Chapter 219 - Why are you being so cold to me?

|Innaya|

The glass door was pushed inside, and a nurse entered carrying a tray. Did she enter the wrong room? Around fifteen minutes ago, the attending doctor had informed us that I could leave soon. We were waiting for Eshan to return. He did not return, instead, this new nurse was coming in. 

"Excuse me, Sir. Please wait outside, I need to check the patient, and give infusion," she politely asked Arjun.

What infusion? Since, when twisted ankles needed infusion for the recovery of the patient? Blinking, I pushed back the tears in my eyes and swallowed the lump formed in my throat. The words Arjun said revolved in my head, forcing me to think if I was the wrong one in this whole ordeal.

Arjun stood up protectively before my bedside, scrutinizing what she had in that tray. "Why infusion? The doctor has prescribed some painkillers. What is this all about?" 

"Sir, this is saline. The doctor instructed me to. If you have any questions, you can ask the doctor. I need to do my work, please." She moved aside and opened the door, gesturing Arjun to leave.

Arjun folded his arms across his chest, refusing to budge. He was being skeptical about the whole thing, and so was I.

Where had Eshan run off to? I craned my neck to look outside. There was no one.

I remembered waking up alone in the bed when I had accused him of infidelity. At that time also, I had wakened up in the hospital with Arjun by my side. Eshan was nowhere to found. Was history repeating itself?

Being left alone once again by Eshan would break me from within. I would not be able to gather myself together this time. I had taken all the efforts of hiding the truth about his mother so that I did not have to separate from him. If things were going to end on that note, I would have rather told him the truth.

He knew the truth and after witnessing everything, I realized Eshan had planned the happenings of today. I had my questions for him, but no issues were valuable than him.

I needed to find him.

I could not let him go.

Forgetting that my ankle currently needed rest and no pressurized movement, I decided to get down from the bed. Finding Eshan was my highest priority. 

A sharp pain shot out in my calf as I made a move. Gritting my teeth to bear the pain, I took a moment to let the pain die down. 

A familiar pair of hands held my shoulders when my feet were about to touch the hospital floor, feeling his warmth my worried heart finally decided to settle down. 

"Please wait outside for a moment," Eshan asked the nurse politely. His face again was the expressionless mask of indifference. The door was closed as the nurse nodded and left. Eshan helped me to my previous position on the bed with a couple of pillows to raise my hurt ankle. He did not scold me for my carelessness. That realization pinched my heart.

Arjun sat back in the chair, leaving no place by my bedside for Eshan to sit which earned him a glare from Eshan.

"Arjun, get out," Eshan commanded. He then walked to the foot of the bed and stood with folding his arms across his chest. I instantly felt the loss of his warmth. 

"It's not up to you to decide." Arjun ignored him as he looked at me. "Would it hurt you to think about your health?" He was speaking about me trying to move, despite my ankle being sprained. 

How would he understand how much anguish I had gone through in those few moments? It felt as if my heart was being torn apart. I had once been through those two months of torture, I did not want a repeat of that. We could have our differences, but I wanted him before my eyes. My eyes greedily roamed over Eshan.

I wanted to be reassured of his presence.

"Huh…" Eshan snorted. His face held the irritation as well as faint signs of anger. "It would be a wonder if she does that." 

"Your dear sister here." Eshan pointed his finger at me. I lowered my gaze reflexively with the stern glare he looked at me. "She loves to play around with her health. Her hemoglobin was 6.9. Instead of working on improving her health, she is too busy to even take her medication properly. It's 5.5 now."

I lowered my head more and wished I could somehow become invisible. For the past month, I had been immersed in my guilt and problems. Thinking about my hemoglobin and health had been the last thing on my mind. 

"What? Are you serious?" Arjun asked with disbelief like he could not believe. 

"Her CBC report."

"Innaya?" Arjun called my name. 

Raising my head, I glanced at him. There was a CBC report in his hand which he pushed to me. I quietly took the report from his hand.

"It's your fault. How did you look after her?" Arjun snapped at Eshan.

"We can decide whose fault it is once we go out of this hospital. For now, get out." Eshan refused to engage in talks with Arjun for he asked Arjun to leave.

I frowned. Though, he wanted me to take the infusion, why Arjun had to go out. The process was simple. They would just insert the needle in my vein, and the rest of the work would be done once the saline was slowly released in my vein. Everything would be done by the nurse. The presence of others in the room was not something that would interrupt the process or me. 

"Getting infusion isn't something personal that I have to get out," Arjun said. 

He exactly spoke my inner thoughts. Eshan's demand for sending Arjun out of the room was beyond me. Did he want to speak with me in private? If it was the case, then I wanted Arjun to leave. However, if he was going to remain passive then what was the point of it?

Eshan glanced at me as if he wanted me to ask Arjun to leave. Until I knew the matter, why would I? 

"Alright, if you want me to spell it out, I will," Eshan stressed on the last part. "She's hurt on her back. The nurse needs to take a look at her back to know the extent of her injury. Will you now get out?" Eshan kept his eyes on me. 

Scene of Eshan's mother throwing her metal clutch at Fortune. Me rushing out to shield him from getting hurt. It all flashed before my eyes. 

Nothing left Eshan's mind and keen eyes. He was able to take note of that, and he even talked to the doctor about it. Why for the twisted ankle my blood sample was drawn now made sense to me. 

In the shadows to what lengths this man was determined to go for me?

The respect he had earned from me would always increase in my heart because of his thoughtfulness. 

"You could have said this early. I'll wait outside, and we're not done yet." Arjun left giving me a look that said, we would continue.

The nurse entered once Arjun left. Eshan took the chair which Arjun had occupied. He sat quietly, observing the nurse's action. 

"It's a slight abrasion. There's no need to look at my back," I told her. denying that she did not need to look at my back. I had my reasons. If I allowed her to take a look at my back, she would notice my previous scar. I did not like people asking me about it.

"Okay," she replied. 

She was very efficient in her work as she quickly found my vein, inserted the needle, and started the drip. She then left after pointing to the button beside my bed to call her once the drip would be about to over. I nodded, thanking her. 

I turned my head on the pillow, looking at Eshan. He had his eyes fixed on the cast on my feet. 

"Why are you being so cold to me? Do you also think it's my fault?" I quietly asked when he continued to be silent.