"I cant believe you did it.. tell me you didnt..."
saumya looked demandingly at rudra, partly in shock and partly in disbelief.
"so now you dont believe me... greattt...!!!"
rudra stopped while doing push ups and sat on the floor to look at saumya who was standing in front of him with her hands on her hips.
"dont change the topic rudra... Im serious..." saumya said, keeping her eyes fixed on rudra, who was now avoiding direct eye contact.
"i did nothing..." came the plain reply.
"ofcourse you did... you did hit rehan with your basketball last time and that too in front of me... you reacted like a kid.. an immature one..." saumya reminded rudra; indirectly making a point.
"he proposed to you saumya and that too in front of me... your husband..."
"why do you keep saying that H word...?? why..?? didnt we decide we wont talk about it..?? that we would forget it and you also agreed with me that we should stay away. STAY AWAY... " said saumya, this time forgeeting to keep her voice in check.
"no matter how much we deny it.. we are married... and no one proposes to get married to my wife... no one saumya... what's mine stays mine.." came the fierce sharp reply.
This, very avatar of the rudra singh oberoi, like everytime scared saumya. she was quiet for a moment and felt intimidated by the look on her so called husband's face and that sharp gaze of his; well it just added more intensity. at moments like this she would see tej singh oberoi's traits overpowering rudra and his usual self. Rudra suddenly wouldnt be the sensative vulnerable one but instead he would be an agressive authoritative stern possessive rude one. the rudra she knew nothing of.
"rudra but-" saumya struggled with words this time; though she had many thooughts she wanted to voice out.
"you know what saumya... yes I did report that boyfriend of yous for being a stalker and an intruder... so what...??"
"he is not a stalker... well lets just... why not you take those charges back...??" saumya suggested.
"why not you go and tell him that you dont love him... so no marriage..."
"but i might love him you know... you kinda patched me up with him in the first place..."
rudra shook his head and run his fingers through his hair. saumya could see him relaxiing and knew that within seconds he will back to his normal self. tej singh oberoi's son rudra singh oberoi would be replaced by the cry baby rudra; the one she knows. her best friend then and her husband now. the minute this thought crossed her mind, she scolded herself for adressing him as her husband.
"remember saumya... you guys are just a mistake..." saumya's brain screamed at her.
"we have a solution... divorce me if you want... but before that I dont want that toothpaste model around you or in my house..." rudra said, breaking saumya's train of thoughts.
"divorce...??" saumya gulped the lump formed at the back of her throat.
"you heard me right... I cant forget what happened saumya... no matter how hard I try.. every time I look at you or hear the word marriage... I am reminded of our marriage... of those rituals, those saat pheras... i cant get them out of my system.. for better or for worse, I dont know but we are married.. "
"but you can never accept me as your wife... can you...??" saumya asked and this left rudra speechless. because he had asked himself this question hundred times but got no answer. not even once.
"I dont know... I trusted you once and broke my trust... our friendship was broken just like that... how can I trust you with my heart...??"
"I know... Im sorry Rudra.. but trust me, I never wanted to break your trust... Im ready to apologise again and again if you want.." saumya said honestly.
"give me some time saumya.. and please stay away from that creep... and -"
"and.."
"and who knows we might work it out together..." rudra suggested.
saumya smiled at the maturity of the guy in front of her and nodded her head in agreement.
"you dont love rehan...?? right...??" rudra asked, quite worried about the answer.
"right.." replied saumya and walked out of the room leaving a smiling rudra singh oberoi looking at her, with admiration hidden in his eyes.