CH 21 || Turn The Tide

Dhruv

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I laid her down on my bed and kissed her gently on her forehead. I stayed with her for a while caressing her cheeks. She would have gotten up but the effect of injection didn't let her to.

I kept the small bag in my cupboard which had probably two or three clothes in it. I needed to arrange a lot of things for her.

I went to my living room and the first thing I did was called Niharika. She picked up after two rings and as expected sound worried,

"Hello."

"Dhruv? Where are you? Did you forget today's meeting? Mrs. Lizzie will...."

"Niharika, calm down first. I need to tell you something very important and also I needed your help."

"What is it?"

"I will be on leave for a week. Tell Mr. Richard and Ms. Lily to handle the meetings and postpone those that require my presence."

"Are you going somewhere?"

"Yeah, kind of."

"Thank God. Finally, you are taking leave, and don't worry about the meet