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"You?" 

Bela's eyes widened seeing the person before her. Before she could speak or scream, he pulled her towards him and covered her mouth with his hands making her eyes widen in shock. She started struggling only for him to tighten his hold on her.

'There is no way he could be here. Well he is not supposed to be here. He should be at his house with his brother, her future husband.' Bela thought bitterly looking at Mahir.

"Shh! don't struggle, Bela. I mean no harm. I just came here to discuss something important. Please." He said making her stop struggling.

"I am gonna remove my hand but please don't shout." Bela nodded looking at him.

Mahir slowly removed his hand from her mouth looking into her eyes. He gluped audiobly as his eyes took in her half-naked form. The robe covering her body did no effort in covering her long milky legs. He wondered what else she had been hiding under her clothes. 

Many sinister thoughts started clouding in his mind making him want nothing more than to undress and make love to her. The clearing sound of throat distracted him before he could do what his heart want. Shaking his head Mahir looked at Bela with a sheepish smile.

"What are you doing here in my bedroom, Mahirji? You should be with your brother, helping him with our upcoming wedding instead of barging into your future sister-in-law's bedroom." Bela taunted, crossing her hands on her chest.

Mahir flinched hearing the words used by Bela. He looked into Bela's eyes only to find them cold and emotionless. He could clearly feel the anger in Bela's each words and he knew no one but he, himself was responsible for her change. 

"Bela, I'm sorry. I-" He started only to cut off by Bela's mirthless chuckle.

"Sorry? Mahir ji you are sorry, but for what? For leading me on, when you had no feelings for me or for forcing me to marry your brother. Tell me, Mahirji. What all are you sorry for? Are you sorry for destroying my life or sorry for playing with my feelings?" Her voice cracking at the end.

Mahir didn't know what to say. In his selfishness, he forgot that he was hurting the woman he loved. He forgot that she was a human with feelings too. His eyes stinged with unshed tears. 

"Bela, I know no words of mine will be able to heal the wounds inflected by me but please hear me out. I swear Bela, I never meant for any of these to happen. I never meant to hurt you like I did. I know these three months were pure torture for you and I know no one is to blame but me and selfishness. I hurt you a lot with my words and actions. I broke your heart with my cruelity and above all I forced you to accept the wedding proposal, almost destroying your life." 

"Mahirji if you are here to tell me how sorry you are for hurting me then please leave. I will never forgive you, Mahirji. I will never forgive you for playing with my feeling, for leading me on when my feeling meant nothing to you. I may even forgive you for hurting me with your words but I will never forgive you for playing with my feelings. Please leave Mahirji. I'm quiet busy now." Bela uttered bitterly turning her back on him.

She wiped the tear drops fallen from her eyes before he could notice them. She didn't want him to see her crying. She didn't want him to know of her undead feeling for him. She won't fall weak before him, again.

"Bela, I'm not here to apologize. I know my words of apologize will not heal the wounds in your heart. I don't want you to fogive me well atleast not without a punishment." He sighed.

"Then why are you here, Mahirji? Why are you digging up the buried past?" Bela scoffed.

"Bela I'm here to beg you for a chance."

"Chance? Mahirji quit playing. From the time you came here, you are talking in riddles. Tell me, what you want to say and move out of my room."

"Do you remember the final phone conversation we had? We planned to meet up at the coffee shop." She nodded her head looking at him confused as to why he is asking about it now. 

"But unfortunatly, we couldn't meet that day. That day, I wanted to tell you many things. Believe it or not but I had planned many things for you that day but bad luck I couldn't show them to you nor was able to tell you about my feeling for you." Mahir said with a small smile on his lips.

'NOOOOO. He is lying. He doesn't love me. He is just playing with my emotions. He doesn't have any feelings for her. She mean nothing to him. He is faking, this is not true.' Bela thought to herself, looking at him with bloodshot eyes.

"That day," Mahir sighed. "That day was supposed to be one of the most beautiful day of our life but it turned out the exact opposite. I was going to confess my love for you. I was going to tell you, how much I love you. I was going to tell you, how the past three years with you were one of the best phraces in my life. I even brought a promise ring for you. I planned everythin-" His words were cut off by Bela's furious screams.

"Stop it Mahir. Don't try to make me a fool again by giving me false hopes. I'm not a fool mahirji. I know you are lying. You are playing with me. You are giving me false hopes. You are nothing but a cheater, a sadist, a beast. I hate you, I hate you, I hate you but I hate myself more for loving you even now." Her furious screams eventually turned into low whimperings. 

She sat on her bed with a thud. The stored tears continued to flow and the sobs wracked her body, robbing it of the ability to speak – barely allowing a breath to be drawn. 

Mahir's heart pained seeing her like that. He kneeled before her. He gently took her palms in his and pressed a gentle kiss on her fingers. She shivered slightly at the feeling of his lips but did not pull her hands away much to his surprise.

"Bela, I have lied a lot of times to you and each time you caught them too. I lied when I said, I don't love you and I know you know that too. No one could read my eyes like you and my mother could. No one could understand my emotions and thoughts clearly like you do. Hell even you understand me better than I myself could. Look at me Bela. Do you really think whatever I said these few minutes were a lie? Do you really think I'm playing with your feeling? Am I really that horriable? Please say something Bela, please."

Bela looked into his teary eyes. She could see the truth shining in his eyes. He does love her. She could feel her heartbeat increasing with each passing moment. She was waiting for his confession till today and now when the moment came she couldn't help but feel scared.

"No, you are not lying. I believe you, Mahirji." Bela whispered looking down. 

"Then believe me when I say I love you, Bela." He cupped her face in his palm, gently wipping away the fallen tears. "I love you more than my life, more than my reality. I love you increasingly more each time I converse with you, and that is the most awesome inclination any man can ever want to understand. I need you to realize that since the moment we met, I've fallen profoundly enamored with you. There are no words to offer the thanks I feel in my heart that you came into my life, and how you make each moment extraordinary. You are my life, my heart, my spirit. You are my closest companion, my one genuine romance, my all in all." Mahir said looking into her eyes. 

"It doesn't matter wheather you love me or not. Its too late now. I'm getting married day after tomorrow to your brother Mahirji. Maybe this the end of our love story. We are not destinied to be, Mahirji." She stood up, creating distance between them.

"Really? Too late? Bela, if I remember correctly, it was you, who told that even if I call you 1 minute before the wedding, you will leave everything behind and come to me. Then what happened now Bela?" He chuckled looking at her amusingly.

"I don't know." She looked away with her cheeks heating up.

She might have told him that in the heat of the moment but now thinking about it makes it hard for her to make a decision. But if he calls her now then without another thought she will surely leave with him.

"Listen Bela there are a lot of things going on in my life now and unknowingly you too became a part of it by loving me. I can't tell you about it now. Your brother, Bani and Veer are the only ones who know of it as of now. I will tell you about it after our wedding but don't worry it is nothing serious. Just know that it will be me, who will tie the magalsutra around your neck, day after tomorrow." 

"Can I trust you with my heart again, Mahirji? What if you abandon me, again?" She asked looking into his eyes.

"You can trust me Bela. I promise I won't let you down this time. Moreover I would die rather than abandoning you." He answered without missing a beat. 

And it was all Bela needed as resurance. She turned around and immediatly wrapped her hands around his waist and buried her face in his arms. Mahir too hugged back without any hesitation. In her embrace the world stopped still on its axis. There was no time, no wind, no rain. Mahir's mind was at peace.

Bela smiled happily for the first time in three months. She was happy. She got what she was longing for, the love she'd waited for, prayed for. She inwardly thanked God and hugged him all the tighter. A love like this was to be cherished for life. Finally, she was home.

They stood their like that for a few minutes before Mahir broke the hug. He cupped her face and pressed a kiss on her forehead. She closed her eyes absorbing the warmth his touch has given her.

"I should get going Bela. If someone sees me in your room then we both will land in trouble. And yeah don't worry about anything, just relax and prepare for our upcoming wedding. I love you." Mahir turned around to leave the room only to be stopped by a pair of hands.

Mahir turned and looked at Bela with a raised eye brow and motioned towards her hands which were now clutching his. He looked into her eyes silently asking her as to why she is stopping him.

"Mahirji, I will be waiting for you at the altar, if you failed to fulfil your promise of being the one marry me, then no one will ever see me alive." Mahir looked at her shocked.

"Bela please don't speak like that. I almost lost you due to my stupidness but it will never happen again. I love you way too much to lose you. Just trust me, I will make everything alright."

"I love you, Mahirji and I trust you more than myself." She smiled looking into his eyes.

"I will never let your trust in me become futile, Bela. Just a few more days Bela, then no one will be able to separate us." 

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