Ashes Of Desire

❀ The Lake ❀

There he was standing wearing a crisp black Armani suit, with white shirt, his hairs perfectly styled, but his deep honey brown eyes were not the same, they are devoid of any emotion as if he is dead from within, as soon as our eyes met, it made me feel something, it was not love nor it was any butterflies or hope, it was something I can't explain. But there was one more think different now he had a small scar, it looked old almost faded away but it left a scar just near his eyes.

He looked at me and gave me a small nod and took back his seat. " Let's get started now, we have wasted enough time" He said while looking at others. It was like my presence doesn't even affect him one bit.

Coming back to my senses I gave my presentation on the design of the hotel, no matter how much I tried I was still affected, it made me realise something I an still that weak 17 years old Reva, but I won't let him win, not this time, gathering myself together I continued to give my presentation. The rest of the board members were really impressed by the draft but I just kept looking at him, I waited for his comment, because I know him and also what was going to come.

"It looks like the things we heard about you Ms Malhotra and your company are all talk and not any real potential, I mean this designs are not as per our standards, if you can improve them, then talk about further details of the project in next meeting. But for now work on them." He said while flipping through my designs and walking towards me, there was just couple of steps distance between us.

I scoffed and said walked towards him "Sorry to disappoint you Mr. Raisinghania, I'll be here after 3 days at 1:00 pm sharp and one more thing keep the contract papers ready" with it I turned, my hairs flipped and slapped his face, I walked out of his cursed office.

Flashback ends

Shyra kept looking at me and finally said "Woah... It just reminds me of the first time you both met in psychology class, that time also you both had this tension between each other, back then I thought you both will end up as a couple but it didn't happen whatever leave it let's go home it's late." she locked the kitchen and collected her things.

"No I can't come home today, I only have 3 days to complete the whole sketch I'll go to my office, you tell mumma, I don't have energy to tell her" I fake cried.

"No, never, not happening you didn't go home these past few days and were busy working on that design, agar ajj nhi gyi na aunty kacha chaba jaegi tujhe aur fhir mujhe aur agar bolna hi tha toh ek hafta bolti na tu bhi shaan shaan mai 3 din bolke aagyi, pagal aurat, we are going home today and it's final"

( No, never, not happening you didn't go home these past few days and were busy working on that design, if you don't come home today your mother will kill you then they will kill me, and if you have yourself a deadline you should have given it after a week who said you to give deadline for 3 days, stupid woman)

"Fine, I'll go home today but why are you coming to my home, don't you have your own home" I joked knowing very well the reason.

"I want to eat tasty dishes and not boiled food made by my health freak mother, then I'll stay there with you for a sleepover we can watch movies or talk about your high school sweetheart Atharva" she teased me.

"Huh, highschool sweetheart, we both know which one us had a highschool sweetheart,so let's just go, today's dose of drama is over." I said we both went back home.

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The house was quite as we entered, as if it's calm before the strom, tiptoeing quietly I walked towards my room but hearing a dangerous voice calling me from behind, I stopped right then and there,