~Just A Bend Not The End(AR Version)~
Entire credit of the fiction goes to: Miss.TaniDMGlover
RECAP:- As she (Tanya) stood up Armaan looked up hearing the sound of something shatter and what met his eyes tore his heart into a million parts...
PART-7
There on the entrance of his cabin stood Ridhima who had come to show him some file and unwillingly witnessed the whole conversation between Armaan and Tanya. Flooded with pain she could not hold herself and almost lost her balance as a result she banged the flower vase kept just beside the door of the cabin. Her eyes held a layer off unshed tears and her entire body shook with a sort of fear and pain. Tanya glanced at her coldly and simply walked past her while Armaan just stood up and kept staring at her as if in a trance, she no longer able to hold her emotions walked out of the cabin with unsteady steps. Armaan saw this and instantly came out of his daze. He followed her calling her name but she just would not stop. Just when he was at the entrance of her cabin where she entered his manger Mr.Khanna came there with a look of urgency "Oh thank God sir that you are here! There has been an issue with the consignment and so an immediate meeting has been arranged, everybody is waiting for you in the conference room..". "What?" said Armaan rubbing his temple, "why does everything have to happen now" he thought. "Mr. Khanna can you please handle it...I have some other work which is really urgent" he asked. "I am sorry sir, but I am afraid that you have to be present. The other board members are present as well" said Mr. Khanna , and so cursing his luck for the umpteenth time and giving one last longing look at her cabin he made his way to the meeting knowing very well that it was indeed very important and in no way could be neglected as if the issue was not resolved then that would mar the name of the Malliks which he most definitely did not want... Though Armaan's brain was focused at the task in hand his heart was preoccupied with the thoughts of his princess who he knew needed him at the moment. Finally After a good two hours of brainstorming and endless discussions they finally were able to come up with an solution for the issue. No Sooner did the meeting end than Armaan rushed towards Ridhima's cabin and his heart almost skipped a beat on finding it empty. He checked his own cabin but to no avail. Panicked was an understatement, he tried calling her several times but all that he got was the recorded message of the operator. He even tried calling their landline but there was no response. He rushed towards the reception and on enquiry found out that she had left just an hour ago. Without wasting a single moment he rushed home, knowing very well that she was there...On reaching home he was greeted by an eerie silence and absolute darkness. He slowly, with a scared heart went towards their room only to find it in the same state as the rest of the house. He called her out a few times but no response. He checked the bathroom which too was empty. Scared and worried he was about to exit the room when he saw the faint moonlight coming in from the balcony door which was open which meant she was there, sighing in relief he walked towards the balcony. Upon entering he saw a sight which he prayed that he would never in his whole life witness again. Ridhima sat on the cold balcony floor, hugging her knees and resting her head on them, unaware of his presence she stared blankly at the vast sky above, her face had no tears but her eyes held a pool of unshed tears. He went and slowly sitting beside her called her out. Hearing his voice her trance broke and she looked at him, she stared at him blankly for a few seconds and then unable to bare the bursting pain within her she hugged him tightly and sobbed hysterically. He wrapped his arms around her as if shielding her from this cruel world, from every pain. "I...I loved my child Armaan, our...our child..I can never kill him never..I, I did not want to Armaan. I...I swear...Armaan, I...I...Loved him..I love him, I..." she said in between her sobs and though her sentences were not framed properly he clearly understood every word she said and every emotion that she tried to convey. He caressed her hair and rubbed her back to calm her down. His own eyes were misty seeing her so broken and helpless but he stayed mum,he knew that today she had to speak, she had to let it out already. "That day in the party I..I got a call from Nikki and since there was so much of noise in the hall, I came here t..to our room. We..we spoke for a while sh..she was giving me tips on preg..prgnancy and as soon as I cut the call..I started feeling sc..scared...I..I don't know why I..I felt something bad will happen, I..I felt that our baby was going to leave me..I..I started crying Armaan, I called you but you did not hear me...I was so scared Armaan..I did not know what to do and then I saw those pills...I..I don't know, I just took them and then the miscarriage...I did not want to..." She spoke in between her cries and hiccups. He too had tears in his eyes, the poor soul was not even aware of how and why she took those pills, Armaan felt miserable seeing her in that state. "Shh...I know,I know my princess..."he tried his best to calm her down and after her sobs decreased a bit he broke the hug with a lot of difficulty as she literally clung to him, however he still held her in his arms. "Look at me Ridhima ...I know whatever happened was not right but like you said baby, you did not mean to do it, you did not want to do it..it was an accident sweetheart and though I know it hurts but we have to move on right??" he tried explaining her in the most gentle way..."But whatever it is Armaan..I killed my baby..I killed my child Armaan.. I deserve to be punished Armaan, you should punish me...punish me Armaan I deserve it...I should kill myself for killing my child..." saying so she started hitting herself as if punishing herself for the crime that she committed..."Rid...Ridhima ..no princess..no..." he held her hands preventing her to hurt herself any further and took her in a comforting hug where she sobbed on his chest while he planted a soft kiss on her hairs to calm her down..."Shh...stop crying baby..shh" he mumbled. After a while when he felt that she was not crying that bad anymore he tried to detangle her from himself when he heard her mumble feebly "Pls don't...don't leave me Armaan, I..I am so scared..." she said while sniffing. Armaan's heart went out to her, he had never before felt so helpless as he did at the moment seeing her broken state, however keeping his emotions in check he first calmed her down. He kept her in his arms showering upon her all the love in the world and after what felt like eternity he gently parted from the hug yet keeping her in his arms. He cleared her face from all the tears and sweat and gently tucked her hair behind her ears, then gently cupping her face in his palms and making her look into his eyes he spoke "Ridhima , look at me baby...listen to me very carefully, You are not at fault Ridhima , you are nowhere near at fault, whatever happened was an accident..." "but.." she tried to cut him in between when he shushed her placing a finger on her lips..."Shh, I am not yet done, Ridhima it would have been your fault, had you done it on purpose which I am sure you did not, right?" he asked hearing which she nodded immediately. "See, that's the point, I know how much you loved our baby for a matter of fact how much you still love him, we both did, we both do after all it was our love bud that we lost and so I know for a fact that my princess can never do such a thing on purpose, you don't need to listen to what anybody says, you don't need to prove anything to anybody and specially me. I know you baby, I have faith on you. Yes you took those pills but you did not do it on purpose, there were certain fears in your mind which forced you to do it, however we will talk about them later, right now you need to understand and accept one thing and that is you are not guilty for anything, understood??" He asked, hoping that he is at least able to bring her out of the shell of guilt which was eating her up. Ridhima stared at Armaan with utmost love and affection, looking deep into his eyes she nodded slowly making him smile wide...he hugged her tight and kissed the top of her head. They stayed in the hug for a while with her head resting on his chest and his chin over her head. After a few minutes she spoke "Armaan.." "Hmm" he replied. "I am sorry..." he looked down at her confused hearing her apology. She too looked up and reading the confusion in his eyes spoke "I am sorry Armaan, I have realized today that if I lost my child then so have you, If I am hurt then so are you but still forgetting all your pain, you have always been with me, in fact had there been anybody else in your place they would have blamed me but you have not even once blamed me rather you are convincing me that its not my fault. Why are you so nice Armaan ? Don't be so nice Armaan , I don't deserve this love, this concern..." "Shh.." he cut her in between and gently wiping off the tears that was flowing freely on her face..."Shh...never say you don't deserve to be loved or to be cared for because you my love deserve all the happiness and affection in the world..." he sighed deeply and then cupping her face spoke in the most gentle tone "Ridhima , baby I know that the past few days have been very hard on the two us, a lot has happened which is not very easy to accept or forget but pls sweetheart don't say that you did not support me, if I was able to bare this pain then unknowingly you have been the reason behind it, if I was able to compose myself and move on then it was only because you. The pain was too much to handle, agreed! But the fact that I knew that I still have you was more than enough to comfort me...and if I took care of you it was not because I wanted to gain the title of being somebody nice, I did it because I love you, because I need you, my heart needs you to beat...always remember Ridhima I love you and I will always be with you" hearing his words her heart swelled up with joy and pride he was a true gem and this gem without a doubt belonged to her..she looked deep into his eyes and then without wasting a single moment more she said what he had been yearning to hear from days "I love you Armaan ...I love you very, very much...'' he smiled his million dollar dimpled smile for only his heart knows how long it had waited to hear those golden words, kissing her forehead he hugged her tightly trying to absorb her pain within him and emit all his happiness to her...They stayed in the same position for what seemed like eternity and broke apart when Armaan felt Ridhima shudder under his hold owing to the chilly winds that had started to get stronger with each passing second. "Let's get in, it's getting cold" he said as he stood up taking her hand in his and she too agreed. Soon enough the two of them had changed and had their dinner upon Armaan's persuasion... Finally they laid on their bed with his back flat and her head on his chest. She drew imaginary circles on his chest while he casually caressed her waist. "Armaan" she called "yes my princess??" he replied smiling at her "I was thinking that Tanya was right maybe I should not join..." she was immediately cut by him "No she was not right! whatever she said was absolute rubbish...'', "but Armaan..", " no arguments on this Ridhima , like I said I decide who stays and who does not and just for the record let me tell you I am not favoring you because you are my wife I am doing so because I know your capabilities and as for Tanya then please don't feel guilty there were too many complaints against her and her act of stooping so low just added to the list so its high time she leaves, and you my princess stop thinking about her and better not even think of leaving, you are staying and that's final" he said with a tone of finality in his voice and Ridhima knew that he would not hear a word more and so she too agreed, soon enough they both drifted off to sleep and for a change both their faces were a lot more relaxed than the previous days. She was relaxed cuz she had Armaan with her and as for Armaan well he was very happy with the fact that she had started opening up. Though there were a lot of things still unsaid but at least the lid was open...
Next morning Armaan sleepily stretched his hand on the bed to find her but on finding it empty he opened his eyes, he checked the washroom and balcony too which were empty. He panicked a bit and went out of the room to search for her. Finally after a few minutes he found her in the dining room setting the table, relief washed over his veins on seeing her, he walked up to her and wished her "Good morning baby! You up so early?", she gave a smile which though did not reach her eyes but was not fake either "Good morning! Actually I just got up so thought to make breakfast today! I have made scrambled eggs with toast..." she said a bit slowly. On any ordinary day this question would not have been a question, she normally woke up early and made breakfast for him but after that unfaithful incident let alone cooking she had not done a single chore. He knew why she felt awkward in answwring and not wanting to make her feel worse he said in a cheerful voice "Scrambled eggs! Yeah I love them and I am so hungry let's start!" grabbing her hand he made her sit and taking a bite himself he praised her "mmm Ridhima you are the best cook in the world sweetheart" he said relishing the eggs and toast. She smiled at him and kept admiring him when a piece of egg and toast came approached her, she saw him holding it near her mouth for her to have "hmm.. taste it I am not lying, its seriously amazing" she took the bite from his hand and like this they both had their breakfast. Talking about anything and everything well he did more of the talking and she just listened but for a change she was not mum like the past few days, which definitely did make him happy. They were done with their breakfast and just as she stood to keep the dishes in the kitchen he held her wrist and made her sit down..."Ridhima do you trust me baby?" he asked her, out of the blue . She looked at him, baffled at his question "Armaan , what kind of a question is this?" "Answer me Ridhima !" he was adamant and without giving a second thought she replied confidently "of course I trust you Armaan ..I love you and I do trust you as well". " So in that case of I ask you for something will you give it to me??" he asked, hopeful to hear a yes and he was not disappointed for the very next moment he heard her "yes Armaan , I'll give you whatever you ask for'' Armaan smiled at her reply and then finally making his mind he said...
-Tani ( Tanishka)
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