The Mafia's Collateral

Part 23

Deep's P.O.V.

I reached back home and went to my room feeling frustrated. I took off my blazer and threw it on the bed and went to my bar. I made myself a drink and sat on my bed. "How can she just say that I am fooling her?" I asked myself. I was infuriated. I sipped the alcohol and said, "She won't admit her feelings right? Fine! I won't show her my face or talk to her until she confesses." I gulped down the drink and remained in my room.

Arohi's P.O.V.

I sat on the bench outside of the campus and was lost in thought about Mafia. Danny came and sat next to me. "Aren't you supposed to be attending a lecture right now?" he asked. "I'm not feeling like it," I said with a frown. His face showed shock and he said, "You! Are not feeling! Like attending a lecture! What side of the bed did you wake up on? First you dressed up like someone else and came to school, and now you are docking a lecture?" He giggled. "It's not funny," I said annoyed. He frowned. "What's going on?" he asked. I stood up and paced left to right frustrated saying, "That's what I don't know! What's going on! I can't even think straight!" I sat back down. "What are you thinking?" he asked. "About Mafia! He can't seem to leave my mind!" I said. "Ok, let's do something, close your eyes," he said. I knew what he was going to do. "No! Ananya did the same game with me and her genius conclusion was that I am in love!" I said sarcastically. "Then what's wrong? I am assuring you that this test always give the right answer!" he said. "I am going home!" I said and took up my bag. "Think about it!" he shouted behind me. I didn't even bother to turn around and walked out the gate. I sat in a taxi and told them where I wanted to go. The driver dropped me in front of Mafia's building and I got out to paid him. He was a weird driver though. He had this cap on and was seemingly blocking his face from me. I stretched my hand out with the money but he didn't take the money and drove off. "What a weirdo!" I said confused and walked inside. I went straight to Mafia's floor. As I was about to open the door to enter, one of his bodyguards said from behind me, "I'm sorry Arohi ma'am. Sir has strictly said that he doesn't want to be disturbed." I frowned. "I am not going to meet him, I am going to meet his uncle," I lied. "Then it's fine," he said and opened the door for me. I went to Mafia's room and remembered what happened this morning. I am not going to take any risks this time so I knocked. There was no answer. I knocked again and still no answer. I opened the door and peeped inside. Mafia was lying on the bed with his eyes closed. 

I went closer to him and stood quietly. He had a glass in his hand and on the table a bottle of alcohol was open. Seeing him, all the frustration and anger was gone. I bent down and whispered, "Sleep tight. Good night." I smiled and turned around. "You came here to say that?" he asked. I turned around and he was still lying there with his eyes closed. "You're awake?" I asked. "How many times do I have to tell you that..." he said and I interrupted saying, "Mafias don't sleep." He got up and went to the table. He poured the glass again and asked me, "What have you come here to see? If I am making any plans to get you? Or how I am planning to lie to you with my fake love?" He sipped the drink. I felt hurt. I really shouldn't have said those things. "Deep..." I started but he stopped me saying, "Or you must have come here to see how I am coping with the heartbreak you have given me!" He turned and looked at me with an arched eyebrow, he said, "Right?" "You are misunderstanding me again," I said. "Oh come on! Don't start any emotional drama," he said. I bent my head. "Now you will start to cry, and I will have to come and convince you how much I love you and then you will tell me again that my love is fake and after that," he said and looked at the glass and gulped down the rest of the drink and continued, "I will have to drink more." He came up to me and said, "But you won't admit that you love right?" He flung the glass on the ground smashing it to pieces and held onto my shoulders tightly. His eyes were filled with tears and he said, "I am not lying Arohi. I love you. I am not fooling you. I didn't lie to you about all of those things. They came from here." He held my hand and rested it on his racing heart. Suddenly someone opened the door and barged inside. Both of us turned and Avinash stood there with Ananya. Avinash stood panting and Ananya looked at us shocked. I realised that Mafia was still close to me and I pushed him away. "Thank God you're safe! I had searched the entire campus for you and didn't find you. Then finally Danny told me that you have come back home," Avinash said trying to catch his breath.