Abhiraj Singh Rathore, the man whose at the snap of fingers , economies crumble ; was sitting elegantly like a king.
And accidentally, I had an unexpected eye contact with him .
I was frozen in my state. My right foot was slightly hung in air. Neither could break away from the eye contact nor I dare to .
" Sit down or do you plan on getting anymore late ?"
I broke away from my frozen state, quickly made a slight bow , apologized again and sat down; far away from his reach .
Should I talk to him ?
Should I say something to him ?
NO!.. Probably not!
It is clearly described in the novel how much he loathed my presence, my voice , even my existence itself.
And from my past two lives experience, it would be a smart move to not interract with him . I should mind my own business and shall not disturb him .
I lowered my head and pulled out my phone from my purse and opened a random app . Coincidentally, the random app happens to be novels reading app . I selected a romance novel and begun reading it .
I was trying to busy myself but his intense gaze on me and me internally panicking wasn't helping .
Should I look up or not ?
Should I look up or not?
Should I look up or not?
This kept circling in my head again and again but in the head I didn't dare to look up and face him . One single move and it will be end of my story. I should be cautious . I should be careful. I shouldn't offend him .
The car entered into Rathore Mansion gates before stopping infront of the gates . I was having the urge to jump out of the car and ran inside, somewhere away from him . But I resisted my urge . Patiently waited for him to get out of the car according to the etiquette before I could get down. I slowly opened thecar door and got out only to realise he was standing infront of me and was scanning my each and every move. Being a scaredy cat , I couldn't gather the guts to up look at him into his eyes , even though for few minutes.
He was standing infront of me while scanning me from top to bottom. While I had my head lowered and I was fidgeting with my fingers, it was my habit when I get nervous.
He was extremely tall while I barely reach his shoulders. And the scene seemed like a senior scolding or bullying his junior. I didn't know how much time passed with me being stuck in such situation. But I couldn't bear this pressure anymore and patience gave up .
" Shall we enter ? " I politely asked slightly looking up only upto the level of his beautiful lips .
" Hmm" that was the only confirmation needed before he walked in fast while I followed him behind, maintaining an appropriate distance from him .
Generally when couples enter they hold each other's hand . I had tried it once in my first life and had my hands burnt by male lead's mother. Now I don't dare to anymore. To make it seem like my both hands are busy , I switched my phone's position from left hand to right hand. In one hand was my purse and in other hand was my phone.
I silently followed him without making any unnecessary noise . I greeted some of the guests alongside him before obediently standing behind him when the greetings ended .
Female lead please come quickly and take your man away. I can't bear the pressure anymore.
Thankfully, God heard my prayers this time, female arrived quickly with her cool enter drawing everyone's attention.
Yes! Now create commotion and take him along side you.
Just like it was mentioned in the novel , Sejal placed the bag of cash infront of Mrs.Rathore , thanked her , grabbed Mr.Rathore's attention and was asked by Mr.Rathore to come upstairs along with Mrs.Rathore and Abhiraj .
Yes! yes! Go ... leave, bye bye .
My gaze fixated on their backs until it disappeared into the stairs leading to upstairs. I took this my cue to leave, no hide from his sister , Ruhi Singh Rathore. I can't avoid an event completely but I could escape certain parts . For instance I am in no mood or energy to face or argue with Ruhi . It will be better if she can't find me .
Let me hydrate my body with some cocktail or mocktails whatever is there in the party . I went to the drinks section and found out that they have both. So I grabbed a cocktail for me and was drinking while standing near a pillar when I felt someone approaching me . I looked up and my eyes widened in shock .
{End Of Myra's POV }
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In a corner stood the Rathore siblings and their gangs , the only person missing was Laksh Rathore who was busy getting ready in his room for the birthday party .They were formulating a plan on how to keep Myra Kashayap away from Abhiraj, their big brother/senior ; so that he manages to spend some quality time with Sejal . Earning them praise from their role model ,Abhiraj.
In their plan they had ropped in three waiters who were initially scared and nervous but nevertheless complied with the demands of Ruhi . Following her orders, they had the chains of the huge chandelier hanging at the top of main hall unhooked and were holding it like their life depended on it .
" Do not let go off the chains of chandeliers until I signal you to " Ruhi ordered sternly.
" Yes , mam ." They nodded their head in unison.
Ruhi grabbed a cocktail from her friends hands and along with others ventured out to find Myra so that she can create chaos by spilling cocktail on Myra's dress .
Meanwhile upstairs,
Mrs.Rathore had crumbled, grabbing her husband's left leg she was begging her husband and son for forgiveness after all her lies were exposed infront of her son .
She thought she would be able to hide the fact how she threw money at Sejal and asked her to scram from their lives but she failed miserably .
She looked at her son and husband with desperate eyes . She begged for forgiveness even from Sejal. But all the three of them only gave her cold bored eyes .
" Dad , please just take her away . I am in no mood for any kind of drama" Abhiraj stated sternly.
Mrs.Rathore looked at her son with a look of betrayal but Abhiraj wasn't affected by it . He coldly stare at his mother as she was being dragged away by his father by her hair .
" So annoying" Sejal commented with a smirk .
" Anyways, how is life going on with you , Abhiraj? Did you find your doll , whom you have been searching for ages ? " Sejal started the conversation.
Abhiraj shook his head in negative and grabbed a cancer stick from the pack his dad had opened earlier and lit it up before taking a puff .
" I tried to find your doll according to your details in abroad but there was no trace of her . My probable guess would be she is in the country. Did you try to search for her in the country side village where you first met her ? " Sejal asked .
Letting out a sigh of frustration, Abhiraj nodded.
" I did but I could find no trace of her . Her family house wasn't even there . As if she and her family had just vanished. I don't know what I will do if I won't be able to find her and make her mine . I am already at my loosing point. " Abhiraj said feeling annoyed by his failure to find her .
" Cool down Abhiraj . We have to calmly think in order to find her . Why don't you use your power in IT and business sector ? I will use mine in health sector. They would definitely have health insurance right . I could use it to track them down. Why don't you rope in our friend , Krishav Dixit, he holds power over transportation and manufacturing industry ? He can help us " Sejal suggested .
Abhiraj nodded gloomily.
" Don't worry we will find her and I will make sure she never leaves you again " Sejal tried to cheer her bestfriend only to receive another gloomy nod . She knows her bestfriends condition is getting worse with each passing day and if they didn't find the five years old girl who had shown light to the nine year old gloomy Abhiraj at that time , then all hell will broke loose .
She tried to divert his attention by bringing random topics until it landed on relationships .
" Speaking of relationships aren't you dating uncle Kashayap's youngest daughter . Umm ..what is her name again..yeah Myra Kashayap, where is she , I haven't seen her around.... WAIT A DAMN MOMENT!! Isn't She Your Girlfriend? What Is She Doing With My Boyfriend? "
Abhiraj was in no mood to talk about Myra , but when he noticed the change in the tone of Sejal, he couldn't help but to look downstairs.
Sejal iss an extremely jealous, obsessive and possesive type of person. She would always be ready to throw arms when some women tries to approach her boyfriend.
Abhiraj wasn't the same . He didn't know how he felt about Myra , he was confused about her . But everytime anything remotely related to Myra will come up , the demons inside him who have been harassing him since he was 15 will go off . The brutality of their harassment will increase by tenfold.
[ Go grab her ! ]
[ Pull her away from that boy ]
[ Make her yours]
[ Don't let her be stolen]
[ Get Myra ]
This demonic voices wouldn't stopp unless he came in contact with Myra in some way or the other.
[ Get Myra]
[ See she is laughing with another man ]
[ She is happy with another man ]
[ Get her , grab her ]
[ Make her happy, make her yours]
Not only this voices but also his own feelings affected him severely regarding Myra . He will always be repulsed by the idea of any man approaching Myra . It may be because he had never seen Myra being close to any man other than him but he couldn't just stand Myra's interaction with any other man .
He knew he might destroy Myra due to his messed up state, hence he tried to maintain distance from her and find his doll but his condition only seem to gat worse with each passing day . It came to a point where he wan't even been able to control his own actions.
Sejal and Abhiraj both begun hurriedly descending staircase to pull apart the happily gossiping individuals.
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Myra couldn't believe her eyes .
Her school friend, Dhruv Mehra was standing infront of her with a huge smile.
" Did you miss me Miss Myra Kashayap? " Dhruv playfully asked .
" Is this a questioned to be asked ? Ofcourse I missed you Dhruv . We are meeting after five years . How are you doing? " Myra asked shaking her hands with Dhruv before giving him a side hug .
" I am doing great . I am here with my girlfriend. I am pursuing bachelors in business administration. What about you ? " Dhruv asked curiously.
" I am in my second year of pursuing bachelors in computer science." Myra replied.
From the discussion of their education, they went into the lives of their school days . And failed to notice how cheerfully they were gossiping .
Meanwhile, Ruhi couldn't proceed with her plan since she noticed the man who escorted Sejal , was talking happily with Myra and was just not leaving her alone. Ruhi kept on instructing to the waiters to hold onto the chains of chandelier for few more minutes but the three waiters were already at their limit . The chains slipped from their hands .
The huge chandelier begun vigorously shaking before coming downwards.
Abhiraj and Sejal noticed and panicked, screaming at their top of lungs for Myra and Dhruv to move out .
Myra was too lost in her childhood days stories to notice any kind of animosity but luckily Dhruv noticed, he grabbed her wrist and pulled her into his arms and moved away ; spinning her around until his back and her front faced the fallen chandelier.
Myra was too shocked to reciprocate anything while on the other hand Dhruv's heart was thundering against his heart . He was thankful to God as well as scared .
Some of glass shards has flown out and cut through his back and her arms .
Ruhi and her gang panicked and runaway leaving behind the three poor waiters . All other guest were scared , confused and erupted into gossip . This grabbed Mr. And Mrs.Rathore's attention forcing them to come out .
Amidst all this Sejal and Abhiraj ran through the fallen chandelier to Dhruv and Myra . They could care less about all others.
Sejal as soon as she got near Dhruv , she quickly scanned him from up and down to see if he has any injuries. Her heart dropped when she noticed wound on Dhruv's back . In distress she screamed for first-aid kit .
Abhiraj who grabbed Myra and was about to pull her into his arms , was electrified as soon as he touched her . Her arms were cold and soft . The touch sent a electric current in his body that shook of his stress . He wanted to hold her arms for little more but quickly let her go when he heard her wince in pain .He noticed there was a cut in her arm .He became puzzled .
The touch felt so soothing and fam—
[ Fuck the touch ]
[ Heal her , she is hurt ]
[ Protect her ]
[ Save her ]
[ Bind her ]
[ Never let her go a— ]
The demonic voices coming from inside his mind , distorted his thoughts.
" GET THE GODDAMN FIRST-AID KIT !!! " Abhiraj was practically roaring at this point in distress , anger , confusion and panick .
Myra jumped in fright so did Dhruv while Myra's action went unnoticed, Sejal had noticed Dhruv's action.
" Abhiraj calm down you are scaring everyone".
" I don't care " Abhiraj responded.
He could see nothing but red . He vowed to punish whoever hurt Myra .
[ Kill them ]
[ Punish them ]
[ Torture them whoever hurt Myra ]
[ Protect Myra ]
[ Make Myra yours ]
His own demons screaming affected him severely.
" I will make sure those who are responsible for this incident wouldn't see the sun rise ever again " Abhiraj muttered under his breath , with an untamable fire in his heart.