Chapter 3:
There in the drawingroom stood a man wearing a scary mask. Every detail she came to knew about The Mask Man in this case came in her mind. She was pretty sure that Mask Man came to kidnapped her. After sometime she stopped screaming and slowly opened her eyes and closed it again. That man was standing in same position. She pouted. Couldn't her Bappaji show her a little mercy? Already she was dealing with so much things. Arjun's departure, her flu, case problem what not?
Sakshi (without closing her eyes) : Dekho main 10 tak ginungi. Phir tum yaha se chali jana. Maine tumhara kya bigada hai bolo? Maanta hoom ki main ek ETF member hoom aur tumhe pakad neki koushish kar rahi hoom. Par usska badla tum abhi nehi le sakhte na!! Kiyu ki abhi toh haamne tumhe pakda hi nehi..
She had some more points to say but suddenly stopped because of a rough hand over her mouth and another hand around her waist. Her eyes flew open but where was that masked man. Infront of her standing Arjun. Her Arjun. It took her a few minutes to understand that Arjun had played a prank with her. She tried but failed to be angry with him. Well how could she? Afterall she was seeing her Arjun after two months!!! She couldn't hold back her smile. She hugged him tightly and Arjun hugged her back.
Sakshi (whispering) : Arjuuun...
Arjun smiled. Two months. After two months he was hearing his name from her mouth. Arjun hold her chin up and made her look at him.
Arjun: Wah Sakshi. Agar mere jayga woh culprit hota toh kabka bhaag jaata.
Sakshi became very happy.
Sakshi: Saach!! Dekha main kitni intelligent hoom!!!
Arjun hold back his laughter. He didn't want to spoiled thiss moment.
Sakshi: Waise tum andar kaise ghuse? Darwaja toh locked tha.
Arjun pulled out a master key from his pocket and showed it to Sakshi. Sakshi laughed seeing this. Arjun just kept staring. How much he had missed her this carefree laughter.
Arjun: Kaise ho Sakshi?
Sakshi: Main thik hoom baas thoda sa flu ho gya hai. Tum kaise ho?
Arjun: Hmm. Main bhi thik hoom. Tumne doctor ko dikhaya? Abhi bhi bukhar hai? Tum medicine le rahi ho na?
Sakshi: Haan Arjun. Maine doctor ko dikhaya hai. Aur dawa bhi le rahi hoom. Aaj se bukhar nehi hai.
Arjun let out his breath he had been holding. He was very worried after seeing her today. That's why he came to check on her.
Arjun: Bohot miss kya tumhe Miss Publicist.
Sakshi laughed hearing her old nick name.
Sakshi: Maine bhi tumhe bohot miss kiya hai Arjun.
Reluctanty she parted from him.
Sakshi: Arjun tumne khana khaya?
Arjun: Nehi. Mujhe paata hai ki tumne bhi nehi khaya. Chalo saath mein khana khate hai.
Sakshi: Thik hai.
Shakshi warm up the food and together they finished dinner. After eating they went to balcony. They sat there for a long time.
Sakshi: Arjun tum kaha the itne din?
Arjun sighed.
Arjun: Please Sakshi. Abhi kuch maath pucho. Tumhe mujhpe bharosa hai na?
Sakshi looked up and smiled.
Sakshi: Apne aap se bhi jiyada.
Arjun: To phir mujhpe bharosa rakho. Jaab waqt aayega tab mein khud tumhe baata dunga. Lekin abhi sahi waqt nehi aya hai.
Sakshi sighed and put her head on his shoulder. Arjun was thinking if he should tell her about his love but dismissed the idea. After all, she is Sakshi Anand. She won't exceppt any normal I LOVE U. He will have to make it special. He wanted to make it special. Arjun chuckled in mind and put his head over her head.
Suddenly Sakshi's phone started ringing. They snapped out from their dreamy trance. Sakshi took the phone and checked the caller ID. It was Ariyan. Sakshi cursed him in mind and received the call.
Sakshi: Ha sir boliye.
Ariyan was taken aback by her tone. Her tone was saying that she was very irritated.
Ariyan: Maine tumhe disturb kiya kya?
Sakshi wanted to tell him that how much disturbed she was. After all she was with her Arjun. But she bit back her anger.
Sakshi: Nehi woh..bas woh...
Her hesitation was enough to tell Ariyan that she doesn't want to talk to her. He sighed.
Ariyan: Woh aaj tumhari tabyat kuch thik nehi laga toh issliye..
Sakshi: Main bilkul thik hoom. Kaal office mein milte hai. Bye.
Without giving Arian any chance to say something she end up the call. Arjun was looking at her with an amused expression. Sakshi sighed. She felt like killing that Ariyan. He killed her precious moment.
Sakshi: Kya hai?
Arjun: Kiska call tha? Aur itni chid kiyu rahi ho?
Sakshi: Ariyan sir. Chido nehi toh aur kya karo? Kitne dino ke baad main tumse mili. Aur pehli baar tum mere itne paas ho. Sabkuch kharab kar diya na!!
Arjun laughed. Out of blue he scoop her up in his arms and took her to bedroom. She started trembling.
Sakshi: Arjun. Kya kar rahe ho?
Arjun didn't answer just made her lay on the bed. He pulled up the blanket over her and gently kissed her forhead.
Arjun: Bohot raat ho geyi hai Sakshi. So jao.
Sakshi: Aur tum?
Arjun smiled.
Arjun: Mujhe jana hoga. Par main tumse milne aya karunga.
Sakshi: Saach?
Arjun: Muuch..
Sakshi: Promise?
Arjun (smiling): Promise.
Hearing this Sakshi closed her eyes contentedly.
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Mornings ray peeped in Sakshi's bedroom. She was sleeping peacefully hugging her tedy bear. The sound of phone ringing made her woke up. She grudgingly woke up and received the call.
Sakshi: Hellooo..
Aisha: Sakshi kya hua? Tu thik hai na?
Sakshi: Haan Aisha. Mujhe kya hoga?
Aisha: Accha thik hai. Sun main aaraha hoom tere apartment mein. Sath mein ofice chalte hai.
Sakshi: Ok. Aaja.
Aisha: Ok. Bye. See you in few.
Sakshi: Ok. Bye.
Sakshi hunged up the call. Suddenly memory of last night came to her mind.
Sakshi: Kya maine koi sapna dedekha ya Arjun sach mein aya tha..
Her eyes went to the chocolate box that was being kept at her bedside table. There was a note attached to it. She took the chocolate box and started resding the note..
Sakshi,
Mujhe paatha hai ki tumhe chocolate bohot pasand hai. Issliye le aya tha. Jiyada maath khana. Tumhe flu hai na? Iss waqt jiyada chocolates khana accha nehi hota. Aab samjhe ya samjhavuum? Aapna dawa time se le lena. Jiyada stress maath lena. Aur Apna khayal rakhna.
Arjun..
PS- Time se khana kha lena.
Reading the letter Sakshi laughed aloud. Letter me bhi sys dena nehi chodta. She hugged the letter as if to kept the feelings of last night's closeness a little bit longer.
Shamoly, Anthony, Rehana and Vindhaya aab toh khush hona!!
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