"Please, leave him, please..." I pleaded.

The rage in Cole's eyes started to disappear. He calmed himself down and took a step back, leaving Alex's throat. His other hand was still into a fist. He turned and offered me his hand. It surprised me. I held his hand and got up. He held my hand firmly to support.

"You...you have misunderstood everything. You should have at least talked to me once!" I said to Alex in an annoyed tone.

He wiped the blood dripping down his mouth. He looked at me and then his gaze turned towards the ground.

"Cole was just helping me, I have injured myself. He was just dropping me home," I explained.

"You were not picking my calls, what was I supposed to do? I couldn't have waited any longer."

Alex took a step towards me.

"I am sorry for behaving this way," he said apologetically and tried to touch my face with his hands.

"Just leave, for now, I don't want to talk right now. I'm done!"I fumed.

"I'm so sorry,"

"Please Alex, leave..." I said. He really looked guilty. It made me feel bad but I am not in the right mind to talk now.

He turned to walk towards his car but not before glaring at Cole and nodding. I didn't understand it. He should have apologized to Cole too. I stop him and say, "Don't you think, you should apologize to him too?"

Both of them looked surprised by what I said. They looked at each other coldly for a moment. Cole swallowed and said, "It's understood. I don't need an apology,"

Alex nodded to it. He went to his car and left.

"I'm sorry for whatever happened, "I apologized to Cole.

"It's fine. Let me take you home,"

He slid his one hand on my back while the other one held my arm firmly. We started to walk slowly.

"Thank you for the ride."

"You don't need to thank me, I just did that because Jessica asked me to,"

I felt annoyed by his reply but I ignored it as he was helping me right now. My house keys were in my backpack. I realized my backpack and phone were still in Cole's car. I sent him back to bring them while I stood in front of the door.

He quickly brought my stuff. I removed keys from my backpack and opened the door. Cole was still holding my arm. He walked me to the couch and made me sit. He held his phone to his ears as he called someone.

"I'll call Jessica, you don't need to..."I tried to say but Cole cut me off.

"I'm calling a doctor,"

Why was he being so nice? Why didn't he helped me at the university when I fell? I waited for him to end the call. As soon as he ended, I asked, "Why didn't you pick me up today morning when I fell?"

"There were many others present there who could help you and it was your fault, you should have been careful," he stated.

I opened my mouth to say something but I was at a loss of words. He was still standing. I asked him to sit on a chair. He declined and said he had to go to his home for some work but he would be back soon.

After a few mins, I heard a dog barking excitedly. A dog in my neighbourhood? That would be so cool!

Cole was back soon with the doctor. I narrated him about the incident. He examined my feet and prescribed me a painkiller. He also asked me to soak my feet in hot water which would help relieve the swelling and the pain in that region. He assured me that I would feel better after some rest.

After he left, Cole asked me where the bathroom was. He went and returned with a tub of hot water. He helped me place my feet in it. I winced as it was too hot but adjusted to it soon. I could not believe that Cole was being so nice to me.

My phone rang, it was Jessica. She told me that she would be coming soon to my place with food. She would stay over until I was well.

After I was done talking to Jessica, I looked at Cole. He was standing near the window and was busy looking at his phone. His hair looked so soft. I wished I could touch them. His hazel eyes were so beautiful yet so mysterious. I wished I could read them. I wanted to trace his sharp jawline with my fingers and touch his soft lips. What the hell am I thinking! I quickly shrugged all the thoughts out of my mind.

"I need to take my dog out for a walk so I need to leave," he walked towards me and said.

If I wasn't injured, I would have probably jumped out of the couch in excitement. He had a dog! I had a dog in the house next to me!

"You have a dog! I absolutely love dogs, can I please meet him? Please..."

He looked surprised. He gave me a warm smile. 'Is Cole Harren really smiling at me? Is he alright?' I wondered.

"Sure," he said and walked out of my house.

In a few minutes, he was back with a blue and white fluffy husky puppy. I almost screeched with happiness. I asked him to bring it to me. His fur was so soft. I showered him with kisses. I read the name tag on his collar, the name 'Theodore' was inscribed on it.

"He is so cute!" I said looking at Cole.

He was looking at me and Theodore with a bright smile. He just nodded in reply. 'He looks so good when he smiles, he should smile more often, ' I thought to myself.

It looked like he was in a pleasant mood so I decided to take upon this opportunity and asked him, "Will you please tell me what's between you and Alex. I really need to know!"

His expression changed in a jiffy.

"Why don't you ask your boyfriend about it? I am not going to answer this, no matter how many times you ask," he said in an annoyed tone and snatched Theodore from my arms and started walking out of my house.

"Fine! I'll find it on my own you jerk!" I snapped.

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