Love or Game (Complete✅)

Chapter 32 - "Forget me not..."

"I will never regret you

or say I wish I'd never met you.

Because once upon a time

you were the reason for my smile."

The song's lyrics remind me what were the last words she said when we parted away last night.

"We became strangers again with lots of memories."

Nandini's last few words to me. Her eyes were vacant. Still, they had love for me which are heart-wrenching. I so wanted to embrace her and say,

"Don't hate yourself for loving me. Hate me for not being good enough for you."

I blink my eyes to reduce the burning sensation. The bathroom mirror can't tell a lie that I am okay. I am okay after losing her. The song coming from Navya's room again resonates in my head,

"The hardest thing I will ever do

Is walk away still loving you.."

I slosh a hand full of water on my tired face. It's been only 7 to 8 hours and my heart is ripping off in the thought that perhaps I will never see her angelic face again. How will I be able to spend my whole life without her? I meet my eyes through the mirror.

"I want to say I miss you

But I won't

I'll just keep on pretending

That I don't."

The song lyrics echo the answer. Only then Navya's voice comes into life,

"Bhai, won't you go to the office? It's already 11:30."

Navya doesn't know anything that is going on in my mind and in our life. Mukti instructed me and Cabir that she shouldn't have any mental pressure right now. Most importantly, she shouldn't know that Nandini and I are going through a rough patch of our relationship because of her past. This guilt may cause harm to her health. Cabir wants to marry her as soon as possible and after that, I will leave. However, a thing is constantly poking my subconscious mind since I met Nandini last night. Her eyes had something which was unsaid. Why am I feeling that she had something more to say but she didn't? I can't forget that look which was explicitly saying, things better left unsaid. That tacenda in her eyes is a mystery that I want to know. My reverie breaks by Navya's call,

"Bhai..are you listening?"

I wipe my face and come out of the washroom. She is standing with a tray having a steaming cup of tea. I smile at her and say,

"No...I won't go. Rather I think to work from home today. Feeling a bit tired."

She keeps the cup on the table and nears me. Her eyes have a query.

"Bhai, Nandini never came to meet me after I admitted to the nursing home. Is she alright? You both are okay...right?"

I turn my face to avoid her inquisitive eyes. She knows how Nandini was intimately involved with my life. But nowadays she hardly listens to me to utter her name. I ignorantly reply,

"Yeah, actually she is busy with her office. For the last one month, she couldn't give much attention to her works. Don't worry; she will come to meet you. In fact, she wants to. I know. By the way, have you taken your medicines? Did Cabir call you? Is he coming?"

I try to divert the topic. It worked. She sits on my bed and mouths unmindfully,

"Bhai, Cabir wants the marriage as soon as possible."