Dev Khurrana
I was walking towards my car with her hand in mine.
"Mr. Khurrana! What the hell are you trying to do?" She asked irritated.
I just opened the passenger side door of my car and gestured her to get in.
She just folded her hands on her chest & said
"I won't get it in. You can't order me around like this." She said glaring at me.
Pinching the bridge of my nose, I was really trying hard to control my anger.
I would burst anytime!
"I think you owe me that much!" I said irritated by her behaviour.
She is behaving as if I never existed in her life.
"I don't owe you anything." She said still glaring at me.
"Are you getting in? Or should I do the honours? Because I have hell lot of things to talk about." I said trying to control myself.
I can't handle my emotions!
On one hand, I am just angry & hurt after seeing her but another part of me is just dancing madly that I've finally met her.
She slipped in the passenger side huffing and I walked towards the driver side while closing the door for her.
There was a drastic change in her.
She was never this poise. She was always the one who would do anything & everything she likes.
Things do change!
"Why do you not want to take up Karan's wedding planning?" I asked her.
"That's none of your business." She said shrugging.
"Don't you think you're talking too much?
I am trying to be a bit civil with you." I said annoyed.
Did she forget, it was her who ranaway?
"Why are you trying to be civil with me? Why are we having a conversation at the first place!" She yelled frustrated.
"What the hell is your problem? It was you who just vanished without reasoning. And you ask me why are we conversing? Are you hearing yourself?" I said looking at her and she looked as if she was trying hard to control her emotions she was not even looking at me.
"It's not that hard." She muttered to herself.
Huh?
What's not hard?
"I don't want to plan Karan's wedding because the bride is your sister." She said still looking out of the window.
"So? I can't see the problem." I asked confused.
"I will have to come across to you more frequently." She said in a low voice.
"Anushka." I called softly and she snapped her head towards me.
"I think we've reached your office." She said and got out of the car.
I held her hand and we started walking towards my office. Everyone stopped dead on their tracks looking at her.
Ofcourse they would be shocked to see her.
It's been two years since the last time she walked in this office with her hands in mine.
Everyone started talking among themselves and I could see Anushka getting uncomfortable. She put her head down and walked along with me.
"Get back to work!" I said with a stern tone and everyone took their places still staring at her.
I pulled her towards me and held her sideways by her waist.
She looked at me shocked and I whispered
"You need not walk with your head down. Keep your head high. No one would dare say anything about you."
She just gave me a smile.
Ahhh..!
There it is!
My favourite smile.
We entered my cabin and she looked around with a smile.
"It is still the same." She said with a smile.
"Everything is still the same, Anushka. The way it was when you left." I said with a sigh.
"Why are you not bitter about me running away?" She asked frowning.
"I really tried to be angry on you, hate you but I couldn't do it." I said shrugging.
I can never do it!
"I just want to know why did you do it. I've been searching you for years, to ask you this question." I said holding her shoulders.
"I have no explanations for what I did, Dev. I wrote everything on the letter. That was the only reason I had. I was young back then, I did not wanted to be trapped in a marriage." She said not looking at me.
Letter?
What letter?
"Anushka— I started but she cut me off.
"Dev! Can we not just move past it? I don't want to go back to those days." She said removing my hands from her shoulder.
"Why? Why not? You can't just leave me because you felt trapped. You could've talked to me. I always made sure that we were on the same page." I said raising my voice a bit.
"No, Dev. You made sure we were on the same page but how long was I going to act that I was happy?" She said irritated with tears in her eyes.
I held her hand and pulled her towards me. Holding her chin, I made her look up at me
"You weren't happy?" I asked softly.
"You are a great person, Dev. But my happiness was not about you. I— I don't know what to say." She said stammering at the end when a tear fell from her eye.
She wiped her tear hastily & said
"Anyways it shouldn't matter anymore. You're engaged to someone else."
" Everything that is related to you has always mattered to me. And I am not engaged." I said pulling her more to me.
She looked up to me & said
"I don't want to think about anything that happened in the past. It was not as if we were deeply in love & I left you. We were just friends, great friends."
"Yeah! We were just friends." I said shrugging and left her.
Just friends!
"If we are just friends, then why do you have a problem planning my sister's wedding?"
I asked her narrowing my eyes
"I don't want to face your family." She said wiping her tears.
"Ohhh! So now you are ashamed of the fact that you ranaway?" I asked sarcastically.
"Keep your tone in check, Dev. You know what, I stayed for 6 months in that hell just for you. Thinking that you are nothing like them and that was just a phase. If only I would've known getting married to you was going to cost me my life, I would've never got married to you."
She yelled and left banging my cabin door.
Hell?
Cost her life?
Why is everything soo fucking confusing?
Anushka TandonEverything is going to be fine..!Currently, I am in my apartment pacing around telling myself that just because I came across Dev today doesn't mean my life will get messed up again.Be positive!"Didi..!" I heard Lisa's voice from the living room.Lisa, she is my sister, not a real one though. But she has no one except for me. She is alot younger as she turned 16 just a month ago."Anu di, you know today our results were announced and guess what?" She asked looking at me expectantly."Ofcourse you passed with flying colours." I said pulling her cheeks with a smile.She's my reason to live!"Yeah! So now I want my treat. I want to eat howmuch ever junk food I want for today." She said very stubbornly.And I just laughed at her childishness.
Dev KhurranaI was going through a case file when suddenly Anushka's smiling face appeared before me.Her eyes crinkling, her lips spread into a wide smile, her perfect white teeth, her cute little nose, the twinkle—I shook my head to get out of my thoughts.Stop behaving like a fucking teenager!I just waved my hands before my face to get that image out of my head."What's wrong with you?" Jay asked entering my cabin."You're here? Karan will be here soon then." I said rolling my eyes."Yeah. He is on a call with his beloved fiance. He'll be here in 2 minutes." Jay said making a face and I just laughed at him."I don't understand how can they become so
Anushka TandonI was brushing my hair while thinking about the possibilities of how bad today's day is going to be.I'm definitely going to have a panic attack!Well! Today is sunday and Rhea has invited me at the Khurrana mansion so we could discuss about the wedding decorations.How bad can it be?Too bad, If I come face to face with a witch."Di, you're going somewhere?" Lisa asked plopping on my bed."Yeah. To a client. We have to discuss about the preparations." I said absent mindedly."But today is sunday." She whined."I know. I am sorry, I'll make it up to you some other day." I said to her smiling."But you're wearing jeans & T-shirt?" She asked furrowing her brows."Yeah! It is not a formal meet. And anyways today
Dev KhurranaI parked my car before her house. It was a decent two storey house enough for her to live with her family.It was beautiful, though.But her family was richer than this.Why this house?I looked at the passenger seat and saw her sleeping soundly.I chuckled looking at her.Caressing her face, I moved away hair from her face.She would never let me do this if she was awake.There is definitely something on which I am missing out.Something more to her running away from me.I'm going to dig into i
Anushka TandonI got out from the cab before Dev's office.Why did she call me here out of all the places?I thought groaning.Today I had a meeting with Rhea & Karan which they wanted to have in Dev's office.I'll have to face him again!I can't get my head around the fact that he is still my husband.Asshole!Couldn't file the divorvce!As if you're not happy..!My conscience mocked.I looked at the building and suddenly remembered our old da
Dev KhurranaAnushka was showing various ideas she had for the engagement ceremony on her Ipad.I was busy oggling at her.What a masterpiece!The way she was talking confidently with a small smile on her face, the way she chuckled when Karan passed a comment on how Rhea's choice is not up to the mark, the way she frowned—I was brought out of my admiring session by Rhea as she passed the Ipad towards me"Tell me bhai, Is this not good? Karan thinks this is too much. He likes plain things and I don't. Now you choose."She said to me.And I just looked at her confused
Anushka TandonWe were sitting in my favourite restaurant and the moment I saw that Dev has bought us here there was a 400 watt smile on my face."Would you mind If I ask you something?"He asked hesitantly."And even if I mind, will you stop asking. I know you so just ask."I said taking a bite of my pizza.This is fucking amazing..!I moaned at it's taste and he laughed at it."Some habits don't die huh."He said between his laughs."You know you're just trying to hide your own old self. You're trying to hide your smile. You're trying to be someone
Dev KhurranaI was talking to a client of mine when my phone started ringing."Please give me a minute."I said with a smile to my client."Hello."I said answering karan's call."Are you done with your work?"He asked and I looked at my wrist watch."Yeah just winding up a meeting."I said to him." Great! Could you go to the engagement venue?"Karan asked and I could hear Rhea whispering something from behind.