Forget 💔 and Love ❤️

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.

"As soon as I realised your importance in my life, I decided to tell you the truth even though it scared me that you will hate me and thought of telling you on my family's death anniversary but you got to know about it before I tell you and I was right, you hated me." She said chuckling sadly.

" That was my bad luck. I lost you that day but still I wanted to explain my situation to you. You didn't give me any chance me to talk and I tried but.....I refrained myself talking to you after that as it was hurting us both. It was obvious that you hated me and I couldn't bear that."  She said and looked away when tears fell from her eyes.

" Leaving was the only option for me which was best for both of us at that time." She whispered gulping the pain and stayed silent.

" I don't hate you Aadhya." He whispered and she looked up at him.

" I didn't hate you even then also. I was angry on myself that I wasn't able to gain enough trust that you could share your secret with me. I was hurt but definitely didn't hate you and I avoided talking to you because I didn't want to hurt you out of my anger or hurt." He said honestly with tears in his eyes.

" Aadhya always remember that I never hated you and can ever hate you.....ever." He said holding her hands in his.

She just smiled at him and he saw that spark in her eyes when she smiles with her heart.

***

He woke up with a jolt and realised that he was crying.

Last time she left thinking that he hates her and now she is leaving thinking that she is bad luck for him.

He will not let her leave at any cost even if it costs his life.

He decided that he would go and meet her to stop her from leaving.

He walked out of the living room but again came back to his bedroom to take something from his wardrobe and ran towards his car to go to her.

Many thoughts were swirling around his mind.

This might be the last time he sees her.

This might be the last time he talks to her.

This might be the last time he can say how much he loves her.

Tears fell from his eyes when he thought of living without her and he became came more anxious thinking what if she doesn't listen to him.

Why can't she stay and give him a chance?

Isn't there any way to stop her?

Will she be happy if she leaves?

Many questions were clouding his mind.

Admist of all this, he was determined to stop her.

*

Aadhya on the other side is restless.

Her heart felt heavy and there was a lump formed in her throat.

She didn't felt right.

She sat on her bed and couldn't help but think about Rishabh.

She looked at the gift she brought for him from London. She wanted to give it to him but she hesitated because she had thought that he was engaged. Though Aman has blurted out about the gift, Rishabh said he would accept it only when she gives it to him.

She smiled and thought to give it to him today.

Last few days, she had made many memories with Rishabh and she even opened up to him talking her heart out. She was happy that he didn't hate her but she still feels guilty about the pain she has inflicted upon him.

She looked at the time and saw it's past 6 in the evening now. She took a decision and she is ready to implement it although she is anxious about how it turns out.

After visiting the graveyard, she felt lighter as she got some strength and hope to live for their future if not for her then atleast for Aman.

She would do anything for Aman's bright future and happiness.

She walked outside taking her hand bag and saw Aman who sat gloomily on the couch.

" Amu....." She called and he didn't respond.

" Aman?" She called again and still didn't get any reply.

She knelt before him and held his chin up.

" What happened beta?" She asked softly.

" I don't want to talk to you." He said angrily and she was taken aback looking at the angry tears in his eyes.

" Why?" She whispered looking at him.

" Because you are making us leave this place and I don't want to leave. I don't want to leave my home. I don't want to leave my buddy. I don't want to see you cry again." Aman said crying.

Her heart clenched at his words.

What she was gonna get by leaving this place?

She was not only hurting herself but also this pure little innocent soul.

" Aman look at me." She said softly and he looked up at her with quivering lips.

" Will you come with me?" She asked him.

" No." He replied shaking his head.

" Even if I take you to the park?" She asked him.

" No." He said sternly.

" Even if I buy you icecream?" She asked raising her brows.

He looked conflicted at that but his resolve was bigger than that.

" No!" He replied again.

She smiled.

" Even if I say we are not leaving India?"

*

Rishabh reached her house and went inside hurriedly.

He rang the doorbell but no one opened it. His heart constricted at the thought of them leaving already and he rang the doorbell continuously many times nervously.

No one was at home.

It means they had already left.

He slumped down on the porch helplessly with an ache in his heart and tears poured down his eyes.

He can't accept defeat so easily and dialled her number to check where she is but it was switched off and he dialled Harish's number.

" Harish! Where is she? Did they left for airport?" Rishabh asked hurriedly.

" I don't know sir. She told me she would call me when they are leaving but I didn't receive any call from her." Harish said anxiously.

" What? But she is not even at home." Rishabh said.

" I don't have any idea where is she......I am sorry Sir. I am in the hospital because my wife caught flu and that's why she must have not called me as to not to disturb me." He heard Harish's pained voice.

" So she left ah?" Rishabh whispered with hurt and cut the call while Harish felt bad for them as he knows how much they meant to each other.

Rishabh didn't know what to do and buried his head in his hands. He cried silently for his love, for Aman.....for them.

If only she had given him a chance.

He would have given whole world to them and never let them feel that they don't have anyone in this world.

He would have showered so much of love on them that they could have forgotten all their pain.

He would have protected them from all the hurt and pain in this world

What he wants is just a chance.

One single chance.

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To be Continued........

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