Dehshat-E-Ishq

Chapter 1

"Mahira! Mahira!" Abhaya shouted waving her hand in front of Mahira's face.

Light brown eyes stared at Abhaya in confusion and daze finally woke up from haze and the girl shook her head. With beautiful curly hairs and skin shining like moon, Mahira Mittal smiled at her friend.

"Kaha kho jati hain yaar tu? Yaad hain na ki aaj tujhe mere saath ghar chalna hain?" Abhaya said as she wrapped her arm around Mahira's shoulder. Abhaya with her short hair and black eyes smiled at Mahira.

"Haan haan, yaad hain mujhe. I'll come after seeing off Papa." Mahira said as they went out of their classroom when another hand wrapped around Mahira's shoulder.

"Ready to go home?" the owner of that hand said to Mahira who nodded and said "Ji bhaiya, let me submit these notes, we will leave then."

"Okay." Vivaan replied.

Vivaan Singhania, cousin brother of Mahira, looked at Abhaya and smiled while Abhaya pretended to swoon at this smile.

"Oho, Vivaan Bhaiya, aaj to aap bade khush lag rahe hain, kya baat hain?" Abhaya asked and Vivaan laughed pinching her cheeks and said "Kuch nahi par shayad tujhe kuch time mein bhabhi milne wali hai."

"Hain?! When? I mean, when did this happen? Aap sach keh rahe hain?" Abhaya was pleasantly surprised.

"Okay, okay, I will tell you everything but abhi nahi, abhi I should leave with Mahira. Mamaji, is waiting for her at home." Vivaan ruffled her hairs to which Abhaya swatted his hands away.

"Oh. Do greet uncle for me and tell him that I am still angry at him for not bringing me gifts from his last travel. If he forgot this time as well, I'll never forgive him." Vivaan laughed at Abhaya's whining and nodded at her. "I'll let him know."

At that moment, Mahira came back and said "Bhai, chale?" and Vivaan nodded waving at Abhaya while Mahira hugged Abhaya and left with Vivaan who opened the back door of the car and let Mahira in before running to the other side to get in.

The driver drove the car as Mahira looked outside the car while Vivaan was talking to his secretary on call.

In a while, the car stopped in the parking of a beautiful mansion and Mahira ran outside of the car to an old man who looked to be in his fifty's and hugged him tightly before saying "Papa, aap na jaye."

Manish Mittal smiled and looked at his daughter who was still hugging him like a baby and is whining like one too. "Meri pyaari beti, chalo ab aise na karo. Jaldi se Papa ko achhi si smile do. C'mon."

Mahira smiled with tear filled eyes and Manish hugged her and patter her head.

"Aap kab aajayege vapas?"

"Four months but I'll try to finish it even earlier. You also pack your bags; I'll drop you at Manish's home myself." Manish said and smiled at Mahira who nodded and brought down bags packed by her caretaker.

"Chale?" Manish asked as he looked at Mahira and Vivaan took bags from Mahira's hand before leaving for the Goenka mansion.

"Uncle, will Mahira be with Abhaya for the whole time you are gone?" Vivaan asked as he also worries over this little sister of his who was just found again by them two years ago. He didn't want to lose her again.

"Ha, at first, I thought to leave her with you, but you also have a business trip to go to next month. I didn't want her to go from one place to another. She can stay with Rajeev's family at ease. Milani ji bhi toh hain vaha. She will take good care of our Mahira." Manish said this while caressing Mahira's hair who smiled at him but there was still some sadness in her eyes at parting with her father.