As they continued to eat, Ishan felt a warmth in his chest that he hadn't felt in a long time. Maybe Shubman wasn't as bad as he had thought. 
But then again if he was too kind then why is he not letting him go? Why is he still keeping Ishan as hostage?
"I ordered clothes for you with the same material you are wearing right now. You can choose some more from here as well. Add to cart all the clothes you like," Shubman said handing him ipad. 
"They are so costly, can't we buy from myntra or something?" Ishan widened his eyes at the number of zeroes. 
"It's okay Ishan, the price is not going to affect me. Just pick anything you like," 
"I can't, I never wore such expensive clothes." 
"You know the price of shirt you are wearing right now?" 
"No?"
"It's of $1000, so you already started wearing expensive clothes." 
Ishan widened his eyes clutching the end of the shirt. 
"I-I can't keep it. Why didn't you told me?" Ishan gasped. 
"You are keeping it, Infact you can wear whatever you want to from my closet as well." Shubman said. 
"B-but this is too much,"
"Ish do you really think it's going to affect me? I can buy you a whole clothing store and it still will be a drop in the ocean for me," Shubman shrugged. 
"Ish?" 
"Oh I am so sorry...I didn't meant to, it slipped off my tongue. I won't call yo—" 
"It's okay, you can call me Ish." 
"Huh?" Shubman had his eyes widened. 
"Yeah you can, it's just a nickname." Ishan smiled at him. 
The smile was too sweet. But it was Ishan. Maybe he was opening up finally?
"Shub...I mean is it okay if I call you Shub?" Ishan asked. 
"Yeas yeas ofcourse. You can call me anything," Shubman's heart was racing. It was just an endearment but hearing Ishan calling him that was doing some really bad things to him.
"Okay so Shubi ... I wanted to ask if you are free to watch a series with me? You know it's kind of a horror series and I wanted to watch it with someone." Ishan looked at him with those innocent eyes. 
"Sure, I am free for the rest of the day." He is not. Shubman had shit tons of work in his office. But he can look at them later on. 
Ishan grinned immediately going upstairs towards the big room with Shubman following him behind. 
---
Okay, what the fuck? This series was definitely not horror. Except a few jumpscares it was mainly a steamy series. 
And a fun fact, Ishan was practically sprawled out on Shubman's lap. 
They did had a healthy distance between them during the starting but those few jumpscares had Ishan curling closer to Shubman. 
And when they were gone Ishan didn't even cared to move back. 
This all feel too good to be true because no matter how much Ishan was touched with his efforts, he won't be so comfortable.
And to be honest, Ishan wasn't even than much comfortable, his body was rigid under Shubman's lap. It was as if he was forcing himself to stay there. 
What was Ishan even thinking? Shubman was amused, he wanted to know. 
That's why he didn't called him out and let Ishan play this little game. 
---
"Shh it's okay," Abhishek murmured patting Mayank's back.
"I loved him so much, and h-he....he treated me like a used tissue. I know I am not good looking. But was I so ugly that he wasn't attracted to me even a single bit?" 
"Hey Mayank... I was letting you vent out all you wanted okay but if you are going to downgrade yourself just because of a scumbag then I won't let you do it," Abhishek's voice was stern as he cradled him. 
"B-But—" 
"No buts, I already let you weep too much for the asshole who doesn't even deserve your attention for more than a minute." 
Abhishek said pulling Mayank out of the cafe. 
"Wait where are we going?" Mayank asked when he realized Abhishek was carrying him out of the cafe. 
"Somewhere to freshen up your mood," Abhishek said as he went towards his car. 
"But don't you have to go to your office? You said you just came to grab a coffee as it's closer to your office," Mayank asked as Abhishek settled him to the passenger seat. 
"I am COO of the Gill enterprise, I can take breaks when there is not any important meeting. And by the way didn't I told you to give me a call whenever your ex bother you? It's a good thing I came for a coffee break," Abhishek said as he sat on the driver's seat and locked the car. 
Abhishek didn't came for a coffee break. He was just tampering on Mayank's phone when Naman called him and asked for a meet up. 
"He just wanted to meet...I didn't thought he would do this," Mayank was looking down at his lap while few tears still trailed down from his cheek. 
"Stop crying over him, please just forget about him." Abhishek scowled while driving. 
"I can't...I tried so hard but I can't forget about him. I don't love him anymore but still the way he hurt me...I can't let go all this," 
"You will Mayank, I will make you forget about him." 
Mayank gave a sad chuckle as few more tears dropped. 
"I wish it was as easy as you are saying," 
Abhishek stared at him before grabbing phone from one hand. 
He sent a message to Shubman quickly before focusing on driving again. 
Abhi 😼💪
Tell any of your man to gather information about Naman Rathore. I want every freaking thing about him till tonight. Here is a picture of him so you can easily find him 
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