When she finally stopped crying, he gave her his handkerchief to wipe away her tears. She took it and they stood silent for a while. He gave her his jacket and stood beside her. “Thanks, I feel a lot better now,” she said with a shaky voice. “Glad to hear it. I was so nervous when I thought that you were in trouble. Glad you are safe.” He raised her expectations even higher with those words. “He was worried for me?” “By the way,” he placed his hands on her shoulders lightly and made her turn to him. She looked up with a puzzled face. “There’s something I want to clarify with you. Will you answer it?”. His eyes were all serious. He wasn’t just joking or anything. He was quite pissed off by something. She looked sideways then lifted her eyes at him again. “I’ll answer it,” she