Another Love Story

CHAPTER 2

CHAPTER 2

It was raining heavily in BHEL Colony, Haridwar. Priya was twisting and turning in her bed. She lives in first floor of a building of 100 gaj which is divided into 4 houses- two on ground and two on first floor. She has one master bedroom, one guest room, a drawing room, a kitchen, bathroom and veranda. She shares her balcony with her neighbor cum friend Anupama along with the down staircase (which is connected to their main door) and up-staircase (which connects to her rooftop).

Priya was trying to get some sleep when her door bangs. She gets up and curses Anupama, who always forgets to lock the door. As soon as she opens the door, she got shocked.

"I am sorry to disturb you this late, it's raining really hard and...................., oh Priya! Long time no see"

Priya was still in shock as film-star Rahul Malhotra was standing at her door.

"What are you doing here?"

Then she saws his water drenched clothes.

"Come in, you will catch cold. What are you doing here in this stormy night?"

"Actually i........."

"Shhhhh! Kids are sleeping. Keep your voice down"

The smile that was prominent on Rahul Malhotra's face whole time now got fade away.

"I went for a long drive......"

"From Lukhnow?"

"Yes, it was kind of bad day. I went for a ride and as soon as reach nearby, it started raining . I saw the door open and came here to ask for stay at night. Where am I right now?"

"You are in Haridwar. Come with me."

She then takes him to her guest house which was just adjacent to her master bedroom. She took out a bed sheet, a quilt and a towel out from the almirah

"Take this towel and bed sheet. Had you eaten anything?"

"You are still the same Priya."

"Go and change your clothes"

After few minutes, Rahul Malhotra comes out of the bathroom wearing white flower bed sheet as a night gown and tying it up with his brown leather belt. Priya warms out Kadhi Chawal in oven and serves it to him in the guest room.

"Where have you parked your car?"

"I was on bike. It is parked inside near the staircase."

"After eating your dinner, sleep here."

"Wont you ask , how I am?"

"No"

And then she gives the quilt to him and went back to her room.

The guest room consist of one single bed and a wooden almirah. Small suitcases, extra bedding and other little stuff which she didn't use regularly. Around the year, she uses that room as her store room but during summer holidays, she cleans it up and makes it almost presentable as her nieces come to spend their holidays with her. She usually sleeps with her nieces but shifts into this room when their parents come. Rahul Malhotra lies on that bed and covers his body with the quilt. His body is too tiered to move even an inch but his mind is working overtime. He texts his mother and secretary that he is safe and fine. It is an essential protocol that he developed in his entire carrier. If he wont do it, her mother will awake the whole industry and make them all to search for him in dread of the night.

His whole day was running in his mind. Firstly, his interview with Karan Saxena, Then the stampede at Lukhnow mall, and in the evening, that moron reporter put icing on the cake and made his day almost one of the worst days in his life. He was using all kind of colorful words that can't be described as abuse but were enough to provoke him. He asked him about his break up with Zubina Khan using words like woman beater, impotent and gay in the same sentence. In reality, he never ever raised a hand on a woman let alone beating the one. Moreover, that bitch of Zubina was using him to gain a place in the industry. She was cheating on him with a husband, which she kept hidden from everyone. He was going to propose her when his secretary cum friend Siddharth told him about the husband. When he broke up with her, she started singing rubbish in the media. Siddharh got her shut her own mouth after her first after breakup interview but till then damage was done. The questions that media was asking was eating his brains out. It was around 7 and he had enough. He throws out his mike at that reporter and moves out of the conference.

With all these memories and thoughts in his mind. He slept dreamless that night

AUTHOR'S NOTE

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