Published on:- 24/2/24 [Saturday]
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With a trembling heart, her hand squeezed the sponge and moved towards his naked body.

His eyes dangerously narrowed down as if he would strangle her with one single glance.

Tarana cleared her throat and asked, "Can you please look the other way?".

She waited for his response but got only silence from him.

"Mr. Khadka"

Tarana called him. Her voice was low but firm.

His gazes were too strong and made her uncomfortable.

The warm water touched his body as she carefully started wiping his body.

Her breathings stick in her throat. It was easy to clean his body when he was unconscious or under the influence of high medicine but not anymore.

Day by day it turned difficult for her to clean his body, change his clothes, help him in doing daily necessary chores, and feed his meals.

Avyaan raised his brows questioningly at last while rolling his eyes, he looked away.

While looking outside of the small window, Avyaan's head buzzed slightly as he tried to recall what happened that day.

He accelerated the engine and sped up only to thrash his car with the python's leader car. Both cars collided and then fell down from the cliff.

After what happened, his memories were all faded.

When he got his consciousness back, the first thing he saw was the anxious face of Tarana.

"When did you learn medicine?".

Avyaan suddenly asked her. From what he knew Tarana was his sister's batchmate. They studied together since childhood and their streams were the same as well. And not for once, he saw the shadow of the doctor visiting him or treating him.

A doubt clouded his mind.

However, at his sudden question, her movement halted as her eyelashes trembled slightly.

"I don't know about medicine".

Tarana's reply was straight.

Avyaan craned his neck and looked at her. Without looking at him, she continued to wipe his body which was thin now and bones were peaking out of it.

"Then how did you manage to save me? How did you do everything? These medicines, these treatments, and all? Who helped you?", Avyaan shot back-to-back questions at her.

For the past three months, all he ate was medicine with a liquid diet.

His jaws were wounded as well. With broken limbs and bones, Avyaan was lying down on the same small bed for the past three months.

He recently started chewing hard food and that was all smashed perfectly by Tarana.

Tarana stared at him. Her heart was pounding fearfully inside her chest.

"Your star protected you". She relied straightly.

This caused Avyaan to chuckle darkly.

His gaze was still roaming on her face.

"Do you know lying and hiding the truth are the same in my dictionary", Avyaan's cold voice sends chills to her spine.

Tarana looked at him, the atmosphere was icy enough to suffocate her.

Suddenly a knocking sound tore the chillness of the atmosphere.

Tarana immediately dropped the sponge removed the water basin and went to open the door.

Avyaan's calculating eyes were observing her movement of how she stood at the door and asked, "Who?".

"Tara! It's me. Omy".

A manly voice came from the opposite side of the door that caught Avyaan's attention.

Tarana opened the door and Omy entered and met with the Devil's cold face.

Omy blinked his eyes and then looked at Tarana. She understood Omy's doubts and clarified the situation.

"He got his full consciousness a few days ago. I stopped giving him medicines now", Tarana explained and Omy's eyes widened excitedly.

"That's great. It means he is getting better and can do some exercise now", Omy said and Tarana nodded her head.

Avyaan looked at their closeness with scrunching eyes.

"Who are you?".

Avyaan's voice boomed and both Omy and Tarana looked at him.

"Hello, Sir! I am Omy. Tara's close friend", Omy said and Avyaan's face turned ashes at the way Omy was calling Tarana intimidately.

Tarana looked questioningly at Omy who smiled widely at her.

"He is the one who helped me in your accident case", Tarana said and Avyaan stared at them without uttering a word.

"Tara! I bought your favorite chicken dumplings (momos). Eat before it turns cold", Omy said and she stood still.

Unknowingly, her eyes landed on Avyaan who was looking back at her.

She cleared her throat and asked Omy, "I told you to buy some things. Did you bring it?".

"Yes! Take these packets", Omy said and passed Tarana a few packets.

Avyaan was silently looking at their conversations.

"Okay! I am going now. I will come tomorrow", Omy said to Tarana.

Then Omy looked at Avyaan and said, "Sir! Please take good care of yourself. My Tara is working so hard in taking care of you that she becomes a personal nurse for you. So, you better get well soon".

Without waiting for Avyaan's reply, Omy hurriedly left the hut.

Tarana closed her eyes at Omy's big mouth and blabbers.

Avyaan looked at Tarana and said only two words, "My Tara?".

Tarana blinked her eyes and could only see the sour and cold face of Avyaan who closed his eyes and started pretending to sleep.

***

On the other hand, at the KHANNA Mansion, Nilay's mother looked at Sunaina who was eating with pleasure.

"Mom! Your cooking is awesome", Sunaina spoke while eating.

Aashmaan giggled and said, "But this breakfast is cooked by Aunt Susan and the toast you are enjoying is specially made for me by my husband".

Sunaina dropped the toast and said, "Hehehe! Nice"

And looked at Neil who was murdering toast while glaring at his wife.

"Dad! You are great. Can you please teach Nilay to make this toast as well? I would love to eat food from Nilay's hand", Sunaina said and Neil's eyes hardened, "Don't call me dad and why should my son cook food for you?".

Sunaina was about to speak up but her small hand was held by Nilay. She looked at Nilay and found no expression on his face.

She pouted.

Neil then looked at Aashmaan and said, "Love! Baby! Aashmaan, don't talk while eating".

"Okay Neil", Aashmaan said and then she looked at Sunaina and said, "Hey! Divita, finish your breakfast then we will gossip, and then in the evening, we will go shopping".

Sunaina's eyes brightened. She was looking forward to the shopping trip. She was a rich woman but never went shopping. Her demands were fulfilled by her brother and needs were arranged by Jaikesh and her bodyguard Nora.

Remembering her brother, Sunaina's eyes moistened. Nilay and Aashmaan both looked at her and found teary eyes.

Aashmaan threw daggers at her husband who blinked his eyes as he did not understand the situation.

Both son and mother thought that Sunaina was sad because Neil scolded her for calling him dad. Sunaina was an orphan and getting a scold on this matter hurt her deeply.

Nilay squeezed Sunaina's hand softly.

Sunaina rubbed her eyes and started eating again.

A little bit, both angels knew that this fragile-looking devil had thick skin and knew how to hurt others; not to get hurt by others.

Nilay continued to eat as he was too calm and silent. There were numerous thoughts floating in his mind. The words of his father made him uncomfortable.

Suddenly, those memories appeared in his head and the soft feminine voice pulled him to the past.

The scene belonged to the school ground where at the end of the boundary wall, the sacred fig (peepal) tree was standing highly.

The lunch break was currently going on and two three girls were chatting non-stop.

"Divita! Do you know there's a boy in the junior class that likes you", one girl said.

Divita whose eyes were on the tree as she was playing with a fallen leave of sacred fig looked down on her friends and a proud smirk appeared on her lips.

"So what? 80% of the boys of this school openly like me. The other 20% of them are in a relationship but secretly have a crush on me", Divita said her tone was mocking.

Her friends rolled her eyes at Divita's blunt tone.

Divita removed the rubber band out of her long hair which danced with the tune of cold breezes.

"Well then tell me about that boy. He likes you too", the second girl asked Divita.

"Who?", Divita frowned slightly.

The third girl laughed and said, "That football".

"Ooh! He is cute and nice. I kinda like his smile", Divita responded.

"Do you like him?", Divita's friend asked her.

Divita shook her head negatively and said to her friends, "No, I don't have any feelings for him. I don't want to have any feelings for him either. Because I am not interested in having a relationship right now. I have to clear my exams with the highest scores otherwise my parents will send me away from the country and I don't want to leave this city and my country".

Suddenly, the bell rang to end the lunch break and all the children went back to class.

But there was someone on the other side of the tree who heard the conversation of those girls and his heart stopped.

He stopped at the place where Devita was standing.

A smile appeared on the boy's face, "She said I am cute and nice". However, that smile immediately fell, "She doesn't want to have any feelings for me".

Then a voice came from behind. Another boy called that boy, "Nilay! What are you still doing here? Let's go back to the class. The Maths teacher has come to the class".

Nilay shook away his sadness but the thought of Divita's words and those innocent feelings could not help but bloom continuously.

Suddenly, Nilay felt that someone was shaking him. His trances got broken and his eyes found the worried face of Sunaina.

'Divita'. Unknowingly this name escaped from Nilay's mouth and pierced Sunaina's heart.

She could understand that Nilay was not calling her. This name belonged to someone who was ruling Nilay's mind just a few minutes ago.

Jealousy brewed in her heart. A wild thirst to kill that girl made her chest heave up and down fast.

"What's wrong? I was calling you for the past few minutes but was lost somewhere else", Sunaina asked him. Her tone was full of concern for him.

That made Nilay look away from her face. He then found his parents were not present at the table.

Abruptly, Nilay stood up from his seat and said, "Stay here for a few days. I will arrange a house and a job for you. Then you will be free from going anywhere".

Sunaina's eyes dangerously narrowed down at his words.

"Are you going somewhere else?", Sunaina asked him.

Nilay responded, "Yes!".

Sunaina questioned him, "Where?".

Nilay looked at her with an expressionless face but did not reply to her. Suddenly, he left.

She stared at his retreating figure. Her knuckles turned white as she was clenching her fist tightly.

"Divita? Huh? I have to dig into everything about you. I can't tolerate seeing my man think about other women", Sunaina thought as she went to the guest room.

And made a call to her bodyguards Dino and Nora.

"Find out about the past of Nilay Khanna and especially about a girl named 'Divita'. I need the report in the evening". Sunaina spoke and disconnected the call.

Suddenly, a knock happened on the window. Sunaina opened the window and T-Rex jumped inside the room.

T-Rex handed a file to Sunaina that caused her lips to curve wickedly upward.

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