OUR MARRIAGE IS JUST A PIECE OF PAPER : EPISODES 91 – 100
Episode 98
He stopped abruptly in midway. What was it that he wanted to say?
” Nor…. What Ansh? Why stop? Complete it… Anyways everything is ruined already.
I want to hear all of that. ” I shouted a bit loud now. There were tears in the brim of my eyes.
” Hmmm…. Ahana… You can really do one thing. ” He said after a bit of silence. He didn’t complete his sentence.
“If you both truly have strong feelings for each other and cannot imagine life without one another, then why don’t you consider being together with him?
Believe me, I won’t mind. And I assure you that no one will say a single word. I can handle everything… And regarding our child.
I desire joint custody. Alternatively, if you don’t want the baby, I will pursue full custody.”
My child… How can he think that I don’t want my child… I am willing to do anything for them… Always…
It’s my child… Exclusively mine…
I gazed directly into his eyes. Tears welled up, clouding my vision, desperately hoping that he didn’t truly mean what he just said.
“I’m serious…” He dispelled my doubts.
“Ansh… This has gone too far…”
OUR MARRIAGE IS JUST A PIECE OF PAPER : EPISODES 91 – 100
ANSH’S POV
I can’t believe that I said that. I swear I didn’t mean any of that. Seeing Ahana with someone else other than me is what I can’t tolerate. I just can’t do that.
But she was correct, how was she supposed to know that I was planning a surprise for her. The entire day I messed around, not answering her calls and avoiding her.
I returned home early and prepared her favorite cuisine. I worked hard doing something that I had never done before for anyone. And then I ruined it myself.
But then I saw her with Jaai. They were hugging each other and I saw him consoling Ahana over some matter. I saw her smile and I felt more anger built in me.
He kssed her twice in front of me. He even held her from her stomach and was saying her something that made her laugh. How would he do that? That baby is mine.
How I loved her reaction when she saw the beautiful setting. I wish I could capture that moment. Her eyes were a bit red but she still glowed in a light grey short knee-length dress which was showing her small baby bump.
How desperately I wish to touch her. I was worried because of the heels she was wearing. She even tripped once.
I wanted to be the one who holds her every time she trips….. Why can’t I be in the place where Jaai is there??
I didn’t even want to mention to her about the baby and joint custody.
I don’t ever intend to leave her but what if she decides to go taking my life, my child away.
I am an insecure person. And also possessive about what belongs to me stays with me.
” Ansh…. It’s Heights now….. ” I heard her say in her smooth and a bit hoarse voice.
I turned my face away from her. My heart was full of guilt. I don’t want her to say that she will take my baby away from me.
” You can’t turn away Ansh. We are not done yet…. ”
I thought that our conversation ended but this time I don’t think it will come to an end so easily tonight.
” What more is left Ahana? Tell me. Everything is ruined. Our life, our marriage….. Every single thing….” I said it a bit loudly but they were my real feelings.
” I won’t disagree with you Ansh. Everything is ruined. And the reason has always been YOU and only YOU.
I don’t like blaming others but this time I am forced to. Starting from signing that agreement to doubting my integrity….. It was always you….” She was now completely facing me.
I wondered why she didn’t say anything about the baby. I thought she will charge at me.
” Yeah! Good for you. Anyways there is nothing between us…. Right? You are a free bird….”
Maybe she understood what I meant to say. But I didn’t mean it from my heart. I think I was just a bit insecure every time.
What if Ahana really loves Jaai and leaves me for him? What about my baby….. I can’t imagine my life without it. Can she really be that selfish? No.. She can’t, right? I have an equal right.
Ansh!!! Man… What are you thinking…
” Thanks for reminding me that. But I know there is nothing between us and things would never work out because YOU won’t let them work ever…..” She said after pausing for a moment and then paused again.
What she did next wasn’t what I ever dreamt of.
She removed the ring from her finger and continued.
NO.. Please don’t do that.
“…. And this really did mean something to me.
But just to tell you, now it doesn’t mean anything to me. You can give it to anyone who you think deserves it… I don’t really care.”
She pulled my hand in front and kept that gold-platinum band in my palm.
Ahana… Trust me… It belongs to no one except you… It never has… It never will…
I never felt so bad in my entire life. I need to go. I can’t handle this anymore. I was about to leave when suddenly Ahana’s soft hand grabbed my fist which contained the ring.
“Not this time, Ansh… Not this time you are abandoning me alone here. You have to hear it. The entire thing. You have really formed a lot of misconceptions…”
I stopped when I heard that. What was she talking about?
“It’s high time now.”
It was only her voice that was dominant tonight. I didn’t speak at all after she removed the ring. It was a blow. I never expected this to happen. This time I must have hurt her a lot.
“You think Jaai and I having something, right?”
She said looking straight into my eyes.
I didn’t have an answer. I know they can’t be, but then I always find them so close. Ahana’s laughs with him are something I can’t get my mind off. She is so happy with him.
“I wish… We could love each other more than just being best friends. But it’s really unfortunate that we can’t. Not just because we both are committed to someone else, but just because there wasn’t a spark between us.
Not once did he or I ever think anything like that… Not once… Ansh… And YOU… Made me go through all of it…”
I looked straight at her.
Committed???
Ahana was my wife, but what about Jaai??? He didn’t even have a girlfriend. I did a background check on him.
“Yeah! If you could notice so many things, just for once, for God’s sake, if you saw that ring on his finger. Just once, Ansh…”
As soon as she said it, my mind was thrown into a flashback. Seriously, did he wear a ring?
Of course, he did wear it. When I went to his house that night, I saw it. He offered me a cup of coffee with his left hand.
And also when he was setting up Ahana’s strands of hair in her office. I was so angry all the time that although I noticed it, I ignored it.
I remember it now.
It’s true… That anger makes you oblivious to the most obvious things. Ahana sat down on the bed, and I followed her.
I sat beside her. She sniffed for once. I made her cry once again. I don’t understand why I do it. And will I ever be able to keep her happy?
“If only you knew what a person Jaai Mehra is, you wouldn’t have said such a thing, Ansh… I swear you’ll regret it.”
“Ahana… So, what happened? Aren’t they together?” I finally said something after such a long time.
OUR MARRIAGE IS JUST A PIECE OF PAPER : EPISODES 91 – 100
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