Her Mysterious Lover

Falak’s POV

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“By the way, Dad asked me to give you this.”, Jacob said and forwarded an envelope toward Father Gregory. “And there’s one more cheque from my end as well.”, He added.

“Thank you so much, child.”

Jacob nodded, and after giving one last look at me, he left my room. I wanted to run after him and request him not to say anything to Lance, but I couldn’t move an inch for a while.

“I hope you don’t mind him coming to your room, Falak. He had taken my permission before coming here.”

“No issue, Father.”, I responded, and the moment he left my room. I ran outside to talk with Jacob to plead with him for not disclosing about my address with Lance. When I was out, I found him talking on the phone; he might be calling for another car and someone to toe the car.

“.. I will be a little late! So, handle the things accordingly.”, He was speaking this to the phone and turned toward me, sensing my presence behind him. “Hold on! I will call you back in a minute.”, He said before disconnecting the call.

He raised his brow without saying anything to me.

“I…need a favor from you.”, I whispered with a lot of courage. When he didn’t say anything, I continued. “Can you please not share my address with Lance?” I pleaded.

I expected him to say ‘Okay,’ ‘Why,’ something like that, but his next sentence surprised me.

“Do I even know you?”

I opened my mouth to remind him who I was! But then stopped myself, when I realized that he started acting stranger from now onwards itself. A small smile appeared on my lips.

“Thank you.”, I thanked him before turning my heels and walking toward the orphanage in relief.

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Since I was already late for the office, I thought of skipping the office because I hated to reach the office late. But at the same time, I was also worried about my new employer, who was going to visit our office today.

God! I missed their introduction.

I might look like a fool tomorrow if I would come across them accidentally.

I should better ask Ashley about all the senior managers after the working hour today.

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“Why didn’t you come office today? Do you know I was feeling like those kids whose best friend didn’t come to school without informing him/her?” I heard the whining sound of my good friend of mine from college days. We both studied together and luckily got selected by the same company in campus placement.

“I’m sorry. Something came up unannounced, and because of which, I could never have reached the office at the time. Anyways, leave that! Tell me about our new boss or bosses!!”

“You won’t believe it.”, She screamed from another side of the call.

“Christ! Ash, are you planning to make me deaf?” I scolded her.

She giggled. “Oops! I got super duper excited. Unlike the previous time, our new bosses are not oldies but are young greek gods!”, She said in an excited tone.

“Oh, okay! How many are they?”

“They are the team of seven people actually, but the CEO and COO are damn too hot, Falak. And the best thing about them is that they both are single. But at the same time, they give a deadly aura.”, She said and kept telling more about them, but I gave no heed to her words until she asked me to meet at the favorite cafe.

“I don’t have money, Ash.”, I said, reminding her that it was almost the month-end and my hands were tight while spending on anything.

“And who’s asking you to pay? I’m asking you to meet me, so it will be my treat. Come on, meet me there in the next fifteen minutes.”, She said and disconnected the call.

I knew how stubborn she was! If I wouldn’t reach there in time or deny to come to the cafe, then she would come here and drag me out of my room.

I changed my clothes and wore blue denim jeans and a red top on them. I was thankful that Ash chose the cafe, which was within walking distance from the orphanage. A part of me also knew that she chose this place just because I could reach there without spending a penny. By the time I reached the cafe, she was already there, waiting for me.

“Hey!”, She waved her hand when her eyes landed on me. I waved my hand at her and made my way toward her. “Here!”, She said, keeping a tiffin box on the table. “Mom has sent homemade food for you.”

“Really? Say thanks to her from my side.”, I said, grabbing the tiffin box with both hands.

“Nope!”, She said, shaking her head. “I’m not going to do that.”

“Why is so?”

“You have to visit my home to thank her. I’m not going to act as a postman.”, She said playfully.Content property of NôvelDra/ma.Org.

“Sure.” I nodded, on which she grinned widely. Ashley was not from a rich family, but at least her financial conditions were better than mine. It was not that I didn’t use to earn enough to handle my expenses; it just I used to donate half of my income in the orphanage and the church because whatever I was now, because of the support of God and the people around me.

Even the cafe where we used to meet was not a fancy one. It was a decent place to hang out, and the best part of the cafe was you were allowed to bring food from outside and eat here silently, unlike those where the food from outside was not allowed to bring.

“Excuse me, Falak Ma’am” I heard my name being called, so I turned to look at the person calling my name, and even Ashley did the same.

“Yes.”, I responded, looking at the delivery boy, standing in front of me, with a package in his hand.

“This’s for you.”, He said, forwarding the parcel toward me.

“Sorry! But I didn’t order anything.”

“Falak Srivastava, right?” he asked to confirm something.

“Yea! That’s me!”

“Then I’m positive that this parcel is for you. And I was asked to deliver it to you.”, Saying this, he forwarded the package again toward me, but I was reluctant to take it because I didn’t have enough money with me to buy anything from McDonald’s right now. But Ashley took it on my behalf.

“How much I have to pay….”

“This is prepaid order for Falak Ma’am.”

“By whom?” Ashley asked the question which I wanted to ask.

“I don’t know.”, He said and left from there.

“Wow! Someone brought free lunch for you.”, Ashley chirped and started opening the parcel to check what was inside. One by one, she started keeping all the contents on the table, and coincidentally, all of those were my favorite. I didn’t know when and how, but I started breathing heavily when my mind tried to give a hint toward the anonymous person who ordered this parcel for me.

“Here’s a note as well.”, She said and took out the note from the parcel and furrowed her eyebrow after reading it.

“What’s written in it?” I asked in fear, on which she turned that note toward me.

‘It has been ten years since I bought something for you. I hope you wouldn’t have forgotten me.’ with a smiling face at the end.

I felt my heart stop beating for a while after reading this.

It was him.

The person who brought me out of that hell.

The person who claimed to love me.

My mysterious lover.

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#TBC