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attack and neutralize the threat. That I did, and when I saw that you were in
distress, it was also part of my duty to protect you,’ he said, mimicking my
tone.
‘Okay! So, if it does not fall under your job purview, you will not
save me? Right?’ I rolled my eyes.
‘Oh! No, no! I don’t mean that.’ He defended himself.
‘Leave! You just accepted the truth by yourself.’ I fluttered my
eyelashes.
‘I could kill a hundred terrorists at one go but cracking this girl code
is beyond my capacities. You did not notice the thousand good things I
mentioned, but one stray statement and you misquote it superbly. Is it some
kind of secret code of conduct or cult thing among you girls?’ he asked
innocently.
‘What? I misquoted? You just said it yourself.’ I was offended.
‘God! Your eyes! You are mysterious,’ he said, as if unmoved by my
remarks.
‘What do you mean?’ I rolled my eyes.
‘You want to know? Well, you are all about mystery, adventure and
risk. Your heart is full of wild things and this drives me crazy for you. In
fact, you are not a regular girl. You are special,’ he said earnestly.
‘No! I don’t think so. I hate adventures, in fact,’ I defended myself.
‘It is only because you are full of it. You see, adventure is one of
your basic elements. The more I try to know you, the more I fall for you.
You are a blend of all things intriguing—the fearlessness, the zeal and the
spark. You don’t seek anyone’s validation and that is what liberates you.
That is what makes you very interesting. Almost like a rare species. Why do
you think I am so hooked?’ He smiled warmly.
‘I never knew that about me. I always thought everybody hated my
guts.’ It was strange to listen to all these things from him.
‘Yes! They do, because you are not conventional or stereotypical.
You are a rebel and they are not. They hate not being you. See how
wonderfully you adapted yourself here to these alien lands, away from your
people and everything else that defined your life once. It came so naturally
to you.’
I realized he was right. The resilience in me emerges out of that deep
craving to explore things my way. I could not keep up with my job, my
colleagues hated my guts, nobody could keep up a friendship with me, I ran
away from everything and my parents were always worried about me. It
explained my tendency to find misery, only because it was so not me. This
also explained my deep craving for Virat and why I could never let him go.
He completed me! He was my better half!
I was suddenly very happy.