Chapter 78

I kept on chuckling while having my meal since I wasn't able to think straight . I could not even finish my meal before heading back upstairs. I paced up and down in my room till my phone began to ring. The caller ID was Ryan. I didn't want to pick but I was curious as to why he was calling me.

"Ryan.", I mentioned his name immediately I answered the call.

"Where are you?", was what I got as a response.

"I'm home. Why do you ask?", I asked him knowing what the answer was.

"You should have come to perform your duties but you are home sleeping?"

"And who said I'm sleeping? And what duties are you talking about? Ryan please I'm not in the mood for your jokes", I told him sitting on my bed.

"You still don't believe you are my fiancé? Just wait a minute", he said

"Huh? Wait for wha…", I didn't finish my words before getting a mail from him.

"Have you seen it?", he asked me but I was quiet .

"You haven't opened it yet but you are already freezing, call me after reading it. Bye", he said and hanged up.

I quietly opened the mail to check what he had sent to me and realized it was the documents I signed earlier. With shaky hands, I tapped on it and began to read its content. After reading for a while , I finally understood why he didn't want to undergo the transplant, it was because he wasn't engaged to anyone.

'Maybe he just wanted to die', I thought to myself and continued reading. The part that got me frozen was where he was emphasizing on. "ONLY MY LIFE PARTNER WILL BE ABLE TO SIGN THIS DOCUMENT, WIFE OR FIANCÉ", I read dropping the phone on the floor.

I then understood why the doctor wanted me to be specific when I told him Ryan was my boyfriend, he knew about everything.

"How could he give such a condition even at the verge of death? Is he really serious?", I complained to no one but myself. I had Keenan to deal with and Ryan had also added his, my life was getting miserable. I took my phone dialed Ryan's number so we could talk about what I had read.

"Done?", he asked immediately he answered the call.

"How do I resolve this Ryan?", I didn't know how to make my point clearer.

"Resolve what?", he questioned.

"I'm talking about being your so called fiancé, dummy", I replied.

"Well there's nothing to be done about it, unless you just get married to me", he said and I could sense he was really feeling relaxed unlike me.

"Ts, and why would I marry you?"

"Because that's the only thing left for us to do"

"How can you be so relaxed in such a situation?", I was loosing it.

"Why won't I be relaxed? You gave me the opportunity I had always wanted , Ash"

"Opportunity? What opportunity are you talking about?", I asked confused.

"Are you a child? Do I have to explain everything to you?",he chuckled.

"You have to since you are not making it easy for me to understand ", I frankly spoke.

"I love you Ash. And you gave me that opportunity to prove to you how much I love you", he spoke and I was dumbfounded. I didn't know how to react to what I had just heard since it was totally unexpected.

"And I know you love me too, otherwise you wouldn't have cared a bit about someone like me", he continued even in my quiet state.

"Wait a minute Ryan, I love you as my very good friend. I cared for you as everyone would, please don't misinterpret it", I told him the truth.

"Because you love Keenan?", he asked an unexpected question shocking me.

"What do you mean by that?", I was curious as to where he's coming from.

"I'm not a kid Ash, I see the way you steal glances at him every time and your reaction around him is very different ", he answered my question clearing my curiosity.

"You can think whatever you want, I'm hanging up", I told him and hanged up the call.