CHAPTER 24

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Abhimanyu's POV

I wake up next morning alone. I freshen up and go downstairs . Meera is in the kitchen cutting something while Rey is sitting on the counter , leaning against her. I get a tingling feeling in my chest looking at them. Rey is waving his hands , making noises trying to get her attention. Occasionally she turns towards him showing him that she is listening while Rey keeps squealing. 

I go over to them and put an arm around Meera's waist and the other Rey. He shouts "dada" on seeing me. I was so happy when he said that for the first time yesterday.  I hug her from behind and hold her for sometime enjoying the calm. She's different, special. On one side I feel so calm and peaceful with her and on the other hand every time I touch her I feel hot and its like sparks shooting up my body.

I move away to take juice out of the fridge when I notice that she is not in her nightwear. In fact she is dresses up for work. 

"Leaving early today", I ask, its more of a statement actually.

"Yeah. Actually I have to leave in 10 mins", she says . 

"Don't go ", I whisper tightening my hold on her 

"Okay"

"Wait seriously?"

"No of course. I'm leaving , bye", she says kissing Rey and then me. I hold on to her deepening the kiss. We break apart and she leaves for her work. Well then I think I should get ready and go too.  

I go to my room, take a shower and change into my suit. After that I get Reyansh ready and drop him to the mansion because no is at home. 

Home. I never realized how incomplete it was without Meera. I guess even Rey realized this and I know for a fact that he absolutely adores her. Whenever we all are together , he always wants all her attention only towards him . He has never been like this with anyone. He has always been a quiet child not mingling with anyone. He always used to stick to me but never demanded anyone's attention ever like her did for Meera.

In that moment I realized that he did need a mother. I used to think that I was enough for him and even Rey dint give any indications otherwise, until Meera. She came like a storm and turned our lives upside down, in a good way. Deep down I was scared. Will she accept us ? I want to be with her. I want her to be my wife , I want her to be Reyansh's mother, I want to wake up next to her every morning, I want to talk to her, fight with her, I want her. 

I was so engrossed in my thoughts that I dint even notice when I had reached. Parked my car and made my way towards my office ignoring  everyone on my way as  usual. Payal came in and told me my schedule for the day. I have two meetings from 2 to 5. There's still a little time in that so I ask her to bring out the annual report. 

Reyansh is staying with ma and dad today. I decide to do something special for Meera as we have never been out together and I want to spend as much time I can with her. So I decide to surprise her by setting up a fancy dinner at home, probably in the backyard. I know that she wont be home before 7 at least. I finish my meetings at 5 so I can go home and set everything up. 

Should I ask someone for suggestions because I have never done anything like this before. If I ask Nikhil he will tease me for the rest of my existence. The same applies to everyone else to. I guess I'll have to do it alone. How hard can it be? It doesn't matter, Meera is worth everything. 

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I'm done with all my meetings. I head home and decide to set everything up for out date. I set up tables and chairs in the backyard, decorate the place with candles and fairy lights. For food, I order pasta because I know that's her favorite . I also get a bottle of champagne. Its 7 now and I'm satisfied with the setting.


                                                     (The set up for the date)


I text Meera : Waiting for you.  

I wait for another half n hour . She hasn't read the text yet. I try calling her but her phone is switched of. 

Its 8pm now and I am getting slightly restless. I'm sure she is fine, just caught in some work , she'll be home soon, I try convincing myself. I take a drink to calm myself down.

Its 9pm now and I have had half a bottle of scotch already. I'm tipsy and my mind is foggy, the alcohol is catching on. Her mobile is still switched off. I can't even go to fond her because I'm a little drunk. 

Another hour passes and I have officially drank a whole bottle. I cant take it anymore so I decide to go and look for her. I grab my coat and head out of the house. Just then I see a car pull into the drive way. Its Meera's car , I sign in relief. She parks her car and walks towards me . I engulf her in a hug and say,

"I was so worried about you, where were you? I have been calling you for hours"

She scrunches her nose and asks, "Are you drunk?"

"You dint answer my question."

" I'm fine, I was with Karan. We went out and his car broke down so I was dropping him home", she replies as we walk back inside the house. 

She was with Karan. Here I was thinking of doing something special and she was busy with Karan. Not like you told her you told her that you would be waiting for her, my inner conscious says but I was too angry or drunk or both to listen to it. 

"Karan, you were with Karan. What about me? I was waiting for you and-", I say, raising my voice slightly. I was annoyed by this Karan.

"Yes, why are you getting all worked up"

"I don't know . Maybe because I was waiting for my wife so that we could have a romantic dinner together but she was too busy with another man "

"Abhi, you don't know what you are saying, you are clearly drunk. Please don't say anything you might regret later ", she says trying to keep her calm.

"I should have known, from the first day I saw you , both you and karan were too close."

"What are you trying say Abhi"

"I'm not trying to say anything. You are smart enough to know what I'm saying "

"Abhi you are drunk , we'll talk tomorrow when you're completely sober"

"I'm not that drunk. I'm sober enough to see what's going on in front of my eyes", I say angrily. I pull her towards the backyard. Her eyes widen looking at the arrangements. 

"you did all this?", she asks softly and I just nod.

"You would have known if you weren't to busy with him", I literally spit the last part out.

"Abhi, I really appreciate you doing all this for me, if I had known I would have never- I'm sorry, I really am but that doesn't give you the right to say all those things to me ", I wanted to believe her , I almost did but I wasn't falling for this. This was the first and last time ABHIMANYU MALHOTRA was pinning over a girl.

"wow, you're good. I almost believed you for a second . I thought you were different but I was wrong", I say.

She looks hurt and I almost feel bad for what I'm saying.

"I'm not having this conversation with you right now", she says stiffly and goes back to her room. I don't stop her.

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I head back to my room and lay down on the bed trying to sleep. After tossing and turning for hours I finally give up. The effect of alcohol has also worn off. I cant help think back to what I told Meera, more like accused her of. Was I wrong? Of course you were, you dint even let her speak. 

I needed to talk to someone. I call Nikhil. He picks up after 5 rings.

"You better have a good reason to wake me up at this ungodly hour", he says sleepily and I look at the time and see it 2am.

"I need your help , I-" , I then narrate the whole incident to him. When I finish there is just silence.

"Nikhil, so gaya kya?", I ask 

"You are the most stupid person I have ever met. Why the fuck were you angry at her. She dint even do anything", he bursts out.

"But she is always with Karan. Might as well have married him only"

"Are you mad. When is she with Karan. Where was she this last week?", he asks 

"With me", I reply softly.

"Exactly. She was with you this whole time. Karan is her friend. She needs to meet her friends to. Karan invited me along to but I refused. You are letting your trust issues get in the way. You automatically assumed the worst."

"Wait, he invited you . Since when are you two best buddies"

"Since our bestfriends decided to ditch us for each other. Abhi, even you know that you were wrong. It was not her fault, she did not know. You became jealous and insecure and that's ok. But saying all that to her was not ok. you better apologize to her. Meera is a gem, don't let her slip away"

Nikhil is right. Deep down I always knew that I was wrong but I guess I just needed to hear it from someone else. After what Ayesha did, I just have issues trusting people.

I disconnected the phone and just stared into oblivion. I made a mistake, she might never forgive. I was stupid and scared of  getting close to her and I ended up pushing her far away. I need her back, I cant even think straight without her now. I need to apologize. Tomorrow, that's the first thing I'll do . I'm thinking about ways to apologize to her when sleep engulfs me.

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I wake up the next morning with a killer headache. I shouldn't have drank so much. Just then everything comes rushing back. I need to find Meera. I stumble out of bed and go her room hoping she's still here. Its highly unlikely because its freaking 9am already. I search the entire house but in vain. I decide to go to the hospital . I quickly take a shower and change into jeans and a t-shirt and I'm ready within 10mins. 

I literally run towards my car and drive to the hospital. I reach there and dash through the gates. I go up to the reception and there is a lady sitting there writing something,

"I need to see Dr. Meera Mal- Singhani, right now its urgent"

"Do you have an appointment sir"

"No I don't but I do not need an appointment , where is her office?"

"Sir, I cannot allow you to go to her cabin without an appointment. If there is an emergency we have other doctors available"

"You don't know what I can do if-", I start to say but I am cut off by Karan.

"Your threats wont work here Mr.Malhotra", he says calmly, "I'll take it from here", he then tells the receptionist who is still shocked at the revelation of who I am.

He take me down a relatively quiet hallway. He turns around then asks,

"What do you want"

"I need to see Meera"

"She's busy now", he says shortly. Seeing his expression its evident that he knows what happened.

"You don't understand, I need to see her NOW, I - look I'm here to apologize. I know I made a mistake I just need to explain myself", I say .

"Look, she already has a lot of shit to deal with. She doesn't need another arse piling on that. She is like a sister to me and if you ever hurt her again, I swear that it won't end well for you", he threatens.

Wait, did he just say that he thinks of her like his sister. Great, I fell worse now. 

"I know and I'm sorry. Can you please tell me where her cabin is now?" . I cant believe the number of time I have said sorry today. Definitely more than I have in my entire life.

"She's not in her cabin now but follow me, I cant assure you that she'll talk to you", he says and I nod. We go in the elevator to the 12th floor. He leads me down multiple hallways and we stop in from of a door.  

"She's in there. Wait for her to come out", he says and I nod. I go and sit on a chair across the hall. 

After around 5mins she come out, looking angelic as always. I make my way towards her but just as I was about to speak some other doctor comes over to her with a file and they start talking. He leaves and she turns around. I just give her a smile while she looks shocked and pissed.

Despite this, she ignores me walks away. I run to catch up to her. By the time I do, she's busy with something else. Apparently everyone I pass has something to tell her. I follow her around for another 15mins before she stops in front of a door. I'm about to follow her in but some nurse stops me.

"Sir, you are not allowed in there"

"Just one minute, I need to-"

She shakes her head and says," I'm sorry but, you'll have to wait outside."

"Meera", I call out, ignoring the nurse. She turns around and looks at me for a moment before coming out. She tells something to that nurse who nods at whatever she says. Meera then turns towards me.

"What do you want", she says crossing her arms over her chest and this pissed off look honestly makes her look hot. 

"Can we talk", I ask.

"I cant i'm bus-", she starts to protest but I cut her off.

"I need five minutes, just 5 minutes, please", I say rather desperately.

"Fine, but not here. come on", she agrees and leads me somewhere- her cabin,  I'm assuming. On our way many people greet her and she greets them back. It's evident that they all admire her. I fell a swell of pride in my chest looking at her like this.

We enter her cabin and I take a moment to look around. Its huge, modern and well built. She has floor to celling windows and the view is great. She clears her throat to bring me out of my trance.

Right, here it goes........

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Sorry for the cliff-hanger. Pretty long chapter . Stay tuned for Meera's pov next.

xoxo

Sakshi





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