AUTHORS POV
Anamika and Massimo were sitting at the restaurant facing each other. He didn’t talked anything the whole ride and neither did she. He just kissed her forehead while picking her up.
Massimo was looking like a perfect handsome devil in his black suit and she was looking like an angel in her long red gown, so ravishing that he wanted to take her there in the car itself but he controlled himself.
He was thinking about how to start the conversation. He has to be careful while asking her, afterall it’s her secret. He was tensed thinking what if he will hurt her wounds while digging information.
He asked her about her trip like a normal couple, like they didn’t fight 3 days ago. They both behaved like everything is normal but inside their hearts were beating rapidly.
He wanted to ask her but how will he ask when he doesn’t know how to start. What will he say if she asks how he knows about it, that ‘ I am the mafia king and I did a background check on you’ she will freak out, he thought.
On other hand she was restless too. She wanted to tell him everything but how, she didn’t knew how to start either, how will he react after knowing her secrets. But the only thing she was sure about is… ‘ I have to tell him everything, before telling him that I love him.. He needs to know…’
They finished their dinner silently lost in their own respective thoughts.
” I want to ask you something Anamika..”
He said in a serious voice.
” I want to tell you something too. Why don’t we go home and talk about it there, it will be more comfortable at home…”
She said looking at him and he gave her a nod in agreement.
They were walking towards the parking area when she heard someone’s voice from behind and stiffened at her place. Her heart stopped beating for a second and all the colours from her face drained. Massimo noticed this and looked at the person who called her name.
She slowly turned back looking at the person who was calling her name.
“Anamika…?”
A person slowly walked towards her like he couldn’t believe in his eyes, like what he is seeing in front of him was unbelievable for him, he was in total shock.
“Raajveer…?”
Her voice came out as a mere whisper like she couldn’t believe that he is standing in front of her and Massimo got alert. The scene in front of him was confusing for him, who is this man, how does he know her and how does Anamika knows him too. He decided to watch what is happening, quietly…
Raajveer was a tall, build and good-looking man, he has the same height as Massimo. He was standing in front of her in his grey suite.
Both Anamika and raajveer were looking at each other with shocked eyes. Only difference was his eyes were asking millions of questions and her eyes showed guilt and fear.
He gently touched her face, making sure she is not his imagination and she is really here. Massimo was so close to breaking his fingers, how dare he touch her, but he controlled himself, he has to be patient.
“You are alive Anamika..? You are alive…”
He said while holding her arms, like he is checking if she is a ghost or human.
“How?… What the hell is happening here Anamika?… You are alive, then why did they told me that you are dead… I was mourning for your death like an idiot from the last 9 years… I was so lost by hearing that you are dead. I didn’t believe in them, I knew you were alive, my heart was telling me that you are alive. I knew that my anamika will never leave me alone, see I was right…”
He was chanting like a possessed man and she was just staring at him, tears silently started to flow from her eyes. She didn’t knew what to say.
He cupped her face in his big hands and said…
” Why didn’t you come back to me, Why are you here. What happened Anamika, Why people were saying that you are dead?…
Please say something, you know how much I love you, right…. I love you Anamika, I love you, you are alive, my anamika is alive… Say something baby, please… Let me hear your voice… Tell me you are real, that you are alive…”
He was still talking like a possessed man and hugged Anamika tightly, like she will vanish into thin air.
And finally Massimo lost it, he held his shirts collar and pulled him away from her, he threw one hard punch on his face and rajveer fell flat on the parking floor.
Anamika gasped at his sudden outburst, she was terrified after looking at his angry face…
“Stay the fuck away from my girl…”
He growled glaring at him.
He stepped forward to punch him again but anamika held his hand.
“No, no… Massimo, Don’t hurt him, please…”
She was pleading him and it was making him more angry. He glared at her and gulped in fear.
Raajveer chuckled at him standing up and said…
“Your girl?… Huh?… She is not your girl, she is mine… She is mine, since childhood…
My soon to be wife. We were supposed to get married. She belonged to me from the time she was born. From the beginning she belonged to me and only me… Ask her, ask your girl who the fuck I am and to whom does she belongs… Annu, Annu baby tell him, that you’re mine…”
He said gritting his jaw.
“She is not yours you fucking bastard and stop calling her names… She is mine…”
Massimo said holding her waist in tight grip and pulled her painfully close to him.
Anamika was watching this scene dumbfounded. Her whole world was spinning in front of her.
Raajveer stepped forward to take her away from his hold but Massimo punched him again on the face making him spit blood as he hit him harder this time.
Before he could compose himself, he dragged Anamika towards his car and made her sit in the passenger seat. He quickly rounded the car still glaring at rajveer and started driving the car once seated leaving him behind coughing blood.
” She is mine, Massimo Marino… And I will get her back…”
Raajveer said smiling like a psycho.
Massimo was driving the car crazily and they reached her home in no time. He dragged her to her room by holding her arm in a painfully tight grip. She was moaning in pain by now.
He threw her on bed. She tried to get up but he pinned her back to the bed holding her hands tightly above her head. He gripped her neck in other hand, not hard enough to hurt her but it was definitely threatening.
“What the fuck is this Anamika… What the fuck are you doing, who are you, what did you do, Who was that man, What are you hiding… tell me…. I was quite till now, because I wanted to give you time to tell me everything when you were comfortable enough… But not now, I won’t stand still if another fucker come in front me and claim you as his… Tell me everything before I loose my control and hurt you…”
He threatened her.
“F.. fine…”
She managed to say somehow and he let her go.
She sat on the bed leaning on the bedpost coughing. He sat in front of her, waiting for her to compose herself.
“Speak…”
He ordered her in hard voice.
She took a deep breath and started…