Marrying Miss Demon | √

Chapter Twenty-One : Past Or Present

Aradhaya Kumar.

I was in my room searching for an important file. Why is this so frustrating?  I threw all my files in frustration and they kissed the floor. I ran my hand threw my hair which was openly flowing here and there.
I climbed up the stool and started searching for the blue file which had all my old designs which I drew in my college time. I pulled out a big bag from top and-crash. The hell. A leather file fell on my head. It hurts. I put a hand on my head and picked up the file which was now laying on the ground.

What's this doing here? Oh god. At any cost Dev shouldn't know about this. If he comes to know then I'm all out. My past will not remain as a secret. I need to hide this but where? I started searching for places where I could hide this stupid file. I can't place it in any of the cupboards as Dev may find it. I can't place it in this bag as it has my designs in it. Damn.

What the hell? Where should I hide it? Washroom? Dressing table? Balcony? No man. As I was still thinking about how to hide my secret, I heard some footsteps. Dev's here! Damn.  I hurriedly went and placed the file under my pillow. I was about to take out the file but I heard his voice.

"Aradhaya!" His voice was filled with anger. Did he come to know about it or what? "What happened?" I slowly walked near him.
"Can I hug you?" He said and clenched his pant trying to calm him self. "Yeah?" I said awkwardly which came out more like a question. What's wrong with you Aradhaya? As he wasn't moving from his place and started taking deep breaths, I walked towards him and hugged him tight. In a fraction of second he hugged me back squeezing me.

"Are you okay?" I slowly whispered rubbing his back. "No I'm not." He whispered against my neck, buried his face in the crook and started moving his lips on my neck. "What happened?" I asked, parting away and cupping his face. "That-that stupid idiotic-" He started but I cut him off. "Stop swearing. Will you?" I asked and he just looked away.
"Dev, tell me clearly. What's wrong?" I calmly questioned with a confused look. "Well, as you know that Andrews are our enemies and business rivals from the start. There was this lunch meet I had to attend and I met that pig there. We fought." He explained and started taking deep breaths to calm him self.

"Why did you fight with him?" I questioned calmly. "He started bad mouthing you. He said "Oh so look who's here. Mr. Dev Reddy. Oh I heard that he got married to a woman of secrets. A woman who has a past. Maybe she worked in a brothel or something? Who knows? Poor Dev. Stuck with an un-pure, unethical and respect-less girl". I got angry. My anger levels boost up. My blood started rushing like it's running a marathon. My mind stopped working so I punched him hard and kicked him in the private part." He said still fuming. He-he did this for me? Seriously? For some mere words he literally got into a fight? That too for me? This man will seriously make me fall head over heels for him.

"Calm down, Dev." I rubbed his back and gave me a glass of water which he gulped down in one go. "Why do you care Dev? He's just a mere human and he bad mouthed me. Not you. Why do you care? It should be me who should care about all this shit right?" I questioned looking in his eyes which now held anger but nothing else. "I care because he bad mouthed about your self respect and character! I care because it was you! It was you Aradhaya! I care because I like you damn!" He shouted holding my hands. Our eyes met and we stayed like that for minutes. Then he slowly lost balance and fell to the ground on his knees. Tears rolled down his cheeks. He was crying!