TWO HEARTS (Anya FF) note @26 - Page 2

"Is this the way to behave with your father?" Sughandha asked glaring at her, while Anant who stood on the top observed everything keenly, but didn't moved nor said a word.
"When Dad has clearly forgotten on how to treat a girl, then I don't think, I should even remember anything," she replied in a stern tone and that is when, her eyes went on her brother and she threw him a dirty look as if he was also a part of all the humiliation, Navya was facing.
"If this girl doesn't stay in this house then you people won't even get two times meal, don't forget the amount of work she does for you all. And regarding your paper, then its not her fault but mine," she explained and all of them stared at her in shock.
"You are lying to protect her," Rama argued.
"My dear Bhabhi, lying, fraud and cheating are all your four people's qualities, not mine," she replied with a smirk while her parents threw murderous looks.
"Ma'am please don't fight for me. I am sorry Sir," navya butt in not wanting them to argue more and before anyone could say more, Anant spoke in a harsh tone, "If you all are done with your drama, then let go her because I don't have all the day to wait for my breakfast. Navya, come in my room now". And that's it, it was the end of topic for all.
Nimisha nodded at her, and she ran upstairs not wanting to infuriate anyone anymore. She was sure he was going to be hell angry at her now, but it wasn't her fault. She did as per her routine.
"Sir, I am sorry I didn't do anything. It's mohan Sir's habit of drinking tea on the table hence I did like the routine. I swear I didn't mean to spoil the file," she explained once inside his room.
"Did I asked for any explaination? No right, then why are you explaining me. Give it a break and go, do your work," he replied rudely and Navya simply nodded and left, not understanding the change of behavior in him.1
Once she left, he threw a punch on the wall angrily, murmuring something.2
She brought his food after a while, and just then he stepped out of the washroom, dressed only in his jeans while a towel hanged around his neck, and he started drying his hair, while navya arranged his shirts, in a line for him to select one to wear.
He scrutinized her carefully, while she avoided eye contact with him, because whenever she looked in those hazel eyes, she felt herself losing in them.
"Are they all ironed properly?" He asked setting his hairs with gel while she nodded. It was the drawback of being a maid, one wasn't allowed to even speak much in front of their employers then what right do they even have to look in their eyes.
He started checking out all and selecting the blue one, he put it on while she arranged the rest in his wardrobe and just then, a piece of paper fell from beneath the clothes but before she could even pick it up, Anant picked it up and kept it hurriedly, closing the cupboard.
"It fell from there, I was just going to keep it back," she explained before he could think wrong for her.
"Its fine. This button got broken, sew it for me". He ordered and she quickly took out the needle and thread from the cupboard while he relaxed. It was something, he didn't wished for her to see, but for how long could he even hide it. One day, he had to reveal to her.4
"I am not going to remove the shirt, you sew it like this only," he stated and her eyes went wide in shock. Sew it like this, meaning standing absolutely close to him, almost touching him. Being able to hear his heartbeat, feel his breath and his gaze on her.
"How can I do that?" She asked stammering on her tongue.
"With your legs you will move forward to me, and with your hands you will sew it. Did you got?" He stated with a wicked smirk on his face and she looked everywhere but at him. Seeing him in a teasing mode, was very rare, but when he comes in that mode, then escaping wasn't easy too.

He grinned widely, then holding her wrist, he pulled her towards him, keeping a distance of an inch, and her heart started pounding against her chest, while Anant felt some weird sensation inside him.2

"Now, will you care to do your work or do you want me to hold your hand and make you do it," he asked in a teasing manner and she bit her bottom lip to suppress her smile, because she knew he was never going to do anything like that, which will bring shame to her dignity.

She started doing her work keeping her gaze fixated on the button while Anant observed her face, and he had to admit that she looked more pretty when near. The realization dawn on him that he just admired her and he sighed for his hayward thoughts. What the hell was happening to him? He never thought about her in that way, then all of a sudden, why his heart beat raised with her proximity?

"What a scene?" They both heard a male voice, and Anant turned to see his best friend and Dance mate, Sarthak Agarwal standing there with an amused look on his face.

"Navya you know I feel like you have so many kids in this house," he teased making navya smile a little while Anant scoffed in irritation.
Sarthak always considered Navya like his small sister because he too was orphaned at an early age, hence he exactly knew how it felt like to be in her situation. And another reason being was that, he knew about Anant's family well because they weren't actually fond of him too, because of his middle class stature.

"Thanks," anant said once she broke the thread while Sarthak watched in a daze.

"What will you like to have Sir?" Navya asked Sarthak while he made an annoying face confusing face.

"I don't want anything if you are going to address me like these rich people," he stated huffing like a child while she chuckled and Anant glared at him.

"Don't look at me like that. Your glares suck big times. And yes your drama queen The high fi, Ms. Sonia Kapoor is downstairs so go and see her before she comes here to ruin my mood like last time," Sarthak said pissed while Navya's body froze hearing Sonia's name and all she remembered was the first day, she met Sonia and it was enough for her eyes to brim with tears.

It had been three years since Navya took over her job and everyday she had to face a new challenge. If for even a second, she hoped that everything would get back to normal, she was proven downright wrong. Her patience level was something which somewhat kept her sane otherwise with all those heartless people around her, she found it even hard to even breathe.

It was the month of May and generally the college vacations were going on. Anant was at home relaxing and enjoying his holidays, since he didn't took any new show offer at that time.

navya was cleaning the floor when Sonia Kapoor, Anant's college mate and dance troop member along with his fathers friend's daughter came barging in. She was so lost in checking her face in her small mirror that she didn't saw navya on the ground and she hit her feet on the broom and fell down.

"Ma'am are you okay?" navya asked with concerned helping her up while she pushed her hand away and got up, then angry at her humiliation, she slapped navya right across her cheek imprinting her all five fingers on her face, while Sarthak who stood on top gasped in shock.

"You bitch, how dare you even touch me?" Sonia yelled and everyone came out from their rooms, hearing her yellings but no one said a word as they saw Anant coming.

"What happened Sonia?" Anant came out from his room running hearing the noise while faking tears, she rushed to him and cried, "See, she pushed me on the ground". navya gasped at her white lie so did Sarthak, but knowing that no one was going to believe him or navya, he kept quiet.2

"Apologize to her," Anant ordered in a stern tone not meeting Navya's eyes while she stared at him with a teary gaze. She knew he knew that she didn't do anything, still he didn't showed his trust on her in that moment. He was 19, that doesn't mean that he can't act mature, but he didn't. He believed what he was told not what he knew.

"I am sorry Ma'am," she apologized and ran away, wiping her tears while Sonia smirked to herself and Sarthak cursed himself for not being able to stand for the right thing. But he never expected this from Anant.

navya came out of her trance, hearing Sarthak call her name and she stood rooted to her spot as she saw Sonia hugging Anant and her world started crashing in that moment only, because the realization of her status was dawning on her, every now and then and all she could do was to wipe off her lone tear.2

When a person suffers it doesn't mean that they are weak, it means that it is the beginning of them developing their strength to fight the world in the future!

Maim or popularly known as hurt, is that state of a depression where your heart cries along with your soul. Tears don't escape ones eyes because they are in that state of numbness, where nothing is making sense to them apart from the fact, that their heart is asking for some peace but they are not able to give it as they are trapped in the clutches of those societal feuds where they don't shout their pain out but they only feel it in that tiny organ which is on the left side of their body. People say crying makes you weak, but what they don't know is it is the only way a person could take out their bottled up emotions but when they don't even do that, then those heavy emotions get etched at the back of their mind forever.4
Navya was still staring in Anant's direction only, as he made his way towards Sarthak with Sonia beside him followed by her brother Vikram, another proudy case who didn't give two hoots to anyone's feelings or emotions apart from his. Navya gulped a lump in her throat scared that they might again say something mean to her which will break her fragile heart more.
"I thought someone said a few years back that they will never come in this house, so what changed now," Sarthak mocked Sonia while she shot daggers at him and Vikram stood up infront of him giving him an angry look which he retorted by his glare.2
After the drama Sonia did with Navya, she declared that she will never visit the Bajpai House, and Anant never forced her too, for his own reasons but seeing her today again in his house, definitely shocked him a little.
"Is it your house that you will tell us what to do and what not to do?" Vikram asked with a hint of sarcasm in his voice while Anant sighed. Sarthak and Vikram never got along well due to their differences of opinions as well as status while Anant never left Sarthak as he was the only one aware of the true Anant behind all this mask of Fame.3
"Stop it Guys! Let the past be in past," Anant admonished both of them before they could get into another dispute while navya started to leave to only be stopped by Sonia on her way.
"So Navya I know our first meeting isn't that cool, but come on, you don't think that I will apologize a maid like you. So put the end to that hurt look and go get me fresh orange juice," Sonia said smirking while Navyatook one look at Anant to see him looking elsewhere but not at them and sighing, she smiled a little.
"Ma'am I really don't want to go in permanent shock with a big star's apology so please don't worry on a maid's accord because we are used to people screaming at us," navya replied with a plain look while Sarthak controlled his laughter and the siblings shared an irritated look.4
"And don't worry I will put extra ice in your juice so that your mind won't feel the hot rays of sun," she added and before Sonia could analyze her words and reply she walked off with her head held high. She didn't know from where that little bit of confidence emerged in her, but she was glad that it did.5
No matter what status one belongs to, but no one has any right to abuse anyone for the work they do.2
Everyone in this world wants the best for themselves but not everyone's fate is the same. Some get everything within a blink of an eye, while some have to work hard to achieve it and when they know that they are doing it, then there is no force in this world which could stop them from taking a stand for themselves. Afterall, God has also said that, "Before respecting others one should respect their ownself too, because nothing is bigger than your own dignity".
"You should really teach some manners to her," Vikram stated and this time Anant spoke with attitude and arrogance, "I am a dancer not a teacher and when I am not able to teach you all dance in years then whom am I to teach her anything. Atleast she knows where she stands, unlike few people who don't even know that they should be available in the rehearsals too".
Anant smirked at Vikram, taunting him openly for his irresponsible behavior which could have put him in loss while realizing that Anant was pissed with her brother, Sonia butt in and held Anant's hand authoritatively and asked blinking her eyes, "Come on Anant. We are meeting after two days and you are fighting for that navya".
Anant removed her hand from his while Sarthak's curiosity increased as he was sure that something was cooking in his head, but what?
"In first place, remember that I don't have to fight for anyone especially navya and secondly, I was stating the truth, which is hard to digest for you and your brother. Isn't it so?" He replied mockingly and turned around to leave to only see navya standing there with a hurt look on her face while her hands which held the juice were shivering hearing his words.8
She kept the tray on the small coffee table and hurriedly left the room while Sarthak shook his head at Anant, pissed and annoyed at the same time. At times, he wondered what was the point of all this rudeness and arrogance when he wasn't like this from the interior. He wasn't going to be awarded an Oscar for already hurting a tormented soul.2
navya entered the kitchen with slow steps and got engrossed in her work, but her mind kept on drifting to Anant's words every now and then. Why did she felt so much hurt with his words? He wasn't the only one who talked about her in that way, then why did it felt like someone was killing her slowly and steadily?
She was thinking only, when she felt a sharp pain in her hand which brought her back to the earth, and she saw a furious rama standing there with a knife with which she had scratched navya back palms making it bleed.25
"Are you deaf? I have been calling you from an hour now for my massage, but you good for nothing. Can't you do one work on time?" rama yelled as navya stared down at her feet suppressing her sobs at the pain she felt in her hands due to the cut.

She was thinking only, when she felt a sharp pain in her hand which brought her back to the earth, and she saw a furious rama standing there with a knife with which she had scratched navya back palms making it bleed.25

"Are you deaf? I have been calling you from an hour now for my massage, but you good for nothing. Can't you do one work on time?" Rama yelled as navya stared down at her feet suppressing her sobs at the pain she felt in her hands due to the cut.

"I was heating the oil only, Ma'am," she replied stuttering on her tongue and rama slapped her and yelled loudly, "Don't you dare argue with me or else I will pull your tongue out".3

"God knows what have your parents taught you," Rama cursed and walked off while navya felt a pang of excruciating pain in her chest. She could bear anything on her but when they involved her deceased parents, she wanted to scream loudly in agony but she couldn't because there was no one who could feel her pain or even try to make her feel better somehow.

"Ohh God Navya!" Sarthak who was passing by the kitchen saw her in that heart shattering state and his heart bled for that innocent girl who was bearing the torture of these rich people, who thought themselves to be God.

"Ahh," she cried as he held her hand and made her wash it in the cold water, then running to the drawer he brought out the first aid kit immediately to bandage her hand, while she stared at her hand in pain but her tears didn't fell from her eyes because she was not permitted to cry.1

"How did this happen?" He asked and she looked away not wanting to lie to him but she couldn't even tell him the truth because it will hurt him too, since he genuinely treated her as his sister.

"From those two psycho women, who was it?" Sarthak asked with unexplainable rage and fury in his eyes and navya just nodded a no.

"Let me go and talk to anant. These people are crossing limits with each day," he added and started to leave but navya held his wrist before he could walk out, making him sigh.

"Sir, please don't do anything which will make them insult you. You treat me like your sister, so please won't you listen to your sisters request. When I decided to work here, I already knew that I will have to face situations which are going to break me apart then what right do I even have to question them when it's my own choice," she explained and Sarthak's eyes brimmed with tears seeing her maturity.

On one side where they all teenagers enjoyed their life freely, navya was one who took up the charge of her life and supported herself by making an honest earning. Not many girls out there can act sanely when they are left all alone, in the cruel world but she was someone, whom he found extraordinary. Someone who could bear her hurt, but she will never talk I'll about her employers.

"What are you made of? Don't you feel the pain?" He asked and she simply nodded a no and left to do her work not wanting to rile rama up while Sarthak made his way to Anant's room not wanting to let this matter go easily bit he was sure Anant wasn't going to do anything in that moment. He never did. He simply kept mumb and let them hurt her.

"You need to do something for her," Sarthak yelled in the evening once Sonia and Vikram left. The whole day they stayed with Anant as they discussed their next show which was suppose to be held in Goa while Sarthak paced around his room restlessly along with nimisha whom he revealed the cruelty done to navya as she came back from her work in the evening.

Nimisha was not shocked, she was outraged at their audacity, especially her brothers words. How can he be so ignorant towards someone who was taking care of him like they would have done for their family? Do all people who are trapped in the glory of the money, forget the righteousness of life?

"What happened now?" He asked cluelessly and both of them glared at him.

"Who the hell do you think you are to talk about her in that way to that bitchy Sonia?" Nimisha questioned him while getting the deal, he stated pissed, "You are forgetting your tone, sissy".

"You are forgetting your morals, Bhai. Do you even know what is happening behind your back?" She replied pointing her one index finger at him while he stared at Sarthak for any hints but he too was only glaring at him.

"What has happened?" He asked this time losing his patience running his fingers in his silky hairs again and again, messing them up.

"Mom or Bhabhi cut her hand with knife. She won't tell us who did it, but it has to be one of them," nimi exclaimed with hurt evident in her tone.

"What??" Anant gasped in shock not believing that his own family was crossing all their lines while he wasn't able to do anything.

"For how long will you let them hurt this way, Anant? What is her fault that she is a orphan who is forced to work here because she has no one to look after her," Sarthak asked in an emotional tone while Anant stared at both of them helplessly and then he strode out of the room angry at everyone but most of all at himself.

navya who was cleaning the living room saw him coming down from the elevator and one look at him, and she was sure that he mad with anger but she didn't dare to look in his direction.

Anant strolled out of the house in long strides not caring for his mother's call, as she made her way out of the room.

"Did he say something, where he is going?" She asked navya who just nodded a no making her confuse as Anant generally didn't went out angry.

"Listen we all are going to a party. Take care of the house and when he comes back, serve him food. Understand," she ordered navya and walked off again to her room while navya stared at the exit not liking the fact that he left in a bad mood.

It was 11 in the night when Anant made his way inside to see navya sitting on the floor resting her head on her knees while her eyes were fixated on the door. Rest of the family members were suppose to return late, while nimisha slept early due to her headache and Sarthak left at 8 when there was no sign of anant.

"Sir". navya acknowledged his presence as he made his way inside looking tired.

"Did you eat?"He asked her as he stood infront of her surprising her totally and she nodded a no. How can she eat, where there was no sign of him till late? Whether he cares for her or not, she cared for him enough to not eat anything until she was sure that he had his food.
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His eyes went on the bandage of her hand, and his eyes became dark while she hid her hand, behind her back not wanting him to see it.

"If you hide from me, it doesn't mean that I won't see it," He declared and held her hand authoritatively, dragging her out of his house to her cottage, shocking her completely.

"Sir, someone will see. Please leave my hand," she pleaded worried for his image while he simply took long strides to reach her room. Once inside, he locked the room making her gulp in fear, as it was the first time, he was alone with her in her cottage not his king size room.

He kept his both hands on her shoulders and made her sit on her single bed and that is when his eyes went around the small room, which was filled with her innocence and warmth. The warmth that he never got in his big brick house.

He went towards the small cupboard and opened the drawer to search for the first aid kit. Getting the box, he made her way towards and on approaching he sat down on his knees infront of her while she looked away, feeling absolutely confused with those sudden alien feelings.

"You should clean this wound properly otherwise you ll get infection. And you have holiday for two days, so rest well. No need to come in the main house. I will handle all," he explained taking hold of her injured hand shocking her completely.

He removed the wet old bandaged while she shut her eyes tightly and Anant's hand did their work while his eyes roamed over her face feeling her soft features.

She flinched suddenly as he applied the dettol and realizing her discomfort, he blew air on her injured spot causing her to clutch the sheet of the bed tightly with her other hand.
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"Is it still burning?" He asked in his husky voice and she nodded a no, not knowing what else to even say.

He wrapped the new bandage keeping his gaze on her face and she kept her eyes closed all the while not understanding his sudden care for her.
Once done, he caressed her back palm softly trying to soothe her pain but he didn't knew that, it was like he was trying to soothe her heart.
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navya opened her eyes slowly and he immediately stood up and walked out, leaving her confused but as she saw the new bandage on her hand, a small smile made its way on her lips as she caressed it.

People might not admit that they care for someone, but their heart always knows, who are important for them because one can ignore the voice of mind but not the voice of their heart and soul!

Dance, the rhythm and compassion of life, eases ones heart and mind. When that soft and sweet melodious music flows then even without a second thought ones feet automatically start moving because they want to get lost in that world of dreams and live in that isolation which is far beyond all the worldly facades. It is always believed that when a person misses someone, the best way to put your heart and mind at rest is to travel in the world of those heart touching beats, which will make you forget every single thing and all you would remember is, the one whom your heart craves and desires but the thin line of the society always comes in your path way, putting a halt to that enchanting dance.
The sad tunes of the music flowed, as the sun rays entered Anant's room from the glass windows, which he opened to let the fresh air in, but in a hope to see her for once as his heart missed seeing her innocent face since a day now.
He never knew that giving her an off day would prove the worst decision of his life. He was absolutely dependent on her, and now that she was not infront of him, he felt empty, an emptiness that only she could take away with her smile.
He stood in the middle of his room, and looked around and all he could see was her, only her. Her face, her lips, her almond eyes, her beautiful hairs, her petite figure while he stood there in a corner admiring her.
He increased the volume of the music system and started moving along the tune.
His body floated from one side to another, making him stretch his arms as if he was trying to embrace that breathtaking beauty of his life in his protective and secure embrace, trying to shield her from all the hardships of life. He twisted his hand in a way as if asking that Almighty about the cruelty people face in the world, but they are not able to get their happily after ever. Their fairy tale isn't completed because the world has only advanced in the technologies, they haven't adapted that advancement in their thoughts.3
His face harbored the expressions of sorrow and sadness as if he himself was the victim of that hurting phase but truth to be told, he had experienced the sufferings of that victim, who had captured his heart, unknown to him. Atlast, the silent plea ended with a tear of drop falling from his closed eye, as he raised his head heavenwards and sat down on his knees, as if expecting some mercy from someone up there.
"Breath taking, buddy," He heard Sarthak's excited voice and stood up from his position, turning off the music system.1
"I never knew you were a fan of Taylor Davis," Sarthak asked with a look of amusement and Anant just shrugged his shoulders and started wiping his face while Sarthak took his position, on the blue couch kept in the corner of the room.
"My instincts tell me that you are missing her, while my mind says you are only pissed, and my heart says that you are...," Sarthak stated gaining Anant's attention as he raised his brows for him to proceed on but Sarthak left the sentence in half way because he for sure knew how stubborn his best friend could be, and it was no use stating something to him, which he would only trash like an used can.
"Why did you stop? Go ahead, what does your heart say?" Anant asked sipping the orange juice and the second the liquid went down his throat, he spit it out shocking Sarthak.
"What the hell? Jenniferrr!" He screamed at the top of his lungs which echoed in the entire house.
"What happened?" Sarthak asked not understanding his sudden anger. It seemed to him as if he lost his one screw with that juice. What a thought!4
"Drink this!" Anant ordered passing him the glass, while Sarthak took it and have a sip and stared in confusion at Anant, not able to comprehend what was wrong with him. He scrutinized Anant from top to bottom and then bottom to top, and declared, "You have gone mad".
This tastes like normal juice!"
"You find it normal. It is tasteless!" He replied with a disgusted face and just then Jennifer came running in the room earning a glare from Anant while Sarthak controlled himself from not rolling on the floor in laughter because he so was enjoying this angry Anant who was missing someone close to him, but his manly ego wasn't making admit it out loud.2
"In these many years you haven't learn to make juice also?" Anant asked in a rude tone to Jennifer and she gulped in fear. This is what she was afraid of, since the second Anant declared to everyone that navya was on a two day break. The entire staff had been shocked out of their wits end because never for once in 9years, she was given any break.
"Sir, I made just like how navya taught me," she replied hesitantly and glaring at her, he replied, "If she taught you then why it isn't like hers? Admit it out loud, you people can never do anything like her. Wait..."
He paused suddenly realizing something and Jennifer prayed to all the Gods of the world to save her from his wrath. "It didn't tasted like this yesterday, did she made it?" He asked all.of a sudden remembering the taste of juice which was absolutely like hers the other day but he was so engrossed in the movie he was watching, that he didn't paid heed that she could go against his order and come to make his juice.
"Sir, she came to help me as she knew how angry you will get if you don't get it on time. But I told her to not come today," She replied nervously biting on her lip while Sarthak laughed and Anant walked out of the room irritated and annoyed.
He made his way in the backyard, and suddenly his nostrils were filled with the fragrance of fresh Roses and Lily. He looked around the garden area and was surprised to see navya planting the new flower saplings while there were few others which were blossoming in the sun.
She was wearing a Green color suit, looking as radiant as ever while her long curls were flowing in all directions which made anant's heart skip a beat. For the first time, he was watching her in casuals and it felt to him, as if he wanted to watch her in these colorful dresses forever.
She started smelling the roses with a smile on her lips, as Anant made his way towards her keeping his gaze on her back. navya sensed something different in the air as her heart picked up its race, but she couldn't point what changed all of a second.
Anant approached her, and before he could say a word, navya turned around with a jerk sensing someone behind him, and due to the sudden movement, her feet slipped on the wet mud.
"navyaaa!" Anant immediately wrapped his one arm on her waist, and held her other hand in his, saving her from the fall, while their hearts stopped moving on their own accord and their eyes simply got locked with the others, indulging in silent talks.
Both didn't knew for how long they didn't breathe, but just held each other gazing in the other's eyes. The eye lock, defined their true feelings for the other, which arose only when the first time, they met years ago but with their different lives, they both never gave it a thought but now when they were mature enough to exactly feel it, they didn't wanted to admit it.
Navya realized their surroundings and pulled back from him, remembering his words two days back and also the fact of her true identity.
"Thank you". He nodded and she waited for him to talk about his unexpected visit to her. "Did you wanted something, Sir," she asked checking his outfit which comprised of only his vest and tracks.
Remembering that he should be angry at her, he asked in a distant tone which erased all the warmth she developed a few seconds ago.
"When I told you to rest then you should rest only. Don't try to defy my orders, do you understand? If I won't drink juice made up of your hand for two days, I won't die. So no need to worry about me because I can take care of myself. You have got the break to to take care of yourself, do that rather than worrying about these flowers and...," He stated harshly while his fists closed on his sides and navya felt her heart breaking at the intensity of his tone.
"If you think that I was worried for you then you are wrong, Sir. I was worried about the other staff who are the only humans in this big house of yours. And regarding these flowers, then they are my friends and just like I don't have anyone to look after, even they don't have anyone". She replied in calm tone but Anant felt the pain and hurt in her words, which emerged because of his own words.1
He walked off angrily, while a tear roll down her cheek, as she stared at his retreating back painfully. "You are also like everyone else, who always misunderstand me," she murmured softly in her heart as it constricted with the enormous amount of pain in her chest. She never lamented Over others words but she never knew why, his words and actions always hurt her more than anything.3
The rest of the day both of them spent restlessly, not knowing what was transpiring between their hearts. Anant missed her badly and he was hating himself for talking to her rudely, while navya was guilty too, for replying him harshly. Though it was the right thing to do at that moment, but still she couldn't help feel some sort of unrestricted pain because he was angry at her.
"I shouldn't have replied him this rudely. How can I be so stupid?" She cursed herself walking upto the Window to stare at the moon light which always made her feel special and content but the second her eyes went to the other side, her breathing hitched as she saw Anant too standing on the terrace watching the moonlight.
He was leaning on the railing engrossed in the moon and then suddenly his eyes met
her almond teary eyes and he straightened himself but kept his gaze fixated on her. He could see a pained expression crossing her soft features and then she closed the Window all of a sudden shocking him.
He stood there watching the small cottage for quite some time. It wasn't any different to their real life truth that, he was at the heights while she was below him. Pushing aside his thoughts, he made his way towards his room not knowing what the morning will lead to.2
Navya finally joined her work back the next morning, little scared of the Bajpai's but she also knew that, facing things make it easy rather than running away from them.
"Ohh look here the princess comes!" Sughanda taunted seeing Navya pull the trolley of breakfast in her room while she flinched at her tone.
"One day we go to a party, and you cried your eyes out infront of Anant and took a break. Is that why we are paying you?" om too joined his wife on the designer sofa as navya served them controlling her heartbreak but overcoming her fear, she replied in a soft voice, "I didn't asked Sir, it was his decision".
"Don't argue with us!" sughanda said and threw the entire breakfast on the floor, making navya stagger back on her feet.
"You are not getting the full salary this month," o, declared while giving her glares, the couple walked out of their room as navya sat down on the floor and started picking up the broken dishes as well as scattered food.2
She was picking up everything only, when another hand came forward and started picking up the rest of the things. navya looked up to see Anant with pursed lips and angry eyes, and she got up immediately taking the broken things from his hand, in the process cutting her finger.
"Ahh!" She cried as the glass pierced her already hurted hand, while Anant pulled her hand and removed the glass piece from her finger, and taking her finger close to his mouth, he sucked the blood, shocking her.
"Are you crazy? Don't you know that you shouldn't pick up the glass pieces like this?" He yelled once the blood stopped ozing out of her finger while she kept on staring in his eyes, to see them filled with concern for her.
He glared at her one last time and walked out leaving her with her wayward thoughts. One minute he is all caring, and the next second he is all arrogant and rude. What is she suppose to make out of everything?3
"Ma'am the lunch is ready!" navya said to rama, at 1 in the noon, while she was simply admiring her long nails. Her only work was to admire herself in the mirror, and go to high society people, because she thought that the more she maintains herself, the more her husband would go ga-ga over her, but what she didn't knew was, beauty lies within the soul, not on the physical body or appearance.1
"How many times have I told you to not disturb me, when I am doing my work? Don't you have one bit of brains? Oh wait, for having brains, you should have gone to school, which you didn't because your precious parents, left you all alone for us to bear your burden," She taunted humiliating her and not able to handle it anymore, navya kept her lunch on the table that was kept in her room, and ran off muffling her sobs.2
"navya!" nimisha called after her, as she saw her running out of their house crying and she was sure that her good for nothing family would have thrown some or other insult at that poor soul.
"Bbhai, wherever you are, just come back. She needs us," nimisha ordered on the phone, the second Anant received the call. He had gone to Sarthak's place to clear his head for a while but there also, all he could think was about navya. He couldn't see her in pain, but he was only giving her pain, why?
The second navya entered her cottage, she locked it from inside, and taking her parents photo frame, she clutched it to her heart missing them badly.
"Mumma-papa why are they doing this to me? I am not asking anything from them, still why do they consider me a burden? Why they keep on taunting me about you? I do as they say, still I am not able to earn little respect from them, why?" She cried falling on her knees, as her heart cried along with her while her eyes kept on pouring out those uncontrollable tears.1
"Am I that bad to not get one bit of love?"
"Am I that cursed to not get any sort of respect from anyone?"
"Am I that worthless that I am called a burden?"2
She kept on asking unanswerable questions to her parents as her tears kept on cascading down her cheeks, while her body was becoming numb due to the turmoil that was going inside her mind, and her eyes started drooping due to excessive crying, but before her figure could touch the ground, someone broke in the room, and enveloped her in his arms securely and before falling in unconcious, all she murmured was the one name, which will soon change her entire life.
"Anantt!"
When lost in their outer luxuries, people hurt a beautiful soul, they don't ever think of the consequences but what they forget is that, Almighty is watching every single thing, and he is here to write everyone's life history!4
How was the chapter guys? Who felt like killing Anant😡 but at the same time loving him too?😳