The Captive by M.V. Kasi

Author:M.V. Kasi
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2020-05-22T14:10:56.115799+00:00

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Another week passed since Khan had fallen sick. Even though Khan had recovered, Gaurav insisted that he take rest from doing any of the chores.

Which meant Gaurav had to spend more time with Nina Bhupati.

Each morning, he opened the lock to her door after which she helped in cooking breakfast and other meals. Khan joined them during some of the meals, the rest of the time he ate in his room.

“Let’s go for a walk around the lake.” Gaurav didn’t know what came over him when he asked whether Nina wanted to go out for a walk. He knew it was risky and stupid for him to have made the offer to go for a walk. Because once they were out in the open forest, Nina might try to escape.

But each time he had seen her longingly look out of the kitchen window, he felt an ache in his chest.

At his offer, he could see the anticipation in her eyes. “Okay!” she replied with a smile.

“Let’s go,” he said.

After breakfast, he took her near the lake.

“God, this feels so wonderful,” she said, breathing in the cool and crisp air of the forest.

For the rest of the week, Gaurav continued to take Nina for a walk. Mostly around the lake and sometimes in the forest, too. During that time, they didn’t talk to each other. However, the quiet time they spent together enjoying nature was something he began looking forward to.

He felt that because he couldn’t let her out of her captivity until the end of his mission, he would try his best not to make her feel too trapped.

Gaurav knew his reasoning was skewed.

Because, no matter how comfortable he tried to make her, at the end of the day, she was still his captive, and he, her captor.

But he did wonder if that was the only way she viewed him.

Because, sometimes, while they cooked, he caught her having a strange look in her eyes as she watched him. She looked curious. He also felt her eyes on him each time he returned from his bath in the lake, or joined her for walks, or when they had their meals together.

Something inside him hoped she didn’t view him as a complete monster and that he had some redeemable qualities. Because he wanted her to continue with her tales.

Each night, he lay on the bed, he waited for a long time, hoping she would talk or say something about her life. But she never did.

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