Come on, dance with me, the night can wait.

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"Blue suits her!" When his words reached my ears my heart got piled up in a race of fiction.

"Excuse me, Neel?" Arnav cleared his throat while sliding his arm to my waist, pulling me more closer to his warmth.

"She used to wear all shades of blue in California," he smirked, resting his stormy eyes on me.

His eyes were mischievous as he had something in his mind. What does he want to do?

Now, Arnav was staring at me, clenching me more closer to his side, maybe he wanted to have answers to why his cousin knows specific information about my preference.

I cleared my throat, to say whatever comes in so that the tension in the air could cease.
"As time changed, my preference changed too," I smiled at Arnav that was looking all confused and too taken aback by my revelation.

I could feel Neel's heated gaze on me, something radiated on his face- regret? Gratitude? Whatever it possesses, the consequence is already too late.

"May I have a chance to dance with this gorgeous lady?" Mr Khurana bowed down a little while extending his hand to me.

And I couldn't say no to him. So I grabbed his hand when the slow music started healing all the lovers in the night.

And not only we! Couples were dancing with each other under the shimmery lights of crystals. It was a time of day but here inside we were already way back of time.

Soft music was on, it was one of the etiquettes to start a gathering while doing a round-up of everyone and what's better than a couple, or friends, or whatever dancing with each other.

Mr Khurana was the man of respectability, though by the looks I was receiving back I thought he might not be a good man. However, he didn't do anything appropriate, rather he talked about his business and the flow of the market that was moving more to the competition by foreign investors, he even told me- he keeps his interest in my company to gain more power in the upcoming days to gain the more market stake.

At least for a point of duration, my mind has something else besides my fiancee and that hazel green eyes boy.

Suddenly, the lights got dimmer and it was all black, shadowing the room with nothing but darkness as a storm is going to invade all the thoughts, my heart started thumping in my chest, something more anxious and extraordinary was about to come,
All the partners were changing positions one by one, and I had no continuation why my heart is In the process of exploitation.

It was too dark for me to find anything, to even hold on when I felt a touch on my waist, strong arms were encircling me until I was inches apart from the strong chest.

You are my fire

The famous song from the back street boys started playing, and my mind goes back to those days when I was in school the first time I listened to this song

The one desire

When the first time I got bullied in the Mountbatten school, I used to listen to this song and hum the lullaby under my breath until one day the boy with hazel green eyes mocked me when my face was not visible to him.

Believe when I say

I felt a joint of current in my body when all the shimmery lights started sparkling revealing Neel's closeness to my heart.

I want it that way

"What are you doing?" I tried to utter when my voice was barely audible. When I was lost in the circle of emotions once again.

But we are two worlds apart

He didn't utter a word he was just looking into my eyes while lip-syncing to the lyrics of the song.

Can't reach to your heart

I tried I averted my gaze from him to anywhere in the room, however, the round was not going to end soon and Arnav was nowhere to be found.

"Neel, this isn't right!" My sharp eyes could kill him but he didn't flinch, he didn't take a step back, instead, he came more closer, more closer to see the abandoned universe in my eyes.

Tell me why
Ain't nothin' but a heartache
Tell me why
Ain't nothin' but a mistake
Tell me why
I never wanna hear you say
I want it that way

When I felt my pulse rising, my body jeopardizing, and my soul getting lost, there was nothing I could do to feel the same, all past outcomes started flashing their image on my head.

"Julia?" I heard Arnav's voice and saw him coming to me.

Neel was nowhere to be found, was I hallucinating or it was for real?

"Now, you have to dance with me," he placed both of his hands on my waist, as he was trying to capture me strongly in his arms, as he wants to prove to the world I only belong to him.

Though my head was spinning, and my legs were hurting, still I did whatever he was leading me on. I couldn't say no to him, then suddenly his string Cologne hit my nostrils when I was on the verge of collapsing on his chest.

He was too closer to me, he ups my chin so that I could only glance at him, then he tucks hair behind my ear, and was just about to kiss me in the middle of dancing, in the middle of where everyone was watching us through their keen eyes when I was not sure what I was supposed to do,

His breath was all over my face, his eyes became dark, and maybe in three seconds, he is going to show everyone that I, Julia is his fiancee.

"Arnav, Mr Oberoi is asking for you, they have a contract to sign,"

A familiar voice reached to my heart when Arnav muttered "fuck!" Under his breath.

He excused for a second and got lost in the crowd in the name of business again.

"You know if I was in his place, I could have never ditched you in this foolish meeting of powerful business persons who just want to lure everything in their hand,"

Does he dare to say this? Though he was right about this meeting, still he is talking about ditching?

"Last time I checked, you were the person who used to play games and ditching was one of your favourites, am I right, aren't I? Neel?"

My mind was already spinning, and fuming with this melodrama, I don't think so I can handle it anymore, with these men! What do they even think of themselves?
They are so full of pride that I want to slap each one of them!

I just need to get out from here, the weather must have become cloudy now, I have heard in the weather report, it will rain in Delhi. However, it isn't started yet, so there must be some fresh winds to cope up with my soul and mind.

I tried to reach out to Arnav, to inform him that we should go- but he was nowhere to be found, neither he was picking up his cell phone.

And I couldn't wait here anymore, because I am not planning to die, not too soon!

I found my way of exit, by cutting the sheer crowd to finally take breathe in the fresh air.

As I came outside, I saw the foggy clouds all over the sky, the wind was charming calling my name once again, to capture me into its wildness. I started walking on the streets when it started raining, as the sky was pouring his heart out to me, as all the universe was calling my name over and over again, as the wind was flowing with the rhythm of my heart.
I was too endorsed in myself, that I didn't hear a honk, the car was just going to kill me from its speed, and maybe I had no idea what was about to happen, my mind became foggy and desperate to let go of everything, that I forgot to realise what if it will kill me with its speed? I think I should run!

I ran to save my life only to realise the car has stopped and I was on my way to falling on the road with an empty head and fragile eyes until the same hazel green eyes locked their eyes with mine," As I said, I will always be there for you, Julia,"

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So what do you think?
What's going to happen?
Julia is doing right?
And what about Arnav?

Come on tell me!

Xoxo❤