A LIE TO LOVE ❤️

Part # 34

"Randhir...", she chipped with tears gushing down her cheeks .

Randhir stood in front of her , staring at her longingly and taking in her every feature which he missed seeing since the last time he had met her . He moved close to her and as he raised his hand to touch her cheek , Sanyukta's fist that had been closed since the moment she saw him standing there, opened on its own accord. Anger, hurt , pain , worry, loneliness , confusion and frustration of three days clouded her mind and her hand raised on its own and landed harshly on his cheek . The sound of the slap echoed while Randhir gasped in shock .

She glared at him furiously for few a seconds and asked, "Where were you?"

"Tell me , where were you, Randhir ??? ?", she demanded with her lips quivering in anger .

"I'll tell you .... ", she heard a voice behind her .

She turned around only to find Vikram standing in front of her .

"Vicky!!!! Where the hell were you!!!", she asked walking towards Vikram. "What's happening here ?? Can anyone care to explain ", she started to scream .

"Relax Sanyukta ! Let me explain ", she heard Randhir's voice.

She turned towards him , her eyes filled with anger, sorrow and confusion.

"Relax ??? You want me to relax after you go missing for 3 days. Do you have a least idea of what I've been through all this while. These guys told me so many things about you. Do you want me to believe them? And What are you doing here in Hyderabad, Haa ?", she asked furiously.

"Sanyukta!!", he moved closer and tried to touch her shoulder but she shoved him away.

"Answer me, Randhir. Where the hell were you ????? ",she chipped sternly clutching his collar and shook him with tears flowing down her cheeks uncontrollably.

Randhir slowly raised his hands to calm her down. And as he tried to wrap them around her, he saw a tall figure approaching them . He stopped his hands in midair.

"What are you doing here , Sanyukta ? Is this what you came to Hyderabad for?".

Both Sanyukta and Randhir were startled by the voice.

"Sanyukta, Im asking you something . What are you doing here???", her father repeated.

Randhir looked at him in shock.

"Papa!!!!", Sanyukta chipped in a daze.

" Why are you crying , Sanyukta ?", her father asked . "I saw you reading a message in your mobile and running out of your room. I tried to follow you to see where you were going. What is all this , Sanyukta ?"

"Errrrr.... Uncle ..........",Vikram who had been silent for the last ten minutes, spoke his first word.

"OhO ! This wonderful man is also here. You are the one who's spoiling her brain", her dad snubbed him back .

Vikram ignored his comment.

Sanyukta wasn't sure on how she would explain things to her Dad and how she would introduce Randhir to her family , with the wedding preparations going on. Would it be fine to introduce him as the one she loves? , she wondered.

Her dad looked at Randhir and continued,
"When my friend ,Prem Kumar told me that he saw you with my daughter, I was worried and confused"

'Prem Kumar???? ', Sanyukta wondered.

"The old man who always kept scrutinising me", Randhir whispered hinting her about Pkc .

Sanyukta recollected the bald and stout man who lived on the next floor. Was he her dad's friend? , she wondered.

"Prem Kumar told you about him?", Sanyukta frowned .

"Yes, he called me up one day and told me that a guy is visiting you frequently. I asked him to explain how the guy looked. I ignored it thinking it isn't a big deal ", her dad said.

'Papa already knows about Randhir ', she wondered holding her head in despair.

"But when Prem Kumar called up again and said that he was visiting you everyday. I called up his father and asked him to speak to him", her dad sighed deeply and rubbed his forehead.

"You know his father too???", Sanyukta was bewildered.

"Remember the call I got, when I was half way through my dinner", Randhir whispered.

Sanyukta looked at him blank.

"....the night when you were about to say 'Cooked with love' ", he whispered again for her to recollect. "My mom had called me that evening, to check if I was with you again . She had already warned me not to meet you as your dad was not ok, with me , visiting you everyday at your flat . I couldn't talk to my mom with you by my side. That's the reason I didn't pick up her call and left in a hurry that day "

"Oh please!! Just stop it Randhir ", she shook her head in confusion and turned to face her Dad.

"Papa, Do you know him already??", she asked crocking her brows.

"Sanyukta, what's wrong with you ? Why are you asking this ? Isn't it natural for a father-in- law to know his son-in-law ??", her father asked.

"Son-in-law?????", she uttered the word slowly.

"Yes. Ofcourse. He's my would be son-in-law", her father chipped shrugging his shoulders. "But why are you calling him Randhir, when his name is Rajveer ", her father asked casually.

"Rajveer!!!!!!!", Sanyukta gasped in shock .

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