Love me till the end- A neoteric enchantment #yourstoryindia

Chapter 8

Chapter 8 : (Anaya's POV)

I looked out at the night lights as Rohit drove the car in silence. He didn't talk to me and I really appreciated it. I stared at the passing city crowd and I couldn't help but think about him. Rahul. I thought I loved him. If not love, I was very sure that I cared for him deeply. I knew he had too many girls around but I didn't know that he could stoop this low. I thought about the days he spent with me at my place. I cherished them. He was very sweet. I remembered the times when he used to wake me up with a kiss and a coffee in hand. I remembered the way he used to look at me when I was feeding him. I thought I saw love. I was angry with myself that I was finding it difficult to reciprocate his feelings but how wrong I was! There was no love there at all. It was all manipulation. Fresh tears began pouring out of my eyes when I felt a hand on my shoulders. That was when I noticed that the car had come to a stop and saw Roh looking at me with an expression I couldn't actually formulate. "We are here" he whispered. I nodded and opened the door. He came over the other side and helped me out of the car. I stepped out and stood in front of him with my head down. He placed his hands on my chin and lifted my face. He looked into my eyes and said "you don't have to shield me out you know" he said and that was when I lost it. I hugged him tight and broke down completely. He held me tightly never asking me to stop crying which I was very glad about. He held me patiently for quite some time until I stopped crying and then pulled away, never letting go of me. "You know he isn't worthy enough for any of this right?" he asked me pointing his tear stained shirt and I couldn't help but smile. I nodded my head and looked at him. He looked back with too much care that I could only think about how lucky I was to have Roh by my side. "You wanna talk about it?" he asked me and I nodded. He put his hands on the small of my back and led me upstairs. He took us to his house and to the balcony. He made me sit there and went inside. He came back with a glass of water and a plate of cookies. "Here" he said. "Have some. This ll help" I smiled and took them. We sat silently for a while and finally I decided to talk. "I was always unhappy with the way I was treating him you know? To me, to love someone was so important. I couldn't do it as easy as he did or so he told me. I couldn't reciprocate it no matter how sweet he tried to be. I couldn't let him in. But I really, really liked him. I cared for him deeply. I guess I actually was moving towards the point where I was ready to fall in love with him. But thank god I didn't. I am glad that I caught him before that. But it hurts Roh. It killed me when he spoke about me like that. I know I am no arm candy but am I nothing at all? Am i-" but before I could finish Rohit's hands were on my cheeks as he held my face.

"Don't you dare finish that Anaya! You have to be sure about who you are trying to insult" he said with a small smile. "Let me tell you what you really are. You are one amazing girl Anaya. You are just mind blowing. You are beautiful, witty, caring and one of the sweetest girls that I have ever known. I don't really care what you have gotta say about you because I know the real you. The kind hearted and the most amazing girl that I have ever gotten the chance to get to know. So please don't put yourself down just because there is an asshole who isn't even worthy enough to let you know of his existence so don't you dare" he said and I couldn't help but grin. He grinned back at me and at that moment I almost forgot what I went through just an hour earlier. But then it all came back and fresh tears started to pour down my cheeks. I hugged him tight and buried my face into his chest. He held me close and let me cry for a few moments and at that moment I realized that this guy would be there for me no matter what and I felt safe with him for some reason and it felt contented to be held by him. It should have made me uncomfortable but it was just the opposite and I never felt this safe with anyone, not even Rahul.

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A month passed by and things were getting back to normal. Rohit and I fell back to our usual routine which was drive together to the steam room, have breakfast, drive to work, get back home, make dinner at one of our places, watch a movie or two together and crash. We were getting really closer to each other and I couldn't exactly deny that my feelings towards him were changing. I was sitting at my cabin at work and simply staring at my system screen when I heard a ping on my phone. I unlocked it and saw a message from Rohit. "Concentrate" it said. I looked up towards his cabin which was directly opposite to mine on the other side of the hall. He grinned at me and I grinned back and looked back at my phone. I saw his display picture had been changed. I enlarged it to see a picture of me and him that we had taken over the weekend at the beach. I smiled thinking about that day.

It was a pleasant day and so Rohit and I decided to take a walk at the beach. We walked for quite some distance and then sat down by the warm sand facing the beach. Rohit had to attend a call from his mother and so I opened my snapchat and started playing with the filters. I was raising my eyebrows and opening my mouth for each filter when I realized that Rohit was watching me with amusement. I turned to him and gave him a grin and then turned the camera to face him. We ended up taking too many pictures with different filters. Then there was this picture of both of us having dog ears and tongue. "I love this picture" I said. "I don't" he said in a grumpy voice. "Oh come on Roh, this picture is awesome" I said with a grin. "Absolutely not, I am gonna delete it" he said and I laughed.

That very picture was what was kept as his display picture. I opened the status option and it said "Well she liked it" and I felt my heart flutter. I looked up again to see him concentrating hard on his computer screen and scribbling something down. He looked up after a few seconds, gave me a grin and turned back to the screen while I looked at him from afar. There is no point in denying how good Rohit looked. He towered over my tall frame and for the first time I looked short near a guy giving in to my height of 5 10". The guy must be somewhere around 6 3" and he did have a very good body being the gym freak he is. I don't really know where he finds time to work out. A girl wouldn't hesitate to fall for a guy with such good looks and a sweet personality. He was perfect but I found it difficult to move beyond Rahul. It's not about Rohit, no matter who the guy was, I was not ready to move on and find someone again. With those thoughts on mind, I got back to work.

Before we knew it, it was Friday evening and I just couldn't wait to get back home from work. That particular week had been so stressful that I was practically begging for a break and I was glad that I was finally getting it. I walked out the office building towards the car parking. Rohit had gone out for a meeting with a client along with our boss and he was waiting for me in the car parking. I made my way towards his car when I noticed him talking with a girl. She looked new and as I got closer, I couldn't help but feel how good she looked. She was not too tall but definitely shorter than me. She had porcelain skin and straight jet black hair with brown highlights. She wore a short black dress and knee length boots. I had to admit, she could make any guy fall for her easily and that didn't go well with me. Especially concerning the guy that stood laughing with her. I was confused. Why was I feeling jealous? I looked at Rohit and I couldn't help but be relieved at the fact that he didn't look flustered by her close presence at all. In fact he looked way too professional in his behaviour but she was far from being professional. Her hands moved to his arms every few seconds. She occasionally touched his shoulders and once even tried to move his hair away from his face but he kindly declined. "Damn that bitch!" I thought. I was frowning as I walked towards them and as soon as I reached them Rohit saw me and his grin grew wider and I couldn't help but smirk. Why was I doing this again? I had no idea. But I didn't like the idea of him being with her.

"Hey hun" he said and my smile grew wider. "Hey Rohit, how did the meeting go?" I asked as I stood in front of him completely ignoring her presence."Went well, I just got back" he said and a sudden gush of wind made his hair fall over his eyes and I moved it off of his face. He looked at me and grinned. But then as if he had recognized that we had company, he turned towards her and said, "Mayra, meet Anaya. Anaya this is Mayra. She is new to our company and she is joining us from Monday" he said. I smiled and shook her hand but she was not happy meeting me. I could see the reason obviously. I was getting to do things that she couldn't. Scored bitch! I thought. What was wrong with me? "Is she working here too?" she asked and her voice was sweet in a very fake sense and I could categorize her almost immediately and I sensed so much trouble."Yes" I replied with a smile again and turned to Rohit. "Shouldn't we get going? We have plans tonight remember?" I asked him and he smiledagain. "Of course, how will I forget?" he asked. "You have plans? I thought we could go out tonight Rohit?" asked Mayra with her hands once again touching Rohit and I couldn't help but roll my eyes at her. She couldn't keep her claws off of him for one second. "Maybe some other time Mayra,I have plans now" he said smiling at her, completely oblivious to her disappointment. She nodded at him and glared at me. I ignored her and tried to walk off but Rohit held my hand. "Wait a second" he said and turned towards her. "I'll see you around" he smiled at her and turned to me without even waiting for her reply. He put his hand around my shoulders and walked off with me talking about our plans completely ignoring her stares and glares. 

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