Hi friends, i am sorry i haven’t read the comments you guys posted on the previous chapter. As navratri celebrations are going on, i am not having much time to spend online. So i used the time i had to write update. I am really sorry, i will read all the comments when i get time.
Chapter-48
Something is happening
After lunch, Rudra gave the tour of Oberoi Mansion to Ishanya and then she slept in her room as she was feeling very tired.
Ishanya was disturbed from sleep by a phone call. She opened her eyes drowsily and looked at her phone which was saying ‘unknown number’
She received the call and said, “Hello!” in her sleepy voice.
She got no response from the other end and said, “Hello!!” again this time a bit louder.
She got irritated as there was no response from the other end and said, “If you don’t want to talk, why had you called me!! Silly idiot!” and cut the call.
She sat up on the bed and went to washroom to get fresh. Then she remembered that she doesn’t have anything to change as her things are not available there.
She came out of her room and was walking through the corridor to get down but stopped by hearing Tej’s voice yelling at a helper as she was passing by his room, “What is this? Can’t you do a work correctly? I have told you wash my clothes and get them ready by the evening and you haven’t done it yet!! I will fire you.”
The helper apologized and left from the room. Ishanya heard Tej cursing, “All the wifely duties are ignored towards me and everyone blame me for infidelity!!”
Ishanya walked past the room lost in her thoughts. She came down and saw prinku and Soumya watching TV and chatting.
She went to them they smiled at her when they saw her before they can ask her to join them she asked, “Priyanka, can you call your driver? I need to go home to get my things.”
“Sure, di.” She said and was about to call her driver Omkara who was passing by saw Ishanya and came towards her.
“You woke up? Do you need something?” He asked Ishanya.
“Yeah, I need to go home, to pick my things.” She said.
“Ok, then let’s go.” He said surprising her.
“It’s ok Omkara I will go with the driver, you don’t have to come.” She said.
“Ishanya I am free anyway, I will take you to your home. Don’t refuse.” Omkara said.
“Ok.” Ishan wale bhaiyya, looks happy with Ishanya di, isn’t he?” Soumya said.
“Yeah.” Prinku agreed.
They looked at each other smiling and said, “Kya kuch kuch ho raha hai unke beech?” in unison and then said, “I hope so.” And laughed at themselves.
Ishanya and Omkara reached her apartment. “You can leave now, I will come back in my car as it takes some time.” Ishanya said to Omkara.
“No, it’s ok I will wait.” Omkara said.
“No need of it Omkara, I will come on my own.” She said coldly.
Now he understood that she is upset with him about something.
“I took you here and I will only take you back. So stop arguing.” He said.
They entered inside her flat. “You sit here, I need to be freshen up feeling very irritated.” She said and went inside her room.
Omkara was seeing around the hall when he spotted her family photo of childhood. He went towards and caressed on the photo of young Ishanya. He had spotted similar photos around. She was with her father only in her pics of adulthood.
He understood that by the time she became adult her mother passed away as she doesn’t have any picture with the adult Ishanya.
He can understand how close she was to her parents by these photos, especially her mother. There are more pics with her mother.
In the whole hall it is only this wall which was giving any information about her as he hadn’t spot any other decorations in the house which can say about her taste.
He went to the kitchen and spotted the balcony attached to it. The balcony had a chair swing and a tulasi plant. He looked down from the balcony and had noticed that the drive way looks clearly here. He can see his car parked there.
He turned around when he heard the door closing. He got mesmerized by the scene in front of him. Ishanya was coming towards the balcony with a bronze mug.
He is lost in her seeing her with wet hair which is freely open to drop water on her neck. She was wearing a bindi on the center of her eye brows, he is seeing her with bindi for the first time.
She came there and watered the tulasi plant and prayed to her closing her eyes. His breath caught in his throat as he saw her so near to him.
He noticed the water droplets sliding on her neck and gulped in nervousness. After praying Ishanya opened her eyes and saw that Omkara is staring at her.
She waved her hand at him and asked, “What? Why are you staring?”
“I don’t know that you can be devotional too.” Omkara said trying to cover his feelings.
“Why can’t I be?” She asked in confusion.
“No nothing, I have just seen you in modern way only so got surprised.” He replied.
“Being modern doesn’t mean that we have to forget our roots.” Ishanya said and went inside her room to pack her things.
“Can I help you?” Omkara asked following her.
“No, I can manage.” She said and took off her bindi placing it on the mirror.
“Why do you took off bindi? It is suiting you a lot!!” He asked in surprise.
“Puja had been over so now no need to wear bindi.” She said.
“I am confused.” He said.
“About what?” She asked while going around in her room placing her things in the bag and Omkara stood outside her room and seeing her.
“About you, once you behave like an ultra modern girl and then suddenly become devotional and then behaves like a arrogant girl, I am confused. What are you in real?” he said his confusion to her.
She laughed lightly and asked, “What are you, Omkara? An artist or a business man or a brother?” surprising him.
“All the three because I create art and sell them and also a brother for my siblings.” He said
“Just like that, I am a devotional girl when I do puja, I am a boss in my office so has to behave arrogant there, and I have modern thinking and also a designer, so I am a modern girl and appear trendy.” She explained to him.
“If I ask you who are you for real an artist or a brother? What will you answer? Both are for real aren’t they? Just like that all my facets too are real.” She told him making him smile at her.
“Wow!! How do you manage to be like this?” He asked her.
“How?” She asked.
“Completely sorted, without any complications.” He replied.
“That’s because I have clarity on what I want and what I am.” She replied smiling at him.
Then she went to the mirror to dry her hair with a dryer. Omkara’s heart beat raised seeing her with her flying hair. He is totally smitten by her attitude and beauty.
She came outside of her room locking the door with the bag in her hand and said, “Chale?”
Omkara returned back to reality and said, “ha, ha!!”
In the car he asked, “You are close to your mother, than father right?”
Ishanya just nodded in yes. “You look so much like your mother.” He said and again met with silence she just gave a small sad smile.
“Would aunty permit you to stay alone if in this condition if she is there now?” this time Omkara touched a chord.
“Why would I get habituated to stay alone if she is there with me.” Ishanya said not looking at him.
“She is with you only Ishanya, in your memories.” Omkara said and she looked at him and their eyes met.
She found so much in his eyes which over whelmed her and made her look side-ways nervously. “Ishanya look at me.” He requested her and she couldn’t stop herself from looking at him.
“I will be always with you, I won’t let you feel lonely again.” He said to her. She can see the determination in his eyes which are saying no matter what he will be there with her. “So, start getting habituated to be with me.” He said laughing lightly making her insides turn. “What’s happening with me?’ She thought to herself.
Thanks for reading.