Helloo everyone...i have started writing this story , i dont know why, since there are 3 stories lying unfinished...yep i will continue them too 😆...but this one is going to be short one...the topic is a bit controversial 😳...and i would love to read your views on this...😳
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Chapter 1
"It has been 5 years since I last saw you...5 years...damn! Cant believe , I survived so long without seeing you, speaking to you ...there used to be a time when if I was to survive one day without even speaking to you, I used to feel like I am dying...but hey! I survived not a day, but whole 5 years...everyone believes I have forgotten you...to the world , I have moved on...from you...from our relationship...from our love...but the truth is something different...I could never move on...I have learned to survive...without you...yes!...i have learnt...and I have learned to fool people...make them believe I am happy. They believe me, for like you always said, I am a good actor...I still am...you will be proud of me...oh I must go now...my husband is calling me...will write back to you when I am free...Love you always...oh and Happy Anniversary!... Today's the day when we first met.." Sanyukta hurriedly ended her letter and stashed it in her secret wooden chest and ran out of the store room...
"So why were you yelling for me dear?...and what the hell have you done to our bedroom...it looks as if a tornado has struck " Sanyukta asked , as she saw their messed up room and her equally messed up husband
"Sanyukta, where were you?...i cant find my wallet..." Dhruv said woefully and scratched his head..
"Here it is..." Sanyukta smiled and gave the wallet to him, as she pulled it out from the pocket of his coat, which was strewn on the chair...
"Oh ! I completely forgot to check there...seriously I don't know what I would have done without you..." he said, and came up to Sanyukta, giving a small peck on her cheek ..
"I guess that's why our parents got us married..." smiled Sanyukta..
"Yep!...i must thank our parents...they got me you..." he said , looking at her affectionately
"Enough now...you are going to be late for office..and so shall I..so run along" Sanyukta said smiling
"Come with me..i will drop you to your office today..."
"nopes...you know I like driving to my office on my own..." Sanyukta said shaking her head
"One day...you will ask a lift from me...I have waited 3 years...a few more years I can wait..." Winked Dhruv as he walked towards the main door...
As soon as Dhruv left, Sanyukta rushed back to the store room...took out that half finished letter and continued to write it...
"So where was I?...oh yes...I mentioned my Husband...yes I got married, to him..remember I wrote you about him, long back...for how long could I keep saying a no...for everyone I had moved on ...my parents wanted me to see happy and settled with my own family...Dhruv...Dhruv Malhotra...he is a nice man...he is my dad's friend's son...you know, I had met him when I was a kid of 6 yrs..but then Ravi uncle, shifted to US and Dhruv also went with him off course...so my memory of Dhruv is almost nothing. When my mom told me that they are thinking of fixing my marriage with Dhruv, like always I threw up a tantrum...but seeing her disappointed face, I could not help but agree to meet Dhruv. You wont believe it, the more I started talking to him I started liking him...you want to know if I told him about you?...yes, I did...for if I really had to move on with him...I cannot keep him away from my past...but I just told him, that I was a in a relationship before, but we broke up...I just could not bring myself up to narrate everything...you know, it would have broken my heart again...I just could not think that I had that much courage left inside me anymore..." Sanyukta felt tears pricking her eyes as she wrote it, her phone suddenly rang and she hurriedly picked it up...she saw it was Vidushi, her colleague from office calling her.
"Sanyukta where are you?...you are late...are you coming to office today.. remember we have that important meeting..." Vidushi rambled on..
"Oh yeah Vidushi, I am on my way...my car broke down..sorry..." Sanyukta said rushing out of the house ..
Its as if she goes into another world when she starts writing those letters ...she had lost the track of time as she had got busy writing the letter, it was only when her phone rang that she realized the time...sometimes she feels that may be she is crazy that she keeps on writing those letters...may be she is crazy that she keeps hanging on to a part of her past...but it was the only way that she got the strength to move on...pretending to talk to him through those letters makes her feel that he is still around her, with her, and that he is helping her to move on...
She hurried to the elevator and pressed the button of the 5th floor, she needed to rush to the conference room, already she is 10 mins late, and her boss will not take kindly to it. She ran, halfway down the corridor, and finally banged inside the conference room, panting...
"S-sorry S-sir...got late..c-car..broke down..I" She huffed as she tried to speak..
"Yes, Miss Vidushi informed me...you are lucky the representatives from the other company have not yet arrived and also we are awaiting for someone to join our team...so the meeting has not yet started.." her boss replied curtly
"S-sir...someone is going to join our team?" Sanyukta asked looking surprised..
"yes, you remember we discussed in our last meeting, that we need someone who is expert in the motor engineering part...we need an expert for this particular project...well, so on a contract we have hired someone...and he is a genius...we are lucky to have got him...he will be arriving soon...his flight got delayed...so by that time please get your presentation ready...we have to brief him also about the progress of the project...I will just go and see how far are the representatives" He said, before going out of the conference room..
"Oh..yes...sir...I will just set up everything.." Sanyukta said
Sanyukta and Vidushi had just set up the presentation , when their boss, Mr Rajiv Sinha entered the room, and announced the arrival of the representatives...
"Sanyukta, lets not waste anymore time and start with the presentation...our motor engineering expert will join after some time...we will have a meeting with him separately..." said Mr Sinha..
Feeling nervous , Sanyukta went up to start with the presentation...as she completed her presentation, the representatives nodded appreciatively...and after some discussion among themselves, gave approval for the project...Sanyukta heaved a sigh of relief, and went back to take her seat...she glanced at her boss and saw that he is giving an appreciative smile, she nodded back...
Sanyukta was having lunch in her office cafeteria, when she received a call from Dhruv...smiling ,she took the call
"Hey , just wanted to ask you...will you be late tonight...I was actually thinking , that we can got out for dinner tonight.." she heard him say, and even noticed the faint hesitation in his voice...even after two years of their marriage and three years of knowing each other there were some barriers between them...Some boundaries which she has created , and Dhruv respected those boundaries, he preferred to give her the space she needed...and never once encroached them...Sanyukta respected him a lot for that...she just wished, that one day, she would be able to put past her past, and really move on with Dhruv, for , he deserved all the happiness in the world, and she always felt guilty that she was the reason that Dhruv did not get the happiness he deserved...
"Well there is a meeting scheduled after lunch...I hope we can wrap early...I do think we can go for dinner tonight..." she replied ...
"That's great...I will book tables at our favourite restaurant then..." said Dhruv...Sanyukta knew, he meant "her" favourite restaurant and not "his", he always does that...and when once she had pointed it out, he had firmly said, it was "theirs" favourite restaurant, for what she likes, he likes too..Sometimes, she wished he was not so nice, it just made her feel guiltier...
As Sanyukta kept down the phone, she saw Vidushi coming to her table. She pulled a chair and sat down beside Sanyukta. .
"Hey...whats up?..lunch done?" Vidushi asked
"yep...need to get ready for the second meeting...god knows how this "genius" will be" Sanyukta said rolling her eyes...
"Yeah...about that genius...who do you think he is?...umm...do you think he will be handsome?...err single?" Vidushi said, having a dreamy look in her eyes..
"hello...even if he is handsome and single, remember you are engaged to Parth.." Sanyukta laughed..
"Oh yeah...I forgot ..for a moment...damn!...anyway so what..its not like that I am married to him...so I am allowed to flirt right?...now you be careful..you are married...its you who should not think about any "other" man" ...Vidushi replied smirking...
"Yeah right!...i am not looking forward into getting into any extramarital affair stuff...don't want to complicate my life..." Sanyukta laughed..
"But suppose you do fall for some other guy , I mean , just suppose...what will you do?" Vidushi pressed on..
" I don't know...I seriously don't know...I would hate to hurt my husband by cheating on him..he is a nice man..i guess will just try to forget that I have fallen for someone else..." Sanyukta frowned.
"Anyway leave it...we need to go for the meeting...lunch hour is over.." she continued , hurriedly got up to go the conference room...
Sanyukta and Vidushi were sitting in the conference room for about 10 mins, when their boss came and along with him came another man...Sanyukta heard her boss, ushering him in saying, "come inside, I will introduce you to our team.."
As he entered the room, he announced "meet our new team member for the project...Mr Randhir Singh Shekhawat..."
Sanyukta gasped as she looked up and saw him standing...just as she heard the name "Randhir Singh Shekhawat ", she felt someone has knocked her breath out, she felt as if thousand knives have stabbed her heart...when she saw that the very "Randhir Singh Shekhawat" her heart had yearned to meet for 5 long years , standing in front of her, she wanted to die...destiny was cruel...all the time she had wished for his return, dreamed of being with him again, he never came...and now when she knew she cannot even dream to be with him , he was right there standing infront of her...she felt her heart aching so bad, that she felt she might just faint...she forgot to breath...her eyes burned, as tears threatened to fall out...she could not let herself fall weak...not here, not at this time at least...One look at Randhir's face , and she knew that even he had no clue that Sanyukta will be here...he had a same shocked and bewildered expression on his face that probably mirrored her face..
They were still staring at each other, when Mr Sinha, said "Randhir, meet Sanyukta Agarwal, and Vidushi Kumar , two of the members of our team...our other members are Parth Kashyap, and Sahil Sharma, they will be joining in some time...they have gone out of town for some work"
Randhir shook his hands with Vidushi...and when he brought his hand forward to shake with Sanyukta...Sanyukta murmured..." Nice to meet you Mr Randhir Singh Shekhawat"
"Nice to meet you too Miss Sanyukta Agarwal" Randhir replied back curtly
"Its Mrs Sanyukta Agarwal Malhotra..." Sanyukta corrected him, looking into his eyes with a piercing glance...
Randhir quickly let go of her hand, as if she her touch had burned him...little did he know, it was he who has burned her...
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INDEX
Chapter 1- pg 1
Chapter 2- pg 2
Chapter 3- pg 3
Chapter 4- pg 4
Anupamaa
