CHAPTER 56
It's been 7 days since Mayil has been here, and it's not like she hasn't done anything she wanted to do. Every day she does something such that Mrityunjay looks at her with an attraction. Mrityunjay also looks at her, but he does not have the longing in his eyes that she wants to see, which helps her in her plan. There is neither any kind of lust in his eyes nor any kind of person who puts her in the discomfort zone; every time he has looked at her very normally, which is gradually frustrating her. She has started questioning herself; is she not attracted at all?
Like last evening when she was swimming, she dragged Mrityunjay into the pool. Mrityunjay swam with her, even though she was in his arms for a long time, but not once did she feel that Mrityunjay wanted to touch her in any wrong way or try to do anything inappropriate, but he was with her all the time, so much in a very protective way that she felt ashamed of her act. What was she doing with herself?
Today is the first time that she can't sleep at all. Tomorrow is her birthday, and this time too, she is away from her family. All the time, she keeps thinking about how she should go to her family or where she is lacking, and Mrityunjay is not doing anything that she can take advantage of, even after being close to him. He is protective of her; he always behaves with her very gently; she isn't able to understand him or what he is planning.
A maid comes there with a glass of milk, but she quickly refuses to drink.
"I am not drinking; take it away... and please don't disturb me."
"You have drunk it, and you know this very well."
She knows it is Mrityunjay's voice, but she does not look back at him at all but lies on her bed with her back towards him. Mrityunjay takes the glass and signals the maid to leave from there. The maid immediately closes the door and leaves silently from there.
"Mahi, come on, get up, and drink your milk without any tantrums."
"Shut up; I don't want to listen to you. I don't want to hear your order."
Mayil has become very frustrated due to the failure of her every plan and the failure of her every effort, due to which she suddenly starts venting her anger on Mrityunjay. Mrityunjay knows, to a great extent, the reason behind her getting angry like this. That's why he silently wants to listen to her more carefully.
"I am away from my parents... Living with a stranger, I don't know what exactly you want. But I want to go to my parents. I miss them badly. But you won't let me go to them. You have kept me imprisoned so that I can never run away from here. I don't understand your intention... What do you want after all?"
Mrityunjay understands her pain, but he has become so helpless in front of himself that he will not allow her to go to her parents. She is so angry with Mrityunjay that she can't define it in words. He keeps the glass on the table and comes close to her.
"Mahi… "
"No need to talk to me... You have an idea, too. What is it like to be away from your parents? How much pain does it feel when your parents are not with you? Now you will have an idea of the pain my parents are going through; if they are still searching for me, which I know they are, then how much pain they must be feeling every time all their efforts fail."
He is very close to her. She turns and starts hitting him badly with her small fist while crying, her tears breaking his heart into a million pieces, but he is not ready to leave her. He seems to be able to withstand her blows very comfortably. After a while, Mayil gets tired and starts crying in his arms.
He just holds her silently and tries to coo to her; sometimes he pats her head, so sometimes her back; she is feeling very weak today; she wants to meet her parents; tomorrow is her second birthday without them; she never thought this day would come in her life; he lays her down on her bed with so much caution; he just caresses her scalps to relax her. She is quiet now but sobbing silently because she knows there is no use for crying, he says.
"No one else can understand more than me the pain of being away from parents... I have felt this pain not once, but twice. It is my compulsion that I cannot take you to your parents right now. But it is also true that I can understand your pain very well. I promise you, you will meet them, but not now."
Mayil looks at his face. Like every time, Mayil has seen only the truth in his eyes. She does not know whether she will be able to make any plans after what she has done today. But, surely, she has understood enough that she might be able to compel this man.
Suddenly she feels his pain more than her pain; she is feeling hurt while looking into this man's eyes. This pain is giving her more pain than the pain of not meeting her parents. She immediately closes her eyes so that she can sleep, her head hurting badly. She likes his closeness. Why are her feelings suddenly playing with her? She likes his proximity and his protective arms.
She knows that he is her kidnapper, but till date he has not tried to make her uncomfortable in any way, and at the same time, he takes care of her so much that she cannot point a finger at him. But the reason behind her kidnapping has not been revealed to date because she has done so much. If he loves her or, as she has heard every time, people often resort to physical abuse after kidnapping, nothing like this has happened to her. Once, Mrityunjay tried to touch her inappropriately. But immediately she saw remorse in his eyes for this, and from that day onwards, he never touched her inappropriately. So she can understand that at that time some wrong intentions had definitely come into his mind, due to which something like this happened, but after that, it never happened. She is now very upset with herself because this thing is becoming beyond her understanding. Her head is starting to hurt a lot thinking about all these things.
"Is your head aching?"
"Hmmm… "
He called on the intercom. The maid came and took the milk to reheat it, and he took the bottle of oil to massage her head. Slowly, he started massaging her head with so much care, and the maid came with milk again. He forcefully got her up from the bed and made her drink milk. She felt so tired after crying, so she didn't struggle much with him. She says it softly.
"You are always very bad. Just after feeding me like my mother and after medicines, you are really bad."
He silently listens to her words and keeps on massaging her head till she can sleep well. After that, he covers her with a duvet and then looks at the clock. It is midnight. He says it softly while kissing her on the head.
"Happy birthday, Mahi."
I know very well that I have punished you the most by punishing Jagdish. I have taken you away from your mother, too. But now I'm too scared to lose you. I don't know if I will ever be able to force myself so much that I can push you away from myself. But the truth is, now, even if I even think about pushing you away from myself, I feel like death will come at the second moment. I have no problem with your mother. I want you to meet her; I just can't see you with Jagdish. I don't know if I will ever be able to put down my hatred for Jagdish or not, but I do promise you that I will definitely take you to meet your mother. Give me some time; you will definitely meet her. I promise you..."
NEXT MORNING
Mayil opens her eyes. She is greeted with a very sweet fragrance. She immediately starts looking for this sweet fragrance, and her eyes widen all of a sudden. She immediately sits down with a jerk.
"Beautiful… "
There are only red roses kept in her entire room, which she likes a lot. Seeing them brings a very beautiful smile to her face. She is just constantly seen smiling at those beautiful treasures.
She gets up while looking around and is about to wear her slippers, but they're not on the ground. She looked down at the flower petals.
"Turn around."
She quickly turns to look behind. Mrityunjay is standing there with a bouquet of roses, and she is surprised because she didn't expect this at all.
"Happy Birthday, Mahi."
She is amazed and very surprised; she just comes to his side and takes the bouquet silently. He says.
"I am waiting for you for breakfast. Come soon... Happy Birthday…"
"Thank you."
"Just come fast."
"Sure."
Mayil cannot believe at all that he has given her this birthday surprise, and she has started thinking a lot on her own. Did he plan a trip to Switzerland only because of her birthday? Is he planning something?
Mayil goes to the closet, immersed in her own thoughts, where she finds another surprise: there is hanging the same gown that she was very fond of at the mall that day, but due to the bikini, she deliberately ignores it and doesn't tell Mrityunjay.
Mayil smiles, looks at herself in the washroom mirror, and says,.
You can control your every emotion. You are trying to control everything, but you have told me today that you like me too much or that you love me too much. You care for me a lot. I have to use your love for my freedom. I have to find an opportunity as soon as possible where I can use this love of yours against you. I know you won't let me go so easily... Maybe you didn't confess that you like me, but I have to force you... Be ready, Mr. Ritunjay Sisodiya... Because I am ready.
She wants to quickly free herself from the morning routine and reach the breakfast table as soon as possible because she wants to see what Mrityunjay has planned for her today, as that is what will come in handy later on.
And no doubt, he planned a lot like a doting boyfriend. He prepared everything according to her choice. She smiles and comes forward. He holds her hand and takes her to the table to cut the cake.
She cut the cake into a little piece for him, and he gladly enjoyed the cake from her hands. He also feeds her cake. Her smile gives him a lot of peace.