A promise: That changed my life

Vishal

"Karan sir, did you call me?" I asked as I stepped into his office.

He was looking at the papers and his secretary Rena was awkwardly standing next to him, she smiled at me, sweetly as I mirrored her expression.

"Yes, if you don't mind, can you bring a file from my home? I forgot to bring it with me." He asks, nicely.

"Of course, sir,"

"Here's the address. I will notify my wife, she will give you." He handed me a small note.

"Sure, I will be right back with that file, don't worry," I said and made my way towards his house.

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Siya

I've been zone out, I've no idea what is going to happen, how Vishal is going to react, and how Karan will counter when he will know about my past.

I dropped my head in my hand, I can't tell the truth to any one of them even if I want, it's just going to hurt everyone and I don't want to do something as Adah did.

She is very courageous and smart enough to make decisions for herself, I wish she wouldn't have run away, I wouldn't be here in the first place.

I wonder if her risk of running away would have been worth it? Is she living the life she desired unlike me?

I sighed sadly.

When a phone call from Karan snapped my thoughts up, 'Hello?' I responded to the call.

Adah, you woke

sa, just now,'

to take an important file which you'll

'Sure, Karan sa.'

said and hung up the

doorbell rang, it must be that manager, I stood up from the couch

me, he didn't smile, just stared at my face blankly as he entered the house, his silence sent

are home soon." I tried to

Bhabhi sa, My exam finished soon so..."

are you behaving like this?"

like what?" He questions

said and moved a few steps back, creating a good distance

I the one who becomes

"What do you mean?"

play innocent, Bhabhi sa, I mean, Siya I know the truth already." He came forward, "So you better tell me the rest of it." I gaped at him, shocked yet frightened this wasn't I except,

about?!"

talking about your love

fear, "Sunny, it's nothing like you assumed, Vishal is just my friend-" he

Then what about

can explain..." I

up explaining everything to him from how Adah ran away from this marriage and how I have to take her place, hiding my identity in the process. He listened

but believe me, it's nothing, everything is

sighed heavily, pinching his eyes together tightly, processing my story,

shake my head in yes, "But how do

he angrily walked out of the shop as I met him for the second time, in our company's cafe where I came to know about his identity, " He

I got cut off by

could be