It was around nine in the night when we were at Princep Ghat. It was popular for ferries and I had decided to take Akansha on one such ride. Rosaline seemed to have realized that sooner than I had expected as she immediately chirped in."I think we should take a ferry!", She said with a fake pretentious excitement. I felt like almost killing her but drew in a sharp breath to calm myself down. Akansha looked at me with a sad smile. "Fine.", I said curtly as we boarded a private ferry. Akansha stood beside me and looked down at flowing Ganges. The moon was shining brightly. Rosaline was looking around here and there. I slowly placed my hand on Akansha's as she seemed to come out of her thoughts."You are better than I had expected.", I whispered as she looked at me with a bewildered smile with a slight blush."I know, Mr. Parker. Now stop trying to be romantic.", She said leaning close to my ear. Her scent seemed so beautiful, she seemed so pretty. I pulled her by her waist, irrespe
One year.One year had passed. The door I had locked a year ago was still locked. I was sitting on my dining table drinking coffee. It was morning.. I had to go for work. Mr. Goenka had given me the post which was once held by Akansha. Not bad at all.. Really. I had grown up in just a year, life seemed so different now. More work, more responsibilities and definitely more people to criticize me. I stood up to give myself a last glance on the mirror. Yes, you must be thinking I am Heartless, undeservant of a girl like Akansha.. I know. And believe me you are not the only one, nearly the whole world thinks that way. But I.. Well, I don't care because they didn't mean anything to me. I walked out of my flat down to my car and soon the driver begun driving towards my office. Yes, I hadn't cried the way Anirudh had when he got the news.. I hadn't showed my sadness like the others had done but at times it's better to hide your feelings from others and even yourself seems so much comf
No! It.. It couldn't be her ghost..! But then if the watchman was seeing her standing on my balcony.. Someone was ought to be there.. "What happened? ", Anirudh asked observing me. " No.. Nothing.. Nothing happened. I have work to do we'll talk about Akansha later. ", I said returning to my paperwork as Anirudh left grumbling. The whole day went by thinking about what was actually happening in my house. It was late when I reached home. I opened the house and walked in. I had got some drinks (By the way that's nothing new, it's my daily routine since one year.. Every night. After all you need something to sustain yourself in pain.) I changed into my clothes thinking hard about what Had happened because everything seemed perfect for me right now.. Like I couldn't find any ghosts going around. I sat down on my dining table with my drinks and a glass to begin with my drinking session. After around six to seven glasses of drinks I heard a sound coming from Akansha's locked come.. Thi
I immediately shut the book and stood up. I had taken sips of alcohol, and now they seemed to have an effect.I turned back to see Akansha.. Akansha Goenka standing in front of me.. Definitely alive, her hazel brown eyes twinkled as ever. She looked at me with a subtle smile, a touch of secrecy they carried.Was I dreaming? Hallucinating?"You... You.?", I babbled like an idiot. " Oh yes. ", she said coming close to me, uncomfortably close. She pulled me out of what I believed was a dream.This was not a dream." Why aren't you happy? ", she said, a voice above whisper. " Ya.. Yes.. ", I stammered, my heart racing in my chest. Suddenly I realized that her hand had gone upto my neck from behind. Her fingers carefully lining my neck, sending chills down my spine. Her never seen before avatar seemed to take my breath away from me. He firmly held me by my neck.She leaned closer. I abruptly snapped out of my daze-like state and said," How are you alive?", she leaned closer until our
"I.. I tried to kill you?", I asked softly. "Yes! You did! ", she said, shouting at me. She continued still shouting at me as tears streamed down her eyes, " You didn't even spare a tear in my memory! You have always been Heartless! "" You want to know why I didn't cry over you?!! ", I was shouting back at her. Enough was enough.. I couldn't hold on to the truth anymore. " Because I knew you were very much alive!! I knew it!! "She stood still at the sentence trying to read my eyes which showed immense pain and agony. " You are lying to me.. ", she said, now her voice had turned soft. I took a deep breath and let it out. I walked towards her as she pushed back towards the wall, leaning on it. " I believed in you.. Your love.. I thought you'd return to me but.. I was wrong.. I was wrong.. "" How can you know?! It's not possible! ", she said in dis belief looking away from me. " While I sat near the Ganges that night I had seen you in your red dress with Anirudh.. Even if he w
I was asleep when suddenly my phone rung.. I knew I wasn't going to office so it wasn't hurting to sleep for long. I picked up the call without looking at the caller's name. "Good morning, Parker. ", said the most detested voice across the phone. " Why do you have to disturb me Anirudh?! ", I asked him in a very unpleasant news. " I had to give you a good news.. ", he said happily. " Why you are pregnant?! ", I asked (come on I was half asleep.. I'm not mad..) " Shut up! But don't worry.. You'll soon have my kids to play with.. ", he said. " Oohoo.. So you are planning to get pregnant.. Good good... ", I said yawning loudly. " Oh shut up! I'm a man.. I cannot get pregnant.. "" Sorry I thought you were a woman..", I said sitting up. " Okay fine.. Anyway.. I wanted to invite you to my wedding ceremony.", he said excitedly. " So who's the unlucky girl? ", I asked getting down from my bed. " Oh please.. By the way it's Akansha.", he said proudly. Yes.. Now only this was left.
"I don't want to hurt you..", she whispered as tears flowed down her eyes."Then why did you?", I asked softly."Because I was compelled to. I want to get rid of all this! I don't want to go through this!", She said nearly shouting."Yes. That I understand. Now tell me why.", I said patiently."Anirudh and Rosaline were together in this. Rosaline pushed me that day and Anirudh did save. He also manipulated me against you and I too believed him until one day I heard him speak over the phone to Rosaline...", Her voice trailed off as she fainted in my arms. Nevertheless I held her up in my arms and laid her on the bed. Then very reluctantly I moved away and went into my bedroom to sleep. I kept thinking of what I had heard. So now Anirudh was even getting on to murdering her. I had to think something.Next morning I was woken when a whole glass of water was splashed onto my face. "Heck! Who's it?! ", I shouted as I sat up rubbing my eyes. " I.. How on earth am I here?! ", I heard Akan
One Day Later - I was here at this big hotel Anirudh had booked for his wedding. Tomorrow Akansha was to marry him. I sat in my room silently. Just then Rosline walked in as a mischievous smile spread over my face as she handed me a CD. "All yours.. ", she said. " Fine then.. Come on let's see the drama. ", I said as I walked out with her following me slowly. I knocked on Akansha's door. By the way did I tell you that she had told about her being alive to nearly everyone except me? Nevertheless the door slowly opened. It was Anirudh. " Why have you come here?! ", he asked rudely (I'm used to it, everybody here speaks to me the same way) " Wanna show you something. ", I said as I walked in with Rosline while Anirudh stood perplexed. Akansha she was at the dressing table doing something with her hair and looking extremely enchanting. She immediately stopped at looked at me astonished. " Why is he here? ", she asked Anirudh. " Wants to show us something, Love ", I felt pukish a
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