He had made the mistake of falling dick-first into his best friend's wife. Whenever he explained this to someone (like his cold fish of a wife, or her...endless chain of therapists, for instance), he was immediately angered by their first response which always seemed to be "How COULD you?!!?" How he would love, just once, to tell them EXACTLY how he could have done it. It wasn't rocket science. It was one of the few completely simple things that had ever happened to him. The person who insisted. “Why do you care where I was? I’ve already paid my rent for the week.” He looked away and then turned back towards her. “Unless, of course, you miss me. If that’s the case, I have some time right now, and I’m sure your mother won’t mind if you take a short break.”For half a second, Tabi looked like she was considering his offer, but Vel put a stop to any such thoughts. “I’ll mind her taking a break. She needs to clean this place and start the stew before the lunch crowd starts pouring in. She’s. I found a box of tissues and brought them to her. I wanted to know what the tears were all about. ‘It’s awkward telling you,’ she said. ‘You love him?’ I asked, not expecting her answer. ‘He’s fallen in love with me,’ she said. ‘It goes against the original parameters of what we originally agreed to. He still has no plans to leave his wife, but he believes I’m exclusive to him. She took a deep sigh, lifted her head to look at me and said, ‘I have feelings for you, all of them unrequited. And I. Sophia and I had a good day it was fun and relaxed and we got to know each other’s personalities.When we got back to the room, I had her come into my room and I showed her the interconnected doors. “There are two doors, one on my side and one on yours. I can lock my side and you can lock yours. This is where I’m living and sleeping while I’m here in Delhi. It’s also where I’m working. I’ll leave my side unlocked so like this morning when you had to knock and I was on the phone you could have.