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Chapter 2

  • 26 Apr, 2024

Shree's POV

The taxi stopped near the gates of a big mansion. We moved out of the taxi. I must say this mansion is huge and beautiful like a palace.

"This is my home" Aditi said grabbing my attention.

"Oh, It's beautiful" I replied astonished.

"Then I should leave now, go home and have–" my words got cut off by her.

"Please come inside, my family will be happy to see you " she requested.

"I'm sorry, I can't. Not today maybe some other day. I'm already late." I replied trying not to be rude.

"Please please, its just a matter of few minutes then my brother can also drop you home, it wouldn't be safe for you to go alone at this time" she said.

She got a point but Rashi will kill me if I got anymore late. I already received 20 calls and 40 message from her. She must be freaking out and calling kartik to look for me.

"Please please I promise my brother will drop you safely just come for few minutes." she again requested, okay it wouldn't take an hour here

𝑩𝒂𝒔 π’Œπ’‚π’π’‰π’‚ π’‹π’Š, π’Šπ’•π’π’† π’‹π’‚π’π’…π’Š 𝒂𝒑𝒏𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒂𝒔 π’Žπ’‚π’• π’ƒπ’–π’π’‚π’†π’šπ’†π’ˆπ’‚. π‘»π’“π’Šπ’‘π’‚π’•π’‰π’Š 𝒔𝒆 π’‚π’‘π’π’Š π’Šπ’”π’” π’”π’‚π’Œπ’‰π’Š π’Œπ’Š π’“π’‚π’Œπ’”π’‰π’‚ π’Œπ’Šπ’‹π’Šπ’šπ’†π’ˆπ’‚.

[Lord Kanha , don't call so soon. Please protect this friend of yours from Tripathi]

"Okay let's get inside, but first let me inform my friend about my late arrival" I said taking my phone out.

The call got answered on second ring only,

"SHREE, WHERE ON THE EARTH ARE YOU? WHY THE HELL YOU'RE NOT NOT ANSWERING THE CALL AND MESSAGES? DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA HOW MUCH WORRIED WE ARE, YOU JUST COME HERE TODAY I WON'T LEAVE LEAVE YOU–" Before she could say more and make me a total deaf. I replied cutting her words.

"π‘»π’“π’Šπ’‘π’‚π’•π’‰π’Š π‘΄π’†π’“π’Š π’Žπ’‚π’‚, π’Žπ’‚π’Š π’†π’Œπ’…π’–π’Ž π’•π’‰π’†π’†π’Œ 𝒉𝒖 𝒂𝒖𝒓 π’Œπ’–π’„π’‰ 𝒅𝒆𝒓 π’Žπ’† π’ˆπ’‰π’‚π’“ π’ƒπ’‰π’Š 𝒑𝒂𝒉𝒖𝒄𝒉 π’‹π’‚π’–π’π’ˆπ’Š 𝒕𝒖 π’•π’†π’π’”π’Šπ’π’ π’Žπ’‚π’• 𝒍𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒉𝒐 𝒋𝒂. π‘Άπ’Œπ’‚π’š, 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒍 π’ƒπ’‚π’‚π’Œπ’Š 𝒔𝒂𝒃 π’ˆπ’‰π’‚π’“ π’‚π’‚π’Œπ’† π’ƒπ’‚π’•π’‚π’•π’Š 𝒉𝒖.π‘©π’šπ’†."Without letting her reply I cut the call.

[Tripathi My mother, I am totally fine and will return there in some time. Don't take tension, just calm down. Ok, I will tell you everything after returning. Bye]

I look at Aditi to find her giving me a puzzled look maybe she heard our conversation.

I raise my eyebrows towards her asking what?

" Is everything okay, your friend sounded tensed and angry" she answered worriedly.

"Oh that, its totally fine, she is just worried about me, let's get inside and not waste anymore time or she might come here to take me with her" I said with a small laugh at the end of the sentence which she also returned.

The guard opened the gates of tge mansion for her and we get inside. The mansion was much more beautiful from what I had imagined while standing outside. Its even more beautiful from the mansions and bungalows I saw on TV and magazine. The garden is very beautiful, designed with those pretty fountains and different types of flowers. Just Wow!

As we entered inside, the house was giving the royal and vintage vibes. The interior was masterpiece, beautifully decorated with luxurious furnishings and chandeliers, and elegant artworks adoring the walls. In the living room, some people were having worried expressions, maybe her family and they must be worried about her safety.

My thoughts broke hearing Aditi.

"Dadu, Your princess is home" she declared cheerfully.

Her family looked towards us and a man in his late forties moved fastly towards us and engulfed her in his embrace.

"π‘¨π’…π’Šπ’•π’Š, π’•π’–π’Žπ’‰π’† 𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒂 π’ƒπ’‰π’Š π’‰π’‚π’Š π’‰π’–π’Ž 𝒔𝒂𝒃 π’Œπ’Šπ’•π’π’† 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆, 𝒏𝒂 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒏𝒂 π’Žπ’†π’”π’”π’‚π’ˆπ’†, π’Œπ’‚π’‰π’‚ 𝒓𝒆𝒉 π’ˆπ’‚π’šπ’Š π’•π’‰π’Š, π’Œπ’π’Š π’‘π’“π’π’ƒπ’π’†π’Ž 𝒕𝒐 π’π’‰π’Š π’•π’‰π’Š 𝒏𝒂, π’‰π’–π’Žπ’† 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍 π’Œπ’‚π’“ 𝒅𝒆𝒕𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒉𝒂, π‘¨π’‚π’…π’Š π’Œπ’ π’ƒπ’‰π’Š π’•π’‰π’π’…π’Š 𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒑𝒆𝒉𝒍𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍 π’Œπ’‚π’“π’Œπ’† π’ƒπ’‚π’•π’‚π’šπ’‚ π’Šπ’” 𝒃𝒂𝒂𝒓𝒆 π’Žπ’†, 𝒗𝒐𝒉 π’ƒπ’‰π’Š 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒂𝒏 𝒉𝒐 π’ˆπ’‚π’šπ’‚ π’•π’–π’Žπ’‰π’‚π’“π’† π’π’Šπ’šπ’†, π’Œπ’‚π’‰π’‚ 𝒓𝒆𝒉 π’ˆπ’‚π’šπ’Š π’•π’‰π’Š?"The man said worry dripping in his voice.

[Aditi, do you know how worried we were for you, no call no message, where were you, if you were in some problem you should have call us baby, We even called Aadi a moment ago and told him about all this, he also got worried, Where were you?]

"𝑷𝒂𝒑𝒂, π’Žπ’‚π’Š π’•π’‰π’†π’†π’Œ 𝒉𝒖 𝒂𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒂𝒃 π’ƒπ’‚π’•π’‚π’•π’Š 𝒉𝒖. 𝑨𝒂𝒑 π’‰π’–π’Žπ’† 𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒓 𝒕𝒐𝒉 𝒂𝒂𝒏𝒆 π’…π’Šπ’‹π’Šπ’šπ’†."she replied, gesturing towards me.

[Papa, I am okay and will tell everything. First, let us inside.]

Then only their attention turn towards me, everyone having a puzzled expression.

"𝒀𝒆𝒉 π’Œπ’π’ π’‰π’‚π’Š π‘¨π’…π’Šπ’•π’Š, π’‚π’‚π’‘π’Œπ’Š π’Œπ’π’Š 𝒅𝒐𝒔𝒕?"said a beautiful women with a sweet smile and consfused voice.

"Badi maa, I will tell explain everything first let's relax a bit" she said and signalled me to sit on the couch.

Her badi maa looked at her and said, " I will just call Aadi and inform him you're safe and back home"

A servant came towards us and offered water. I thanked him taking the glass.

I drank the full in one go, Woah! I didn't knew I was this thirsty.

"Now care to explain, why this much late and no contact of you" Asked her father.

"Woh, Actually, I was coming from NGO with my driver, but in the middle of the route he got a call telling him about his wife's accident, So I asked him to take car with him ,and I'll taxi or call someone to pick me up. At beginning he refused, but I forced him and he went from there. I was looking for a taxi and thought to take the alley shortcut and reach the main road to avoid being late. I was moving towards the main road but out of nowhere three men came and th-they started... mis-misbehaving with me. Not only that but I tried to stop them ,but they were forceful, I tried to reach my phone to call someone ,but they took it from me, I started crying and shouting for help bu-but they cornered me and that's when she arrived there and helped me from those attackers and saved my life." she finished with tears running down her cheeks and holding my hands in her with a thankful smile towards me.

"I WILL FUCKING KILL THOSE BASTARDS" A heavy and deep voice echoed in the hall as a man started moving towards the gate.

"𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒉𝒐 π’‹π’‚π’†π’šπ’† 𝑹𝒂𝒋, π‘―π’–π’Ž π’ƒπ’‰π’Š 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒉𝒕𝒆 π’‰π’‚π’Š π’Œπ’Š 𝒖𝒏 π’π’π’ˆπ’ π’Œπ’ 𝒔𝒂𝒛𝒂 π’Žπ’Šπ’π’† π’π’†π’Œπ’Šπ’ 𝒂𝒂𝒑 π’‚π’ƒπ’‰π’Š 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒅𝒂 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒂𝒏𝒕 π’“π’‚π’‰π’Šπ’šπ’†, π‘¨π’…π’Šπ’•π’Š π’Œπ’ π’šπ’‚π’‰π’‚ π’‰π’‚π’Žπ’‚π’“π’Š π’‹π’šπ’‚π’…π’‚ 𝒛𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒕 π’‰π’‚π’Š."said Aditi's Badi maa to him (okay he is Aditi's Bade papa i guess), Wow he even got a bit calmed and again sat on the couch with angry expression.

[Raj calm down, We also want to punish those men, but for now keep calm, Aditi needs us more here.]

"Thank you so much for saving our daughter. We owe you this for our whole life, child" said a woman with tears and a grateful smile.

"Yes, thank you so much, we will always be grateful to you for this" said Aditi's Grandfather.

"Please don't embarrass me. I'm glad I could help her. What if I were in her place? Of course, she would have also helped me. So it's totally fine." I replied with a smile.

They smiled slightly, but there was still sadness on their faces. So my trying to make people happy self turned on, and I thought of saying something witty to lighten the situation.

"𝑽𝒆𝒔𝒆 π’Žπ’–π’‹π’† π’Žπ’‚π’…π’‚π’… π’Œπ’Š 𝒛𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒐𝒉 π’π’‰π’Š π’‘π’‚π’…π’‰π’•π’Š π’Žπ’‚π’•π’π’‚π’ƒ 𝒖𝒏 π’π’π’ˆπ’ 𝒏𝒆 π’‚π’ˆπ’‚π’“ π’Žπ’–π’‹π’† 𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒅𝒏𝒆 π’Œπ’Š π’Œπ’π’”π’‰π’Šπ’”π’‰ π’Œπ’Š π’‰π’π’•π’Š 𝒏𝒂 𝒕𝒐𝒉 π’Žπ’‚π’Š π’–π’π’‰π’Š π’Œπ’...π’Œπ’ 𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒅 π’…π’†π’•π’Š π’Žπ’‚π’•π’π’‚π’ƒ 𝒗𝒐𝒉 π’Œπ’‰π’–π’… 𝒔𝒐𝒄𝒉𝒏𝒆 π’π’‚π’ˆ 𝒋𝒂𝒂𝒕𝒆 π’Œπ’Š π’šπ’†π’‰ π’Œπ’π’π’”π’† π’‘π’“π’‚π’π’Š 𝒔𝒆 π’‘π’‚π’π’ˆπ’‚ 𝒑𝒂𝒅 π’ˆπ’‚π’šπ’‚ π’–π’π’Œπ’‚."I said trying to lighten the atmosphere.

[Well, I don't need any help, yet if they tried to harass me, I would have harassed them back. Then they themselves start thinking with whom they got in trouble with.]

But I think it was a wrong move after seeing everyone's expressions.

"It was a joke guys" I said nervously.

Suddenly, I heard laughter from a young guy. I think I have seen him somewhere, but where?

"Are you seriously always like this?" He said after his laughing session, now it's making me more confuse, he knows me, Who is he?

"You know me" I asked puzzled by his behavior.

"Of course, I do 𝑺𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒃𝒂𝒆." He answered with a huge grin on his face.

[Seonbae: A korean word used for students who are older than you at school/university]

𝑲𝒂𝒏𝒉𝒂 π’‹π’Š, π’‹π’“π’‚π’‘π’Šπ’šπ’‚ 𝒂𝒂𝒑 π’šπ’‚π’‰π’‚ 𝒑𝒂𝒅𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒖𝒓 π’Žπ’–π’‹π’† 𝒂𝒑𝒏𝒆 π’”π’‚π’π’ˆ 𝒍𝒆 π’„π’‰π’‚π’π’Šπ’šπ’†.

[Kanha ji, Please co

me here and take me with you.]

These were my unsaid words, As I got a flashback of my university activities.

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