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"So Aryan did you call your Dadda yesterday!!" Neelama asked Aryan whereas her whole focus was on Avni. She was placing the serving plates for them on the dinner table. This made paused Avni. Her gaze went to Arya to know his reply.But immediately she pulled back and resumed her task as if nothing affects her related to that man anymore. She moved to other side of the dinning table to grab the spoon and fork for them when Neelama interrupted plucking it by her own and shared a gape. And it broke when Arya spoke.

"Yup Dadda is coming tomorrow" replying Arya took the cutlery off his Mom's hand and grinned. Avni tilted her eyes and pulled away instantly, her movement slowed down grabbing the chair of her side. she sat on it. Her eyes creased slightly in that unwelcomed news.

"Tomorrow!!" Neelama's voice shook confirming playfully. She was talking to Arya still looking at Avni who was busy serving them food filling their served plates. She remained her face as placid as possible but only she knows how tizzy she got inside.

"Yes he said he had a meeting in his office here...so on the way back home he will come to meet me" Arya confirmed and then concentrated finishing his dinner.

Avni contented to remain unfazed centering her mind having the food. Inwardly she was feeling stifle.
Only Neelama was seen sniggered glancing at her daughter talking to Arya in between their supper.

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Tugging Arya in his bed she laid there beside him untill he doesn't get asleep. Covered him underneath the duvet.
She slumped the door of her room shutting it down she leaned on it. Avni exhaled deeply she was holding the breath while avoiding any eye contact with her mom since an hour before she wished her good night.
It was a two stored house. Three rooms all together. One in the downstairs along with a hallway come kitchen and dining. Another two is in upstairs. One Avni decorated beautifully for Arya since she adopted him. Another one, her bedroom. It's a rented house alloted to her by the administration her Institute offer to it's research fellows.

Avni insisted Neelama to use her bedroom and she will sleep in library room that the only room in downstairs. But Neelama stopped her saying that she will share room with Arya. And listening to them Arya had become happy because if Neelama will stay with him then he will get to know Indian History. History of any country attracts Arya a lot.
As Neelama was a very good scorer in that particular subject during her college days. Before she could have completed her final year She got married and never got chance to resume her studies further. As within an year and half she gave birth her only child Avni and engrossed herself happily in another phase of her life; motherhood.

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Avni

That khadus will be coming here.

Why!!

Did I asked him to!

No.

Then why.
Now where his all pride demeanor has vanished!! that he used to liked to display especially upon me all the time!!

Now what does he want!! Weren't those days were enough torturing me for!

Whatever he and his insolence, his smugness, doesn't affect me anymore.

Thank god Mamma won't be at home tomorrow. I can't understand Mamma these days. What exactly those expressions of her mean!
She will be with Bubbly aunty. Around afternoon they have plan to visit some places around the city. BTw do he knows Aryan will also be at school,he doesn't come home before 12pm.
Actually I don't know when he will be here. Arya said Neil will meet him. Obviously Arya might have already informed him his school hours.

Definitely have.

Even I wouldn't be there before 5 in the evening. Good. Let him here then in afternoon. I don't want to see even a silhouette of him my house around.

Wait. Tomorrow me and Arya has planned to visit the book fair nearby our bus stop.

Shit.

Now what!

"And you smile as much as you can. You feel amused putting me into situations like this. Don't you!!" I almost barked looking at the little Ganapathy Babba idol I have in my room. I established him in my room on my reading desk the day next I had unpacked all my things in this house.

Now he is smiling looking at my worst condition.

"Tomorrow is Thursday I supposed to offer you laddoo. But I wouldn't. I seriously won't. You would see" I warned Bappa glaring at him.

"And don't you dare try to talk to me via Arya...I'm literally warning you this time Bappa" And then the most irritating part was, that man's conceited smirk flashed on my eyes. My nose flared breathing out my anguish.

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Neil

I called Aryan yesterday. I let him know that I'll see him within a day.

"Everything comes to you at the right time. Be patient and trust in the process." All bullshit.

If you really crave something for and want that thing to happen in your life then run and get that thing, snatch away your misfortune. Neil khanna believe and follow the same path.

And now I'm packing up my tiny luggage to get that person in my life I hardly can breathe without anymore. Instead waiting for the perfect time to be appeared I decided to make my own time perfect chasing her.

Avni Mehta this time I won't leave a single space you to escape instead coming back to me.

I can't wait until they would come to India then I would get the opportunity to talk to her. And our conversation would turn to god knows which direction.
I have never been into such uncertain possibility. Rather it's getting frustrating each passing day not seeing her. If some more days I will stay like this then it wouldn't be so far I shall have been started acknowledging as something else.
Definitely something terrible.

I need to see her, talk to her as soon as possible. I need to sort things out between us and that would be only me. None could explain her, make Avni understand what she is to me.
The importance she holds in my life none would interpret except me.

She has become necessity as important as my breathing is.

Any time is perfect, if you are sure you are doing the things you actually want to.

Now or Never.

Right now to me, reaching her is more indispensable than waiting for her long.

I can't take this tension, helplessness much longer. It's better if I would free my heart before her for ever.

Pulling over the shoulders my grey business suit, moulding it on my muscly frame I dragged the little trolley out of my room along with a tiny sling carrying inside some essentials require to head abroad.

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Avni was little tensed stepping inside her house. She was tensed thinking if Neil has reached here, if she would go home and see he is already there playing with her baby, then the ambience would be awkward. Her heart was beating abnormally faster standing outside her house door.

She got relief getting inside the house. Neil didn't come yet. And Arya was all ready to go for the book fair. He was in hallway sitting on the couch colouring an elephant rubbing the crayons over the outlined figure. Daisy made him freshen up and got Arya done his daily routine after coming back home, even she helped him preparing his school tasks next day.
Everyday after coming back home Arya take shower then finishes his lunch and take a short nap just to get refresh himself for the rest of the day. Then go for cycling or play baseball or cricket around 4 o clock in the evening for an hour or two. His group include both boys and girls. All lives more or less far in the same compound as we do. Then again he sit with his school tasks sometimes beside me or most of the time on his study desk in his bedroom. And then within 9:30 we try to finish our dinner and we wish eachother good night around 10:00.
As we had already planned to visit that fair this evening Arya would not be able to get time for his homework so he finished it before my arrival and also skipped today's play time.

Awwee My baby is so responsible with his studies at this little age.

Kissing him on his cheeks and ruffled his hair as always leaving grumpy Arya behind I stepped to the upstairs giggling and got inside my room. Flung my bags on the desk I entered into the washroom to freshen up and pulled my clothes off, I was in, the entire day.

Avni was all casually dressed up for the evening to explore the book fair. She came out of her room not before spraying her favourite lavender essence over her upper body and grabbed her sling. She wore a black high neck warm top pairing with black jeans and a long maroon winter coat. As you all know winters are long and very cold in London so people here prefer to wear long wooly coats before they step outside their houses after sunset.
Neelama hasn't come yet. She had informed that it will take her another hour to reach back home.

Avni just took a step to descend down the stairs the door bell rang. Her head tilted she stopped in her track. Her eyes creased but immediately flinched stumbling a step backward as soon as Daisy opened the main door.

"Dadda" Arya squealed pushing Daisy away gaurding the entrance he ran to Neil and hugged his legs, giggled.

Neil khanna at her door.
He pulled Arya in his arm standing still there at the spot grinning at him. Daisy stood there for a while turned to Avni with a perplexed gaze then back at him then again at Avni. Avni tightened her grip clutching the railing their gaze met. Her heart skipped up her throat. Neil walked inside carrying Arya his eyes still on Avni. Seeing Arya in his arm Daisy understood he is a known person and much close to Arya. But she couldn't remember if she had ever seen this person before in this house.

His swagger still effects her enormously. Nothing hasn't faded a bit yet.

Neil was looking extremely captivating and brawny in that perfectly fitted dark grey three pieces business suit, complementing his lavish complexion. She swallowed silently her heart down.

Avni waggled herself pushing such thoughts away her mind. She took a heavy deep sign.

"Intruder" the only word came out through her gritted teeth the moment she composed herself away his gaze.

Neil in Grey Business Suit.

So! Neil khanna has finally got himself into his tigress's den.

Don't worry she doesn't bite... atleast the time hasn't come yet 🙈

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