2. Time passes in haze.

                                    

                                          
7 years later :
A tall 6'4 feet guy with smokey grey eyes, well shaved beared , toned body with abs , sharp facial features, veiny hands and a cold expression plastered on his face stand infront of the mirror of his room getting ready for his office while holding something in his hands staring that particular thing having something indefinable emotions in those grey orbs.
Suddenly a knock on his door made him came out of his trance.

                            

                                
                            
                              
                                  
                              
                              
                                
                                  
                                  
                                
                              
                             
                            
                            
                          
                          
"Ishan bhai, mumma is calling you , come fast we all are waiting at the dining table", ishita said more likely yelled from outside the room.
"Okk beta , will be there in five minutes", i responded back to her while applying some gel on my hairs and spraying a deo on my well toned abs.
Then i took that infinity pendant in my hand and tied it on my wrist like a bracelet, yes it's still with me and i wore it every fucking day from the past seven years not because i still love her but to keep in mind that i should never put my leg again into the shit called LOVE.
I tied the pendant and took my blazer from the bed and left for the breakfast.
During breakfast :
"Bhai, you're coming no", ishita asked me making me furrow my brows.
"Where?", i questioned her back leaving her frustrated.
"You forgot huh!! , i told you it's my bestfriend's engagement ", she replied making me remember that she told me about this before and i forgot that's why she is frustrated.
"Beta , i have alot of work you know naa, aashan is just rising there are a lot of pending projects and along with that i also have to help bhai with Oberoi empire's work", i said hoping that she would understand and let me stay away from those things.
"Ishan , you should come this is just not about her bestfriend or my bestfriend but this is also about our business partner's engagement ", agastya bhai insisted , indeed he was right.
"Yes bhai, you're coming i won't listen to any of your excuses ", again ishita said making a pleading face with her not so innocent puppy eyes.
But.....i was cut off by my dad.
"Don't worry, we're all going to Khanna mansion today , don't forget y'all it's not about just business or your bestfriends it's about my bestfriend too, We all will go and that's the final decision ", dad declared in his ordering tone and what can i do other than nodding my head in agreement. 
Time skip to Oberoi Empire:
Currently we're sitting in conference room in a meeting about an important project but I'm not interested at all.
Since the discussion happened about going to Khanna mansion for Anirudh's engagement, something is wrong with me , i don't know how to explain this a strange feeling.
I've never experienced it for the past few years. I don't want to name it.
"So what do you think about our proposal sir", a voice echoed in my ears and i saw a man in his late twenties standing infront of the screen asking me about my opinion.
" Mr. Mehra , I'll think about and discuss with bhai about it and will let you know if our company is interested in investing in this project", i replied maintaining my cold aura and left the confrence room without waiting for his reply.
I am sitting on the chair of my cabin and that strange feeling again covering all over my outer body and inner soul .
"Are meri jaan , mere munna, mere surajmukhi ke phool, kin khayalo mei khoya hai", shivay, my bestfriend chirped from the door of my cabin making me came out of my world of thoughts.
( O my love, my baby , my sunflower, in which thoughts you're lost in).
I get up from the chair and hugged him and he hugged me back while patting my back.
"Mere sher , aagya tu, or bta kaisi rahi teri business trip", i enquired him about the business trip for which he was out of country for the past four months .
(My lion, you came , tell me how was your business trip )
"It was good, the contract is signed and the project will start in India after two months", he replied giving the briefing about his trip.
"Shabash, mere sher ", i patted his back in an appreciative manner. Shivay is the only one with whom i became that 18 year old ishan again because he knew each nd every part of my story and was always there with me.
(Well done, my lion)
We chatted for a few minutes and then i went back to Oberoi mansion not before getting a scolding message more likely a threatening message from my mom as we have to go to the engagement at khanna mansion.
I drove my car and reached the mansion in almost forty minutes, dressed into the traditional outfit that mom placed for me in my room.
Time skip to Khanna mansion:
I reached and greeted uncle and aunty and excused myself to a corner as i am not even a bit intrested in this so called engagement.
I took a drink from the waiter passing by and my gaze went to the huge side wall of the hall , filled with so many pictures of the family.
Uncle & Aunty couple pics , with two small cute small children beside them, some with a child in their hand while the other one standing beside, i guess anirudh was standing at side, some pictures of anirudh's childhood and teenage , but what caught my attention was the photos of a cute little girl of about five years with a button nose, chubby cheeks and soft facial features. I started moving across the corridor in order to get a full view of that picture wall as it was not clearly visible from the side...
I was so busy exploring that wall and that i didn't even realised when my hand hit a photo frame placed on the side table and the frame shattered to the ground, i picked it up and my eyes stuck at it...it was the photo of that cute five year in her teenage phase with same button nose , cheeks now fine and slimmer and a her face adorned with specs.
Suddenly i felt myself all numb.
The photo was of her, It was her......
It was of Aadhriti......
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