JUST LOVE❤️

Chapter 22

London
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It was beautiful morning and Pooja was being chased by her best friend in the hall of their apartment.

"Jennie don't do this please, you know you can't convince me." Atlast Pooja jumped on the couch and raised her palm indicating Jennie to stop.

Jennie dropped beside Pooja huffing.

"Please Pooja, it's my first time visiting India. How will I face your family? You know right? I and tej got engaged without telling your family, and now when I am visiting them for the first time it will be so awkward.
Please be with me.
For moral support.
Please 🥺" it was her last shot. She knew she was asking too much but she can't help it.

"wake up Jennie, you are not going for a get together. You have meetings and deals with publishers. You don't need to visit my home.
Just go get your job done and come back" Pooja was so irritated. Why would she want to visit her own would be in-laws suddenly when she was afraid of her grandmother.
That too when there's no need to visit them.

"Oh yeah! I should just go and get my job done and come back without meeting your family so that dadi can break our engagement and cancel my marriage with your brother. Right?" Jennie rolled her eyes at her own words.
She knew tej would not let that happen.

After hours of discussion and debate finally it was decided.
Pooja was going back India.
Haasshhhh
In her heart of hearts she also wanted to go back and now when she got the chance she won't step back.
Afterall she can't run away everytime, right?

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Airport
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It's been a week since they decided to leave and now they were sitting in the lounge.
Their flight was delayed by an hour.

Just when there was announcement for the boarding they saw a figure running towards them and there stood Anurag Basu panting hard as if a marathon.

"Why didn't you tell me that you are leaving?" His eyes were red , shirt soaked with sweat, messy hair.
All in all he looked like a disaster.

"Anurag what are you doing?" Pooja tried to remove his steel like grip from her arms.

That's when he realised his grip on her must be hurting but for God's sake his heart was hurting more.
How can she leave like this?
No
She can't
He won't let her.

"Pooja , I understand you don't love me but you can't leave me like this. One day or the other you will eventually start loving me , I know. Please don't go." His grip loose on her hands but still there.

"You know that's not possible anurag. Please don't make it more painful for both of us" but this time Anurag Basu was determined to win her at any cost.
They heard someone calling anurag and looked back only to find his assistant standing with a bouquet of lilies.
That's when anurag realised what blunder he was making.
He can't scare her if he wants her to be his.
He needs to calm down and make her believe that he is the best for her.

Leaving her hands he smiled that looked more like a forced smirk.
He took the bouquet from his assistant and walked towards Pooja again but before he could reach out to her Jennie stood between them.

"Don't cross your limits anurag. It will cost you so much" it was a warning but Jennie really felt bad for her friend who looked like a heartbroken hopeless lover.

"Don't worry Jennie, you know I won't cross my limits. It's just when I heard she was leaving I lost my mind. I am sorry" he signalled her to step aside so that he could see Pooja.

This situation was very awkward for Pooja.
It seems She was standing at the same page of her life where she stood years ago.
It felt the same.

"Pooja, you know I never confessed openly but I don't want to regret in future. " He sat on his knees just like a true gentleman.
Looking straight in the her .
She could see the love and pain his eyes hold.

"Dr. Pooja Sharma, I fell in love with you the moment I layed my eyes on you.
The first time you walked in my office.
So,
I love you..........truly.
Will you marry me?" There was still in hope in his eyes. A hope for a miracle to happen so that she say yes to him and love him back just the way he do.

"No" and all his hopes, all excitement shattered then and their.
But he knew better to show that.

"Fine, don't marry me but atleast take these flowers, please " he smiled ear to ear but his smile didn't reached his eyes and Pooja knew his is acting.

"Thank you " that was unexpected for both Jennie and anurag.
After rejecting him straight on his face they didn't expected her to accept the flowers.

The last announcement for boarding the flight was done Pooja and Jennie went ahead when they heard anurag.

"Pooja, even if you don't love me I will try. I will try until you get married. You know why? Cause I believe we are made for each other. Try as much as you can you won't be able to keep yourself from falling in love with me cause now I am going to try hard.
I will come for you.
Please wait for me." Without looking back she went ahead cause she knows if she turned towards him he will get his hopes high.

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In the plane
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" Why did you do that to him? If you wanted to deny you could have done that in any other way? But you choose to be harsh on him. Why Pooja ? That's so unlike you." Jennie was disappointed how her best friend choose the cruel way to reject anurag.

"And you think I didn't tried? Since the day I got to know he had feelings for me all I did was try to make him understand that we can't be together. But he just doesn't understand.
I don't want to him hurt himself further and denying him straight was the only way to let him realise he was going in a totally wrong way" Pooja sighed and covered her eyes to sleep.
She needs to prepare herself.
This won't be easy.

"Please god, help me" with that she was ready to face anything.

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You don't have a choice
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Try to avoid as much as you can,
Until you are ready to face it,
Remember, how hard you try,
You'll have to face and ace it.

---------- Pooja (Krishnaa ❤️).

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Hello!

Pooja is going back?
Wanna say something?
What do you think will happen next?

Tell me how was the chapter
See you in the next chapter
Bye

Love
Krishnaa ❤️.