The Binding String

S E V E N T Y - F I V E

"But she thinks you are ready to leave your wife, how will you fix it."

"That's not my fault Vikram. We were never involved romantically with each other, ask her if I ever approached her differently or acted as a lover or something. If she made some notion in her head than it's not my concern."

"It is your damn concern, she is not ready to stay with me just because of you." Vikram continued to allege Raman, the hint of anger and frustration didn't left his face.

"Really!! What about your abusive behaviour with her? If she drifted away from you than the reason is you Vikram. I think you need to introspect where you fell wrong." Raman Kumar Bhalla never takes allegations from anyone, Vikram was no different for him. He huffed with annoyance and continued to pass death glares to Vikram who was sitting with an expressionless face.

"I guess you're fed with lies and lies and I might not be able to clear your misconception soon but you need to know that I love her so much that I can't even think about hurting her in my dreams.

And yes you have done wrong by giving her chance to enter in your life. I wish if you was aware from her intentions earlier, I wish if you know." Raman frowned listening Vikram words, he dragged a chair and sat next to him. He need to listen his side as well, giving deaf ears to his words is not a sensible thing.

"What intention Vikram?"

"She was always attracted towards you Raman, I know that. Your personality always attracted her and now years later when you met her and hinted about your troubled marriage, she used it as an opportunity to rekindle the old flame."

"What rubbish Vikram. Me and Samaira were just batchmates nothing else. We never shared a proper conversation with each other in those two years than how the f**k she developed liking towards me?" Raman threw hands in the air unable to get Vikram words.

"You was too busy to notice the same Raman, my wife herself told me about her feelings towards you." Raman racked his fingers through his hairs looking at Vikram, he need to calm and listen what he is going to share with him.

"Samaira Patel, the only daughter and princess of Patel Empire. The girl born with golden spoon who got everything on her snap of finger. Only girl among four siblings, she always been an apple of an eye by her parents. Her multi-millionare parents made sure  to fulfill every wish of her and that was the only mistake they made.

Studying in IIM Ahmedabad was one of her wish which her father fulfilled by providing her seat under ministerial quota and there she saw you for the first time. A tough, rude guy who never pays heed towards any girl.

That's how you used to be, right Raman?"

"Hmm.....did she told you everything?" Raman was amazed the way Vikram shared details regarding his college life.

"Yes, she told me everything Raman, maybe that's why I am able to calculate how things turned out  between you two." Vikram replied, the tension between them started to get thinner and the men were comfortable with each other. Raman couldn't help to stop himself from recalling few faded memories of the past when Samaira used to approach him for work related things and how he barely responded her advances.

"Samaira was studying in the final year when I met her in a wedding and lost my heart to her. It wouldn't be wrong to say that it was love at first sight for me. I was making billions in my business that time and I knew I can definitely apporch her father for the marriage prospectus. Surprisingly her father didn't reject my proposal and he fixed a date for us. Samaira was humble and soft with me in our first meeting, it lasted hours where we shared laughter and smiles. By the end of that meeting, I realised I was already in love with her.