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Here is the update, but beware that some scenes are a bit MATURE...so 16+
Chapter 28: The truth
Even
in my hatred
I
crave for you
Even
in my nightmares,
I
search for you
Even
if I run away,
I
look back towards you.
He ground his body against her, making it impossible for Geet to
stay unaware of the desire pulsating through his body. Almost in a reciprocal
reaction her body clenched with desire.
She closed her eyes as she felt his breath against her face and then
his lips brush across her face. His tongue darted across the corner of her lips
to suck in a drop of sweat causing a moan to escape from her mouth.
He was slowly inching his hands under her tank top, with fingers
that were creating havoc within her. She could hardly breathe with the
intensity of the desire he built within her.
"How can you not understand how much I love you?" His voice weaved a
magic around them, creating an ambiance that trapped Geet in a state of confusion.
"Tell me how you can't see the love I feel for you?" There was such desperation
and hopelessness in his words, that it caused an involuntary tug in her heart.
And before she knew it her hands were around him, pulling him
impossibly closer and let their lips meet in a kiss that stopped the whole
world.
She put all the love she felt in that kiss, all the anger she held
within herself into it. She couldn't even delude herself into thinking that she
wasn't in love with him, not anymore. Not while they were so close, not while
she could feel it pulsing through her veins.
"Please love me." He pulled back and whispered against her lips. "Please
love me again."
I have always loved you, Geet thought to herself but couldn't manage to get the words out of her mouth.
But the next moment thinking become impossible as Maan's hands unhooked
her bra and brushed across her nipples. Her whole body shuddered at the pleasure
the simple touch brought to her.
As his hands created magic with their touch, his lips traveled to her
collar bone to suck and bite. Geet just managed to hold on to him, trying not
to slide down. Her hands entangle in his hair, grasping on in an attempt to
control her desires.
She whimpered as he bit down particularly hard but she couldn't
muster up the energy or the will to push him away. At that moment none of the
reasons why this shouldn't have been happening patter away in her mind, leaving
only him.
One of her hands sneaked down under his shirt to feel his skin and
she lets it explore the broad expanse of his toned abdomen. Despite having her
hands closed she could almost visualize the beauty of his body.
With another throaty sound, in response to her touch, Maan's lips
travelled lower down and he pulls her top up. Before she could move away, his lips
were around her nipple, tugging and biting.
In response her legs
tightened around his and she started to move against his body, trying to find
release.
But Maan was merciless in his attack. He continued to create a storm
in her body, not giving her a moment of respite. He was like a mad man, unable
to let go and unwilling to give her up.
She clutched his head and then bit down on his neck, trying to hold back. He continued to bite her but suddenly
the sound of a door slamming jerked them apart.
For a frozen moment they just stared at each other, silently
assessing the situation.
Geet's eyes widened as she looked at his face. No! What have I done? She
pulled even further away from him, and slid down his body. She leaned against
the wall and closed her eyes, trying to avoid the situation.
But Maan was not having any of that. He sat down next to her and
grabbed one of her hands before he leaned closer to whisper, "Can you deny what
we share Geet? Can you deny that we love each other when we share moments like
these?"
No, Geet's heart told her but she kept that within her. She didn't want
to lose herself to him again, she couldn't let history repeat itself.
"We can work through this Geet, as long as you accept the fact that
we are meant for each other. That no one else can ever take the others place."
Every word was like an arrow to her heart because of the truth they
held. Geet couldn't lie to herself, but neither could she accept it.
So she stood up ready to run away from him and all the emotions he
was bringing up in her but before she could escape he only said one word, "Please."
Geet closed her eyes in pain but still walked away, unable to
tolerate the torrent of feelings.
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He stood by himself, staring out into the Khurana grounds, willing
himself to find the answers to his dilemma.
Am I doing the right thing
by helping bro to get back with Geet? Or am I being selfish in wanting my
brother to be happy?
Dev had always treated Geet
like the sister he never had, which is why they had never been uncomfortable
living together. He loved her but in a manner that was platonic and pure in its
honesty. But at this moment he was worried that he wasn't being the friend she
needed, instead was fulfilling his obligations as a brother to Maan.
Suddenly he felt a reassuring hand on his should and turned around
to face a concerned Meera.
"Dev, are you okay?" Meera spoke softly, as she saw the flicker of
emotions across his face.
"Yes Meer." He sighed. "I am just worried for Geet. I don't want to
see her'.like she was before." To a certain extent only they knew about the
depth of Geet's despair as they had lived with her and seen her at her lowest.
The others had seen only the fringe effects, but they were the daily witnesses.
Meera patted his back to comfort him. "Don't worry, everything will
work out. And I am sure Maan is the right guy for him. If they love each other everything
will work out."
If they love each other everything
will work out. Meera's words touched Dev in the lie
they held. For love wasn't always victorious and neither was it a blessing for
all.
"No, sometimes love isn't everything." What about my love? What about us Meera? Dev knew he should stop but the words fell
out. "What about you Meera? Did your love work out?"
Immediately Meera's eyes filled with tears and she turned away from
him. "Maybe not, but I want more for Geet. I want her to get the happiness that
I couldn't'well I want her to be happy." There was such depth of emotion in
those words, that Dev wanted to take back his words.
"I am sorry Meer." He reached out and pulled her into a hug before
she could walk away. "I want you to be happy'I wish things were different and that
I could tell you how much I-"
But before he could utter the words that would change their
relationship, Meera covered his mouth. "Don't Dev, please don't say anything.
We are friends and that is all we can be. You have a promise to fulfil for your
mother'and I have a friendship to keep intact. Don't ruin it all."
"At lease let me hold you." He whispered against her face. "At least
let me have this moment.
Meera didn't have the heart to deny him neither could she deny it
for herself, so for a moment they clutched on to each other, savouring the last
moments of such closeness.
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Vicky stared out the window of his office in Khurana headquarters.
He technically didn't work for Khurana Enterprise, but as one of the major
shareholders he had an office.
Sometimes he enjoyed the irony that his father didn't have any shares in the company neither did he have
any ties left with them, yet Vicky did. But other times the fact that he had
any ties with Virender at all would cause bile to rise up.
All three brothers hated their sire, but none more than him. No one
in the world could have more reason to hate Virender Singh Khurana than Vicky.
No that isn't true. Vicky amended. Ma had every
right to hate him more than me. After all that he did to her and even after her
death he tarnished her memory for all of us.
Lost in these thoughts, it took him a moment to realise that his
phone was ringing and he picked it up immediately as he saw the caller ID.
"Hey girls. What's happening?" He said, knowing that all three women
would be on the phone.
"Hi Vicky!" they said in synchrony, before Aash spoke up. "Vicky I
am sending the files you requested, Mr Virender Singh Khurana's overseas
business details."
"Thanks Aash. Amru, were you able to dig up who made those calls to
Geet Handa's phone?"
"Yeah'.Vicky this might be quite serious. I am texting all the
details I know, but be prepared to be surprised." Amru said ominously.
"Who is it?" Vicky was abrupt and to the point in his desire to know
the truth behind his brother's problems.
"Sameera Sharma."
"Sameera? What the-"
This time it was Sanji who interrupted Vicky, "There is more you
need to know. Someone else is the person behind the whole issue. I found it out
while I was carrying out some jobs, from whispers between people who were in
the peripheries of the whole incident."
"Who is it?!" This time Vicky's tone was much more tense and sharp.
"Your father, Virender Singh Khurana."
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PAST:
For the first time in his life Maan Singh Khurana wanted to run away
from his responsibilities, away from the life that he had been born into.
It was becoming harder and harder to tell himself to be patient, to
wait a day more before he would leave India and go back to his Belle. HE had
tried to find out about Belle through Moe but that was a dead end because there
wasn't much that Moe could tell him. He had to go back to their himself to find
her out.
Just wait for me Belle'wait
a bit more.
But things were hardly ever so easy or simple. He was stuck here due
to obligations he had to fulfil, because of promises that had to be kept.
Maan you are my faith, my
Iman. Make sure that your brothers get what is their right. Even Vicky'especially
Vicky. Make sure that your father doesn't take away the last remnants of my
life and destroy it with his greed and malicious ways.
And how could he refuse his mother's last wish?
Everything that Gauri Khurana had done for her family went beyond
the norms and was immeasurable because of her sacrifices. But never had she
given up on her beliefs and principles. So how could he betray the education
and the integrity that she had instilled in him at such time?
His father was on a war path, trying to take over Kapoor Alliances,
both to spite Maan as well as because of his greed. Virender couldn't tolerate
the idea of someone else taking something away from him but Maan couldn't
tolerate having Virender touch something that was his Mothers.
Virender had gotten the public involved and had twisted the whole
story to his benefit. He had come of as the martyr who wasn't allowed to mourn
his wife's death and was being denied the right to her assets by his greedy
son. He also had the audacity to imply that Gauri Khurana hadn't been faithful
during their marriage, which was such hypocrisy when one considers all that he
had done.
All of this wouldn't have bothered Maan that much if it hadn't been
for the simple fact that Dadima's health was deteriorating because of all the
scandal. Khurana family had been synonymous with integrity, honesty and
excellence for many generations but Virender had stained that name.
Dadima was trying her best to hold everything together, but he could
see the stress and the pain she was facing. She had aged many years within the
last few months, forcing Maan to stay and look after her as well as the legal
issues.
Maan didn't want to get Dev involved in all of this because he wanted
his brother to focus on his studies as opposed to getting dragged down into the
dirty politics of the family. Dev had always been the sensitive one, the one
who had witnessed most of Gauri's pain and the one who had tried to understand
Virender. Vicky on the other hand had to grow up much faster than his age because
of his circumstances and as such it was near impossible for Maan to keep Vicky
out this sticky business.
But all three brothers agreed that it was time to make sure that
Virender Singh Khurana doesn't hurt anyone anymore.
And Maan knew that it was time to play things dirty. He had tried to
do things the nice and easy way but Virender had taken things too far. Maan had
lost all patience and was now going to take drastic steps.
"Hey I need to do something." He called up one of his sources. "Burn
down the factory in Toronto'and make sure that there is no way that he can make
any insurance claim. I want the factory to be burnt down to crisp."
Let the bloody bas***d
burn. I'll make sure that he doesn't have a single penny left'that all his
businesses vanish like puff of air. And then he'll be a bug I can squeeze to death.
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Present:
Maan's body was tense with equal parts of desire and frustration. He
had wanted nothing more than to just have her in his arms and make sure that everyone
knew that she was his. Frustration built against the helplessness he felt in
not being able to stop her tears. He wanted to wipe away all the pain and all
the hurt that she had faced oveyr the years. Yet nothing could turn back time
and fix what was broken.
He let out a growl in anger and punched the pillar in front of him,
wanting to feel more pain. IT was almost as if he wanted to torture himself in
an effort to reduce her distress. Logically he knew that it was stupid and not
practical, but his heart wouldn't listen.
But he suddenly he heard a discrete cough behind him and a sardonic
voice. "Punching walls isn't going to fix anything."
Turning around, he found an unimpressed Seb staring at him. "What
the hell do you want?" Maan snarled at him.
"What I want is Geet to be happy."
That comment caused Maan to get even more pissed off. How dare he says he wants her to be happy,
as if I don't want her to be!
Seb ignored the expression on Maan's face and continued on. "The way
you are going about trying to win her over is good'but there are certain things
you should know."
"Why on earth are you telling me this and why should I listen to
you?" Maan spoke between gritted teeth, while he imagined himself taking a
swing at the idiot.
"Because you love her."
Seb's answer took the wind out Maan's sails. "How do you know that?
And why would you talk about this when you are her fiance?"
"Well first of all I am Geet's best friend and to your second
question, there are reasons behind our engagement." Seb explained. "You have
met Meliara'she is Geet's cousin's daughter. Geet, Meera, Dev and I have looked
after her since she was a day old. She is Geet's daughter in every sense that
matter'but technically Geet' parents are the one who are the next of kin to Mel
and lawfully should have been her guardians."
I know all this, Maan thought. The file Vicky
gave me had all that written.
"Geet's parent's want custody of Mel'.and will most likely win
despite the fact that Geet has been Mel guardian for so long, because they are
married were as Geet is a single woman. That is why Geet and I were planning on
getting married. But then you came along and changed everything."
Maan's eyebrows rose at Seb's comment but even that didn't stop Seb.
"Yes I know all about you and Geet. I have always curious about the man who made Geet fall in
love. I wanted to know who was responsible for all her pain. There were many
things I wanted to say or do, but it didn't take me long to realise that you
loved her just as much if not more. That is when I decided to take a leap of
faith and help you out. So I am telling you that Geet and I aren't a couple, we
are only best friends. But I will marry her for Mel if you don't win her over. I
am not going to tell you how to win Geet back'because if you love her you'll
know."
With that Seb strode away, leaving a bewildered Maan.
Maan didn't know whether he wanted to thank Seb or strangle the
imbecile'possibly both. He was thinking of calling out to him but suddenly his
phone rang.
"Hi bro."
Maan was surprised to hear Vicky's voice sound tense, for Vicky
never lost his cool. "Hi Vicky. What happened?"
"There is something you should know. I finally found out the person
behind the whole thing with Geet."
"Who is it?" Maan's voice was filled with anger but also
satisfaction that he was close to his prey.
"Dad."
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Precap:
NONE!! Evil me😉
NEXT:
Chapter 29 - History - Pg 42
AUTHOR's NOTE
Hope you all enjoyed😃
Okay so now Maan knows the truth...and he can plan everything out.
While we all want VSK to suffer, it is not going to be that easy because he is quite powerful as well.
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Edited by maan-ki-sanjana - 12 years ago
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