IshVeer FF: Of The Soulmates Chapter 53(Page 144) - Page 67

Originally posted by: ranveerishani78

Superb... Puneet is so caring ... Hope ishani come backs soon to ranveer 👏 tysm for pm Elvish 😉 😊

Thank you, sweetie. Puneet is 😛😛 Love him so much. Ishani will come back soon. Don't worry. and you are very welcome, though there is no need to be so formal. :) 😊

Originally posted by: amazing3

Both Ranveer and Ishani are suffering heartaches. Please bring them near each other soon.

Lovely updates again Elvish. Thanks for sharing your talent. ..😛

Thank you, amazing. They'll come closer soon and their distances make them fall for each other so hard. But yes this time it's not going to be as sad. :)

Originally posted by: strings123

When will Ishani realise her love Elvish?

Hey, Rabia. I know you'd be feeling like to hit me hard but don't worry, but before she realizes her love they must revive their tainted friendship which will make it better for them to accept their love for each other. Stay tuned, though. 😊

Originally posted by: fan.matsh

I liked the chp EH. Specially the ending. It was very well written... Waiting for an update...

Thank you, fan.matsh. Ending felt sad when I wrote it but also good for some weird reasons. Will update the next chapter soon. :D

Loved the chapter like every other chapter. Waiting excitingly when Ranveer and ishani will confess, I want her to return soon..I am glad she is realizing that it's Ranveer that she is longing for and not Chirag. Please update the next chapter soon like you always do.

Originally posted by: robal

Loved the chapter like every other chapter. Waiting excitingly when Ranveer and ishani will confess, I want her to return soon..I am glad she is realizing that it's Ranveer that she is longing for and not Chirag. Please update the next chapter soon like you always do.

Thank you, Robal. Ishani always longed for Ranveer which is why she never wanted to leave London for Chirag. :D I'll update the chapter soon, may be friday.

Heya, guys. Back again and this time earlier than I had intended and hoped. ;)

Chapter 38

"You ready?" Falguni said as she saw Ishani packing her bags for her return to London, in the evening.

"Yes, Maa," Ishani sighed lightly. "My time's up."

Falguni caressed Ishani's face affectionately as she continued, "Time flies by very soon. How quickly three days passed I did not even realize. I'm going to miss you, Ishani, but promise me you will come back as soon as the date of your marriage gets fixed, will you?"

Ishani looked at her mother hesitantly. "Maa, can we not avoid this topic for now? I don't think I'm ready yet to go with this marriage."

"You're getting old, Ishani," Falguni said.

"Not enough to have wrinkles on my face, right?" Ishani ejaculated, irritated. "Maa, please, try to understand. You have trusted me so far, do trust further please. Please, for a more while. You have been my strength all this while when Papa was not here and now we cannot give up."

Falguni smiled. "I do trust you, Ishani, and I know what you will do will be for good only, but take care of yourself in this mess. Don't forget yourself in fulfilling your Papa's dreams," Falguni finished with a concerned smile on her now getting old face.

"I will," Ishani answered, and took her mother in her arms gently, as tears of parting welled up in the eyes of both. "And I will be fine, Maa. Don't worry."

"I worry so much about you, Ishani. It's such a pity that you cannot stay with us."

"Many things work like that," Ishani said. "Sometimes they are for good and it's better to accept them that way."

"That is true," Falguni said. "Sometimes children know better than us. Not bad."

Ishani blushed lightly. "We're grownups, after all, Maa."

Falguni slapped Ishani's shoulders genially. "You've not only grown up but grown naughty, too. But I'm glad to see you like this. Really glad. When is your flight?"

"At night, Maa. After 12, in the late night. I should be ready as it's already evening. I hope to see everyone before I leave."

"Did you see Manas? What do you think of him?" Falguni said, suddenly.

"Honest, loving, caring and a good man. Absolutely perfect for Disha." Ishani smiled.

"That was my thought, though his parents are not very happy for some reasons but he says he will look after the matter himself," Falguni said.

"Maa," Ishani said nervously, "are we really being honest enough to deserve their honesty for our Disha?"

"What do you mean?" Falguni asked, confused.

"He still does not know what happened here and what led us to change so much. You haven't told him yet, have you?"

"Not yet," Falguni said. "But after being rejected 3 times already I cannot see Disha suffering the same for the fourth time. They will think my daughter was wrong but it was..." Falguni fell silent looking at Ishani's red face.

"Truth must be told to him, Maa. Do it before it's too late and you were never a coward, why this now? Please tell them the truth. Manas genuinely loves Disha and he is not going to be judgmental about the situation like everyone was."

"You think so?"

"100 percent," Ishani answered confidently.

"I will talk to him, then. We have gained our status back in the society but have lost this confidence."

Ishani hugged her mother once again. "Don't do this, Maa. Stay strong like you always were, and if you don't mind may I ask you for one more thing?"

Falguni nodded as Ishani continued, "Maa, can you please be kind to those working here for us?" She deliberately avoided using the term servant'. "We have seen those days and expected we were treated better; why not return the same respect to those we always crave for from others?"

Falguni looked irritated slightly, as if Ishani had asked her to donate a piece of her jewelry to someone unworthy; for she stared at her daughter for few moments as she agreed finally. "Does that make you happy?"

"Very much."

"All right, then," Falguni said. Falguni could not hide her reluctance in her speech but Ishani knew her mother knew how to keep promises, however bitter they were.

"Thank you, Maa. Thank you so much."

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At 12.05 am Ishani found herself sitting beside an old lady on the intended plane at her reserved snug seat. She stared out of the round glassy window towards the flat dewy runway covered sideways with the fresh foliage glistening richly in the splotched gleam of the airport light. The days she spent at home felt exhausting but at the thought of returning back to London she was filled with an overwhelming joy, and her heart suddenly started feeling easier and lighter. Despite the things having been bad in her home her heart found comfort in that strange place only. Her thoughts wandered ceaselessly to her future ventures which involved getting her company back to normal which now was under huge loss due to previous sharing of Mr. Zaveri but now that needed to be handled all by herself as soon as possible. Her partnership with Mr. Gupta was not yet over and she could hope the growth of her company further was not in danger, rather she hoped to get it all done soon and be better for, for the first time she found herself standing all alone. The feeling of loneliness tingled in her heart incessantly as if giving her a secret message that she could not make any sense of.

At its determined time the flight finally took off as the elegant views of the glittering city faded away, being left down, down, and down away until the plane glided swiftly on the level of the clouds themselves with a riotous sound in the air. She did not realize but as she stared out of the window, now downwards, a stream of tears escaped her eyes effortlessly as the faces of her mother, cousins, Baa, and the sight of the mansion refreshed themselves in her mind again, and her heart felt slightly heavy. Good byes were always painful and the recent one had no reason to be an exception. Sharman, Devarsh and Prateek and her Kaka and Kaki had come to drop Ishani to the airport while Disha, Baa and Falguni had bid her farewell at home when she left. She understood now how hard it would have been for her mother to see her off, but she hoped things fell in their right places soon.

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Around noon Ishani felt her eyes drooping low out of sleepiness as she quickly made her way to her house in London. The Caf went on but she did not visit the place, for the trustworthy employees over there, she knew, worked very well. Her main concern remained, however to get a couple of deals done before the end of the week and Mr. Khanna made sure to have them done as soon as he could.

Her office at evening welcomed her with the same warmth and anticipation of betterment of the company and the feelings being not so different Ishani found herself once again in the depth of the exertion she had promised herself for. Luckily enough, Mr. Khanna introduced Ishani to Mr. Jackson White who having been one of the leading industrialists in the country agreed to take upon the job and lend a hand in future ventures that awaited them. Ishani post the meeting found out why Mr. White so quickly agreed to have deal with her: Mr. Zaveri had caused him a huge loss few months ago and working with his enemies could only be a matter of great fun. Though the thought did not bother Ishani anymore since she had grown used to the expertise of such things and people around

Mr. Zaveri, on the other hand, remained in his cell, and Ishani heard of his various trials in the couple of days she was out of town. Media by now was kept out of the business and RV was no more involved, though in one way or another, Ishani's name could pop up at times which caused her restlessness but she knew as long as the matter was on the surface she would have to bear through this which might go on from days to weeks to months to even longer time.

Unlike her house in India London had seen a lot of developments and most of them going on pleasantly, to her own surprise. Things in her business presently began coming on the right track but she could not deny her personal life was a mess, even now. The more she tried engaging herself in her work, the more she found a part of her missing and the thoughts felt too consuming at times that she could, in that particular faze, throw away everything and rush towards an unknown destination with no return.

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In spite of everything getting gradually normal Ishani could not deny the fatal agitation her heart felt ever since she set her foot in London; and to find the answers she called Puneet, although she directly avoided asking about the core of her questions, but he magically (it seemed) understood why she had called and narrated her the whole matter with his boss which had occurred to him in her absence.

"I'm very glad, Ishani," Puneet had said, calling her name rather nervously, and reluctantly, "that you came back, but you see, things have not been too well here."

Ishani smiled slightly at Puneet's reluctance. "You don't have to be nervous at all, Puneet," she said, hesitant to further ask anything when Puneet himself seemed to consider her silence a cue to her questions.

"Well, you know," he said, "I understand why you have called me at this hour, Ishani, but I'm not sure if I should really be telling you certain things because they might not seem very pleasant to you."

"Tell me, Puneet," Ishani said quickly. "I want to know."

Puneet recounted the whole array of incidents that took place in Ishani's absence and affected her or Ranveer in many ways. Puneet's manners were different this time as if he hoped her to find a way through the troubles although he did not say anything openly and nor did Ishani ask anything more.

"Does your boss really possess a heart or not, Puneet?" Ishani said, furiously, as the mention of Ranveer being checked up by the doctor came, which Puneet mentioned rather cautiously.

"He apologized to everyone, really, and he looked sorry as well," Puneet said.

"Apologized, eh? Let me see how sorry he was," Ishani said, feeling a surge of guilt rushing over her.

"I think he was sorry and hasn't touched alcohol since two days," Puneet said, defensively.

"Cool. Thank you, Puneet. I'll talk to you later," Ishani finished in the same fury that Puneet witnessed few moments ago.

Ishani looked at the clock placed carefully at her desk. It showed 11.30 of the night, and she stood up, lightly. She felt her bones on the verge of cracking from exhaustion and fatigue but her heart forced her to take another route. The office was empty by now, only guards occupied their respective places but the feeling of loneliness was too deep to be ignored by the thoughts of their presence.

She took her car carefully, and headed towards the office, RV Brokers and Solutions, leaving the vague thoughts behind which tightened their grip on her giving out an amorphous shape to all her feelings. The ambiguity of her feelings always kept her away from admitting the necessary truths of life, that she thought added more salt to her misery. At times it became too great to see through anything but Ishani realized the time had come...time to face the challenges that life always presented her with to fight with herself. She decided ultimately to face Ranveer whatever he might have to say, she could not bear his silence anymore. She needed her answers.

Half an hour later she found herself taking the same path that left her with innumerable confusing, vague thoughts as she most mornings treaded this way. Entering in, she found, the lights of Ranveer's cabin on, although quite dimmed. That did not surprise her: living in such darkness had become a kind of his hobby. She gently knocked the door but as she had expected, in the appalling silence, no answer came. She repeated the knocks various times and everytime same quiet response was returned.

Silence of the place becoming unbearable Ishani nudged herself in the cabin hastily which was already left unlocked. She embarrassingly managed to take control of herself as her eyes fell on already present Ranveer, standing by the window, staring outside as if he heard nothing of her so far. Words once again fell short and her thoughts only caught hold of emptiness as she breathed lightly, keeping nervousness from taking over her. Ranveer yet showed no sign of having noticed her presence while Ishani felt like for a while rushing out of the room at once. She gulped and took two steps backward, carefully, lest he sees her, when she heard his deep voice, which she felt differed tremendously from his own.

"Welcome back, Ishani." She heard his disturbed voice say which left her awestruck for a few moments before she whispered quietly.

"Hi, Ranveer," she murmured. "I...I just came to see you."

"So kind of you," he said in a sardonic appreciation.

Ishani felt his words piercing her flesh and reaching down to her heart, deep, deep within where she could not comprehend anything beyond the wounds she received through him. She felt bit relieved that he had not for a single moment looked at her as he spoke.

"How have you been?" Ishani asked, gathering courage to speak at last what she intended to.

"What do you want to hear?"

"Can you be more specific please?" Ishani said, irritated. "I cannot play riddles with you right now." She realized she had repeated the same words as he in their last meeting before she left for India.

"Alright," he answered, softly. "I have been better than I ever was and hope to remain so in future too." Ranveer turned towards Ishani, and she could see his face worn out, eyes heavy and look on his face deceived completely the strength of his voice and haughty arrogance of his tone.

"I heard how well you have been, Ranveer, all these days. You can never change, can you?"

Ranveer laughed which made Ishani shiver with fear and pain. "How does that matter? And you really surprise me the most." Ranveer came further as he continued, "Don't tell me you were lost in my thoughts when away from this place."

Ishani embarrassingly tore gaze away but she could sense his voice getting heavier now, and smell of alcohol became evident he moved towards her. Closer.

"I don't think I have to explain you anything, and it would be better if you learn to keep your promises to the people you make. It might hurt their sentiments..." Ishani paused as she saw him looking at her closely.

"Promises are meant to be broken, who can know this better than you?" There was a terrifying bitterness in his tone.

"Of course," Ishani returned, her patience running short. "And you can stay here all the time pitying yourself for God knows what reasons."

"I'm not pitying myself," Ranveer answered, his voice quivering. "You'd never know what...leave it!"

"Sure. I'd leave it, once you leave your drinking habits. Can you? You should stop doing so much damage to yourself. Will you do that?"

Ranveer fell silent.

"What?" Ishani said. "You should say something. Why no answer? You think you'd keep quiet and I will leave you? No, never."

"Don't say the things you know you can never fulfill," Ranveer said angrily. "Just leave."

"Leave?" Ishani repeated. "Answer my questions and I'm out."

Ranveer again refused to utter a word.

"What happened, Mr. RV? You can't answer them now?" Ishani shouted her heart out now, as she felt drops of tears rolling out of her eyes.

"Why do you want to know?" Ranveer said, weakly, that, however, made no change in Ishani's fury now. "Why does it matter to you?"

"Because I care about you, dammit! I really do," Ishani shouted once again, resignedly, painfully, while she saw Ranveer's jaw drop in unexpected shock, and his face turning white while for the first time in the evening Ishani saw him looking at her in a fearful surprise, as if no words reaching his ears felt real.

I loved this chapter, I am so glad Ishani is back...I always love ranveer and ishani's conversations, can't twait to read what happens next. Thanks for updating it so fast, you are a genius.

Ishani is back woww. ... Loved the chapter ...thanks for pm sweetie

Originally posted by: robal

I loved this chapter, I am so glad Ishani is back...I always love ranveer and ishani's conversations, can't twait to read what happens next. Thanks for updating it so fast, you are a genius.

Thank you, robal. Really glad you liked the chapter. And you know what, I was telling this to my brother while writing the chapter that how much I love writing Ishani and Ranveer's converstation. It's always fun to write Ishani's thought process on how he affects her and she goes all helpless. ❤️ ❤️