Chapter 1

 

"You mean nothing to me...just leave"

His own words have echoed around since last six months...and today ,seeing her picture with his fianc  Dr.Haksh in the newspaper,he couldn't  ignore her eyes.Her lips were dipped with the most beautiful smile ever,but her eyes.

Her Hazel eyes

Her eyes, which were an open book to her soul for him as always.It seemed to him like those were looking at him...accusing him of ...jolting his soul up from his ground .He felt his breath hitched and he gulped the whole glass of wine in one swift move.

Sitting on the terrace of  the Hotel Marine Plaza,Mumbai, he was trying his best to forget those eyes,but those were following him like the waves of the ocean causing a ripple effect  in his veins...making him breathe heavily ...

Her eyes

Her eyes, the most beautiful sight he could ever let go of his mind.Every night, Everyday, Every moment of his life since Last six months he was searching those in every eye, at every corner of his life...no doubt he was missing her like hell... Her eyes that you can look into and feel like you are getting lost. The kind you can relate to ...those are true windows to the soul...

It was pointless for him to describe the beauty of her eyes because it couldn't be done with mere words...soft hazel color ,flecked with something darker ...with shine of Love envelopes in them...delivering her strength to him while looking at him always...making him feel that he could handle anything and everything that could dare come his way...

 

Looking into the glass half  full of wine...seeing her swimming in it...reminding him of his words...his mistakes with each sip.He was savoring every sip touching the glass like his lips were touching hers...Lime at the rim of glass was reminding him how she always remembered to add this flavor to his drink  ...saying to him that its aroma takes the stinky smell of this wine away...She never liked him to drink these beverages without it...

 

Ticking clock was making him to think of his harshness with one soul who was the part of his...Now, making him realize that  they were apart and she was getting married with the man of his parents' choice. He was the one who pushed her to this decision and today,he was the one who was suffering with this pain. It wasn't that easy to forget such a beautiful part of his life.She was the pure angel of his life...a fresh breath of  air after years of his painful past and he broke her heart into pieces.

He raised the glass and inhaled in one go before throwing it on the floor before getting up. The moment his foot stepped on those pieces...a  realization hit him hard with determination that he still loved her like those broken pieces .Though this Love sounded crazy for her,but he had to win her back...he couldn't let her go through this alone ...He knew those eyes were calling him...and he looked at those pieces on the ground confirming his answer because each piece was reflecting her eyes...Her Eyes which never lied to him...which were searching for him...

He took his phone out ..cancelled his meetings and the rest of the international conference ...just to go back to her...to say to her how sorry was he...how much he was dying each second keeping her away from him...to tell her how much it mattered all this time ...how much she meant to him...how much he missed her...How much he missed seeing himself in her eyes

Her eyes, which always showed him the way back to her...

 

His feet were determined ...mind was strong, even in this haziness of alcohol,he knew his destination.

His Khushi,

whom he had pushed away with being just in fear...but she was the one who was his strength all along.. he was running through this maze... Indeed,it was vast and complex with many distractions ...

Lavanya , who provided him that maze that night and he entered just to run away from the fact of his life... indeed made this delusion choice thinking of the paradise this maze created for him.. But his heart knew  the right way out , which was covered with his own created mirages all along...The final part of this maze was made up of  freezing chambers of this society whom he never cared,but for her sake he remained quiet... This was a cold fact that stroke the inside of his bones.. he couldn't get warm whole way back to home ... Aman made sure he was safe in his home,but that innocent soul had no idea what whirlpool was going through in his mind...

His eyes remained fixed on the ceiling whole night while lying on his recliner... the only thing he hugged in between his lids..."her eyes" before going to sleep being intoxicated with remorseful  heart...

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The Party was in full swing. Shimmering faces with joy were dancing around...it was her Sangeet and he entered with one determined heart tonight...His last night was hazy, but the first ray of the sunshine  this morning made him see clearer than ever...He was never determined in his life more than this .He collected all the info through Aman and tonight he was here...to get his love back in his arms...

 

The moment he crossed  the main entrance ..he stopped while many lips left a sigh seeing a dashing sight with gritty subtle covered cheeks  encircled with dimples .A devilish smile took over his lips, seeing the desired figure who was settling aside on a sofa among many who were adoring her mehndi...

In Pink and purple shades ...her face was shimmering .Silver Earrings were kissing her cheeks, making many hearts twirled .Her lips with shades of pink were dazzling with her smile,

But her eyes...

Her eyes were looking at one man  ,Haksh ...who was dancing among many , twirling figure in his arms...throwing smiles at Khushi who answered with a smile in return and then lowered her eyes...not letting him see who really these were the seeking ...

When waves of familiar moment of someone made her shot up...and their eyes met...

Her eyes...His eyes

Many unspoken words weaved in between them ...encircling them in this vortex which always pulled them in...a magnetized pull which she could never resist and he could never fail to feel in his guts...

 Denied and rejected by both  many times...but not tonight, he knew what he had to do and seemed she was waiting for this for a long, long time...

Her eyes...got soften...

Started complaining ...

"Why did you do all this to me?.."

Started questioning...

"What took you so long?"

 

He moved forward in his answer keeping his eyes fixed on her

His eyes...got remorseful

Started seeking an apology

"I'm sorry Khushi...for breaking your heart ...every time..Har bar.."

Started answering

"I'm sorry ,but I knew I had to come to you...My heart knew and I know yours too..."

 

Her eyes smiled ...glinted  with shining heart...to show him what her heart knew and wanted all along

His smile grew to his eyes and moved forward with content at heart without caring many prying eyes and bent down to hold her hands gently while clasping his fingers around her...bringing her in the middle of the dance floor ..holding her so close that their hearts could mingle with the same rhythmic beat...

 

They both danced among the still crowd forgetting all when suddenly he stopped and sat in front of her holding her hand in his ...proposing her in front of many witnessed eyes..

"Khushi! Will you marry me?..."

She smiled with a smile chuckle which shook her body in a beautiful wave,but before she could say yes...

One voice broke the spell of their fairy tale

"Khushi! What is this all about?...Why Arnav Singh Raizada is here and what is he talking about?..." Mr. Shashi asked many questions under one breath...and her eyes landed over Haksh ...

Her eyes delivered many secrets without words to him in these seconds ... and  his  eyes stopped questioning at all...seemed like knowing exactly the answer for the first time seeing deeply through her...acknowledging the main reason of residing sadness in them.He smiled and gestured  while nodding to tell her "go for it if this is what  makes you happy..."

_but she removed her hand from Arnav's and stepped backward 

... by lowering her eyes...she couldn't do this...she couldn't allow anyone to raise any finger at her family...how could she be so selfish...how could she forget her morals ..her upbringing ...

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_And she stepped back till she made herself stand right besides Haksh who was looking at her retreating figure...dejecting herself from the happiness of her life...

Haksh moved forward to talk to Mr.Shashi ,but Mr.Shashi stopped him with his hand ...

 

 

Arnav stood up and walked towards her ,but she moved backward till she turned around showing him her back...letting him know her answer.

Arnav stood there for a while before walking towards the door ..stopped and gave his side look while lowering his eyes...without looking back at her telling her that he will be waiting...

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He drove all the way to the Marine beach at this time of the night ...dejected ,but with hope  that she will be here...his heart could never go wrong when he knew her heart answered him already...

 

 

"True love never dies. It lives in your mind until your last breath, even though you may have sealed it up to move on because that incredible connection always keeps you united...You could go far from it ,denying it,but you wouldn't be able to breathe without it."

His Di once told him and he laughed at her ,but today he knew the true meaning of it with the bottom of his heart...

He waited for her while standing there several hours till he moved to his car and drove to Hotel Marine Plaza...

He walked to the bar and ordered wine while sitting on a high chair...

 

"Make it two please with extra lime aside..."

 

His lips smiled with an unsure happiness ,but his eyes turned towards her being stubborn...

He stepped down and walked towards her ,but she narrowed the distance in between them.

 

"Running away again?..." She asked while looking deeply into his eyes.

 

"I had stopped running a long time ago...just didn't realize I was standing at the door of my destination..." He answered fixing his eyes at her.

 

"Then why did you leave the party?" She asked while glaring at him...

 

"I thought ,you wanted  us to be alone...or  you might want me to leave" He answered with a winning smile through his eyes...

 

Her eyes threatened him to stop when he slid his hand over her waist and  flushed her petite form with him to let her do what she was holding so long...and she did ..

She hit his chest with annoyance , anger, and agony and opened her heart to him,"

"You ripped my heart, hurt it and stomped on it, and I did let you... The worse part is, I couldn't remove you from it...it still beats for you...I hate you...I really hate you!!!"

He held her hand in his and brought it near to his lips and  planted  a kiss over her knuckles and stayed there for a while ...feeling her  before raising his eyes to hers without moving his lips from her hand and murmured,

 

"I'm sorry Khushi!...I'm sorry for every single thing..."

 

_being relaxed in his arms She smiled through her eyes with one rolling tear ...

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_but  his eyes trailed down that one tear ...stopped it with the tip of his thumb and  smeared it in between in his thumb and pointer till it became it's part...

 

His eyes never left her for a second.He  moved closing the rest of the distance in between and confessed  her heart's wish by cupping her cheeks with a rim of tears in his eyes...

"Khushi! I love you ...never ever leave me again ...I won't be able to live without you..."

Her eyes got frozen for a second with a disbelief look before  releasing a chuckle  and she placed her hand over his without saying anything...

 

"Is that a Yes?.." He asked with his expecting eyes...

 

_and Her lips delivered the most beautiful confession ever by pecking his cheek in her next move  before she moved away and looked deeply into his eyes ...

He could only see tonight a sparkle  in those hazel pair ...adoring an alluring and sensual smile glazed with a touch of mischief...making him fall for her more than ever ...transporting him into another universe...

 

Indeed ,there was no taste of wine without lime ...

 

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