Madhvi stood like a statue there, motionless, did it just happen or its a dream; she thought.
"Madhviii..."
Madhvi heard kuber calling her name, and she went upstairs.
"Kuber aap... Did I really see you both together...?? Is everything alright...??" Madhvi couldn't help but ask. The smile on her face reflecting how happy she was.
"That ex daughter in-law of yours. She did hurt my son again. This time very badly. I will not take it madhvi. Abeer is done with her and wants to forget her. So I have taken a decision..."
"But kuber... Abeer still loves meher..."
"No I don't... Dad is right..."
Madhvi turned around to witness Abeer standing there. She couldn't believe what abeer just said.
"What is happening...??? Will someone tell me...???"
"Dad what have you decided..?? Trust me I'm fine with everything you decide... Wish I listened to you years back... Would have saved me from so much of trouble... You were right about her... Sadly..." said abeer.
"Her... About meher...??" asked madhvi.
"Yes... We are talking about Ms. Purohit only..." replied abeer in an emotionless tone.
"Abeer... If you want to relax today, do it... we can talk tonight..." suggested kuber.
"I'm fine dad... I will see you in office by lunch..."
Abeer said and made his way to his bedroom.
Kuber looked at abeer with pride in his eyes. This was his son, strong enough to face anything and then getting up again with courage and strength.
Suman was knocking on meher's door from past twenty minutes. She was now getting paranoid, given the condition in which meher was the night before. She heard meher crying whole night. Meher opened the door, dressed in a black long kurti. Her make up done, hair pinned at the back of her head. Just this time, her eyes were red and swollen and there was no smile on her face.
"I'm going to office maa..."
Meher said and left the house.
Suman wondered what happened last night and doubted if she did something wrong in telling meher about the truth. Another thing that disturbed her was Abeer. She couldn't understand why he hasn't returned her call yet. Now she was somehow sure something terribly bad happened with meher and abeer last night.
Meher gathered every ounce of courage left in her body before entering the office building. Her heart started beating at a supersonic speed thinking of how will she face abeer. She took a deep breath and prayed to god to sort everything quickly. She wants her abeer back now and at any cost. She would even go on her knees and apologise to him, if he wants. She would keep her ego aside this time, only for him and his love. How desperately she wishes that she did this thing years back. They would have been happy in their life and who knows even blessed with a kid or two by now. Sadly, life doesn't work on 'ifs' and 'buts'. Whatever happened last night, shook her from within and she had no power left in her to see things getting ugly... More ugly.She was determined to apologise and mend things between them. She entered the office and was reminded of the first time she stepped into that office. The first time she saw him in front of her eyes after years of separation. How her eyes never left his face, noticing how he changed in all these years. But today, the place failed to give her that feeling of being around him.
Meher searched for the only person she was yearning to see. But he was no where. Meher even called nisaar in her cabin later, for what she called 'catching up'. She talked to him hoping to know anything about abeer or his whereabouts. But in vain.
"Nisaar... Can you please call abeer and ask where is he...?? Its an office... He has to record his latest episode too... " said meher in a single breath.
"Everything alright...??"
"Yes..." she replied trying to sound normal.
Nisaar left the cabin and meher paced from left to right.
"Meher ma'am... Woh a.. Abeer sir...sattu sir ke cabin mein... He is calling you..." Rati knocked on the cabin and said with urgency in her tone.
"When did Abeer come...??"
"Just 5 minutes back ma'am"
Meher nodded and made her way to sattu sir's cabin.
"Abeer..."
Meher whispered when she saw him standing there looking handsome as ever. She wanted to run to him and hug him and tell him how sorry she was.
"Meher ji... Look at him... He says he wants to resign... How can he...??" Sattu sir said and collapsed on his chair.
"Sattu sir I need to do something different now. Moreover I'm not loving my work as much as I used to. Its not fun now. Plus I have decided to join my family business..." Abeer said ignoring the woman he loved to death. The same woman who killed him the night before.
"You... You have a contract binding you...". Meher interrupted, knowing what should she be saying.
"I will pay the compensation Ms. Purohit. I can breach a contract any time I want, one of the benefits of being rich..." Abeer replied stressing on the word 'rich'.
Her heart broke when he addressed her as 'Ms. Purohit'.
"Abeera... Tu mera rockstar hai yaar... Mere chopde... Humko chod kar Jaane ka mat soch... We will do whatever you say... Jo chahie woh tera... 9m slot chahie na... Tera bua ab se... Kyun meher ji...??" said sattu.
"Whatever he says..." Meher agreed and looked at abeer, hoping he would change his decision.
"Then I decide I should get going... Dont stop me here... But I will record the episodes for the coming week... Its my duty... I will not disappoint my audience..."
Abeer left the cabin without even looking at her for once. Meher also left the cabin and followed abeer. He entered his cabin and meher closed the door behind her. He turned around to see that meher followed him and now she closed the door. He ignored her and pretended to be working on something.
"Abe-"
"Remember I asked you to not say my name next time... I might start hating it..." Abeer said interrupting meher.
Meher was taken aback and taking a deep breath, took a step towards him.
"I am really ashamed of myself... I shouldn't have said any of it... I was emotionally unstable... I... I didn't mean any of it... I'm sorry... Please give me a chance to explain..."
"Are you drunk now...??? Or was it last night...?? You don't remember anything I told you last night... Do you...??" Abeer asked, now looking at her for the first time.
"Please... You know I don't meant it... I can't think like that about you... I am really sorry..." Meher again started.
"You know what... It doesn't matter anymore if you meant it or not... All that matters is that YOU are the boss here... You can say anything..."
"I insulted the man I once loved... I said that stuff about my husband..." Meher sobbed.
"Ex -husband... Yeh mat bhulna..." Abeer corrected meher.
"Abeer..." She stood in front of him and continued "just one chance... Please... I will apologise million times if you want... Please give me another chance... For Us...".
"There is no us... Ms. Purohit I would appreciate if you leave me alone..."
Meher tried to find her abeer in the man standing in front of her. But he wasn't there anymore. She was numb and turned around to leave, when someone knocked on the door.
Abeer opened the door and found tarun standing there with a smile on his face. Abeer stepped a little back, giving space for meher to leave the cabin. But she stood there and tarun entered the cabin. He was happy on seeing that meher was already in abeer's cabin and the door was locked.
"Jiju where were you last night...??? We called you..." asked tarun.
Meher looked away and wiped the tear that was about to roll down her eye.
"Beta... Go and sit in meher's cabin..." Abeer told tarun.
"Jiju I brought lunch for di and you... We will eat it together... What say..??" Tarun said happily.
"I'm not hungry... Go and have lunch with your sister..." abeer refused.
"No way jiju... Come na... Abeer jiju please..." Tarun requested and held abeer's hand.
"Stop calling me that... I'm not your jiju... Marr gya jiju tera... Jaa yahan se... Please chod do mera peecha tum log..." Abeer yanked tarun's hand away and shouted on him.
"Di... Yeh jiju..."
Tarun couldn't believe his ears and looked at meher for support.
Meher silently looked at tarun and tried controlling her emotions. It hurted her how abeer behaved with tarun. His every word piercing her heart. She moved past him and went into her cabin. But tarun kept standing there, his feet refusing to move.
"Jiju... Why are you saying this...?? We need you jiju... You said you will always be there... You are the only father figure I have... The elder brother I never had... Maa... Maa was worried about you... jiju say something na..." Tarun pleaded.
Abeer closed the door and tried contolling his emotions and temper. On seeing hiw broken and shattered tarun looked, abeer hugged him.
"Dekh tarun -"
"Tunnu jiju..." tarun corrected abeer.
"Tunnu try and understand what I am saying. I love you, maa and bua ji... Will always love you guys... But... Things are getting complicated between her and I... Its better if we stay away... I want nothing to do with her but I'm always there for you... Just a call away... The only difference is I'm not your jiju anymore... And never will be... Meher and I are over..." Abeer explained tarun.
"No... You are my jiju... My abeer jiju... Don't do this jiju... Why are you leaving us...?? Di will die without you jiju... We heard her crying and screaming last night... I don't know what happened but don't give up on us... Don't give up on di... All maa wants is to see you and di getting married again..."
"Sometimes its better to let go than holding on... Call me whenever you need me..." saying this abeer stormed out of the office.
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