New affection

"Mitu." Deep call softly. The made made Mitali froze on spot. Deep never called her that except saying something serious. It was only her family.

"Hmm." She hummed.

"Did you forgive me?" Deep wrapped his hand around her tighter. He didn't know what would be his answer if she said no.

"If i didn't, I wouldn't have been with you. Doesn't matter what happened in the past, I always loved you." She nuzzled towards him.

"How can you be so kind? How could you love me after all these?" Deep knew he was a sinner. Her love only lessened his punishment.

"I don't know. As the saying goes, love I'd blind. If you love someone, you will love him in any circumstances." She knew sue shouldn't have loved him. But she couldn't help.

"Sit." He made her sit on the concrete footpath. They were looking at the starry sky of night.

"Do you want to say something?" Mitali knew of course he had reasons for the outing tonight.

"I know I behaved really bad with you. I mean I showed off with other girls. It was also because I loved you. You know I hated girls. You were the only one I felt like loving. I was always a bad boy. But I didn't know I was the worst " He was crying.

"Mitu, I never said my mom, the most gated person in my life, ditched my dad. She planned to kill him. Thanks to Dri, she saved my dad from dying." Deep hugged her tightly. His tears knew no bound.

"She ruined my dad and went with another man. The company was dying at the moment. Only then I had Dri. When no one was there, she was with me. She joined our office to help but never took salary as the company was buried under debt. For that only woman, I hated every girl. Even Dri too. At first I was so rude to her. But then I knew she was the only one good to me, good to my dad." He sobbed.

"Then when you came in my life, I started to fall for you. So I wanted to go away from you. I thought every girls were like her, like my so called mom. And I found them too. They used to strip just because of money and I used to punish them. I am sorry. I never wanted to punish you."

Mitali didn't know his life story. He never said. Now she knew why he was like that and of course he had reasons. Maybe he chose wrong path, but no one was there to make him realise.

"You never said that." She was feeling sympathetic.

Deep knelt down in front of him, "I hated my mom. So much. But I never intended to lose a girl her fertility. I'm sorry mitu, for what I did. Believe me, I didn't want that. Never. I was a playboy sure but I also had a heart. A heart that always carved for love. If I knew my mistakes will result in such an accident, I.......I....." He couldn't say anything more. Deep was really feeling lighter opening up his heart. What he did was a sin. Not even his past could make him less guilty.

"Deep, I've moved on from that." She captured his cheeks into her palms, "I forgave you. Your mistakes are making you suffer. You caused that and now you can't be a father. You are getting enough punishment."

"I'm sorry, mitu." He was crying like a child.

"I am not holding pasts. I always believed in destiny. God is the best planner. I am not thinking about it anymore." She closed her eyes. Taking a deep breath, she placed her lips on his.

Deep froze on the spot. It was the first time she kissed him though it was just a peck.

He wiped off his tears, "Will you start afresh with me? Forgetting all the pasts?"

"Yes." She hugged him tightly while nodding.

Next morning

"Mr. Anand Mehta, you here?" Avantika was confused to see Anand in Banarjee's office. She was trying to hold back her emotions. She didn't want to get rejected again and again. Truly saying, Anand looked more handsome in his uniform. But somehow she liked that driver Baldev more.

"Just to meet Manav bhai." Anand really came to meet Mabav. He was the investor in Drishti's archaeological projects. Anand was here from government to look after the investments.

"Manav bhai? Who is he to you?" Avantiks was shocked. Manav Banarjee was the most successful businessman in Kolkata. He was the another name of devil. Truly he was more influential than Raunak or Rajiv. Addressing him as bhai was really something surprising.

"One of my family member. " He smiled.

"Your family?" Avantika didn't know what to say.

"You know when I don't have a home, the whole world becomes my residence. And those who loves me, becomes my family." He really got a nice family here who cared about him more than his own family ever did.

"I loved you too. What about me?" She couldn't hold back from saying all those anymore. She really loved him a lot

"Avantika.... I ..... I" He didn't know what to say. He was afraid of the word responsibility. His mom suffered a lot as Amal Mehta refused this responsibility. He didn't want to be dad at this. He he chose to ignore any kind of relationship.

"Anand! You here. " Manav went to wards him. He was waiting in the office but Anand didn't come. Now he was taking with the new employee.

"Anand hurry up. Cross check those files. This time a new research is needed." Manav was in a hurry as he needed to go to government soon.

"I'm coming bhai." Anand guestered him..After giving a last look to Avantika, he started for his work. He needed to talk to her. Maybe she was not bad at all.