Borrowed But Mine: An Arylie FF

Borrowed But Mine: Chapter 12

Previously, 

Aryan meets Dr. Kerian and vents to her his frustrations of the past couple of days. After coming home, he sees his wife's feisty side, except she is no longer hostile. She begs him not to fire the driver which sets him back on his heels. He extracts a promise from her not to do anything drastic again. 

That evening, Imlie accidentally overhears a conversation between Aryan and Advait where she learns that Veer Singhania is threatening Aryan financially and that Aryan stands to lose all that he has been working towards. 

Ab aage...

Song choice today.

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Chapter 12

Aryan yawned wide and stretched his arms over his head. Massaging a knot in his shoulder, he closed the lid to his laptop and glanced once again at the clock. A little past midnight. 

The burden of his conversation with Veer weighed heavily on his shoulders. But there was nothing more to be done tonight. 

Earlier this evening, he'd been surprised to see her in the living room when he'd see Advait to the door. As it often did these days, his heart had skipped and picked up pace at the sight of her. His eyes had roved over her hungrily. 

Pretty in a black dress, the fabric of which seemed to flow yet hug her curves in all the right places , the red dupatta draped over one shoulder, the ethnic jewelry. She looked more than just pretty.

She'd stood there hesitantly as if trying to read him surprising him again with her soft entreaty to eat dinner together. 

The meal had been a quiet affair. He'd been too preoccupied and after an attempt or two at drawing him into a conversation, she'd given up and seemed lost in her own world. 

Her silence had drawn his attention though. 

He'd peeked at her a few times wondering what she was thinking. What did a person with no memories think about? Was she perhaps straining it, trying to remember her past? Their past? 

She'd caught him gazing at her and her lips had twitched into a hesitant smile. Her brows raised up and her eyes asked him a question. 

He shook his head. She looked down at Archer who had his head on her lap.