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CHAPTER 4
aryan spent a sleepless night tossing & turning in bed. his thoughts were filled with meneka. her eyes, her smile, the way she behaved not caring that she was in front of a guy. Aryan had sworn not to get involved with a woman ever. he had seen downfalls of some of the best men in the gang due to women problems. but this meneka? she refused to leave his thoughts no matter how hard he tried. Aryan suddenly felt thirsty so he decided to go down for a drink of water, despite himself he sneaked a peek in to meneka's room.
she was sleeping like a baby. meneka had an serene expression on her face oblivious to the fact that Aryan was looking in on her. meneka had wrapped aryan's shirt around herself tightly & Aryan smiled at the way she was hugging the shirt to her. he shut the door silently & went on to take a drink from the fridge.
meneka woke up at 8 in the morning to the cheerful sounds of the slum. the sunlight streamed through her open window & everything looked bright & cheerful. she stretched lazily & walked to the door. the house seemed to be silent.
"Aryan must have gone out early." meneka thought. noticing a plastic carrier bag left at the foot of the bed, meneka carried it to the bed. she opened the bag to find some salwars suits. they looked simple yet elegant. there was a note attached to the bag.
I didn't know what sort of suits you liked. I picked some of my own choice. change it at the shop near the provision shop if you don't like the colour or if it doesn't fit you right.
- Aryan
meneka smiled at Aryan's cute note & took out the salwars. there were four salwars. meneka took one of the dark brown salwars & tried to find a towel. but she couldn't find a bathroom. "excuse me madam, can you tell me where the bathroom is?" she asked a lady. "you've to use the public bathroom. Aryan doesn't let anyone use the bathroom in his room." she replied pointing to a long line of people standing in line for the bathroom.
"if you want you can use the bathroom in my house." a deep voice said from behind her. meneka turned to find a handsome middle aged man smiling down at her. meneka was intimidated by the man's towering built but his eyes looked kind so she followed him to his house. the man also seemed to be revered in the area. people greeted him politely as meneka walked beside him.
the man's house was guarded by heavily armed men. spotting fear in meneka's eyes, the man eased her doubts by sending his men away. he brought her to the bathroom & told her to use all the toiletries as she wished. meneka thanked him sweetly & took a long luxurious bath in the spacious bathroom.
she blowed dried her hair & slipped into the dark brown salwar. "are you done in there? one of my brother's wants to use the bathroom." the man's voice came from outside. "I'll be out in a minute." meneka shouted back & gathered up all her soiled clothes. she opened the door & ran straight into Aryan.
"what are you doing here?" they both asked simultaneously. "you know each other?" the man asked, his eyes curious. "yes james bhai. I rescued this girl from ahmed's house. he was trying to rape her. I think our secret is safe with her." Aryan added the last part hastily. james at once knew that Aryan was smitten with that girl. he usually refused to defend any woman under any circumstances.
"what's your name?" james enquired kindly. "meneka." came the ready reply. "Aryan, take meneka back home & come back here. I need to speak with you. alone." james motioned him to take meneka away from there.
"who is this girl brother? why is Aryan acting so strangely?" one of james's handyman questioned james. "we'll soon find out rakesh. we will soon find out." james petted the man's shoulder, gazing at meneka's & aryan's retreating backs.
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-Leena-
Edited by jigglypuff726 - 16 years ago
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