OS- Two blessed souls! -last part on pg 6! - Page 2

Part 2 - Nidhi's POV

"Do you regret having married me?"

What a question to break ice with! Had he actually asked me that? I look up into his eyes and see nothing but honesty in them. The same honesty that had made me fall in love with him and remain in love despite the tumultuous few months of marriage we have had.

"What do you want to hear?"

"Nothing short of the truth!"

Of course, he would never settle for anything less than that. It was his greatest strength and his greatest weakness. His commitment to the absolutes!

"Do you really need me?"

I decided to counter his question with one of my own.

I can see the surprise in his eyes,

What are we doing anyway? Talking in riddles when our lives are in a mess! Mallika is back in our lives, firmly ensconced. Yes, she was pregnant and her life and that of her child were under threat. So, we were left with no choice but to stand by her. We wouldn't be good human beings if we did not. But did one have to like being good? I have been oscillating between the positive and negative over the last few days. I had not liked the way the truth was revealed to me. I had not liked my husband's choice to be a good human being, at the cost of my emotions. I had not liked the fact that he could so easily forget that the woman whom he was now protecting was the same woman from whom he had failed to protect his wife. The woman who had left no stone unturned in her efforts to destroy his wife's peace of mind and also his fledgling marriage. Without so much as batting an eyelid, he runs to her aid the minute she calls. And he asks me if I regret having married him!

"I know it may sound hyperbolic but more than my next breath!"

I am not surprised. I know that answer already.

" I know it may seem like I am lying but I do not regret our marriage!":

He gets up and comes towards me. I put my hand to stop him.

"Don't come near me!"

He is taken aback.

"You know both of us lose our heads when we are in close proximity. It would be so easy to lose ourselves to the magic that we generate between us. But I think this conversation has been long pending. So, could we actually talk for a change?"

He nods before sitting back down.

"Nidhi, I don't know what led you to wonder if I needed you. You are my sanity in this insane world, you are my peace in the midst of all strife, you are my love in a sea of hatred, You make me want to go on...to live rather than exist..which is all I was doing before you came to me and ended my wait!"

"If I am all of that, then why are my feelings of no consequence to you?"

I can't help the break in my voice and he looks anguished.

"Why is it so easy for you to disregard them in your quest for goodness? Don't you want to be good to me, good for me ever?

He starts to say something but I interrupt.

"Did you know that it killed me every time I saw you with her? I was your choice and yet it was her you trusted. Did your love and your faith in your own judgment fall short in the face of your twelve year old friendship? Was I not deserving of your trust and your protection? You watched me leave your home at midnight! You never called me back! Your sympathy for her outweighed your love for me! You could imagine me capable of murder but not her. If this is what you thought of me, why did you marry me?"

I am crying uncontrollably now. I can see his torn and yet he respects my wishes and maintains his distance.

"Whether it was making tea for your guests or overspending on your card, you were so rigid in your expectations. You want me to subscribe to your set of values. What of my own, have you wondered about that?"

I draw a deep breath and look into his eyes and shoot.

"Let me ask you the same question. Do you regret having married me?"

He looks me straight in the eye and responds.

"I do!"

I draw a deep breath and look into his eyes and shoot.

"Let me ask you the same question. Do you regret having married me?"

He looks me straight in the eye and responds.

"I do!"

Originally posted by: Sujatha.rao

Part 2 - Nidhi's POV

"Do you regret having married me?"

What a question to break ice with! Had he actually asked me that? I look up into his eyes and see nothing but honesty in them. The same honesty that had made me fall in love with him and remain in love despite the tumultuous few months of marriage we have had.

"What do you want to hear?"

"Nothing short of the truth!"

Of course, he would never settle for anything less than that. It was his greatest strength and his greatest weakness. His commitment to the absolutes!

"Do you really need me?"

I decided to counter his question with one of my own.

I can see the surprise in his eyes,

What are we doing anyway? Talking in riddles when our lives are in a mess! Mallika is back in our lives, firmly ensconced. Yes, she was pregnant and her life and that of her life were under threat. So, we were left with no choice but to stand by her. We wouldn't be good human beings if we did not. But did one have to like being good? I have been oscillating between the positive and negative over the last few days. I had not liked the way the truth was revealed to me. I had not liked my husband's choice to be a good human being, at the cost of my emotions. I had not liked the fact that he could so easily forget that the woman whom he was now protecting was the same woman from whom he had failed to protect his wife. The woman who had left no stone unturned in her efforts to destroy his wife's peace of mind and also his fledgling marriage. Without so much as batting an eyelid, he runs to her aid the minute she calls. And he asks me if I regret having married him!

"I know it would sound hyperbolic but more than my next breath!"

I am not surprised. I know that answer already.

" I know it may seem like I am lying but I do not regret our marriage!":

He gets up and comes towards me. I put my hand to stop him.

"Don't come near me!"

He is taken aback.

"You know both of us lose our heads when we are in close proximity. It would be so easy to lose ourselves to the magic that we generate between us. But I think this conversation has been long pending. So, could we actually talk for a change?"

He nods before sitting back down.

"Nidhi, I don't know what led you to wonder if I needed you. You are my sanity in this insane world, you are my peace in the midst of all strife, you are my love in a sea of hatred, You make me want to go on...to live rather than exist..which is all I was doing before you came to me and ended my wait!"

"If I am all of that, then why are my feelings of no consequence to you?"

I can't help the break in my voice and he looks anguished.

"Why is it so easy for you to disregard them in your quest for goodness? Don't you want to be good to me, good for me ever?

He starts to say something but I interrupt.

"Did you know that it killed me every time I saw you with her? I was your choice and yet it was her you trusted. Did your love and your faith in your own judgment fall short in the face of your twelve year old friendship? Was I not deserving of your trust and your protection? You watched me leave your home at midnight! You never called me back! Your sympathy for her outweighed your love for me! You could imagine me capable of murder but not her. If this is what you thought of me, why did you marry me?"

I am crying uncontrollably now. I can see his torn and yet he respects my wishes and maintains his distance.

"Whether it was making tea for your guests or overspending on your card, you were so rigid in your expectations. You want me to subscribe to your set of values. What of my own, have you wondered about that?"

I draw a deep breath and look into his eyes and shoot.

"Let me ask you the same question. Do you regret having married me?"

He looks me straight in the eye and responds.

"I do!"

Originally posted by: Armu4eva

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