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Hours passed but not her thoughts..she was still like a stone and unable to understand that what had happened in her life was a dream or reality...but the ultimate truth is that reality is that which, when we stop believing in it, doesn't go away...............
It was almost dinner time when Arjun returned from his office and looked in the house for Arohi.he inquired about her from the servants..who told him that she had'nt come out of her room even for lunch.
without listening anything further..he went to his room to check if she was alright or not.
when he entered in the room,there was complete darkness in the room and a very deep and cold silence.he turned on the lights and saw her sitting on a chair near the window."Is she alright?" he thought.
slowly he sat in front of her..but she was staring blankly like he was not in front of her.
"Arohi..." he pressed her hand softly.
"Do'nt touch me" after long moments of silence,she said coldly.her strange reaction astonished him.
without uttering a word further,she handed over the pictures she found in that room.these were his pictures...his wedding pictures but the bride was not Arohi.
He tried to say sumthing but she was not in the mood to listen anything.
"Arohi..i'm sorry if these pic's disturbed yu.." he said in a plainly.
"disturbed..... yu r accepting this horrifying truth by yurself n still asking tht if it disturbed.."
"I think ,there's a misunderstanding" he replied in a confused manner.
"Mr .Arjun punj..do'nt give yur cheating, the name of misunderstanding.. .itni badi baat mujhse chupa kar rakhi gayi...dhokha kiya hai aapne mere saath..." she nearly exploded.
"I want to let yu know that i do'nt trust yu.....I hate yu.. ..yur personality,yur whole existence..."her words were sharp like razor.
"par..app to sab jaanti thi..when i asked yu that, r u happy after knowing everything..then yu said yes"he said in a defensive mode.
"i do'nt know anything and i do'nt want to listen yur explanations...Just leave me alone...."
He tried to say sumthing but ..
"i said leave..........." she almost yelled at him.
she cried her heart out..but there was no one to listen.
He left the room without uttering anything further.from whatever she said it was obvious to him that his Dad never told her family that he was
married...and this truth had changed their lives...perhaps forever.
Her words were like fire and his existence was unable to bear the heat of that fire.he spent the night thinking about Arohi.she was devasted completely
only b'coz of him.
"shayad jo khushi kismat mein na ho uski chahat sivaye dukh k aur kuch nahi deti..."
Next Morning
DK,salil,mohan n paddy, they all were gathered for breakfast.Dk told the servant to call Arjun and Arohi for breakfast.
he obeyed and called Arjun who was sleeping in the study.In just one night,he looked so depressed.
"Arjun..what happened?" DK inquired seriously
"yu r asking Dad...what happened." he said sharply.
"Why the hell..yu never told Arohi n her parents about me n natasha... "everyone stared at him helplessly.but they did'nt know what to say.
"yu know what..she blamed me and i do'nt have any answer just b'coz of yu dad." his tone was angry this time.
"Arjun..." Mohan interupted.
"I know k Dk ne galat kiya ..par sirf tumhe khush dekhne k liye." he tried to explain.
"do yu think i'm happy now.."
"i do'nt know what will happen now..par listen one thing carefully..ab wahi hoga jaisa Arohi chahegi...i can't bear the burden of her pain."he said decisively and left.
Tension was increasing day by day.Now Arjun started spending most of his time in office .
"look Arjun..this is not the solution." Salil said seriously.
"yu've talk to her..if yu r suffering,she 's suffering more than yu.do'nt escape from the circumstances....and she's right at her place.give her sum time to settle..."
"No salil..how can i expect frm her to understand...she hardly knows me..i mean just three days of our marriage and..."
"I can't ...woh jab mujhe dekhti hai..main apne aap se nazar nahi mila pata.aur zindagi dhoke k sahare se nahi guzari jaa sakti." he said painfully.
"Arjun...yu've to decide now..Natasha was yur past and Arohi is yur future...zindagi se nazar chura kar kuch haasil nahi hoga...talk to her"
Salil persuaded him.
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After a week of their encounter..he finally gathered courage to talk to her.she was sitting alone on the wooden swing in the lawn area...lost
in her own world.
" i want to talk to yu.. Arohi" he said in a low voice.
"but i do'nt want to talk to u.." she said glaring at him in acute dislike.
"i know what yu must be going through....but,trust me..i can't see yu suffering like this...I know you didn't want this. But believe me, i never wanted to hide the truth. i can't change the past but i'll try to make things work.and I'm willing to help you in this regard as much as I can." he sounded helpless.
"the only person who destroyed my life is talking about helping me.." she said sarcastically.
"If yu've any hope in yur heart then let me tell yu one thing...i hate yu and i'm not going to accept this relationship ever..mujhe aapke
saath koi rishta nahi rakhna,do yu get that......." her voice was tembling with the intensity of her anger.
His heart sank and brain too numbed too feel anything.he was speechless for moments.helpless expressions crossing his face.
he never imagined anything like that..but in the corner of his heart..he realised that her reaction towards his truth was obvious.
moments passed....
"yu r free to take decisions regarding yurself ....aap jaisa chahengi waisa hi hoga....I'll talk to the lawyer.....aur jab tak aap yahan
hai..is ghar par aur yahan ki har cheez par aapka poora haq hai..." he murmured,keeping his voice as calm as possible.
"jab maine aapko hi apna nahi samjha.... to aapki cheezon se mujhe koi fark nahi padta." she said harshly.
her last sentence was followed by a long deep silence.From his face... it was difficult to judge his present emotional status
. he just sat there, silently, staring blankly.. he wanted to scream as pain twisted and turned inside him. ..but he was unable to do so.
kehne ko to na darmiyan kuch faasle hamare the
qismat se magar hum tum samandar ke do kinare the.........
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