"Hi Hemal..." Dhruv came to her.

"Hi.." She replied and looked away.

"Aayyy... Hemal baby...you liked surprise ne?" Himesh asked her.

"Hmm..." she replied in a mild tone.

"Babbbyyy... Dhruv Narang at our enegement party" "Can you imagine..." "Kitli saras vaat che" Himesh was blabbering while Dhruv was stealing glances at her.

Hemal was feeling very uncomfortable under Dhruv's intense gaze.

She excused and left the place.

Sometime later.

"No...I shouldn't get affected by his presence"
"No..he is not there..."
"He is not here..."
"Stop thinking about him..."
"He is nothing for me..." "He is Himesh's guest...and...THAT'S IT" Hemal was preparing herself to face Dhruv.

Just then someone knocked the door of her room.

"Mummy...aavu chu...2 min" Hemal said and wiped her moist eyes.

Again...a sharp knock on the door was heard.

"Ufff mummy aavu chu ne..." and she opened the door only to find Dhruv there.

Dhruv pushed her inside and locked the door behind.

"What...what are you doing here?" "Go from here Dhruv..." "Why the hell you are here?" Dhruv closed her mouth with his hand.

"Kitni bakk bakk kare che" He chuckled

She removed his hand from her mouth.

"What are you doing here?" She asked him.

"That dhokla...Ummm I mean Himesh invited me" He smirked

Dhruv grabbed her waist and pulled her close.

"Leave me..."

"I am here to take you with me..." He said

"I am not a toy Dhruv"
"That you will play for sometime and then throw away" She said

"Sorry..." He mumbled.

He couldn't match her gaze and looked down in guilt.

"Leave me Dhruv" She said

"Please...don't do this" "Don't get engaged" He requested her.

"You did what you wanted to do" "Now I will do...what I want"
"You are nobody to stop me" She said

Dhruv left her.

"And...yes"
"Congratulations on the success of your new book Mr. Dhruv Narang" "Just one thing..."
"Aapni next book ke liye...phir kisiko use mat karna"
"Phir kisi ki emotions ke saath mat khelna" She said with a little heavy voice.

She was about to go when Dhruv held her hand.

"Stop..." He said

She looked back at him.

"You will not get engaged to Himesh" He declared

"And who are you to decide" She said

Dhruv has no answer to her question. Yes, who is he to decide for her.
He has no right to do that.

"Himesh is good person" "He is loyal, hardworking and good at heart" "Dhokebaaz nahi hai woh"
"Unn logo ki tarah jo dusre logo ka use karte hai aapne fayde ke liye" "Selfish"
"And top of it....He loves me..."
"So yes, I am going to get engaged and marry Himesh only" She said

"But you don't love him..." Dhruv replied instantly

"What do you mean?" She reverted

"You don't love him..." Dhruv said

"What?" "What do you mean Dhruv?" She said

"Hemal, you don't love Himesh" He repeated

"Who told you this?" She asked

"Because you love me Hemal..."
"Also you are pretending to be happy with him"
"showing people that you are with this engagement..."
"But actually you are not happy..." "Because you love me..." He said

"That's your misunderstanding Mr. Dhruv Narang" She said

"Is it?" "Then your eyes speak lies Hemal" He said

She looked away.

"The time we have spent together" "Those moments..." "Everything..." "It was..." he said

"It was your plan Mr. Dhruv Narang" "So that you can complete your book on time"
"You used me...and see now your book is HIT"
"That's all you wanted from me..." "Now please...go away from my life" She said
"Yes, it was my plan..." "But I started loving you in that phase..." He said

"I love you Hemal..." He said and came forward.

"I really love you..."
"Novel likhte likhte kab tumse pyaar hogaya..pata nahi chala..."
"Yes my intention was something different before...."
"But trust me...tum mujse dur gayi...tab jake maine realise kiya ki tum actually mere liye kitni important ho"
"My muse, my inspiration to write this book" "Hemal I ...really..." Before he could complete someone knocked the door.

"Hemal..." came her mom's voice.

"Haan Mummy...aavu chu..." Hemal withdraw her hands from his hold.

"Please let me go..." She said

"Don't do this Hemal..." He requested her.

She remained aloof to his words.

Hemal joined everyone.

Hemal and Himesh exchanged their rings.

"Never knew what PAIN is..."
"It is so easy to write this things down for imgainary characters"
"But...when you feel it yourself" "When pain actually comes to you..." "Then..." Dhruv stood in the corner of the hall and kept looking at her.

At night.

"That's the thing about pain, it needs to be felt" Dhruv typed.

He wanted to write more but he just couldn't concentrate.

He saved the word document and log off.

"What should I do?"
"I don't want to let her go away from me" "I need her..." He thought.

"She loves me...but she wants to marry Himesh"
"Yeh kya logic hai" Dhruv said

"Ohh yeah! Himesh doesn't know she loves me and not him" "He should know that the girl he is marrying doesn't love him but love someone else" "He should know ..." Dhruv smirked a winning one.

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