Non-erotic Hues of Love by Yagyaseni

[fasterboy]

PART 37


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Court,

Khushi had walked out on him after uttering the single most damaging sentence Arnav had heard in his whole existence. Her words continued to reverberate in his ears, much like his heart which continued to beat with every beats of it shadowed by guilt and pain.


His mind was being torn apart by his thoughts - did he do right by not stopping her or his action of letting her go was the right option?


Only his heart would know the pain it had endured while eying the retreating back of its beloved and the way it had hardened itself to prevent him from engulfing her in a bone-crushing hug. Her walk out was not the cause of his pain but her pain was the dagger which struck the very chord of his heart.


The way her eyes glistened with disappointment and her voice shook with the pain of betrayal ensured that he would lose his calm and composure for months to come and it would haunt him till his last breath.


The saner part of him pushed him to inquire if she had reached safely since she was known to be quite rash in driving when she was in the wrong mood. Fate had decided to bestow sorrow at every step when Arnav rang several of his acquaintances at several places she could be expected at but it was of no avail. Khushi had neither reached his home nor her hospital.


Only one name surfaced to his mind as he felt sure that the person would surely know the whereabouts of Khushi, being so close to her - Rachna.


“What am I hearing, Arnav? Your company is involved in making hazardous drugs for children? How could you?” questioned Rachna, without giving a chance for Arnav to speak.


“I will give you ample time to accuse me, berate me and even punish me, if you deem fit, Rachna. But right now, we should search for Khushi. She is missing, after walking out on me. She was chosen as the President of the Committee who filed this case,” explained Arnav, her shivering and trembling form as she walked out flashing in front of his eyes as he struggled to maintain his tone.