She looked up at him and he immediately wrapped his arms around her, pulling her close and pressing his body against her. She curled her fingers around the hair at the back of his head.

Looking back at her he brushed her lips with his... she felt like a tease, fiery, passionate and demanding. She wanted to pull away before she loses herself but she couldn't seem to...in one minty moment, her senses had been seduced and she could no longer think straight...

"Aarti" he whispered slowly, prolonging each letter as if to savor them. His eyes drifted down to her lips and her heart fluttered at his voice as she clasped her hands on either side of his face. Never before has she felt her name so wonderful one she thought.

He kissed her lips and the world fell away, it was slow and soft, comforting in ways that words would never be. His hand rested below her ear, his thumb caressing her cheek as their breaths mingled.

She ran her fingers down his spine, pulling him closer until there was no space left between them and she could feel the beating of his heart against her chest.

A little knock at the door made her pull back a slight and she hesitantly looked up at him. She knew she had bolted the door from inside before she came in... the swirls of emotion she saw in his eyes made her gasp. She lusted and desired for him. However, before she could ponder about it further, he yanked her to him and covered her mouth with his in a hungry kiss.

As their lips crushed together, she felt like she was walking on air. The kiss obliterated every thought in her mind. She had no wish for the kiss to end... Sparks flew in every direction and the world was slowly disappearing around her.

She never imagined his one kiss could be so intimate and electrifying...his tight grasp on her thin waist coaxed shivers out of her. With her cheeks blushing hotly she glanced back up into his captivating eyes. He pulled a little leaning down, resting his forehead against hers.

Aarti shut her eyes in anticipation. She stifled a flabbergasted gasp as his lips captured hers again, causing her body to flush with heat. The heat seemed to travel through her veins, warming her. Just as she felt a rush of bliss envelop her, making her heart sing with pure joy.

She felt his hands squeezing on her waist as he deepened the kiss. Another knock and she fidgeted, somewhere at the back of her mind she recalled, she had asked Kavita to lay on her bed and what if her mother finds out about her whereabouts... she instantly pulled away

"Where are you going?" he quizzically looked at her while she tried to get out of his hold...

"Let me go Veer" she implored

"But why?" he frowned a little and instead tightly enfolded her against himself

"Because my mom, she can come anytime" she susurrated at him

Angrily his hands reached her lose bun "can't you just tell you mother clearly"

She failed to comprehend why the hell can't he understand her situation, he always is so tenacious about his own demands that he keeps forgetting that he was the one who has landed her into this sticky situation and that is exactly why her life is a complete zigzag.

Out of nowhere he asks such palpable questions which he should be obvious about but no, he will keep on exasperating her and won't leave a single second without making her feel upset.

"Don't you understand? She will not appreciate, and you know that. Stop being so stubborn all the time" she tried pushing him away and she could see those frowns on his forehead getting deeper...

This time Veer drew her closer in an intimate position slanting over her "Then don't come here again, otherwise I will not forget to show you my stubbornness" he released her from his tight grip wrathfully...

Aarti's mouth drop open at his remark, why does he always have to fight over situations where he should support her, and she's an idiot who thinks he will support her "you're too much Veer" she stood from the edge of the bed stepping back...

"Get out" he shouted back

Without wasting a single second with him anymore, she irately flung the door open and stepped out

"Hello Ma'am" Yashpal made a nice smiling face looking at Aarti who walked away without looking at him

"Sir, your laptop" Yashpal took it out from the bag... "And these are the important mails" he handed over a pile of letters.

"Keep them away and ask the doctor when I will get discharged from this galling place" Veer crossly picked up the newspaper.

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Bitterly thinking about what had taken place just minutes ago she slowly walked back to her room where Kavita was sitting on the bed looking at her mobile...

"You're back...thank God Aunty didn't come" Kavita smiled looking at her gloomy friend and hopped off the bed "now what happened?"

Aarti scowled at her "I have to go home, I am feeling much better now"

Hot tears flowed unchecked down her cheeks and dripped from her chin. She was too sad to cry out or wail, Aarti stood there as still as a statue while the magnitude of her loss swept over her.

"Aarti...what happened"

For once again she was lost in the torrid vortex of the moment...

Completely confounded at her dear friend Kavita couldn't understand a thing. Why does she have mixed feelings all the time?

"Can you tell me what happened?" Kavita pulled the bag away from her

Kavita was still asking when they saw Rama coming in the room "what is this? Are you discharged?"

Aarti got up and started packing the bag again "yes mom...I will change and come now"

She went to the washroom and looked herself in the mirror, every time he uses his words as weapons and she's grounded to the finest of dust, she felt the pain, so much raw pain but she couldn't be broken anymore...

As soon as she reached home, she walked straight to her room and closed the door behind...

Perhaps he never understood emotions, perhaps he simply doesn't care, either way the pain seared at her heart, he cuts at her and crawls back into her affections.

And every time her world becomes blacker than it ever was before, darker for his absence with loneliness crippling in her every thought.

Her lungs struggled for breath against ribs of stone and her feet had lost their wanderlust.

It looked as if his ears were closed or he doesn't wants to listen her abandoned situation and his mind has put up barriers to anything she would try to explain. So no matter what she says it will only push him further away

"Aarti...open the door. Come eat something" Rama knocked at the door that was closed ever since they had returned from the hospital.

On the other side is her mother, who wouldn't let her even take his name on her lips, forget about spending the life with him.

She was even ready to get her married to a criminal but not Veer. How fair was that? She thought. "Give me ten minutes" Aarti said aloud making sure she doesn't show her tears to her family, because there isn't a single person who understands her. There was no point crying, as she wouldn't get sympathy but another problem will definitely crop up.

It was the intensity of this heartache that proved the strength of their bond and she could not stand to feel less.

Life became vulnerable as she has been enslaved by his thoughts from the day she saw him, she tries to be normal but just can't. Each and everything seemed meaningless...

Aarti knew very well if she doesn't come up with a solution to her problem, she would either go mad or kill herself.

How many times would she decide to part ways with him and every time her heart melts by his mere glimpses? She need to find a permanent solution to this problem.

She thought something and picked up her phone...

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My Dear Buddies

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I want my readers to please comment on this story because it makes me feel that may be this story is not liked by many and i might then put this on hold.

I am glad there are only few readers who do take the time to comment :)

A single word of appreciation would do ;)

Love you all :)

Dhanvi

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