Chapter 39: Chapter 39

Riya's POV

" H.he threatened me once, not to talk to men or he would... " I could not control and choked.

" I would kill that bas****. " He got up immediately with clenched fist and jaw but must have realised that we don't know who he was. He closed his eyes out of frustration.

" Calm down, please! "

" So that's why you are hiding behind this facade as you don't want to attract the attention of any man? " He asked and I nodded. Tears had started flowing from my eyes.

" Don't cry, Riya. You don't need to do that. You have every right to wear what you want. Please live your life to the fullest. Do whatever you want to, I will make sure, he doesn't harm you. If he comes anywhere near you, he would find me there. " He said holding my shoulders.

" I am fine like this... Please he is too cheap. He had been following me everywhere when I was in Meerut and kept sending my pictures to me. " I said.

" I will not leave him... Don't worry and from today, I don't want you to hide yourself. You trust me, right?? " He said looking into my eyes.

" I do! "

" Then please enjoy your life. I am here to take care of you. You should have told me. " He said and hugged me.

" I was coming to tell you as soon as I got to know that you had sent the flowers but, Dr Vidyut came and... " I said and he placed his finger on my lips.

" Don't take his name!! Somehow I don't like him. " He said and I kept looking at him. He was confusing me, it seemed as if he was getting jealous of him.

But why?

Parth's POV

I was shocked to hear that the cute clumsy girl was going through so much.

I wanted to kill that man for what he was doing to her. Once she was absolutely normal, she went back to her home.

I missed her being in my home and my arms. I was getting more and more attracted to her.

What was happening to me?

I could not sleep so I thought of reading some book. I had liked two out of her seven completed books and had liked both of them. I opened the app and started reading the new book by the writer and read a few chapters of it.

Oh, God!! The male protagonist was absolutely like me, in physical appearance and qualifications. And what surprised me the most was that the female protagonist was also exactly like my clumsy neighbour.

They even met the way we met...

What the hell!! The author had uploaded around ten chapters of the book.

It looked as if it was written keeping us in mind. Wow!! It was interesting...

But how?? Was it some kind of rare coincidence?

I slept off thinking about her.

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It was morning, my doorbell chimed. I dragged myself out of my bed and opened the door. The moment the door was opened, the aroma of freshly cooked stuffed Parantha hit my olfactory senses.

" Umm wow!!! I was going to get annoyed at you for making me get up so early. But this aroma is making me crazy. Parantha?? " I asked.

" Stuffed onion parantha. You get ready, I will make tea." She said. I looked at her with a smile.

She looked very beautiful with her hair still damp her long beautiful hair was open. She was looking for tea leaves, I went to her and took out the tea leaves box from a cabinet.

I was surrounded by her light and pleasant fragrance. It made me want to take her in my arms again and rake my fingers in her long silky hair.

She looked so sweet working in my home. I don't know why, but I felt that I can get used to it as it looked so very natural as if she has been working here for a long.

I went to go and take bath and came within 10 minutes. I saw that she had already taken out the plates and prepared the tea.

I sat down near her and we both shared the tasty breakfast. She was a good cook. I was missing my mom all of sudden. My eyes became moist.

" What happened?? Are they spicy? " She asked.

" Oh, no! They are perfect awesome, I just recalled how my mom used to make them for me. Thanks, for this, they are just like how my mom used to make. " I was getting so emotional that I didn't realise when I kissed both her hands. She kept Looking at almost everything in my home but me.

We finished breakfast when she gave me a packed lunch.

" What is this?? " I asked.

" What does it look like?? " She asked with a smile.

" But why??"

" Because you have been eating junk for too long. I made Butter paneer masala, daal fry and chapati. So eat that. "

" How sweet, but I can't carry this. I would look stupid carrying this, would eat in the cafeteria." I said shaking my head.

" No, you have to eat this. " She said.

" I don't have a problem, eating that. I will not carry this tiffin box. It's not me... " I said.

" Fine!! Leave it here, do what you want. I am going. " She said.

" Where are you going?? " I asked.

" I have to get ready and then go to the hospital. Where else would I go?? " She said and went back to her home.

I wore shoes and went outside to wait in front of her home. She came out and I saw her in her usual look with her beautiful hair tied in a messy knot, her specks on her eyes and a full steeve cotton jacket over her Kurti.

She was about to lock her door when I caught her hand and opened the door and pushed her inside.

" What? " She was surprised.

" What did I tell you yesterday??" I asked her.

" What?? " She was confused.

" I will remind you if you have already forgotten. " I said and removed her glasses and kept them in the pocket of my trousers.

" What are you doing? Give me my glasses back. " She asked.

" I will not, take them out if you want. " I said with a raised eyebrow and a smirk.

I knew she would not as it was in my trousers' pocket. She just pleaded with eyes but I shook my head, she glared at me.

Cute!!

" Open your hair or I will do it. " I gave my next instruction.

" No!! Please, Dr Parth! "

" Trust me, Riya. I will not let that man dictate your life. You have a right to look the way you want to look. " I said.

" I want to look like this. A boring girl, nerdy. " She said.

" No!! You are so full of life... You are doing it just because you are scared of him. I don't want to argue. Open your hair and remove this hideous jacket. If you won't do it, I will do it for you. " I glared at her.

" Dr Parth, I am not comfortable in that. Everyone knows me like this. If I go in my normal look I would gain attention. I don't want that. " She argued.

" Riya!! Ok, the jacket can remain for today, but glasses have to go, your eyes are too beautiful to be hidden behind them. And loosen your hair or I will do it. " I said firmly.

"I wouldn't. Why should I agree to everything you say? You are not my boss here. " She said.

" But your friend, neighbour and well-wisher. " I said and twisted her hair a bit and it fell around her framing her face. She looked beautiful.

" No, you didn't listen to me, why should I?? " She said coiling her hair in the knot again.

" When did I not listen to you? " I asked and twisted it again to uncoil.

" You refused to take the home-cooked food with you. It does not go with your cool image... So why should I do what you want? " She raised her eyebrow.

This girl would be my death someday.