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~Shreya's POV~
"One vanilla, one chocolate"
I and Myra were returning back home and took a halt at an ice cream parlor.
"Princess" I heard a voice and turned around to see the same kid I met few days back.
"Ayush" a man came running behind him and calling his name.
"Kon princess?" Myra asked me while I stood clueless when the kid came and hugged my legs. I handed the ice cream to her and detached the boy.
(Princess, who?)
As I sat on my knees, he wrapped his hands around my neck. What is going on, man? What princess? Is this a fairytale?
I am here looking like a beggar with scattered hairs, crippled clothes and the fatigue due to the long shift and this cutie is calling me a princess.
"Ayush.....ummm......I am so sorry" the man said and awkwardness was clearly visible on his face. I didn't know what to do so just hugged back the kiddo.
"Hello" I said as he moved back and shook hands with me. "Hello princess"
"Ayush" the man said gritting his teeth and pulled him back by his shoulders.
The kiddo, okay, Ayush looked at him forming a pout. Aww!!!!
"Can I ask you one thing?" I said raising my hand like a student sitting in a class. Embarrassment can never leave my hold. The kid giggled when I promptly lowered my hand.
"You are cute princess"
"Yes, this. Why do you keep calling me princess? And wait? What did you say that day?"
"Please become my big bro's princess" He repeated his statement that I was about to mention.
I looked at the man passing him a death glare. "This is what you teach kids to do? What is this cheap way of hitting on someone?"
"Excuse me, first of all, I am not the big bro he is talking about and secondly, he is just a kid. He saw some cartoon or else. Can you please stop overreacting?"
"Can you tell your 'so called big bro' to ask him to stop this princess thing?" I raised my eyebrows and passed him a thin smile.
I sighed looking at his annoyed face.
"Fine sorry for overreacting but"
"Abey sorry kyu? Shi toh pucha" yeah here comes my lady warrior.
(Why sorry? You asked correctly)
I gave her a look asking her to not continue the filth. She didn't say anything further. Thank god.
I again sat on my knees to talk to the kid because this is really stupid. "Listen, princesses are in stories, okay. And do not ask this question to anyone again. Got that?"
"But, I asked this to you only." His eyes got teary. Goddddd.
"Okay wait. You want ice cream?" I said in panic before he could start crying and his 'not so big bro' start scolding me again.
"I will get him ice cream, leave it." The man carried him in his arms and walked away. Wow. Now the princess turned into the villain. Great. Awesome. Idiot. His big bro, not me.
~Author's POV~
"Sir, these are the recent files. Here are the catalogues and I have sent all the mails on your account. Anything else?" Kabir said standing in front of Vedant's desk in his cabin.
He took a look on the mentioned things and nodded.
"Kabir" "Yes sir"
"Where are the bouquets?" He asked leaving the former in confusion.
"Sir, what?" He realized the seriousness on his face. "Sir actually they are kept at the reception as decorations."
"Bring the tulip one" his boss ordered scrolling through the mails.
"Sir but why?"
"Kabir, who is the boss?" he asked leaning back on his chair and passed him a thin smile.
"Sir what is this question? Obviously you" he replied with a chuckle pointing his hands towards the boss.
"Then do as I said idiot" Kabir immediately went out of the cabin to avoid getting scolded further. He bought the bouquet and handed it to him.
"Sir, anything else?" he called in a fearful tone while his sir was busy in running his hands all over the flowers caressing them. "Sir" he called again to get him out of his dreamland.
"You are still here?"
"Uh actually sir, sorry sir." He went out of the cabin in a hurry.
~Vedant's POV~
I don't know what's with these flowers but since the time I saw them yesterday, they are somewhere stuck in my mind.
Well, white tulips. A symbol of new beginning. A beginning that is fresh and positive. Mine isn't like that but still it is whatever it is.
Well, who must have given this? Wait!!!
Rathore Enterprises!!!
I read on the card kept inside the bouquet and all blurred lines got clear.
I knew it. Something is with this bouquet that I am unable to forget it. So, it is given by her.
Actually, not given, just kept there. Well it's even better if she didn't give it to me directly. I would not have been able to control myself seeing her and-
Leave it.
I wanted her to move on and live her life peacefully, even if away from me. I still want.
This is exactly what is happening. Then, why am I feeling bad? Why do I feel a weight in my chest? Why does the breathing rate increases? Why my vision blurs and the head feels like it's rotating at some 100kmph speed? Why?
You wanted all this, Vedant. If she has finally moved on, then what is the problem. But-
How can she? How dare she? Was it this easy for her? She hates me this much that she moved on so soon? But why would she not? I gave her the reason. I am the one to be blamed.
Well, since she has moved on. It feels like a crime to even think of her for she has her own family.
Nooooooo
What am I even thinking? This sounds so wrong. Why would I not think of her? Why would I not call her mine? I don't care if she hates me.
sighs I wish I could tell her this.
(You can) his inner conscience said.
No, I can't. It's too late now. Moreover, if I hadn't seen her, then also, I would have never told her.
I want her to live her life in the happiest manner and I don't think it would be possible with me. Even life is not a surety for me, let alone the happiest life.
I have already faced two pathetic stages in my life. I am not even sure when it can return to again pull me into the ocean of death. And this time, I won't be able to swim and survive.
Knowing all this, even thinking of a blissful life ahead feels like a joke. And a life without her already feels like death.
Why I am even here? Oh yeah, god has some trauma left in his stock for me.
~Author's POV~
He sighed and sat resting his back on his chair. Keeping the bouquet on the table, he took out his wallet and opened it.
He leaned at the table and rested his head on his palm and thought looking at his wallet. "You know, you were looking extremely gorgeous, just as you used to and I know, will always do. Your smile, yeah this sunshine smile, once again made my heart skip a beat. Your laughter, those heartfelt giggles, made me feel like someone is planting roses in the garden of my heart. Your divine face, the one I can spend my whole life looking at, as always made me forget the environment around you."
He was thinking all this when someone knocked at the door.
He immediately kept his wallet back and sat in a definite composure keeping the bouquet aside. "Come in"
"Sir you have a meeting in an hour. Are you okay with it?" an employee said entering into the cabin.
"Yeah no problem"
~Vedant's POV~
As he left, I again picked the bouquet that I had put below the table because obviously, what would they think finding me sitting here with a bouquet?
I should work now. Yeah. But wait-
I don't get one thing. Why did she come there? She clearly hates me, so what was the need to attend the function. Did she doesn't know I was going to be there?
Well, that is possible because I have been away from KGC since two years. But man, there's a thing called invitation card. There was my name on it. How would she not know?
Does my presence not affect her anymore? Vedant, just stop it. She has nothing to do with you. Why would she anyways? She just came on her father's place. That's it. Why would she come to meet you?
After few days
"You like this one?" I asked my munchkin who sat in his ride. We are in a fair as I promised him. He has been asking for it since a week and I somehow convinced him to wait till the weekend.
Finally, I won't have to see my little munchkin crying anymore. "Yeahhhhhhhhh" he sang in his exciting voice sitting on the mini train.
After the ride, we went to a food setup. As I called the waiter to give the order, my munchkin jumped off from his seat and ran behind my back shouting.
"Princess"
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