Love or Retribution?

Chapter - 15

"Bhargav ", Indira said with a huge smile on her face that reached her eyes and glistened them. Seeing him at that moment felt like every piece was falling into its place perfectly.

"Wow, I never expected you to be this happy to see me, is this happiness for me or are you expecting some one else? ", he asked with his usual sarcasm.

But that sarcasm did not reach her at all, she stood there mesmerized with eyes overflowing with only pure love and tears.

"Hey, What happened? are you alright?", Bhargav asked and walked in, his sarcasm totally replaced with concern now.

She did not reply, but continued to look at him without even blinking.

"What is it Ma? Everything fine?", He asked again with more concern, moving closer to her.

Her smile widened and in the spur of the moment, she closed the gap between them, hugged him tight and dug her face into his broad chest, shocking him completely.

He struggled for a second not knowing how to react, but it was just for that second, as an involuntary action, like a reflex, his hands wound around her and pulled her even more into him.

For past few weeks Bhargav had been purposefully avoiding her, she tried hard to approach him, but failed miserably. He was hardly at the inn and when asked no one gave her the straight answer.

She tried to get something out of Nandhini, but failed again. Indira had always felt a coldness from Nandhini, she knew it was jealousy because of her feelings for Bhargav, but now all she got back from her was arrogance and bad attitude that it made her think twice before talking to her to such an extent that she even stopped ordering from Subha Graha.

Indira knew something was not right but didn't know what to do about it when Bhargav was unapproachable.

She was hesitant to take any drastic steps too knowing she had never been completely honest with Bhargav. She knew she has no answers to the numerous questions his eyes had been asking her for the past few months, and even if she knew the answer, she was in no position to let him know.

But now that she is almost at the finish, she decided to tell him who she was and her feelings for him when he himself came and stood right in front of her.

His eyes, his presence and finally the warmth in his voice made her loose all her inhibitions that she forgot everything for a moment and hugged him.

So many emotions ran through Bhargav's mind at that moment, but nothing reached his heart. He had yearned for this hug for so long that, it was the only thing that mattered the most, she was the only thing that mattered the most. If given a chance he would spend rest of his life in this very position. The woman he loves in his hands, with her face deeply dug into his chest and her warmth spreading through his veins.

With overwhelming emotions, he slowly lifted her face and looked into her eyes. They looked back at him with  so much love and affection that he totally lost himself and brought his lips down on to hers, but before they met, he stopped with mild hesitation.

Her eyes widened with surprise, but just for a moment, the  next second she lifted herself up and kissed him full on his lips, giving him the answers to all the questions he had been asking her all these days and at the same time getting from him everything she had been yearning for all these years.

The second they both broke for air, she was hit with complete satisfaction but what she saw in his face confused her, it was not the happiness she yearned to see but rather pure guilt.

She looked at him confused while she looked at her like he had done the most horrific thing in the world.

Jus then she noticed that something had fallen off from his hands.