Chapter 248 - I wish I could say the same!!

"I was found by a blessed soul after I had passed out on the street starving…" Zeenath started talking all over again. But she did not move from her place.

Srinivas pulled away and looked at her…

"You don't have to tell me anything if you don't want to, Zeenath… You don't have to do anything at all with me if you don't want to. I am okay… I was wrong." Srinivas said interrupting her without letting her continue.

He was not going to let her relive things she had long buried just to quench his misplaced curiosity. He would love to listen to her story- yes… but he did not want to be by force or by letting her feel that she got to say it to him if she wanted him here… he wanted it to be because she wanted to share a part of her with him.

"I am not telling this for you… I am doing this for myself… I want to give myself a chance!" Zeenath replied determined. Maybe then she will not hurt the people who are truly sincere towards her…

The thought that if she did not take a step out even now she might end up being miserable and alone all her life… she did not know the purpose of breathing living like that.

Shreya was right- this was a hellhole she had built for herself… and unless she herself crawl out of it, she cannot be saved.

"Once I reached the orphanage… the fact that I needn't endure beating felt like heaven… but then it was a madhouse there. And I knew very soon I wouldn't be leaving that place… after all, what potential parents are going to choose a little girl with a gloomy unsmiling face and body full of scars…? Especially when there are so many princesses smiling from one ear to another!"

"Shreya probably saved me… twice… I never knew how to smile before I met her. I knew how to survive… but smiling or actually living… and she taught me that."

After that Zeenath started talking about everything she could think of… once it started, words just kept flowing fluidly. She did not know it was so easy to share…

She talked about everything… from how it was in the orphanage to how she got into this line of work… Time went by in a blink.

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Once she had exhausted her words, silence prevailed. For a long time, both of them did not talk.

Srinivas did not want to give her perfunctory words of comfort. Someone like Zeenath will see right through those. And he also knows that she did not share so that he could comfort her… she was too strong for those. She just wanted someone to listen to her and he gave her that.

"What? No 'it's going to be okay from here on.' or 'I am here for you' 's?" Zeenath asked arching her brows seeing him remain absolutely silent so long after she was done talking. Because that is how she always thought one would react to her story… A little bit of pity and a lot of comforting words.

But Srinivas just listened to her and answered her casually with a smirk, "Nope… you are way too smart for such blind optimism. So, the first sentence won't work on you. And as for the latter, I am pretty sure you will be able to do just fine even without me… You do not need me." Srinivas had an 'I know you too well' eyes looking at her.

Zeenath just let out a chuckle and snuggled into his arms.

"But I am glad I am here…" Srinivas said after a long pause.

"I wish I could say the same!!" Zeenath said with a sarcastic smirk dancing on her face.

Srinivas's face froze in an ugly angle as he looked at her with wide eyes until he saw Zeenath giggling away at his expense. She was laughing so hard that her stomach hurt. He couldn't help by pinch her cheeks. But he did not have the heart do anything harsher than that. He just looked at her laugh.

Once she calmed down, her eyes met with his… his eyes as calm as ever but there was a slight twitch on his lips that looked really attractive.

"What are we, Srinivas?" Zeenath asked at last. She did not know much about relationsh.i.p.s in the first place. On top of it, with Srinivas, they tend to share more silence than words. This is probably the biggest conversation they ever had, period, in spite of almost spending whole days together for months by now.

They usually understand things without having to say anything out loud. But she cannot do that in this situation. She did not dare…

"What can you be?" Srinivas asked back caressing her head gently. His eyes steadily staring at hers.

Zeenath looked down and mumbled, "I don't know…" She had taken a step somewhere… she knows. But she did not know if it meant she could go all the way just yet. She did not even know where she was. Her life hadn't exactly given her much confidence in relationsh.i.p.s or herself. She had never been someone who had a lot of expectations from life anyway. She was someone who had prepared herself to be all alone all her life.

"Then you can tell me what we are when you figure it out!" Srinivas said simply.

But they were interrupted when Srinivas's phone vibrated. It was just a text, so he did not bother to look.

"Wait, how did you come? What will happen to Shreya?" Zeenath, at last, asked frowning. With everything, she actually forgot that it was weekday and midday.

"Shreya sent me. She was worried about you…" Srinivas answered straight up.

That just made Zeenath's face fall all over again. She remembered their argument. She knew she was wrong but she was still trying to figure out how to rectify it.

But then she decisively shook her head and got up.

"Come on…" She said walking out.

"Where are we going?" Srinivas asked frowning.

"Office, of course. Shreya might need us. And she said I will be paid only if I can do my job right! So, I can't slack off in the name of connections anymore… so, I have to work hard!" Zeenath said pouting. She knew Shreya was kidding about that part… but she still wanted to do her part right first. Especially now.

Srinivas chuckled but still took the car keys and walked out right behind her.

By the time they reached the office, everyone was present in the conference room. Srinivas actually filled Zeenath of Abishek's visit… but since he left there before he could hear what actually happened in the meeting, he couldn't elaborate much.

When they entered the room, the whole room was silent with Shreya having a frustrated look on her face.