Chapter 2

Harjot.

@Angel-Jot

Chapter 1.

The stranger

"Help!"

I suddenly jerked up out of sleep gasping. I touched my forehead with shaky heads. It was matted with sweat and my heart felt like it wanted to jump out of my chest. I clutched my bedsheet and took a deep breath before glancing at my alarm clock. 3:00 AM.

Shaking my head, i grabbed the water bottle beside the clock and took a sip. What the f*** was wrong with me? This had been the 2^nd time i've had visions of that man. But only this time, it wasn't a vision, i dreamed about him. The last time I had had a dream about something like this was before my cousin drowned. I bit my lip and slowly went back to sleep forcing it out of my mind.

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Around lunch time, i closed my store and went to Sherry's cafe and ordered myself a sandwich. And that's when Anvesha Khurana, my best friend who'd moved to the town recently walked over and took a seat beside me. Anvesha, or Annie as she'd prefer to be called, had an elder brother who lived in the US. Apparentely he had some big business there.

"Geet! I'm SO happy today!" She exclaimed taking my sandwich and biting into it. I laughed and shook my head at her. "Aren't you always happy?" I retorted with a cheeky grin.

Annie rolled her eyes. "Well, yes! But my brother is in here in Manning! He's on vacation for a month or so." She exclaimed, her eyes bright with excitement. I smiled. "Aw, that's great. I know you've missed your brother like crazy, haven't you?" And she just nodded.

Moments later, her boyfriend Arjun called so she left and i sat there eating my lunch.

I quickly looked at my watch after finishing my coffee and realized i had at least another half an hour before i had to open the store again.

Craving more coffee, i stood up and ordered another and chatted with Sherry at the counter while it was made. She continously mentioned Annie's brother, Maan Khurana. I liked his name. It had some ring of authority to it. "But like, that's not enough! He's rich and drop dead gorgeous too!" Sherry told me with a dreamy look in her eyes. I chuckled. I honestly wasn't interested in boys and to be honest, whenever topics like this came up, i became very uncomfortable. Sherry handed me my coffee and went into the back to check on something so i turned around to head to my table and bumped right into someone. The first thing i noticed was that, his chest was hard. Like a rock. I suddenly looked up at him when he yelped out in pain. For a moment, i froze as i stared at the man's face. He was the one. I had a vision about him yesterday and dreamt about him this morning! And there he was, standing in front of me- In pain! I gasped and put the cup of coffee away. "Ohmygod. Are you okay?" I asked. He glared at me. "Do i look like i'm okay? You just spilled hot coffee on me and you're asking me if i'm okay? What are you, messed up in the head or something?"

And just like that, i was angry. How dare he speak to me like this? Here i was concerned about him and he goes and snaps at me? "Excuse me, but you could watched where you were going and this would have never happened!" I snapped back. He rose one perfect eyebrow and clenched his jaw. "I should have seen where i was going?" He asked bewildered.

I nodded my head frantically. And then i saw him smirk. "No one, and i mean NO ONE, talks or acts like this with Maan Singh Khurana." He stated. My jaw dropped. He was Annie's brother? Oh my f****** god! But i had never met him before so why the heck would i be dreaming about him? And he's very rude too. "Listen, Maan Singh Khurana, you take that cockiness of yours and shove it up your ass because i do not tolerate anyone talking to me this way! I was going to apologize but, not anymore!"

Saying that, i stormed out of the cafe not turning back once. One thing that continued to bother me, although i tried to not think about it was, he was in danger. The thing is, i don't know why i care. But i do, i realized with a start. I care that his life is in danger. I care so much.

But the most scariest thing was that i had no control over this- the way i felt. I couldn't change it and neither could i stop feeling this way.

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As i closed down the store, i felt much better. I had somewhat forgotten the incident with Maan Singh Khurana. And when i thought things couldn't get any worse, i dropped my keys and suddenly, someone swooped down and picked them up for me. My hands curled into fists as soon as my ex-fiance, Vikram smiled at me with the keys in his hands. I violently grabbed them from him and started to walk away but he came in my way.

"Geet, listen to me please." He pleaded, a desperate look on his face. I shot him a death glare. What did he want from me now? After cheating on me, what more could he want?

"I feel terrible Geet. Please. Believe me." I rolled my eyes and pushed him away. Never again. Never again would i trust men again. I was surprised when Vikram roughly grabbed my arm. "You listen to me Geet Handa! Quit with this attitude of yours! I, Vikram Malhotra am pleading and begging to you and you won't even give me the time of day! A middle class orphaned girl like you is giving me attitude? Geet, i have more dignity and class than to spend my precious time running after you!" He said disgusted and stormed off. My heart broke into little tiny pieces. This was the man i was in love with. The man who thought i was nothing but some piece of shit. I gulped the frog in my throat and as much as i didn't want to, i started to cry. I missed my parents. I didn't want to be known as the orphan girl. The ache in my heart continued to grow every second.

That night, i cried myself to sleep.

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-Jot.