PART -3
Late evening. he takes out the dagger which was kept hidden in the bag all the while. Aim- kill Prem Bharadwaj, without a single proof. It is quite easy for him Prem is nothing for him actually. But why this hesitation? Aaryan is not someone who hesitates, remember, your master's order is your duty, his brain reminded. Hearing his brain and being determined, he hides the dagger inside his pocket. He's about to step out when a hand stops him. Roli!!!
His eyes downs not able to meet her heated gaze which is scorching him. "You're not going?' asks her surprising him. "Roli...' he calls doubtfully. "Why...I asked are you not going to kill Prem jiju?' asks Roli shocking the wits out of him. How did she know, wonders him. "Don't get shocked...I know everything...do you think that you can hide things from your Roli...Siddhantji...you can hide from yourself but not me...' says her looking straight in to his eyes. Aaryan downs his gaze again. Why do I feel so guilty, thinks him. "I knew it right from the start that you didn't come on your own...Rajveer has sent you...To harm me...to harm your family...' says her shocking him again. "Roli...' he begins. "You might be thinking how I knew it? Siddhantji...May be you're unaware of our relationship...But I know about it right? You had held my hands in marriage when I was 18...Five years have passed...wouldn't I know about you by just looking your eyes?' asks her.' Aaryan stays quiet. Why are her words hurting me so much, thinks him."Siddhantji...I know Siddhantji...you're confused now...I know it very well...But please trust me...you're my Siddhantji...you're not Aaryan...Rajveer is fooling us...' says Roli as she tries to touch his shoulder. But he flinches away from her touch shocking her. "How can I trust you? I don't remember anyone of you... I know only my master...' says Aaryan still downing her gaze. Tears start to spill from Roli's eyes. But she quickly wipes it. "okay fine...if you think so go...Kill jiju...But before that...' she pauses that confuses him. He gets shocked as she gets the dagger from his pocket. As Aaryan wonders what she's up to, she keeps the dagger in her neck shocking him. "Roli...What???' he begins tensely but she moves back from him. "Kill us Siddhantji...me and your baby...' says Roli determinedly. "Roli...What are you saying??? Leave...leave...' says him as he forces the dagger out of her arms and throws it on the floor. "Are you crazy???' ask him sturdily shaking her by her shoulders. Roli pushes off his hands with tears and nods no. "I'm not crazy Siddhantji...You remember, that day, Rajveer asked me a question...What will I do living a life without my husband's love and presence? That day I had an expectation that I will bring my Siddhantji back...But now, I don't have that belief...If you value Rajveer's order over my love, my trust and my tears, then I can't expect anything from you Siddhantji...Sorry Aaryan...' says Roli wiping her tears. Aaryan feels it, a deep pain in his heart hearing her calling him Aaryan. "And...now I have our child in my womb...I mean, mine and Siddhantji's...The symbol of our love... But call it fate's cruel game, our baby has not got the luck to get its Papa's love...then why should it live, when it's father doesn't need it? Tell me...' continues Roli. Aaryan just looks down. He is going through an internal turmoil as he recalls the events. Him meeting Roli; those changes she made in him, the familiar warmth when she's with him, his fatherly affection towards the baby; everything. And he cannot explain how much, but now, in these few days, he feels more of Siddhant in him. But troubling is this identity crisis, which is internally eating him up. "What are you thinking?' asks Roli as she feels him lost in thoughts. "Roli..i don't know who I'm...' says Aaryan as he sits up on the bed. "I really don't know who I'm... you say I'm Siddhant...Rajveer says I'm Aaryan...Whom should I trust??? I don't know anything...But I tell you this...I...I love you...I don't know if it's right or wrong but I just love you...' says him as he sits hiding his face in his palms. Tears escape Roli's eyes as she hears it from him. She cannot help but smile amongst those tears because this; this is something she wished to hear from him since long. She runs to him and sits on the floor lifting his face with her palms. He looks at her with tears, which is flowing without his consent. She wipes those tears with a smile as he watches confused. "my Siddhantji is very very strong...he doesn't cry like this...He's my superman...' says her. He holds her hand which is wiping his ears and kisses it as if he's hypnotized. "Am I Siddhant really??? I feel so, but...' he pauses as he hides his eyes again. "But what Siddhantji...to whim are you fighting??? To yourself??? Enough of these war within you...please...' begs Roli as she cups his face. "I wish Roli...I wish...I value your tears and these words of yours more than anything...but Rajveer...he says I'm not Siddhant...How will you accept someone else that your Siddhant?' ask him in tears. Roli smiles and ruffles his hair. "Siddhantji...can you tell me what you feel about me?' arks Roli. "Roli...is it a question...I myself is searching for this answer since long...I can't describe my feelings to you Roli...But yes, I can say this...I feel good when you're near me..i feel that I have stayed by you before...I feel that we share a special bond..I feel that this...' he pauses as he touches her womb. "atht this baby is mine..' completes him. "you trust me na?' ask Roli as she looks in to his eyes. "then hear it well...You're not Aaryan...You're Siddhant Bharadwaj...my husband...Our baby's father...Bharadwaj family's son...It's just the time's game which has kept us apart...but even now, I can prove to you that you're my Siddhantji...your heart is enough for that, but just to avoid you turmoil, I will say some relevant things that will make your beliefs concrete.' says Roli determined. He looks at her confused of what she is up to. "Siddhantji...you got a scar on the left side of your chest...Am I right?' ask her shocking him. How did she ever know that? I never went shirtless before her, then how, wonders him. He just gives her a light nod. "Wait...tell me this have you got allergies to extreme masalas and chilly?' asks her again to which he nods again. He knows this, at Rajveer's place, once he had had one hell of an allergy by consuming food that had heavy masala but here in Bharadwaj house, strangely Roli always avoided such items in his food even without him saying. "You know why I avoided those things? Because I know you got allergy...And again, I always switch on the geyser before you go for shower as I know you hate to bath in cold water...Right?' asks her. He feels surprised. All these might have taken as mere coincidences..But how???How can all these coincidences happen in a line? He stands up in chaos whilst Roli gets to her feet and reaches him. She turns him towards her and looks at his eyes. "If you still got doubt,' she pauses surprising him.
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