Whispers of Desire----Part 5

"I don't want to marry you" Anika's words rang loudly in his ears as he stood at the entrance of his never-to-happen wedding venue with his downcast family, to personally apologize to the invited guests. As near dear ones expressed regrets Vihaan stared with a cold nothingness. "You are a no-one"...echoed in d empty coffin of his now hollow heart. As the final guest left and as soon as he turned, he caught sight of his teary eyed grandmom. "I will be fine..." he said grasping her hands... "Only if u promise not to cry." The hint of hope on her face gave him d courage to make his way to his room without collapsing. "You suffocate me" Vihaan stood up. "You live in the past" He started pacing the room furiously. "You are a fool to believe love is all it needs" He balled his fist and was about to smash it on the mirror...when suddenly his old scar of the same action revealed itself. It was healing?...How surprising,...he hadn't even... The previous day rewinded itself on his worn mind and he tightened his fist to an extent when the veins forced themselves open and bled freely. Some wounds should never be allowed to heal.
Bulbul had got to know about d cancelled wedding on her way and had proceeded to lecture her colleague about how sceptical she had always been. After her partner turned quiet with all d snubbing, Bulbul thought bitterly that she had found that out the hard way...that even as men and women set their lives ablaze...even as they sneak and cheat and kill and die and rip apart their fragile worlds...they were fighting for a lie. In the end, love does no good.
Vihaan woke up as if he had never slept. He wanted time to fly by...and shave off moments of his life so fast...dat his mind becomes too numb to realize d weight of d stone heart that he had to carry lifelong. Breakfast tasted like ash and his eyes strained to see colour. On his way to Jatin's office, from the corner of his eyes he saw d shamiana being pulled down and his pounding heart kicked d fragile cavity of his heart. But by the time he was ready to step into his new workplace, he had successfully filled himself with emptiness and a fierce desperation. A desperation that was soon turning into frustration. He had wanted Jatin to allow him a commoner's place in his office with absolutely no special favours, Now this obviously involved reaching in time, but given d crowd in d lift which forced it to stop in almost each of d 21 floors, it seemed an impossible dream. Finally after d 15th floor, when d lift was empty with just one another lady with him; vihaan heaved a sigh of relief.
Bulbul had her worst day. Professionally she had gathered important information about sale of underage girls, from a tip off she had received late last night. But being up the whole night and d plight of helpless young souls tormented her and now she had to report to duty in her under-cover dress of a revealing tube-top and dagger sharp heels. "15th floor" Bulbul groaned mentally. Six more floors to go...six more minutes she had to stand on d tip of d world. The mere thought shot up a sharp pain, and so she decided to remove it. "Better walk bare feet" And deciding to ignore d one another man in d lift, she lifted her foot up and had just slid off her stilettos, when she lost balance and had to slide aside d lift wall to stop herself falling for d 3rd time within 24 hrs.
I know its short...but i wnat d next part to b continous...gear up for some mushy moments between ViBu...😳