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She wiped her tears away and headed straight for Armaan and Ridhima. "Sorry about the, really busy day, but now lets not waist time and talk business", she said steeling glances at Ridhima. "Oh that's great, well as you may know I am here to purchase this area of you company, where it is settled in, and would love to make a resort here' And I need you permission to do so ma'am" Armaan said starring at, hoping for a yes. "I am sorry son, but this place is very special to me and my heart' And even if I did agree to your proposition, you wouldn't make much money out of it, because this is a very poor neighborhood". "I could careless if this neighborhood it poor or not, I just want this area" he said almost shouting at her. "But please ma'am, I just want this place' I'm willing to beg" he then turned soft. "Wait here, I'll be back in five minutes," the woman said, and Armaan nodded.
"Armaan, why are you so desperate to get this property' I mean even the lady said that you wont make much profit?" Ridhima asked as she saw the determination in Armaan's eyes to get the place. 'Ridhima I'll explain later, but for now, can you please help me get this place" he asked pleading her. See his determination, Ridhima agreed to help him out.
"I'm sorry son, but I cant sell you this place, like I said before, it's very close to my heart, and I cant see a resort being built here.. so I truly apologize" she said shaking her head. When Armaan was going to speak, Ridhima cut him off "Ma'am please try and understand, this place is also very important to Mr. Malik' and with the fact that this place is a poor area you can tell that he's not buying this place out of profit, in fact he's ready to give you as much money as possible" Ridhima stated, with a lie at the end, of as much money as possible. "Yeah ma'am, I'm willing to give you as much money as you want' No strings attached" Armaan said. Ridhima looked at him in shock' DAMN! He was serious about the money' but why does Armaan want this so bad'? She questioned. "Ma'am money is no issue to me, I just want this place' And I understand your attachment to here, but I lied to you' I don't want to make a resort here' actually.. I want to built a condo, for the poor" the lady looked a little bit more pleased, but wasn't to sure. "Ma'am, you may think he's lying, but I could swear that he's not' He's willing to pay a fortune for a place that's not worth it, but to him it is' And plus you should be happy he's building a temple here' it's close to you heart, and also his' how much better can that get'." Ridhima said pleadingly. The woman smiled at her proposal, "You two sure know how to convince people' I'll get the papers ready," she said walking away.
"OMG Ridhzz.. you have no idea how happy I am' And wow! you asked her once, and she listened' how did you learn to do that' I can't believe I finally got the place'" Armaan said smiling. "Armaan, I cant believe I just lied, for you' 'ooo.. I'm gonna make a condo for poor people'' psht. Condo my foot.. liar!" She said walking out. Armaan was about to stop her, when the lady came back with the files. "Well Mr. Malik' here are the document, be sure to check them twice, and I'll see you tomorrow'". Armaan nodded and headed outside.
"Ridhima' Ridhima.. Ridhima, stop walking so fast". "Armaan listen to me, why don't you just shut your yap , and let me walk". "But baby, your feet are gonna hurt, and the walk to the hospital is long' and" Armaan said pleadingly. "Why should you care huh? Why don't you just go and lie your way to a contract' psht. Businesspersons, you lied to get me, and now that lady's place' and even she said she loved it. (Actually guys, Ridhima got pissed at Armaan, and is now walking, while Armaan is driving behind her, really slowly). "Ridhima that's enough' are you coming or NOT?" Armaan said in a rough tone. "NO! and stop bothering me, I'm gonna take the bus" she said walking to the nearby bus stand.
Armaan became furious, first she accuses him of lying and now she's not listening to him. He saw a bus coming, and parked his car in the opposite side of the road; he got of thumping down rapidly. Ridhima was about to get on the bus when she was pulled out. Armaan signaled the bus driver to leave and he held Ridhima's wrist tightly, crashing her into his chest. "So your not coming with me" he said in a rough tome. Ridhima felt his anger and couldn't meet his gaze, which was on her sharply. After getting no response, her shook her vigorously, and asked her again. Ridhima looked up into his eyes in resentment, "HOW DARE YOU TOUCH ME ARMAAN!" she screamed, and luckily the road was empty. Knowing fully well she wouldn't listen, he picked her up in his arm and led her to the car. Ridhima was screaming and kicking to let go. He safely placed her on the seat next to his and shut her door, and led himself to the driver seat.
"Armaan.. how'" she stopped her screaming when she saw Armaan driving rapidly. She got scared seeing Armaan so angry. He looked furious, and this time he didn't even steal glances at her. She kept quite throughout the whole drive. Suddenly the car stopped, when she looked around it wasn't their house, it was a cemetery. Ridhima looked at Armaan questionably. He got off the car and opened the trunk, and took out some flowers. Ridhima got out of the car and saw Armaan walking deeper into the cemetery, and she followed him.
He placed the three flowers on three different graves. Ridhima saw him closing his eyes, looking up to the sky and mumbling something. To her surprise, she saw tears prickling down his cheeks, and she wondered why, until she read the name on the grave. "To honor the memory of, Ananya Malik, Billy Malik, and Mini Malik" she mumbled and then realized they were his family.
She walked up to Armaan, and placed her hand on his should to pacify him. Armaan couldn't control his emotions any longer and just engulfed Ridhima into a tight hug. She felt her neck getting moist and knew that Armaan was broken down. She hugged him back, and couldn't help it but cry also.
Armaan couldn't control his tears at all now, his eyes were watering up like it's going to fill up a pool. He started going weak, and fell down on his knees, with his arms still around Ridhima, and his head clutched into her stomach. This was a new side of armaan that Ridhima saw, and emotional side of Armaan. She usually thought of Armaan as mister perfect, who has everything, money, happiness, but something he doesn't have was a family. Hearing him sob, Ridhima placed her hand on his, caressing it gently. "Armaan' shhh' armaan please.. shh' stop crying" she said, trying to get him to stop crying. Armaan let go of her, and stood up wiping his tears. "I'm really sorry Ridhima' I'm really sorry'" he said walking away, feeling more tears coming out. Ridhima held his hand as he was about to leave. "Armaan' look at me'. please'.Armaan you have to be brave and strong, not for yourself, but your family' Armaan, not all people are lucky' not all people have a family' but you' you should be happy' you have Bi, Rahul.. You have me'I mean you have my friendship" Armaan smiled knowing well what she was talking about. "Thank you Ridhima" he said smiling at her. Seeing him smile relieved her. "And I'm really sorry Armaan' for calling you a liar' but Armaan, were you telling the truth?" Ridhima looked at him questionably as to why he was going to help the poor. "Yeah' I was' Ridhima my mom always helped the poor, she was a great woman' she gave me the genes to help the others that are less fortunate, so I decided when I grew up, I would build a condo, just for the poor, and provide them with any need' So the best palce I figured would be the building closest to her grave". Ridhima smiled at his point of view of helping others. "I'm proud of you Armaan' and I support you fully' if you need anything, I'm here" She said consoling him.
As they were in the car, one question was left in Ridhima's mind, what every happened to his parents' and who is Mini? However, she dismissed the question, as she knew that Armaan wasn't ready to talk about it.
PROMO!
She came out of the bathroom, looking stunning as ever, "Ridhima can you fix my tie". She turned around and left Armaan stunned. She was wearing a red sari, looking absolutely breathe taking. She came closer to him, and started fixing his tie. She was so close to him that he can smell her fragrance. He gently whispered into her ears, "You know if you keep looking like this, I may break the promise I made to you during our wedding night". She blushed hearing him say that. She was about to leave when he pulls her back towards him, jamming her into his chest, "Lets go out for dinner tonight, just you and me.. What say?"
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He hurried to the hospital, as if his life was about to end, forcefully pulling his own weight as fast as possible. He saw her standing on the counter looking at a file, as a smiled crept on his lips. He walked up to her, showing no pain. She looked up to see him, smiling at her, and before she knew it he hugged her tightly, not letting go at all.
She was shocked by his gesture, and tried tugging him away, but he would budge. Her heart was racing, she started getting a terrifying feeling, when suddenly he moved back and smiled at her. She smiled back, in a weird way, when she felt moisture on her lab coat. She looked down to see blood all over, and when she looked at Armaan, she saw his collapsed on the floor. "ARMAAN!"
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Armaan' I promise nothing will happen to you' You left me last time, and now this time.. no, you can only be mine' I still love you Armaan' please get better! Anjali cried her eyes out, she had always loved him, and now she need him back at any cost!
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Edited by SaziArmaan - 14 years ago
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