Tainted Love by Maniah (i love reading TXT) 📖

"No, not now, Wait till the election. You know I can't risk anything at this moment. Only two months left for the election and after the campaign, you can do whatever you want." 

"As you wish Aunt." 

She smiled "at least have some tea with me." She said, I nodded "without Sugar, right?" 

I nodded, she rang the bell for tea while still making small talks. I was listening to her but my thoughts went to the boy I met, Granth. I chuckled remembering his angry face. 

"You are smiling? Mrityunjay, share the joke." Aunty said frowning.

I shook my head "I just recalled something, don't worry about it."

"Hmm must be about your favourite girl, You don't care about anyone else except for her I know that. Is she still the same?" 

"I want her to be the same, it's good she is not like any other girls," I told her and stood up "now I have to leave aunt…" 

"But the tea is ready…" she said, looking at the coming servant with a tea trolley.

"I have a schedule to follow, I apologise for it. Some other time maybe," saying that I nodded at her walked outside. Dhigraj followed me when we reached my car. He opened it for me and I sat inside.

Leaning back in my car I closed my eyes. I like this peace, it's so relaxing. 

"Sir, here…" Dhigraj said. I sighed and opened my eyes, Dhigraj was holding a glass of whiskey in his hands. I took it from him and gulped it in one go. 

"One more," I ordered him.

He filled my glass again, "Do you want me to handle the situation of this Batra sir, ?" 

I shook my hand "not yet." 

He nodded and sighed "Miss Mehta called, she is on her way to meet you. Might be at the airport at this moment. She said she wants to live with you in your Villa." 

I raised my eyes from the glass, "let her come then," I raised my glass in a mock salute and the drive after that was silent. The way I like it. Once we reached my Villa in Shimla, Dhigraj opened the door for me, I stepped out of the car. When we reached the door I took off my coat and handed it to Dhigraj. He hangs it,  "may I leave sir?" He asked me. 

I was in my bar, opening my favourite whiskey bottle. I nodded at him and he left. Finally, I was alone and peaceful.  I don't like people around me. 

 Filling the crystal glass I went to the sitting room and sat on the sofa near the elegant fireplace. Leaning back on the sofa I closed my eyes, this peace is beautiful. I was enjoying my evening when the doorbell rang. I sighed and shook my head because I knew who had arrived here. 

"Mrityunjay, I have been calling you for the past ten days, where have you been?" 

I opened my eyes and raised them to her, she was standing in my house and had the nerves to question me. Who does she think she is?

"You should have understood by now that I was not in the mood to talk to you then, Lavanya?" 

She thinned her lips, her face showing a clear expression of hurt "why are you doing this to me, it's been four years since we are together. Everyone wants to know when we will get married. I lie to them every time Mritunjay. I am tired of this," she said, throwing her handbag on the table and crossing her hands to her chest.

"I didn't ask you to lie, you are free to leave whenever you want Lavanya," I told her.

"Is it so easy, we have been together for four years…" she was saying but I raised a finger to stop her, "we were never together Lavanya, I never promised you anything. I told you from starting that I do not want to get married to you or anyone else. I do not believe in marriage. So don't play this game with me." I reminded her, she shook her head in suffering.

"I never gave you any false hope, you may leave if you want. I have no problem with that," she came forward and held my hand "I am sorry, sometimes I get emotional. You know that. It's just a lot of pressure I am facing with everyone asking about our relationship, especially your grandmother."

I chuckled "do not stress yourself about her," I told her and tried to snatch my hand but she smiled at me and placed my hand on he bre**t.  "I want to be with you," she whispered, linking her hands to my neck.

I sighed "I like your practicality but don't take it as anything else Lavanya, it's just se* for me and nothing else. No promises, no commitment. Do you understand me?" I asked her.

"I know, I just don't want to lose you, I am happy to be with you in any way."

I turned her around and removed her hair from her shoulder and put then on the other shoulder, went near her ear "you never had me Lavanya so losing me was never the question," I whispered and placed a kiss on her shoulder, she gripped my hand "and today I don't want to be with you, you may rest in one of the guest bedrooms just make sure that I don't see you around me. I want to be alone," I told her and pushed her lightly. 

"Mrityunjay…" she turned around "please…"

"Good night," I said and walked to my room and locked it, removed my clothes and took a shower. Wearing my night clothes I went to sleep and prayed that I don't see her again in my dreams. Her face still haunted me. I want to forget her like she was never a part of my life.

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Vani POV:-

"She is lying, my son can never do that. We all know this Mr and Mrs Gill has always supported this characterless woman and now they stoop so low that they are making false accusations against my son, Mrs Kapoor this time they even took your son's name as well." Mrs Bhalla said in the colony Secretary office.

"Enough is Enough now, I won't tolerate you and your goon of a son to harass my child. Today he beat him, look at Khush and Granth's face." Mrs Gill said. 

"We all know you are lying, only your child and Granth are telling the truth while our children are all lying. Till yesterday it was my child only and today the whole colony's children were involved. Tomorrow you will accuse me of harassing you, stop taking the side of this woman every time. We used to live peacefully in this colony and since this woman came to live here every day a new dispute is happening," Mr Bhalla said eyeing me.