<<I have a heart but I'm heartless!>>

Ragini

At that moment, the only thing on my mind was to stop the bleeding. My whole body was shaking at the sight. He was losing so much of blood.

The firings also stopped now.

I ran through the whole basement area but didn't get anything. I looked at Laksh. His eyes were barely open now but I knew he was very much conscious. I moved towards him and sat besides him.

"Laksh! Let me take off your shirt. I'll tie it around your wound. It's bleeding too much." I said with my shaking voice.

He opened his eyes and looked at me but didn't say anything.

Damn!

I looked at myself and without thinking about anything, I started unbuttoning my shirt. I took it off, leaving myself in my strapless short spaghetti top.

I somehow made him move away from the wall and tied the shirt around his stomach. I kept my hand on his bleeding wound. He needed medical attention very much.

I was continuously praying to God to stop the bleeding.

'Atleast, listen to me today.' I thought closing my eyes.

I opened my eyes when I felt him moving.

"Where's my phone?" he asked, his voice was very normal, no hint of pain.

"I'm having it." I answered immediately.

He didn't say anything further. His head fell on my bare shoulder and he closed his eyes again.

"Are you okay?" I asked patting on his cheek.

"I'm absolutely okay... But you don't seem okay to me." he mumbled with his face in my neck.

Yeah, he was acting like nothing was happening to him and I was freaking out like a crazy woman. Even though I didn't get a single scratch but he was shot.

Incredible!

"The boss isn't going to die so easily, buttercake. A bullet isn't enough to kill Laksh Maheshwari." he murmured and I felt him inhaling a deep breath.

God! In this situation also, his attitude is same.

I jerked as I heard loud bangings on the door of the basement, along with gunshots. My heart started hammering badly in my chest.

"For f*ck's sake, stay still. You're shaking too much." he said in an annoyed tone.

"Can you please keep quiet for a while?" I asked irritated and then cursed myself for not keeping my tongue in control.

Speaking in this condition isn't very good for him, I think.

"What? What did you just say?" he asked in his dangerous voice.

I gulped. In that vulnerable state also, he was scary.

"No... Nothing... I'm sorry..." I said stammering.

"Hmm..." he hummed and I felt him snaking his arm around my waist.

I looked at him. His eyes were closed and his face was still same, very normal and casual. I then looked at his stomach which thankfully stopped bleeding now.

Suddenly, the sounds of more gunshots started coming from above and the banging on the door stopped.

I felt Laksh smirking in my neck.

A few minutes later, his phone started ringing. It was Yuvraaj. I picked up the call.

"Hello..."

"Ragini, where are you? And bhai? Are you both in the basement?"

"Ya, we're there only"

"Come up then... Everything is clear here."

"Laksh can't come up on his own."

"Why?"

"He's shot!"

"What??? Just open the door of the basement." he shouted.

"I'm coming." I said before disconnecting the call.

I looked at Laksh and realised that he was no more conscious. I carefully removed his head from my shoulder and kept it on the wall.

I got up and ran out of the room. I started running upstairs, towards the door of the basement and opened the door.

As soon as I opened the door, his brothers barged inside. I stumbled on the stairs because of their sudden attack but somehow managed to balance. Yuvraaj, Arjun and Kabeer started running downstairs but Ryan stopped and looked at me. He then looked behind the door.

"Stay here..." he said, maybe to their men.

He also started running downstairs and I followed.

"Bhai, open your eyes." I heard Arjun's voice as we got inside the room.

He was patting on Laksh's cheek.

"I'm f*cking alive. I just fell asleep. Why are you shouting?" Laksh groaned as he opened his eyes.

What material is he made up of?

"Thank God!" said Kabeer and the four of them took breaths of relief.

"Let's go bhai. Your wound needs treatment." said Yuvraaj as he tried to help Laksh in getting up.

"I can get up myself." said Laksh as he got up on his own and started walking.

Here I was thinking that he won't even be able to move and the man is ready to take part in a marathon.

He stopped as his eyes fell on me and his face immediately changed to an angry one.

God, what did I do now?

He then looked at Kabeer.

"Give me your jacket." he said with gritted teeth.

Kabeer immediately removed his jacket and gave it to him. Laksh threw it on me.

"Wear this!" he said before staring to walk out, followed by his brothers.

"Idiot Mafia!" I murmured as I put on the jacket and zipped it.

"I heard that and I'm not going to forget it." I heard him saying.

And my breath got hitched in my throat.

Shit! Shit! Shit!

I cursed my fate and followed them. As we got out of the door, I saw around thirty men in the hall area of the house. There were so many dead bodies lying here and there. The house was all shattered. The scene was so terrifying.

I couldn't handle it anymore so I started to walk towards my room.

"No, don't go there. There are a few dead bodies upstairs as well." said Arjun, stopping me.

Oh God!

I saw Laksh looking at his men who were standing in front of him with their hands joined at their backs and all of them were holding guns.

He then ran his eyes around and... Smiled!

That dangerous kind of smile which I've witnessed before also.

"Good job, boys!" said Laksh proudly.

I saw all of the men smiling at the appreciation from their boss.

"Thank you, boss!" they said together.

"Clear everything from here." Laksh said, turning to Arjun.

"Bhai, you need treatment first. All this can wait." said Ryan with a worry filled voice.

Laksh just rolled his eyes and started walking to a room. Ryan and Kabeer went behind him while Arjun and Yuvraaj stayed outside.

"Don't stay here. Go with them." said Yuvraaj looking at me.

I nodded and moved to the same room. Atleast, I don't have to see the scary sight.

The room was like a hospital room but larger. There were two beds in the centre. Many medical equipments and machines were there.

Laksh was laying shirtless on one of the beds while a doctor was treating his wound.

The doctor didn't make him unconscious before treating his wound!

The doctor is so stupid.

"You didn't give him anesthesia or something!"

As I said that, all four pair of eyes turned to me.

"Do you want to do this job?" asked Laksh frowning.

I immediately shook my head in no.

"Then keep standing there, quietly." he said and I sealed my lips.

I closed my eyes as I saw the doctor cleaning the wound. The Mafia wasn't even hissing but I was feeling like running out of there, only by seeing him.

It must be paining!

"Do not close your eyes." I heard Laksh's voice and my eyes opened immediately.

He wants me to see him getting treated. He really want me to die?

All what has happened in the past one hour and the condition outside there is less for me to die that he wants me to see this also!

"Whose men were they?" asked Laksh to Ryan.

"Please don't talk." said the doctor.

"Shut up and do your work." the Mafia said.

The Mafia is more stupid! Infact, he's the stupidest.

The doctor gulped and didn't say anything after that.

"Karan!" replied Ryan and I saw Laksh making a fist of his hand.

"Bloody moron! I didn't know that he hated his life so damn much." he said with gritted teeth.

After about half an hour, the doctor was done.

"Don't try to move or walk before a week otherwise the stitches will get open and..." the doctor started but the Mafia cut him off.

"Did anyone ask your advice?" he asked uninterested.

The doctor shook his head in no. The Mafia signed him to leave and he immediately left.

Laksh then got up and sat on the bed.

"Did anyone get injured from our men?" asked he.

"Ten guards of the house are killed and two men who came later are injured." replied Yuvraaj as he got inside with Arjun.

"I'm not getting how did they even get in and it just can't be a coincidence that they came when we were not at home and guards were very less than usual." said Arjun angrily.

"But I'm getting everything, very well." said Laksh with a dangerous look on his face.

His brothers exchanged confused looks at that. I was standing there, feeling like odd one out.

"Call all of our men who randomly comes home. Wherever they are, I want each one of them here, till the evening." he said looking at Yuvraaj.

"Okay!" said Yuvraaj and left.

"Give me my phone and leave." he said looking at all of us.

The brothers started walking out while I moved towards him to give his phone to him. I stretched my hand in front of him but he held it and pulled me to him. My face was only inches away from his.

"Are you scared?" he asked as he caressed my cheek.

"Ye... Yes..." I replied honestly

"Don't be. Because if you'll get scared of all this then you'll be scared all your life." he said.

I looked at him with an innocent face.

I didn't get what he wanted to say.

"Let me tell you more briefly. What all happened in the past one hour, those dead bodies, blood, killing, gunshots... These wounds... Everything is the most common part of my life. It's very casual for me and everything which is a part of my life is now the part of your life as well because with your wish or without your wish, I'm not letting you go. Never. You need to get used to of all this. This is the reality of my life, your life, our lives. Today, I got shot in stomach. Maybe, tomorrow in the head!"

My heart forgot beating at that.

How simply he said that! Like everything is a game for him. A game of death.

"But, I don't think this a thing to worry for you because if I die, then no one will be happier than you." he said putting my hair behind my ear.

"It's not like that." I said.

"Then how's it?" he asked pulling me more into him.

"I don't want anyone to die. I'm not heartless." I said and I felt tears filling up my eyes.

"Oh! But I am exactly that! My heart is just needed for pumping the blood in my body, nothing else. I have a heart but I'm heartless." he said with his eyes boring mine.

This man's words are so scary, always.

"Go, get freshen up and come down after a while." he said as he took his phone from me and let me go.

I wiped my tears and left the room instantly.

I was beyond surprised when I reached the hall. It was all clean now. No dead bodies or blood or broken pieces of glasses or other things.

I didn't think about it more and ran upstairs to my room. I locked the door and ran to the washroom. I took off the jacket and looked at myself. My hands were all red in blood. There were blood spots on my face as well. My hair were looking like mess and face was tear sticken.

I turned on the shower and started cleaning the blood from my body. I sat on the floor and hugged my knees near my chest.

I don't want this life.

I felt fresh tears falling from my eyes.

This world isn't for me.

I came back to the reality when I heard Ryan's voice from outside the room.

"Ragini, come downstairs for the lunch."

"Com... Coming!" I shouted getting up immediately.

So much happened and they're having lunch! But as the boss said, it's nothing new for them.

Their life doesn't stop just because they killed some humans.

I left the washroom and changed into a full sleeves red T-shirt and black pajama and then left my room.

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