The Protector

chapter 32#"A victorious Surrender"

He was running and opening the doors of each and every room of the house....

"Aek baar to trust ker sakta ha naa ...bola naa age se nahi hoga.."

He was cursing himself for making her suffer all that time....He went out into the garden ...her usual sitting place...it was raining heavily for the past few hours...the hain was so heavy that he couldn't even drive properly on his way back...
"Aek baar to trust ker sakta ha naa...bola naa age se nahi hoga..."
Her pleading eyes flashing before him...were making him even more  miserable...it made him regret everything...he did...she was not in the garden....

"Mere se wapis normally baat kare ga?"
Twinkling eyes and an infectious smile...his throat started to hurt.... everything before his eyes started to get blurred and it wasn't because of the rain...but he kept looking.

"To mere hone ya na hone se tumhn koi farq nahi parhta?"
Her last words echoed in his ears...his harsh treatment would have hurt her badly...he knew how sensitive she was...still she bared all his shouting and harsh words...just so that he could forgive her... how could he do that to her...how could he make her go through this...he hated himself that most right now ...

After searching the whole house madly ...he was now standing infront of the only place he didn't want to search....the main gate....he didn't even know what would he do if he came to  know that she left....one thing was for sure...he would find her even if she has gone to the opposite end of the world...and he would not rest until he did that...but the realisation that during all that time that he spent in that fuckin stupid hotel having dinner....she was out on the streets ...cold in the rain... vulnerable to kind of bad things...was pure mental torture...

"Please Shehnaaz don't let me go through all of that again..." He gulped as he approached the guards at the gate...they stood up seeing him coming.

"Have you seen... Shehnaaz go out?" he tried to sound composed but his heart was thudding in his chest...

"No sir...you yourself gave us strict orders not to let her leave alone...we would have stopped her even if she tried to go out ...but she didn't come here in the first place."

He let out a sigh of relief...his heart beat returning back to normal ...
He sat on the chair of the guard... holding his head in both hands...the past few minutes that he spent searching for her... seemed to drain all his energy...he was tired...his brain seemed to shut down...

Her face kept flashing before his eyes.... distracting him...the smile that failed to reach her eyes...was stopping him from thinking clearly...all he could think about was how beautiful she looked ...she was there right before him just a few hours ago ...with in his reach...so close he could touch her if he just raised his hand...
He raised his head...and looked at the terrace of his house...where she was just little while back.... suddenly something clicked in his head...."fu*k!" Why didn't he think of it earlier...if she hasn't gone out...she must be up there all that time...yes it made perfect sense...it was the only place he hadn't searched...but then her words rang in his ear and his heart stopped...what if she had done anything stupid..?

"To mere hone ya na hone se tumhn koi farq nahi parhta?"
A thought consumed his mind...what if she had jumped off from the other side of the building... nobody could have heard her ...his heart sank to his feet...and the next thing he knew he was running towards the terrace without wasting a second...with his heart hammering in his chest...he was taking two stairs at a time ....as soon as he opened the door he could see her...there she was right infront of him... sitting at the same spot where he had left her a few hours ago...a sudden rage filled his heart...he walked briskly towards her.... grabbed her hand and made her stand.
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