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Prerna sat forward, red nails shining under the lights of the opera house as she covered her mouth in awe then moved her hand back to the ruby red velvet chair, her caramel curls framed her face bobbing slightly when her eyes danced across the stage.
A tap on her arm made her move her eyes to the man beside her, a blind date that made her wish she had been deaf so as to never hear a single thing that had came from his mouth. "Yes"
"Look, this is a bit lame, maybe we should get out of here" his brows wiggled suggestively making Prerna swallow back bile
She had saved up for these tickets, loving the opera more than anything she always tried to come once a year, twice when she could afford it. If it wasn't for Tapur bailing on her and setting her up on this date she could have watched the magic in peace but fate was never so kind. "I would like to stay, but I do need the bathroom, excuse me" she needed another seat to sit in to watch in peace, eyeing an empty seat next to a tall man who seemed to be repeating the lines to himself she crept over, caught up in the words she knelt down "And the stars were shining, and the earth was scented. The gate of the garden creaked and a footstep grazed the sand- fragrant, she entered and fell into my arms"
The man peered down at her "Miss Sha-"
"Shh" she hissed, covering his mouth with her hand "He thinks I went to the toilet" for a second she forgot who she was with, too engrossed in the show until his fingers wrapped around her wrist and dropped her hand
"And what has that got to do with me" Anurag raised a brow
"I just want to watch in peace, I noticed the empty chair, may I please"
"It's not like you disturbed my viewing or anything, go ahead" his perturbed gaze remained on her as she shuffled past him and sat down "Bad date" he couldn't stop himself from asking
"Yep and it's all thanks to your sister, she bailed on me tonight and set me up with that man, if you can even call him that, within five minutes he had asked if I would paint him nude" Prerna's voice turned screechy in outrage
"Im assuming you felt uncomfortable, understandable, quite similar to how I felt when you wouldn't stop staring at me"
She opened her mouth, closed it then opened it again but found she was speechless "Listen, I already apologised for that, I think-" she paused when he smirked, realising he was only teasing her
"I took it as a compliment" Anurag leant closer to whisper into her ear only to make her shudder with the feeling of his breath on her skin
"Uh, you should have" Prerna leant toward him only to see her date looking around, quickly she pulled Anurag closer "He's looking for me"
"Oh for goodness sake" Anurag swore under his breath then cupped her cheek, pushing her back so he was leaning over her, his nose swiped against hers unknowingly "Is he gone"
"Y-yes" she stuttered, cheeks flushed and physically unable to look away from him
Straightening his coal black blazer he turned back to watch the opera as it played out. "I can feel you staring, stop"
Unable to deny it she let out a weak "Sorry" trying and failing to focus on the ongoings around her she sighed and put her head back
Anurag moved his head to watch how her eyes fluttered shut "Thought you wanted to watch"
"I do" Prerna tried to defend "I'm just distracted right now"
"Well stop distracting me" he bit out
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Prerna threw herself onto her bed, Tapur's brother was the most infuriating man she had ever met, one second he was teasing the next he was cold and ruthless. "I think I have whiplash" she groaned, holding her head
A buzz from her phone made her sit up straight, she hadn't given out her number yet so who had it?
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Tapur handed the phone back to Anurag who glanced down at it then looked back up in shock
"You messaged the number saying hi hot stuff, Tapur I told you I would message in my own time and not with something as strange as that" he sighed
"You were never going to message Bhai and she may be the woman of your dreams, I just want you to move forward and sooner rather than later, just try, for me" widening her eyes she pouted, Anurag and Prerna would fall in love if it was the last thing she did, they were made for eachother, they just hadn't noticed yet.
"Fine, fine, I will, but if it doesn't work then no more matchmaker, I bumped into your friend today, she told me how you tried to set her up too, it didn't work well, so if this person is anything like them, I won't be happy" Anurag tapped his fingers on the phone
"Ah yeah, I did, so you bumped into her, how did that go"
"Fine, she talks too much, stares a lot, quite childish if you ask me"
"She's a breath of fresh air Bhai" Tapur left out that might be exactly what he needed.
"Pfft, if you say so, her voice makes my ears bleed, she seems too innocent, it's not good to be like this in this world"
"Maybe she is what the world needs, maybe she is what you need"
Anurag looked up quickly "I do not need anyone, especially not that chatterbox, innocence gets snatched away, the world is cruel and I do not wish to be associated with that, so please Tapur, leave me out of your friendship with her" he stood up walking out of the room
Looking down at his phone Anurag let out a wheezy chuckle at the translated lyrics of Ajeeb Dastan Hai Yeh. Before he even realised it he was typing back a response hoping to get one equally as quickly
Hey! The Lift will also be updated today and maybe another chapter of this! Have a good day and I hope you enjoyed it!
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