Chaits left Guru’s home without a further word – confused and sadly drove back home. It pained him more when he realized that his parents were happy and excited about his wedding and had almost no other topic but his wedding plans and welcoming Anjali into the family. His sadness increased as he counted the number of hearts that would break if he had to call off this wedding with Anjali…
He slept a horrible sleep and hoped that the dinner at Guru’s place was but a worst nightmare he had experienced.
He woke up feeling sore. His heart believed in Anjali and his mind couldn’t doubt Tanvi… Around afternoon, he reached a decision – he sent an email to his office applying for a weeklong leave.
To keep his parents from sensing that something was wrong, he informed them that he was going out on a tour. He called up his regular hotel and confirmed his booking at Pune…
He wanted to confirm the facts about her, check what was the truth before reaching any final decision about his wedding…
He drove all the way to Pune with a troubled mind and reached a bit late. He called her once he was settled in his room. She was delighted to know that he was in her town and would be able to spend a week with her.
Her elated reaction confused him all the more. There was no doubt – she loved him – genuinely. Then why did Tanvi mention Sunny and Anjali acting weird as if Sunny was around her?
Next morning, they drove out on a date. He keenly observed her eagerness to shower him with soft kisses filled with love. She blushed every time she kissed him making her look all the more attractive.
She informed him that her parents had invited him to over for dinner and he had gladly accepted. This gave him a chance to have extra time with her and check her behaviour when she was home…
It was awkward for him, he was visiting them on dinner for the first time and the doubts created by Tanvi weighed heavily upon him…
After the dinner, he was ready to return to his hotel when Anjali offered to show him her room. His heart missed out on a beat. He was going to enter her room. He already was feeling high on his love feelings for her, the way they had spent the entire day together. Again – the words of Tanvi ‘She behaves weird when she’s in her room’ rang a bell of alarm…
No matter what – he had to find the truth and face it. He wishfully hoped that Anjali had been an absolutely brilliant in her acting skills and had pulled a fast one on Tanvi that she believed what she was presented with, maybe be for some reason unknown… He hoped that everything was okay. His heart beating fast, he followed her to her room.
He looked around – his mouth agape. All the walls in her room were flooded with his photographs. Some from his college days and some from the various dates they had enjoyed together. The ones from his college days were captured when he was playing cricket, sitting on the steps with Guru and other friends, him performing on the stage, etc.
The sight of his photographs flooding every wall in her room put all his doubts to rest – she had told him the truth – she had been in love with him since her college days… Not a single photograph of Sunny could be seen.
They looked at various frames – mostly of their lovely dates recalling sweet memories of togetherness. She suddenly put her arms around him and hugged him tight. She was trembling and she looked downward toward the floor. He fondly put his arms around her.
“You will not leave me alone in this big bad world, would you?” she asked in a quavering voice.
He put his finger below her chin and gently pushed it upward lifting her face so that their eyes met, “Why do you feel so?” he gently asked her.
“I don’t know” she said avoiding his look, “I just have this feeling that one day – you are going to leave me alone to face this big, bad world and this world is going to unanimously blame me for it…”
“Then – you are wrong.” he looked at her with love in his eyes, “Just believe in me. I’m not someone who breaks promises and I promise this to you – I will stick by you till it’s possible. I will fight the world for you. If anything goes wrong, I will take the blame upon myself and not let anyone point at you…”
“Oh! Honey, I love you.” she said in overwhelmed even as she melted in the warmth of his love and kissed him long and sweet.
“Let me go back to my hotel before we get sillier kissing each in this fashion.” He said with a sly smile while she hid her blushing face in her palms imagining the magnitude of silliness…
He bade good night to her parents on his way out and drove back to the hotel – happy, that the day had passed off without any sign of weirdness in Anjali.
He now was almost sure that Anjali for some reason of hers had pulled this fast one on Tanvi and she had fallen for her gag. ‘I still have six days in hand to prove and tease Tanvi that she had indeed fallen for Anjali’s prank.’ He thought happily.
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