CHAPTER 3.

Nine months had passed. Today was Arpita’s birthday .

When Prakarsh put the diamond necklace around her she could only mutter a feeble thankyou.

He looked into her eyes. As his lips moved closer to hers’ he thought for a second. Damn it , he said to himself and kissed her passionately on her lips. His hands rubbed on her neck and for a moment she responded. When he was about to take off her necklace….snap. Arpita regained her composure. She felt so guilty.

“ I am sorry Prakarsh I really am. Its just that I need some time .”

That night Prakarsh was going through the presentation that he was to give the next day when his eyes fell on Arpita , sleeping ..serene …. so beautiful. A thought struck him. A happy thought. Today he felt for the first time that Arpita was forgetting the past. Maybe her past will fade away from her mind , go into deep depths of oblivion never to bother her again. That day , the kiss would be complete.

When he had shut the laptop , he could sense that the room was not completely dark. He went near the sofa and found out it was the green luminescence of a watch. A watch ? He picked up the watch and stared at it. It was a designer Rado watch . On the back of it were imprinted two words ‘My Love’.

That moment , Prakarsh was reminded of the harsh fact. The past could never be forgotten.