139 Her breath and her beating hear
Raymond collected himself from his disturbed state and then he picked up his jacket and asked his driver to get the car to the main gate.
When he reached the ground floor he saw Akira surrounded by her team-mates, who had co down to wish her before she left. When Simon saw Raymond coming down, he said,
"Ah, Mr. Raymond is here. You are lucky that you got to et him before you left".
Akira heard Raymond's na from Simon and turned back imdiately.
His eyes were bloodshot red and there were only two people who knew why.
To avoid any scene, she imdiately recomposed herself and said,
"Hope to see you soon Mr. Raymond, I will be going now".
"Do you need a drop?", he asked and paused.
I couldn't have lunch with you, at least I can drop you back", he asked very calmly.
But before Akira could say anything Simon interrupted and teased Akira,
"Haaaa no need, her boyfriend has already sent a car with a chauffeur for madam".
Raymond looked towards his right side and indeed a car was parked there with a driver waiting outside.
"Thank you so much for your kind offer but I am sorry. I already have a ride", Akira said apologetically.
He took a deep breath and then said,
"Why are you sorry about it. I am the Maverick Akira, my independent mind doesn't get bothered with all these petty things."
Then he smiled at her and said again,
"Well, then I will get going. But rember one thing, if there is anything that you need, or want to talk about or any help or you are in any problem then you can talk", he said and gently smiled at her and left. His eyes were trying to convey her sothing but she was unable to comprehend.
She couldn't understand what he ant. His lines were simple and straight forward and yet so cryptic. She started pondering -
"What was he trying to tell? Was he saying sothing when he ant sothing else because everyone was here?"
"Did he want to talk with further?"
She started feeling all restless seeing his car leave, as if a part of her heart, died instantly at that mont.
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Vikram had so things to take care of, so he couldn't co to pick up Akira. So after the chauffeur dropped her at her place, she texted Vikram that she had reached safely and then entered her room. She kept her bag and looked around. Mike wasn't there at ho so she felt even more depressed.
Her hands itched to call Raymond but then she recollected the terms of the deal and refrained herself.
She sighed and mumbled,
"How I wish I could talk with you right now Raymond !!!"
Then she opened her laptop and opened her blog page.
She saw a new comnt posted at that instant by @RodeoMaverick.
"No poems today? All good at your end author? Nothing to talk about today?"
She replied,
"My heart just got broken again !!!"
She started a new page to write sothing but sohow she couldn't.
So she shut down her laptop and slumped on the bed and kept staring at the ceiling until she was swept away by the tides of slumber.
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Raymond ca out from the study room at Katherine's place and went to the kitchen where she was preparing coffee for both.
"What happened?", Katherine asked.
"She has slept off", Raymond said and took off the headset from his ears and took a sip of the coffee.
"How is she?", Katherine asked.
"She is broken, but she is trying to stay strong. I need all this to be over as soon as possible. I can't see her in so much pain every single day", he said and sighed.
Katherine nodded.
"So everything sorted for tomorrow?", Raymond asked.
"Yeah, just wait and watch for my A-class ga tomorrow. I will not let you down. We will get to the root of it Raymond. Whatever it takes !!!", Katherine said and placed her hand on his shoulder to comfort him.
"I can't see her this way, Kat. If feels so pathetic. She likes , I like her and we should be together. It's as simple as that", Raymond said and pinched the space between his eyebrow.
"I know, I heard it all Ray. You guys make a beautiful couple. I just hope we can tear apart the plan of this mastermind who is playing gas with us, as soon as possible", Katherine said and then sat on the chair.
"How are you going to secure your dium of communication? Your phone is getting tapped right?", Katherine asked.
"Peter has arranged for a Private Number for and I am not sharing it with anyone as of now. Not even with you as it might not be safe. And as for Akira, I do have a different dium to talk with her", Raymond said and sipped on his coffee again.
"Different dium?", Katherine asked.
"Yeah, but I don't know yet if she has figured it out yet or not", he said and moved to the sink to keep his mug and then he ca back to Katherine and said,
"I am taking the device with ", Raymond said and he was about to leave the room when he received a text ssage.
He read the text and turned towards Katherine,
"Ti confird 10:30 am. You better don't ss it up", Raymond said and picked up his jacket to leave but then Katherine interrupted him and asked,
"Will you be ok keeping the device with you? I an I can listen to it and let you know if anything important is there", Katherine said and ca towards Raymond.
Raymond looked at her and said,
"My love isn't so shallow that I will misunderstand her for anything. I know whatever she does or says from now on is only for my sake. So don't worry, I will be all right", Raymond said.
"Fine then tell that you will sleep at night and not keep listening to her beating heart", Katherine asked him sternly.
"That would be childish", Raymond said and left Katherine's house.
The brother that she knew would never take the device away from his heart even for a second, and she knew that very well. She just sighed and waved back at him.
Raymond got in the car and placed his headset back in position, listening to her silent breaths and her tiny beating heart. Sohow it cald him, made him feel like she was close by, lying next to him and that strangely it comforted him.
Then his phone buzzed and he saw a text ssage from David,
"The blocked video footage from the villa has been retrieved and you won't believe what has happened. I am sending you the footage clip. Please check" - David
Raymond opened the attachnt and saw the video.
His fists clenched in anger !!!
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