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When i See You

Chapter 2

By Akash DeepPublished 2 years ago 15 min read
When i See You
Photo by Joel Overbeck on Unsplash

Amidst the hustle and bustle outside Manali's small airport, Kunal asked Anika, "Hey Miss, please tell me your name." Hearing this, Anika took out the black glasses from her eyes while looking at Kunal, and looking at Kunal with a very sharp and harsh gaze, said softly without any expression, "Anika Guleria."

Kunal was stunned to hear this, he was standing in confusion wondering why this beautiful girl would have told her name as Anika? But then Anika, sitting inside the taxi, showed the board to the driver standing behind Kunal and said, "You have come to pick up Anika Guleria, right?"

By now Kunal had also seen the board with Anika's name on it and he thought that the girl sitting in the taxi was just reading the name written on the board.

So Kunal came forward and said, "Hey, I will send that fat lady by taxi, both of you can comfortably travel with me in the car."

Hearing this from Kunal, Anika gave him an arrogant smile and asked the taxi driver to start the taxi. The taxi, leaving smoke on Kunal's face, picked up speed and passed in front of Kunal. Kunal felt sad for a moment, but then he remembered something.

In a hurry, he took the board from the driver's hand and said to the driver, "You quickly go behind this taxi and chase madam and tell me in which hotel she is staying and listen, there should be no doubt about it, run away." "

The driver immediately took out the car and started following Anika's car. She kept her mobile on silent mode and sat with her eyes closed as if she was coming or going from the airport to Manali which was about 1:00 to 1:30 hours. Riya put the headphones back on her ears and got busy playing games on the tablet.

Well, looking at Riya, no one could say that she is a girl, jeans, sports shoes, T-shirt, short hair and a cap on her head. Even though Riya was young, she was greatly influenced by modern technology. Riya was quite popular in the gaming world as 'Sweet Angel'.

Seeing Riya playing the game, Anika was wondering whether she had done right or wrong by bringing Riya to Manali. When Anika came out of her thoughts due to the ringing of the mobile, she saw that her father Gautam was repeatedly calling Anika on her phone. Without turning off the phone, Anika was mentally preparing herself for the storm.

In the next one hour, Anika's taxi will reach Manali's biggest 5 star hotel 'Paradise Inn'.

She entered 'International' but Raju, who was following her, was stopped at the main gate of the hotel itself. The bell boy of the hotel was already waiting for Anika, as soon as Anika arrived, the bell boy took her luggage and took her towards the lift.

Looking at the hotel's premium furniture, attractive ambiance, and welcoming staff, it was understandable why tourists from all over the country and abroad loved to stay in this luxurious hotel in Manali. The bellboy took Anika towards the lift and said that her booking was in the Presidential Suite, which is on the top floor of the hotel.

As soon as she entered the lift, the bellboy pressed the button of 24th floor and said to Anika, "Madam, there are only two apartments on this top floor, one is yours and the other is that of our hotel owner Mr. Rohit Marwa, he lives with his son and younger brother. This is where we live."

Within a few moments the lift reached the 24th floor. As soon as the lift door opened, Anika saw that this floor was more peaceful than the other floors of the hotel, so much peace that Anika might not have felt even in her own home.

The bellboy went near Anika's room and unlocked the door with the card. He handed the card to Anika and left the things there. Riya was still busy playing the game. Anika brought Riya inside the room and closed the door of the room. Presidential Suite was a very luxurious apartment, with a modern and comfortable bedroom, a luxurious living area, and a large balcony from where the entire view of Manali was visible.

Not everyone could afford this Presidential Suite, because the daily rent of the room was twenty-five thousand rupees. But what difference was this going to make to world famous neuro surgeon Dr. Amrita, alias Anika? After enjoying the new place for a while, Riya got tired and slept on the bed. Anika was lovingly covering him with the sheet.

Just then his phone vibrated. Anika saw that her father, Gautam, was calling. Riya might wake up due to Anika's voice, so Anika came out of the bedroom in a hurry, closed the bedroom door and picked up the phone.

As soon as Anika picked up the phone, Gautam said angrily, "Anika, what kind of behavior is this? Kunal was waiting for you at the airport for 2 hours. Why didn't you come with him? Where are you?"

On this, Anika said to her father very calmly, "I am just coming."

As soon as she said this, Anika disconnected the phone, I don't know why but Anika was quite disturbed. No matter how Gautam behaved with Anika from childhood till today, after all he was Anika's father. Whom Anika was going to meet after 6 years.

After thinking something, Anika locked the hotel room from outside and she came near the lift in the hotel lobby and started waiting for the lift to arrive, then Anika got a call on her phone from her assistant Rajlakshmi.

When Anika picked up the phone, Rajlakshmi inquired about Anika's condition and said, "Madam, I hope your flight was safe and comfortable and you must have had enough sleep. Do you remember that you have to sleep compulsory 8 hours every day?"

Anika interrupts him and says, "Yes, yes, do you remember? Tell me, have you called me again to tell me the same thing that you have been telling me every day for the last one month? Or to tell you something new today?" Have you called?"

Rajlakshmi hesitated a little and said, "Hey madam, that mail has come again from business tycoon Rohit Marwa. He wants to get his grandmother's treatment done by the country's greatest neuro surgeon, Dr. Amrita i.e. you, currently she is in Manali. And you are also in Manali. So I thought should I fix an appointment?"

But then Anika said in strong words, "Absolutely not! These elders only pretend to be concerned about their elders. Their real motive is something else. The elders' property, business, or something else. We should not take care of these people. I should stay away from Manali. And anyway, my purpose behind coming to Manali is something else. I don't want to divert my attention from that purpose. And yes, Rajlakshmi, don't forget that I am on official leave at the moment."

Rajlakshmi was not only Anika's assistant but also her friend. So he lightened Anika's mood and said, "OK, mam, as you wish! But let me tell you one thing, I have heard that Rohit Marwa's personality is quite dashing, tall, dark handsome, and yes, so big at such a young age. Business tycoon, many girls in the country are ready to die just to talk to him. And you say that Rohit wants to meet you in person and you are avoiding him? If there is a little romance in life then there is no harm in it. What is it? The rest is your choice, think about it. I will send Rohit's photo?"

Anika understood that Rajlakshmi was now pulling her leg. Then Anika, seeing the lift coming up, quickly said to Rajlakshmi, "If it is so, then you do one thing, you meet him by posing as Dr. Amrita. Anyway, no one here knows Dr. Amrita by face, here So I'm just Anika Guleria! Now come on, hang up."

But Rajlakshmi also said hurriedly, "Okay, okay, I hope you enjoy your vacation. And yes, I will send Rohit's photo, please take a look."

Then Anika felt as if someone was standing behind her. As soon as Anika looked back, she was surprised. Riya was standing behind, her face was a bit upset, and she was just staring at Anika.

Anika bent down and kissed Riya lovingly on both the cheeks and said, "Mumma, she will come back soon. And while coming, she will bring your favorite chocolate ice cream. Okay? Now let's go to the room and rest, either Play your favorite video game."

The lift door opened and Anika went inside the lift. Going inside, Anika once again said to Riya, "Go straight to the room, yes, Momma will miss you, and Momma loves you."

The elevator door closed and the elevator started going down. In her hurry to go out, Anika was forgetting one thing that she had closed the door of her room from outside. Still, how did Riya come out of the room??

As soon as Anika went down the lift, the door of the room opposite to Anika's room opened, and a 26-27 year old handsome man came out. Black shiny leather shoes, black trousers, white shirt and black blazer.

That man looked no less than a prince of any princely state, and why not, because this man was Rohit Marwa, CEO of Marwa Industries. Rohit came out of his room, and while moving towards the child standing near the lift and scolding the child, Rohit said, "Son, how many times have I told you not to leave the room without telling me like this, you would have listened to me. Why not Aryan?"

Aryan? Rohit was calling the same child by some other name, the girl whom Anika had talked to just a few moments ago thinking she was Riya? But the truth was that the child was not Riya, but Aryan. Actually, the child whom Anika was talking to as Rhea, was Aryan, the only son of famous business tycoon Rohit Marwa.

Riya was still sleeping in Anika's room. Rohit was talking to Aryan but Aryan's eyes were still fixed on the lift door. Rohit immediately thought something and took out the phone from his pocket. And by calling the CCTV room of the hotel, they immediately got the CCTV footage outside his room. He wanted to see what had just happened to Aryan near the lift. Within a few moments, Rohit was stunned to see the CCTV footage brought on the laptop of the security in-charge.

As soon as she entered the house through the main gate, Anika realized that a party was going on inside the house. While standing in the garden, Anika saw that young boys and girls were seen dancing to English songs.

There was a board put up somewhere on which it was written "Happy birthday Kamini."

The birthday party of Kamini i.e. Anika's younger step sister was going on. Just then the sound of a girl pleading came from some corner of the garden. Anika turned in the direction of the voice and saw a girl lying on the ground. As soon as the girl got up while cleaning her clothes, Anika remembered that the girl was Anika's aunt's daughter Preeti.

Scared, Preeti said in a low voice, "Yes Anika didi is very beautiful, yes Anika didi is the most beautiful."

Kamini had Anika's old photo in her hand. She was asking questions about showing the photo to her friends.

“Look carefully at this fat lady, this crazy Preeti is saying that this fat lady looks more beautiful than me. Now you guys tell me, whoever finds this fat lady beautiful, she must be a mad person, right?”

Preeti, who has fallen on the ground, says in a low voice, "Anika didi is really very beautiful, she is just a little overweight."

But on this Kamini became furious, "You stupid girl. Do you even know what beauty is? Looking at me, looking at my face, looking at my body, this is the beauty. On top of that, I am a medical student and this year I am Miss Manali Competition. She has also won.”

Everyone laughed after hearing Preeti's words, Kamini walking with great style and attitude said to everyone, "Okay, let's do one thing, let's vote, you have to vote who is more beautiful between this fat person and me, okay?" "

Saying this, Kamini took a cigarette lighter from one of her friends and lit Anika's photo with it. Anika, standing at a distance, was silently watching all this. Kamini mixed the burnt photo pieces in a glass of juice and said, "So guys, are you ready with your votes? So tell me how many votes?"

All Kamini's friends raised their hands in the air together to vote for Kamini.

"Poor Preeti! I got all the votes, but you lost, never mind, now if you have lost then you will be punished too, so your punishment is that I used the ashes of the burnt photo of your beautiful fat sister. I have mixed it in this glass of juice, you just have to drink this juice.” But as soon as Preeti refused to drink that juice, Kamini held Preeti's mouth with her hands and pressed her cheeks and Kamini tried to force Preeti to drink that juice but before that she poured the juice in Preeti's mouth. Before she could put it, at the last moment a hand comes in between and catches Kamini's hand and stops her. This hand was Anika's. Anika had held Kamini's hand so tightly in anger that Kamini screamed.

Anika snatched the glass from Kamini's hand and said, "Winning and losing are decided after the game is over. And the game is not over yet."

Anika picked up Preeti who had fallen on the ground. Preeti looked at Anika's eyes carefully. Preeti recognized these eyes, this voice. She understood that this girl was none other than her sister Anika. Preeti took Anika's name and immediately hugged her. Kamini was very happy to see this. She couldn't believe her eyes. She couldn't understand how Anika, who was 120 kg yesterday, started looking so fit, fine and gorgeous today? How did this miracle happen?

All Kamini's friends standing nearby were also surprised. Friends started talking among themselves.

The first friend said, “Hey man, how did this Anika become so beautiful?”

Another friend said, “She looks like a heroine from a movie.”

Another friend said, “My God she looks so gorgeous.”

After listening to everyone's conversation, Anika said with great pride, "Come on, it is confirmed who won, now the punishment that was decided should be carried out?"

Saying this, Anika caught hold of Kamini's wrist and Anika gave the same glass of juice to Kamini and asked her to drink it. Kamini angrily shook Anika's hand due to which the glass of juice fell down.

Kamini was burning with anger and said, "How can this happen, how have you changed so much?"

And then, hearing the sound of glass breaking, Gautam and Anika's step mother Manisha came running there. As soon as she saw him there, Kamini started acting and started acting poor and saying

"Look mom and dad. Anika wants to spoil my birthday party by coming to my birthday party. I just asked her how she lost her weight and she started telling me. Now I am much more beautiful than you, what is your status in front of me."

And as soon as she said this, Kamini started crying hysterically. Before Anika could say anything in defense. Like always, Gautam started scolding Anika without knowing the truth, "Stop it now Anika, it's too much drama, how much more drama will you do to sign a divorce paper? Let's go inside the house, I have to talk to you about something important."

Saying this, Gautam and Manisha hold Anika's hand and take her inside. As soon as they enter the house, Gautam closes the door and without expressing any happiness of meeting his daughter after 6 years and talking directly to the issue, Gautam goes straight to the house. Starts talking about the issue.

"Look Anika. What's done is done, what will you gain by troubling us further? Please sign these two papers." When Anika saw, there were two papers and a pen lying on the center table of the room.

Anika was a little shocked to hear this, she had come here to sign her divorce papers. Then what were these other papers about? As if Gautam had heard Anika's thoughts, he said, "Actually, after getting a divorce from you, we, that is, I and your new mother, want Kunal and Kamini to get married. Kunal also has no objection to this marriage. And Kamini already liked Kunal. Kunal's grandfather has only one wish.

Anika, in fact, after your mother's death, her pharma company which was in your name, give it to your younger sister Kamini as a wedding gift, son, I have got all the documents prepared. You just sign."

Hearing this, Anika may have felt a little weak for a moment, but the next moment she controlled herself and looked at the papers kept on the table. Without saying anything, Anika moved towards the papers, picked up the pen and after thinking something, she quickly started signing the pages of the divorce paper. Seeing this, Gautam and Manisha heaved a sigh of relief as they felt that Anika had agreed to sign all the papers.

But after signing the divorce papers, she slowly picked up the papers of her mother's company and said, "I have nothing in this world to call my own except this company. Sorry but I can't give it to you in this company."

Anika politely refuses and leaves from there.

Anika's step mother Manisha runs after Anika and stops her and says, "Why are you hell-bent on ruining us, Anika? By becoming an unmarried mother, you have already brought us so much respect in the society, was that less? Now." Do you want to ruin your sister's life too?"

Ignoring Manisha's words, Anika was about to come out of the main gate of the house when Kamini stood in front of her and said, "What did you think, if you don't name that company in my name, Kunal will not marry me? We are here." Yours! Kunal wants to marry me because he likes me and not because of your factory like he had to do with you and you can't see all this because you are jealous of me since childhood."

Anika said to Kamini with a sarcastic smile, "You have already shown the example of who is jealous of whom. And as for the question since childhood, you have a habit of snatching everything of mine, be it nice clothes or nice toys." You used to wear good sandals, you used to keep them. It seems that you still haven't got used to that habit. Do you want to marry the boy whom I divorced? Then it's okay, no problem, but it's the company. I can't give."

In childhood, everyone used to take advantage of Anika, but despite this, she never uttered a word, perhaps that is why everyone must have thought that even now Anika would be taken advantage of by coaxing her, talking about the society and her sister's future. Can be taken advantage of, but no one knew that not only Anika's body, her mind, her thoughts, everything had changed in these 6 years. Today, seeing Anika spoiling everyone's wishes like this, everyone was deeply shocked. Were in.

Kamini was hearing such sharp words from Anika's mouth for the first time and now Kamini's temper was at its peak.

She growled and said to Anika, "What do you think you are? If you have lost weight, have you learned to control your tongue? Whatever you say, I was more beautiful than you yesterday and I will always be more beautiful than you. Even in appearance, I am ahead of you." And I will be ahead of you in studies and will become a doctor in a few years. Kunal cannot come back to you except a girl like me."

Even Kamini did not know why the words about Kunal had come out of her mouth. But Anika also smiled at his statement and said, "So let's make another bet?"

After hearing these words of Anika, I don't know why, Kamini's confidence suddenly decreased a bit. Just then Kunal's voice came from outside the main gate of the house, "Where has that fat lady gone, she made me wait for 2 hours at the airport, today I will not leave her."

Hearing these words of Kunal, Kamini became tensed but Anika was standing there smiling in front of Kamini.

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