Falak’s POV
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I was busy in cooking when Maria’s phone rang again. She pulled it out from her pocket, and a smile broke on her lips. That expression was enough for me to tell that who was on the other side of the phone. Well, my expression was no more different than her when I received notes from HIM.
She received the call.
“I can expect that you’re alive; that’s why you’re calling me?”, She teased.
“WHAT?”, She sounded shocked.
“But why?”, She asked in confusion.
“Oh, okay!”, She sounded disappointed now. Once she disconnected the call, I looked in her direction and raised my brow to know the reason behind her disappointed look. “Umm…I’m sorry, Falak.”, She apologized all of a sudden.
“What happened? Why are you apologizing?” I asked and lowered to the flame of the stove.
“Umm..remember you had asked that whether anyone is allergic to seafood or not?”, She reminded.
“Yeah!”
“Albert is allergic to seafood. But I swear I didn’t know about that. He said that when we were dating, he just lied to me about this because he wanted to impress me as I like seafood.”, She said reluctantly.
“It’s fine then. I will prepare something else for him.”, Saying this, I walked toward the fridge.
“Noooooo,” She screamed, on which I looked at her in surprise. “I’m sorry. All I mean to say is that it’s not required.”, She added.
“It is required. How can I let Albert hungry?”
“God! I don’t know how to frame this?”, She muttered helplessly. “I hate you for doing this, Albert.”, She added and then looked at me. “I’m sorry, Falak, but Albert planned a dinner date. So, you don’t have to prepare anything for him. And even I won’t be able to eat anything.”, She said by looking everywhere except my face. “I’m sorry.”
“Oh, It’s all right.”, I said half-heartedly. “But at least you can taste and tell me how is it?” I suggested and walked toward the cupboard to take out a plate for her.
“Noooo,” She screamed again, on which I stared at her as if she was in her right mind or not? Why was she behaving so strangely lately? “I…I can’t even taste.”, She said, and before I could have asked the reason behind it, she added. “I have to get ready for my dinner date. I’m sorry again. You invested so much time in it but....Don’t worry, Sir will surely help you in taste and finishing all the snacks.”
‘Really? What do you think he is? A food monster?’ I wanted to ask in a sarcastic way because there was no way he could eat the snacks of two additional people, but I didn’t because HE was her boss and insulting him in front of anyone was something I could never imagine of.
I just smiled at her, but deep down, I was hurt by her action.
At least she should have tasted it.
With a heavy heart, I prepared the rest of the snacks and then packed one-third of the snacks in a box and thought to give it to Ash.
‘I hope HE will not mind if I will take a part of Beer Battered fish for my friend.’, I thought.
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After a moment, Maria came rushing into the kitchen. She had wore a beautiful red dress and had curled her hair.
“You look beautiful.”, I said.
“Thank you.”, She smiled and held my wrist with her one hand, bringing me out of the kitchen carefully, and forwarded me a blindfold with the other. “Sir is here. So you need to…umm…
“I get it.”, I mumbled and took it from her hand.
How was I going to eat in this way? Neither I was blind earlier, nor did I have a habit of eating when I was blindfolded. I sighed grumpily and tied it around my eyes. I walked toward the couch, which I knew was nearby.
“Let me help you.” Maria held my arm to guide me.
“Please don’t.” I refused politely and removed her hand from my arm. “If this is my journey, then I will like to walk on this path on my own.”, Saying this, I started taking baby steps at the time I was counting the number of steps. After a while, my thigh got in contact with something hard. I used my hand to touch what it was, and a smile broke on my lips when I realized it was the arm of the couch.
This was it.
By touching the couch step by step, I finally figured out which was the front side of the couch and finally settled on it.
“Wow!” Maria complimented on which I smiled. At the same time, I heard the ‘DING’ sound of the elevator. HE was here. Not that anyone said that to me, but no one could visit me here except him, right? Since my eyes were closed, my ear was on high alert. It was observing the pattern in which shoes were clicking against the floor.
Since there were two people, I guess. It was hard for me to identify which one belonged to HIM. Soon, the sound of heels and shoes could be heard clearly, so I believe those belonged to Maria and Albert. Once I heard the sound of DING sound again, I realized that they had finally left.
With that, I started hard to focus on the sound of HIS footsteps because, at that time, all I heard was the loud thudding of my heart in my chest.
He sat beside me and softly took my hand into his.
Breathe IN, breathe OUT.
Breathe IN, breathe OUT.
“Relax, Senorita!”, He said.
It was easy for him to say, hard for me.
Because my body did, my heart and my mind couldn’t.
“I missed you.”, he said in a low tone.
‘Get your together, Falak. Tell him that you missed him too.’, My mind said.
‘Exactly! Tell him that your feeling was no different from his.’, My heart reminded me. I was about to open my mouth to say ‘I missed you too.’ when he beat me.
“Just give me a minute. After freshening up, I will arrange the plate for both of us.”, Saying this, he stood on his feet to leave from there, and he did in the next moment.
‘Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!’ I scolded myself but taking so much time.
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A moment later!
“Why have you packed half of the snacks in a box and the other in another container?”, He asked when he was in the kitchen to bring the Beer battered fish and chips.
“I have kept them for Ash. I was thinking of taking those for her. Sorry, I forgot to ask that from you. I can do that, right?” I asked it now. He was Richie rich; he wouldn’t mind if I would take something from here by using all the ingredients of his kitchen, right?
“No,” There came his straight answer.
“Sorry?”
“You have used all the ingredients of my kitchen, so only I have the right to eat these.”, He responded arrogantly. I knew that my mouth was wide open after hearing him.
“But…”
“I said NO. And NO means NO. I don’t want to talk about it.”, He said, leaving no argument for discussion. “I have earned all this money by my hard work. I haven’t opened a charity house.”, He added. I couldn’t understand why he was behaving like this?
I meant I didn’t know that he was that MISER.
I heard the sound of the plates near the table in front of the couch, so I believed that he was arranging the things.
“I came to know from Maria that you’re learning driving.”, He initiated a conversation, changing the topic.
“Yeah! Today was my first day.”, I responded.
“If you want, then let me know. I can present you with a new car so that you can drive yourself to the office on a daily basis.”
‘This human had enough money to buy me a new car but not enough money to share some snacks with others.’, I thought.
He was such a bipolar.
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#TBC