The past is something that will always be there, no matter how much we hate it, refuse to face it, once in a while, it will give us a sneak peek of its presence. The yore is a note of all the wrongs we did back then, of all our mistakes, of all the people we left behind, of all the hearts we killed with our bare hands.

And to say it's painful to visit the past will be much less.

The echoes of the past haunts, the nightmares refuse to leave for so many years. And ignoring them is the only option left.

At least it does stop hurting for some time.

Some say that our past defines our present.

To say that Arhaan Ahmed had a bad past won't be much wrong, neither completely right.

Arhaan Ahmed is the cold-hearted arrogant businessman of Ahmed Co. and every word related to an ideal billionaire is him. Not that typical billionaire kind, but definitely the cunning manipulative one.

He has been living in NYC for the last five years now, but his home is far away from the place he stays. They say home is where your heart is, and Arhaan Ahmed does know where he had left his heart. NYC is not home now, but somehow the rush in the city keeps him busy, keeps his mind away from chaos.

Or maybe not.

She is always there.

In his mind, in his heart.

She is chaos, the chaos he would love a thousand time over.

//Jaan jati thi jiske jane se

Hume uss kambakth ko bhi jate dekha hain//

Staying in New York alone away from everyone one can call family, is not something Arhaan Ahmed wanted. But it's safe over here, away from the past.

Running a business and being the Best Businessman Awardee for three years is something that means a lot to any twenty eight years old yet for Arhaan it's not what he is satisfied with. All he wants is to be on the top staying away from India.

But a certain call moreover a certain soothing voice taunting him while saying no caffeine for a month is enough to make his blood boil and mind calm at the same time, taking him back down the memory lane.

Perhaps some happiness doesn't stay for much longer with them.

Arhaan Ahmed lost his happiness somewhere because of his own mistakes. He regrets them a lot, but the past is something that is not ready to face yet.

After the call he stands there in that position still for ten minutes, by then Haris, his PA enters the cabin, he does get a rough idea of what had happened in this office.

The silence in this room can be cut with a thick knife.

"From when these calls are coming to Haris?"

"Sir, actually I.."

" Better for you just to answer my damn question, since when these calls are coming?"

" It's been nearly a year now, Sir."

"And you are betraying me and following others orders since then, wow just wow Haris. I thought I was paying you just for my work but no you are doing so much more without even getting paid for it."

" Sir with due respect, that person is certainly not 'others' and following her order isn't something new for me, I have been following her Orders for as long as I join this company."

" I want.."

" Doesn't really matter what you want Sir, she didn't call you as you asked her to. She called me that too because I needed help as my very arrogant Boss got ill and fainted in his office, one year back.

If not for her, neither I nor Asmina wanted to look after you, so before saying anything else I will suggest keeping quiet is the best thing for us."

"Don't you dare to talk to me like that, I am the Boss. And you will have a pay cut so does Asmina."

" Okay. Sir. I just want to inform Rizwan Enterprises locked the contact and they have asked us to arrange a meeting for the new Hospital next week, and as you know it well the meeting has to be in India."

" Don't dare to change the topic I said you are going to have a pay cut"

"I heard it clearly, and I am okay with it, hopefully, Asmina too."

"Seriously?" disbelief is quite clear in his tone.

"She is Family sir. I and Asimina owe her that much. So about the meeting?"

" Arrange it next week. And I will be the one Personally going there".

Uss roz uss kambakht zindagi ko chor

Ek behtar aaj ki khawab liye

Humne peeche na dekhne ka faisla liya

Uss roz k baad naa mulakat huyi unse na nahi apne ap se

Wo aaj humne yaad kr rhe honge

Iss umeed m k hum salamat rhe

Humari bhi yahi dua h k muskurahat unke labon pe rhe

Saath ni h bhale hi hum aj

Lekin unke kareeb hone ka andaja hme v hai

Dil toota, dard hua saach kahe toh aj v

Unko chorne ka ni khudko khone ka !!

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