Raymond slowly finished his coffee and walked toward Gate number 19 . Boarding was just starting and as he was a Business cla.s.s pa.s.senger, he went in ASAP . He kept his laptop out and stowed his bag . He again immersed himself into his laptop, planning new strategies as to how to poach in new investors .

The flight was about to take off . Raymond was really glad to see the seat to his left empty . He really hated when people snored around him . Since it was a 23 hours flight he just wanted to relax . He was just about to hibernate his laptop as per the takeoff protocol when he saw a flight attendant escorting the girl with whom he had the coffee spilling encounter today .

She looked pretty distant and broken . She looked tired too . There was something about her that drew his attention . Something very sincere . She looked very frail and sank into her seat immediately . Then she started looking out of the window .

Raymond was shocked to find himself drawn towards her .

"What is wrong with her?"

"Why is she in such a state?" all these questions were swirling inside Raymond's head .

Raymond in general was never interested in women . Never preferred to speak with them until was related to work . He was never involved in any romantic relations.h.i.+p before . He always felt that falling in love was just a waste of time . And according to him, there were far better things to do in life than fall in love . He literally loathed women . He had his own reasons to do so .

Just then the flight attendant came and asked the girl to put the seatbelt on . It was only then that Raymond realized she was still crying . He saw her putting a fake plastered smile on her face for the attendant as she was worried about her . She told her that she was ok when clearly she was not .

After a few minutes, the flight took off . Raymond moved his glance and started to re-focus on his pending work . Seat belt signs were now off and he switched on to full work mode . As it was a super early flight the lights were switched off for people to sleep . Raymond had his reading light on to complete his work on the laptop . Even though his fingers were swiftly moving on his keyboard, he was still stealing occasional glances at her every now and then . He was unsure whether he was worried or just curious about her .

Tears were finding their path down her cheeks . But even in pain she still looked beautiful . Her hair was messy with strands falling all over her face . She was a n.o.body for him, but her tears were shaking him to the core . The moment he saw her wiping her tears with her sleeves he felt a lump in his throat . "Why is she affecting me so much?", Raymond wondered . And in the next moment, he called the flight attendant and asked for some water and tissues for the damsel in distress .

Raymond was himself surprised with his own actions . He was a man of few words who considered women 'morally repugnant' .

'Chivalry' was so not him .

Raymond slowly finished his coffee and walked toward Gate number 19 . Boarding was just starting and as he was a Business cla.s.s pa.s.senger, he went in ASAP . He kept his laptop out and stowed his bag . He again immersed himself into his laptop, planning new strategies as to how to poach in new investors

.

.

The flight was about to take off . Raymond was really glad to see the seat to his left empty . He really hated when people snored around him . Since it was a 23 hours flight he just wanted to relax . He was just about to hibernate his laptop as per the takeoff protocol when he saw a flight attendant escorting the girl with whom he had the coffee spilling encounter today

.

.

She looked pretty distant and broken . She looked tired too . There was something about her that drew his attention . Something very sincere . She looked very frail and sank into her seat immediately . Then she started looking out of the window

.

Raymond was shocked to find himself drawn towards her

.

"What is wrong with her?" .

"Why is she in such a state?" all these questions were swirling inside Raymond's head

.

Raymond in general was never interested in women . Never preferred to speak with them until was related to work . He was never involved in any romantic relations.h.i.+p before . He always felt that falling in love was just a waste of time . And according to him, there were far better things to do in life than fall in love . He literally loathed women . He had his own reasons to do so

.

.

Just then the flight attendant came and asked the girl to put the seatbelt on . It was only then that Raymond realized she was still crying . He saw her putting a fake plastered smile on her face for the attendant as she was worried about her . She told her that she was ok when clearly she was not

.

.

After a few minutes, the flight took off . Raymond moved his glance and started to re-focus on his pending work . Seat belt signs were now off and he switched on to full work mode . As it was a super early flight the lights were switched off for people to sleep . Raymond had his reading light on to complete his work on the laptop . Even though his fingers were swiftly moving on his keyboard, he was still stealing occasional glances at her every now and then . He was unsure whether he was worried or just curious about her

.

.

Tears were finding their path down her cheeks . But even in pain she still looked beautiful . Her hair was messy with strands falling all over her face . She was a n.o.body for him, but her tears were shaking him to the core . The moment he saw her wiping her tears with her sleeves he felt a lump in his throat . "Why is she affecting me so much?", Raymond wondered . And in the next moment, he called the flight attendant and asked for some water and tissues for the damsel in distress

.

Raymond was himself surprised with his own actions . He was a man of few words who considered women 'morally repugnant'

.

'Chivalry' was so not him