||Just One Breath Away-AN FF~VM pg 122|| - Page 48

Abhi stood under the shower, letting his anger slowly wash away with the cool water. The water, emerging in thin jets from the shower hit his back sharply, almost hurting. But it felt good.

He didn't know why he felt so angry all of a sudden. Nikki must have left the phone somewhere again.

But didn't she know he was going to call? Didn't she even expect him to call? And even if he forgot, she should have called him once…he didn't even get a missed call from her in the whole day.

Turning off the shower, he grabbed a fluffy white towel off the rack and dried himself, pondering over the fact that he hadn't heard his phone ring even once, and he had taken it into the shower with him.

Dried, he reached for his clothes. Making a face when he realised that he had forgotten to bring his clothes in his frustration, he wrapped the towel around his waist and stepped out of the bathroom.

He walked over to his cupboard, droplets of water that had dripped from his hair glistening on his shoulders. He pulled out a pair of black tracks and pulled them on.

As if suddenly remembering something, he put his hands on his hips and turned around to glare at his phone, which lay innocently on the bedside table, on charge. Forgetting about the vest he had planned to wear, he closed the cupboard and walked to the phone, checking it for any proof of Nikki missing him.

Not finding any he moodily set the phone back down and lay down on the bed. After a few minutes of fuming, he switched the bedside lamp off, pulled the covers over his head and gave in to a fitful sleep, worried about how Nikki was doing and angry because they hadn't talked once in 24 hours.