chapter 31

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They were home. Shehnaaz changed and entered the kitchen to get the dinner ready because she knew he would not say but he loved when she cooks. Siddharth absentmindedly changed and sat in the living area with the news on.
"Aaja dinner kr le", she called out for him once the dinner was ready. She was busy arranging the food. She was done but Siddharth was nowhere in the seen.

"Siddharth baby aaja", she called out again but got no reply so she decided go herself and check on him, what was taking him so long.

" buggu kya hua mein kabse bula rahi hun tu yhan news dekh rha hai", she shook him by his shoulder to bring him back from his utopian world.

"han kya bol rhi hai", he asked her bewildered not knowing what she was talking

"boo boo tu thik h na, bta mujhe kya hua hai", she was worried seeing his indifferent behavior since morning.

"kuch nahi hua jaan chal aaja. Dinner ready ho gya?" he dragged her to the dinning area not allowing her to bombard him with questions he can't answer right now. She was now certain that something is bothering him, and decided to ask him after the dinner. The dinner was eaten silently, both in their thoughts for  other.

She was in the room, sitting on the bed waiting for him to come, adamant  to know the reason for his worry.
"idhar aa mere pass", she stretched her arms wide for him as soon as he entered the room.  He smiled and walked to the bed to be embraced in her arms. He came in her arms and she made him lay down beside her, holding him by his shoulder, head on her heart, softly running her fingers through his silky hairlocks

"bta mujhe kya hua, Muje dikh rha hai tu pareshaan hai kisi baat ko lekar", she spoke softly which came like a whisper. The hold around her waist tightened.

"Tu promise kar jo main bolunga tu maanegi or koi question nahi poochegi, sahi time par main tujhe khud bta dunga. Promise kar"

"Promise"

"tu apna dhyaan rkhegi, hamesha apna phone on rkhegi kahi akele nahi jaaegi kitna bhi zaroori ho mujhe bolegi or Ishika se door rahegi"

"Ishika se door kyun?", she didn't understand how Ishika was concerned in it.

"No question bacha tune promise kiya na abhi"
"okay kucchu pucchu" she spoke pinching his cheeks and kissing it. She understood that whatever he is saying might be having a reason behind it and she has complete faith in him and he will tell when the time comes.
"or bhi kuch hai Siddharth", she asked again trying to get him rid of his every worry.  He moved back a little to see her face, "bas", and kissed her lips softly, like they were the softest thing in the world and might get hurt if held firmly. She laid down completely taking the big man in arms who was now a big child. "I love you baby" she spoke out of the  blue and stroked his hairs making sleep takeover his worries, dirfting in sleep along with him.

*AT OFFICE*

She was heading towards her cabin, she felt a pull on her arm and the next moment she was in his cabin.

"pagal hai tu", she said panting and was scared at the sudden tug.

"or kisi main himmat hai aise karne ki jo tu dar gayi", he replied with a sheepish smile

"kutta", she whacked his bicep and wrapped her arms around his neck pulling him at her eye level and captured his lips for fiery kiss to which he compelled matching her passion until they both were left wheezing for breath. "take care sweetheart tu janti hai na jaan basti hai tujhme meri, please mere liye apna dhyaan rkhegi", he kissed her forehead and she left for her cabin promising to follow his every word without any question though she had a numerous question running in her mind.

"Kya hua hai aisa ho mujhe nahi bata rha hai or baar baar bol rha apna dhyaan rkh, or Ishika se door tune ko bola smajh nahi aaya par ab in question ka answer to wahi de skta hai", she continued talking to herself when her junior associate came to her for help.

"Mam the details of this project seems to be inappropriate, if you could just check", Rahul the junior associate asked Shehnaaz

"Han tell me what is it?"

They delved into the details and after discussing for half hour he took the permission and left. He was about to exit the door when Shehnaaz asked him for a particular file and he replied that it was in the archive section.

The file was about the Sharma project, their earlier project. She wanted to read them so that she could get a better output for the ongoing project. She made her way to the archive, and was about to call Siddharth to inform him that she was in the archive if in case he comes to see her but she was reminded of his meeting so she let it be.

She was searching for the files in the archive but was not able to find so she decided to sit for a while and then continue with her work. She sat on the chair and closed her eyes for moment, but it the next second opened them when she heard a loud noise and she found the gate being banged and closed. Though there were lights in the archive but she felt the negativity creep in her with the sudden incident. It was nothing positive, though she tried a lot to dug ot something positive to keep her sanity intact, but alas all she could feel was she being trapped in a small room which was squeezing itself and the moment was to take her with it. She rushed to door and tried opening it , banged it and tried every other possible way to make her way out , to find comfort which was nowhere but in his arms, her Siddharth's arm. What was she supposed to do now, her eyes stung with tears, things were blurry due to the tears brimmed in her eyes and they rolled out on pink rosy cheeks which he would kiss every now and then, would sink his teeth in them when she would be angry, saying " you look edible when you are angry jaan". She again got up with all the strength left and banged the door again. Her hands were red now and little blood stains were there too, but his smiling face never let her mind think about pain. She kept banging the door and too her bad luck the lights were off the very next second making her jump in her place scared from the place. The archive section was like a haunted room for her. She was exhausted and fell on the floor with her eyes shut and body motionless.

Siddharth was done with meeting and since it was luch time he was waiting Shehnaaz to come running to him giggling, and jump on him to take her in a bear hug. But she never turned up. He called her but her phone came unreachable which evoked the worry in him. He rushed to her cabin and was shocked to not found her there. He looked around for her in the whole office. Every one was gazing at their boss in spectisim. They were witnessing a NOT SO USUAL SIDDHARTH, they have never seen him go bersek on finding an employee, although they knew she was special but still it was a new scene to witness their boss going maniac. He was looking for her like a devastated man. His eyes suddenly landed on Ishika who was coming from the way which led to the archive section and he rushed there as he knew in his head that Ishika was the one who was behind all the accident, but since he did not have any proof against her he was not authorative to question her. He rushed in the direction she was coming from. There were rooms where hardly anyone would go but that did not stop him from looking there for her. He looked all the rooms and now was in front of the archive. He was trembling with fear as he held the knob of the gate and twisted it to open it. There she was, face having dust marks, slight cuts in her hands,  palms stained with blood eyes closed and motionless. It jabbed his heart with daggers seeing her like that.

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