Aahil sat in the shadows by the window...
Sanam had her back turned towards him...but the very presence of her fragile frame in his bed broke him. He would never have wanted this. Never. Not like this.
He could not deny anymore that Sanam evoked in him the strongest emotion he ever felt for anyone...but right after that came an even greater truth that she did not care for him one bit. Worse...she cared for someone else...his Brother!
It had not escaped him, even though it made his blood boil. Rehaan doted on Sanam, and she sought comfort in his arms...those arms that should have been his- Aahil's...those hands that wiped her tears that should have been only HIS.Instead, she had called that one most significant night in his life a mistake...a big mistake for her! It had changed the course of his life...given him a new identity...a new beginning...and she called it a mistake!
A mistake it had been! To give oneself up in worship of another...but he was powerless...he was a wiling slave...rejected...by the one he loved with all his heart. How could she! How could she deny him and offer the heart that belonged to him to another? Love...a word so loosely used by the world...yet it had possessed him with a fury now...tearing him into bits...
Would he ever feel complete again? Would he feel lighter ever?
He hated them all. His Ammi for forcing him into marriage...his sisters for being the reason he had to, Rehaan for special place he had in Sanam's life.. .Sanam for not even giving him a second glance...
He hated them all! But most of all he hated himself...for pushing her into a relationship she hated...for making her hate him more...how he wished he had not agreed to a surprise replacement of his bride...why had it not occurred to him that she would never be a willing bride to him...until he had sensed the reluctance in that compelled qubool hai' she had muttered in response to his eager one...
He would forgive them all- his Ammi, even Rehaan...
But he would neverforgive her for making his heart ache every day for the rest of his life...neither would he forgive himself for selfishly forgetting that she dreamt of a future with someone else...
It was all a mistake!
Sanam gulped back the sob that was desperately trying to escape...
She had had no other option. Nida had disappeared...backed out at the last moment...she had been a replacement bride at the eleventh hour. She had no idea how she had agreed...Begum Sahiba had ordered it, and the rest of the family had worked hard at convincing her. It had been a matter of losing it all. Badi Begum had been very earnest in begging her to consider; Nazia and Shazia had just stood around in silent request. Latif had drilled into her that she owed it to Aahil for saving her life...and she had reluctantly agreed. What a mistake it was! Aahil's eyes had been downcast as he uttered the agreement- he had been surprised and disappointed. Of course he had been! He was the Nawaab, and she was his cook...the most insignificant person in his household...
It must have been nothing but plain humiliation for him to marry a servant- his mother had not even attended the nikaah! She was nothing but the most mediocre substitute!
And he had hated her...ever since that night. Latif had told her that she had clung to him for support...and he had hated that! If he felt ashamed when she embraced him in the most terrifying moment in her life...she could very well imagine how much he loathed her as his bride! Why had she not thought about him when she gave in to the emotional blackmail? It was all a big mistake, and she was going to pay for it by being wife to a man who despised her very presence...a man whose proximity was beginning to bring out some unnamed emotions in her...
She felt ashamed. She had insulted the institution called marriage- she wouldn't be able to show her face to her Badi Ammi...Especially when this really was a meaningless, namesake wedding... Why O why! Why had she acted impulsively...why had she not declined this eleventh hour proposal? Why had she not thought about how much Aahil Razaa Ibrahim hated her being around him! Why had she concluded that she wanted hiim to have all the joys in his life...his father's legacy, his family's pride and honour...Why Why Why? Why when all he had in his eyes was growing contempt for her...She had so horribly wronged him, and she really could not blame him for hating her more and more now...
She wondered if she would ever know peace, knowing the one man she looked up to, would hate her all his life...
She heard Aahil draw the curtains and step out of the room, plunging her into more darkness and hopeless, lonely despair...
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PS: This is inspired from the precap where Aahil sees Rehaan wiping Sanam's tears...
Since Aahil has to be married in ten days by hook or by crook...and Sanam is most definitely going to be his first and only ever bride...wondered how a wedding would happen with a quadrangle...š
And this could be considered a sequel to One Night...since all these thoughts are inspired by the show...of course, there are plenty of blanks between One Night and First Night!š
https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/qubool-hai/4044194/one-night-a-saahil-two-shot-pt2-upd-june-7 - One NIght
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