Love me, or Hate me

part 17

Bel waiting looks at the time. She realized how late it was getting. She started to have doubts causing her nerves to act up. One of the securities guards came and told her the mall will be closing soon. Bel told him she's waiting on her husband, so, he left.

The security guard came back again and asks her when her husband will be coming. She said he's been in that bathroom for a while. She said something could be wrong. She asks the security guard to see if mahir is alright. Bel starts to panic thinking he could have passed out. Thinking about it, bel recalls how serious he was to win but suddenly stop at the last minute. Rushing out in a hurry.

She looks in her purse to grab her phone, but it wasn't there. She Wonders where her phone went. Worrying, she saw the security guard coming out and went to him. She asks if her husband was alright. The man says theirs no one in the bathroom. Confused, bel says he must be wrong, she would have seen her husband walkout. The man told her no one was in. He said the mall is closed and she should leave.

Bel asks if she could use a phone. The men let her use his. She thanked him and tried calling mahir. When he didn't answer, she tried again, but it went straight to voice message. Sad, she thanks the men and left.

It was getting dark when she left the mall, Bel called for a taxi and got in. Two other people were in, and they did not look friendly, especially the driver.

Bel tried not to think about the way they were staring at her. While, thinking about Mahir she didn't realize the driver was going the wrong way. It wasn't until they reached an unfamiliar area that she realized the driver was going the wrong way.

One of the friends got out of the car and goes to the backseat, making bel uncomfortable. He stared at bel and look at her necklace. Bel scooted closer to the door and tried pushing the handle without their knowing. The men moved closer to bel and told her to give them her necklace. Turns out the driver and the friend were conned men, when they noticed bel necklace they thought she was rich, so, they planned to kidnap her.

As soon as the men got near bel face, she slammed her forehead to his, causing the men to back away. This gave bel the chance to open and ran out. The men upset got out with the friend to chase her. Bel realizing, she couldn't run with the heels on, remove both and throw it at them. She smiles when one hit the other head while the other one missed.

Her smile soon turned into a frown when they increase their speed. Bel cursed under her breath. One thing that never crossed bel mind was the fact that she used to run track with Vikrant. But because she hadn't run for such a long time, and not to mention her pregnancy, her stamina isn't so good.

She shouts for help, but no one heard. She searched for a place to hide and spotted a stand. Quickly, she hid behind it. The guys,  look around for her, but couldn't find her. One of them said she must have to walk across the street and cursed. They turned to leave, but stop when they noticed a stand.

Bel gulp, she hoped they didn't see her.

Meanwhile, Mahir after leaving his office couldn't believe their rival company had the audacity to blackmail him. He had refused them plenty of time, but they keep persisting. They even tried threatening him with bel, but he just smirked and told them to do what they want.

Angry, he walks into his house. His mother seeing how upset he was, asked what happen. She looks around him to see if bel was around " where is Bel”

Mahir frowning, told her if bel was the only thing she cares about. He said he knows she likes her, but what about him. He's going through things, and yet, she can't even see it.

His mom asks if he was drunk. Mahir laughs, " no mom, I'm not, but I should have been”

“ you should go and rest my son”

Sighing, Mahir apologized to her. He said he just been having a bad day today. She understood, she wonders if it had something to do with bel. Sumitra watched as her son got up, and head to his private room. She tried calling bel herself, but it went straight to voicemail. What is going on, she thought.

Elsewhere, Mahir walks to his planning board. He grabs a marker and wrote the bel name in the center. Follow by all the people associated with her. He says " no more weakness. These past few days, I have been observing you and letting my guard down. I was close to losing it as I did years ago.” He says drawing a line from bel to Vikrant.

While doing this, He recalls putting bel father in debt only to pay it off at the end, to give him that sense of security so that way he would think the only person who could help him even in the future would be him. When he had questioned who would take care of his daughters, he jokingly told him he would. He knew her father would take it to heart. He had expected to marry Shivani, but because she was already married, he got bel instead.

At first, he was upset by this, but he realizes that he still wouldn't change his plan. Now that he got to know bel a little more. It was time to move. He stops writing when his phone rang.

“ Sir, we spotted your wife”

“ Where is she?

“ She's with Vikrant”

Mahir thank the men and hang up. “ You didn't try to call me, Instead, you call your lover..your just like the rest,” he says before leaving.