"Name calling Shaurya, she taunted "Really that's not fair. Is it truly so hard to believe that I, a simple demure woman could achieve what I have and turn the game on you? Perhaps not the old Mehek, but weren't you the one to say that I had changed? She pouted slightly. "And it not as if you could safeguard yourself from any of this. After all, you practically handed yourself to me on a platter when you decided to reveal your identity. And then who was it who refused to let it go, when I wanted nothing more to do with you? I did tell you that you would be running a huge risk by opening yourself up to someone the way you did. You should have listened Shaurya.
He smiled patronizingly. "Aacha, he replied, "A game. One to put Shaurya Khanna on the deserving end of the comeuppance that he deserved. I understand that. I can even respect that. And you are absolutely right. I handed you every weapon you would ever need. As MS you could have done all the damage you felt you needed to from afar. You could have executed your plan and vanished into cyberspace leaving a disconsolate man on the other end of a broken online friendship. But you didn't. Instead you decided to return and enter the fray. You ended up being as active a participant as I in this game you started. Tell me why Mehek Sharma.
She stiffened when he took a step closer to her, again close enough to touch.
"Bolo Mehek, he urged.
"Satisfaction...closure, she sputtered, unsettled by his reaction. It seemed clear that he was unwilling to let her go easily, and was not above using his physical presence to his advantage. She felt her cheeks warm under the look he was giving her now.
"And did you find...satisfaction in coming close to me, Dost, he cajoled.
"Haan, Shaurya, I did, she conceded weakly, noting beginnings of a smug smile at her admission. He started to reach for her, but she stopped him cold. "You cannot believe how enjoyable it was to see how enamored you were with your MS, how entwined she had become in your life. Especially knowing what would come next.
Mehek turned her head in the direction of the raised hand inches away from cupping her cheek, where, she had paused it with her words. Finally, she thought: a chink in the man's armor. She raised her head defiantly, and deliberately tapped her lower lip
"Aacha, but perhaps you were thinking of other things: our kiss to be precise. Assuredly, that was not a part of my plan, but I won't lie and say I regret it at all, Shaurya. Obviously, you know how great a kisser you are, and thanks to that, I have a benchmark to compare the next man in my life. Mehek purposively looked at her watch "And speaking of which, we are just about done right, I am meeting... she winced when he grabbed her wrist.
"Bas Mehek, you have gone far enough, Shaurya hissed.
Indian Idol 15
