Mafia's Vengeful Wife

Chapter 14

RUDRANEEL

The minute I got out of my car, my eyes fell on Kiara. I saw her and I don't know why, I felt something different, something really different.

Her face was dull, with swollen eyes, upset expressions. I felt guilty. I was the one who pulled her into this mess and the condition she is in right now, it's just because of me. I have never been such guilt ridden in my life, but right now, I am and this worries me. She worries me and whatever I am feeling about her, that worries me as well. But I didn't feel the urge to let my worries keep me away from her. I wanted to be near her.

I kept on looking at her and then, I don't know why I rushed towards her and caged her in my arms. I hugged her tightly. She needed that hug, I believe that.

The moment we hugged, rain poured down over us. The cold droplets of rain sent shivers down my spine and I felt like it was attacking us. I felt protective of her, I wanted to protect her from all the evil demons in the existence forgetting the fact that I am one of those demons.

As the rain drenched us both and I kept on hugging her for a long time, I sensed that she was feeling suffocated under my arms. I immediately broke the hug and looked at her. She looked in pain, but she had a smile on her face.

"Kiara, are you okay?" I mumbled as I held her arms.
"Hmm," she quietly nodded.
"Come on, let's get inside or else you would get sick," I carefully pulled her towards the car.

But she didn't respond to my pull. She stayed there, standing in one place. I looked at her and what I saw, I was completely spellbound. The pain in her eyes had vanished and she was smiling, she felt happy and I have no idea why.

"You go, and leave me alone for five minutes," she spoke, without even looking at me.
I had no plans to defy her, so I quietly nodded and took a few steps back. As the rain poured down heavily, I kept on looking at her. A smile like hers, painful yet full of hopes and love, it's something I have never seen before and so, I found myself lost in her smile.
I didn't care about the rain anymore as I kept staring at her from a meter's distance.

Looking at those eyes, I felt like she was thinking about something, maybe some old memory, something which is special to her. I felt an urge to know more about that, but I kept calm because I wanted her to cherish that moment which made her smile after such a painful day.

KIARA

As the rain poured down, there was just one name that my heart and mind screamed, Mukul. The rain was a witness of our love, our bond and our every beautiful moment.

Mumbai's rains are always heavy and are known to create havoc, but these rains always gave me beautiful memories to cherish for my entire life. A life that I would have to live without him, without Mukul.

These rains refreshed me the memories of our first kiss and that was all I needed to forget every bitter thing that happened today. All the pain that I felt in my heart vanished at once and I couldn't help but smile as I thought about it.

"Kiara, what are you doing?" He shouted as I pinched him in the back while he was pulling the scooter.
"Nothing, just having some fun," I winked at him and then walked beside him.

It was a silent yet windy night and we were returning home after watching a movie. The scooter died in the middle of the road and we had to pull it till towards our home. The weather was becoming mischievous and we understood that it would rain anytime.

"Kia, let's walk fast, I don't want to get drenched in the rains," Mukul complained.
"Oh I love rains," I playfully replied.

I was playful and always kept giggling just like a kid with him.

"I don't," he pouted.

The moment he said that the rains started gushing accompanied by thunder and we were drenched in no minutes. I laughed at the fact that just a moment ago, Mukul said that he didn't like rains and now, he is drenched completely.
He glared at me the minute he heard my laughter and it made me laugh more.
The road was empty so we had no other place to get shelter and I was having fun.

I jumped joyfully and started to enjoy the rain while Mukul made an angry puppy face.

"Ugh! I hate rains," he complained once more.
"But I love it," I winked as I played with the droplets of water.

After playing for a while, I noticed Mukul was gazing at me with a smile on his face. I know he loved to see me happy and jumping, playing with anything that I could play with. His eyes radiated the love he felt for me, and although we never confessed our love, we knew we loved each other.

That was the time I thought of a little mischief. I ran towards him, pinched him hard in his waist and ran away.

"Kia," he screeched as he ran behind me.
While I ran around him with giggles.

He ran and tried to catch me in the middle of the road, as we played together. We were full of smiles and laughter and I loved the moment.
Suddenly a bike passed by me and it was about to hit me.

I went numb and closed my eyes, I was about to scream but the bike passed right beside me as Mukul pulled me.

The moment he pulled me, I bumped into his chest and my eyes fell on him.

"Why are you so careless, Kia? The bike could have hit you," He angrily spoke.

I nodded slightly due to the fear I felt and then I opened my eyes just to look at him. He had held my waist as our bodies were pressed against each other. I felt caged in his embrace that's when I could feel he was intensely gazing at me. I couldn't look at him as I could sense my heart pounding fastly.
I felt goosebumps at the proximity and it sent nervous shivers down my spine.

I could sense his warm breath touching my forehead and it was making me nervous. I couldn't afford to look at him anymore.

"Be careful," he spoke in a husky voice, "I can't afford to lose you."

I looked at him and I had no idea why his words made my eyes teary. I couldn't control it anymore and confessed the only thing I wanted to confess for so long.

"I love you," I whispered.
Mukul looked at me surprised, he never thought that I would confess my feelings at that moment. But it made him smile blissfully.

"I love you more," he replied.
And I blushed, my cheeks were red like an apple as I hid my face in his chest.

He held my chin and lifted my face. I looked at him, and as we were lost in each other's eyes, we didn't even bother to bring our faces closer and when the heat rose in that cold rain, we kissed. We kissed for the first time and it was magical.

The rain, the empty road, that broken scooter and the hurling winds were the witnesses of our love.