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2021-03-06 09:32:52Saved by the bell. Truer words have never been said.
Samar's threatening step towards the maddening girl halted when her cell phone rang loudly.
Maahi seemed to figure her good luck as well because the relief that dawned on her face rivaled the light that dawns on the sky at daybreak. But it was a little short-lived. Looking at the name blinking on her phone Maahi looked torn, then looked at the surly man standing in front of her, only to stare back at her phone. After a split second of deliberation, with a defiant expression, pressed the green button.
"Hey sweetheart," she said turning around for some privacy.
Earth dropped away from below Samar's feet. Sweetheart?
"I was just going to call you," Maahi said as sh
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Old habits die hard.Nothing else could explain the foolish urge that Maahi had to pull out another one of her tried and tested excuse from her arsenal, making a run from this conversation staring her in the eyes. So busy was her frantic mind in devising a strategy to get out of this situation that she gave no heed to the lavish manly room around her. Or to the owner of that room who was now standing barely a foot away from her, his hands folded on his chest."Maahi."She looked up, startled as her heart leaped up in her chest. Instinctively, she moved a few paces back, away from the heat and threat his body was emanating.God, of other things she didn't know but they should really talk about respecting personal spaces. Anyway, showtime! She smiled brightly. A stubborn fake it till you make it smile. Getting ready to deflect the upcoming chit-chat on her stupidity. She was an e
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"You. love. me?"Unease coiled around her heart.Why is his tone so mocking?"Are you f**king kidding me?"Now hergut twisted a little too. Kidding?? No, she wasn't. All she had done was voice her feelings for the boy she has known all her life."I never imagined you would try to trick me, Maahi. Why dammit? What have I not done for you? WHAT? Hell, I took the f**king bullets for you! And this is how you repay me? By playing games? If you think I'll believe the crap you have dished out even for a second, then you don't know me at all. I am not that stupid trusting boy your family abused for years. You people don't come to anyone's doorstep to spit without a hidden agenda and you want me to believe that su
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