Dare to Hope | Heir & Heiress #2 | ✓

♔ 2.1 Dating Life ♔

Posted: August 18th, 2018

♔Aarav ♔

-Two days before the conclusion in Book 1-

          ❛ ❛ Love.

The word can change the entire meaning of your life. Sometimes, what you think is love turns out to be something else entirely. And what turns out to be love is something you would have never imagined.

With the word, everything is always complicated. Nothing ever associated with the word has ever been easy. Yet, it is because of the word that one gets the strength to go to extreme lengths for those we love.

It can bring about heart-wrenching pain. Yet, it is one of the things we humans crave with an innate desire.

It is what drives our actions. Teaches us the right from wrong. Because, after all, where there is love, there is hope. - Aarav Singh Raizada. ❜ ❜

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          I get to the office early, because well, I couldn't sleep last night. Who could after a life altering realization? The freedom I feel today? I have never known this feeling before.

Pia walks into my cabin surprised to find me there. "Wow, 7:15 and you're in already?"

I defend my actions, "I've come in early plenty of times."

She chuckles, "Not when you don't have a meeting."

I squint in response, "Don't I pay you to do work instead of questioning your boss?"

She reaches my filing cabinet and stoves files away while she smugly points out, "You don't pay my salary. Your dad does."

"Same thing."

She pulls out the files for the meetings I have today and gives me a rundown of it. While walking out, she reminds. "Oh, and I'll be leaving at 2 today."

I narrow my eyes, "I don't recall approving an early leave."

She raises her finger and orders as if she were my boss and not the other way around, "It's karwa chauth today so you do not expect me to work all day on an empty stomach."

I recall all the preparations my family was making. "Right, then. I suppose I can't argue there if I value my life."

"Smart choice." She muses and walks out of the door.

Since she leaves the door open, I instruct, "Get me some green tea."

She turns on her heels with hands on my hips, "Are you trying to tempt me right now?"

This once, I allow her to get away with this demeanor and mutter, "Fine, I'll get it myself."

She nods in approval, "Better," and takes her seat behind her desk and gets to work.

I tell myself I will go down to the floor kitchen after finishing a few things.

Since I do not have a morning meeting today, I end up working straight three hours, forgetting that I haven't eaten a thing yet.

When I start to get light headed due to my blood pressure dropping, my diabetes reminds me to get food. I open my mouth to call for Pia and then think better than doing that. Letting out a sigh, I bring the laptop screen down and get up.

I make my way to the kitchen trying to walk using mostly my memory of this area since the dizzy spell seems to blur my vision a bit. My hope that no one will get in my way is crushed as a body jams into my shoulder.