Chapter 31

Chapter 31

Next few days were not normal for Yash as Radha totally turned mute after learning the truth. Suraj is staying in a hotel. He didn't have the heart to leave them alone now. He believes it will take time but everything will be alright.

Next day Radha met a guy in a cafe.

"I'm looking for someone." She told him as the waitress placed their coffees.

"Her name is…Gayatri Dubey." She hesitated to even take her name.

"Do you have a picture of her, my work would be a little easy." He asked.

"Sorry but I don't have any picture." She denied.

"Alright I'll try my best." He told her. She sighs, lifting her mug.

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Bhopal…

In the evening Aarti gets a call from her new boss' secretary who told her that the boss wants her to join from tomorrow only. Aarti was little confused as to why he wanted her to join so soon there are still five days left.

Next day she gets ready and Gayatri wishes her good luck by placing a Rori teeka on her forehead and also feed her dahi shakkar.

At the office Aarti knocked on his cabin and he gave permission.

"Good morning sir" She comes inside and gets the shock of her life.

"Remember me?" He smirks, getting up from his chair. She tremble remember that night this guy rap*d in Akash farmhouse.

"Oh you do, i know" He advances toward her to see her pale face. She grip her dupatta taking a step back.

"Let me introduce myself, I'm Rishi Malhotra." He forward hand as if he has no regret of raping her. She flinched looking at his filthy hand and moved a little more away from him.

"You still fear me?" He chuckled shamelessly. She gave him a disgusting look.

"To be honest I didn't expect you to be alive, let's alone glowing this beautiful." His lusty gaze moved all over her body. She straightened her dupatta uncomfortably.

"You will pay for your karma" She managed to speak out of disgust.

"You will also die a dog death just like others who abused me." her eyes were red by now.

"What do you mean?" He was surprised to see her actually speaking, he remembered that Aarti was just a doll who know nothing other than begging and pleading.

"I got justice" her voice sent a shiver down his spine. He ignored that feeling as if she was the death of him and instead he began to laugh.

"You're going to kill me?" He advances her again.

"Your time is over" She said with so much hatred in her eyes and then turned to go but he roughly grabbed her by the hair and pushed her against the wall only to grip her neck. She cried as he put pressure.

"How about i make you my sl*ve just how akash made you some years back." He smirked but the next second she hit him in his guts. He fell on the floor, yelled in pain.

"Bast*rd, I'm not that afraid girl anymore." She kicked him in the same place as soon as she breathed normally. All the office staff come to the cabin hearing her screams. She called the police who soon arrived and she gave her statement. They arrested him.

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Mumbai…

"Maa, where were you? I was worried for you." Yash approaches Radha who enters the house, she was returning after meeting that same guy but got no positive news about Gayatri.

"Main theek hun beta, I'm a little tired so we will talk later." She says cupping his cheek. Yash feels good that she is at least talking to him. She walked inside.

"Are you still angry with me?" Yash's voice halted her steps. She turned to face him.

"No parents can remain angry with their kids for long." She smiled. Yash came forward and hugged her.

"I'm sorry, I know I was wrong to hide about bauji." He spoke as Radha placed hand around his back.

"I was afraid that you would stop me from meeting him, or maybe I was just scared to lose my father's love again." His voice cracked. Radha rubbed his back to calm him. He pulled back slowly.

"To be honest i never accepted Mr. Khurana as my father, i don't know why even though he pretended to love me but I just felt a bad vibe from him." He finally voiced out something which was only in his heart till now.

"You felt that way because your heart was pure, it recognised the evil in Jay even when you were a kid which my mature eyes failed to see." She says.

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Meanwhile Aarti reached home and cried in her room, Gayatri worriedly hugged her and asked what happened. She told her everything about how her boss turned out to be one of her rapists. Gayatri was shocked as she told what he was trying to do with her. Gayatri stayed with her till Aarti fell asleep.

Later Aarti wakes up from a nightmare. She drank some water then picked up her mobile.

"Thank you Yash, for making me so strong that today I fight with that monster alone. Thank you" She typed but deleted the message and typed 'I love you' instead she just doesn't want to stress him when he is himself going through something.

Meanwhile Yash saw the message and called Aarti.

"Interview kaisa raha tumhara?" He remembered that she doesn't called him from that day.

"Good" She smiled through her wet eyes recalling that incident.

"Pata nahi kyun aaj tumse milne ka bahut mann kar raha hai." He doesn't feel good hearing her dry voice.

"Mujhe bhi, jaldi laut aao aap." She spoke her heart out.

"Tum theek ho na?" He restlessly came to his balcony.

"Hmm" She was lost.

"You're lying to me" He caught her lie.

"Tell me what happened?" He holds the door frame in tension, he hates this distance between them where he need to ask things from her.

"You're stressing for no reason, aapke hote huye mujhe kuch ho sakta hai kya?" She gathered some courage and tried to convince him.

"Sach bol rahi ho na? You aren't hiding anything from me?" He asked again.

"Of course, don't forget my Yash made me so strong that I can fight with this world alone now" She proudly said, a lone tear roll down her cheek which she wiped quickly.

"I know that you're brave but never ever hide anything from me" He strictly tell her.

"Yes boss" She grinned even though he could not see her.

"I miss a girl who used to work in my Italy office, you know she is such a hardworking girl, we used to live together in my villa but now we are living in two different cities." He is finally feeling a little better.

"You can give her work in your new office." She suggested with a little smile.

"Oh that's a great idea but won't you feel jealous." He faked being surprised.

"Why would I feel jealous, I guess you're gonna feel insecure to see me with my former boss." She gets his teasing.

"No, I trust you" He chuckled.

"Soch lijiye mere boss bahut hi handsome hain, aur mujhse bahut pyaar bhi karte hain, he used to take good care of me when we lived together." She pretended to tease him.

"Oh then I need to keep an eye on your boss, and wait…what you said? Love…nobody can love you more than me, ok." He pretended to be offended.

"Aap bhi na" She giggled. He smiled to hear her giggles.

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Precap: AarYa met.