Chapter 44 - Diplomatic?

Shanaya was sitting on the side of the swimming pool, feeling the coldness of the water on her legs, with her eyes closed.

Her Black pant was folded up to her knees and, her legs were in the water till her knees and, her hands sprayed on the floor in the backside direction.

Her head was displaying the images of what has happened a few hours ago, again and again, and she felt getting trapped in those hurtful images, again and again.

Standing at a few distances away from her with the support of the wall, Saaransh was watching her for the last five minutes.

When he could no longer just stand and watch her pain, he moved toward her and sat down beside her.

Shanaya opened her eyes on hearing footstep approaching near her and find Saransh sitting beside her. Smiling at him, she continues sitting there in silence.

Saaransh was the one to break the silence by saying " Do not think that I did not oblige you of not coming to you, I have come here after 2 hours" and heard the melody he always wanted to hear, he saw Shanaya laughing happily and saying, "It's okay, I am fine now". .

"He should not have said all that. I am sorry from his side, you know how he is, he just lost his temper when he came to know about the situation, but I know he should not have behaved how he did" saying this he looked up at her whose expressions were unreadable at the moment.

"I wonder why you are saying sorry!! It's not like you have done something wrong and please do not worry, I am okay" not showing her pain, Shanaya lightly smiled.

Saaransh was not naive to accept her lies, he, was a lawyer, and his observations and the ability to find the hidden truths was the reason he was famous.

Reading her carefully, he spoke " I am sorry because he is my best friend and thus it's my responsibility to apologize for his wrongdoing. I know it was right for him to apologize, but we all know how he is. Besides, I am sure you know how possessive he is for his members of the family and we can not forget about Di's work and wedding and all the stress and tension he is going because of all this."

She laughed in amazement and spoke when she saw him looking at her with the confused expressions at her behaviour: "You are such a diplomatic person, Saaransh.' Leaving a sigh, she continued" He is lucky to have you as his best friend."

Hearing, he chuckled and on leaning closer to her said " What to do??? I guess being Lawyer and a businessman makes you like this".

"You are a businessman!" with her eyes opened in shock, she exclaimed and looked at him.

Winking at her he said, " Yes mam, I am!!! Business is my side profession and, I love being Lawyer".

He saw her lips forming "Wow" and noticed her eyebrows standing up in an arc position.

"You seems impressed," he spoke, his eyes wandering at nothing in particular.

Shanaya turned her face in his direction and wondered " How do you know that??".

Saaransh turned his gaze to her and said: " Your eyebrows make an arc whenever you seem impressed".



"You are making me surprised and impressed, again and again, today," she said and saw him chuckling.

Smiling a little, Saaransh spoke his heart out" Shana, do not think of breaking the contract with Rathore's company. I know it would be hard for you to handle Vihaan, but one should be careful and mȧturė enough to differentiate between personal and professional life."



Nodding her head a little, lost in her own world, Shanaya spoke " I will think about it" and turning her head toward him, spoke with a smile" Thank you for caring for me."

Saaransh expressions suddenly turned serious and, he whispered: " Well, I have something to confess."

Noticing she has turned attentive and was waiting for him to continue he said " I overheard your conversation about the boy name "Saar" on my first day here."

He immediately spoke when he saw her shocked but, betrayed face " It was not my intention to hear, I just happen to listen".

Shanaya who seemed frozen on hearing his name remained silent for a second and then smiled lightly at him and said " Well, it's okay since you are my friend" but saw him looking at her for more.

Giving a smile that was not actually a smile, she spoke" He is my ex-boyfriend or, you can say, my only boyfriend. We met on social sites and, you know how we should not fall in love with the person or believe the person we met on social sites before meeting them so, my feeling for him was normal, nothing extraordinary. We planned to meet but before we could meet we broke up due to some reasons and then I started falling in love with him".

With his full attention on her, Saaransh noticed how her cheeks blushed at the mere mention of him, how her heart beat faster, how excited she seemed to talk about him, but he also could not ignore the pain in her voice and eyes.

Trying to lighten the atmosphere, Saarnash chuckled " You just gave me the teaser, when are you going to show me the full movie."

"Later" was all she could speak to prevent herself from crying.

Nodding he said, " I want that later to come soon".

Without having any idea of Vihaan who was standing a few feet away from them, they continued talking and laughing.

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