Maan's breath was fanning against her lips. His smell was so intoxicating she couldn't think straight. Geet tried resisting but couldn't. She couldn't push him away any longer. Her body and heart ached for him. She wanted him and only for herself. "I trust you" with saying that she closes in and seals the gap between them with her lips. She surrendered herself'her soul to him that night. She wasn't going to fight it anymore. There was no more self-control. Her love for maan surpassed and overpowered her. She lost the battle with herself. The first battle she was glad to ever lose and surrender too.
******************************************************************************** Next morning maan unknowingly had a smile on his face'feeling her neck he nuzzled closer. His hands, which had entrapped geet against his chest slowly moved down her soft skin and entangled with her fingers. Geet giggled a little in her sleep and maan smiled yet again hearing her musical voice. But that it when it actually hit him. He immediately opened his eyes and looked around. All he saw was her innocent and angelic face sleeping happily against his body.
As he lowered his gaze he saw her wearing his shirt. He quickly looked at himself and he was bare-chested, but he had his pants on. He didn't know what to think. "Did we go that far?" he says as he runs his hand through his hair. He immediately pulled away from her and leaves the tent.
The sun was just rising and sky had become a blend of colors. He couldn't believe the situation he was in. He was supposed to be staying away from geet not getting closer. What came over him last night that he became weak'that he lost his self-control? Ever since Geet had come to his life he was becoming weak. He hated the idea of Maan Singh Khurana becoming weak again'becoming vulnerable again. He drank to much last night and was not able to control his feelings for geet, but now he is in control and in his senses'he had to let geet go' He even started to feel hurt just thinking about distancing himself from geet, but he did not want to repeat the same mistake twice by losing his heart to a woman.
Warm hands engulfed him from behind and slowly her hands began moving up his bare chest into a nice and deep hug. Geet whispers in his ears, " you could have woken me up, I would have given you company and watched the sunrise with you" she says in a seductive voice.
Maan winces a little from her touch as it triggered his memory of what happened last night. He sighs in relief in that they did not go too far physically, but still got really close last night. He closes his eyes in pain from even the thought of the pain that geet would have to go through because of him now. He was beginning to become infuriated with himself. He was in love with Geet and he knew because of that love it weakened him last night, but his ego, the Maan Singh Khurana that he was now did not want to bow down to that love, even if it was geet.
Without once looking into those almond shaped eyes he grabs her soft sensual hands and releases her hold from him. He walks forward away from her, his heart both racing and aching from what he was about to do. The pain was clearly displayed on his face.
Geet was quite confused with his action, but concern soon clouded her heart. She slowly walks up to him " koi pareshani hai kya?" she says as she holds his hand.
"Meri haath choro geet" he says in a stern voice.
Geet freezes in place as those ice cold words sunk into her head. "Maan'" was all she could utter. But that was enough to express how much pain was in that one name. That name whom she could die for was telling her not to touch him after everything that happened between them last night.
"I lost geet'I lost" maan mutters still looking out into the sea, but nothing was making sense to Geet. It was as if he was talking in codes or riddles.
" You won the challenge, I lost myself to you last night...BUT because I was drunk not because I'. love you" he finds the will to lie into her eyes.
" I got physically attracted to you last night aur isliye mein tumhari paas nazdeek aata. What happened between us last night was a mistake'my mistake that you unfortunately have to burn in. I know you may feel cheated or hurt and you probably don't ever want to even see my face again so I am going to make it easier for you".
He pauses, as it got harder for him to continue with what he was going to say next. Geet wasn't helping his situation either. She remained like an emotionless statue. Instead of fighting back about how he betrayed her and used her, she was silently taking in everything he was saying.
"I am going to leave from your life. It is better if we go our separate ways. Forget we were ever friends...forget I ever existed Geet...yeh tumhari liye acha hoga...I am...I am not worth your tears" he says half-heartedly.
He starts to leave but stops hearing Geet's voice.
"Decide maan!" she finally decides to speak. She had heard enough!
"Do you want to be the reason for my tears or the one who wipes them away'...because I honestly can't tell anymore".
"I'm...sorry geet" maan says before storming off ".
She falls on her knees as they fall numb as she realizes how she drank the poison that comes with love again.
Log sach kehte hain. Love is fire for a second, but ash for the rest of your life! Aur yeh sirf ek toot gayi dil jaanti hai.
She looks up at his retreating body, "
He came as a stranger, stayed as a friend, left as a lover!"
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