Mysterious Oberoi

14

My heart was beating anxiously, as I turned to face the person, I wasn't desiring to meet. He stood just an inch away from me. That familiar face brought back those memories, which I still treasured.

"Aachal," I heard him sigh as his orbs soften. His black orbs were staring at me with love, the same admiration that it always held. "How are you?" I could feel his concern yet I opted to ignore. I couldn't allow him to melt my heart. I couldn't forget the days I had invested to heal from the wounds he offered to me.

"What are you doing over here?" Diya jumped in between as she pulled me towards her, as if his mere presence could cause harm to me.

Mayur passed a glance at Diya, his smile fading away. "I need to have a conversation with her." He expressed, as if he was dying in anxiety. "It's urgent," he pressed as he scanned our venue in search of someone.

"I am not in a condition to talk..." At that moment my orbs locked with the black jacket he was wearing. Flashes of past incident came back into my brain. Flashes of that black leather jacket, which I had brushed off as my imagination but maybe it wasn't. "I will talk to you," I mumbled but Diya voiced her disapproval as she forced me to glance at her.

"You won't," she offered me a pointed look. "How can you forgive him so easily?" Diya was staring at me in disbelief. "How could you forget what he had done to you? The days you have spent dealing with those pain, agony."

"I hadn't forgotten it, Diya." I blinked her orbs in assurance. "I want to have some conversation with him." Diya stood unconvinced yet she didn't argued. I passed a glance at Mayur, he was staring between us as if allowing me with time to reconsider my decision. On seeing I wasn't going to back off, he gestured me to follow behind him.

The hall was packed with numerous guest. Soft melody was playing in the background, while lots of chores were happening. It wasn't a place to have a serious conversation. We moved out of the hall, towards the restaurant at the corner.

"What you wanted to talk about?" I asked as we entered the restaurant.

"Have a sit," he pointed at the chair. His orbs kept glancing at the glass door as if he was scared of getting noticed.

"I don't have the whole day," I groaned at him losing my patience. "I have to attend the event and look after the preparation," I shook my head. "If you have nothing important, I would love to leave."

"I wanted to apologise," he mumbled. His orbs lowered down in embarrassment. "I realised my mistake long back but never must up the courage to contact you and express my apology. I can't immature, I couldn't have treated you in that manner."

I gave a slight nod, urging my orbs not to end into tears. The male standing infront of me didn't deserve it. He no longer had the authority to glance at me in my vulnerable state.

"I want to ask you something," I pressed, avoiding to glance at him. "When had to arrived here?"

"Few days back," came his short reply.

"Were you involved with the attack on..." I kept it incomplete as I raised my head to glance at him.

His black beautiful orbs soften, as his face appeared gulity. "I didn't knew you would be involved with..." He kept it incomplete, he was ashamed of his deeds. He took a step forward as his gaze went on the white cloth wrapped around my forehead. "I didn't meant to harm you neither..." His orbs moved towards my growing bump, "why didn't you mentioned about?"

"You didn't had the time to listen," I faked a smile at him. "You had your future set and I was the burden on your way," I dried a laugh. "I won't be able to forgive myself if I had burden you with the child as well, so I decided it to not be revealed."