Just Friends

CHAPTER 53

"The way she loves, what would I not sacrifice for something as beautiful as that?"

- HARSHAD MATHUR

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Harshad stood there, glaring at the lady stumbling on her feet, attempting her level best to maintain her posture. His eyes averted to the stranger along with her. He took a furious step in their direction, "what the hell are you doing over here? If I stay a few hours away from you, you pull yourself into the mess." He was growling at her in frustration.

The minute he listened from Avni that Kiara had rushed out in a hurry. Harshad wasn't able to forgive himself. Why he had to let anger overpower him? Why couldn't he keep his jealousy aside and be there for Kiara? Hadn't she requested him to be there for her? What more was he expecting from her? She had made it clear that she won't be able to consider him more than a friend then why was he disappointed?

"Harshad," a smile reached her spirit. "You came back..." she muttered attempting to lean on his shoulder. He immediately wrapped his arms around her, holding her securely in his arms. Shooting daggers at her companion. "I missed you so much..." she nuzzled her face further into her chest.

"Thanks for not leaving me like Dhruv." She kept blabbering, Harshad slowly leaned down and carried her in his arms in a bridal style not wanting a stranger to listen to her blabbering that was reserved for him. Only him!

"Hey," Jay protested. "You can't take her away like that." He objected and Harshad glared at him in rage. It was like Jay had thrown flue in the calming down fire.

"What will you do if I take her away?" Harshad challenged him making excitement shower in Kiara's eyes. She giggled softly, grabbing Harshad's attention from the annoying-stranger.

"What was funny?" Harshad groaned at Kiara in frustration.

Kiara had a heart-warming smile making Harshad anger on her melt away. She pinched his cheek, "hero is going to fight with the villain for his heroine."

"Villain?" Jay sounded offended but the rest two didn't pay any heed to him.

"You and heroine?" Harshad rolled his eyes, "my heroine is going to be way more beautiful than you." He muttered walking towards the car. Jay attempted to stop them but Harshad wasn't in the mood to concentrate on something else than his adoring-sweetheart.

"I am beautiful, way more beautiful than your overbearing girlfriend." Kiara turned her face from him in irritation.

"My girlfriend isn't overbearing, don't you dare spread such rumors about her."

Kiara spared a glance at him. "Do you love your girlfriend so much?"

Harshad orbs were fixed on the path. "Way than too much. She is my entire world." He confessed as a soft smile reached his spirit.

"Don't love someone to that extent, they might break you in such a manner that you won't ever be able to bring yourself together."

Harshad glanced at Kiara in concern, "not everyone broke you apart."

"They do, Harshad. Love makes us selfless but we forget to understand that world is selfish. We attempt to gain them through our selfless love but we can't even have an inch of it because the world around us understands only one language which is selfishness. The one who can love selfishly will gain it."

"The way Aditi won Dhruv but you didn't," Harshad commented as he opened the door of his car. "Why were you here?"

"Gaining confidence to ask him questions. I wanted answers to my pain. I wanted to hate him but this alcohol isn't providing me with it as well." Kiara groaned, "Aditi often cursed a loud after drinking alcohol. She used to express her anger on her parents so easily, why can't I hate him, Harshad? Why alcohol isn't helping me to hate him?" She sounded exhausted as if she was tired of the entire mess.