Reunion of soulmates

Chapter 7

Everyone was enjoying the dinner after draining their energies into playing and dancing. Avni was making Neilansh eat from her hands whereas Neil was smiling while looking at the mother-and-son duo. Prakash who was sitting beside Neil observed his son's smile and decided to tease him. 

Prakash - You know, my daughter is very kind-hearted, just tell her that you want to have food from her hands and she won't mind feeding you. 

Neil - You are in a teasing mood today. (raising his eyebrow)

Prakash - what did I do? (innocently)

Neil - Dad I very well know that you pushed Avni towards me on the dance floor. Don't act innocent. (smirks)

Prakash - Finally you are getting your brain back, good for me. Now, I won't have to waste my energy in making you understand everything. (rolling his eyes).

Neil - You are impossible, dad. (shaking his head). 

Prakash - (sighs) I just want to see my kids happy and believe me, Neil, your happiness resides with Avni. You won't be able to stay away from her even if you try. Life is unpredictable Neil, you have lost precious time with Avni and your son, and I don't want you to lose these precious bonds due to certain grudges. You have the right to be angry with Avni but don't forget that you won't be able to replace Avni with someone else. Even Avni won't be able to move on no, so don't make any impulsive decision. 

Neil just looked at Avni and sighed. These days, Neil's mind is forcing him to rethink the entire situation in accordance with Avni's perspective. 

Avni on the other side was trying to ignore Neil's presence as she still gets affected when she is in close vicinity of Neil. Ten years apart yet he always manages to take her breath away as soon as her eyes get interlocked with his intense gaze. she doesn't know what goes into his head but she only hopes that he won't bother to find out about the past events that took place before their separation. she has sacrificed her entire life for protecting her father-in-law, now she doesn't want anyone to know about that disastrous night or else the whole family would be broken beyond repair. she is ready to take the blame for the rest of her life without holding grudges against anyone. After finishing his meal, Neilansh moved towards his friends for spending some time with them whereas Avni received a message from an unknown number making her frown in confusion. 

An unknown number - Come outside the mansion if you don't want to spoil your son's birthday. Make sure to come alone. 

Avni got up from her seat and looked around once, when she was assured that everyone is busy with their own work, she went out silently. As soon as she stepped outside the main door of the mansion she found a box wrapped with gift paper placed on the ground whereas the night guard was not present in his cabin. 

A slip was attached to the gift box which read, "Open it, baby". 

After overcoming the initial hesitation, Avni picked up the box and opened it with shivering hands. 

A broken jar with several broken pieces of glass was present within the box along with a letter. While pulling out the letter, the glass pieces pierced Avni's skin making her whimper in pain. she ignored the pain of her bruised hand and opened the letter which stated: 

"Broken dreams, broken relations, and broken us but don't worry baby we are meant to be together in this life." 

Her eyes widened after reading the letter and she immediately placed it back into the box before closing it. Her mind was creating endless scenarios regarding the sender of this bo, she kept the box in the private car she rented for tonight and started making her way back into the mansion. Her mind was filled with the two strange incidents that occurred to her recently, who was sending her these types of letters? was that person associated with her past? she was so lost in her thoughts that she didn't realize that someone was standing in the front and banged her face with the hard chest of that person.