Game Called Love - Part 7 (Final)

Jenny appeared after 5 minutes. “Hi Arun. Wassup?”, smiled Jenny. “There is a lot of confusion as expected”, replied Arun. Jenny drew a small smile on her face. She turned to Mythili and smiled at her for the first time in Mythili’s history.

“I expected such things Mythili. I just…”

“Yes Jenny. I am very much ready to help you both. I am not the one to be accused and I …”

“Hold on Mythili! Let me complete”. Jenny was clear and steady.

“Look there is no such bloody thing called ‘Love’ between me and Arun. Its just an endearing friendship. The stories woven around us were twaddle. You please don’t believe such stuffs. We both are very much aware of such gossips. We have clearly understood our relationship. So such scandals didn’t affect our relationship. So please don’t make any decision without knowing the facts. Is that fine?”

Mythili was overwhelmed with Joy. She hardly found a word to speak out. She started laughing, crying, sighing – a mixture of emotions.

“Thank you so much Jenny. Thanks a lot”, Mythili paused and continued, “Things are surprising me. Thank god! Thank you so much!”.

“You are supposed to thank Jenny and not god”, said Arun.

“Yes Arun. Thanks a lot for explaining everything to me and I would never forget what…”

“Jenny has few more facts to reveal and you have to thank her for that too”, interrupted Arun.

Mythili looked at Jenny with a question mark on her face.

Jenny smiled at her for second time and asked, “Aren’t you in love with Arun? Tell me frankly”

“What?”, exclaimed Mythili.

“I know the truth. Just open up.”

Mythili looked amazingly at Jenny.

“How do you know Jenny?”

“I know Mythili. I sniffed your love”, said Jenny and broke out laughing.

Mythili was perplexed.

“Mythili, I was in love once upon a time. But that bloody idiot dumped me. I was totally dejected and depressed. I lost good opinion towards guys. But, Arun is a wonderful man. I had yelled at him many times. But, he had handled me carefully. He showed concern on me and helped me to overcome my toils. He is my guardian angel, my best friend and my only friend”, said Jenny with a sigh and shared a smile with Arun.

Mythili kept listening and looking at Jenny.

“Mythili, me and Arun had little doubts about your behaviour. I had seen you blushing even if Arun discusses officially with you. You did not bother to share your mobile number with anybody in the team. But, you have downloaded your entire history to Arun. You lost focus on your work. You become restless whenever Arun runs late to office or takes a day off. If you hadn’t had any love for him, you wouldn’t have become emotionally disturbed. Say, right now your marriage is fixed with Arun. If you had not had any love for him, why should you become so emotional in discussing the so called affair between Arun and me?”. There was a long silent.

“Mythili I have been through such turmoil. So I can understand you better. I like you a lot. Arun deserves a girl like you – highly traditional, lovable, caring, humble and soft. Also, Arun likes you. He had good opinions about you. So, I spoke with your parents and got this marriage arranged. I want my buddy Arun to be happy forever. This is just a token of gratitude for what he had done to me”. Mythili noticed Jenny becoming emotional for the first time. Jenny wept a bit.

It was so hard for Mythili to see Jenny crying. To her, Jenny is always a terror and tough girl. She always considered as a heart less devil. She disliked her more than anybody in the world. But now, Jenny appeared as an angel to Mythili. She understood her tender heart.

Mythili had no choice of how to react. She fell on her knees, closed her face with her hands and cried. She kept crying and crying. Arun knelt next to her and lifted her face in his hands. He felt a bunch of wet roses in his hands. He saw her love for him, twinkling in her eyes.

“Dear, enough crying. I can feel your pain. You are to be happy forever and I am always there by your side to enjoy your smile. I admire you, adore you, value you and Love You!!!”.

Mythili fell on shoulders of Arun and cried.

“Darling I know you love me more than anything in this world. But, how you came up to stopping this marriage?”.

“It is the same love Arun. Your happiness meant a lot than anything else. Love is not what you get. It is what you give. I wanted to give you only happiness. I always wanted my love to be happy. So I did not disclose my love to you thinking that it might disturb your relation with Jenny”.

Arun hugged his love and kissed on her forehead. She calmed down on his shoulders and rested for a minute. Then she opened her eyes to see her angel Jenny. But, her angel had already left!