Ruthless Obsession
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" Nivaan... i just googled the weather there in Himachal...  it's showing heavy rain in here...
Are you fine Nivaan..
  I know u r mature enough to take care of yourself... bt iam worried son... "
.......said Mr.pratap on call.

Nivaan  is now in his night wear..,  and drying his hair vth a towel keeping his mobile on speaker mode.

" iam fine grandpa... there is ntng to worry... n u pls take care of urself.."
.....said Nivaan and cut the call.

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Eventhough he tried his best to brush off his thoughts abt lathika wich are flooding in his brain..., he failed... he failed miserably...

Her eyes.., which he saw  vthout those magnifying frames... has taken away his sleep hours back...

Nivaan was drawn to the aura around her..,
the aura which she had created herself.., being such shining pebble in between a set of stones...

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Everytime he closed his eyes.., he can meet her eyes in his imagination... those eyes that had no wishes.., no desires..

Thats it.... Nivaan got up frm his bed  and went upstairs in his big villa.., and ended up infront a room.., at the left corner and went inside it.
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This room hides his one of the secret talents which  he kept frm people...  even his grandpa is unaware abt this room.. which he had secretly shifted  frm Newyork to Himachal..

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Nivaan was walking in that dark room and soon switched on the lights there..., bt tge difference is they are nt those normal lights...

The room is now illuminated with red neon lights and the entire place seemed lyk those typ of rooms in photo studios in olden days...
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His biggest secret talent.., is  now infrnt of him covered vth a white cloth all over it ..

Nivaan slowly went inside and took of the white cloth that's been covering his talent...in a sudden urge.
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There were around 20 to 30 paintings there each sticked to a wooden plank  and the difference is  that in every painting there was a rain theme in the background...

One was a dark raining night painted and in that a hand of an woman is shown askng for help...

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Nivaan then went towards a painting  and touched it...

It was a painting which he had drawn years before.., and which has girl in her unconscious state laying on the road which is raining heavily....

But... this is nt all...  though the face of the girl is covered vth her hair..., her left forehead area is a little revealing and  there was that 'Scar' on her face....

Yes.... the same scar which made Nivaans heart skip a beat when he saw 'Lathika' for the first tym...
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Nivaan took a blank sheet in the plank again and  opned his coluring pot vich had lots of psints in it and Nivaan seemed in a hurry...

His face became red all over and is still  clear even in those red dim neon lights...

He just closed his eyes for a second and started to paint the sheet vth his hand itself..., dipping it in those paints arrogantly and spilling  them all over the place due to this sudden raised restlessness in him.

He then kept on moving his hands on the sheet without stopping for a second and his fingers were al rhyming vth the sheet...

The whole view  seemed lyk an arrogant angry painter trying to calm his soul by painting vigorously on the sheet....

Nivaan was just concentrating on his imagination  and it took 20 minutes to complete  this thing which he dnt even know how would it end up...

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Nivaan then opned his eyes only to find his masterpiece of his painting....

They were the same eyes..., which were staring at him hours before vth a lifeless smile etched on the above....

Even in his imagination.., he couldnt miss to paint that scar  vch is shining in the portrait....

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Nivaan was shocked to find his imaginstion of a 'Girl' in such detail that he couldn't miss her single expression in his painting....

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The next morning..

Nivaan took his time to get ready for the office in his black formal suit  and before he was sbt to start.., his grandpa called him and wished him happy birthday..

" grandpa.. i think its tomorrow there and u are wishing me today..?? N i totally forgot abt it.."
....said nivaan adjusting his tie in front of the gaint mirror.

"But now u are in India.. soo celebrate  today Nivaan. And watch for the surprise in thr office today... i had arranged a raindance and a night party at the club there....  all ur employees will be there... have fun vth girls and enjoy ur lyf...
I know that u always had such cocky party here with hot models here in canada... n watch out.., i had made enough plans vth girls for you there too...     enjoy ur day Nivaan..."

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Though Nivaan smiled  hearing his grandpa efforts to make him happy.., bt he was never after girls in the first case....  bt he wondered  how his grandpa   did this here in India.
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Nivaan came to his office in an hour only to find all his employess holding  gifts in their hands vth costly bouquets to impress him.

Jayanth was the first person to come infrnt and wished him.

Everyone came to him then after in his cabin to wish him vth those costly bouquets smelling lyk heaven and his cabin has became a bouquet and gifts shop by lunch tym..

But in those all gifts and bouquets he had received till then.. he couldnt trace uch difference sense which he felt smelling that bouquet which he has thrown out of his car..

Though he didnt  say anythng.., bt it is clear in his face that he is still waiting for one person to wish him...

It was around 1 pm that afternun and Nivaan is now out of his cabin and stepped  on the dias  and said...,

" thanku everyone.. for making my day a lil more best and i wanna treat you all for lunch in the 'khandli hotel..'  which i had recently found here and it is known for its best cuisine...

Soo, pls feel free to accept the treat and have fun there...

Its an off today for all of you.... i will join you all there itself... 
Thanku...  "

........ said Nivaan and opned his suit button to look lil friendly.

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Everyone left the office in a hurry as to nt miss that delicious lunch there....

Lathika said jayanth that she will follow them in few minutes as she has to arrange her stuff on her cubicle..

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Nivaan was watching lathika frm his cabin as he thought that she wants to gift him when no one was around.

He waited there in his cabin looking at her downstairs whoz all busy in arranging the stuff...

Lathika then took an envelope frm her handbag and vthout making any delay.., hided it in her  locker there present below her desk and locked it.. she then sat there for a minute thinking smething and left the place.

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Nivaan from upstairs had watched all her actions vthout her notice and became curious to find out what she had just hided..

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After few minutes Nivaan made sure that everyine had left the place and reached lathikas cublicle.
He then unlocked the locker vth his master key which only he had to use when in any emergency..

But he didnt gave a dam abt the rules now and opned the locker to find the envelope hiden in a book...

He opned it as it seened lyk a gifting envelope and he found a note inside it which had few lines written on it...

He was abt to read them bt before that a small smiling ball fall fdown frm the envelope and as it touched the floor it started to to play the smiling sound of a kid.

Nivvan was lil surprised seeing such cute smiling ball and took it in his hands....

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After finishing reading that letter...., he felt his  burden had  gone all weightless and he wished to see lathika then and there itself....

Though it was a simple note  he  found it beyond all that petty costly gifts he had received...  

Nivaan just sat there in her seat looking at that smiling ball in his hands....

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Next part :
            .......  Nivaan sinha  holding a girl in the raining dance floor (rain dance :p)
Whoz the girl...??   ;)
Find out in the next part  :)