The Forbidden Path(MAAyAn OS)-Updtd Part 2 Pg2

Pompy, this one is for you. 😆I had to destroy my moral compass before writing it. 😆It did not turn out the way I wanted it to.😭

Part 1:

As his body temperature was rising, his urge to have her beside him was also increasing. The fever has not only made him physically weak but also mentally handicapped. The need to be held tightly by someone was never this strong ever. He was always very practical, but the fever has made him irrational. He knows Anu is busy at SH taking care of Toshu, yet he wants her to come to him. He is holding his cell phone for an hour, hesitating to call her. He does not want to come between her responsibilities. He is struggling with the urge to call her. After struggling for a while, the selfless part of him surrendered. "Let the selfish part of me take the front seat today, I can always blame my fever”, he said to himself.

Anuj: Hello Anu. What are you doing?

Anu: Sitting beside Toshu. What are you doing? Are you alright?

Anuj:I am not. I have a high fever. I am feeling drained out. I feel so lonely. Please come to me.

Anu(crying): I am Surry. Please forgive me. I can't come now. Toshu needs me. Please take medicine and try to sleep. I am Surry.

Anuj: Toshu has his wife and father with him. I am alone. I won't request you ever.

Anu: Surry, Surry, Surry. Please, please forgive me. I am his mother. I cant leave him like this. I feel restless if I am not beside my sick son.

He knew she has her priorities set. He always knew, but did not have the courage to accept the simple truth. He cut the call. Memories of her leaving him when he was paralyzed for Pari’s homecoming flashed before his eyes. He was stuck in a wheelchair when she, decked in a beautiful silk saree and gajra, went to celebrate her grand daughter’s homecoming. He never felt so worthless as he felt that day. Each time this memory haunts him, he consoles himself by saying that she has multiple responsibilities. But, today he knows responsibilities did not hold her back. She can let go of all her responsibilities if love demands, just as today she neglected her responsibilities of a wife for the love of her kids. She never loved him. It's as simple that.

His thoughts were interrupted by a voice.

MAAya: The pizza you ordered has arrived. Should I bring it to your room?

Anuj: I am not feeling like eating anything. Put it on the freeze.

MAAya: Today you ordered food every hour, but did not take even a bite from any of them. All would have eventually rotted inside the freeze, so I dumped all of them in the garbage. I have made soup. Please at least have some.

Anuj: Nah. I drank the soup you made in the morning. It was tasteless.

MAAya: Try now. I have prepared some more and added a new spice.

After a while, she entered his room with two bowls of soup. She gave one bowl to him and kept one with her.

MAAya: Take a few sips. If you don't like, I won't force.

Anuj:Ok. Only a few sip.

MAAya: I had to dump lots of food in the garbage today. You wasted a lot of food today.

Anuj; Yeah. Sorry. Wasting food is bad.

MAAya: Not always. Your wasted food is what kept us alive. During the last months of pregnancy, I had no customers so I had no money. I waited hours outside restaurants. After the closing of the restaurants, the staffs used to distribute the wasted foods among penniless people. I was one of them. While eating, I wondered what's the story behind this wasted food. Did the couple left eating midway because they had a fight? Was the girl unable to finish the food because her boyfriend told her some harmful words or did the boy lose his appetite because his girlfriend told him useless? Whatever the reason was, I always thanked them for wasting their food as it kept me alive.

Though she was laughing while talking, Anuj noticed she was trying very hard to control her tears. Suddenly, he was consumed with guilt for judging her.

MAAya: Look who finished the soup?

Anuj was surprised to look at the empty bowl.

Anuj: This soup was so tasty, unlike the one you made in the morning.

MAAya: It's the soup from the morning. I heated it and added a little spice.

Anuj: What spice?

MAAya: It's called the company. When our bodies fall sick, our mind desires to lean on to another body. When we lose our appetite, the only spice that can bring back appetite is the company of another person who genuinely cares for us. I have fallen sick so many times. I was all alone, I desperately wished someone to sit beside me, to take a bite with me. There was no one. But, when I was pregnant I never felt lonely. I enjoyed every meal as each time I ate I knew my baby was eating with me.

She bursted into tears. He did not know how to comfort her. Suddenly, he felt a strong urge to hold her tightly and thank her for all the pains she had to endure all by herself to bring his little bundle of joy into this world. He despised himself for even wanting to snatch the baby from her.

MAAya (after forcibly putting herself together): I am giving you medicines. After taking them, try to sleep.

Anuj: Give me the sleeping pills also.

MAAya: No way. I am seeing you are popping sleeping pills like chocolates for the past few days. You don't even have a prescription for them.

Anuj: I can't sleep without them. My whole body is in pain.

MAAya: Try to sleep. I am sitting beside you. If you can’t sleep within the next thirty minutes, I will let you have the pills.

She applied balm on his forehead and caressed his hair while he tried to sleep.

It was early morning when he woke up. She was still sitting beside her, half asleep, but still caressing his hair affectionately.

MAAya: See, you could sleep without pills.

Anuj was thinking, "What makes us sleep peacefully? Is it the feeling that while we sleep someone is wide awake thinking about us or the urge to waking up to the face with who we want to spend our day?

She was yawning yet trying to smile.

MAAya Now wake up. Freshen up. I need to sleep a bit.

While she was going out, Anuj wished to stop her. He wished to tell her, "Come, sleep beside me. Let us hold each other so tightly that not a shred of loneliness creeps between us. Not just our fingers but let our souls be interlocked in such a way that melancholy can not penetrate through them.

He could not express what he felt. He knew what he felt was wrong but why it feels so right? He has started walking on the forbidden path, and he knew there is no turning back.

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Koti koti pranam. Dekho kahi writers copy na kar le..

KHAMSAMIDA AISHAA

Really it's best i am so tired of Anupama ki now i don't want her to be with Anuj , Maaya can take care of Anuj well than Anupama .

Originally posted by: MOTHERHOOD

Pompy, this one is for you. 😆I had to destroy my moral compass before writing it. 😆It did not turn out the way I wanted it to.😭

Part 1:

As his body temperature was rising, his urge to have her beside him was also increasing. The fever has not only made him physically weak but also mentally handicapped. The need to be held tightly by someone was never this strong ever. He was always very practical, but the fever has made him irrational. He knows Anu is busy at SH taking care of Toshu, yet he wants her to come to him. He is holding his cell phone for an hour, hesitating to call her. He does not want to come between her responsibilities. He is struggling with the urge to call her. After struggling for a while, the selfless part of him surrendered. "Let the selfish part of me take the front seat today, I can always blame my fever”, he said to himself.

Anuj: Hello Anu. What are you doing?

Anu: Sitting beside Toshu. What are you doing? Are you alright?

Anuj:I am not. I have a high fever. I am feeling drained out. I feel so lonely. Please come to me.

Anu(crying): I am Surry. Please forgive me. I can't come now. Toshu needs me. Please take medicine and try to sleep. I am Surry.

Anuj: Toshu has his wife and father with him. I am alone. I won't request you ever.

Anu: Surry, Surry, Surry. Please, please forgive me. I am his mother. I cant leave him like this. I feel restless if I am not beside my sick son.

He knew she has her priorities set. He always knew, but did not have the courage to accept the simple truth. He cut the call. Memories of her leaving him when he was paralyzed for Pari’s homecoming flashed before his eyes. He was stuck in a wheelchair when she, decked in a beautiful silk saree and gajra, went to celebrate her grand daughter’s homecoming. He never felt so worthless as he felt that day. Each time this memory haunts him, he consoles himself by saying that she has multiple responsibilities. But, today he knows responsibilities did not hold her back. She can let go of all her responsibilities if love demands, just as today she neglected her responsibilities of a wife for the love of her kids. She never loved him. It's as simple that.

His thoughts were interrupted by a voice.

MAAya: The pizza you ordered has arrived. Should I bring it to your room?

Anuj: I am not feeling like eating anything. Put it on the freeze.

MAAya: Today you ordered food every hour, but did not take even a bite from any of them. All would have eventually rotted inside the freeze, so I dumped all of them in the garbage. I have made soup. Please at least have some.

Anuj: Nah. I drank the soup you made in the morning. It was tasteless.

MAAya: Try now. I have prepared some more and added a new spice.

After a while, she entered his room with two bowls of soup. She gave one bowl to him and kept one with her.

MAAya: Take a few sips. If you don't like, I won't force.

Anuj:Ok. Only a few sip.

MAAya: I had to dump lots of food in the garbage today. You wasted a lot of food today.

Anuj; Yeah. Sorry. Wasting food is bad.

MAAya: Not always. Your wasted food is what kept us alive. During the last months of pregnancy, I had no customers so I had no money. I waited hours outside restaurants. After the closing of the restaurants, the staffs used to distribute the wasted foods among penniless people. I was one of them. While eating, I wondered what's the story behind this wasted food. Did the couple left eating midway because they had a fight? Was the girl unable to finish the food because her boyfriend told her some harmful words or did the boy lose his appetite because his girlfriend told him useless? Whatever the reason was, I always thanked them for wasting their food as it kept me alive.

Though she was laughing while talking, Anuj noticed she was trying very hard to control her tears. Suddenly, he was consumed with guilt for judging her.

MAAya: Look who finished the soup?

Anuj was surprised to look at the empty bowl.

Anuj: This soup was so tasty, unlike the one you made in the morning.

MAAya: It's the soup from the morning. I heated it and added a little spice.

Anuj: What spice?

MAAya: It's called the company. When our bodies fall sick, our mind desires to lean on to another body. When we lose our appetite, the only spice that can bring back appetite is the company of another person who genuinely cares for us. I have fallen sick so many times. I was all alone, I desperately wished someone to sit beside me, to take a bite with me. There was no one. But, when I was pregnant I never felt lonely. I enjoyed every meal as each time I ate I knew my baby was eating with me.

She bursted into tears. He did not know how to comfort her. Suddenly, he felt a strong urge to hold her tightly and thank her for all the pains she had to endure all by herself to bring his little bundle of joy into this world. He despised himself for even wanting to snatch the baby from her.

MAAya (after forcibly putting herself together): I am giving you medicines. After taking them, try to sleep.

Anuj: Give me the sleeping pills also.

MAAya: No way. I am seeing you are popping sleeping pills like chocolates for the past few days. You don't even have a prescription for them.

Anuj: I can't sleep without them. My whole body is in pain.

MAAya: Try to sleep. I am sitting beside you. If you can’t sleep within the next thirty minutes, I will let you have the pills.

She applied balm on his forehead and caressed his hair while he tried to sleep.

It was early morning when he woke up. She was still sitting beside her, half asleep, but still caressing his hair affectionately.

MAAya: See, you could sleep without pills.

Anuj was thinking, "What makes us sleep peacefully? Is it the feeling that while we sleep someone is wide awake thinking about us or the urge to waking up to the face with who we want to spend our day?

She was yawning yet trying to smile.

MAAya Now wake up. Freshen up. I need to sleep a bit.

While she was going out, Anuj wished to stop her. He wished to tell her, "Come, sleep beside me. Let us hold each other so tightly that not a shred of loneliness creeps between us. Not just our fingers but let our souls be interlocked in such a way that melancholy can not penetrate through them.

He could not express what he felt. He knew what he felt was wrong but why it feels so right? He has started walking on the forbidden path, and he knew there is no turning back.

I love it part 2 please

Originally posted by: MOTHERHOOD

Pompy, this one is for you. 😆I had to destroy my moral compass before writing it. 😆It did not turn out the way I wanted it to.😭

Part 1:

As his body temperature was rising, his urge to have her beside him was also increasing. The fever has not only made him physically weak but also mentally handicapped. The need to be held tightly by someone was never this strong ever. He was always very practical, but the fever has made him irrational. He knows Anu is busy at SH taking care of Toshu, yet he wants her to come to him. He is holding his cell phone for an hour, hesitating to call her. He does not want to come between her responsibilities. He is struggling with the urge to call her. After struggling for a while, the selfless part of him surrendered. "Let the selfish part of me take the front seat today, I can always blame my fever”, he said to himself.

Anuj: Hello Anu. What are you doing?

Anu: Sitting beside Toshu. What are you doing? Are you alright?

Anuj:I am not. I have a high fever. I am feeling drained out. I feel so lonely. Please come to me.

Anu(crying): I am Surry. Please forgive me. I can't come now. Toshu needs me. Please take medicine and try to sleep. I am Surry.

Anuj: Toshu has his wife and father with him. I am alone. I won't request you ever.

Anu: Surry, Surry, Surry. Please, please forgive me. I am his mother. I cant leave him like this. I feel restless if I am not beside my sick son.

He knew she has her priorities set. He always knew, but did not have the courage to accept the simple truth. He cut the call. Memories of her leaving him when he was paralyzed for Pari’s homecoming flashed before his eyes. He was stuck in a wheelchair when she, decked in a beautiful silk saree and gajra, went to celebrate her grand daughter’s homecoming. He never felt so worthless as he felt that day. Each time this memory haunts him, he consoles himself by saying that she has multiple responsibilities. But, today he knows responsibilities did not hold her back. She can let go of all her responsibilities if love demands, just as today she neglected her responsibilities of a wife for the love of her kids. She never loved him. It's as simple that.

His thoughts were interrupted by a voice.

MAAya: The pizza you ordered has arrived. Should I bring it to your room?

Anuj: I am not feeling like eating anything. Put it on the freeze.

MAAya: Today you ordered food every hour, but did not take even a bite from any of them. All would have eventually rotted inside the freeze, so I dumped all of them in the garbage. I have made soup. Please at least have some.

Anuj: Nah. I drank the soup you made in the morning. It was tasteless.

MAAya: Try now. I have prepared some more and added a new spice.

After a while, she entered his room with two bowls of soup. She gave one bowl to him and kept one with her.

MAAya: Take a few sips. If you don't like, I won't force.

Anuj:Ok. Only a few sip.

MAAya: I had to dump lots of food in the garbage today. You wasted a lot of food today.

Anuj; Yeah. Sorry. Wasting food is bad.

MAAya: Not always. Your wasted food is what kept us alive. During the last months of pregnancy, I had no customers so I had no money. I waited hours outside restaurants. After the closing of the restaurants, the staffs used to distribute the wasted foods among penniless people. I was one of them. While eating, I wondered what's the story behind this wasted food. Did the couple left eating midway because they had a fight? Was the girl unable to finish the food because her boyfriend told her some harmful words or did the boy lose his appetite because his girlfriend told him useless? Whatever the reason was, I always thanked them for wasting their food as it kept me alive.

Though she was laughing while talking, Anuj noticed she was trying very hard to control her tears. Suddenly, he was consumed with guilt for judging her.

MAAya: Look who finished the soup?

Anuj was surprised to look at the empty bowl.

Anuj: This soup was so tasty, unlike the one you made in the morning.

MAAya: It's the soup from the morning. I heated it and added a little spice.

Anuj: What spice?

MAAya: It's called the company. When our bodies fall sick, our mind desires to lean on to another body. When we lose our appetite, the only spice that can bring back appetite is the company of another person who genuinely cares for us. I have fallen sick so many times. I was all alone, I desperately wished someone to sit beside me, to take a bite with me. There was no one. But, when I was pregnant I never felt lonely. I enjoyed every meal as each time I ate I knew my baby was eating with me.

She bursted into tears. He did not know how to comfort her. Suddenly, he felt a strong urge to hold her tightly and thank her for all the pains she had to endure all by herself to bring his little bundle of joy into this world. He despised himself for even wanting to snatch the baby from her.

MAAya (after forcibly putting herself together): I am giving you medicines. After taking them, try to sleep.

Anuj: Give me the sleeping pills also.

MAAya: No way. I am seeing you are popping sleeping pills like chocolates for the past few days. You don't even have a prescription for them.

Anuj: I can't sleep without them. My whole body is in pain.

MAAya: Try to sleep. I am sitting beside you. If you can’t sleep within the next thirty minutes, I will let you have the pills.

She applied balm on his forehead and caressed his hair while he tried to sleep.

It was early morning when he woke up. She was still sitting beside her, half asleep, but still caressing his hair affectionately.

MAAya: See, you could sleep without pills.

Anuj was thinking, "What makes us sleep peacefully? Is it the feeling that while we sleep someone is wide awake thinking about us or the urge to waking up to the face with who we want to spend our day?

She was yawning yet trying to smile.

MAAya Now wake up. Freshen up. I need to sleep a bit.

While she was going out, Anuj wished to stop her. He wished to tell her, "Come, sleep beside me. Let us hold each other so tightly that not a shred of loneliness creeps between us. Not just our fingers but let our souls be interlocked in such a way that melancholy can not penetrate through them.

He could not express what he felt. He knew what he felt was wrong but why it feels so right? He has started walking on the forbidden path, and he knew there is no turning back.

Ur story is so good and tempting that I want this to happen in show also😍 after reading this i am hating Anupama more and more🤬🤬🤬🤬, desperately want Anuj to realize that Anupama is only an infatuation and Maaya is her true love. Maaya and Anuj are linked together by choti Anu , this Anupama is real mein kabaad mein n haddi between these too.

Originally posted by: MOTHERHOOD

Pompy, this one is for you. 😆I had to destroy my moral compass before writing it. 😆It did not turn out the way I wanted it to.😭

Part 1:

As his body temperature was rising, his urge to have her beside him was also increasing. The fever has not only made him physically weak but also mentally handicapped. The need to be held tightly by someone was never this strong ever. He was always very practical, but the fever has made him irrational. He knows Anu is busy at SH taking care of Toshu, yet he wants her to come to him. He is holding his cell phone for an hour, hesitating to call her. He does not want to come between her responsibilities. He is struggling with the urge to call her. After struggling for a while, the selfless part of him surrendered. "Let the selfish part of me take the front seat today, I can always blame my fever”, he said to himself.

Anuj: Hello Anu. What are you doing?

Anu: Sitting beside Toshu. What are you doing? Are you alright?

Anuj:I am not. I have a high fever. I am feeling drained out. I feel so lonely. Please come to me.

Anu(crying): I am Surry. Please forgive me. I can't come now. Toshu needs me. Please take medicine and try to sleep. I am Surry.

Anuj: Toshu has his wife and father with him. I am alone. I won't request you ever.

Anu: Surry, Surry, Surry. Please, please forgive me. I am his mother. I cant leave him like this. I feel restless if I am not beside my sick son.

He knew she has her priorities set. He always knew, but did not have the courage to accept the simple truth. He cut the call. Memories of her leaving him when he was paralyzed for Pari’s homecoming flashed before his eyes. He was stuck in a wheelchair when she, decked in a beautiful silk saree and gajra, went to celebrate her grand daughter’s homecoming. He never felt so worthless as he felt that day. Each time this memory haunts him, he consoles himself by saying that she has multiple responsibilities. But, today he knows responsibilities did not hold her back. She can let go of all her responsibilities if love demands, just as today she neglected her responsibilities of a wife for the love of her kids. She never loved him. It's as simple that.

His thoughts were interrupted by a voice.

MAAya: The pizza you ordered has arrived. Should I bring it to your room?

Anuj: I am not feeling like eating anything. Put it on the freeze.

MAAya: Today you ordered food every hour, but did not take even a bite from any of them. All would have eventually rotted inside the freeze, so I dumped all of them in the garbage. I have made soup. Please at least have some.

Anuj: Nah. I drank the soup you made in the morning. It was tasteless.

MAAya: Try now. I have prepared some more and added a new spice.

After a while, she entered his room with two bowls of soup. She gave one bowl to him and kept one with her.

MAAya: Take a few sips. If you don't like, I won't force.

Anuj:Ok. Only a few sip.

MAAya: I had to dump lots of food in the garbage today. You wasted a lot of food today.

Anuj; Yeah. Sorry. Wasting food is bad.

MAAya: Not always. Your wasted food is what kept us alive. During the last months of pregnancy, I had no customers so I had no money. I waited hours outside restaurants. After the closing of the restaurants, the staffs used to distribute the wasted foods among penniless people. I was one of them. While eating, I wondered what's the story behind this wasted food. Did the couple left eating midway because they had a fight? Was the girl unable to finish the food because her boyfriend told her some harmful words or did the boy lose his appetite because his girlfriend told him useless? Whatever the reason was, I always thanked them for wasting their food as it kept me alive.

Though she was laughing while talking, Anuj noticed she was trying very hard to control her tears. Suddenly, he was consumed with guilt for judging her.

MAAya: Look who finished the soup?

Anuj was surprised to look at the empty bowl.

Anuj: This soup was so tasty, unlike the one you made in the morning.

MAAya: It's the soup from the morning. I heated it and added a little spice.

Anuj: What spice?

MAAya: It's called the company. When our bodies fall sick, our mind desires to lean on to another body. When we lose our appetite, the only spice that can bring back appetite is the company of another person who genuinely cares for us. I have fallen sick so many times. I was all alone, I desperately wished someone to sit beside me, to take a bite with me. There was no one. But, when I was pregnant I never felt lonely. I enjoyed every meal as each time I ate I knew my baby was eating with me.

She bursted into tears. He did not know how to comfort her. Suddenly, he felt a strong urge to hold her tightly and thank her for all the pains she had to endure all by herself to bring his little bundle of joy into this world. He despised himself for even wanting to snatch the baby from her.

MAAya (after forcibly putting herself together): I am giving you medicines. After taking them, try to sleep.

Anuj: Give me the sleeping pills also.

MAAya: No way. I am seeing you are popping sleeping pills like chocolates for the past few days. You don't even have a prescription for them.

Anuj: I can't sleep without them. My whole body is in pain.

MAAya: Try to sleep. I am sitting beside you. If you can’t sleep within the next thirty minutes, I will let you have the pills.

She applied balm on his forehead and caressed his hair while he tried to sleep.

It was early morning when he woke up. She was still sitting beside her, half asleep, but still caressing his hair affectionately.

MAAya: See, you could sleep without pills.

Anuj was thinking, "What makes us sleep peacefully? Is it the feeling that while we sleep someone is wide awake thinking about us or the urge to waking up to the face with who we want to spend our day?

She was yawning yet trying to smile.

MAAya Now wake up. Freshen up. I need to sleep a bit.

While she was going out, Anuj wished to stop her. He wished to tell her, "Come, sleep beside me. Let us hold each other so tightly that not a shred of loneliness creeps between us. Not just our fingers but let our souls be interlocked in such a way that melancholy can not penetrate through them.

He could not express what he felt. He knew what he felt was wrong but why it feels so right? He has started walking on the forbidden path, and he knew there is no turning back.

Perfect story Aisha. Loved it and its quite realistic too.

Spiced up soup ❤️ Lovely!

Part 2

Part one hi itna aacha hai

Second ki soch ke hi khushi ho rahi hai😁

Part 2:

Anuj left the bed around 10 a.m.. He is feeling much better now. The fever is gone. But, why is he wishing for the fever to return? He is desperately wanting to have a high fever like yesterday so that she takes care of him. He has always been a strong man who takes care of everything around him but last night when she was caressing his hair, he felt like a vulnerable little kid whose only comfort zone is in her arms. Before his mind could start to wander into the forbidden territory, the sound of someone opening the main door brought to him back to reality. It's her. It looks like she has returned home from somewhere.

Anuj: Did you go anywhere?

MAAya: Yeah. I went to drop CA at school. When did you wake up? You look much better now.

Anuj: Just now. But, why did you go to drop her? You were sitting beside my bed whole night taking care of me. You could not sleep. You said you would sleep for a while.

MAAya: Yeah. I am feeling very sleepy. But, someone had to take her to school.

Anuj: You could have asked the driver. He always drops her to school.

Anuj noticed the sudden change in MAAya’s facial expression. Her smile disappeared, her eyes filled with rage, and all her facial muscles hardened.

MAAya: I am never letting my little girl travel alone with only a male.

Anuj could understand her fear.

Anuj: Our driver is with us for a long time. You can trust him.

MAAya: Well, there are some instincts that only mothers have. I will never let my little girl stay alone with any random man. And, moreover, CA has motion sickness. She vomits throughout the journey. I can't let her suffer alone.

Within a few minutes, Anuj’s pride in being the best father shattered. Since he had to be at the office, Anu took the responsibility of dropping off and picking up CA. But, every day she had to leave for that house early in the morning, so she shifted her responsibility to the driver. It's a shame that none of them ever bothered to enquire whether CA was comfortable with the driver. They had no idea that she suffered from motion sickness.

MAAya: Hey, I have brought some fresh oranges for you. Let me make some juice. You just recovered from a fever. You need to stay hydrated.

As she was making juice, Anu called him.

Anuj(Immediately after picking up the phone): Yes I am fine. CA is fine. We had our breakfast. She has gone to school.

He replied without even hearing her questions. "How are you and CA?”, "Have you and CA had your breakfast?”, "Has she gone to school?” are the three questions he asks him every morning from that house. It's their only conversation throughout the day. Now, he does not even feel like answering. She does not care about the answers. She is like a broken record asking the same questions and he is like a broken record giving the same answers. Only to satisfy her wife and mother ego, he gives affirmative answers to those questions when the reality is neither he is ok nor his princess.

MAAya: Drink it.

Anuj: Ewww. No sugar.

MAAya: What? I have added enough sugar.

Anuj pours some juice into another glass and offers her to drink.

Anuj: Check for yourself.

MAAya: It's sweet.

Anuj(After taking a sip): Hmmm. Now, it's sweet and tasty. It was not before because I was drinking alone. Now, since I have company, it tastes sweet. You told me having a companion while eating adds a different flavour to the food.

MAAya(Laughing): That was smart, Mr. Kapadia. Ok, let me bring the porridge I prepared for you. It's tasteless. But, we will eat together.

Anuj(Laughing): Then it will sure taste delicious.

While they were eating, MAAya’s phone beeped. She declined the call.

Anuj: You can pick up.

MAAya: Not now. It’s from office. I am now talking with you. Once we are done, I will call you back. You know when the couple offered me a job and the chance to study, I became so overwhelmed. I was unable to manage so many things. I was also constantly thinking about my baby which did not let me concentrate on my work. Then I realized I have to focus on one thing at a time. If I constantly keep thinking about my baby, my past, my parents, then I will not be able to move forward. So, I decided to concentrate only one a single task at a time. To date, the motto of my life is to live at the moment. Now, I am with you. So, I just want to be with you. I just want to live in the present moment. Office can wait.

Anuj did not want to compare. But, he failed to ignore the stark differences in their personalities. Her constant need to be everywhere at the same time, her stubbornness to perform multiple tasks simultaneously has cost them their relationship. Was there a single moment between them that was not disrupted by her constant concern for that family?

MAAya: Hey, what are you thinking?

Anuj noticed a bit of porridge stuck in her lips. Immediately, he felt the urge to wipe it off her soft lips. His fingers itched to rub her soft lips. He was again walking down the forbidden lane. How could he? He left the table without eating.

MAAya: Hey, what happened? Did I say anything wrong?

Anuj (thinking): You did not say anything wrong. The moment is wrong.

Why did he have to meet the right person at a wrong time?