Next Morning.

Dhruv tried calling Hemal with a different number and this time she received the call.

"Hello" Came her soft and gentle voice.

"Dhruv..." He said

She was about to disconnect the call

"Hemal please no" "Listen...please don't disconnect the call" He requested her.

"What do you want now?" She said

"I want to meet you" He said

"NO..." she replied bluntly.

"Please Hemal..." "One last time..." He said

'last time' struck in her heart.

"I want to meet you, one last time..." "After that I will leave...and you will marry Himesh" Dhruv said

"But why do you want to meet?" She asked

"I want ...I want to say something" "I mean...kuch baatien karni hai tumse" He said

"Hotel seasons..." He said before ending the call.

Hemal was in dilemma.

She wanted to meet him but again she doesn't want to meet him.

But then he said 'one last time' What should she do? She should go...or not?

After hours of thinking she finally came to a conclusion that she should go and meet him and clear out everything.

Around 7 in evening she reached his hotel.

She was guided to his room.

He was waiting for her.

"Thanks for coming..." he said

She forced a smile on lips.

"Have a sit..." He said

She nodded.

"I don't have much time..." she said

"Hemal...I think you should think again" "You are spoiling three lives together" He said

"I don't need to think again"
"I have taken this decision of marrying Himesh after thinking a lot" "I don't think so I am making a mistake"
"Himesh and I were dating...and one day we were going to marry and the day is not too far" She said

"And what about love?" He said

"We love each other" She declared

"Lie..." Dhruv said

"You love me Hemal...and you can't neglect this fact" Dhruv said

"Why are you ...?" She stopped in middle as Dhruv started approaching her.

He came and stood hell close to her.

"Dhruv please..." she started taking steps backwards.

Her breathes were becoming uneven.

"You were never happy with him..." He said

Hemal looked up to him.

"Tum toh bohot pratical ladki ho na..." "Toh practically socho na..." "logical Baaton pe vishwas karti ho..."
"toh jisse tum pyaar nahi karti uske saath puri life kaise spend karogi" "You were actually never happy with Himesh"
"You were always pretending to be happy"
"And I can sense that..."
"I have closely observed you Hemal" "I know you much be better than you know yourself"
"Tum pe toh maine ek puri kahaani likh chuka hua...toh tumhe pechane main galati nahi kar sakta"
"Loved happened to you when we were close..."
"Remember all those days, that time when were together"
"You were happy...because you were in true love" Dhruv said

"Rubbish..."
"This is how you fool your reader Dhruv"
"These are all your assumptions" Hemal said.

"Assumption!" "Okay fine if you are fine with this"
"But then what about Himesh"
"Don't you think tum uske saath galat kar rahi ho" Dhruv said

"You are fooling him Hemal" He added.

Hemal thought for a while.

"We love each other Dhruv" "You get that..." She shouted

"Is it?" "Then prove me...prove me...you love him and not me" He said

"What nonsense?"
"I am not going to prove anything to you" She was about to leave but Dhruv held her hand.

He pulled her close.

"Dhruv..." She shouted

"Don't lie to yourself at least..." He said

Her eyes became moist.

"Puri duniya se jhooth bol rahi ho...khud se mat bolo" He said

"Don't do this" He words came like plea.

His eyes were genuine.

"A life without true love is..."

"Incomplete...." she completed his sentence.

"That's the line from one of my novels..." He replied in shock.

"Searching for love..." She replied

"You know?" He asked her

"Hmm..." She smiled faintly.

"That means you read my novels..." He beamed in happiness

"No... I mean...not exactly..." "Just one or two..."
"Searching for love was one among them..." She said

"There is one more line ..." He said

"True realization of love comes when threat to lose it looms" He said

"This line...is..."
"This line is from black coffee..." He said

She rolled her eyes down.

"And...this line has become truth of my life" He said

"This is true Hemal..."
"May be it took time for me to realise my love for you..."
"But when I realised...a fear started developing in my heart"
"A feeling of losing you..."
"A feeling of not seeing you everyday..."
"A feeling of not talking to you everyday..."
"A feeling of...not listening to your non stop chatters"
"A feeling of...not hearing to your daily calculations"
"Not listening to you financial advises..."
"A feeling of not getting irritated by numbers" He chuckled

"A feeling of you not being around"
"A feeling...of not being close to you" "A feeling of not being able to kiss you..." He stopped.

"I don't want to lose anything of these Hemal" "I love you..." He said

She slowly closed her eyes.

Dhruv touched their foreheads.

They were lost in their own little world.

"Hemal...." He took her name breaking the silence.

"Please say something" he said in minute tone.

"Every time you say 'I love you' I will end up saying 'I love you too' She smiled.

Dhruv open his eyes.

He moved a little back.

"This line...is..from..."
"That one in the millions" She answered.

"Wow" "See...I don't even remember my lines" He said

"But I do..." She said

"That means you read my novels secretly Hemal..." He said

"Sometimes..." She giggled softly.

"I hope now you don't get irritated with them" He said

"Depends..." She giggled.

"Depends on..." He cocked his brows

"On..." "Ummmm....nothing..." She pushed him back.

"Hey listen..." He blocked her way.

"What...?" "No let me go..." She said

"Aare wait...." He hold her hand.

"What..." She said

"Can I borrow a kiss?" "I promise I will give it back..." He said

"Dhruv..." But before she could say...he started reducing the distance between them.

"This line is from..." She asked him.

"It's new..." "Thought just now..." He said She giggled.

"And now I am going to implement it first and...then add in my next book" He said

"Which is...?" She asked "Season 2..." He replied

"But wait...let me answer your question" She said and stopped him by keeping her hand on his mouth.

"what answer?" He said

"You said "Can I borrow a kiss?" She said

"Ohh come on! that was just a line..." "I am anyway going to kiss you..." He said

"Stop...." She shouted.

"What is it Hemal?" He replied annoyingly.

"My answer...." She said

"What..." He started coming close to her.

"Kiss me as a promise that you will love me always and will never leave me...." She said

"I promise..." He said

"I promise Hemal" "I love you..."

He lay his lips on hers.

She circled her hands around him as the kiss became deep and passionate.

He poured all his love in the kiss.

Tbc
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