Her Racing Heart (Part 1)

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She had tears in her eyes when she thought about the things that happened. Crying is not something new to her, she's doing that every day. But now it's different because she's so afraid of Vikranth and his words. He came out of nowhere and asking her to marry him. She's confused and doesn't know why he's doing this to me.

Where I will go? I know I can't escape from him, but still, I can't even think about marrying him for a single second, how can he expect me to do that, Meera thought by blankly sitting in the park bench like a fool, a helpless fool.

The blue sky turning grey, the chill breeze hitting her face and dried the tears in her cheeks. She looked at the kids who were playing and a small smile spread across her lips. She closed her eyes and sighed deeply.

Vikranth will be left now right, I have to go it's getting late, Meera told to herself and decided to go back to the house.

She got up and turned to only see Vikranth, she literally jerked to see him. He's standing there and looking at her intently. She doesn't know how long he has been watching her, he casually walked near her. How does he know that I am here? God, what I am going to do now?

He stood before me, giving only a few centimeters gap between us. Can't able to look him in his eyes Meera looked down and she doesn't want to see his face that ruined her life, but he is looking at Meera with no expression and it's very intimidating.

(ONE HOUR BEFORE)

When Vikranth is silently sitting in his car, his phone started to ring. He noticed it was Murthy who he assigned to get information about Meera a week before. He immediately attends his call.

"Hello sir I am Murthy, just now I collected information about the girl you asked. When I can meet you sir?" he asked.

"Meet me at my house at 8.00 PM, one more thing is she went anywhere like outdoor," Vikranth asked hoping that he might know.

"No sir, she's in the home I have seen her two hours before, she went to the nearby grocery shop," he said and Vikranth was relieved to hear that.

"OK Murthy I will meet you later," Vikranth quickly ended the call and started the car to find his Meera. Then his search landed him here, in front of her.

"Why you're here? Trying to escape from me? Don't try that, it won't happen," Vikranth told.

"What you want from me? Please leave me alone," Meera said.

"Stop it Meera! I don't want to hear that thing, again and again, I already said that I am marrying you and I gave this one week for you to change your mind," he said and Meera got really irritated to hear that.

"Why can't you understand me, why you're compelling me to marry you when you're already engaged?"

"Engaged? Me? Who said that. Oh? You misunderstood, she's my friend and she's living with someone else but no one knows that. That announcement is a mistake."

"Whatever, but why you are asking me to marry you all of a sudden? Do you want to have me again?" She directly asked him. She's disgusted to ask this but in order to make him angry, she questioned him embarrassing both of them here.

Hearing that his face changed and he clenched his jaw in anger. "Don't talk like that Meera. I am asking you here sincerely. Marry me or I have my ways to marry you," he threatened her.

Meera noticed people were looking at them. Especially Vikranth, he's very famous and everyone knows him and his dad.

"See Vikranth I don't know what made you take this decision, but I can't marry you even if I die so take that into your head and leave me," she said harshly and walked with her grocery bag. But he immediately grabbed her hand and dragged her with him.