Chapter 3. Reason to Smile

Ivanna Pov's

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I again tried to apply a break but the result was the same. I took the car towards the long and empty road. Thankfully, as I thought there was no car on the road but still, the brakes are not working which is enough to tremble my soul.

"Ohh god... I don't want to die like this... it can't be the end of my life" A tear rolled from my eyes because of fear and only one person came into my mind.

"I still love you, Stefan. I love you despite everything that happened between us. I forgive you for what you did. I forgive you my love" I thought and held the pendant which he gifted me with my left hand. I was lost in my world. That's when I felt a hand on my left cheek. I look at the stranger who wiped my tears, making me realise his presence. What kind of feeling is this? I'm stuck between my past and this stranger who unintentionally acts as a cure for my pain. 

I again turned my head towards the road and took a deep breath to calm myself. Crying is not a solution.

"We can deal with this. All we have to think calmly" I muttered and looked at his side when he didn't respond to me, only to find him staring at me.

"You again started staring at me. Can't you use your mind and think of something to get out of this situation." I yelled.

"Here we are dying but all you have to do is flirt." I groaned and tightly held the steering wheel because of anger.

"It all happened because of you, neither I thought of dropping you at the hospital nor would this have happened." I was blubbering whatever came into my mind without thinking because of the anxiety while he was listening to all my nonsense silently.

"In my worst situation also, I never thought of ending my life because I loved it. I don't want to die. I wanted to do so many things for my parents. I wanted to give them all the luxuries of this world. I wanted to give them a world tour. Ohh god," More tears fall from my eyes, remembering them.

"I wanted to leave my life with someone who loves me at my worst. I wanted someone to kiss me with love, like… like there was no tomorrow. I wanted to have a honeymoon in Paris with him. I wanted to show my ex that I deserve all the happiness and love in my life. I wanted to tell him that there is someone who loves me unconditionally. I didn't want to die with a stranger but with my soulmate" I uttered all my dream wishes in front of the stranger. As only he was present with me near death.

I turned my head and looked at his side. He smiled and took my left hand from which I was holding a pendant to his hand.

"I didn't expect to die with a stranger but it's fun" he chuckled.

"What?"

"Yeah, at least I'm not dying alone" He laughed. Before I would have snapped him, he attached his lips to my lips, widening my eyes. With his right hand, he held the steering wheel so that we wouldn't lose the car's balance. He was kissing me as I said like there was no tomorrow. He was kissing me with so much love. wait… Love? what the fuck I'm thinking? We just met a few hours ago. I pushed him away and slapped hard on his cheeks.

"I didn't know, I was that bad kisser" He muttered, rubbing his hand on his cheek.

"I told you to stay within limits" I yelled and was about to hit him again when he leaned down and removed the beer bottle from under the breaker, widening my eyes.

"I was trying to tell you for so long about this but you didn't let me. In the end, I have no option other than kiss you to shut your mouth" He muttered. I applied the brake and took the bottle from his hand. 

"You" I was about to hit his head with that bottle but stopped after seeing his head injury. I throw that bottle out of the window, glaring at him angrily.

"Why did you bring this bottle with you?" I yelled at the top of my lungs. He kept both his hands on his ear.

"Why are you yelling like a lunatic?" 

"Take a deep breath, Ivanna. Killing someone is a crime" I mumbled to myself. 

"Ivanna" He chuckled before whispering my name, widening my eyes.

"Fuck you, girl" I cursed myself realising I uttered my name loudly in front of this lunatic. He tightened his lips after seeing my reaction. I smacked his arms. 

"Ouch… Why are you hitting me?" He hissed, rubbing his forearm.

"How dare you kiss me?" I growled at him.

"I told you the reason. Moreover, I just fulfilled your wish. You wanted someone to kiss you with love" He muttered.

"But that doesn't mean I'm desperate for that kiss and what do you mean by love?" I shrieked.

"didn't you feel it?" he asked. I opened my mouth to deny but then closed it, realising I felt the love in that kiss.

"I tried my best." He muttered moving his hand in his hair.

"I imagined my girl when I was kissing you. so that you feel the love" His words directly pierce my heart. Don't know why I felt terrible after knowing that he imagined someone else while kissing me. It hurts... 

"What happened, why are you giving me expressions like my words hurt you?" He asked. I didn't reply and turned my head in the other direction.

"Are you mad at me for kissing you or you're mad because I imagine someone else in you?" he asked another question, putting me in a dilemma.

"Off--course because y---you kissed m---me" I stuttered, lying to him. After all, he shouldn't get to know what I felt. I don't want him to think of me as a random woman who falls for a man just because he kissed her. It all happened in books. In reality, physical touch never helps to find your soulmate but your heart does.

"Okay," He replied with a smirk which was enough for me to know he didn't buy my lie. I frowned at myself for being a terrible actor. 

"Because of you and your stupid bottle, I had a mini heart attack. Don't know what I was thinking before helping a lunatic, asshole, halfwit, donkey, monkey, grasshopper" I was about to curse him more when he kept his hand on my mouth, increasing my heart beat but this time, I didn't let him do of his will and bite on his hand.

"Aah," He hissed and removed his hand.

"Calling me halfwit but have you seen your action?" He growled and then pointed towards the back side of the car. I turned my head to look at the backseat and then down where he was pointing, only to find my box of empty beer bottles on the ground. It must have fallen from the back seat. 

"It was not my bottle" he snarled. I closed my eyes, realising I was cursing him for no reason. It was my mistake. I kept the box of empty beer bottles on the back seat of my car to throw them on the way but I forgot because of the workload. 

"Don't you have to say something?" I opened my eyes upon hearing him and found him crossing his hands around his chest. I passed him a clumsy smile and nodded my head negatively then nodded in yes when he raised his one eyebrow. 

"Then use your mouth my lady" He muttered with a smirk. I'm sure he is enjoying this so much. He wanted me to apologise to him but I'm not going to give him this pleasure. I tightened my lips before looking at him, only to find his eyes on me.

"We should go to the hospital, my man" I muttered and sat straight. He rolled his eyes.

"Yeah hospital" He muttered. We both burst into laughter at our stupidity. I look at the men who unknowingly give me a reason to smile even when my life is full of sadness.

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