Forget 💔 and Love ❤️

Aadhya woke up in the morning and was startled to see a different room but then realised that she was in Rishabh's home. She turned and looked at Aman who was cuddling with Rishabh.

She jumped out of the bed immediately realising that she had fallen asleep on the same bed as Rishabh.

It's so wrong.

She stopped her panic session when she glanced at them.

They both looked so cute while sleeping and cuddling with each other.

She walked around the bed and leaned down towards them while adoring them. She ruffled Aman's hair and kissed his forehead. She looked at Rishabh and caressed his head too. She hesitatingly bent down and pecked his forehead lightly.

She turned around to go and freshen up but stood rooted when her hand was tugged. She looked at her hand and then at Rishabh who was smiling and looking at her with his eyes half closed.

" I can get used to waking up like this daily." He said with his hoarse morning voice which made her heart beat race faster.

She tried to get out of his grip but he pulled and she fell on him. She looked at him stunned with his face so near to hers while he wrapped his hands around her tight grinning at her.

" What are you doing? Leave me!" She whisper yelled as Aman was still sleeping.

" I like it." He said.

" What?" She asked.

" This and everything that has happened between us." He said.

" Nothing has happened between us." She gasped making him chuckle.

" I am saying.....you both in my house, sleeping and cuddling with me, you caressing my head, kissing my forehead and you being like this in my arms......I like everything, infact I love it." He said to her with love shining in his eyes.

For sometime, she just got lost in the intensity of his eyes.

Rishabh was looking into her eyes which were saying so many things to him and at that moment, he saw one thing that he had never expected to see in her.

It's love.

Her eyes conveyed so many things to him but for the first time he saw love shining in her eyes exactly in the same way she saw it in his eyes.

He felt over the moon with happiness.

He gently kissed her forehead with love and she closed her eyes contently.

Shuffling of covers brought them out of trance and looked at their side to see Aman was waking up. She immediately moved away from him and adjusted her hair and dress.

She ran towards the washroom while Rishabh was laying on the bed grinning like an idiot. Aman woke up and looked around startled as he was not in his room.

" Hey! Champ, don't worry I am here." Rishabh cooed taking him in his arms sitting straight.

Aman relaxed in his hold and asked for Aadhya with his eyes still closed. That time only she came out of the washroom and looked at them.

Aman was sleeping on top of Rishabh who was patting his back closing his eyes and that sight brought tears in her eyes.

All she could remember was her brother.

She went back to the living room and sorted all the scattered things in Aman's bag. After that, she walked towards kitchen and made some coffee. She walked towards the balcony with coffee in her hands and sat there on a chair sipping on her coffee.

She had many thoughts.

She had many what ifs.

She had many insecurities.

But when Rishabh is with her, she forgets them all.

She forgets everything and everyone, even her family when she is with him.

He makes her forget everything but at the end of the day reality crashes down to her.

She gets reminded of who is she and what is she.

The bitter truth that she doesn't deserve him.

A lone tear escapes from her left eye.

Before she could wipe it off, a hand brushes her cheek. She looked up and saw Rishabh looking at her sadly.

" I hate when you cry." He whispered.

" I am not crying." She said and got up from the chair.

She walked to the kitchen and came back holding his coffee.

" Here." She said giving him the cup.

He took it sighing.

" We are leaving." She said to Rishabh when Aman came out yawing.

Something inside him ached when she said that and looked at her pained. She was startled at the emotion she saw in his eyes and pain reflected on his face made her frown.

" What happened?" She asked concerned.

" Nothing. Let Aman be here only as he will be alone at home when you go to the office." Rishabh said and Aman squealed in joy at those words.

" Are you sure? Because you are sick.....I don't want to trouble you." She asked hesitantly.

" Nothing about you two is trouble to me." He said glaring at her who nodded her head.

" Amu baby.....take shower and be a good boy. Don't trouble your buddy too much because he is still sick, let him rest. Okay?" She asked him.

" Okay mumma, I will be a good boy." Aman said smiling at her who kissed his cheek and took her bag to leave.

Aman ran inside the washroom happily while Rishabh was staring at Aadhya who was walking towards the door.

" Aadhya." He called and she turned.

He didn't said anything but just hugged her which surprised her. He was holding onto her tightly as if his life depended on her and she hugged him back.

Both stayed like that for sometime.

" Are you alright?" She asked as he was not letting her go.

" Do you want me to stay with you?" She asked him when he didn't respond to her.

He pulled away and looked at her intently.

" What happened?" She asked worried looking at his behaviour.

" Nothing.....I am fine. You go and get ready for the office." He said gulping and looked away.

" Are you sure?" She asked him frowing.

" Yes. I just need some rest.....I guess." He says and she nods her head unsurely.

She steps out of the door and looks back when she feels he was still standing there staring at her.

" Call me if you need anything." She says and walks into the elevator.

She goes to her house and gets ready for the office. Harish drops her off to the office and goes to Rishabh's house taking food for them on his way.

She gets immersed in the project and when lunch arrives, Anjali comes into her cabin. She gives half of the money which to her she has taken from Aadhya who rejects it and asks how she got so much money for which she tells that they have sold their land.

Aadhya couldn't accept that money and tells her to keep it for any emergency use. Anjali wants to return it back but Aadhya says that she will take it when she needs it in her stern voice which made Anjali walk out of her cabin scared.

Like this two days have passed with Aadhya coming to the office and Rishabh staying at home with Aman.

Now, today is the day where Rishabh will be coming to the office and Aadhya stays at home but Rishabh made sure that she comes to the office telling her that she had to fill him the details regarding the project.

She went to the office annoyed at him as she knows he just wants her to come to the office and he was just giving her stupid reasons.

It's not that she doesn't want to work but she need to start plan on going to London as she knows if she stays here then it will be difficult for both of them.

She cannot bear if something happens to Rishabh because of her as she.was still not able to get out of the thought that she is a bad omen and anyone close to her will face the consequences of her misfortune.

She is sitting in her father's cabin with various thoughts running in her mind and that's when her cabin door opened but she didn't realise it. Rishabh frowned looking at her who is lost in her thoughts and his frown deepened when he saw her sitting on the visitors chair but not on the MD's chair. He understood that it must be difficult for her to take his father's place and he very well knows that she thinks that she doesn't deserve it.

He gently put his hand on her shoulder which startled her and looked at Rishabh who was trying to read her face to know what she was thinking.

" It's lunch time.....come we should eat." He says softly.

" I am not hungry, you carry on please." She says and he sighs going out.

She frowns when he obeyed without saying anything but sighs in relief. That didn't last long when he came back holding some bags with a wide grin etched on his face.

She rolled her eyes at him and went to washroom to wash her hands as she knows he will not leave until she eats.

" Good girl." He said patting her head when she came back and sat beside him on the couch to eat.

She huffed and pushed away his hand making him chuckle.

They ate together while talking and laughing.

A week went like this with lots of work, a whole lot of bickerings, a bunch of teasings and loads of moments between them.

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Aadhya jolted up from her sleep due to a nightmare.

It wasn't a normal nightmare like she gets all the time......it was different.

And it scared the life out of her.

She would do anything to avoid that nightmare turning into the reality.

She looked at Aman who was sleeping peacefully beside her and slowly she walked out of the bedroom. She looked at the time and it was still midnight.

Her whole body was sweating and shaking with fear and anxiety.

She fell on the couch and sobbed hardly curling herself into a ball. She felt like it happened in real as the dream felt so real and so clear.

For the first time she didn't had the nightmare of her family's accident. This time she saw the accident but the person in the car was Rishabh.

Her sobs increased thinking of him.

She cried and cried for don't know how long as the rays of sunshine fell through the room. She just stared numbly through the glass window with tears continuously falling from her eyes.

Many thoughts swirled around her mind and she sat there engrossed in them deeply for hours. She doesn't know what will happen if something happens to him but she definitely knows that she will be dead.

She thought and thought and finally took a decision.

She showered quickly and called Harish to be with Aman who was still sleeping. She made breakfast for them  while Harish came in and saw her who was stirring the pan mindlessly.

He frowned looking at her face. It was red and her eyes are puffy. It looked like she cried a lot and he got worried.

" Baby ji." He called and she looked at him.

" Harish ji, please be with Aman.....I have some work and need to go out." She said without looking into his eyes.

" But baby ji, I will drop you......" She cut him off.

" No need. Breakfast is on the table, please eat and feed Aman too." She said and hurried out of the door without giving him the chance to talk.

She took the car and reached the graveyard with flowers. She walked inside with heavy heart and tears in her eyes. She placed all the flowers on the graves and slumped down on her knees.

" Why?"

" WHY?"

" WHY ITS HAPPENING WTH ME?"

" WHY ME?"

" WHY?"

She yelled crying loudly looking up at the sky.

" I can't bear this pain."

" It feels like someone is continuously stabbing me with knife."

" It feels like something is ripping me off into pieces."

" I can bear anything happening with me but I cannot bear if something happens to him."

" Please don't do this to him. Problem is me. Problem is with me. So I will leave but please god don't let anything happen to him."

She sobbed her heart out.

She looked at the graves and smiled sadly at them.

" I miss you all so much."

" I am sorry.....I am responsible for your deaths.....it's because of me you people are not in this world.....it's my fault that Aman had lost his family and I don't want to be the reason for his death too." She cried closing her eyes painfully.

" I will die the second something happens to him." She said between her cries.

" I know Ma and Papa.....you people wouldn't want me to blame myself like this, cry like this and be weak like this but I cannot help it." She said looking down in guilt.

" I am sorry."

" I am leaving Ma."

" I am leaving this place forever."

She covered her face in her hands and cried when she remembered about the nightmare she got.

" For him.....for his safety."

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