Originally posted by: wickedlyunique
<font face="Calibri"><font size="3">Can I play? 😳Is it too late? </font></font>
<font face="Calibri"><font size="3">Too bad. I'm playing 😆</font></font>
<font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Continuing where </font>laughter512 left off...</font>
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<font size="3">Abhi fell to his knees in front of Pragya which only made her gasp in shock. He tried to fold his hands before her, pleading - but Pragya wasn't having it.</font>
<font size="3">"Stop," she cried clasping his hands with hers; trying to pull him back up on to his feet. "Don't-"</font>
<font size="3">Still on his knees, he grabbed her roughly - wrapping his hands around her waist. He buried his face against her body. "I'm sorry," he apologized, his pain both visible and unmistakable in his voice. </font>
<font size="3">At first, Pragya didn't know how to react. She just stood there motionless. She couldn't tell if she was shaking or if he was. Or maybe they both were.</font>
<font size="3">She finally found her voice and ran a hand gently through his hair hoping it would soothe and comfort him, "you didn't know."</font>
<font size="3">Abhi stiffened against her and then pulled away altogether, slowly rising to his feet. He looked her over with an expression that Pragya couldn't quite place. "Why didn't you tell me?"</font>
<font size="3">His gaze was so intense that it made her look to her feet as she spoke, unable to meet his eyes. "I don't have proof."</font>
<font size="3">His silence made her look up a
worriedly. <font face="Calibri">Something foreign flickered behind his eyes. The onslaught of expressions that flitted across Abhi's face startled her. It happened so quickly and so suddenly, that she was completely caught off guard, when without warning - he advanced on her.</font></font>
<font face="Calibri"><font size="3">He grabbed her; both hands grabbing her shoulders, eyes blazing with a frustration she couldn't comprehend.</font></font>
<font face="Calibri"><font size="3">"Why would I nee?" his question sounded more like a demand.</font></font>
<font face="Calibri"><font size="3">Pragya averted her gaze, "I didn't think you would believe me."</font></font>
<font face="Calibri"><font size="3">His grip tightened on her shoulders, which made her look up at him again - his gaze holding her captive; it stunned her into silence and froze her in place.</font></font>
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