Chapter 43

                                        

                                              

Rishabh was restless, he couldn't sleep whole night and now after visiting the graveyard, he is pacing around his room thinking of any ways to stop Aadhya from leaving.
                              
How much he thought he couldn't get any idea to stop her.
                              
If his love for her hasn't stopped her from leaving then he doesn't even know what would.
                              
He walked towards the living room when he saw 'Let go' on the calender.
                              
" Stupid calendar." He muttered under his breath ignoring the words on it.
                              
He called his father anxiously and when his father answered the call, he started rambling about Aadhya.
                              
" Dad, I don't want her to go..... We need to stop her!" Rishabh finished his rant.
                              
" Rishi, if she really wants this then let her go.....I know it will be painful for us especially for you but we can't control other people's lives. Please understand, if she had taken such a drastic decision then she might have thought a lot about it." His father said and sighed sadly.
                              
Rishabh ended the call with a defeated sigh.
                              
His father was the last hope for him and She would have listened to his father if he stops her from leaving but his father himself is not trying to stop her and now what he would do.
                              
He slumped back on his bed tiredly.
                              
The words on the newspaper which was on the table infront of him caught his attention.
                              
"If you truly love someone then let them go.....if they are yours and if it's meant to be then they will surely come back to you."
                              
He groaned out loudly in frustration.
                              
" Why everything in this universe is against me? Why the hell will I let go the love of my life? I will try to stop her until I can.....nobody can stop me not even Aadhya." He said clenching his jaw tightly.
                              
He closed his eyes and suddenly he got reminded of their talk when she was at his home while he was recovering from his fever.
                              
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"Do you still hate me?"
                              
He heard her while he was patting Aman's back to make him sleep and was startled as he thought she was sleeping too.
                              
" What?" He asked frowning and she sat up on the bed.
                              
" I know you hate me because I betrayed you by hiding my identity and honestly I should've told you about my truth but something held me back. It's not because I didn't trust you or anything but it's just that I got scared that we might loose what we had at that time because I can only be myself being with you and the time we spend with you makes us forget our past even it is just for a moment." She paused looking at her hands blinking back her tears.
                              
All the while he was just looking at her and his heart swelled at her words. It is rare when she opens up like this and he didn't want to interrupt.
                              
" I have hurted you a lot and I am guilty of that but please understand that I was not in a position to think about what is right and wrong at that time. Uncle had told me to join back in the office but I didn't want to because of my lack of experience and my state of mind. So I told him that I would join as a mere employee and will learn the work and process. I told him that no one should know about my identity as people will pretend infront of me if they know who I am. I didn't know that I would let anyone in at that time but you climbed up my walls and waltzed into my life which scared me as well as filled warmth in my life." She smiled and sighed sadly.