Touch Her And... (Completed)

Chapter: 60

Teressa

My head was throbbing with pain. I was trying to open my eyes with every possible strength left in me. But a voice kept on attacking my senses, making it even more difficult for me. With time the faint words were coming closer and I could hear them clearly by now.

"No.... Amu no.... it wasn't him. It wasn't him......"

The voice was very much audible now. I could recognize it in any situation.

Dada.

My eyes opened and the moment they opened I saw him.
Dev.

His car was standing right infront of the car I was sitting in. His honey brown eyes were fixed on me. He looked worried and before I could process anything, he almost jumped out of his car. Finally my eyes fell on the man sitting next to him, who came out of the car with equal urgency. It was Arjun.

A sense of relief washed over me. I knew I was safe.

Then I managed to turn my head to look out beside me, only to regret doing it.

Standing right infront of my eyes were the twin brothers, glaring daggers at each other from a distance. I liked the distance better, because I was already suspecting the worst.

"Get out of my way, Dev." Ritwik was the first to begin, as he continued,
"You have already insulted her sincerity, I won't let you hurt her anymore." He said. But the other end was uncomfortably silent. He kept on looking at him, clenching his jaw and flickering his eyes between Ritwik and me. Then he suddenly turned towards the car and started walking towards me. He was wearing the navy blue hoodie given by me, pairing it with a grey sweat pant. My eyes strived to see him for so many hours that watching him advancing towards me I couldn't control myself and tried really hard to open the car door. But my body was betraying me, although I managed to open the door I couldn't push it open.

Dev immediately opened the door and his worried face immediately turned into the same inhuman one. I could see his face shaking out of rage, his eyes displayed nothing but fury. He slowly extended his right hand to cup my cheek and whispered in his hoarse voice ,

"I'll bury him alive for doing this to you baby, I promise."

That's it. That's what I feared. That's what I never wanted.

"N-no.. no..Dev." I managed to utter.

"Move your hand away from her face." Ritwik said standing right beside Dev.

And it took a millisecond for me to witness the severe change of situation. Because within a blink if an eye Ritwik's feet left the ground beneath him and he was hanging mid-air. His throat was under a tight clasp of Dev's left hand, who was still shaking like a possessed human being, looking down at the road.

"This is how...y-you killed m-me back then, remember w-what it .... led to." Ritwik uttered, struggling to breathe. I knew what he meant and I didn't object if that was the only solution to stop him from making the same mistake, then be it. I saw his head rising, his eyes fell on mine. They showed nothing but fear, for the first time in so many days. He was frightened to lose me.

"Leave.. him." I said, as I saw his grip losing on Ritwik's throat.

The moment he left his throat a strong punch hit him hard on his jaw. My eyes widen to that.

"See, she has always been in my favor. Still you try to take her away from me." Ritwik said as he punched him again.

But this time it didn't go unanswered. Another strong punch landed baack on Ritwik's nose and it's Dev's nature to punch relentlessly. So he did. He kept on punching Ritwik, getting few of them back on his own body. In the meantime Arjun got inside the car. He slowly pulled me back to the seat and brought a bottle of water to my mouth. Only then I realized how dry my throat felt. I finished the whole bottle in one breath, then used another to wash my face.

"Where.. is Manik?" I asked.

"All of you were drugged. He is inside Dev's car. He should be awake soon." Arjun answered, that's when my eyes fell on the two giants fighting restlessly. Ritwik already looked devastated.

"Stop them Arjun. They'll murder each other." I said.

"Yeah, seems like they will. But I think Ritwik deserves a little more than only beating." Arjun said, surprising me.

"Why would you say that?"  I asked feeling nervous all of a sudden.

"You'll see, stay awake Triss and don't come out of the car." Saying so he got out.

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"She can favour anyone in this whole dammed world, but you know what, she loves me. And she will do so forever." Dev said kicking a fallen Ritwik.

"Don't keep your hopes up brother, who knows if her feelings have changed. She asked you to leave her, because she remembered the truth. She remembered what you did to me back at that life. You have the same instincts, you do the same mistakes, Dev. Ambika could have been mine from the beginning of the time." Ritwik said, as Dev raised him with his collar and brought him almost face to face.

"You know what, I don't know any Ambika, I don't know any previous life. I know only one thing, I love Teressa for what she is now. I believe she does the same. And whoever will dare to come between us I know how to show them their right place."  He said menacingly.

"You drugged her Rik bhai?!" Manik's voice boomed from behind.

"And what's this mistake you keep on talking about Ritwik?" Arjun said, standing right beside Manik.

Ritwik slowly turned his face to look at Arjun.

"Don't tell me that you can't recognize me. You do. I have seen that in your eyes." Arjun said.

"I do. You're right. But what does that prove?" Ritwik asked.

"I don't remember saying about proving anything. So, you tell me, what is there to prove Ritwik?" Arjun asked, advancing towards him.

"Nothing. Nothing at all." Ritwik responded. Dev furrowed his eyebrows in confusion. The whole conversation was unfamiliar to him.

"Is it so? Then how about I remind you of a small incident, an incident that took place behind the temple, in the woods?" Arjun said standing right infront of Ritwik.

"What are you talking about?" Ritwik said, acting nonchalant.

"Seriously Ritwik, you want me to remind you how Aditya never poisoned you?!" Arjun asked, chuckling mockingly. And within a second a punch landed right on Arjun's jaw.

"You won't dare to Ashok!" Ritwik growled like a madman.

"So you do remember everything, don't you? But you know what I am not Ashok, this is Arjun. This is the present." Arjun shouted back at him.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY ADITYA NEVER POISONED HIM?" I knew the question and the voice made all of them turn around and look at the source of the voice with all sorts of emotions. Some with regret, some with worry, some with love and some with fear.

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