IN THE STARS

Chapter 45

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It was almost night when they enter the bangalore city, niyati commented first time during this long drive

Could you please drop me off at my hostel?

"Your family must be waiting for you; you do not want to stay at my place!"

“ I know but I don't have the courage to face them in this condition. I have a lot of things going on in my mind and as my family they will guess easily that something is off with me”

“Hm ok “. Avinash pulled over next to a restaurant after a short while and informed Niyati

“ I will be back soon “ stating this he step down from the car and entered the restaurant
A short while later, came back holding a few packets, gave them to Niyati, and settled into the car.

“I packed some dinner for you, I request you not to skip your meal for whatever happened
You should try to forget about that jerk and move on as it will be better. Trust me he is not worth “

     Niyati nodded while crying as she continued to consider how Kabir had mistreated her and was even considering strangling her to death. His threat to her family was something she would never forget. Is this what we refer to as love—a lack of both emotional attachment and trust? Kabir should have given her a chance to detail him the situation rather he started accusing her

    Soon they reached the hostel and niyati stepped down from the car. She thanked Avinash and requests him

“Please make an excuse to my family for my stay in the hostel. I don't want to hurt them , and I don't want to reveal about Kabir to them as there is no point to even discuss him “

“Yeah, I understand, don't worry they will know nothing about the incident. But please have your dinner and try to take a rest .”

   Niyati nodded once more before entering the hostel.

   
When Avinash arrived home, the Duggal family, who had been worried about them, felt some relief. But they were shocked to see him alone and ask about niyati

   Avinash did offer an explanation, saying that Niyati had college tomorrow and that she needed to finish up some unfinished business.

The Duggal family believed on his words and called it a night as they were tired from the journey .

When Kabir arrived at his penthouse, he went straight to the bar area, grabbed his favorite whiskey, and began guzzling it straight out of the bottle.

  He was not bothered by the alcohol's bitterness because he was still trying to come to terms with what he had seen and was feeling devasted and betrayed.

     In just a day his life changed completely last night he was so delighted to grab the important deal for his company and was receiving praises for every businessman present there

  Yesterday he spend day in preparing presentation and finalizing the deal
So he couldn't get time to chat with niyati
When he checked his phone in the evening, he was astounded to see numerous images of Avinash with them.

     What the hell is he doing there? That's a the only question running in his mind , and most importantly why niyati didn't tell him about his presence in the trip

  Sneha was was also present in the hall room where they all were celebrating their success with their team members she noticed kabir’s troubled face and  reached to him to ask him

“ Why are you looking tense? You must enjoy this moment as you just grab the first deal for your company. Your dad is thrilled to know this. Kabir are you ok?”