Never let me go Ever

25

After talking with Arjun, Sid and Mishty were standing in silence. Sid was just reminiscing about his time with Arjun whereas Mishty is just looking at his facial expressions. 

"You like him this much?" Msihty asked not able to keep her thoughts inside. 

"Of course. Now maybe he will be my uncle or something. Right?" He directly asked about Arjun's relationship with Mishty.

"If you want to call him uncle, you can. Because he is an uncle to me also" Mishty replied with a smirk.

"Omg. I can't do this sin then. If he is your uncle, he should be my father" Siddharth replied instantly and the word father pricked his heart instantly making his face go rigid all of a sudden.

"What happened?" Mishty asked about him. 

"Nothing." Sid left the place instantly. He didn't want to tell anyone about his father. The word father is very emotional to him and he can't even express his turmoil in just words. 

Mishty didn't know why she was following him as if she wanted to see if he was okay or not. Something about him attracts her like hell and she doesn't want to ignore it. 

"You okay?" She asked once they are left again alone in a corner. 

"Of course. What will happen to me?" He gave her a charming smile? 

"You looked upset?" Mishty asked in a concerned tone.

"Just to test if you care for me or not. I am pressed Mishty dear" he whispered near her ears. And yeah his flirt mode is back. She looked at the hands which he kept over her shoulders and sighed deeply before acting.

In seconds, she twisted and turned his fingers making him yelp in pain. This girl is dangerous. Seeing her soft side, he thought her to be a normal shy simple girl. Whom is he kidding? What else can he expect from a don's daughter?

"Mishty" Sid yelped in pain as she didn't leave his finger for quite a while.

"It's miss Kapoor for you." She replied in a dominant tone.

"Okay okay. Miss Kapoor. I am the only son of my mom. Please leave me" he begged as she left his hands after torturing it a little. 

"Will you mind coming out with me tomorrow?" He asked massaging his fingers to soothe the pain. 

"Yup. I will mind." She replied with a smirk making his face fall. 

"No other thoughts, please. I just wanted my mom to enjoy the place. And I don't know anything. So thought you would join us" he reasoned for calling out. 

"Whatever. No means no" Mishty is one hard girl to c***k. 

"Better luck next time." She giggled.

"Oh come on, Miss Kapoor. I am sure that you have already fallen for my charms. But better luck with hiding those" he replied as he pulled her to his side. 

Mishty gets nervous instantly with his touch. Damn. It's not her type. How can he change her like this? She tried to not show her girly side to him but failed miserably as she couldn't meet his gaze for long.

"Don't kid yourself." She replied and pushed him. 

"Relax Miss Kapoor." He replied and eyed the waiter who was passing them with a tray full of drinks. He didn't pull her for fun. It's just to save those poor drinks. 

"By the way, you can scan me anytime. Permission granted. I won't charge you. But blink sometimes. It's not good for your eyes." His words sink inside as she realizes how long she is looking at him. 

"You are impossible" saying so, she pushed him and went away instantly 

****

Ishu entered the room and started packing her bag. She mentally prepared herself with a thousand lies to tell or blackmail Suraj and Sid to get ready to leave for Delhi. If they don't agree, she will go by any chance. She controlled herself very hard not to grab Arjun for a hug. But if she meets him again, she won't be able to stay away from him. She is scared that she might break someone's beautiful family. 

"Arjun, are you alright?" Shagun asked as she offered him a glass of wine.

"I just felt." He paused and looked around again to see if it's his imagination or if it's real. 

"I just felt I saw Ishu" he completed his sentence as Shagun's face turned completely pale with the word Ishu. She accepted Arjun with Ishu's memories only. But did she think that she would fall for him so much that she would never allow Ishu to enter their life?

"Shagun?" Arjun tapped her shoulders to bring her back from the zoned out position.

"Hmm? I mean. Is she here?" Shagun asked keeping her thoughts to herself. 

"No. I just felt like I saw her or something like that." Arjun couldn't say anything exactly but he surely felt her presence around him. 

"Relax Shagun. It might be my misunderstanding." Arjun added as he could feel her insecurities.

"If you didn't marry me, you would have gotten her back right?" Shagun asked after a long silence. Arjun didn't want to lie to her. So he kept silent and drank his wine.

"My dad has spoiled your life." She added as tears rolled down her cheeks. The way he gets desperate when he feels Ishu around ripped her heart.

"Sh. Sh. Please Shagun. Don't talk nonsense. You were always there for me whenever I needed support. I am grateful for you more than you can ever think. You and Pihu are my life's existence. I don't know what would have happened to me without any motive in my life" he wanted to tell her that without his Ishu. But he didn't want to hurt her more. Shagun wiped her tears and looked around. 

"Only if my dad didn't ask for your favour to marry his daughter who was pregnant already, you wouldn't have to live such a life." She mumbled in a low voice and left the table abruptly. In these years, she never took this topic as she knew that it is a very sensitive topic for her to even remember. She still remembers how her dad got a heart attack knowing about her pregnancy and the death of her lover boy. She still could see her dads' tearful face and pleading eyes before Arjun accepted his daughter with the child. 

Arjun stood there and didn't know how to console Shagun. She is always a sweet and caring person but whenever she sulks like this, it takes a good time to get her back to normal.

*****

"Hi, hero" Maddy heard someone call him from behind. He turned and saw no one. When he lowered his eyes, he saw a cute girl standing there with drinks in her hand. She was smiling at him.

"Hi hero" she waves again at him

"Hi kiddo," he replied, bending to her height.

"I am 21 years old and I am not a kid. My name is Pihu." Pihu is all annoyed when this guy calls her a kid. She doesn't look like one.

"Oops. Angry kid" he added again while she stomped her foot in annoyance.

"Okay sorry. Miss Pihu" Maddy smiled at her and she smiled back instantly. Pihu is always an easy-going girl and she liked Maddy the first instance with his stylish appearance. She didn't believe in a second chance or fate. So she directly went to him and introduced herself. Both talked for a few more minutes before exchanging their phone numbers.

*****

"I should leave now" Arjun shook hands with Suraj and thanked him for this grand event for his film promotion. Suraj did notice the disappointed face of Shagin. Something's not right with her. He doesn't want to invade and interrogate. But he could sense her mood off. 

"I hope you are free tomorrow. And remember my invitation for the dinner" Arjun reminded him and started leaving the place with Shgaun and Pihu. Several pictures were taken by the media people.

Ishu was waiting desperately for Siddharth to come. It's been so long. And she is getting restless by seconds passing there. She turned when she heard the door knocking. 

She unlocked the door and let the person come in without any disturbance. Ishu turned to take her bags and was reciting the same thing again and again to leave the city.

"Where have you been? Why is it so late to reach me?" Ishu asked as she was locking her bag zip. She didn't even look at the person at the entrance who was too shocked even to make any sound. 

Arjun stood there paralysed for one whole minute before he got conscious back. His Ishu is standing there after years and he is seeing her in real life. He clutched the table for support without taking his eyes off her.

"Ishu!" He called her in a faint voice which melted in the air as she got stoned in her position.