Eleanor returned to her room after her brief talk with her father. When she realized it's 2 PM, she decided to freshen up to meet her friend Myna. She got ready in exactly twenty minutes and left her home at 2.20 PM. She was wearing a red T-shirt with black jeans and had tied her hair into a high ponytail. She picked up a pair of matching shoes and wore them. After that, she called the driver and asked him to drive her to the said location. It took half an hour for her to reach the position. She knew Myna was a lazy ass, so she also knew Myna would come ten minutes late. In the meantime, she wanted to go buy a dress for Katherine as she had worn her dress.
But to her amusement, Myna was already in the said place, waiting for her eagerly. Eleanor can see the excitement and eagerness in her gossipy eyes. Her eyes were literally screaming with words, 'I need gossip!' Facepalming herself, she walked ahead.
"Eleanor!!!" Myna yelled at top of her lungs attracting the attention of others.
Eleanor felt embarrassed at the attracted attention. She quickly hurried forward and made her way to Myna. "Girl! Can't you lower your voice a bit?" She asked shaking her head.
"You know what!? I have been waiting for you for the past hour. So that I could hear some stuff between you both. But you are not coming. Even though we decided to meet at 3 PM, I wanted to hear a lot. So, I couldn't hold my excitement and came early. Every passing second made my nerves split with tension and excitement. How could you expect me to calm down?" Myna said animatedly.
"Fine. fine… Let's sit down somewhere," Eleanor said as she dragged her friend away from the crowded tables she had picked. Eleanor chose the last corner table and ordered a burger, coke and French fries for herself. While Myna literally ordered the whole menu for herself. Eleanor knew Myna would eat a lot when she hears gossip, she chose to keep quiet at this situation. And if she says a word, more Myna would order more. In front of a foodie and gossipy friend, a man with wit and knowledge would keep quiet. Eleanor felt that at least for once in her life she decided to act like a person with wit and knowledge.
"So? Did you both do it?" Myna's first question left her mouth. Eleanor felt like she committed a big crime in her past life to get a friend like this. Dammit! Apart from that, doesn't she have anything to ask?
"Don't you have any other questions to ask apart from that?" Eleanor asked with an exasperated expression.
"Aya… leave your grandma ways!" Myna said with a sigh before she took a big bite of her burger.
"Myna! You know… I want to be a virgin bride. So… I don't see it wrong with us not doing that," Eleanor said as a matter of fact.
"Eleanor, do you think your fiancé would be a virgin? I bet that I will sleep with you for a night if he was a virgin! He is not a virgin duh… Which man would stay a virgin till this age? And… it's a prideful thing for men to do that. If they didn't do it… they would be discriminated against like shit.
"And here you are preserving it like this. What if you break your marriage with him one day all of a sudden? Hmm? It's such a waste to not have a taste of that handsome flesh. So… try it. And don't think like an old grandma. And in my opinion, even a grandma is faster than you. If you don't hurry then he would slip away," Myna said.
Eleanor fell into a dilemma.
[Ele babe, if Cedric is that kind of person then it's better to leave him like that. We don't need those kinds of men in our lives.] Her heart said to her as it popped out of nowhere.
[Indeed] Her brain agreed. This was the first time they both agreed at the same.
[But he isn't that kind of man who would leave me.] Eleanor said to both devils.
[I know rye. But don't let that Myna words spoil your opinion of him. I guess… she is just testing your feelings for him. Don't let it affect you.] Her heart said as it harshly revealed Myna's intentions.
Eleanor suddenly got enlightened at Heart's words. Her eyes narrowed at her dangerously.
"Myna, you didn't stop using this trick again? Huh? He is a good man! If my brother was awake… he would find this guy for me," Eleanor said as she went into a trance.
"Indeed, as your sister-in-law, I guess I did a good job," Myna said to her.
Eleanor turned her gaze quickly towards Myna, who turned silent and sad all of a sudden. From the time of the incident, Myna was there for her and her family all of the time. She always supported the Zora family. She would even get food for them to eat when they suffered and had no money to buy food. They would feel embarrassed to even take it. But Myna made them feel way less embarrassed when she offered the food to them. They were all grateful to her.
And it's an open secret that Myna liked her brother from their childhood. But he always ignored her. Maybe he treated her like his sister or thought of her as something else. But he never showed any interest in her. Myna would help her brother all of the time if she could. But she never asked for anything in return but her brother would return it to her someway or other.
Only Eleanor knew how much Myna cried when she heard about her brother's case. When she got him admitted to the hospital… Myna made sure that she was somehow related to her brother's ward. So that she could take care of him. But… Cedric came and discharged him and shifted him to the best hospital in the whole country and brought some foreign doctors, who dealt with a similar case like this previously.. Even though she felt sad… but with the help of Cedric she knew… that was the best thing for Martin Zora.