We were soon in the office and I was allotted a cabin. It was right beside Akanksha's. The name Neil Parker, Assistant Managing Directed, engraved on the door.I sat back onto the recliner, comfortably."You like it, sir?", Akanksha asked smiling at me."I love it, Ugly ducking.", I said flashing her my annoying smile."Huh! Goblins are uglier anyways.", She replied with her 'oh so smart' smile. I sat up."Why can't you keep your hair open?", I asked sighing, looking at her neatly pony tailed hair."Oh God, Mr. Parker I am at office. This is not your park for romance..", She said, smiling amused, "You are such a kid sometimes.""Keeping the kid in me alive. Always.", I said proudly."Sure.", She said, with a beautiful smile.She turned and left.I sat there thinking about her, not that I was missing her, not yet. But her behaviour this morning was a little strange. I had to find out.. After all I had read the whole Sherlock Holmes series - I must have learnt something.But well, at th
I ran out hastily, my heart thumping loudly in my chest. By the Grace of God, there was a yellow taxi waiting. The Goenka Industries was not at much of a distance from the airport. I was there soon to find a huge crowd in front of the smoky building.I ran.. The Fire brigade had just come but they hadn't gone in, still trying to extinguish the fire from outside.I pushed through the sea of people and moved to the front. I met a familiar face, Akansha's assistant. I asked her if Akansha had come out," No Sir, not yet.. ", she continued with something more but well, I being a superhero as I considered myself, wasn't going to listen to anything extra so I decided to take matters in my own hands. There were fire brigade people guarding and not letting anyone go in. There was a "do not enter" tape placed like a boundary. I crawled in from below it. And without turning back, I ran into the building.. The fire was huge and the whole building seemed to be affected by it.There was a huge eff
Just the moment she was about to speak my phone rung.. For a moment I felt like picking it up and throwing it out of the window but then, maybe something important was there.I picked it up." Hello Neil! Where is my daughter?! ", my father in law asked frantically." She's fine, Old man. You don't need to bother about her. You have the most responsible son in law in the multiverse.", saying so I gave the phone to Akansha who already looked unwell.She talked to her father for quite some time, describing how bad the Fire had been.Just the moment her 'short and sweet talk' had finished I asked her snatching the phone from her," Girl, now tell me! ", I said, nearly wailing.She looked at me for a second, and then said," Actually.. The thing is... "" Fast! ", I snapped unable to hold back my curiosity." I'm-I'm love with somebody else! ", she said in one breath and those words.. They hit me like a hard stone, right on my forehead.I think my eyes nearly popped out because of the way
We were soon siting in a room with that guy Anirudh siting opposite to us. We sat on wooden chairs. He stared at me, observantly, from across the wooden table, as if surveying me.Now, I couldn't definitely deny that Mr. Anirudh Chaudhary was a handsome man but yes, definitely not more than me!" So, this is your husband, Neil Parker? ", he asked Akansha who nodded her head in agreement.Anirudh offered his hand for a handshake. I drew in a sharp breath, forced a fake smile and shook hands wih him. After that he said," Mr. Parker.. You look better than what I had thought about you. Akansha had told that you are handsome but when I see you in front of me.. You look better than my thoughts.. Glad to meet you, young man. ", he said with an almost genuine smile." Thanks. ", I said with my forced smile, intact." Okay.. Now that you want a divorce, you have to wait for six months.. That's the rule. You should stay with her for six months in case you could settle the disputes or definitel
Anirudh, the boyfriend of my husband had been living in Akanksha and my house as if it was his Dad's. After several days of torture, one day Mr. Anirudh had to go out to Dubai for some work. He had already ruined my life for two months (Oh yes! That leaves only four months in hand) The month was December.. The days had become slightly cooler and I couldn't have felt better. By the way, Akanksha, after all, did not fire me from the job. I was still working perfectly under her, she is not that bad as I thought. She did have her mood swings and anger issues when things went out of hand, yet she was much better than what I had expected.She was caring, Loving, Sweet, beautiful.. Everything that a Dream girl needs to be. But then, look at my situation.. I had her all this while and all I did was not care about her mere presence in my life. Now, I could only regret.We went to the office together but usually the talk was about business, Nothing else. No casual talks, or even me teasing h
Next morning I woke up in my bedroom with a note near my pillow. I rubbed my sleepy eyes and read,"Good morning, Neil. I understand that you were not in your senses and that is the reason you behaved that way. It's okay. You can take rest today and join office tomorrow. - Akansha. "Great. So she thought that I wasn't in my senses and said all that.. It's such a wonderful world, isn't it? At times I don't understand why it takes me so long to realize things..When she loved me, I didn't love her. When she cared for me, I didn't care for her. And now when she is leaving, I need her. And she thinks yesterday I was a drunk idiot who blabbered nonsense, and she was not going to take any of the words that I said seriously.I woke up, my brain had nearly stopped working. The time seemed to pass so quickly.. That was because my brain was crammed with so many thoughts.. So many regrets. Okay.. So now I cannot deny that I love her.. And the greatest irony of all is that I realize it w
I was overall happy about my 'new' Friendship.. But then, I knew that this man Anirudh is definitely going to spoil my efforts. I had to make her fall in love with me all over again! That too fast.. I had just got four months before it was all ruined. Nevertheless, I behaved like I was her friend.. That is talking to her the way I never talked (And that is like a friend), asking her about herself (which was something I didn't want to ever do) and I don't know what not. Life seemed to turn better, until it completely ended.. Completely. Only one month was left for us and everything seemed to be perfect (at least that's what I felt). I was sure by now that she could bear on with me for the rest of my life. That evening while we were having tea in the balcony of our flat, I begun, " Now that we have become good friends.. Could we just upgrade our relationship status? "" What do you mean? ", she asked, she was looking towards the setting sun. " I.. I mean that if we could cancel th
My hopes and wish for love, all crashed in the dust at once. Karma, it was, probably. I was a fool to believe I could fall in love again. I went into my room and packed my bags. She did not stop me, not anymore. She obviously did not have a reason to.I flew back to London immediately. This time, nothing stopped me.She sent the signed divorce papers to me. It was right before my eyes, on the desk. I looked at it, as an ache coursed through me.I knew this was the end of it.. End of our relationship.. My fancy towards her.. Her 'So - called' Love towards me.. Everything. Could love fade away so easily.. I did not know.I signed the paper and returned the papers. It all ended.. I knew it. I took my phone and deleted her number along with all the ways to contact her - just to prevent myself from approaching and begging of her to be with me.Two weeks had passed. I had begun with helping Mr. Goenka here in London. Even though I and his daughter had a divorce he didn't have any grudg
Neil's Point Of View :For moments silence hung.I was expecting the death reaper to finally show up.But nothing of that sort happened. No death reapers.And then, I heard another gun shot through the deafening heart beat of mine.Akanksha held Rehan's arm tightly, upwards. Two bullets had pierced through my Mercedez, out of the car. The man with a gun on my chest was just about to change his position when I caught hold of his wrist. I immediately twisted it with all my might. I heard him groan. Snatching the gun from him and shot him instantly. I pointed it at Rehan's temple then. "Looks like the tables have turned, bestie.", I said feeling a huge amount of relief.I heard him clench his jaws, annoyed at the turn of events.He released the gun he held as it fell on the floor of the car."Parker, you have no idea about the trouble you are inviting.", He stated coldly."Don't give me a lecture about my well being, buddy. I am doing just fine killing you off.", I said as he held his
Neil's Point Of View : All three of us sat down at our table. Ready to enjoy. Akanksha looked at absolute peace. She was happier than ever. I knew it.We sat back and ordered food.I pulled out my phone to check some mails while Akanksha busied herself with Nesha, asking her about her homework and teachers.Leaving the underworld was not as easy as it had seemed. Although I had not mentioned that to Akanksha yet. If she knew the depth of the situation she would probably panic - and I did not want that to happen anymore. Raghu had been sending me updates about Rehan.Rehan was my rival. When the whole mafia dealing had started with Basu, I had been introduced to several aspects of the underworld. One of them was definitely the rivalry. Rehan was from another gang ready to do everything possible under the sun just to get me dead. And to get that threat off even if you walked out of the Mafia-Verse was impossible.I forced a smile and sipped on my mojito. Nesha was talking about some
Akanksha's Point of View :Almost a week passed by, without much chaos.I had returned to my post as the CEO of my company and Neil had promised to quit all his illegal business and switch completely to the legal bit.Raghu and Sarah had of course kept to their underworld affair. Dad had returned to London.And, Nesha had finally gone back to school, much to my mental peace.I sat back on my recliner. The evening was setting in outside the large french windows of my office.What a mess our lives had been for the last few years! I shut my eyes, drawing in a deep breath when my phone buzzed. I picked it up from the desk without even checking the name."Hmm?""How is my McQueen doing?", It was him, asking in the most Neil like tone possible."Your McQueen is chilling, McDumbo.", I said grinning as I spoke."Nesha is back home by now.. right?", He asked.I looked at the wall clock of the cabin."Yes.. obviously. She reached home three hours back.", I said sitting up."Is everything okay,
Akansha's Point Of ViewNeil immediately became alert at the sound."I'll check.", Raghu said as he walked out of the room slowly.Neil immediately lifted Nesha in his arms and looked around for a way to escape.There was none.I gulped nervously as I stood up.Raghu returned after a while grinning."What happened man?", Neil asked."Tony Stark, it's your acquaintance.", He said as Neil raised his brow."Neil Parker.", I instantly knew the voice as I froze.Nesha looked at me in confusion.The man who walked in was smiling, immediately his smile gave way to a shocked expression."Dad..", I mumbled nervously."Akansha.", His voice was steady.I looked at Neil.He was smiling at me.My dad looked down at Nesha who was giving her signature confused look that she had inherited from Neil."Now who are you?", She sounded almost annoyed as she crossed her hands in front of her, eyeing Dad.Dad looked back at Neil who was standing and looking around knowing everything.Sarah signalled Raghu a
Akansha's Point Of View°°°We had finally reached a farm house kind of a place. Neil pulled me in with him. He was bleeding profusely and so was I but that did not matter more than saving our lives.We barged into the house as Neil immediately shut the door behind us. "Bring Mommy!", I knew exactly who was it. There was a thump of something being thrown onto the floor."You daughter is just like you.", Neil said tapping my shoulder.I looked at him with narrowed eyes."She's your daughter too.", I said as he smirked.Our eyes locked.His eyes were numb, there was silence but he spoke so much through his eyes.We stared, as if time had stopped.There was another loud thump.We immediately snapped out of the trance."I guess we should go otherwise she's gonna wreck the whole house.", He said as I nodded, holding his hand."Someone's being too romantic.", He said as we started walking towards the room.I looked at Neil and smiled.Something never change."Nesha.. look listen—""I want
Akansha's Point Of View••I stepped back into the building to find Raghu running out."Akansha? Come on.. I'll have to—""Where's Neil?", I asked."He.. he's okay. He's told me to take you.", He said as if unsure.I knew he was lying.I gulped."Take Nesha and leave.", I said."But—""Just do what I say.", This was a command. He was taken aback for a moment as he immediately nodded and walked down to the car.I looked down at the ground once."Tell her that I'll bring her Neil back.", I turned and told Raghu.He nodded."I will.", He said with a pained smile."Take care, Akansha.", He said before turning back to the car.I immediately ran back into the building."And you thought you'll get out of this Neil?", The man spoke as I froze. I shut my eyes.He was caught.No Akansha.. you can't give up...I immediately rushed to the door, soundlessly. Tip toeing.I stood by the door to find Neil look up at Rehan hatefully. He was tied to the same chair where Nesha had been sitting. "You
I ran back home.I had to reach them on time.Akansha's Point Of View°°°I slowly opened my eyes. My hands and mouth was tied. It had been quite sudden. After Neil had left two men had suddenly entered the house using a window. I had no idea how that happened but whatever it was I was scared. I tried to throw something at them but it was to no avail. Someone had used chloroform from behind.My head ached."Do you really think Parker will come?", One man asked another.It was a dark and damp room. I was sitting on the floor."He will. I know him. He's one emotional fool.", The other man replied.I looked around.These two men stood exactly in front of me. Their backs towards me."I want a chocolate!"I froze.It was Nesha's voice. I started struggling, trying to free myself. They had my daughter here!"Get this kid a chocolate.", The man who had spoken second said."But—""Do it.", The man said coldly."So, tell me, what's your name?""Nesha Goenka Parker.", Nesha replied as I struggl
"Neil.. wake up.", Akansha whispered. I could feel her breath on my bare chest."I don't want to.", I replied turning away digging my face inside another pillow beside me. She slapped me on my shoulder."Get up.", She said giggling.I looked down at her. "You look like an angel, did I ever mention that?", I asked with a smile."Complements won't help. Get up. I'm sure you wouldn't want me to remove this blanket when the door is open. You know your daughter.", She said giggling. It seemed like she was laughing from within.I smiled at her."Wear you clothes, Mr. Parker and then kindly shut the door so that I can wear mine. Your clothes are beside you.", She said as I sighed."You know I'm still you boss.""At work, sir. The whole world knows that the wife rules in the house.", She said sliding up to my face. Her hair fell beside my face."You know I was not lying when I said you looked like an angel.", I said, brushing her brown hair softly."I know.", She whispered before kissing m
Akansha moved away. It was instantaneous and I had well expected it. "You are what?", This time her whisper was that of unsurity. "I'm a Mafia. A Gangster.", I turned towards her and said."Neil, but what about Imperium? What-what is it then?", She asked, almost pleading that I should say that I'm lying."It is, what you call a way, to hide my actual occupation.", I replied, I could see the disbelief in her eyes.The King of The Underworld was nothing to be proud of. Especially if that man was your husband. "You–you killed all those people?", She asked softly.I nodded, feeling guilt surge through my being."How could you, Neil? How–""I told you that you shouldn't know it–""Shut up!", She screamed standing up."You are a freaking murderer, assasin, drug addict, terrorist, everything! And you sir, are telling me that I shouldn't know it!", She was shouting by this time."I'm.. I'm sorry..", I whispered under my breath."No! Wait, you think I shouldn't know that the man I live with