Chapter 20

Shravan woke up at the steady knock on the door. He stood up from the couch and stretched to relieve his muscles.

He looked at the bed and saw Drishti sleeping peacefully snuggling against the fluffy pillow.

It could have been you, a voice in his head reminded him.

He heard the knock again. It was 7.30 in the morning.

Damn! He is late.

He opened the door to find Abhay’s mom.

“Good morning, aunty,” Shravan wished.

“Good morning, Shravan. Where is Drishti?”

“She is sleeping.”

“She can happily sleep through an earthquake. I will wake her up,” Anjana said and walked in to wake Drishti up.

“Drishti. Wake up.”

“Mmmmm. Five more minutes,” she murmured and snuggled more into her pillow.

“This girl. You can’t sleep like this at Shravan’s place.” Anjana said.

Shravan scoffed. She very well can. She has been sleeping like a log all the mornings.

“Drishti get up. Shravan has to go to office.”

“I’m not goin