Chapter- 17 The Emergency

I groan when I hear my phone ringing. It's 6 in the morning.

" Who's calling you so early? " Kiyansh grumbles and tugs me towards him. I blush and feel glad that he does not notice.

I pick up the phone. " Hey what's up? " I say to my assistant director trying to get free from his arms but he doesn't let go holding me even more tightly.

" Umm sorry to disturb you. But we have an emergency here. I checked the mail's from our PR and they say they want you in atleast two promotions. And if not they atleast want you in Today's conference." Mahira, my assistant says in a guilty voice.

Kiyansh eyes opens as if he was listening to the whole conversation which he sure was. Maniac.

" Why didn't you tell me earlier then, how am I supposed to come all of a sudden " Today was an important day.

" I am sorry mam I didn't open the email earlier. But there is a flight at 9 am I checked, you would be in Mumbai by 11. Should I book the ticket? "

I look at Kiyansh, closely watching me. " Tell in you in five. " I say and cut the call.

" Work emergency? " His hand touches my hair.

I nod. How is one supposed to react. I am not going to ask him I should go or not. Because I am going. But today was not just our day off. We were going to talk about such important thing.

" It's an emergency , you go. " His finger touches my cheeks and my heart wavers. " We can talk with our parents about us later. Okay? " It tethers more from his words.

I nod. And give him a real grateful smile.

His arms goes over my waist and he picks up my phone handling me. I call my assistant and inform her that I am coming.

Magically he arranges a pile of clothes for me. I look at him. "You know magic" he winks. And a blue coloured suitcase, " it matches your eyes, " he says. I nod unable to react and just wad off in the bathroom changing to a blue denim and yellow t-shirt. I secretly scuffle his t-shirt and shorts inside my suitcase. What? It was comfy and it smells so good.

We manage to get inside the car at 6:45 after a big seen created by Mikey who holded onto my jeans and wasn't letting me go even after Kiyansh told him to let go. Rabi Uncle packed me two spinach sandwiches so we could eat on the way.

" You didn't have to come. You could have told your driver. "

" I wouldn't have let you go with a driver, you know driver are only for emergency."

" This was emergency. " I say opening a sandwich and holding it out in front of his mouth so he could take a bite. He is looking so cute in his grey jeans and blue polo neck t-shirt with his ruffled chocolate hair, my stomach cartwheels when I realise how I was lying over him yesterday. And what exactly I have agreed to. I look at him and ask myself. Is it really going to happen?

He turns his face towards me for a second as if he realised I was staring. " You are my emergency" he says with sparkling jaunty eyes like sun and takes a bite of the sandwich, continuing to drive.

I don't say anything but pray again and again. Hope what I am doing is correct.

We are in the airport and i hear the announcement of calling passengers. I take a deep breath and turn towards him. Even though several times he has come to drop me on the airport, this time it feels weird, like a madwoman I want to drag him with me. But I know he has work to do.

" When you will be back?" He takes both of my hands in his. It stills feels weird, but good weird.

" Two or maybe three days? I will try to complete the whole work soon. "

"Call me when you get there okay? " He says and I stand still trying to think what to say, how to react. Things were so easy before, I would hug him, he would hug me, we would speak something jibberish. But the thing was I couldn't think of something jibberish right now. He was looking at me with such fervent eyes, I felt like someone tied my throat and stomach in knots. What the hell is this? I wasn't like this before.

" What did you just say? " Kiyansh laughs curiously at me.

" I didn't say anything " I stomp my foot.

" You just did, what the hell is this? I wasn't like this before, you said. "

The blood rushes on my face. Did I say that out loud? I am such an idiot.

Kiyansh laughs and encircles me in his arms, hugging me tightly. " You are not an idiot. You are beautiful and my fiance." He whispers on my ear and a tingle of wave passes to my foot. " Here." He says and out of nowhere I feel something cold slip on my hands. I open my eyes and find a silver shining pendant on my hand. " What is this? " I say with wide eyes when I turn it and see it's not silver, it's platinum and it has diamonds. It has a small heart in it which is sparkling like a morning sky.

" It's called a pendant " he jokes.

I feel panick rise up inside me. " I don't have time for this. I have to go. "

" Hey, Hey!" He grabs my hand holding the luggage. " You are not going to panic again. It's just a pendant, a simple pendant. "

" Yeah of diamonds and platinum. I don't want it. " I didn't add that it has a heart. Which made me feel as if it symbolised something else. Which made me remember that only,I love you. You don't. And it made me feel pathetic about how I said yes even after knowing that , so yeah, let me go.

" It's not much just wear it. It's for you."

" When did you get it? Excuse me! " My eyes widens. " By any chance did you get it for Sahana and you're giving me ? "

" Are you crazy. " He says in a voice like a foghorn. " I got it for you when I went for auction in Africa. How can you even think that? Why the hell do you involve her into everything. "

" Because she was apparently involved into everything remember? " I didn't realise I was yelling until i saw people stopping and looking at us as if we were disturbing there austere presence, which we might were.

I hear the announcement calling again. Without looking at him I push my suitcase but it's held back with his large strong hands. To show him that even I had strong hands, I pushed again and again. His other arms comes on my waist and I still. I feel his chiseled jaw land on my shoulders and his arm encircling my waist and pushing me back. I see people stop again, but this time they stare with much mushy eyes rather than annoyance. Some women stop entirely ignoring me or giving me that look which said, ' he is way better than you' and some were staring with that kind of idolship with which the crowd stares at the romantic handsome hero which does everything for the heroine. The problem is, I am not heroine.

" Don't fight me like this. " He whispers with that deep sense of order in my ear. And i feel as if a part of my resilience is lost. The announcement calls again.

He turns me swiftly with one arms the other on my luggage as if I would run with it, I might. Then without a warning, without a single threatning warning his face bows down and he kisses me on my right cheek, then left, then forehead. I am sure I must be looking like a crazy mannequin. A man kissing with so much conscientious while the girl just standing with red face and not doing anything. His hands go at the back of my neck and without my permission he locks the pendant there.

Definitely a mannequin. But a mannequin doesn't feel like the way you are feeling right now. Like to grab his face and bite his lips. The obscene thoughts were limpet.

" Now come soon, and call me daily. " He kisses me on the forehead again and I feel tingle of butterflies there. Is that even possible? Yes, see a pompous mannequin can feel butterflies on her head.

Then I do the most embarrassing thing I have ever done in a public place. I move forward and kiss him on his right cheek. I hear a click of a camera and I instantly look towards the source a six or seven something girl with her mother, I guess.

Her mother looks at me and smiles embarrassingly. " She saw you from the Coffee shop" she entails towards a glass covered coffee shop, "dragged me here but you both were looking too cute so she wanted to click a picture. But really sorry. " She says with an embarrassing face.

" It's okay, if I can get the picture. " Kiyansh grins at them. Does he grin? Since when? And why the girl had to click the picture when I was kissing his cheek. A flash of embarrassment creeps on my cheek and I decide I should go.

" Hey I am going, getting late. "

Without a warning he hugs me again. And I hear the click of a camera again,

" Bye" he grins like an excited child looking at the small girl holding her phone.

I nod my head and wave awkwardly at the small girl and her mother. They wave back with sheer excitement and I head straight toward the flight section, turning back to take a look and finding Kiyansh smiling softly , I smile too and head towards the flight. My heart and throat jingling inside me.