CH 15 || Game Of Vengeance

Aditi

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The alarm triggered for the third time but I didn't want to wake up from the bed. My body was aching awfully. I felt drained of energy. Over and above that, I was timorous to go to the office, because of me. I had always been a woman of self-control and had never provided authority to be controlled by anyone.

But that man, he was creeping his way into my soul, making his space.

I was frightened that my self-restraint would leave me, for the first time in my life. A man whom I had met just for a night was making me feel assorted emotions even when nothing had happened between us.

I didn't remember much of the night, except we had talked. Precisely, I had talked and he had listened. I remembered his one-liners a little.

'Don't cry.' He said, holding me softly in his arms.

He had brought a glass of water closer to my lips when my sobs had turned into hiccups, 'Drink.'

'Your eyes, they are...' Tracing my eyelids he became mute. I anticipated what he would say and the word had