Stars are made to gaze at you at night.

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"I will make you mine in twenty-seven days,"

As I lay down on the bed, slipping under the sheets that were hard to my skin, reversing the contamination of my life, I didn't realise what he meant when he said the sentence while looking into my eyes.

My grandpa always used to assert in his trembling voice, Julia, when someone gazes into your eyes, they glance for something more powerful than any association, probably they want to inform what their words can't. And you are a blooming flower of the earth.. you need to understand its magic until it gets resolve in the mud once again.

Loving someone has always been an art, people die in the creation of one and let their art pierce our soul's infinity.

I adjusted my position once again, as those deep green eyes came once again to haunt me in the night.

It's over five years ago, doesn't it...

My cell phone started ringing before I could reckon about anything too much,

"Alisha!! Why are you even calling me now? I thought you have forgotten my existence a long time," I made sure to get harsh with my phrases. However, I couldn't do that with her...

She is and always be like my sister," Relax, you are going to be a married woman within a month, so restraint your behaviour otherwise Arnav won't tolerate you as I did," she started giggling, reminding me about all the times when I neglected to wear makeup and now in some days I will be a married woman.

Sometimes, I wanted to say that I don't want to get married and run away from here... The trembling element that is beating inside me has always been ashamed for all the outcomes...

But I didn't, instead, I recall all the times when I spent with her. In the past five years, she was the only one with whom I had regular contact.

She is expecting her second baby, and yes she and Tony got married three years ago in a private ceremony,

She used to tell me everything in her quirky tone but never mentioned Neel in her details neither I asked her to do so.

She never mentioned Sarah and Sam too... Perhaps, she knew these things only hurt me more,

So she breathed heavily and continued to say that she will be here on my wedding day.

I never told her that I saw Sarah the other day, I never told her that Arnav and Neel are cousins. Because I never wanted to let her know how my life is messed up.

The aspects which I used to like about a particular individual turned into hatred.

...and hatred has always been for powerful to create disaster.
In these previous years, I have made a wall around me, the wall of stone that is hard to break, the wall that is not going to relinquish with anything, maybe Neel will realise it soon that I am not the same girl who was five years ago, I have become harder now and it isn't going to be easy for anyone to melt what is beating inside me with the collusion of power.

When I saw stars in the twilight, I felt their gaze at me.

The heated gaze which was creating magic in the night, then I saw the same letter again with the same initials which have kept arriving after all these years,

So he put the letter on my desk, he must have come to my room, 

I took it out from the same envelope with my trembling fingers.

It's isn't over!
It will never be over!

N.V.M

How can he say that- it isn't over? When it was never profound from his aspect.

The Man with the pride has always been dangerous, five years ago I hurt his pride and now he is here to jeopardize my whole life again. But this time I won't let him do anything. At this moment he will regret playing all the games with his power.

I crushed the same piece of paper again and thrown it away to the nearby dustbin.

***

The next morning sun arrived early to fall on the world when I was yawning from the past night outcomes. When I heard a knock on my door.

My figure was already on the verge of a fainted dream when a servant came inside holding the tray of breakfast with a warm smile on his face.

What time is it?
I saw the clock and realised its already 11'o clock in the morning. The first time in my life I got late and didn't reach the office!

I picked up my cell phone and saw ten miscalls from Arnav!

Now, what this Man wants in the early morning, I growled in frustration while rolling over on the bed.

Why do men's have always been jerks?

Or maybe he is in trouble and you are reacting too much?

So what should I do?

I dialled his number only to find out he picked it up on one go, was he waiting for me to call him?
Was he waiting for me to reach out to him but why?

"Hello?" I almost whispered in my fainted voice

"Get ready in one hour we have a business get together and I want to introduce you as my fiancee!" He cut it out before I could tell him he can't order me every time he wants to and shove his head with my own hands.

Then I saw a dress that was resting on my bed, the green colour dress, why he always beings dresses for me as arguing me to wear what he wants me. Not what I want to.

Maybe he knows you will wear shirts and pants then?

Inner voice always brings out sensitive topics to me. Yes I know I might wear only shirts and pants for the rest of my whole life better than these plunging dresses that frame every curve on my body.

As I looked at that dress with my keen eyes, at least it was better than before.

It was knot strapless, reaching up to my thighs, it was a long dress having a sweetheart neckline, oh I forgot to mention my shoulders will going to be bare in this too.

As I tried to stare at my reflection while holding it on my body ahead of the mirror.

Nevertheless, I am already late for the office, and as he said it's a business meeting, it's a great opportunity for me too to socialize with my company. If I am having an opportunity then why not grab it?

I got ready in the next horrible ten minutes only to stare at my figure that was looking all lost, my hair was ruffled as they have not been combed from past two days, well better leave them that way, besides, I have always liked belongingness to be not perfect, I brushed my lips in a slight pink tone, only to burn my cheeks more, then I grabbed my purse and dim all the lights to let everyone know I am not the same Julia anymore.

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As I reached the destination where he inclined me to do so, I saw him standing in the parking area, stomping his foot restlessly,

"Why you took so long?" His demanding voice reached into my ears until he saw my figure standing tall near him.

"You look gorgeous," he tried to tuck my hair behind my ears and for some reason, my stomach growled at this...

Oh, I realised, I have not eaten anything, the breakfast I received was still resting on my bed.

"So shall we?" He extended his arm, I Hesitated for a moment before grabbing it again.

The hotel Taj was extensively rich, in its texture in its interior, all the lights that were radiating their power now dancing in the daylight.

There were so many voices, all the business tycoons were dressed up in their formal dresses, some had a glass with a drink in their hand and some were busy finding any business deal to market their company. However, I was only consumed in glorifying the art.

Until we bumped into someone.

The business tycoon in the communication sector was hovering our figure with his power.

The middle-aged bald man has always been very competitive in past years, he cleared his throat to let the conversation started, "Ah! Mr Khanna, we met again," and then got into the staring battle, where their tall dark figure was hovering into each other, as they were in the battle of the fight but this time they only have their eyes to fight.

It went for a long ten minutes until I decide to step in and show these men to shut up this world needs the battle to fight not these horrendous staring contests.

I cleared my throat just to gain Mr Khanna's awareness and boom! A moth is drawn to a flame his eyes landed on me.

"And may I know who is this pretty lady is?" He raised one of his eyebrows while quirking his mouth.

"She is my fiancee, Julia," that he intertwined his finger with mine when I wanted to stomp on his feet with so much pressure that the electricity cannot give us.
He should have introduced my name first then consider me as his fiancee.

"Ah! What a lucky man you are! I must say green suits on you," his mischievous eyes were looking at me with the keen desire, that it almost made me shiver.

"You are wrong Mr Khanna!"

A familiar voice reached to my ears and then I saw his face radiating with the colour of storms streaming through the crowd.

"Pardon Mr Malhotra?" His eyes were shocked with shame that a young aged man has dared to say him wrong.

"Blue suits her better,"  and with that, he rested his deep hazel green eyes on me.

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