hello guys i am back with another update 😊. thank you for the comments on the previous one. i havent replied but i have read them all. getting to this chapter i have taken a hell lot of pains especially in the process of posting. been having a lot of technical problems lately. just to view a single page properly i have to refresh the page 50 times. i couldnt post anything. there was always some error. so all the ff writers who have pm me about their updates. sorry i couldnt comment but i have read and also loved the updates. somehow after hectic efforts i have updated this part. now enough of me lets go to part 3
part 3
recap: ridz goes for jogging and a reluctant sid follows her to save her from the people who according to ridz are goons.....they race on the road. obiviously sid wins..and yes he does cheat...about the cheating part he clarifies that everthing is fair in love and war. to which riddhima asks what bond they shared according to him. was it love? or was it war?
Sid: what did I just say, I have dug a pit for myself, now jump in it and die😕 !!! Hmmm......wait maybe no...this is my chance 😊, (he suddenly, started looking intently into her eyes, forgetting just everything for that moment, forgetting the promises that he had given to himself. The promise of not getting close to her, the promise of restraining his feelings for her just so as to make the decision of their separation guilt free for her. But whatever the consequences now he had to do this or maybe test this!! Riddhima had almost forgot breathing as she tried to decipher what those eyes were saying, her heart skipped a beat as she read what they said)
Ridz: why am I feeling so.....so beautiful 😳, so lucky, so .....so happy.....suddenly.....am I happy??? 😕 Yes I want to hear what his eyes are saying.....i do want to and that too so badly....say it sid....i am listening.....but am I happy?? And why do I want to hear it? 😕 (her thoughts confused as usual)
(sid had now moved to the edge where riddhima was sitting, folded his one leg on the bench so that he could comfortably sit facing her. He took both her hands in his. His warm touch sent shivers throughout her body. sid just smiled at her reaction.)
Sid: riddhima......(he said it to grab her attention as if he didn't have enough of it already. his husky voice saying her name were having aesthetic effects on her.)
Ridz: hmm....
(he bent a bit in her direction his eyes still fixed on hers, surprised by her positive reaction when he actually was expecting a series of tight slaps from her, her positive reactions involuntarily increased his self confidence tenfold, he let go her right hand and threaded the fingers of his through her hair but left the thumb on her cheek as if caressing it. She had gone completely numb to the surroundings, the guy in front of her was over powering everything else, their faces were now just inches away)
Sid: nothing matters anymore to me.....
Ridz: why (it was barely a whisper)
Sid: its only you.......only you matter to me.....nothing else does......I love you riddhima....
Ridz: 😳 (she finally sighed as she heard that, everything seemed so clear and beautiful now 😊. A hazy window, on a cold morning had finally been cleared to give the view of the beautiful sight it held. His eyes and words had mesmerized her. she wanted that moment to last forever. She wanted to jump with joy but that would have broken aura that was created. She just stayed there, unable to express how she actually felt)
Sid: I love you riddhima, and I want you in my life more than anything else. Will you stay with me forever.....and ever.....
Ridz: (thinking) yes this is it......this is it......i am just a YES away. Then everything will be fine 😊
(she had barely opened her mouth to say , when sid let go of her hand and started laughing. He completely fell backwards on bench and held his stomach to control his laughter 🤣 🤣.....she was finally out of the sid's spell, the moment had ended as soon as it had started, sid didn't let it last......)
Ridz: omg did that really happen 😲 !!! Or was it a dream???
Sid: he straightened himself and held both his hands in air as if surrendering to her, he hadn't yet stopped laughing..😆
Ridz: what? 😕
Sid: (he was now facing her with the gotcha kind of look. somehow controlling his laughter, he tried to speak as riddhima kept looking at him dumbfounded) I am sorry riddhima (chortle) I was just acting....pulling your leg. 😆
Ridz: acting ......(she said in disbelief) (thinking) but why am I so sad? 😒 And was I actually going to say yes 😲......but then.......(she was suddenly out from her trance as sid waved his hand before her face, the glow on her face had faded as the reality sunk into her )
Sid: what.......come back to this world miss gupta ....(something broke in her as he said miss gupta)
ridz: miss gupta??
Sid: that's how you would like to be called?? Don't you?
Ridz: hmmm 😕.....ya (putting up a brave face now) .....totally.....yes......miss gupta.....right.....right....
Sid: are you all right riddhima??
Ridz: yes.....i am ......yes I actually am.........I mean what will happen to me?? 😕Cmon..i am fine......(she was not meeting his gaze, as if she was saying all those words for her own comfort, but they were not even a little help. She was not yet able to accept the things she felt a minute back.)
Sid: you are acting a bit weird....
Ridz: weird? (What is he getting at?)
Sid: weird as in.......you are fighting some battle in your mind and attempting to not show it on your face ('but miserably failing at it', he carefully added this in his mind as he gained a how-do-you-know kind of look from riddhima)...... Repeating the same words again and again, blabbering on and on as if you are comforting yourself and swapping them for the answers to my questions or maybe because you are saying the exact opposite thing of what you are actually feeling (the how-do-you-know look on riddhima's face had now changed to how-the-hell-do-you-know kind of look)
(she looked away from his intense gaze as she realized that she had been staring at him for too long with her mouth shaped into complete O 😲 and the fact that same aura was being created again)
Sid: (making the effort to break the silence and remove the awkwardness created) if this is because.....because of I lo.....(realizing that it would be hard for him to say it and again pretend that 'he he he it was just acting', he carefully avoided it)..... because of what I said earlier.....i was just pulling your leg (though the words were same he was now saying them carefully)......you know acting.....prank....😳
Ridz: why are you explaining??🤔 (still staring at the ground)
Sid: cause I thought you were actually going to say yes to....to the question I asked
Ridz: (was i?😲 😲how can he? How does he?....no I wont let you get to me this time. I know how to pull this off) haaa.....haaa...haa.....ha🤣 (it was her time to act now).....haaa.....haaa (when she felt satisfied with her no. of haaa's she finally started to explain with her gotcha kind of look).....what do you think Mr. siddhant modi only you have the sole right to act.....even I can do it... (she was finally meeting his gaze and speaking with the attitude) I knew about your acting thing all along. Then I thought 'well is that so then even I will play along'. And that's how you thought.....well whatever.....(she ended abruptly)
Sid: (had now the oh-yeah-is-that-so kind of look on his face) hmmm...that's great......i mean what do I look like? Am I a fool to propose a lady who is going to SEPARATE from me after 7.......technically 6 months now (she sensed the finality in his voice. Her face was seeming even more lifeless now)......and who doesn't even LOVE me. I mean why would a guy do that? Right
Ridz: right 😕 (she barely whispered)
Sid: and I must admit you seriously can act. I mean look at this (he had now pulled back the sleeve of her sweat shirt to expose the Goosebumps she had on her arms. No prizes for guessing they were created due to sid's closeness. He was now pointing at them) you can produce them voluntarily !!! (he exclaimed with a fake surprise in his voice) I mean I know great actresses can cry willingly......but this (still pointing) is commendable stuff.......i mean who can do that? Unless you are feeling all those things (he breathed the last part to himself but still she had heard it)
Ridz: (abruptly pulling the sleeve down and looking here and there, finding someway to escape) its.....just😕.....act.....hmm.....huh.....its......hey we are in our building premises.....(she had changed the topic)
Sid: (wasn't even a bit surprised by the sudden change in topic, he actually was expecting this but didn't know which way she would go to change the course) hmm......
Ridz: omg.....and I completely forgot about the work for which I had left the house 😲......
Sid: omg what?? (syncronizing with riddhima's tone)..... you had some other work apart from bumping into barking dogs and so called 'drunkards' (he said as he made small quotation marks in air)
Ridz: oh yeah .......its all because of you and your stupid race 😡......(she had now hastily got up from the bench) how could I forget I specially left the house for that work......u know what you sit here celebrating your victory and will be off from here before I forget it again...... 😡
Sid: yeah whatever......(she had almost reached the gate when....)
Sid: hey.....(ridz had now turned back to face him) will you be ok going all by yourself......or will I have to come AGAIN to SAVE you.....
Ridz: I will be fine.......(she was completely out of the gate but remembering something she only peeped inside the gate)
Ridz: and you know what (sid, who had thought ridz was long gone was taken aback by her sudden re-entry).......THEY WERE DRUNKARDS 😡 (it was more of a snarl as she happily made her way to complete the work)
Once being sure that ridz had finally gone.....sid started his celebration then and there. 🥳
Sid: whooohoooaaa 🤪......yes!!! Yes!!! (he was jumping up and down.....pumping the air with his fists, doing all sorts of things to express his happiness)
The uncle who had previously met them at the gate was back with his car to take something he had forgotten at home
Uncle: (seeing sid's actions made him completely sure about his previous conclusions) he certainly is 8 and obviously not a doctor......maybe I should ask what's wrong with him 😕, this could be some kind of mental attack 😕.....i could be some help and admit him to the hospital (thinking) (he went near an ecstatic 😃 sid, who still hadn't stopped expressing his happiness )
Uncle: beta 😳 (not knowing his name, beta seemed the safest way to address a man having mental attack)
Sid: 😃 (an eye to eye smile, sid's expression confirmed the uncle's mental attack theory)
Uncle: are you ok?
Sid: I am completely fine. I am happy, elated, ecstatic......😃 😆
Uncle: I can see that but....
Sid: you know what (sid was now dangerously close to the uncle as he got hold of the uncle's cheeks in a coo-chi-koo fashion, I hope you are getting what I mean....as the uncle regretted every step that he had taken in sid's direction 😔) you know why I am so happy? 😃 (he didn't wait for the confirmation) because I just came to know that my wife LOVES me 😃 😆....my wife....my riddhima ......she loves me 🤪 (sid let go off the cheeks but not before he had noisily patted them with his hands whereas his smile was getting wider with the passing time) and I also won the race 😃 (he added before parting the ways with uncle)
Uncle was still in shock......and his cheeks were painfully red.
Uncle: weird family ......(he said finally settling down in his car and mumbling to himself) men are seen so happy after their marriage when they come to know their wife is pregnant ......but this dude is happy because he just came to know that his wife LOVES him 😕. Then what the hell was he doing till now 😕.....seriously weird.....expect the unexpected with them.....(his driver who had seen the whole thing was waiting for his sahab to come back to his senses. When waiting didn't work he finally took the pains of interrupting his sahab's continuous blabbering)
Driver: sahab 😕..... aap par bhi un sahab (sid) ka asar hua hai kya ?? khudse hi bathe kare rahe ho aap.....
Uncle: (coming back to his senses) bohot bol rahe ho tum ramu 😡......is mahine ke tankha nahi chahiye kya?? 😡 😡
Ramu: nahi sahib who bas...😕
Uncle: wo who kya laga rakha hai....chalo office le chalo.....😡
and so all three went their ways
an ecstatic sid, jumping, running and also tripping on some stairs went to his penthouse
a confused riddhima who was trying figure out the reason behind the feelings she had just encountered, went to complete her previously forgotten work
and third.....none other than the utterly shocked uncle after scolding on his driver had to return back to the buliding AGAIN to take his things he had forgotten the second time that day.......credit goes to none other than our very own darling dr.siddhant modi....😆
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🤗 saumya
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Edited by saumya{roka} - 14 years ago
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