"tumne toh mujhse vaada kiya tha na ki tum har pal mere saath rahogi? Phir ab aise chup kyon ho? Dekho humare gharwale kya keh rahe hain, Main dusri shaadi karoon? Main kasam leta hoon ki aisa kabhi nahi hoga" he touched her hand to his heart.
He was reminded of her words after poisioning at the crowning ceremony.
"agar main mar jaati zeher ke asar se toh tum kya karte?" she had remarked.
"dobara aisa mat kehna..tumhe kuch bhi nahi hota..main aise nahi hone deta" he touched her nose.
"theek hai, aage jaakar agar mujhe kuch ho jaaye aur main na rahoon toh tum apne liye koi achchi ladki dhoondkar shaadi karlena" she had said.
She lay there without motion. Was that what she wanted too? How could he give Manyata's place in his life to some other girl? His mind unwantingly pictured himself with some random girl welcoming him home, sharing the bed with him..
But he could not see the girls face; he simply couldn't make room for another woman. But what if she never woke up? She herself used to say that he is a king first, husband later.
Their family! Urghh they were heartless people.. he spotted the wall paper on the wall which had a baby's picture on it and a thought came to his mind which relaxed him momentarily. All they wanted was a baby isn't it? A child to be declared as an heir. They could adopt.
"tum bilkul theek ho jaogi Manyata, pyar ka toh dusra naam hi intezaar hai..zindagi bhar main yahi rahoonga tumhare intezaar me" he bent and kissed her cold cheeks.
They say that sometimes love and determination could move mountains. The words he had uttered to her and also to himself had been penetrating her brain since long and it was a battle between her body and mind.
Her body won finally and she blinked. For a second Udayveer wasn't sure if he was hallucinating due to lack of sleep or something. Then she opened her eyes fully and tried to sit up.
Udayveer was feeling incredulous. Seven months of wait had finally ended. He felt like screaming with exult. His life was back on track again and they would be happy like they were before. In the middle of all this, he failed to notice the feelings clearly showing on Manyata's face. He picked her hands and kissed them, too lost for words, tears flowing involuntarily.
She blinked her eyes again and took in the place she was in. some strange man was looking at her.
Hell he was clasping her right hand, how dare he? And why is he crying like that?
"Excuse me? Do I know you?" she uttered in a hoarse tone. Whoa.. why was her throat feeling like it was full of sand?
"Manyata, yeh tum kya bol rahi ho?" Veer was shocked.
"aap mera haath chodiye..main aap ko jaanti tak nahi aur aap mere kamre me kya kar rahe hain?" she tried to make her voice sharp but long period of inactivity had rendered her throat almost useless.
A servant appeared at the door way and Uday still in a state of shock, asked him to summon their family to Manyata's room.
Within 10 minutes everyone gathered and as soon as Komal saw her daughter, she ran forward to hug her. Mother daughter met each other with tears and all others cried in unison.
After a minute Manyata spoke up breaking the hug "aap sab aise kyon ro rahe hain? Kuch hua hai kisi ko? Aur yeh aadmi koun hai?" she pointed at Udayveer.
"beta yeh tum-" Giriraj wanted to tell her, but Veer held him back.
"woh abhi toh jaagi hai, abhi use aaram karne deejiye..phir baat karenge usse" he whispered to his father.
Precap- A physiotherapist is called to get Manyata back on her feet and her previously kind and sweet personality has turned into aggressive and ill tempered one. Udayveer tries to woo his wife back with his unconditional love.
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