Chapter 37: chapter 37

The visual on my phone made my head spin and my vision blacked-out. I was about to collapse, but somehow Ayu and Yash aided me to catch a hold of it."What happened? Are you alright?", they hauled. I was so into it that I couldn't respond.I again swiped the message ignoring everything else, yet to my shock it was all the same.They were today's pictures of me like every moment I had been through which vibed as if someone was keeping an eye on me all this while.I was undoubtedly being stalked and the realisation of this made my senses paralyzingly frightened.Yash and Ayu's constant distraction brought me back. I showed them the pictures and even they were stunned as much as I was.We decided mutually and blocked the number again with a hope that it might work.However, somewhere we knew that it wasn't going to help much."N..Now what?", I asked in a trembling tone."Calm down. We are here right? We will find a way out", Yash pacified."We will postpone our flights and will leave once it's sorted", Ayu suggested. "Right", Yash replied.Postpone flight?Their phrase made me realise the most important thing.They both were to leave London today night itself. "We need to file this right away. Let's approach cops", Yash proposed a way. Filing a report without proper evidence?No, it will be useless. "What am I supposed to tell them? I got a few dummy calls and such pictures for the first time?", I asked in despair."Anyhow we don't even have proper proof", I added."Proof? Shut up, duffer. We can't be quite", Yash disagreed."Exactly", Ayu supported Yash."Don't you guys know the legal requirements? This is how it works", I tried to prove my point."How can we sit idle without taking any action?", Ayu retaliated."I agree. Chal, we will go now", Yash and Ayu dragged me to the station house.We explained everything and gave them all the details we had.They tried to track the numbers, but as expected the numbers weren't reachable."Sorry, we are unable to track the person as we don't have complete information. I want you people to be aware for a couple of days and get back to us with more evidence you could gather and even we will be working on it from our end", police officer said.We all acknowledged and left the place.They both postponed their flights and decided to be here till this issue was at a stage to be resolved.As usual, I went for work and they two kept themselves occupied with this concern in all ways they could.It was almost three days now and I neither received any call nor any message from that stalker.We thought that he might have taken himself aback as we raised it to the cops or else he would have done anything.I wanted Ayu and Yash to be back to their respective work as they came here for me keeping aside their foremost work and now I couldn't hold them back just because of some random person's stupid deeds. We sat there discussing it from all angles. After an hour and half of my effort, they both agreed.*prolonged sigh*I wasn't aware how I was going to deal with this, but the only thing I was persuaded was with the fact that the opponent can threaten or harm you only if you give them a chance.These days, neither Ayu nor Yash left me to travel alone even for the smallest of the distance though they were busy with other stuff.They were my strength during these circumstances. I don't know how I would have managed without them.My idiots!♥️Likewise the day of my presentation came and notwithstanding what all I went through, I prepared with the best I could."Morning, Abby", I greeted as I reached his cabin before the presentation."Morning, Aashika! All set?", he replied."Almost! Just have a look at it before I commence", I showed my presentation to him.This moment made me recall, the first time I came to know who Neil Oberoi was. It was the same situation and the same place. BTW, where is he?Come on, Aashi! *face palm*Why am I even bothered about him? "Perfect! We can start now as clients are already here. However, Neil Sir will not be available today. He will have a one-to-one meet with the clients later", Abby explained.Where he could be?Out of nowhere, our last meeting pulled my thought process. Was that girl Princy?If she would be Princy, then for sure she would have been back to the flat.But, Neil?I haven't even seen him since that day in the restaurant. Is the situation inter-connected?My mind was cooking all sorts of assumptions. Eventually, I brushed the thought off and strolled to the conference hall. I entered and initiated my presentation.After an hour or so of presenting, followed by quite a couple of hours of discussions regarding the project, we concluded our meeting."That was amazing. Let Neil Sir have a word with them once, later we will proceed", Abby smiled."Sure, thank you", I responded.I was packing my bag after calling it the end of the day, my phone rang. It read Yash! I swiped the green icon.Yash- Duffer?Me- Haan!Yash- Come home soon. Don't you remember, we are leaving today?Me- I do. I am almost done, I will be there in twenty. Yash- Good for you!Me- Shut up!Beep.. Beep..I reached home, we chit-chatted for a while and I helped them in packing their luggage.I accompanied them to the airport irrespective of their denial."Take care duffer. If anything, just a call", Yash gave a peck on my forehead followed by his bear hug."Tu strong hai. Don't forget, you are chachu's tigress and remember we are always there for you", Ayu pulled me in a comforting hug. "I know", I smiled back.After bidding them adieu, I paced towards the exit in search of a cab.After reaching the cab stand, a familiar face approached me."Excuse me, ma'am", the person spoke.He was Neil's guard. "Yes", I replied."Ma'am, I am here to drop you home as per Sir's instruction", he divulged. Neil? Holy Lord! I am gonna kill Neil one day. Nonetheless, how does he know I am alone?Obviously, idiots might have told him. Argh! "Why? No need, I can go. Thank you", I responded.I walked out without entertaining his continuous entreaty. A sudden screech from a cab break before me ceased my stride.I saw Mike still following me. Shucks!Why is he so stubborn like his so-called boss Neil ?"Get in Miss", a voice from the cab reached my eardrums.I surveyed the cab for a jiffy and was satisfied to find an authorised logo on the trunk of the car, which proves it to be the trackable one.Without any second thought, I just placed myself in the back seat of the cab and directed the driver with the address to my flat.After a journey of some 10 minutes, I noticed he was driving a bit slower than the normal speed."Can you please drive a bit faster as half of the road is vacant?", I couldn't keep calm."As you wish Miss", the driver responded. Something was familiar in the tone. I was unable to see his face clearly.I looked at him in suspicion. He caught me examining him and I stepped back into my composure right away.Stupid, Aashi! What he might be thinking of me?"Curious about me?", he questioned.I was embarrassed. Lost case!I noted him adjusting the rearview mirror.When I looked at the mirror, the sight made my throat dry and my senses couldn't believe what they discerned.Shit! Shit! Shit!How could he be here? And that too as a driver?"How are you here?", I almost jumped off my seat."FOR YOU", he replied smiling."Hush! Why this way?", I shot."You forced me to be this way", he swirled the steering wheel to the left. I forced him? He smiled.Kill me!******************************How do you feel when your man shields you just like your shadow? See you in the next chapter.Till then stay tuned and miss me😉#KeepReading #KeepLoving♥️♥️