ARE YOU MINE?

CHAPTER 5. SAVIOUR

“No! Go away! Help me!” shrieked Aradhya while pushing him away.

“No, you are not going anywhere honey,” said George while binding her hands with the belt of his robe.

Her hairs were scattered wildly while her spectacles were on the floor since George threw them.

Her beautiful face was clearly visible. Though the eyes were brimming with tears, the beautiful symmetry of her face was enough to bewitch anybody.

‘As her face looked pretty by her decorated tresses, so, it did by her matted hair also; a lotus does not look beautiful only by the swarms of bees, but even by its union with moss.’

Just to claim that there was something about her is only an understatement. “A woman who was even at her finest in her misery couldn’t be compared to anything in the world,” said George while running his fingers over her plump lips.

“Let me go for the sake of the respect you had for me when we were dating. All I ever did was support you. Where did it all go wrong?” enquired Aradhya while wiping the tears from her drenched cheeks.

George caressed her cheeks gently and said, “If you would have worn contact lenses instead of those weird glasses, then I would have never cheated on you.” George moved his head closer to her neck and placed gentle kisses upon it.

“No!” shrieked Aradhya.

George placed his hand over her mouth and whispered in her ear, “Hush, little girl.” He smiled and began to place gentle kisses over her neck. Aradhya moved her hands violently and pushed him away with brute force.

“f**k you! I hope you rot, you scum,” cursed Aradhya and ran away frantically towards the door. She rushed to get to the stairs and observed an elderly butler who engaged in instructing the other servants to do their jobs.

She was dumbfounded to realize that even though there were several people present at the scenario, nobody even attempted to respond to her wails. She gave the man a distasteful look and increased her pace and exerted a breath of relief after reaching the hall. She then rushed towards the door and her head collapsed with the hard chest of a man who looked in her direction with an astonished face.

“Whoa! Are you okay? You sure don’t look like you are. Can I help, lady?” inquired the man while looking at her troubled expression. “You look like somebody hurt you. You can tell me, I will try to help.”

Aradhya looked in the man’s direction and silent tears escaped her eyes. He looked at her pitiful condition and understood what the case was. “Let’s go. I will drop you,” offered the man.

Aradhya began to open her mouth to object but was hindered by George who came after her while still being in his robe.

His eyes widened to observe the man who was standing in front of him. “S … Sir? How come you’re here?”

“Nothing, I just decided to drop by to handover my drafts. It seems you’re busy at the moment,” claimed the man in a sardonic manner.

George wiped the sweat beads that formed upon his forehead and claimed, “Sir, it’s not like that. Me and my girlfriend, we were just having a casual rebuke. Nothing worth noticing or discussing.”

The man removed the blazer from his shoulder and gave it to Aradhya who was shivering and hid behind him. “Care to explain or I should just straightaway take her to the Investigation Bureau to give her statement instead?” enquired the man with a sheepish smile.

“Sir, it’s just a misunderstanding … We were just arguing and then she left while crying, and now she’s standing there without a word. Such a disgrace for a woman!” rebuked George.

Aradhya tugged the sleeve of the person and said while wiping her tears, “He tried to assault me, but I ran away.”

The man looked at him and said, “There’s no need for you to talk anymore, George. The marks upon her scraped skin and your fingerprints will be enough to serve as proof.”

“Sir? Please, she’s lying,” argued George. While the man on the other hand simply smiled and said, “Who am I to decide if she’s lying or telling me the truth? That will be decided by the police itself.”

George twitched his right eye and crossed his arms.

“Edward Clifford, you’re just a writer. If I want I can tarnish your image equally in the world. Don’t assume you’re the only one with connections,” roared George.

Aradhya looked at the man in pure admiration. She couldn’t believe her ears that the visionary writer whose work she had always wished to edit was standing right before her.

The man turned towards Aradhya and instructed her to move in the direction of the car. Then, he said while looking at George, “We’ll see how this skirmish ends for both of us, and remember to return the previous drafts that I handed you earlier this month. I won’t let you edit my work anymore.”

“Keep moving. He won’t follow you, believe me,” said the man in a calming tone. Aradhya got inside the car and said, “Sir, I am really sorry that you had to lose your editor today because of me,” said Aradhya while bowing her head.

“No, Dear. I am sorry that I didn’t slap him across the face. Let’s head over to the police first,” professed the man.

“Sir?” called out Aradhya.

“Yes, what is it?” responded the man while looking at her doleful face through the mirror. Aradhya held the huge sleeves of the blazer that she had upon herself and said, “I … uh, I really admire the ideas you shared in your book, ‘If people were kinder’. I wish and hope more people would read your work.”

“You have read my works? What do you do?” enquired the man while shifting his glasses. Aradhya’s gaze sunk to the ground and she asserted, “Nothing at the moment. I used to work in Editor’s co. but was removed due to a false accusation made to slander my name. Somebody posted a very demeaning article about the editor in chief through my computer. Everyone thought it was me, so they decided to fire me.”

The man first looked at her in all seriousness and then chuckled. “I actually remember the article. I did read it.  All this time I had been thinking where I had heard this name before. The person who wrote your article had signed your name on the left corner at the end.”

“B ... But I always sign all of my article at the right side on the bottom,” claimed Aradhya while biting her thumb.

The man stopped the car, removed his glasses and asked, “Then, why didn’t you say that when they wronged you?” Aradhya sank lower and said with a frown, “I failed to observe that during that time.”

“Okay, you can make it right. Today, you saved yourself with sheer luck but that doesn’t work always. So remember to think twice before doing anything in the future,” said Edward with a gleam.

Aradhya joined her hands together to thank the gods for saving her and went ahead with the man towards the Investigation Bureau.

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