OUR MARRIAGE IS JUST A PIECE OF PAPER : EPISODES 51 – 60
Episode 55
AHANA’S POV
It’s been two weeks since we have returned to Mumbai. Ma is now perfectly fine.
I keep visiting her while returning from the office. Ansh and I haven’t spoken much after coming back. He always does this.
After I think that things may get better between us he backs off. Indeed unpredictable.
I was so happy that he was there beside me when I needed him the most.
He didn’t even leave my side once when we were in the hospital. I was beyond control and he managed me.
The way he spoke to Ma I felt so good.
He felt like a family. Of course, he was my family now from the past 5-6 months, but still, we never had that kind of bond of a husband and wife.
And now when I feel like something good can happen, he has vanished again.
I know he may be busy with his work and he still comes home late. I know this because I lay awake till he comes. I just want to make sure that he is home for the night.
All he says is, “Ahana, you should have slept.” And I reply that I was busy working.
He always avoids me when I try to speak with him.
I hope he remembers that my birthday is on this Sunday. I just want things between us to be more than okay.
It really feels good to be in someone’s company. I was in my office and thinking about Ansh, and I am pretty sure he wouldn’t even be missing me.
“Hey! Piya… What’s up?” Piya had called me, and I tried to be more than cheerful.
“Wow… You look happy today. Is Ansh the reason behind it?” She asked.
I wish I could tell her that he could never be the reason behind my happiness even if I want to.
“Tell me, Piya… How is your health and the baby’s?” I changed the topic.
“Never been better. But there is a thing that the baby wants.”
“What….” I asked, all curious.
“Party Party!!! I know it’s your birthday this Sunday, and we are going to have a blast.” She said excitedly. I wonder how she knows about it.
“Is it the baby or the Mommy who wants it?”
“Both… You can say. It would be like freshening up. After Ansh screwed up, we can have fun at yours.”
All the memories came flooding back when she mentioned it.
I really had worked so hard in planning that, but now that was a tape of the past, and I am looking forward to a good future. Hope so!
“Ya…. That would be awesome.
OUR MARRIAGE IS JUST A PIECE OF PAPER : EPISODES 51 – 60
After all, we were so busy with work and then Ma, we will have a break. Fine then.
I’ll let you decide the place and send the invites. It’s better if it’s only us and not the elders because I think they still require rest, and Ma is not completely fine, so something sober will be more than enough.” I said.
I really don’t want to be ditched again this time. And I was prepared that Ansh wouldn’t be a part of this again.
“Okay!! Then see you.” She hung up.
It’s already 12, and I have had a call from Jaai. He was the first one to wish me. He has always been the first one.
Although I wanted someone else to be the first one deep in my heart, that guy was still not home.
I am sure he isn’t aware at all. I wonder what work he does till late at night at the office.
J’s call was followed by Ma’s along with Dad and grandpa and Piya and Mir. Ansh’s Dad and grandad personally wished me at 12. Oh gosh! They too remembered.
It was already 1 o’clock, and I didn’t feel like sleeping. I was reading a Dan Brown novel when I heard Ansh coming in. It had to be him this late.
” You aren’t sleeping?” Same old question. I was bored of this.
” No… I didn’t feel like it. Anyways, what day is it today?” I asked, trying to make him realize.
” Hmmm… It was Saturday till 12 midnight, and since it’s 1 now, it’s Sunday,” he said.
I was really upset now. I thought we lived in an era of WhatsApp and Facebook.
“Oh gosh… I am sleepy already. Ahana, please don’t wake me up early tomorrow. I feel like sleeping tonight,” he said, coming from the bathroom after changing into his sweats.
I was still trying to read when he went to change. He slipped into the bed beside me, pulling up the duvet.
” Ansh… Why are you sleeping here? Usually, you don’t, and when did I wake you up in all these months when we were together?” I asked.
Seriously… We didn’t even have a proper morning talk.
“It’s my house. I’ll sleep wherever I wish to. And… Whenever we sleep beside each other, you get up early, breaking my sleep too. That’s why…” I was furious now. He is acting as if it’s my fault he is sleep deprived.
“Fine…” I said, getting up from the bed. “Since you need a peaceful sleep, I will go and sleep in the guest room so that you aren’t disturbed.
Anyways, I have an early appointment in the morning. I don’t like when someone blames me…” I got up to leave.
“Wow… Finally, I have my entire bed for myself after so many days.”
Ugh… This guy… I wish to strangle him now. I went into the guest room. The bed was comfortable, but I wasn’t able to sleep. There was some sort of weird pain in my heart that I couldn’t overcome.
OUR MARRIAGE IS JUST A PIECE OF PAPER : EPISODES 51 – 60
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