Chapter 28

Chapter 28

Yash woke up and felt Aarti back on his chest and her stomach under his wide palm. He smiled, feeling like they're married then he remembered how they stayed at this hotel after his car broke down.

"Good morning baby!" He gently removed some curls from her face.

"Don't annoy me." She stirred a little and turned toward Yash only to snuggle into his chest.

"But Neelam and Kartik will be here soon to wake you up." His fingers moved slowly from her shoulder to toward her wrist which is placed on his chest.

"Yash please." She whined moving away. He smiled as she rubbed her eyes then sat down.

"Aarti tu jaag gayi kya?" Neelam's voice stunned Aarti.

"Neelam" her eyes widened, Yash gave her a look of i told you.

"Aap dekh kya rahe hain, chhup jaiye kahin." She freaked out. He nods no.

"She already knows about us." He leaned on her, not caring that Neelam was standing out of the room.

"So what? Hide somewhere quickly or I'll lock you in the bathroom." She warned him.

"What? you will lock me?" He was offended. She nods confidently.

"How dare you?" He held her both hands behind her back only to kiss her lips tightly. She straggles a little then gives up. He bit her lower lip and left her.

"You" she hit his shoulders with her small fists as soon as she realised that he kissed her forcefully.

"Now you know what locking means?" He held her hands and smirked.

"Aarti mar toh nahi gayi tu?" Neelam was annoyed due to not getting a reply from her.

"Dekho kaise bol rahi hai tumhari behen mujhse." Aarti got angry and complained to Yash about his sister.

"I won't interfere between besties." Yash chuckled, wearing his shirt. Aarti hurriedly left for the bathroom. Yash opens the door.

"Bhaiya what are you doing here?" Neelam looked at him surprised.

"I came to give her tea." He lies. Neelam comes inside.

"Where is tea?" Neelam turned toward Yash but he had already left.

"Aarti what was Bhaiya doing in your room?" Neelam knocks on the bathroom door.

"He came to wish me good morning." Aarti lies.

"But he told me that he came to give you tea." She suspected.

"So what, tea ke saath hi toh morning wish karte hai, Neelam tu kabhi kabhi bilkul bina dimag wali baat karti hai." Aarti nervously lied again and laughed in the end.

"I know what you were doing with him" Neelam was smart enough to realise that she was lying.

"Yeh gutter mind wali friend mujhe hi milna thi." Aarti slapped her own forehead. She steps out soon.

"Omg bhaiya was so hard on you." Neelam saw Aarti's neck which was full of hickeys. Aarti tried to hide them with her dupatta.

"Use makeup, Maa papa should not see these. Abhi mechanic ka phone aaya tha car bann gayi hai." Neelam smiled at her naughtily.

"Hmm" Aarti was so shy.

"Tu sharmati hui badi hi cute lagti hai." Neelam elbowed her giggling.

"Tu Jaa ab." Aarti pushed her feeling so shy.

"Why? Is bhaiya coming again?" She looked at her with mischievous eyes. Aarti picked a pillow and threw it at Neelam way but she ran out laughing.

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In the afternoon they went to the mall for shopping as Neelam was leaving but Aarti stayed back as she got a headache. Jay returned home only to find the whole house in silence. But then he saw Aarti's room door open and he found her lying on the bed. An evil grin came on his face. Aarti's eyes fell on him, she got uncomfortable as he entered the room. She gets up and asks if he needs anything. He asked where everybody was. She told him that they went to shop for Neelam. He smiled which made her all the more uncomfortable.

"Why are you alone?" He asked. She told, about her headache.

"How could they leave you like this alone, see how weak you look." He came near her and lifted hand to touch her face but Aarti took a step back.

"Don't be afraid of me." He advanced. She moved back till she hit a chest of drawers.

"Aarti" He called her name touching her arm, it made her cringe.

"Uncle what are you doing?" She moved in far corner away from him.

"Oh I dreamed of touching you but today it feels really good." He said, again moving toward her. She looked at him in disgust.

"Yash never gave me a chance to come close to you but today you're all mine." He grabbed her hand and yanked her near. Aarti wriggled in his hold.

"Why are you shying? you lived life of a prostitute." He threw away her dupatta. Tears rolled down her cheeks, this humiliation is too much for her mind which already has so many horrible memories of men being evils.

"He took you away from me, far away to Italy just to save you from me." He harshly pushed her on the bed, looking her with eyes full of lust. Aarti was terrified as he leaned over her. She recalls all the monsters she faced in her life, their filthy and repulsive touch. Here Yash was saving her from his so-called father. She knows if today he is successful in doing harm to her then she will never come over it. She gets hold of an antique silver statue placed there on the table only to hit Jay head with all her strength. He fell down the bed crying in pain. She madly ran out of room and bumped into Yash in the hall who just stepped in the house.

"Aarti" He left shopping bags and held her shoulder seeing her afraid and in tears.

"Yash" She hugged him crying bitterly. Radha and Neelam get worried for her.

"What happened please tell me?" Yash rubs her back trying to calm her without knowing the reason for her condition. She sobbed, clutching on him hard.

"Baby please tell me." He caressed her hair.

"Uncle" She sobbed. Jay also comes out of Aarti's room. Radha Neelam gave him confused looks.

"What are you doing at home this early?" Yash grabbed Aarti closer protectively. Jay mumbles nervously.

"He tried to force me." Aarti gathered her courage and spoke loudly. Yash gets stunned even though he knows Jay but maybe he was expecting him to change for his mother's sake. Radha Neelam gets shocked. Radha shouted at Aarti for putting such a disgusting blame on her husband. Neelam was still in shock to even react. Yash left Aarti and came near Jay only to grab him by collar.

"I thought you would change yourself but no" Yash looked at him disgustingly.

"Yash behave, don't forget he is your father." Radha yelled at him.

"A cheater and molester can't be my father." Yash lost his mind and thrashed a punch in jay face.

"Yash." Radha shouted in shock.

"Yes maa, he cheated you." Yash cries recalling how he hid it from her. Radha Neelam gets the shock of their life as Yash told about Jay's character. Radha is still not ready to believe.

"Look at her maa, why would she lie?" Yash came near Aarti who stood there numb as the truth was revealed.

"He begged me that day, that he will change for you, but I was wrong maa, I made a huge mistake by believing him." Yash held her arms. Radha's tears finally fell, realising that her second marriage also failed, at this stage. Neelam shook jay feeling disgust to be his daughter. Aarti stood there watching a family break like this because of a characterless man who had kept everyone in the dark for so long. Yash called the police and who took Jay as Aarti gave her statement.

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At Night Aarti was sitting in her room alone when Neelam came.

"It's all because of me." Aarti looked away somewhere feeling guilty for breaking their family.

"Never blame yourself for anything, we were living with a characterless man who was playing with our emotions for so many years." Neelam hugged her. Aarti's tears silently fell even though she wanted to console her friend.

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Precap: "You're in touch with Suraj" Radha shocked Yash.