not know where Arjun was? What if, Arjun was in any problem? I had not received any calls from him. I had called him today as well, but the response I got was the operator saying mobile was switched off. What was going on with him?

I stopped caressing Fortune. Slightly pulling back, I looked at his face, asking him, "Do you have any other number of his? I had called him in the afternoon, but it said switched off. I'm feeling that things are not well at his end."

I hoped he would not get jealous as he had gotten in the morning. Truthfully, he wasn't jealous. He just wanted to pull my leg. However, his legs got pulled by that woman in the morning. Recalling her face, I could not help but compare my timid, introvert, shy personality with her outspoken, bold, and confident one.

Even the clothes she wore were the ones I could never think to wear.

Eshan's sigh stopped my mind from going into the overdrive. He rested his chin on top of my head. "No, Tesoro. We can't contact him unless he wants to. I also feel that be should not be any problem, but if he's, let's pray that he get back unharmed."

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