Dear Arjun

Chapter 14: Mr. Arrogant Malhotra

Seher's POV

"And I will most certainly suggest you a nice place to dine when I take you on a date"

"Have a good night, Seher"

"And you may call me Arjun"

Arjun's confusing words and our strange encounter, had me up all night, turning and tossing on the soft and comfortable mattress on my bed.

I couldn't help but wonder why he was the way he was? I couldn't help but wonder what goes on in his head when he suddenly starts behaving weird? Was he bipolar? And more importantly what was he thinking when he rejected the proposal to marry me?

Ugh! God! Why are you so worked up because of his rejection? Seher. Why is his rejection affecting you so much? Why do you keep thinking about him? I couldn't help but question myself.

I sighed.

Maybe I liked him on the very first sight...on our very first meeting, which is why I almost agreed to marry him so easily, maybe this is why his rejection is affecting me.

Heck! It's funny how I didn't even know his middle name back then and almost agreed to marry him so easily.

Is that why he rejected me? Because I seemed to be an easy catch?

As I lied on my bed, staring at the white ceiling, thinking about Arjun Malhotra, my phone went off, snapping me out of my thoughts.

Glancing at it, I realized that I have just received a new message and for some odd reason, I hoped and almost assumed that it was from Arjun and suddenly my heart started racing at the thought alone.

God! What is wrong with me!?

As soon as I opened my phone, my face instantly fell as I realised that it wasn't from Arjun, but rather from an unknown number.

"Yeah, of course, why on earth would he text me" I mumbled to myself while shaking my head slightly.

But who was this?

I'll pick you up at 8 tomorrow.

I frowned reading the message from an unknown sender and before I could ask who it was, I received another message, answering my unasked questioned.

Shubh Patel...

I sighed reading his name.

Why is it that we never get what we actually want in life? Why do we always have to settle for something that our heart doesn't approve of?

Take Nathan for instance, he claimed to love me, but I never felt the same way for him, hence he didn't get what he wanted and now I...

Stop! Stop!

What am I thinking!?

Shaking away each and every thought that had the name Arjun in it, I replied to Shubh with a short text.

Alright, good night.

He must be thinking what a boring girl I am! But honestly this is all that I can offer him right now...I can't tell if we can be something more in the future or not, but for now I think I'll just have to go with the flow, thinking so I decided to get some much needed sleep.

The next morning, I rushed to my work as usual, attending back to back appointments and in the process completely forgetting that I had a date with Shubh tonight.

Finishing up with my last appointment for the day at the hospital, I decided to meet Bani, before going home.

"Yeah honestly, I would be upset too if I lost my chance with a man like Arjun" Bani said before casually dumping herself on her bed beside me, where I was lying, staring at her boring ceiling. Yeah I stopped by her home to see her.