Her Mysterious Lover

Falak’s POV

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“Sooooo?”, Ashley asked curiously when I couldn’t take off my eyes from that note for a while. I tore my concentration from that note and looked at her. “Who’s he?”, She asked again, raising her brow.

I didn’t say anything for a while because I was battling in my mind whether, to tell the truth, or not?

If yes then how much?

“Helloooo? Dreaming about your boyfriend already?”, She asked.

“He’s not my boyfriend.”, I responded.

“Then? Who’s he? And what does he mean by mentioning that ‘It has been ten years since I bought something for you!! I hope you wouldn’t have forgotten me.’?”

“Umm.. he is..”, I paused before continuing. “… my mysterious lover.”, I added.

“Your mysterious love?”, She reconfirmed on which I nodded. “Hmm. Sounds interesting. Why don’t you share everything while having all your favorites before it gets cold.”, She suggested.

“Okay!”, I said, reaching toward my favorite chocolate shake. I would never have touched a thing from if I wouldn’t have read that note because of the increasing number of criminal activities these days. But I knew, I could trust HIM even though I knew not a thing about HIM.

“So, it started when I was thirteen years old…”, I started narrating the whole incident, skipping my family drama obviously. I had shared with her that my family died in an accident when I was thirteen and since none of my relatives to ready to keep me with them. I landed in an orphanage in Melbourne. “So, after that accident, I lost contact with him. And as I mentioned before neither I knew him nor I had his number so I couldn’t contact him in all these years.”, I ended up almost telling her everything about him.

“I would have said ‘Aww’ if this would have been a story. But I kind of get scared by thinking that your mysterious lover is acting like a creepy stalker. Are you sure, he means no harm?”

“I trust him with my life.”, I responded, taking a bite of my McChicken.

“Okay! If you say so. But always keep me in the loop if he does anything, okay?”, She said in a concerned tone. I placed my hand over her and nodded my head.

“I will.”

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After finishing the meal, we both parted away toward home and the orphanage respectively. Before that, I went to the church to offer prayer as I was feeling restless from all the incidents that happened today.

‘Lord, I don’t know what have you planned for my future but I know whatever it would be, it would be for my better future. Still, I’m feeling scared today. Because after ten years two persons from my past reached me out intentionally or unintentionally. I know this is all your planning. Just give me strength to handle everything that my future has held for me.’

After spending some time in the church, I walked out from there to reach the orphanage. I saw an expensive black car parked outside the church and a person in two-piece suit was standing outside it.

I ignored them and started leaving that’s when I heard, “Ma’am”

The person in the suit was looking at me or someone behind me. So, I looked behind me but there was no one except me.

“Me?”, I asked in confusion.

“Yes, Ma’am.”, He confirmed, coming close to me but not invading my personal space. “I was waiting for you to deliver Sir’s message that he wants to meet you.”

“Sorry?”, I asked, furrowing my eyebrow.

“Here.”, He said and forwarded me a yellow smiley face squeeze sponge ball toward me. “He said that you will recognize him by seeing this ball.”

The same smiling face!

So, this person in two piece suit was send by him!

“I’m sorry but I have to reach at orphanage.”, I politely denied and tried to walk away from him but he blocked my way.

“Please come with me ma’am because if you won’t then I might loose my job.”, He pleaded and looking at his frightened face. It seemed like he was telling the truth but what about me? Even I was scared? “Please ma’am. I promise to drop you at orphanage safely.”

Whoever was behind this smiling face, He had the power to bring me to him forcefully. I still haven’t forgotten how those people had shot that monster infront of me. So, at the age of thirteen he had the power to do all those things and at the age of twenty three he would definitely be someone with enough power to kick out of his job and make sure that he or she never get any job in future.

“Okay!”, I agreed defeatedly knowing I didn’t have any option with me.

Once I settled inside the car, that person spoke again.

“I will have to tie your hand as well as you eyes.”, He said.

“Is it important?”

“Yes, ma’am. So, May I?”

“Do I have any choice?”, I asked, knowing that there was no any choice with me. At the same time, I was wondering who could be this mysterious person?

Was he from Mafia?

That mere thought was scary. After a minute later, he tied my hands and eyes. All I could do that moment was breath IN and breathe OUT. I ddidn’t know after how long, the car finally stopped moving. The guy sitting beside me carefully took me out of the car and helped me to walk in an unknown path. I felt myself inside the elevator as well. So, wherever I was, it was definitely a building. After coming out of the elevator, we had hardly took six or seven steps when he stopped.

“Stay here.”, He said, leaving me alone, blindfolded, handcuffed in an unknown place. I turned my head here and there and tried to removed the piece of clothe tied on my eyes but failed miserably.

“Anybody here?”, I spoke. “The person whom you had sent, told me that you want to meet me.”, I added. “So, here am I.”,

When I didn’t hear anything, I started feeling like crying because of fear. “Anybody.. he.. here?”, I asked in a heavy tone., trying my best not to cry.

“Please don’t cry, Senorita!”, I finally heard his low and deep voice which sent me to chill down my body.

He spoke and I got chill?

Who the hell was I? A cold drink?

“I’m sorry for not replying to you sooner.”, He apologized and with every passing minute, I felt him approaching me. “My world stopped for a while and I almost forgot to breathe when my eyes landed on after so many years!”, He added and by that time, he was standing near me.

Though his voice was calm and soft but I couldn’t help myself from feeling scared.

“Would this sound creepy if I say that seeing you again is the best thing that I happened today?”, He said and I recalled our conversation. At that time, his messages were the reason behind my smile and now the person was standing in front of me and I was feeling scared of him.

“I don’t know. But that definitely sounds cheesy.”, I said to which he laughed.

Wow! His laughter was the new best voice which I would like to hear often.

“Oh, where are my manners?”, He said and held my hand softly. Though I shivered at his touch but I didn’t jerk his hand away. He guided me to somewhere, I didn’t realize where it was until I settled on the couch.

“I’m glad that you’re not feeling scared now.”, He initiated the conversation.

“Well, you can’t expect me to cheer happily if you asked someone to bring me like…this.”, I responded without fear this time.

“I’m sorry but it was important to hide my identity from you.”

“Oh, Okay!”, I said without asking WHY even though I wanted to ask.

“So, how’s your new life? Are you enjoying it?”

“Yeah! And all thanks to you. I will forever be grateful to you for that new life.”, I responded.

“Just grateful nothing else?”

“What else were you expecting?”

“How about becoming mine?”, He said bluntly. If my eyes would have been opened then at this moment it would have been widened in shock or surprise!

But didn’t I already expect something like coming?

“I love you, Falak. I always have been. Be mine”, I quickly took my hand away from his hand when I heard that.

“I…I want to go back”, I said, still trying to digest his confession.

I thought he would try to stop me but he didn’t.

“Okay!”, he said in a disappointed tone. “Hello, Albert…come here”, He said to someone over the call.

He was giving up on me out that easily? Seriously? I waited for a while, playing with my fingers, expecting him to stop me from leaving and try to explain his feelings for me but that didn’t happen. I heard the sound of the elevator opening and I believe that ALBERT was there.

“Let’s go, Ma’am”, The same two-piece suit sound rang near me. So, he was Albert. I turned my heel to leave but eeriness consumed me.

If he really love me or loved me all these years then why was giving up on me this easily?

When I was about to enter the elevator, I heard a loud smashing loud of glass or something made of glass.

“What’s that?”, I asked Albert even though I had heard a slight idea about that sound.

“Sir’s anger,” Albert responded by keeping his answer short and to the point.

‘Good call, Falak. You turned a calm human into an angry beast.’, My mind mocked me.

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#TBC