Obsessive Flames of Love

Rudra was in his office checking the design and presentation that they were working on to present with the ‘Builders Dynasty,’ which was a great deal he’s going to associate with when her thoughts disturbed him.

“Her sweet voice, deep black eyes, bouncy hair, her fragrance, dazzling smile, an inevitable charm she possesses, ugh! She’s bothering me.” Rudra sighed when the corners of his lips curved upwards.

Put his files aside, strode to the sprawling glass, and glanced at the blue sky, which was becoming grey with the clouds. “There’s something in you, Tanvi, which was attracting me and driving towards you.” Rudra opened her snap and stared at her intently.

“I know you got mesmerized by me, but still composed yourself without acting like other crazy people who threw herself at me.” A proud smirk lingered on him when his eyes brightened.

“I’m not sure whether it’s a wise decision to want you by my side or not, but your presence brings happiness to me.” His forehead creased with this thought.

“Happiness… This word sounds strange to me.” He glimpsed at the smoky clouds and dozed off to his mother. “I’m delighted when you’re there by my side, mom. But, after you passed away in front of my eyes, I distanced myself with every emotional attachment.”

“What If I became close to her and lost her as well? What If I’m unable to protect her like you?” His forehead crinkled while his muscles tensed.Copyright Nôv/el/Dra/ma.Org.

Those haunting memories appeared in front of him, the torturous childhood he had without her mother, how he longed for his mother’s touch but still can’t have her. How he dreaded if anyone was about to shoot him?

His fists clenched instinctively when his eyes turned a few shades darker, “I fear becoming close. To hide that, I became strong and powerful that people started fearing my presence.”

“You shouldn’t run this time. You need to face it. If not now, then it’s never.” His inner voice roared at his helplessness. “Becoming close was also like a business deal.”

“I know that I’m a top businessman and love taking risks, but coming to attachments with people, I don’t know how it will turn out. It had its own risks, but can I handle them as well?” A rare emotion displayed in his eyes, which he buried deep inside. It was thrusting its way out with Tanvi’s appearance in his life.

“You can protect her now. With all amount of immense power you have, you can easily safeguard her. Nothing will happen to her. Try to get close to her.” His inner voice was pushing him to embrace his worries and go ahead.

When he’s conflicting, a knock on his door snapped him back. His eyes turned to their usual coldness, and his demeanor is nonchalantly hostile as if all this struggle he had was a dream.

“Boss!” Maahir said.

Rudra walked to his chair and sat with his legs crossed while nodding to continue.

“I just received a report from the companies abroad.”

“Hm…”

“They weren’t doing well.”

Rudra raised his head and glanced at Maahir, giving his full attention to the issue.

“It felt like someone lurking in the shadows behind and were deliberately trying to cause trouble.”

“Give it to me. I’ll check it out.”

“Okay.” Maahir turned around when Rudra said, “wait.”

“Yes, Boss. Anything else?”

“I remember from the report, that Tanvi’s profile was registered in some matrimony sites?”

“Um… Yes, Mr. Chauhan.” Maahir didn’t understand what he was trying to say while his brows knitted in a frown.

“What does it mean? Was Tanvi trying to get married?”

“I’m not sure, but it indicates that she was attempting to…”

Hearing that Rudra remained silent, “marriage?” He pondered.

“Let me get close to her first. Later I’ll think of marriage.” Rudra decided and said, “fill my profile in those matrimony sites.”

Maahir stumbled his foot by listening to it as if he’s stuck with a bolt of lightning. Rudra was amused by seeing his expression.

“Boss!” Maahir was astounded when his eyes bulged out.

“Hmm.”

“Are you sure? You want me to do that?”

“Did I ever take back my words?”

“But, this was…” He stopped his words, not having enough courage to blurt them out.

“Don’t think much. I want Tanvi to come close to me.”

“You can do that in other ways, know?” Maahir tried to reason with him.

“To be honest, Maahir. I don’t know how to handle women, especially this… with her, whatever it is.”

“I know that.”

“Mm… All these years, many tried to grow close to me, but I never bothered.”

“Yes.”

“Now, doing things that I never did was a tough task for me. I even don’t know how to request except to get what I want. So this was all new to me.” Rudra sighed.

Maahir chuckled, “but will she understand your intention?”

“Let’s see that.”

“Okay, I’ll do as you say.”

…

Maahir came out of Rudra’s cabin with a stroke in his heart. “He wants to register in the matrimony site just to let her know?” Maahir didn’t know whether he should laugh or cry.

“When did he become this crazy?” Maahir patted his forehead and pinched his nose bridge in disbelief. “Am I dreaming, or was it true?” When he sensed the pain, he got convinced, “Oops. It was real.”

With that, he started filling Rudra’s profile on matrimony sites. “What? Phone number is required?” An unpromising look occupied his carbon grey eyes. His pupils sunk with a sigh.

“Uf. What to do now? It won’t be wise to give his number outside.” He fidgeted with his fingers while tapping his foot.

Maahir knocked on the door when Rudra was looking at the shortcomings in his subsidiaries abroad and discussing them with Tamaz.

“Come in.”

“Boss!” Maahir said and paused by seeing Tamaz in the room. “Should I tell it now or not?” Maahir lips pressed into a thin line in puzzlement.

Rudra and Tamaz were waiting for him to complete, but Maahir remained frozen. “You can tell it in front of Tamaz. He knew it.” Rudra’s voice echoed in the room.

“Huh! Thank god.” Maahir heaved while the knitted brows slackened.

Maahir glanced at Rudra and said, “They were asking for your number while registering.”

“Oh!” Rudra and Tamaz said in unison.

“Providing your number wasn’t a wise decision,” Maahir mumbled, but they heard it.

“Give your number,” Rudra said without bothering much while Maahir broke out in cold sweat.

“Boss!”

“What?”

“What if people tried to contact us?”

“They won’t.”

“Huh?”

“Rich Socialites weren’t using the matrimony sites as far as I know. The rest of the people won’t dare to do it either, knowing who Rudra was.” Tamaz explained with a slight chuckle, to which Rudra nodded.

“Oh! Then what’s the purpose of doing this?” Maahir couldn’t suppress his unraveling.

“Do what I say,” Rudra said in annoyance and shifted back to the conversation with Tamaz, “You mean Diana is conniving behind me?” Rudra asked without batting an eye.

“I assume. Considering the previous events Diana did, there might be a possibility that she’s present behind it.”

Rudra leaned back on the chair with his eyes squeezed shut and brushed his temples, “If my dad wasn’t supporting her, I would have dealt with her ages ago.” He said while racking his hair.

“Are you going to keep a blind eye to it?”

“That’s not fucking possible.” He shook his head when elusive darkness conquered his obsidian-black eyes.

Tamaz winced hearing it. “You pushed who associated with her to a dead-end, but didn’t harm her until now?”

“She’s not the one whom we can directly defeat.”

“Is it because of Daniel Bhatt?” Rudra nodded when his interlocked fingers rested on his chin.

“I won’t get persuaded about it.” Tamaz wiped off the smile on his lips. “It’s because of your father, right?”

“Hmm. I can’t disappoint dad in this.”

Tamaz gave a knowing look, and a deafening silence danced in the office when both remain rooted in their places and lost in their thoughts.

“Have you noticed her methods weren’t gentle from the past few months?”

“I do.”

“Will you let her be even if she destroyed Chauhan Group of Companies?”

“No way, Tamaz.” A satanic look replaced his eyes when he slammed on the table, and the files turned upside down.

Tamaz arched his brows when his eyes widened while trying to decipher Rudra. “I hadn’t made a move on her because Diana Industries is one of the top companies.” A growl escaped Rudra’s lips.

“But she wasn’t doing the best as the CEO of Diana Industries.”

“How can she? When she’s meddling to grab my attention.” His eyes bored onto the screen showing the latest report on Diana Industries.

“How much she’s willing to sacrifice to get back at you?”

“Let’s see what more she can do?”

“Hm.”

“Do what we usually do.” Tamaz’s eyes glowed by realizing the intention.

“You want to lure her and trick her?”

“Yep.”

“What’s your plan?”

“Going abroad to handle those matters.”

“Woo hoo!! I need to snatch their contracts from here?”

“Correct!!”

“You are the same quick, effective, and ruthless Rudra.” A cynical smile played on their lips, “I wonder how she’ll handle the mess you created.”

“I won’t leave who tried to challenge me, whoever it is!” Rudra declared with unwavering determination.

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