Just Friends

CHAPTER 30

"There is nothing more beautiful than someone who goes out of their way to make life beautiful for others." 

- MANDY HALE 

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"Dhruv, you hadn't even attempted to contact me," Aditi grumbled as she walked into the cabin as if she owned it.

"Aditi!" Dhruv growled, staring at the number of employees accompanying him. They were busy having a serious discussion when Aditi bulged inside.

"Oh!" Aditi sounded guilty, "you were busy. I thought your assistant was simply shoving me away."

The assistant followed inside with a guilty face, "I am sorry, sir. I attempted to stop her, but she was in rush... I am really..." The assistant was further going to apologise but Dhruv yelled.

"You're dismissed!" Dhruv announced, making the rest gasp in disbelief. Dhruv hadn't ever taken a decision, impulsively. He was a sorted-out person. Taking consideration of every objective before coming up with any conclusion.

"Dhruv, wait a minute. It was my mistake you shouldn't..." Aditi was going to reason out but Dhruv interjected her.

"You don't interrupt my business. The way you have kept me away from your profession so are you ordered to be away from mine." Dhruv voiced it out in a stern manner. Aditi was staring at him with suspiciousness.

"If you don't mind can I have some privacy with my would-be-fiancé?" Aditi requested the people surrounding them. They gave a slight nod as they stood from their respective chair slowly making their way toward the door.

"Stop disrespecting me around your employees, that's not the way to behave," Aditi grumbled staring Dhruv straight in the eyes.

"You better don't disturb me during my business hours."

"You can chat with Kiara during your business hours but I can't pay a visit to you."

"Chat with Kiara?" Dhruv was staring at her in disbelief, "are you spying on me?"

"Why would I spy on you? Harshad had mentioned it randomly. So, it was true? You were chatting with her?"

"Should I start providing you with an account of my daily activity? Stop acting like those possessive girlfriends." Dhruv groaned, "I hadn't signed up for this shit." He grumbled pressing his forehead in frustration.

"What do you mean by you hadn't signed up for this?" Aditi was losing her control, "why do you keep on making me feel that you're doing me a favour? As if you have no interest in this relationship. It's only me who wants to make it work."

Dhruv mocked a laugh, "you're making it work? Are you listening to it, Aditi? You are the one that had walked away from it in every given situation. You walked away from our first date, you walked away when I decided to give us a break. You walked away from our engagement. You have always walked away as if you're scared to give it a chance. You don't even want to attend the get-together happening tonight."

"I had provided a reason for my actions. I had work to attend..." Aditi was going to continue but Dhruv jumped in.

"And I have work to attend to," Dhruv commented pointing at the files.

"Dhruv you can't simply avoid my existence. You hadn't attempted to even contact me after our argument. That's not how a relationship works. We need to work on ourselves. We need to..."