He waited till she actually heads out to meet the person she was talking to on phone that afternoon....the evening set in and he went out just to pull her out of the den. As expected Ashika walked out hiding from everyone as he saw her leave while he waited at the road keeping a vigilant eye on her. Once she was finally gone he secretly followed her all along the way.
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"I am quite in a state of distress these days....the more I try to walk out of the bounds I am forced upon by situations, the more entangled they tend to become to wind me up amidst those strong chains...Genuinely speaking I kind of love this boundary...being with him was something that I yearned for since days...I don't understand when this will be over but as of now all I wish for is just to be here as a captive for him....forever..."
She closed her diary signing up below the short para she wrote. Standing by the window side she looked outside...it was a moonlit night and the moon shined making everything out there shimmer in its glow. She always loved this kind of nights, it kind of soothed her and even now she could feel herself being relieved by the kind of anxiety she is in. The lady and her husband were like a family to Nirvaan and they made sure Raina too felt the same among them...
"Raina...come have some tea.." the lady called her...
"Yeah...coming di..."
She went out and joined them in the dining room. The lady spoke up breaking the eerie silence filling up the room...
"Since how long do you both know each other?"
Raina smiled as she answered...
"Its been too long, we know each other since we were in our graduation years, luckily we got placed in the same city for the job though with differences in priorities made us stand here..." she said with a deep suspiration...
"But don't worry you never know what destiny have in store for you, maybe this time you are meeting each other just to be together for eternity.." she smiled...
Raina thought for a moment as she lost herself in deep thoughts...
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The car stopped at a distance as Nirvaan kept an eye on her by being inside his car itself. She walked out covering her face with a scarf as he saw a tall guy walking up to her....they went inside a cottage as he too hurried up and went closer. Standing outside the house he tried listening to their talks...
"Whats the matter that you called me at this hour?" he asked...
"Where is Raina...? You know well that Nirvaan took her away., I cannot ask him directly but what are you doing?" She fumed with anger over the man...
Nirvaan tried to peek inside but all he could see was a bracelet with black beads...
"What do you think he will answer me directly? No Ashika...just like you I am bound up as well....we are helpless in one way or the other..."
"I don't know about all that do something or everything gets ruined...we cannot wait for a long time we need to give this game a conclusion before Nirvaan finds out everything regarding us...Do you understand?" she asked....her voice seemed clear to Nirvaan that something big was under the covers....he needs to find it out before they find Raina...
"I totally get it, till then let us not meet....we cannot meet this way out here....if anyone gets to know it we are finished....we already killed a person we cannot take a risk," he said...
"You are right...Nirvaan must never know that I was the one who made his bride run away on the wedding night...that you were the one because of whom Hemant died even though you just landed here...." she smiled in victory...
Nirvaan was stunned to how they framed Raina hiding every trace of being caught...he waited a bit more as they completed their talk and walked out covering their faces...
He finally saw the man to be none other than Adhiraj. It came like a shock to him knowing that he was the one who did the act of a scaffold in framing Raina into everything that happened...
The duo left and he too hurriedly went back to meet Raina...
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"Nirvaan...come in..."
Asha welcomed him in...
"Where is she di?"
"Room" she smiled pointing towards the door...
He smiled as he rushed inside. Asha smiled as her husband Dev walked upto him...
"I just wish everything sets back to where it must be..." She said...
"I hope the same for them..."
They smiled at each other.
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"Raina..."
She turned to find him in her room as she stood up , he walked closer to her and took him in his embrace...
"Just hold a little longer Raina...i promise to get back things together...dont worry your parents know about your whereabouts...just a day more...and you will come up clean" he said...
Cupping her face in his he looked up into those puffy eyes...
"You dont need to cry Raina...just like your writeups changes every now and then with an unpredictable twist...this tale will change too...but till then...will you like to come with me tomorrow for spending a day together?" He asked...
"But Nirvaan"
"Please Raina"
She thought for a moment and nodded
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He smiled as he said...
"Let's meet tomorrow then...be ready at...?" He gave her a quizzical look...
"Stop it i dont take time to get ready" she smiled...
"Really? And you say this everytime...but you take at least an hour to get ready" he smiled...
"And you still drool over me even though i am always late" she smiled...
He stood nuzzled as he touched the tip of her nose and held both her hands as he whispered those words all over again...after a huge time lapse...
"I love you..."
She looked up at his eyes as she whispered back...
"I love you too"
With that he left leaving her with a happy smile over her lips. She was loving this old but still so new feeling all over again...that too with the person she always wanted to feel all these. Even these tiny moments are appearing to be the most blissful ones for her...but a fear of losing these moments too are hampering her in the long run...
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"Nirvaan"
He was about to walk up the stairs whenhe heard Ashika's voice. He wanted to vent out his frustration right there but he calmed himself down and looked down to find her dressed up in a pink night gown near the dining table...
"Yea...sorry i didnt notice you while i was moving upstairs"
He went to her as she quickly embraced him...
"I missed you... where were you all day long?"she said...
"I am so sorry i ...hey wait...all day long? I was here this evening" he said just to get her into his trap...
"Uh? Oh i think i was sleeping then...you know these medicines..." She smiled a bit...
He nodded as he asked...
"So shall we sleep now?"
"Uhm..the dinner?"
"Oh...i already had it lets go..."
She nodded. He walked ahead as she followed with a sigh...he waited eagerly just for her to make one more mistake and get herself in his chains...
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He waited eagerly just to get a glimpse of her in the dress he chose for her. He knew whenever she gets ready for him its special...he can feel his breaths stopping by just stealing a moment to have the look at her. She was something that could make him forget everything else. He waited for another long ten minutes and finally she was there. The long black maxi dress with a white shrug over her...and as he always liked it..her waves left open...
"Uhm...how do i look"
She asked...
He kept silent for some time as he finally smiled...
"I love you"
Their eyes met...like it had been ages that their eyes yearned to meet each other...like its the very first time they are locking their eyes..
"I loved you every moment ..since you left.."
They stood facing each other as their world stopped at each other...like it was forever...
In the meanwhile two more eyes scanned the duo....
©Sheena