He smiled and said “you can also call me Charles only”. He left while I sat at the table and waited. Then he came back with the course material and pulled up a chair and sat next to me.
He showed me the books and explained everything in detail. Now we were both sitting side by side with him getting me started with the course. He opened his laptop and played a few training videos explaining pronunciation and making me repeat line by line.
I was totally engrossed and lost track of everything. Then he said it was time for a quick tea break. This was when I realised that his hand was resting behind on my lower back with nearly half on my butt.
I simply ignored it and got up and went with him for tea. After we took tea from the vending machine Charles said “please follow me to the terrace Uma”. I asked “why? We can have tea here only like everyone else”.
He said “no, I want to have a smoke”. I went with him. We went to a secluded corner where a make shift bench was there with an ash tray. We were the only two people there.
I said “it doesn’t look like many people smoke here”. He said “no, the actual smoking corner is on the other side, this is my private space. Moreover, we have come after the normal break time”.
We sat down again side by side and I continued sipping my tea. Charles lit a cigarette, he looked at me and asked “so how are you related to Mr. Krishna”? I said “he is my distant relative”.
He said “Oh okk, there is something I am dying to tell you but I am not sure how to say it”. Earlier his hand on my butt and now sitting so close I think I knew where this was heading.
In a playful tone I said “well for starters you can use your mouth”. We both laughed at this, then he said “I want to say that I am in awe of your beauty”. I replied “thank you Charles”.
He said “don’t get me wrong Uma, but I am unable to take my eyes off you”. I stayed quiet without reacting because I am sure he meant to say “his hands too”.
I saw him stub his cigarette now and our tea cups were also empty. So I said “can we get back to class now”? He looked at me with a perplexed look, then we got up and went back to class.
To be continued….
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