RagNa Love Stories: Ragna SS: Love&Revenge (A battle between lovers) Chapter 41

Kalpana enters her house and Prem says in a sarcastic tone "So you finally came home? I thought you would remain in Pune itself with your boss."

"Enough Prem. I went there for the sake of my job and not to spend time with my boss." She exclaimed.

Sahil comes in and hugs Kalpi. He caresses her face and kisses her forehead saying "How was your meeting?"

"It was good dad. I'll just take a shower." Kalpana walks towards the bathroom and Sahil notices Kalpana's behavior odd as she dint look happy at all.

Kalpana remains lost in Raghav's thoughts as she keeps pouring water on her face. "I love you too Kalpana. I just love you a lot..." She remembers Raghav's words and the hug they share after years. His proximity, those words of love, her inner turmoil. She finds it tough to remove him from her memory but those flashes keep reminding her of all those moments she missed him, the moments which she wanted him besides her, the day when she passed her graduation, the days when she felt lonely, the days when she wanted a partner, a friend to love her and share her feelings with. He wasn't there with her all these years and her loneliness became her friend again.

After few hours, Payal starts preparing dinner for the family and asks Kalpana to mind the gas while she goes to the washroom.

Kalpana stands besides the stove and her mind remains occupied with Raghav's thoughts again due to which she gets distracted and the vegetable kept for boiling on the fire gets over heated.

Kalpana starts panicking and she tries to put off the gas but it gets too late and the vegetable turns black. Payal gets upset about Kalpana's carelessness and Prem begins to scold her. Sahil intervenes and stops Prem from hurting his daughter as she was already in tears.

"Dad...I'll go down and buy some food from a nearby restaurant." Kalpana says in a low voice.

"Ahhh! As if they'll give you food. Even I tried and that bas**** Raghav stopped them. You are a curse Kalpana...You burnt the food what we all could have eaten. You're just useless."

"Stop it Prem. I'm just tired of your continues bragging and taunts. Just go and rest and by that time I'll buy some food for us."

"No dad. I'll bring food as it was my mistake. I'll come back fast. Don't worry." Kalpana says and Payal agrees to it along with Sahil.

Kalpana walks down the stairs and asks the restaurant owner for a parcel of biryani. The waiter gives Kalpana the bill and she realizes that she hasn't carried enough money to pay the bill. She requested the waiter to take the cash which she had handy and then she will bring the remaining amount after 20-25 minutes but he refused and told her to get the entire amount and then take the parcel.

Kalpana starts leaving the restaurant and she bumps into Mira.

"Hey you are here? Twice on the same day." Mira says while laughing.

"Yeah! It's a sweet coincidence. I had come here to order food for dinner but unfortunately the money feel short." Kalpana says in a disappointed tone.

"Oh! But why do you need to order food. My mom has made chole bature today for dinner. I'll tell her to pack food for your family as well."

"No no...It's fine. I will bring money from my home and then pay my bill." Kalpana says.

"Please don't be shy...My mom would love if she could help you out and we have made extra food today. My dad isn't at home and has gone to the mill to work and hence your family could share the food. It may not be enough but..." Kalpana interrupts her and says "Don't say that. Thanks a lot for your help Mira. I'm fortunate to have you as a neighbor."

"Anytime Kalpana." Mira says and goes to her house to pack food for Kalpana's family.

Kalpana serves the food and Prem asks "From which restaurant did you order this?"

"No restaurant. The neighbor girl Mira packed her mom's food for us." Kalpana replies.

"OK. Mira...I guess I have heard this name before." Prem says while recollecting his old memories.

"May be...Now eat the food else you'll again blame me if the food gets cold. You are used to cursing me for everything." Kalpana says in a sarcastic tone.

"Because you deserve it..." Prem says rudely and Sahil holds his hand to stop talking.

The next morning...

Kalpana packs her bag and leaves for office. She reaches below her chawl and notices that the company's car has not arrived yet.

She takes out her mobile to call the driver and in few moments, a big silver-colored car stops in front of her. The person lowers the window of the car and Kalpana notices Raghav sitting in the driver's seat wearing black sun glasses and a grey and black suit.

When Raghav finds no response from Kalpana, he opens the door and she sits in the car, adjusting her seat belt.

She looks at him and finds her reflection in his black goggles. "Why did you come to pick me up sir? I was expecting the driver."

"Because I wanted to pick you up so that we head straight for the meeting. The meeting has been rescheduled in the client's office." Saying this, Raghav starts the car and drives off.

Raghav starts the FM and songs start playing. The RJ starts introducing himself as a love guru named Rajesh and he keeps chatting with the listeners and tries to solve their love issues or problems they are facing in their love life.

Kalpana shows no interest in the conversation and Raghav keeps listening to their love problems and a smile trickles down his face as the love guru keeps entertaining his audience.

A girl comes live and asks the love guru to solve her problem and he asks her to explain the same.

"Sir, I have a crush on a boy from my college..." the girl says.

"Oh that's great. Did you tell him about that?" the RJ says enthusiastically.

"No, I din't tell him. He won't even understand my feelings. He is so shy and reserved that when I go to talk to him, he starts moving away from me. I recently tried to ask him to help me in my studies and while he was explaining me a chapter, I held his hand and he just got up and left."

Kalpana hears the conversation and increases the volume of the radio. She feels that the girl is similar to her and the boy was similar to Raghav. She remembers the days when she was chasing Raghav and he kept avoiding her as he was shy and reserved. She started wiping her tears and Raghav noticed her disturbed.

Raghav took out a tissue and offered her but she refused from using it.

Soon it started raining and Raghav raised the windows to avoid the water from splashing in.

The RJ answers the girl and says "Oh! You case seems to be the opposite where the boy is shy and the girl is open about her feelings. You can try to draw his attention by doing things he likes and make him open up by talking to him while studying. This is the best way to gain their attention."

Kalpana smiles as she had done the same thing to gain Raghav's attention.

The car stops and Kalpana gets down of the car before Raghav is able to open the door for her. He tries to call her so that he could make the guard to offer her an umbrella but she walks straight inside the office and covers her head with her duppata while her dress gets wet.

After 10 minutes of interacting with the clients, Raghav starts the presentation and open the PowerPoint file.

While explaining, he notices Kalpana covering her hands with her duppatta and shivering as well as she had not dried herself completely.

He takes the remote of the AC and increases the temperature to make her feel better. She notices the change in the temperature and looks at Raghav. "How does he come to know what I feel everytime? I never need to even tell him anything but he reads my mind before that itself."

"Because I love you Kalpana." Raghav says to himself and Kalpana asks him "Sir, you said something?"

"Ummm...No. Your fine right?" Raghav asks and Kalpana nods her head.

Disclaimer: The character names in the story are fictional characters and owned by the creators of the show "Ek Mutthi Asmaan" on ZEE TV.