Forever Yours (Stay With Me Sequel)

Chapter 8

Tragedies have inherently been linked to my life. I have got used to losing the people I love, and care about. However, never could I manage to break down entirely. This inability helped me to hold onto the last piece, and keep hoping.

What Aarav did to me was very different though. It shook my entirety, and troubled my mind. It frightened me so much that I felt terribly helpless, and vulnerable. Also having Niall in my life made me feel the presence of ‘family’ more, and more. Therefore his physical absence weakened me a lot. No matter how hard I tried I couldn't help but break down every now and then.

Zayn was the only person other than Rita who knew about Aarav molesting me. He has been supportive and ever more caring towards me since I told him. Even though office-work kept me busy I couldn't completely erase the incident off of my mind. What kept me even unhappy was that I still couldn't tell the truth to Niall. It was painful to see him, talk to him every day, and yet keep him in the dark. It was heart-breaking to lie to him when he asked if Aarav is causing any further problems or not. I felt indescribably guilty.

As far as office was concerned the script that Aryan prepared was impeccable. I made a few changes though but apart from that everything else was perfect. I just wanted it to reach Rohit as soon as possible so that he understands that we were there to work, and not stupidly get humiliated by him. Since it wasn't much different than the rough script which contained both of our contributions, I wanted to present the final copy to Rohit along with Aryan.

“I still don’t see why you hate him so much,” Aryan laughed mildly as we walked towards Rohit’s cabin situated across our tables.

“I don’t hate him. I happen to strongly dislike him,” I made myself clear.

“Ohh….okay, gotcha.”

I shot a light thrash on his chest as he winced, and smiled.

Once we entered Rohit’s cabin, we noticed him sipping down black coffee, and talking on the phone. He eyed us to sit as we obeyed his instructions. After quite a few minutes later, he hung up.

“What’s up?” He inquired. We were stunned at his light behavior.

“Sir, we came to give you the final script of the advertisement. It’s ready, and…..” I cut him.

“We are sure you will love it,” I finished the sentence drawing strong looks from Rohit.

“Okay, keep it here. I’ll read, and let you know my feedback later,” Rohit replied taking the file in his hands.

“Okay, thank you,” Aryan said, and dragged me out with him.

We left the cabin, and moved to our respective tables. I thanked Aryan for taking me out because I seriously would've lost my cool. There was something about Rohit that irritated the hell out of me. However, the saddest part was that I still had to work with him. This made me crib about the filming days even more because he would be the all in all.

Anyway, keeping aside my frustration I worked throughout the day, and soon end hours rolled in. I packed all the stuff inside my bag, and shut the computer off before leaving the chair. Aryan was ready as well, and unlike other days I planned to accept his lift offer. I remembered Zayn’s advice. However, something unexpected happened.

“Where is your car?” I asked Aryan as we hit the road.

“You want a lift?” he asked me back.

“Ahhmm….no, I am just wondering,” I looked here, and there to conceal my intention.

“Actually, my car broke down yesterday so it’s getting repaired”