RECAP: Reenu, who is an assistant designer at a fashion house, happened to meet Varun on her very first day in her new apartment via a game of cricket. She started liking him. Varun too showed interest in her by taking her out on a dinner date and making her feel so special. One day Reenu called Varun from her office to notify about her boss praising her and making her the in-charge of a new project. On that very night when Reenu reached home, she found Varun there with very romantic arrangements. They started talking and as one thing leads to another, she finally made love with her dream man.
7:00 AM in the morning, Reenu woke up in the arms of Varun. It was the best feeling she had. Her eyes were filled with tears. She could not believe that God had been so generous to her. She implanted a kiss on Varun’s forehead and got up for getting ready to work.
Days passed by. Varun had turned into Reenu’s everything. Their meetings became more frequent and on every date they made love. Reenu’s personal life was moving like a fairy tale. On the other hand, her deadline for the new project was just 2 weeks away and she had not done much. She started getting scolded by her boss. But she would manage herself by discussing all her problems with Varun. One fine night, while she was all engorged in the thoughts of her dream man, her phone beeped. It was a message from Varun.
“Dear Reenu, I know you’ll be hurt with this but I’m leaving the city forever. Don’t doubt my love, Reenu. I really love you and that’s why I want you to achieve great milestones in your career. Life is more than a relationship. Focus on your work. I won’t distract you anymore. I’m changing my phone number. Don’t try to contact me. Bye. Have a great future ahead. Good luck.”
Reenu was shattered. Her heart was broken into pieces and that pain started coming out in the form of tears. Just a single text had devastated her life. Anyhow she controlled her emotions and dialed Varun’s number. “The number you are trying to dial is switched off.” – said the voice on the phone. Reenu’s fairy tale had deterred in the worst possible way.
“Oh, Varun! You cared for me so much, so much that you left me for my own sake. Please come back, please. I promise I will focus on my work and make you proud. Please!” – Reenu shouted but there was no one to listen. She didn’t sleep the whole night. The guilt that Varun, who loved her so much left her because of herself was not allowing her to sleep. She was wondering how much hurt Varun would have been right now.
Next morning she went to the office and gathered strength to focus on work but all in vain. Everyone started scolding her. All those who praised her work so much, are now criticizing her. She had lost herself. 4-5 days passed like that. But she was not among those who will get defeated so easily. She gathered all her strength and started working for 18 to 20 hours. At times she would sleep in the office only. Finally, the day had come and Reenu was prepared. She nailed the presentation. Her designs got appreciation from everyone. She had a smile on her face after such a long time. Everyone was celebrating the huge success of the fashion house and Reenu, in particular.
One of Reenu’s friend’s friends came up to her and congratulated her. Reenu, her friend Riya and Riya’s friend Karishma – they all got engaged in the girls’ talk. Karishma shared her own story about her past life. Reenu, who was least interested in her story started trying Varun’s number once again in a hope that things will get back to normal. Word’s from Karishma’s story kept on falling into Reenu’s ears and it drew her attention. While listening to her story, Reenu could relate that to hers.
“Calm down, Karishma things would be fine.” – Riya tried to console Karishma. Karishma took out her phone, opened the gallery and showed her ex-boyfriend’s photo to Riya. Reenu, whose eyes were filled with tears, making her vision husky got a slight view of Karishma’s ex-boyfriend’s photo. She had seen him somewhere.
She cleansed her eyes and snatched the phone in her hands asking –
“क्या नाम है लड़के का (What is the name of the man)?”
“Varun” – Karishma replied.
Tears, which were by then inside Reenu’s eyes, started coming out. She was stunned. She didn’t know what to say and how to react.
“I miss him. He was my Mr. Right.” – Karishma said, still crying.
“He wasn’t the right guy. He was the wrong guy who did all the right things” – said Reenu wiping her tears and handing over the phone back to Karishma.
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