Claimed

Virat & Samaira

Continued...

SAMAIRA

Suddenly, the doorbell rang. I immediately went to open it.

I stood still, vision blurring from sleepless nights, and in that moment, I heard my heart. It was a small, clean sound.

Virat was there!

I melted into his arms and cried, unable to think of doing anything else. It took no time for him to wrap his arms around me, holding me in his embrace. His fragrance was addictive.

I missed him. It had only been one day, yet I missed him and craved his presence, which gave me a strange assurance that everything was fine.

He came inside the room without breaking our hug, knowing the warden could come anytime to ruin this moment.

I don't know why, but I kept on crying as if I were seeing him after years. It was just the two of us in the room.

He wiped my tears one more time, made me sit on the bed, and handed me a glass of water.

He sat on the ground and held my hand to comfort me.

"Why are you crying?" he asked as soon as he saw I was trying to suppress a sob.

I cried again.

He stood up and sat beside me, cupping my face.

I knew, in the silence that followed, that anything could happen here. It might be too late; I might have missed my chance. But I would at least know I tried, that I took my heart and extended my hand, whatever the outcome.

"I love you, Virat!"

And I said it, finally expressing what I had been failing to say for the past few days.

The words I had been waiting to say to Abhay were now claimed by Virat.

Silence filled the room.

He couldn't speak, as if he didn't know how to react. This was the one thing he had been waiting to hear from me since day one.

He stood up, relieved to hear those golden words from my mouth.

"I love you, Samaira. I love you," he pulled me into a hug.

I've been fighting to be who I am all my life. What's the point of being who I am if I can't have the person who was worth all the fighting for?

"By the way, where the hell were you? Have you even checked your phone? I was so worried," I asked, completely ignoring what he just said to me. I wanted to know where he had been.

"Calm down, girl! I rushed home; Mom was unwell, and I left my phone here in a hurry. I didn't get a chance to tell you. No one knew. She's fine now, and that's why I came straight here. I missed you a lot."

I blushed amid my tears.

"I'm really sorry, but I didn't know you would cry like this," he grinned, making me roll my eyes.

I was relieved to hear that his mom was fine. Now my thoughts were back to the complicated situation we were in.

I love someone, and I am engaged to someone else who loves me but for whom I have no feelings. Unfortunately, I realized it too late. But better late than never.

There was complete silence for a few seconds. We stared at each other and saw the whole universe.

"You're dangerous!" I broke the silence.

"Why?" he raised his eyebrows, still not breaking the hug.

"Because you make me believe in the impossible."

"Nothing is impossible, my love."

I couldn't feel lighter after expressing my feelings. I surely didn't regret it, but one thing was constantly bothering me...Abhay.

"I don't know, Virat, what will happen or how it will happen. But I just couldn't keep everything to myself. I felt your absence, and it made me realize my feelings for you.

I hate that my life took me to this point, but I just wanted to say my heart out that I love you," I expressed, breaking the hug.

He touched his head to mine, closing the gap. This was surely the happiest day of his life.

His eyes traveled to my pinkish lips, and all he wanted to do was kiss me right there, but it would be wrong. I was still with someone, and that was yet to be over. Hence, he took a step back before this could lead to anything.

All he wanted was this complex situation to end so that he could be with his girl and start their relationship afresh.

"Have you thought of telling Abhay?" We sat on the bed, and he came straight to the question that had been on his mind.

Now that I had confessed my feelings, he wanted me to be completely his, just the two of us living in our dreamy world.

"No, I mean yes, I have to. But I don't know how I will do it. The world knows about us, Virat. He is such a gentleman; I don't want any trouble for him."

He didn't like that I cared for Abhay so much but understood it because of the relationship we were in.

"I am with you, and I can straight away go to that man and tell him that you're mine, but I won't."

"Even I don't want this, Virat."

I couldn't let him speak on my behalf. Virat talking to Abhay was the last thing I wanted.

It's nobody's fault. It was maybe my destiny to be in a situation like this. You can't keep everyone happy. Being with Abhay would mean sacrificing the happiness of three people. Being with Virat would break Abhay's heart, but I never wanted to have a failed marriage. I can't be with someone for my whole life and still not love him. This would be unfair to Abhay too. I can't ruin all our lives, including mine.

"You need to be strong, Sam. It's only your responsibility to tell him, whatever the outcome may be. Rest, I will handle everything, and no one will trouble you, I promise.

Please get this sorted as soon as you can. Now that I know we love each other, this guy will keep bothering me until you are completely mine; you know it very well. I respect your friendship or whatever it was, but I won't let anyone come between us. Anyone." His eyes spoke fire.

I got a tingling sensation. His aura was different. That rush! That feeling! That vibe was with him only, only him. And I knew it was the other way around.

He was right; there was no point in stretching this, knowing I had clear feelings for Virat.

Life is unfair. You do one thing, think another, and a third thing happens.

"You are right, Virat, but I can't think of anything right now. I am tired of everything that happened in the past few days, which turned my life upside down. I also want this to be over ASAP, but not just now." I was damn sleepy.

"No worries, I am with you. You should just sleep now, and we'll talk tomorrow." He covered me with a duvet.

"And what about you?" I inquired, seeing him sit on the couch, removing his shoes.

"I'll be sitting here, watching you sleep, and just enjoying the best day of my life when my girl admitted her love."

I blushed hard.

"You're crazy!" I closed my eyes to avoid eye contact.

"For you!" He smiled, knowing I was blushing and trying to hide it.

God knows what the next day holds for us. The only thing clear was my feelings for Virat. Sometimes life puts you in the most difficult situations, and this was surely one of them. Now the challenge was to tell Abhay, who was already in love with me and planning our marriage. With each passing day, I would only increase my burden and live in regret for not telling him. This has to end as soon as possible.

For now, I wasn't even thinking about the families involved in this relationship. At this point, I wasn't afraid of anyone but Abhay. I knew my friendship with him was going to get ruined.

Love makes you strong as well as weak. I was strong enough to confess my feelings for Virat but scared to face Abhay.

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