"Jaha jana hai jaye, mujhe kya, akhir lagti kya hai wo meri" He was pacing down in his room "ek baar mujse puch nahi sakti thi... Magar mujhse puchegi kyu wo.. Or wo Shalini aur Amar waise to shani ki saade saati ki tarah kundali maar ke baithe rehte hai.. Ek baar aur nahi puch sakte the mujhse. Thoda aur convince kar lete.. Maan jata mein" He realised what he was blabbering "what the hell I am saying.. Ye sab Naina ki wajah se ho raha hai... Jab se wo ayi hai am not thinking rationally... " He closed his eyes in frustation "I need to do something as soon as possible before I lost it completely. aur uska ek hi tarika hai ".

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"Chalo sabke bags rakh diya.. We are all set to go" Amar said.

"Mere bags kya tera baap rakhega saale" They turns around and saw Rajveer with his trolley bag "isey bhi rakh.. Alsi kahinka". He throws his backpack at shocked Amar who catches it at time.

"That means you changed your mind and.. And you are coming with us" Exclaimed a very happy shalini.

"Lagta to aisa hi hai" Rajveer said sarcastically.

"Tu sach me chal raha... Matlab sach me" Rajveer rolls his eyes "nahi matlab... Wow. Parso to kitne bhav kha raha tha or ab dekho.. Apne aap agaya, what a change of heart". Amar looks at him suspiciously.

" Tu kya chahta hai mein wapas chala jau.. La de mera bag wapas" Rajveer was annoyed as Shalini hits Amar.

"Arey nahi mera wo matlab nahi tha" Amar adds quickly as Shalini gives him hard glare "wo to bas me thoda surprise ho gaya tha bas aur kuch nahi.. La tera bag rakh du". Amar keeps his bag.

As soon Rajveer's eyes met hers she lowers her gaze feeling nervous under his proximity. She was shocked at first when he arrived announcing that he too will be joining them, she was going from here only to divert her mind from him and now he ruined her plans with his presence. Now how will she keep herself sane in his proximity, his existence dominates her, she feel intimidated by him specially after that night in kitchen.

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They starts their journey from Shimla to Manali by road in their jeep. Amar was driving while Rajveer sat beside him. Naina and Shalini was sitting behind. Rajveer saw Naina from rear view mirror. She was wearing black jegging and spaghetti crop top with a shirt over it. Their was a sweet smile playing on her lips as cool breez was hitting her face, her hairs flowing back with air she was looking serene, devoid of any makeup.
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It was Rajveer who was now driving when they reached Manali around 9 PM. He stopped the jeep outside a beautiful cottage house. They jumps out of the jeep, Amar and Rajveer went to takeout their bags while Naina admired the cottage in awe. It has a garden in front of it with greenery and flowers.

"Beautiful isn't it? " Shalini said reading her reaction. She nodded as they followed guys inside.

Doors of Cottage was already open, fireplace lighten up making room warm which gave them relief from this chilly weather of Manali. Their shoes making knocking sound as they walks on polished wooden flooring. She saw the colours interior it was giving room a comfortable look. Cottage was having fusion mix of traditional and modern touch.

She saw a man in his mid 40's coming out of kitchen "Sahab, sare kamre saaf karwa diye hai aur rasoi me zarurat ka saman bhi rakhwa diya hai, aur kisi chiz ki zarurat ho to mujhe bula lijiyega...ye ghar ki chaabi" He gave keys to Rajveer and left. Must be caretaker,she concluded.

There was a sliding door in the room leading towards the back garden, she went there out and admires the garden standing there on porch. There is so much greenery which was making her her at peace. She saw beautiful plants with colourful flowers hanging above her head from ceiling. She walked few steps further leading towards the patio which had a dinning covered with canopy of flowers. The garden also had a Pool and a beautiful swing placed in a corner.

She was lost in admiring the beauty around when Shalini came behind "tumhe greenery bahot pasanad hai? " She asked.

Naina looks at flowers, plants and tress and smiled wide "mujhe hamesha se hi aisa khula, saaf aur hara bhara environment pasand hai"

"Agar aisa hai to.. Aoo mere sath" Shalini held her hand and leads her inside a bedroom. "Tum isi kamre mein rehna.. This room has a court yard or yahi kamra " She takes her to the other side of bedroom "garden ki taraf bhi khulta hai" She went out of the room which again took her to garden and pool area.

"That's cool" She smiled wide "thank you for giving me this room".

"Ye ghar Rajveer ke Nanaji ka tha which he later gifted to Rajveer, they were very close..The only man's influence he had in his life..... " She smiled "After his father" She added later in low whisper which Naina heard.
Naina gives her a knowing smile which said that she knows about his past, shalini reciprocates her smile.

"Shalini.. Wo samne wala kamra kiska hai" She pointes across the poolside

"Wo.. That's master room, iss ghar ke malik ka kamra.. Yani ki Rajveer ka" Her her skipped a beat hearing his name. That means their rooms will be facing each other's!

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Later at night, everyone retires to their room after having dinner. Naina was having a shower when she heard a commotion coming through the wall of bathroom. She ignored, but later when she again heard it she went near the wall to hear it clearly. There was no sound coming, she relaxed but got startled as she can hear something falling hard.

She was sweating with fear as there wasn't any other room adjacent to this bathroom. She quickly wears her shorts and a loose top. And comes out of bathroom. Her heart was beating loudly. She heard some foot steps outside. Shalini, Amar and Rajveer already went off to sleep as they were hell tired, then who could be at this time? A thief? No, not possible his house has good security. Then what it could be? A ghost, she gulped hars. But there isn't anything like ghosts. Right? Then what it could be. Animal? To find answers she got up from her bed and tip toed towards the door of her bedroom, she was biting her lips in fear as she turns the knob of door and slowly opens it.

The tapping of shoes stopped. She peeked outside of her room and saw no one and to be sure fully she comes out of room to check. When she found nobody she got little relaxed and was about to go back in her room when she collides with someone. She shrieked and gave a muffled scream as the person with whom she was collided closed her mouth with his palm.

After a while when she felt the intruder didn't do anything to harm her she opens her eyes and got relaxed to find that it was Rajveer. Her eyes got stuck in his deep orbs, she was mesmerized how enchanting his eyes were.

He was startled when he found her in gallery tip toeing silently he was about to ask her that what she was doing here at midnight when she bumbs into him and screamed, before she could wake up others with her scream he closed her mouth with his palm.

He observed her scared expressions, when she opens her eyes fearfully her expression changed from scared to relaxed as if she felt safe with him. He gaze into her eyes, her ocean like eyes... Deep. His removes his hand from her mouth and saw her luscious lips, he felt nostalgic as he remembers that night when they almost kissed. Her fruity frances was making him dizzy.. Her hairs were wet, water still dripping from them.. His gaze went on a water drop that fell on her milky neck, his eyes traveling along with that water drop which disappeared between the valley of her chest. He gulped hard as he saw her cleavage peeking through the deep neck of her top. He could feel the change in the specific part of his body as saw her breasts going up and down due to her hard breathing.

He abruptly left her, trying to cool down. She too felt something different when he was near her, it was something she never felt before but she composed herself and saw him turning his back at her and asks "aap itni raat ko yaha kya kar rahe hai".

He turns to her after composing himself "Yehi sawal mein tumse kar sakta hu.. Aadhi raat ko tum yaha dabe paav kar kya rahi thi? ". He asks sternly.

"Wo mein... Actually mujhe kuch awaz sunai di... Mein dar gayi.. Pata nahi itni raat ko.. " She fumbled under his gaze. "Magar aap... The yaha... Aap itni raat ko mere kamre ke bahar"

He comes near her as she takes a step. Back he saw this and held her hand which surprised her, he took her towards the end of gallery which had another door. She looks at him in confusion, she didn't saw this door before when she was checking out this place. He opens the door and they enters inside, she was mesmerized to see this room filled with books, it was a library.

"Ye library tumhare kamre ke bathroom se attached hai, mujhe neend nahi arahi thi isiliye yaha agya tha... Usi ki awaz suni hogi tumne... " He said.

She went towards book shelf, she was excited to see so many books "are they all your collection. ".

"Nahi... Kuch meri aur kuch Nanu ki... " He said keeping a book back in its shelf, he saw her excitement and asks "tumhe kitabe pasand hai".

"Hmm... They are like my best friends" She said with a smile while checking out books "you know I can even read a telephone directory without getting bore".

" Really ? " He asked in amazement.

"Mazak kar rahi hu" She later asked "can I check them out? " He nodded and she starts to find a good book. Finally a book caught her attention due to it's attractive cover, when she read the title and content it turned out to be an erotica. He too saw the book in her hand, she cheeks flushed as she saw him looking at the book.

"Ahh.. Mein chalta hu, it's getting late. You carry on" She nodded as he was leaving "by the way" He stopped in way "if you plan on reading it, keep a jug full of water with you or rather a bucket...it's quite hot than you can handle." He left teasing her while she gaped at his playfulness.

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