Fear & Love

Thirteen

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Gita and Anand left the school building and came near Anand's car. Harish, Anand's driver straightened when he saw his boss walking towards him. He bowed to Anand and greeted Gita.

"Hello Harish ji, how are you?" Gita asked him.

"I am very well, madam. And congratulations to you." Harish said joyfully. He didn't expect Gita to ask his well being as they had just met once before.

Gita sat in the car beside Anand. This time, he was not working on the laptop or no work phone calls. Gita really had thought he would be working like the last time. This time it was a new car and although Gita was not a fan of this type of cars, the advantage was the long seats putting much required distance between them.

"So you can greet him but not me." Anand stated after seeing her wish Harish but not once she had asked Anand how he was.

Gita felt awkward at his blunt question. Harish was seating right in the front and could easily hear them. Why does he need to ask this right now?

"I saw you just yesterday so what is the need to ask?" She replied. She didn't want to say 'I don't wish to talk to you' and create a rift infront of Harish.

A song playing on the radio of the car, both not talking to another, Anand thought of breaking the silence.

"You don't wish to know where am I taking you?" Anand asked. Ofcourse, Gita wanted to ask this since the time they entered his car.

Gita just nodded. Anand didn't understand why is she not in the mood to talk to him at all. This was starting to get on his nerves.

"Harish, stop the car and get out." Anand ordered in his usual no-nonsense voice.

"Now, Gitanjali, either you will speak what the problem is or we are not going to move." Anand gave her an ultimatum, finally having enough of her silent treatment. He was looking at her with firm eyes, tired of this stupid cold war between them.

Gita didn't believe he was doing all this in the middle of the road, with his driver standing outside. She calmed down her fast breathing and said, "Anand, please, we can go somewhere and talk."

"No. You will talk and talk now." Anand said, his full concentration on her and anger clearly visible on his face.

"Anand please." Her voice almost pleading him to stop making a scene. "We can go- " she didn't get to finish her sentence when Anand spoke, "What did I say?"

Gita looked at him for few seconds and uttered something she has always heard or read about him.

"You are really ruthless." She said it in a soft whisper enough for him to hear.

"Okay. Established that? Now tell me what is going on in your head?" Anand said like those words didn't affect him at all. Well, he had heard far worse. But coming all this from Gitanjali, it did pierce his cold heart a bit.

"This. Exactly this. You don't want to hear me out. It is always this. What you say, will go.But Anand,  business might work like that, relations don't."

"Okay." Anand slide his window down and called Harish in. Gita just looked at him strangely. Didn't he want to retort? Or solve this? Was okay his only reply?

"I am taking you home. I thought you should be familiar with the place you will live. Is it fine with you or should I take you somewhere else?" Anand asked.

"Somewhere else." She was really hungry after Anand made her so stress and it wouldn't look nice if she went to his place just to hog all the food. She didn't know what this guy had in his head. He said he wanted her to talk and when she said it, he acted like everything  was normal. She was not surprised when they landed at the entrance of 'Sebastian'. The first time when she came here with him was their first date and she had butterflies in her stomach but ended up having such a good time. And today, months later on their second time here, they are having a cold war.