Madness and Magic...❤️

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Sorry for the delay in update ,it is the festive season, so things have been super busy. I am currently on a trip and even stayed up typing until 3 AM the night before leaving, still khatam Nahin ho paya! Here also I am grabbing every free moment to write so If you are enjoying the story, please let me know through your votes and leave comments.
Enjoy reading.

1 year and 4 months later...

"So uncle agreed to give you the money?" Samarth asked her over phone, he had moved to the U.S. for studies 1 year back.

"I will return it to him.... and main loan lena chah rahi thi bank denied... so I asked him and he agreed... ab Laxmi ko mana thodi karte hain" she replied.Her upcycled collection was a hit in the Diwali event and post that fundraiser she did many other shows with the similar concept and then after doing the 2nd Diwali fundraiser few months back ,she decided to build a company where she would employ mainly people from the slum and for that she needed a huge amount .She didn't get a bank loan as she was still a student so she decided to ask her dad for the money and he agreed.

"Toh tu khus hai na?" He asked

"Nahin...jab se paise diye hain tab se aur Sar pe dance karte hain.... insist kare ja rahe hain ke main unke saath shift ho jaun... in his dreams" she said in annoyance.

"Don't you think tu thodi si selfish hai... itna bada amount die hain tujhe still you are thankless." he said.

"When did I claim that I am a Saint?... waise I have rights on his money... and I am gonna return his money,leke bhaag nahin rahi hoon." she replied and then looked at her watch.It was almost midnight and then it would be her birthday. 21st birthday. But it wasn't the ticking hands of the clock that had her on edge. She was waiting for 'his' call. The phone was on speaker and she was constantly opening her messaging app to see his last seen.

She hadn't received any call from him since the morning,she had just received few mannges asking her to go to his place at 11:55. He was in Dubai since last 5 days and before that he was in Mumbai,he was there to promote their company's packaged food expansion.

"Yaar, Samarth, let's talk later... mujhe neend aa rahi hai," she mumbled half-heartedly.It was quarter to 12. She tried to concentrate on Samarth's talk, but her thoughts kept drifting back to him.

"So early? Since when do you sleep so early?" he asked teasingly.

"It's almost midnight here." she explained.

"Almost midnight... toh midnight tak ruk ja "Samarth said.

"I know that you remember... ban mat."she replied and then her phone buzzed with a massage.She looked down and saw it was from Sidharth. "Get ready and go to my place at 11:55 and call me once you reach."

"Why... what's so special?" she replied, though she already knew where this was going.

"Just go. I am out at a dinner party, but I have left something for you. Go there and call me exactly at 11:55" he said.

She kept talking to Samarth, but every few minutes her phone pinged with messages from Sidharth.

"Nikli tum? You need to be at my place at 11:55." She read and rolled her eyes.

"I have told you already that I don't want any gifts" she wrote.The clock ticked closer to 11:55. This time, her phone rang. It was him.

"Samarth,ek minutes hold pe ruk" she said and picked up his call.

"Gayi tum?" He asked.

"I don't want anything" she Said "except you" this she couldn't say.