Chapter 30

Chapter 30

Yash's mobile ring and he saw its Aarti call.

"Yash, tomorrow is my job interview." Aarti chirped. Yash felt good hearing her voice after many days.

"That's great, I wish you good luck" He smiled, he can imagine her face shining with happiness right now.

"How are you?" She remembers that he hasn't called her these days.

"Main theek hun." He smiled weakly.

"Aunty theek hain?" She asked.

"Hmm" He hummed, he doesn't want to worry her about him by telling her anything right now.

"Yash" She can feel that he isn't fine.

"Huh" He was lost.

"I love you" She says softly.

"I love you more" He realised that she noticed him being upset.

"Listen, don't stress about the interview, I'm confident you will do your best." He tried to sound normal. She smiled weakly seeing how he is distracting her.

"And be ready to distribute boondi laddoo, i love them" He told her.

"Distribute?" She gets confused.

"Of course tumko job jo milegi," He tell.

"Achha itna confident mujhpe?" She smiled.

"Aur kya." He proudly nods even though she can't see him but she could feel the pride in his voice.

"Toh main aapko hi pehle khilaungi laddoo." She says.

"Main jaldi aaunga bhopal.'' He was being positive even though he has no idea if he can go there anytime soon.

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Next day the doorbell rings, Radha opens the door only to come face to face with her past.

"Radha" Suraj's voice was not even audible. It feels like a dream to him that he met his first love after so many years.

"I don't know who you are, please leave." She pretended as if she didn't recognise him and was about to close the door.

"Shayad tumhari zindagi mein aur bhi kai nai yaadein hongi is liye tum mujhe bhool gayi par mere paas toh bas tumhari hi yaadein hain." He held the door. She looks at him and remembers her love marriage, everything was magical for them, even when Yash was born.

"Yaad karo kabhi hume ek dusre ke alawa aur koi dikhai tak nahi deta tha." He continued.

"We were happy, with our Yash" He stepped inside.

"But then you choose someone else over me and Yash." She spoke finally. She wanted to question him years back but her ego was bigger than anything else.

"I never want to let you go but you choose not to believe me." He remembers the time when Radha first saw him with his secretary.

"Ab in baaton ka koi matlab nahi.'' She looked away. Somewhere she feels guilty for never confronting Suraj.

"I want to give a clarification about that day." Ignoring her denial, he continued.

"Mujhe kuch nahi sunna." She looked restlessly everywhere but not at him, fearing what if he proves her wrong, how will she overcome the remorse of destroying their relationship and also Yash's life, for snatching his father from him. Suraj comes near her and grips her shoulder.

"She was facing so much at that time, I was the only person she used to talk to in the office, and that day you saw us together." He remembers the time when his secretary was facing problems in her relationship with her boyfriend, who pretended to be someone else. One day she was crying in her cabin and Suraj saw her like that and when he questioned her she broke down telling him how that guy betrayed her trust.

"You're lying." Radha pushed him away.

"I wanted to punish that guy for mentally harassing her but after our divorce I was not myself and she went missing and never again returned to office. Nobody knew if she was alive or dead." He feels a huge weight is off his heart today by just sharing with her about what he was unable to tell her years back. Radha was numb with the realisation that her insecurities not only destroyed her happy family but also an innocent person's life.

"I don't believe you." She cried trying to convince herself that she didn't do anything wrong. She has no fault.

"Gayatri aur mere beech aisa kuch nahi tha Radha, vishwas karo mera." He wiped her tears. Her head hung in remorse, tears didn't seem to stop and her forehead touched his chest. He held her shoulders, and raised his head only to find Yash there upstairs. This reminds Suraj how just like this his little Yash saw them fighting for the first and last time. How he wishes he had cleared her misunderstanding that time itself but now he left only with regret. Unlike years back Yash didn't hide behind curtains but today tears blurred his vision with the relief that his father is innocent.

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Bhopal...

In the evening Aarti was reading some book in her room when she heard thunderstorms. She looked out of the window only to see it began to rain heavily. She remembers such a night that Yash and she spent here. She blushed and next got sad as he is not here with her.

"I miss you" She closed the book and lay head on top of its cover, closing eyes.

Flashback…

"Yash" She was so happy to see him at her room door. She ran into his arms.

"Pata hai kitna miss kiya maine aapko." She almost cried into his shoulder.

"I know it's been two months since we last met." Yash felt bad to see her sad. She looked down at his chest. He dearly cleared her face.

"Do you think I don't miss you?" He asked, tilting her chin.

"No, you don't miss me." She pushed him frowning.

"Maaf kardo na." He smiled, pulling her back in his arms. He leaned to kiss her.

"Yash, hmm.. maa is here." She blushed and told him.

"Maa just left now to meet her friend." He told that she met him outside. Aarti got shy as his gaze lingered on her lips. She moved out of his arms, Yash glared at her before taking a step towards her, she ran away out of the room.

"Aarti I'll catch you, that won't be good for you." He warned.

"Pehle pakad ke toh dikhao." She challenge him.

"You know I take challenges very seriously." He laughed as he entered Gayatri's room but Aarti stood behind the bed.

"And you know I have won a few medals in races during my school days." She smiled proudly.

"Oh I'm proud of you, come on now let me give you a hug." Yash came around but she left quickly.

"Baby you gonna pay for this game." He came to the living room where she was waiting for him.

"I'm eagerly waiting to pay." She said but then get shy because of her own bold behaviour and bit her lower lip nervously.

"Come again" Yash looked at her with hunger in eyes, still can't believe that she said that. She was about to run away when he grabbed her wrist and pulled her with force, she landed on his chest.

"Game over." He whispers into her ear, she shivers as he nibbles it gently. A thunderstorm scared Aarti and she clung to him more. He picked her up and walked into her room. Their clothes were out even before they reached bed, he sunk into her deeper and deeper with strong moves. She fist pillow and moaned loudly but he captured her lips entwined his fingers with her and her whimper muffled into their mouths.

"I'm…" She was near, and couldn't even complete the sentence out of pleasure.

"Wait for me." He got what she meant. She eagerly met his thrusts. Soon they c** together and he collapsed on her, both were lost in ecstasy and fulfillment.

Back to the present…

"Aarti beta" Gayatri's voice yanked Aarti out of that day's memory, she moved out of the room.

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Precap: Aarti in trouble.