Chapter 28 Frozen hearts...will they melt by Deepti
Chapter 28
“Hey Di! Going somewhere?”, asked Kushi on spotting Anjali descending down the stairs.
“Ya Kushi, have a meeting at Sakhi…Want to join??”,said Anjali turning around.
“No Di, Not today! Have some work”,replied Kushi, hanging on to the railing.
“Ok then Bye”, said Anjali. And on second thoughts she said, “Forgot to tell you. I gave your number to Karan since Abhay requested for it”.
” Came to know . Got a call from him”, said Kushi lazily.
“Oh did he! What did he say?”,asked Anjali who was all set to ascend the stairs.
“Nothing important. Aren’t you getting late for your meeting. Bye”, said Kushi reminding her about the meeting.
Understanding that Kushi didn’t want to discuss about the call, Anjali smiled at her and left from there.
Since Rishi was the only source available now Kushi went to his room and asked, “Can I borrow your mobile, Rishi? My phone isn’t working and I need to send an important text to my friend “, giving him an excuse to get a hold on his phone.
“Yes, you can. But for a charge. 100 bucks for a message”, replied Rishi without moving his eyes from his laptop screen.
“What! Isn’t texting free on your phone”, asked Kushi raising her doubt.
“That’s for me, not for you. If you want to use my phone you have to pay for it. That’s it”, declared Rishi.
“Fine…will give your 100. Can I have your phone”, asked Kushi extending her hand towards him.
As he passed on his phone to her, Kushi grabbed it from his hand and turning on to the other side, she opened his contacts and started scrolling down the names. Finding Arnav’s name third on the list she made a mental note of his number and kept the phone back on Rishi’s table.
“Where is my 100”, asked Rishi as she got ready to leave his room.
“What for? I didn’t send any message. You can check if you want to”, replied Kushi as she walked out of the room.
“WHAT?? Then what did you do with my mobile??”, said Rishi as he ran towards the table and checked his mobile. Finding nothing unusual, “Why did she ask for my mobile then??”, wondered Rishi looking in the direction in which she disappeared.
On the other side Kushi rushed to her room and quickly fed the number in her mobile. She saved it under the name of Mr.G and gave him a call which was answered on the second ring.
“Hello”, said Arnav as he answered the call.
Not understanding how to start the conversation she took a deep breath and said, “It’s me Kushi”
“Kushi??”, repeated Arnav incredulously.
“Actually I called to tell you that Abhay gave me a call a while ago. He…”, Kushi was interrupted by Arnav who barked, ” WHAT!! Why did you give him your number”.
Kushi gaped at the phone as if it was an alien and said, ” Why will I give him my number and why are YOU screaming at me?”, speaking back into the phone.
Arnav closed his eyes for loosing his cool. Not getting any response from him she said, ” He got it from Karan Jiju. Di passed it”.
“I have no interest in knowing how he got your number. Stop wasting my time and come straight to the point”, said Arnav switching the gears.
Kushi stared at her phone and felt like punching it imagining Arnav’s face in its place. Controlling her temper she said, ” He wants to meet us at The Imperial on the coming Saturday at 5 p.m. And I gave him my consent”, tuning herself to hear his barking.
“WHAT!! You gave your consent? Without checking with me?”, barked Arnav just as she expected.
“I wanted this to end as soon as possible. So nothing else came to mind at that moment. Didn’t think about your schedule. But will you be able to make it?”, she asked honestly.
As her words calmed him he said, ” I have a meeting at 5 on that day”, in his normal tone.
“Oh! So what shall we do?”, asked Kushi.
Hearing the word ‘WE’ from her mouth seemed nice to him and his mind froze right at that word.
Not getting any response from him, “Should I give a call to Abhay and ask him to postpone this meeting?”, asked Kushi.
“NOOOO”, Arnav almost screamed hearing her words. The very thought of Kushi calling Abhay irked him.
“What?”, asked Kushi not understanding what that reaction was for.
” You don’t have to call that guy. Let me think of an alternative. Between, why did you take his number?”, inquired Arnav.
“Why will I take his number??? I have it in the incoming calls since he gave me a call just a while ago”, replied Kushi though she was quite baffled with his question.
Arnav closed his eyes and cursed himself for asking such a dumb question. Diverting the topic he asked her to be on hold and called his PA from the other phone. He asked his PA to check if his meeting on Saturday could be preponed and waited for his PA to come back with an update. Getting bored on the other side of the line, Kushi sliced an apple and started munching it, hearing the conversation between Arnav and his PA. After making couple of calls his PA informed him that the meeting could be rescheduled to 2 p.m on the very same day and confirming him to reschedule it, Arnav finally ended the call with his PA.
Trying to update the same to her he said, ” Kushi, I”
Kushi who heard the entire conversation interrupted him saying, ” I heard it.. your meeting got rescheduled and you are all set for Saturday..right”, with a lot of excitement.
“If you heard it then why are you still on the line. End the call and let me work with some peace”, suggested Arnav.
Kushi lifted her hand up in the air, trying to stab the phone with the knife in her hand. But on second thoughts, she gave up the idea and ended the call showing all the grudge on the button.
On Saturday, she got ready by 4 p.m and waited for Arnav to reach home. She was sitting in the living room with her eyes shuttling between the entrance and the wall clock and was looking at the wall clock for the nth time when Devyani, who was sitting right there asked, “Are you waiting for someone? Are you going out?”.
“Yes…No….I mean…. I will be going out…but I’m not waiting for anyone”, replied Kushi.
“Why isn’t he coming???It’s 4.30. How will we reach there on time?Did he give me a big hand in the last moment???”, thought Kushi as she started biting her nails.
“May be that’s his plan. If not why will he readily agree to help me? I should have thought about this earlier. Why doesn’t my brain function when it’s supposed to? Like an idiot I fell for his trap. Now what will I do?”, wondered Kushi as she slapped her forehead.
“What happened to you? Why are you hitting your head?”, asked Devyani who witnessed this.
“It’s my brain Dhadhi….never works when it’s supposed to work”, replied Kushi who was annoyed with herself.
“For it to work firstly you need to have one. And I highly doubt if you have any”, taunted Arnav who just entered the house when Kushi was talking about her brain.
As Kushi gaped at him staring angrily at him, he completely ignored her and walked past her towards the stairs.
Kushi lifted the flower vase which was handy and was all set to throw it at him. But Devyani stopped her from doing so saying, ” Don’t pay attention to his words. He is just joking”.
“He will…he will… when it’s my turn, I will show him Dhadhi. You just wait and watch”, pledged Kushi placing the flower vase back in its position.
Devyani just smiled looking at the two of them.
Kushi waited patiently for a good 10 minutes and when there was no trace of him, she became restless and went to check on him. She was about to knock on the door, when the door got opened and Arnav came in to her view.
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Hello, I am so eager to read this story, does anyone know where can I find the earlier chapters and other remaining chapters of this story? Thanks
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