A heart has thousands of secrets to hide.

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Play - Another love by Tom Odell

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The universe has the power to collide everything in itself and the heart has that too, but the difference is the universe will get defeated by the black hole and the repercussions of the heart will never fade! All the burning desires, all the faded memories will arrive and blemish one day to only steal your glance, but I know I am the woman here, the most powerful creature of the earth and I will always fight back!

I tore apart that letter into thousand pieces so even a robot couldn't understand what was written on them.

How dare he send a letter to my office! And how the hell he knows about everything my address or to my office.

Is he the psychopath?

Is he the one who always follows a woman! Can't he accept what he has done and move on.

Why he always has to remind me about himself.

I need something to do to get him out of my mind, maybe I should listen to what dad said.

And start dating!

If my mind would be on some other man then his image wouldn't consume my thoughts.

Or maybe I should run away from here! From all those men who have nothing in their chest.

My thoughts got interrupted when my cell phone started ringing it was an unknown number.
Now, who is calling me from an unknown number on the office premises?

I picked it up, but my heart was telling me something else; something else that has no idea about anything of this world.

"Julia?"

The velvety voice sounds familiar, as someone was practising my name over and over again by twisting their tongue.

My heart skips a beat.

It was not what I was thinking, I was getting lost in the loop of circles when I heard my name once again in the burning weather of Delhi!

How could an individual have so much impact on me?

And then I whispered back, "who's this?"

It got cut.  My stomach started churning, in the fathom that who was the person! Who was the person who was saying my name as it only belongs to coming from his mouth?

It started ringing again, same with an unknown number.

But this time I was determined to ask in the first place who is the person calling me.

"Julia?"

I heard almost some voice, either I am getting lost or the world is getting lost in me!

"Who are you? And why are you calling me again and again?"

"Geez relax! I am Arnav and for your kind information I am calling you for the first time,"

His voice came as rude and determined,  but at the same time, he said he was apologetic for sounding rude.

So who was the person who called me before?
Who was the person who has practised my name for so long?

"Hello, are you there?"

I landed on reality again when I realised he was still on the line.

"Yes? What do you want?"
Of course, I was a little rude to be called and highly precise in talking to him because I couldn't understand if I am getting mad or the world is getting mad again?

"I have a proposal for you- please come with me to the grand hotel Victoria in the evening."

What???

Why????

"And why would I do that?"

Of course, why would I do that?

I know paa told me to dating and start paying attention to boys! But it doesn't mean that I have to go with him to a hotel!

What does he want?

"There is a party and I want you to be my partner that's it! Now, if you did reply in the five seconds I will consider that a yes!"

Oh, dear! I won't even say yes in a billion nights!

But before I could say anything to him a rat came out of nowhere and like a little child  I yelled then my cell phone fall on the floor.

Shit!

It went black dead at the same time!

I should have purchased a costly one, but I thought why would waste money on purchasing a cell- phone when they all work for the same purpose!

I called Mr Sharma to get clean all the mess and then I engrossed again looking at all the files and getting detailing done with the upcoming projects.

I didn't realise when it went dark at night came back covering all the sky in the universe again!

Only the moon was shining brightly in its misery.

I heard a knock on the door. However, I didn't want anyone's presence in the room so I didn't reply anyways it was the time of the night when all the staff goes home!

I don't want any disturbance!

"Why aren't you ready yet? We have to attend a party remember?"

Arnav Mehra in all its glory wearing a black tux holding a bouquet of roses was standing ahead of me.

His tall figure was enchanting the shine of the moon but I didn't look up to rest my eyes on his face.

He cannot find me staring at him.

"Oh, you didn't change, how brilliant I am that I bought a dress for you!"

What? Did he buy a dress for me?

Me?

For Julia?

Is he lost his mind? Who told him that I will go with him and wear whatever he bought for me?

"What are you doing here?"
I was still engrossed in reading papers, some important papers that were present in my files.

"You agreed to come with me so I am here to pick you up, and what happened to your cell phone? I was trying to reach you and when you didn't answer I got worried then I called your father, so he asked me to come here to check up on you!"

He did what?

did he call dad?

How dare him!

When he saw my burning face in anger he whispered in his soft tone,
"Anger doesn't suit you so don't get angry,"

These were the same words my grandpa used to say to me.

Oh, I miss him so much.

Maybe what he is saying is right and what dad said was right too

I should give him a chance, I should enjoy this night again all this boredom of life was getting me on the verge.

So, I stood up, only to make a move but he was already near to me.

"You can change the dress over there,"

Without questioning I followed the direction of the washroom. My mind was still occupied with many thoughts maybe I could rid of them at the party.

I have not been to any lavish parties before.

You attended some in California you know!

My mind went to that time when I was dancing on the table half-drunk forgetting the existence of the world.

"We are getting late! Julia!"

This piece of cloth is so tight on me! And from where did he get the dress?

It was black, reaching up to my thighs and if that is not enough it was strapless!

What does he think? That I am a model?

Because I was looking like a one. There was a small mirror that was reflecting my figure.

I was not looking myself and I have no idea what that sounds like!

My hair was messy too, anyway, they should better be that way I am not planning to get my hair done.

I brushed my lip with lip-gloss then opened the door only to find him on the floor.

"What are you planning to sleep in here?"

I was feeling as I am an alien in this dress.

He shrugged, got up and didn't say anything for a whole time.

He just looked at me!

As he was trying to know every scar, every curve on my body!

"If you are done checking me out! Can we go?"

I was burning from inside but I had to keep it cool so before he could see me blushing, or my red cheeks that were burning from temptation I walked away to the elevator.

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The hotel was expensive, astonished and brilliant in the same manner.
I thought I landed my foot on a castle.

One thing I liked about the theme was everyone had their masks.
Those fancy masks which everyone wears at big parties.

Now, I can hide behind these face masks and no one will know what is inside me.

I did a little happy dance at the same time when I received my mask at the entrance. I wore it happily because it was the only one who is going to veil my vulnerability inside it.

When we entered inside, a saw what I have never seen in my life.
Everything was too expensive there that it made me realise how much many people hold to make a beautiful piece of architecture including the interior to everything which was making it astonishing in the city of Delhi.

I was hungry, and I wanted to eat something. However, not everything happens according to me and the lights went off! I guess we were a little late.

The DJ started his beats, it was like a concert inside the hotel. My mind was started floating to the rhythm of beats and my heart was jumping to see all the lights were illuminating as all the stars were blinking inside the hotel.

Everyone started dancing, boys with tuxedos, girls with their dresses.
I love the atmosphere which I was getting in, maybe we were not In the same aura anymore maybe we were far away from all the existence of this world.

I felt a hand on my shoulder, the man in a tux with the same deep eyes which used to haunt me every night.
He extended his hand so that I could grab him, and I did! I gave him my hand so he could lead me on the dancing floor.

He intertwined his finger with mine and his other hand was resting on the hem of my back.

wanna take you somewhere so you know I care
But it's so cold and I don't know where
I brought you daffodils in a pretty string
But they won't flower like they did last spring

And I wanna kiss you, make you feel alright
I'm just so tired to share my nights
I wanna cry and I wanna love
But all my tears have been used up

On another love, another love
All my tears have been used up
On another love, another love
All my tears have been used up
On another love, another love
All my tears have been used up

Oh oh 

The only mother of God knows what got me in because I was doing whatever he was leaning into me.

Then suddenly he appeared so close to me, I saw something strange in those eyes, the eyes that were filled with thunder, so lost yet so profound.

And it went dark again.

"Julia where were you I was looking for you for half an hour!"

It was Arnav Mehra who was stood beside me without his mask.

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