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CHAPTER:2.
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As pragya was about to walk out of the door Abhi called her.
''Pragya''called Abhi in soft voice and Pragya turned to see Abhi standing looking at her.Pragya waited for him to speak but the next moment she saw Abhi was about to faint and rushed towards him and holding him before he could fall and made him sit on the bed but Abhi just laid there unconscious.
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Pragya made his lay on the properly and covered him with a blanket.Then she checked his temperature only to find he was buring with fever.she immediately took her mobile and called their family doctor.Once he said he will be there in 20 minutes pragya went to the kitchen and came bakc with water in a bowl and a cotton cloth.She sat beside Abhi and placed the wet cotton cloth on his forehead .Just then she saw Abhi trying to open his eyes .Pragya took one of Abhi's hand in her and cupped his face with other.
''Abhishekh can you hear me?''asked pragya with concern and Abhi looked at her with tired eyes.
''I...am...sor...sorry...chasmish''said Abhi as tears welled up in his eyes.Pragya on the other hand was confused for few seconds why he was saying sorry to her.Then she understood it must be the same reason for which Aaliya saying sorry to her.Pragya was getting really worried now as she know how Abhi is and how he will blame himslef for this eventhough she is also at fault for hiding the truth in the first place.Pragya wiped the tears from Abhi's cheeks and shook her head negatively.
''Shhh Abhishekh. you just take rest now .We can talk about this later''said pragya in a soft voice.Though Abhi wanted to talk with her he felt his eyelids getting heavy and closed his eyes again.But this time pragya was somewhat relived to know atleast he was just asleep now.After 20 minutes the doctor arrived and stared to check Abhi.
''Well Mrs.Mehra he fainted and got this high coz of stress.Nothing to worry about but he will be weak for couple of days and make sure he is stress free.I will prescribe some mediction for his fever and the fever will be gone by tomorrow morning.Please him some light foods and make sure he has good intake of liquid.And i removed all the glass pieces from his hand ''said the doctor.
''Thanks a lot doctor''said pragya and the doctor smiled.
''Its ok Mrs. Mehra.Afterall its my duty''said the doctor and pragya walked him till the door.
''Robin''called pragya once she closed th door after the doctor left.
''Gi bhabhi''said Robin who came out of the kitchen.
''Please get these medicines ASAP''said pragya and Robin got the prescription with a nod.
''Sure bhabhi''said Robin and left the house once pragya gave him the money .Then pragya went to her room again and opened the door to see Aaliya sitting on the bed and caressing Abhi's forehead.
''Aaliya''called pragya and Aaliya turned towards pragya .
''Bhabhi i am the one responsible for his condition''said Aaliya in a low voice with regret,pain and guilt.Pragya walked towards her and cupped Aaliya's face wiping her tears.
''Aaliya its not your fault ok.Whatever you did is mistake and everyone does mistake.Abhishekh will be fine by tomorrow morning so stop blaming yourself.I know you regret what you did and that what matters ok''asked pragya with a slight smile and Aaliya nodded.
''Good now go and fresh up .I will ask Robin to prepare dinner for you''said pragya and Aaliya placed a kiss on Abhi's forehead.
''Ok bhabhi.''said Aaliya and left the room and pragya sat on the bed and continued to change the wet cloth checking his temperature once in a while.
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Abhi felt like his whole body was placed under a ton of bricks as he started to gain consciousness.He couldn't understand why he was feeling this much tired and felt like hit by a train.Then he remembered everything and atlast he stood up to answer pragya's concern after she dressed his wounds ,but only to feel dizzy and nothing.Then he remembered gaining conscious for few minutes and how pragya comforted him when he said sorry.Abhi didn't even want to open his eyes as he know he can't face pragya anymore.But he know he have to face her and beg her forgiveness for what he did coz of a stupid misunderstanding.Then Abhi slowly opened his eyes and looked around the room to look at the familiar face only to find the room empty.Abhi then felt something cold on his forehead and took the cloth from his forehead which was still wet and understood it was pragya who was taking care of him and this bought a little happiness.
''But you don't deserve this happiness''said a voice in a corner of his brain and Abhi smiled bitterly.
''You are right''said Abhi to himself .Then he heard his room's door opening and saw pragya entering the room carrying a tray in her hands with a bowl and a glass of water.Once she saw him awake she smiled with relief and rushed towards him keeping the tray on the couch.
''Abhishekh how are you feeling now?''asked pragya and Abhi just nodded as words refused to form seeing the care and concern in her eyes for HIM after he did everything.Then Abhi tried to sit but he was too weak to do that.
''I will help you''said pragya and wrapped her arms around his shoulder and helped him to sit placing some pillows for comfort.Abhi was just lost in her fragrance of rose and mint with their closness and closed his eyes feeling some peace.After few seconds pragya moved making him comforable and Abhi instantly felt a loss of comfort and warmth as her soft touch left him.Then pragya moved to the couch and took the tray and returned to the bed sitting infront of him.
''Have your dinner then you have to have your medicines too''said pragya and Abhi nodded.As he was about to take the spoon pragya took it and placed it infront of his mouth with the warm soup.Abhi was really touched by this as after his mother none excpet daadi showed him this kind of care.Pragya looked at Abhi who was looking at her without blinking.
''Abhishekh''called pragya keeping a hand on his shoulder and Abhi came back to reality.
''Haan''said Abhi finally finding his voice.
''Have the soup''said pragya and Abhi nodded and started to swallow the soup.After 20 minutes Abhi finished the soup and pragya helped him to drink the water .
''I will be back after keeping this in kitchen''said pragya .
''Ok''said Abhi and pragya left the room taking the tray with her.As pragya left Abhi closed his eyes resting his head on the bedrest thinking how he is going to make up for the things he did.He really know from whom and where to start from.He spoiled pragya's ,purab's,Bulbul's life by his stupid mistake and he was about to spoil his own sister's life too by getting her married to purab.After feeling the pain in pragya's voice when she talked with purab and how she felt like its not in her destiny to feel happy.
''If anyone is deserved to be happy its you chasmish.''thought Abhi.
He know he has to apologize to many people but first he have to talk with chasmish and clear all the misunderstanding between them.When he left the house after dropping Aaliya he was so confused what to do next,but once he visited Tannu's apartment he know what to do next.The first thing he is going to do now is to clear all the misunderstanding between them and then give this marriage another chance.And finally to treat his wife like a princess and make her understand how much happiness she deserves.Abhi didn't even have a clue how he is going to do all this but he was determined to do it at anycost.Then he felt a hand on his shoulder and saw Aaliya standing with a smile on her face but Abhi know she was going throught the same what he was going through.
''Bhai how are you feeling now?''asked Aaliya with a forced smile.
''I am fine Aaliya just a little weak,but nothing this rockstar can't handle''said Abhi with a weak smile .But the next moment Aaliya hugged him tightly and started to sob in his chest.
''Bhai i am so sorry.I am the one responsible for spoiling everyone's life.''said Aaliya in between her sobs. Abhi too hugged her back rubbing her back.
''Shhh Aaliya we two are at fault so stop blaming yourself for everything.I promise i will make everything alright''said Abhi .Then Aaliya broke the hug wiping her tears.
''No bhai i will you help to make up coz we both are at fault.I am not going to let you fight and make up for my mistakes anymore.So we will make everything right together as i am not going to be selfish and self centred anymore''said Aaliya with determintaion and Abhi smiled by this.
''I am really proud to hear this from you Aaliya.''said Abhi with a smile and placed a kiss on her forehead.
''Thank you bhai.But i will leave you with bhabhi now.Take care bhai''said Aaliya with a smile.
''Sure Aaliya''said Abhi returning the smile and Aaliya left the room.
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Pragya who saw Aaliya entered her and Abhi's room went to kitchen to help Robin to clean the dishes as she wanted to give privacy to the Aaliya and Abhi.Once she finished cleaning the dishes with Robin pragya wiped her hands with the towel and turned to Robin who was cleaning the dinning table .
''Robin ''called pragya and he looked at her.
''Gi bhabhi''asked Robin .
''You take a day off tomorrow as i will be home and others are out of town for two days.''said pragya.
''Thanks bhabhai''said Robin with a smile
''Its okay Robin.Go and enjoy tomorrow''said pragya and left the kitchen with a smile.
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Once pragya entered their room she looked at Abhi who was busy in his phone and entered the washroom to fresh up.After 15 minutes she came back wearing her night dress and putting her hair in braid and looked at Abhi who was still busy in phone and shook her head with irritation.She then went towards Abhi and snatched the phone from Abhi's hand.
''oyi chasmish what are you doing/''asked Abhi trying to get his phone
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''What are doing with the phone when doctor asked to take rest.I know app ek rockstar hai,but you are not a superman.So now keep your work aside and take some rest Abhishekh.You know how much worried i was when i saw you faint like that.so please Abhishekh take rest''said pragya with concern and Abhi could not handle this care and concern anymore.
''How could you worry about me when i am the one always made you worry pragya?''asked Abhi and pragya didn't know what to say hearing the seriousness in his voice.
''Abhishekh i know you are feeling guilty for whatever you and Aaliya did with me,but its not completely your mistake too Abhishekh.Even i kept the truth from you when i came to know you married me thinking i was the girl who is with purab,so if your are at fault i am at fault too.So just forget about it and stop feeling guilty.''said pragya in a soft voice.
''Pragya please don't.Just don't blame yourslef for my and my sister's stupidity.We both actually spoiled three lives coz of a misunderstanding and here you are talking about it casually.Please slap me,call me by names,hit me but please don't show me this care and concern which i don't deserve .I can't even see myself in the mirror without feeling like i am a monster pragya.Never in my life i though i would become the person i was now and if daadi comes to know what all i did she will never ever even see my face again.I was deserved to be punished not to be taken care of.so please pragya just punish me as much as you want and however you want.''said Abhi with moist eyes and pragya didn't even know how to console him seeing the emotion he is going through.Pragya sat beside him keeping her hand on his and made him look at her.
''Abhishekh i know you did some mistakes and hurted me .But you did all this coz you though i am the girl deserved to be treated like this.But even then you loved my family like yours and cared for them.I know Abhishekh you are feeling guilty and hurting for what you did and that's also one of the reason i didn't tell you the truth before coz i know you will hurt yourself like this.But Abhishekh there is no happiness written in my destiny so we can't blame anyone for what happened.If i am destinied to be unhappy then who is there to blame.So stop blaming yourslef and take some rest.''said pragya with a small smile .
''No pragya if someone deserved to be happy its you.I may have treated you in the past which made you think that you are destinied to be unhappy,but i promise you that i will make you happy and treate like a princess from now.But for that i want you to give this marriage a second change like i decided to.I know i was never a good husband ,but i will try to be one .so pragya will you give this marriage a second chance?''asked Abhishekh and pragya looked at him with shock and suprise.
''Abhishekh did you even know what are you saying?I know you feel guilty,but i doesn't mean you want to give a chance to a relation when never existed before except for the sake o others.I know you are in love with Tanu and want to spend the life with her.So please talking like this coz i know you will regret this later.''said pragya and Abhi's blood boiled at the name of his girl friend or Ex-girlfriend now.
''No pragya.Don't even utter that Tanu's name from your mouth .She is such a dirty women and didn't even deserved to be called by you''said Abhi with anger and pragya became concern seeing this.
''Abhishkeh what happened between you and Tanu?''asked pragya but Abhi just shook his head.
''Nothing pragya''said Abhi and turned his face the other side.But pragya cupped his face and made him look at her.
''Abhishekh please tell me what happened ?If you atleast respect me now tell me what happened.But i know something is wrong and you are not just hurting from guilt and pain for your action and there is something else hurting you''said Pragya and Abhi looked at her suprise how she can read like a open book and understand him well.Abhi know he has to let out the pain of betrayal he was feeling from this evening and he also know if someone can understand his pain its none other than pragya so he took a deep breath and started to tell what happened in Tanu's apartment this evening.
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Bulbul was sitting in her room on her bed and was lost in her thoughts about,Purab and Aaliya's engagement and how they both agreed to separate ways so that her di can be happy.she know seeing purab with Aaliya is going to hurt her like hell but she can't see her di hurting coz of her anymore.For her ,her Di is like another mother who took care of all her needs and happiness from childhoon even sacrificing her's many times.But she never though her di will have to face the worst problems in her married life coz of her.Though pragya assured her that it was not her fault,she can't think like that.Bulbul know she will be lost without purab,but if pragya continued to face problems and gets hurt her she will not able to live with herslef.So its the best for all thought Bulbul wiping her tears.Just then her phone rang and Bulbul was confused to see an unknkown number flashing on her screen .
''Hello''said Bulbul attending the call.There was a silent on the other end for few seconds then the caller spoke.
''Hi Bulbul.Its Aaliya''said Aaliya and Bulbul was shocked thinking why would she call her .
-To Be Continued.
With Love,
Scarlett.
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