Entangled {With Slaves Of Persia} (Book 2)

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Meera's P.O.V continues.....

The message from Rahul sir truly soothed my aching heart that I tried to ignore. But when I read the message I could feel how much I was missing him.
Oh god..I like him so very much!!

I was shocked with the realization lying on the bed. I wanted to talk to him but then I don't know if he likes me or not.. will wait for him to reveal.. what am I thinking? how can I even think like this....my life is different...and also the promise I made to Nanny, I have to fulfill it first....

The puzzling thoughts bothered me whole night my sleep vanished completely, I was caught in between the person I like and the words my Nanny told me about my life.

No I cannot like him...I will stay away from him. It's for his own good..

I was awake almost the whole night and did not know when I fell asleep. I was feeling so lazy to even open my eyes. I wanted to sleep for some more time today is Didi's marriage and I have to get ready to be with her.. With a great difficulty I somehow convinced myself to open my eyes the next morning, yawning and stretching my arms and with a great difficulty I opened my eyes. What I saw was unbelievable.  Rahul sir was staring at me, I was jolted by his presence giving goosebumps all over my body is it even real..no no it's a dream....a really lovely....no scary dream...how can he be here.
I thought tapping my cheeks to wake up from the dream. But no it was not a dream, he was real and was smiling at me. Looking at him hundreds of thoughts flooded my mind as I got up and sat there on the bed.

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Rahul's P.O.V.......

The day Meera left to Surat with Sandy I was home by eight in the evening. I was feeling too restless, was in no mood to eat anything.

'Kaka..inform dad that I'll be having dinner outside and not to wait for me' I informed our old cook and walked out. Sat in my car, drove away from my home. The traffic was pretty heavy and slow moving too. I was too worried and missing Meera terribly.
May be Pam Aunty knows if she reached safely...

I immediately changed my direction. Reaching Pam Aunty's house, as I knocked on the door, Aunty herself opened it.
'Hello Rahul! What a surprise?'

'Good evening Aunty' I said feeling a big embarassed with the way Aunty responded. I felt like she already peeped into my subconscious mind and found out why I was there.

'Come in son....Fatima add another plate for Rahul' she said loudly from the living room.

'It's okay Aunty. I'll have dinner at home' I tried to convince her but she was pretty persistent.

'I know you can eat once again after going back home.  Right now give me some company. I'm already feeling so lonely. It's been just few hours Meera left and I am already missing her. I don't know how I would handle myself when she goes away' Aunty expressed her feelings that matched with my own feelings to a good extent.

What does Aunty mean by go away?

'Where will she go Aunty?' I asked to clarify.

'You know she too would get married some day. Till then I won't let her leave my PG...' said Aunty with a naughty laugh patting my back 'Now come on, we will continue our little chat while eating. I have already taken my diabetes medicine. Can't wait for much long!'

'Okay Aunty. I'll have dinner with you tonight'

Aunty's words brought a sudden surge of insecurity of losing Meera. I began thinking of how to convince her.

Married? No..no...before she loves someone else and agrees to marry him, I have to completely change my approach towards her first and before that I have to stop scolding he, change my angry image in her mind. She needs to feel comfortable when she speaks to me. For that i need to soften up my attitude towards her and ofcourse my ego too needs to be in control..what if she hates me? No I can't let that happen.

I very strongly decided to change myself before she comes back, it may not be completely but at least to some extent.

Aunty kept talking which I could hardly grasp. All I heard was Meera whenever she referred her name.

'By the way Aunty, do you know if she reached safely'

'I knew you were worried about her from the time you came here. Just was waiting for you to ask me about Meera. I will call her and find out but before that you need to answer my question'

'Yes Aunty, please ask me, I'll answer' I was naive. Did not presume her question.

'You are in love with Meera right?'

She was very straight forward and I did not know how to answer. I did not even tell my dad about my love and now Pam Aunty asked me.

'Hmm...' I said before I revealed about my love 'Yes Aunty I love Meera a lot and cannot live without her. I don't know how but I feel very connected with her emotionally'

'That's such a good news. Thanks for confirming it to me. Me and your dad were speculating about your love and now you've proved we were right. Anyways I won't keep you waiting. I'll keep up with my word' said Aunty and called Meera.

My mind calmed down when I got the information that she reached safely. Back home I kept thinking on how to change myself. Even though I was a bit upset with dad's discussion about me and Meera, I was not angry though.

Whole of the week I continued practicing on trying to keep my cool and not lose my equanimity with anyone but handle the situations with proper reasoning, rather than emotionally.

Meera is truly such a great person, even at this young age she never showed any signs of negative emotions with me...being older than her I need to learn a lot from her.
I thought lying on my bed that night when I was counting down that just two more days left for her to return. It was then for the first time Meera sent me a message and that too her pictures. She appeared very lively and I replied to her in the most proper way. It was then an idea struck me why not I go and meet her there itself on the pretext of attending Sandy's wedding. I immediately changed my travel plans and by next morning I reached Surat, was standing in front of Sandy's well decorated bungalow. My eyes were eagerly searching for Meera while she was no where to be found. Suddenly a man approached me 'Yes sir, may I help you?' He asked me.

'Hi, I am searching for Miss Meera Trivedi' I asked him.

'Ooohhh...... then you must be her boy friend Mister Rahul Oberoi' the man's reply truly shocked me.

How cum I didn't know about this and he knows?

'Mister, please!' I said very seriously showing my right palm at his face no..no I can't be serious and spoil my reputation 'okay, sorry. Could you please tell me where Meera is?' I rectified my attitude and enquired the man properly.

'Come on Mister Rahul, no need to apologize, come with me I will take you to her room. I think she's still sleeping' said the man and I followed him without any word slipping out of my mouth.

'This is where she is Mister Rahul, open the door and go inside. Okay I have to go now, have loads of work' he said and left me there at the room with it's door closed. I stood there for few minutes contemplating whether I must enter or not. Ultimately decided to face her and as I opened the door I saw Meera lying on the bed and was still sleeping. I stood there watching the sleeping beauty. She was so relaxed while in her sleep. I was adoring her when she began fluttering her eye lids. Yawning and stretching she slowly opened her eyes.

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