Chapter 43 A Condition
The phone was continuously ringing, so Aakash said, “I think someone wants to talk to you about something important. You should answer it.”
Daksh nodded and was about to go out to answer the call, but the phone stopped ringing.
“Finish your lunch first. Call that person later.” Sakshi served him some rice.
Lavanya got worried when Daksh didn’t answer the call. She called him again.
Daksh was about to start eating the rice when his phone again started ringing. “I think it’s really urgent if this person is continuously calling. I should answer this call.”
He answered the call.
“Hello!” His voice entered her ears, and she closed her eyes as a tear rolled down her cheek. “Bhai (Brother).
Daksh stood from his chair when he heard this word. “Lavanya.”
Sakshi, Aakash, and Jai were shocked after hearing Lavanya’s name.
“I am sorry, Bhai (Brother).” She said as more tears rolled down her cheeks.
“Where are you, and why didn’t you call me? You didn’t even answer my calls.” The anger in his voice frightened her. Jai was also worried and scared, thinking about what would happen if she told everything to Daksh.
She wiped her tears, trying to calm herself. “I am in London, and I am very happy. I wasn’t able to call you or attend your calls for some reason, which I can’t explain to you.”
“Why didn’t you return to India?” He asked. Jai was silently praying inside his heart, wishing Lavanya not to tell him the truth. Lavanya also didn’t want to let him know the truth, so she told him the half-truth, “I fell in love with someone here, and I wanted to stay with him. Soon, I am going to marry him.”
“What? Do you even have any idea what you are saying?” He freaked out.
Sakshi and Aakash were looking at him with worried expressions.
“l know what I am saying.” She replied.
He took a deep breath to calm himself. “Lavanya, Why did you do this with yourself?
“For my love.” She said this to him, gulping the lump inside her throat, and added inside her mind as she couldn’t say this to him. “For you.”
“Please forgive me, Bhai (Brother).” She requested.
“I will forgive you.” Her eyes lit up in happiness when she heard his words, but it short-lived as he further said, “But I have a condition. Forget everything, leave him and come back.”
She was shocked after listening to his condition because she had promised Eden that she would not leave him. “Sorry, but I can’t do this. I can’t leave him.”
She cut the call, and started crying.
“Lavanya…, Lavanya…,” Daksh called her name continuously but got no reply. He placed his phone on the table and looked at Sakshi and Aakash.
“What did she say to you?” Aakash asked.
Daksh’s eyes turned bloodshot. “She said that she will not come back. She is in love with someone and is going to marry him soon.”
Both Sakshi and Aakash were shocked as they saw Daksh leaving the dining room. Their hearts weren’t ready to accept that Lavanya could take such an important decision in her life alone. Even Daksh was thinking the same.
Lavanya wiped her tears and again held her phone. “I should call Dad. He will talk to Bhai (Brother).
She called on Aakash’s number. He immediately answered the call when he saw an international number flashing on the screen of his phone as he knew that Lavanya would call him next after Daksh.
“Hello, Princess!”
“Papa(Father), How are you?” She asked.
“I am very fine now hearing your sweet voice after so long.” He smiled.
She smiled a little and said, “Please talk to Daksh Bhai (Brother).
Aakash sighed. “I will talk to him, but tell me one thing. Did you really take such an important decision in your life willingly?”
Lavanya guessed that Daksh had told him everything. She closed her eyes. “I can’t tell and explain the reason behind why I took this decision to you or anyone. It is better for all of us that no one knows about it. Trust me, Eden is a nice guy. He really loves me. Please forgive me.”
“I am not angry with you, Lavanya. I am also just like you. I can’t stay angry with anyone for too long. Don’t worry! I will go and talk to Daksh. Take care of yourself, Princess and be happy.” He happily said, and she was also happy that Aakash had forgiven her.
She happily cut the call after talking with Sakshi, but she was worried about Daksh as she thought about the condition he had put in front of her.
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Ray was getting ready in his room when his phone started ringing. He picked it up to answer and saw Jaime’s number flashing on the screen. He immediately answered it. “Hello.”
“How are you, Ray?”
“I…I am f…fine.” He stammered.
“You’re not sounding fine, but anyways, are you sitting or standing right now?” He didn’t understand why she was asking him about this, but still replied. “I am standing.”
She laughed. “Then sit down because I am going to give you some surprising news. You might fall down after hearing it.”
He obeyed her. “Tell me the news.”
“After thinking all night about your confession, I realized.” She paused for a moment. “That I also love you.”
He was really surprised. “Jaime, I hope you’re not joking with me.”
“No, I am serious.”
He shouted in happiness. “I am really happy today. You make me the luckiest guy in this world. Thank you, Jaime.”
Jaime laughed. “I will meet you on our first date.”
“Sure, I am waiting for that day.” He happily cut the call. “Miss Lavanya will be so happy after knowing about this.”
He left his home to go to college with Lavanya.
She was sitting in the backseat of the car. Ray was happily driving the car. “Miss Lavanya, I want to tell you about something.” He said, but she was lost in her own thoughts while looking out of the window. “I wish I could tell you everything Bhai (Brother), but I fear its consequences. I don’t want you to hate him.”