Her Mysterious Lover

Falak’s POV

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“What’s the time now?” I asked.

“It’s seven-ten.”

“Umm…. I was thinking of meeting Ash! I didn’t see her today. I’m missing her, and I know she will be missing me too.”, I said and thought of calling her to meet at our favorite place.

“Should I be jealous of her because you kind of missed her but not me?”, He asked in a serious tone.

“Seriously, Attam?”

“All right, Fine! I will ask one of my drivers to take you to that cafe and then bring you back!”

“That’s not required. I can handle myself. I’m a big girl now. Moreover, it’s just seven-ten, right? I will be back till nine. And even my legs don’t hurt that much.”

“Still, I won’t let you go through public transport. Book an Ola or Uber.”

“Okay.”, I agreed to him because it was better to take a can rather than get attention to my known place if they would see me stepping out of a branded car.

“Perfect then.”

That was it?

He agreed to my request that easily?

“Even I will have to leave because there are a lot of pending works related to the office. I might come late at night. So, don’t wait for me, and you can sleep peacefully after dinner.”, He added and kissed me again, a quick, innocent one this time. “Bye. Take care!”

“You too.”

When he started leaving, I carefully heard the pattern of his step. “Listen!”

“Yes, Seno!”

“I missed you too.”, I confessed. Sometimes it’s now or never. Life was too short to hide your feelings. Don’t be afraid or nervous to say what you feel, right? I didn’t know why I was having a feeling that something was going to happen tonight. My heart was feeling restless for no reason.

‘Please take care of everything, Lord.’ I prayed in my mind, and with the DING sound, I realized that he had finally left. After a second later, I removed my blindfold and looked for my phone, and finally found it in the kitchen.

At the same time, my eyes landed on the empty tiffin where I had packed snacks for Ash. I shook my head, recalling that conversation.

I could believe him. He ate all the snacks on his own. I wondered how big his stomach was!

But then I didn’t feel that HE even had a small amount of fat on his stomach.

I picked up my phone, and there was two missed call from Ash and a few messages from her.

‘I’m coming to your place to meet you. I can’t sleep peacefully until I check on you and your legs. And I don’t give a damn about the fact that I will have to drive in the opposite direction.”

“WHAT THE FUCK! You lied to both Father Gregory and me about your last night’s stay.”

“Pick up the damn phone!”

“Are you with your Mysterious guy?”

“Where are you? Are you still alive? Call me before seven if you don’t want me to go near the police.”, This was the last message from her, and that was half an hour.

God!

I screamed in my mind and quickly dialed her number, but she was not receiving the call.

‘Pick the call. Pick the call.’ I started chanting, and finally, she picked the call in its last ring.

“Tell me anything but not that you’re in the police station.”, I said directly the moment the call was connected without any greeting.

“Tell me anything but not that you already lost your virginity.”, She exclaimed.

“For god’s sake, Ash! Don’t shout it that loudly. What will people say when they will hear you?”

“Fine! Where the hell were you? And why didn’t you receive the call earlier?”

“I was with HIM.”

“Wow! You forgot about me already? Where are you now? I’m coming to meet you?”

“How about we meet at our spot?” I suggested.

“You naughty girl! You reached into his bedroom that fast!”

“Shut up, Ash!”

“Fine! See you there in 15-20 minutes.”Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

“Perfect.”

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“Vomit,” Ashley said the moment she grabbed a seat beside me.

“Seriously? No greeting and nothing? At least you should have asked how am I?” I said, raising my brow, and then pointed her toward my leg. “See, my leg is injured.”

“Don’t try to change the topic, Miss.”, She muttered, narrowing her eyes. “By the way, you spend just twenty-four hours with him, and you injured yourself. What is he to you? A bad omen.”, She asked sarcastically.

“I seriously don’t like it when you speak shit about him.”

“Ahem Ahem, it seems like love is in the air.”, She commented but then raised her hand in the air when she found me glaring. “Fine! I will zip my mouth.”, She added and dramatically zipped her mouth.

“Good. Now stay like until I finish speaking.”, I ordered, pointing my finger toward her, on which she nodded her head.

“There’s something about my life that I have never shared with you, Ash,” I started speaking and then looked toward her. She had raised her eyebrow out of curiosity. “Something which was or said which is the reason behind my dark circles and sleepless nights,” I told her the answer, which she had wanted to know for a long. “Something happened with me years back which left a big trauma in my life, and even after all this year, I’m not over it.”

“I know you are curious to know about THAT REASON, but I can’t help you now. Not because I don’t want to, but it’s because I’m not comfortable talking about that part. I get scared or start crying, recalling those memories. But one day, I will sure share about it, I promise. You might be wondering how I can share those things in the future but not now…well, that’s because I started seeing Psycytrist from today onwards, and I think I will get to see the improvement soon.”

“Along with that, there are a few things which I want to share with you now, but along with that, you will have to promise that you won’t ask anything of my past.”

She showed her thumb on which I continued speaking and shared my feeling about finding my REAL parents from whom I got separated when I was born, obviously skipping the kidnapping part. Along with that, I shared my idea of uploading a video about sharing my story on TikTok and Instagram.

The moment I allowed her to speak, the first question that escaped from her mouth surprised me. “Does he know everything? I mean, even those things which you haven’t shared with me?”

“Out of everything, you have to talk about this?” I asked.

“Yes! So, tell me, does he know?”

“Almost 99%”, I responded. “He was the only ray of hope when I was having the hardest day of my life. Not only this, he the reason behind everything I’m now, I mean in a good way.”

“That’s why you trust him with your life?”

“Yeah,” I nodded.

“That’s why you compared with the god?”

“Hmm”

“Can I ask you something?”, And there she was, with her question.

“Go ahead.”

“Can I fall in love with your mysterious lover? Damn, he is the type of person which every girl desires. On the top, he is a billionaire for sure.”, She said with dreamy eyes.

“Noooo,” A scream escaped from my throat before I could have control myself. All the people around me staring me like what was wrong with me! I quickly looked toward Ashley ignoring everyone’s eyes on me.

“In love with him, huh?”, She grinned.

“No. Nothing like that.”, I responded in a low tone. “I mean, he’s not that great, you know.”, I added so that she could stop her feeling for my lover. “He might be a billionaire, but he is a MISER, you know?”

“Really?”

“Yes! I’m telling you about the incident that happened an hour before. I had prepared evening snacks for Maria, Albert, and him.”

“Who’s now Maria and Albert?”

“They work for HIM. Now, don’t disturb me in the mid of the conversation, Okay?” I asked to which she nodded her head. “So, where I was. Yes, I had prepared snacks for three people, but at the last moment, Albert and Maria had to leave for their dinner date, so they didn’t get a chance to eat my snacks. So, I packed some for you because I was sure that the quantity was too much for two people. But do you know what he did? He directly said NO for that part, saying he worked hard for earning money and blah blah blah…”

Hearing me out, Ashley started laughing.

“Do you think I’m lying? He literally behaves like a MISER.”

“Are you sure that could be the only reason?”, She asked on which. I looked at her in confusion, trying to decipher what she meant. “Even that it can be possible that he didn’t want to share anything cooked by you with anyone else, you know he can be a possessive type of person.”

“I…I…”

“See, have you thought about the sudden dinner plan of Albert and Maria? Even that can be possible that their boss kicked them out of the list where they had to enroll to eat a thing which was cooked by you.”, She added, and now I realized that her words were making sense.

How could I not realize that sooner?

“Now, I’m falling for him a lot more than before.”, She confessed.

“But.. but you can’t do that?” I tried to argue. I really didn’t want to fight over a man with my friend, but she needed to understand that he was MINE.

‘Really? From when that happened?’, My mind asked me.

“Why can’t I do that?”

“Because…”

“Yes, because…?”, She smirked like a Cruella. Urgh, I so hate her for doing this to me.

“Because you are not allowed to fall in love with the man whom your best friend likes.”, I hissed. “Sister-code”

“Yaayyyy,” She screamed loudly and then left her place to hug me tight. “I’m so so so happy for you.”

“Ash! I can’t breathe.”

“Oops! Sorry!”, She said, pulling herself away from me. “By the way, don’t get insecure. I like your mysterious lover, but that because he makes you happy, nothing more than that. After all, he never did a thing which can impress me to fall in love with him.”

“Shut up!”

“As you wish! And about your question regarding that Video thing, I think you should discuss it with HIM because since I don’t know the complete story, I’m not in the position to give any opinion on it.”, She said in a serious tone.

“I think you’re right. I forgot to discuss this with him.”

“So, is he still mysterious to you? OR you don’t want to disclose his identity in front of me?”

“Nothing like that to your second question and Yes! To your first question. He gets pissed whenever I try to act over smart.”, I responded.

“Do you have any doubt? Who can he be?”

“Either he is Jacob or Tyler.”

“Tyler? Seriously?”

“That’s my guess. I’m not sure yet. But I will try to figure out about him as soon as possible. That too without his knowledge.”, I muttered, and deep inside, I thought to keep that secret from him even after knowing his identity and would wait until he finally revealed himself.

“Count me in this plan.”, She whispered slowly as if she was on a secret mission. “I’m feeling like Dr. Watson, who used to help Sherlock homes in solving his cases.”

“God! You’re so dramatic!”

“I know, I’m.”, She winked, and we both started laughing together.

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Lance’s POV

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I couldn’t believe that she was right in front of me.

The bitch before of which I lost my mom.

The bitch who was the reason behind my and dad’s misery.

God! Why didn’t dad accompany me to this local cafe?

But never mind! I can handle this girl on my own. After all, she was the same weakling who used to beg in front of me to ‘let her go.’

The moment the girl who was with her left from there. I started planning to kidnap her without anyone’s knowledge after all how hard it could be.

Even Falak stood up from her seat and walked outside using her mobile. I observed that her leg was injured.

‘Bingo! What can be best than this? She can’t even run in this state?’, I thought and walked toward her to say HELLO to my sister.

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#TBC