Chapter 1
He did look handsome, he was close to 45 now. But he did look handsome. Age just accentuated his handsomeness the grey hair in his temple bought it out .
After 10 years she was looking at him , he had gone little fat., that dimple in his chubby cheek just got deeper , when he smiled it would charm any woman off her feet ,,, but he was not smiling now probably will never smile at her again .Now he was just angry and irritated at the situation they were in but mostly her for being …. but the point was he was still handsome.
OH god !!! she thought to herself why was she rattling same thing again and again like a parrot .
Priya !! she scolded herself what is wrong with you can’t fall for him again .. That guy standing on the middle of the highway waving at passing cars TO STOP .. doesn’t like you , he can’t stand the sight of you and he hates you please get that into your brain . You got over him 10 years ago , you fought hard with yourself to get over him and to be what you are today . He broke your heart last time don’t let him in again ..dont !!! you can’t afford it . If you let him in he you will never be able to go through the pain again . He is just like a mirage in a dessert for you , there is nothing there for real., it is just an illusion. When you go near and see there will be only sands …dry sand there is no oasis there it just endless sea of sand .
He never was yours and never will be . Nothing has changed you are still the same old school teacher Priya Sharma and He the Ram Kapoor, the business tycoon billionaire , the problems you faced that day still exist NOTHING has CHANGED her brain said to her heart … But that little piece of muscle that beat faster every time he looked at her , had never listened to her brain , it was always on its own trip … it just replied !!! oh !! and laughed loudly and said NO … Love is still there, You love him !! and you will always love him.
That little definite voice made her want to run away from here but she couldn’t .. even if she wanted she couldn’t this is time it was no longer about her or him but their family .. She had to go through it and she had to go through it with him. No other way out. If she was going to fool and fall for him again then the consequences of it she would have to face , the risk of another broken heart she would have to take it
The last car flew past him, he shouted out in frustration , it again didn’t stop.
She knew now , they were stuck here in the middle of Bandipur reserve forest for the whole night. The forest was thick and dense there was no signal . Their car which they had hired to reach Wayanad had long ago given up on them, it just wouldn’t move . Ram had tried to tinker with it but he had no clue about what was wrong with it . She couldn’t blame him for not knowing to repair the car, after all what was the need for Mr Ram Kapoor to know the mechanics of a four wheeler ,but she could blame him for hiring a car being adamant about driving it by himself through the jungle instead of hiring a travels car with a driver. The hotel’s travel manager had tried to warn him against hiring car and driving by himself , but when had Mr Kapoor the “””Mr Know it all “””” listened to anybody . And when she had tried intervene to reason it out with him , he just glared at her not listening to any of her reasoning or her suggestions . She kept quiet. Then the travel manager had no choice but to give him the numbers of Car hire company’s.
He also tried to talk him out of travelling through the forest late in the evening . But Mr Kapoor once again quelled him with one look. When manager tired to plead with her with his eyes. She just tired once again she opened her mouth, but before she could get one word out , MR KNOW IT ALL was looking down at her with a maddening smirk on his face. She knew he was not going to listen to her or he even wants to know what her opinion was .
He just waiting for her to open her mouth with suggestion so that he can put her down in front of the manager .. she didn’t want to get humiliated in front of the staff of the hotel .So she just closed her mouth ,decided not waste her opinion or breath , and then smiled an artificial smile .
Now they were struck !!! with no car no phone and no way of contacting anybody in the middle of a forest .. all because of this man standing in front of her who was the epitome of male ego.
She called out to him … knowing no more cars would come this way now , the road was now closed for traffic.
Mr Kapoor she called .. He turned around to look at her, waiting for a I told you so lecture from her ..
But she said nothing walking up to him , she looked at him and said so what are you plans for tonight ? she asked .
He answered: I don’t know..
Before He could continue, she said oh god ! the MR RAM KAPOOR doesn’t know… Oh my that is unbelievable … no wonder it is raining.!!.. I hope your pointing at his suit said this expensive Armani suit can with stand the rain …
She didn’t keep quiet even when he gave her one of his scariest looks. She continued … Okay Okay !! just asking , because I have my umbrella, I bought it just in case in that big cargo of mine ..pointing to her suitcase by the milestone..
She obliviously was referring to his earlier comments which he had passed at the hotel , about her size of her suitcase when he loaded it in the car . She had not reply then … but had just said very funny … and then asked if she could get into the car … because she couldn’t take any more of his so called jokes.
Priya peered at him waiting for his reaction . she was standing close to him now . Though he was good length taller than her , it had no effect on her .Wind whipped her loose, dark tresses back to brush his cheek. She smelled of honey blossoms and dried roses, the scent sending another unwelcome jolt of heat into Ram, reminding him how much he was still attracted to her .
His scowl softened for minute , and he reached out to brush a strand of hair away from her face. She recoiled from his touch, the gesture wounding him more , he knew this is how she would have reacted it still hurt. He didn’t know what he done to deserve this hatred glistening in her dark eyes. After all it was she who had wronged him , she who had left him.
What a trip.” She added with .. doomed from the word go. She said all because ofa stupid male ego muttered words slipped out from between Priya’s lips before she could stop them. His eyes narrowed once again at the words.
But she didn’t say sorry ,before she could continue the lighting struck again “Holy hell,” she whispered as she saw rain which was a drizzling up till then was now raining cats and dog . The rain drenched him and water was running though his face .. through those soft, infinitely kissable lips, the sharp line of a blunt nose, the hint of stubble marring a perfectly square masculine jaw. This man had no right to look this handsome when he was drenched wet .
NOW WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO SHE ASKED !!!...
He had no clue … but suddenly there was flash of a car light … He looked at it ,, turned ran to the middle of the road with both his hands waving he stood in middle of the road. Praying that driver would stop the car
The car stopped .. , it was the forest patrol jeep . Ram prayed a thanks to the God who finally listined to him.
The forest officer peeped out of the window and asked what are doing here ??
Ram explained the situation there were in , asked for his help.
The forest officer said he will drop them in the next Forest rest house.. which was another 15 km from there. But that is best he could do now ,has he was on duty, and there was some emergency because of tree falling down because of lighting closing the road even if he wanted he could not drop him at the next town roads were closed because of the trees. And they had to spend the night at the forest house..
Ram eagerly agreed to it, this was something better than nothing, turned and ran over to Priya, informed her . Thank god she didn’t argue she nodded her head ., pulled her ridiculously huge suitcase walked towards the jeep.
Ram opened the , jeep back door for to her to loaded her suitcase. Offered his hand for her to hold and get herself up on the back seat next to her language .
But she pointedly ignored it, stepped on the foothold of the jeep to climb inside. The water on foothold made her slip, the Ram caught her .The man pressed her closer to his chest . He held her like she weighed nothing at all, She swallowed hard, determined not to think about his proximity . Nor this man’s strong arms enclosed her in warm heat and solid comfort. His dark eyebrows slashed down over impossibly black eyes as he stared at her, something akin to wonder on his handsome features.
“Priya ,” he said.
The name resonated with familiarity and longing, sending a rush of heat to pool low in her belly. Damn. His voice was low and silky, the kind of voice made for whispering sweet nothings in a girl’s ear as his
body pressed from behind hers, his fingers now touching every inch of her bare waist
God.
She stopped herself before she follow that line of thought . That fantasy could get her into
way more trouble than she was obviously already in. But oh, how she wished it he had called her name with love but there will be no love between them it was never was or it will never will be . Priya cleared her throat. Her tongue snaked out to wet her parchedlips, and she saw his gaze follow the movement. A blush snaked up her
cheeks. “Err… I am okay .. it was wet so slipped . She said quickly pulling herself from him and pushing herself inside the jeep ..”
His brows furrowed. “ Oh ?he said ” There was Just hint of mockery in his slightly accented voice, but humour danced in those dazzling pair eyes . Okay he said trying to hard not to laugh …. But you never could walk without falling he said ..
He closed the door of the jeep , andwalkedaway tojoin the forest officer in the front seat before she could retort .. That infuriating , irritating chauvinistica arrogant… .how dare he … after all he did, he had audacity to talk to me like that .. But she didn’t let her anger to get the better of her, calmed herself and waited for an opportunity to get even !!!
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Priya Ram
2 comments:
Nice start.... Superb
nice.. but i already read it
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