Love or Retribution?

Chapter 22

Indira woke up early from her sleep vexed and frustrated. She looked at the time it was only 6:00 am, she tried to go back to sleep but her already irritated mind stopped her from doing so.

There is hardly two days to the meeting and she absolutely had no plans at all for the first time.  Bhargav's wedding announcement, change of venue for the meeting, her sickness everything together completely threw her off guard that she struggled to come back to the correct lane.

She took her mobile out and started checking her messages.

"Going to meet some people who might be able to track your mother's movement from the railway station, will keep you posted" - Nikhil

"Read everything, leaving to the inn for now, will come back later and then we can talk" - Bhargav.

"Ptchhh", she sighed and got up, her stomach rumbled and reminded her that she had not been taking care of it for past few days.

She freshened up a bit, took a deep shower and started to rummage her kitchen searching for something to calm her stomach down. Except for some left over soup nothing else was there, she placed the soup into the microwave for reheating and started thinking.

"Will Bhargav proceed with the party? he is yet to say anything clear to her, but his eyes conveyed so many things that his voice did not, which means he might cancel the party, which in turn might force them to postpone the meeting and schedule it later on"

She opened the bug app to check on new recordings but nothing was there, she then opened the live, she could hear him talking in his office about a case, totally unrelated, irritated she threw the mobile on the counter top, when the door bell rang.

"Hiii, morning!!!" all the irritation on her face got wiped off instantly when she saw him standing outside.

He looked at her startled for a second and then swiftly walk passed her.

"Morning", he said without looking at her face.

"What are you doing here so early, it is hardly 8 am and why are you not looking at me?", she asked, amused.

"Nikhil.. Nikhil.. where is Nikhil? is he at home? ", he called around, still avoiding her.

"No, he is not at home, now will you stand still for a second, why are you acting so weird? ", she asked again trying to hold him still.

"Here break fast for you and Nikhil, I have some work at the inn, I will come back later", he said in a hurry, placing the food on the table.

"Oh thank you, but Bugsii wait, I need to talk to you", she said to his back as he was already leaving.

"Oh God! why is she calling me like that now? not this too please", he murmured to himself.

"What?", he asked without turning.

"Oh for the love of god!!! what is happening to you Bugsii? why are you acting like you are seeing a ghost?", she asked, as she moved in front of him with her hands on her hips.

The way she was standing the morning sun directly fell on her, testing his self control even more that he removed his jacket and shoved it on to her.

"Wear this, then we can talk", he said while trying hard not to look at her the way he is not supposed to.

"What?.. Why? am not cold", she said in a confused tone, when his face reaction made her realize the situation.

"Oh!!, he he!! sorry, sick person here, no laundry done in past few days, so out of fresh inner wears, did not expect this shirt to be this transparent", she tried to be funny visibly trying to stop her cheeks from turning red out of blush and embarrassment.