Dehshat-E-Ishq

Chapter 11

Mahira looked at Advit from the corner of her eyes and lowered her head as she saw him looking right at her when a female servant brought a steel container and placed it beside her. Mahira looking at the container smiled at the servant who lowered her head stifling a smile.

Mahira kept eating her breakfast with her eyes looking at the container and finally finished her breakfast. Advit looking at her also got up when his eyes glanced at the container and left with Mahira.

As they both got into the car, Advit who was watching Mahira smiling at the container finally asked, "what is it?"

Mahira didn't look at him and said "Nothing."

Advit narrowed his eyes and nodded his head. The drive drove away and Mahira looked outside the window watching the cars passing by.

Advit who was sitting beside her kept his eyes at her and finally he couldn't control as his hand touched Mahira's shoulder who looked at him and he said "Kuch baat nahi kar sakti?"

Mahira confused at his sentence said, "Kya?"

Advit closed his eyes and inhaled before saying, "Kya padhti ho?"

Mahira glanced at him before her eyes saw his dark eyes and she lowered her head to say, "Interior Designing."

Advit nodded and said, "Which year?"

"Final."

Advit narrowed his eyes and said, "look at me."

Mahira looked at him and then looked away when Advit held her chin and her eyes couldn't look anywhere else as his hand would tighten whenever she would look away.

"I don't like it when I can't see your eyes." Advit said and left her chin while Mahira touched her chin and nodded her head.

Advit continued his questions to which he already knew the answers to, but he just wanted to talk to her and listen her voice that seemed to throw him in a trance when the driver's cellphone ring tone rang in their background.

Advit looked at the driver and said, "Put it on silent next time."

The driver nodded his head and continued to drive. In a few minutes, they reached Mahira's college and she without another word was leaving when her hand was held by Advit and he said "I'll pick you up." He lowered his head to kiss her forehead when Mahira turned her head to the other side and his kiss landed on her hairs.

He patted her head and Mahira opened her mouth, but he kept patting her head and she didn't say anything at the end.

"I don't want to hear whatever is on your mind, all I need you to know is that you need to accept me, Mahi, I haven't given you another choice. Isey jitna jaldi samjhogi utna achha hoga." Mahira didn't say anything as she stepped outside the car when she looked back at the car and soon the car disappeared out of her sight, and she turned to enter the college gate.

Her eyes were looking at nothing, but her mind was working at an unknown pace. Many glanced at her watching her posture of walking few student who knew her asked about it and she answered with a nothing much.

In all of this, she soon reached her class where two guys were talking when one of the guys suddenly came to her and stopped right in front of her. "Mahi!"

Mahira looked at him and smiled saying "Ishaan, Hi."

"Hi, hi, where's my kheer?" Ishaan asked looking at her eagerly and Mahira laughed at him. She handed him the container which was given to her by Myra who knew how she would always take cold kheer to college.

Ishaan smiled and said "Mahi, you are the best. Do you know how much I missed this?" Ishaan as he hurriedly opened the container and just dipped his finger in the kheer to eat when Mahira handed him a spoon.

Ishaan while eating said "Mom is missing you and Abhaya, when are you guys coming home?"

Mahira smiled at him and said "soon."

Ishaan nodded and as he saw the professor entering the class, they both hurriedly took a seat.

"Do you know what happened with the Aroras?" Ishaan asked and Mahira shook her head and he continued, "The guy who tried to misbehave with you was found dead."

Mahira looked at him shocked and he added, "it seems he was drunk and jumped down from fifth floor."

Ishaan looked at Mahira who was confused and shocked at what he said, and he continued, "you didn't talk about him with anyone, right?"

Mahira nodded and said, "At that time, Vivaan bhaiya already broke his hand so, I never said anything to anyone."

Ishaan nodded and said "well, probably God couldn't handle his misbehavior and decided to bring him back."

Ishaan couldn't sympathize with the guy who at every turn harassed a new girl every day.

Mahira was in some thoughts today and even after the whole day, her eyes seemed a little empty.

"Mahi, I am leaving. I have a date today. Bye." Mahi waved her hand at Ishaan who left to meet his girlfriend and got up to leave as well when her eyes fell on the guard who seemed to be the one who she saw outside her room in the morning. She looked at him and was about to ask when he himself said "I was left here to make sure you are safe, ma'am."

She tilted her head at him examining the authenticity of his words. She knew he was here to keep a guard on her and she hated it.

She closed her eyes and said, "If I still saw you after I opened my eyes, I will run away, no matter what."

And when she opened her eyes, he wasn't there. She sighed and her eyes were filled with exhaustion.

She really felt tired. She wanted to shake that man who seemed to be stuck on her and tell him that she doesn't want to be with him. That this isn't the way you treat someone you love. That you don't take away someone's choice. That you can't force someone to chose you.

She finally attended all her classes and was about to leave the college gate when her eyes fell on the car waiting outside the college gate.

A man was standing right next to the car and as soon as her eyes landed on him, she ran to him. Her eyes shined and she reached him when the man smiled at her.

He said, "How's my sister?"

"I am fine, bhai, you didn't go for the tour?" Mahira looked at Vivaan who smiled at her and said "I'll be leaving tomorrow, Abhaya told me you were hurt."

Mahira remembered the incident and her face stiffened but she still looked at Vivaan and said, "She probably exaggerated, just twisted my leg a little."

Her brother looked at her face and nodded before he was about to open the door and another car stopped right next to his and Advit Goenka came out.

Looking at Vivaan, he nodded his head while Vivaan smiled at him before moving towards him and they both started speaking while Mahi rubbed her clammy hands as she could feel his gaze on her. His gaze seemed to mark her as a prey and she didn't know how to describe the feeling that her heart gave her. Her head told her about the fears engraved in her but her heart told her a completely another thing. She did not like him but her heart beats weren't out of anxiety or fear, that she was sure of.

But only that...