Prerish || The Journey that made them

Chapter 26

"Very very nice Mam, you were incredible" Mr Mehra

"All thanks to you Mr Mehra. Mr Bajaj kaise hain aur kya hua?" Prerna

"He has been released and all charges are cleared don't worry. He is signing the papers just now. You should go home and rest" Mr Mehra

"Nahin mujhe office jana hain" Prerna

"Lekin kyun it's all done. Small issues I will take care of" Mr mehra

"bas mujhe jana hain" Prerna and Mr Mehra realised how well she had started knowing Mr bajaj as she knew that Mr Bajaj will come directly to office first.

Prerna went straight to Mr Bajaj's office and almost all the staff had already left. The office was closed with no one there. She had already talked to Kukki and Sneha and told them that they are okay and might be late at night. Saba and her mother were staying with them so she was relieved. She went near the couch, took off her sandals and lied down on the sofa. She was tired and exhausted with everything. She went to the washroom, washed her face, took down her makeup and jewellery and started looking around the cabin. She felt different here not scared like there was a part of him that she didn't know. She moved around it touching the things that he might have touched. Suddenly she came across a cabinet and it was open. She was surprised. She opened to find his finest collection of his favorite whisky and cigar and she smiled to herself. She took one and smelled it as if it would make her feel less distant then he was for the last few days.

"Aap Ko acha nahi lagega uska taste."Mr Bajaj and Prerna startled dropped the packet. He was standing at the door. She couldn't see his face properly as all lights of the office were off and even his cabin had only one dim light. He went near her "Opening someone's stuff without asking them is not right" Mr bajaj and kept the packet back and as soon as he closed the cabinet, she hugged him and was pleasantly surprised when he hugged her back.

"Aap theek hai na? Everything at the department was all ok" Prerna almost tearful and Mr bajaj just nodded.

"Aap yahan kya kar rahi hain?" Mr Bajaj

"Jaanti thi aap aaj yahan aayenge aur shayad ghar na aaye isliye" Prerna

"Aapne aaj koi zaroorat nahi thi main postpone kar deta." Mr bajaj

"Aap chahte thi ki yeh aaj hoon to, agar maine kuch galat kiya I am sorry but I tried to make everything right" Prerna

"Prerna you were brilliant. I have never seen Mr Sengupta so happy with Bajaj industries. Th..." Rishab but Prerna stopped him by kissing him and Rishab was surprised but gave into it.

"Bas Kijiye bahut ho gaya. Bas Kijiye. I am tired, I am tired." Prerna touching his forehead to hers. "Aapko lagta hain na aap Rishab ban kar sab kuch khote hain nahin khoyenge. Main nahin jaaongi Kahin nahin. Jab koi Rishab se kuch lene ki koshish karega to Mrs bajaj hogi uske samne aur jab Prerna ko zaroorat ho to aap Mr bajaj ban jayega." Prerna and Rishab gave an impressed look on his face.

"Pata hain ki ab tak sab kuch nahin aaya hain seekh jaungi" Prerna

"Lekin kyun banna chahti hain aisa" Mr bajaj

"Aap kyun bane the aise mere liye Sneha ke liye Kukki ke liye?" Prerna and Rishab again touched his forehead to hers and kissed her.

"3 years we have been married for 3 years and I know nothing about all this about your past except for about the Basus. Yeh office yeh company yeh naam yeh sab kuch aap ki Mehnat hain aapka hissa hain mat chupaye mujhse. Main aapko janti hoon I know you mat chaupaye." And rishab held her hands and took her towards a small cabinet. He took out his wallet from where he took out a key and opened the cabinet from which he took out some things. There was a photo album and some small boxes with some stuff. He took those things and they sat on the floor near the couch. Prerna opened the photo album first.

"Yeh nahin dekhana tha mujhe" Rishab

"Are aise kaise, mujhe dekhna hain" and Prerna opened the photo album.

"Meri mumma" and he pointed out to a woman on the front page holding a one-year old Rishab in her hands. The woman was so happy and was smiling so genuinely that it made Prerna smile. They just sat there and kept flipping the pages and if ever there was a time when Rishab wished that there was black hole and he could be engulfed by it, it was now.

"Yeh aap hain Rishab" and laughing hysterically at a 7-year-old kid holding a gun and pointing towards the camera.

"Mumma ko pehli salary mili thi to paas wale mele main lekar gayi thi. Mujhe bahut pasand aayi but main bolna nahi chahta tha ki she might not be able to afford but she knew and bought and I was so happy that I agreed for the pic." Rishab

"You are so cute." Prerna and Rishab irritated tried to take the photo album but she didn't let him and kept looking at pictures of him receiving a prize at school, he and her mother celebrating Diwali and one of his birthdays cutting a small cake with candles on it. All those pictures had them both only no friends no one but still they looked happiest.

"Mumma ko pictures click karna aur aise save karna bahut pasand tha so when I was left on my own this was the one of the few things, I kept with myself "Rishab but after that all pages were empty.

"uske baad kya hua aap jaanti hai. You know jab aapne mujhse kaha tha for the wedding album I was surprised it was almost as it was my mom's way to tell you that she loved you and she agreed with what I was doing and was happy for me" Rishab and caresses her face and Prerna leaned into his warm touch after so many days.

"Pehle kyun nahi dikhaya" Prerna

"I was happily surprised but I was also scared thinking that history might be repeating." Rishab and he looked at the ceiling without realising that Prerna had moved on to the second box that had all the memories of him and Nitya.