Maryada: Vidya-Gaurav FF - Updates. p. 145 (6/29) - Page 34

Originally posted by: sridevi27

Thank you :) :)

Originally posted by: mystique_girl

no thank you will not do - say some thing more devi... pls tell me the elevance of "where the wild things are" and why the sudden change in Vidya? 😲

Chapter 32: Guzaarish

She had been escaping him just like this for the past two weeks. He was starting to think that if he went on waiting on his wife to give him a sign that she was ready to talk, he would likely wait forever. And so, he followed her to the door and reached over from behind her to put his hand on the handle before she could. Her cheeks were still flushed, he noticed, when she looked up at him. There was a part of him that told him that it was not a good idea to hold a woman back and put her on the spot when she was already embarrassed, but he chose not to listen to that sage advice today. There were evidently always reasons why he should leave his wife alone. However, he had seen her face down his father with nothing more than that unblinking gaze of hers – he considered it one of the proudest moments of his life – which made him think that she could handle this moment too.

Even despite her stained cheeks, she still looked up at him steadily.

"My father left an impression, I see…" he couldn't help but remark.

Her eyes flashed in anger briefly before they went back to their indifferent detachment. It was driving him nuts. How could she be like this? Where was his sweet, genial, and amicable wife…

"Do you always give silent-treatments when you are angry?"

"I do not give silent-treatments." She replied matter-of-factly.

"Could have fooled me…"

She looked up suddenly at his dry tone.

"There is it… that right there. Anger." He felt the need to point out.

She turned back to the door to open it again, ignoring him this time.

"Vidya…" he said her name in an elongated whisper as he once again placed him hand on the door to block her way.

"I hate this…please, will you talk to me?"

She stood just as she was for a few moments without looking at him. Just when he thought that she would wait him out until he opened the door for her, she finally answered, "Alright…"

"Alright?" he asked in disbelief that she agreed so quickly.

"Yes, alright." She repeated, then exhaled deeply without looking at him as she said, "I have a question and a request, however."

"Anything…" he replied in relief.

"If she will have you back, will you marry her?" She asked him without turning around.

In everything that had happened since he had gotten married to his wife, this was the one question that had never crossed his mind, which he now thought was strange. Just as strange was the fact that the question had never occurred to him because the answer was so self-evident, although now he realized that maybe from an outsider's perspective, it may not be.

"No." He thus replied.

"Why not?" she asked, her tone confused, but still without turning around.

"I am married to you. You're my wife."

"But that can be fixed." She said after several moments.

"What do you mean?" He wanted to turn her around to face him, but he didn't think she would like it.

"I have looked into it on the internet. There is something called an annulment. You can still apply for it if the marriage is not… has not yet been…" she petered out without finishing her sentence.

"I don't want an annulment." He said more harshly than he had intended.

"Divorce is more difficult." She said now, almost mutely.

"I don't want a divorce." He forced himself to regulate his tone, but he did turn her around now to face him.

She lowered her eyes quickly so that he couldn't see them, but he lifted her face to his with his hand under her chin.

"Gaurav, don't be so nice to me out of guilt for what you have done. I may misinterpret it even when I know the truth."

An avalanche started in his chest when he heard what she said.

And then she did lift her eyes to his, the intensity of whatever may have been there before now under better control. She removed his hand from her chin as she said, "Just one more request…You may touch me in front of others, but never in private, not even accidentally."

And with that, she turned around to open the door and was gone, leaving him standing there with a turbulent anguish inside.

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Guarav's not the only one with "a turbulent anguish inside." Although, mine's more like a pit in the bottom of my stomach. Oh, the consequences of our choices...

Originally posted by: saomom

Guarav's not the only one with "a turbulent anguish inside." Although, mine's more like a pit in the bottom of my stomach. Oh, the consequences of our choices...

Originally posted by: rusha4003

Hi Tammie ... ! 🤗

Remember me ? 😆

It's great to run into you again !!! And what better place than Sri's awesome story thread !!

Isn't this girl a marvel ? I've never seen anyone on IF tell a better tale ... with the exception of another person, who is also here - I see ... Sookie ! ( @ Sookie ... Hi dear ... long time ! )

@ Sri ... Awesome update ... loved Vidya here totally ... !!

And felt like hugging Gaurav !!!

Tammie is right ... after this update a lot of us will be feeling the anguish of Gaurav !!!

there something about this update...that its going on my on list of "favorite updates" ..maybe its the title!...

Thanks for the update Devi!

Lovely update! Hm.. Gaurav or Vidya? This is getting interesting. :)

I have no idea why I'm jumping after reading this update...but I'm a sucker for the feisty ones. Not sure if I'm conjuring this up with excessive dramatization, but the last scene indeed set the stage on fire.
I could literally see Vidya's eyes meeting his and shooting off those words like daggers. Ha ha 😊

I had to reserve this for the rest. Leave you for now. Will edit later.

Hasini