Amaranthine Hope: Part 2
"If you say you still
love me, then why did you marry Dr. Aman?"
I felt her hold on me weaken, as she stepped away from
me. It would be an understatement to say
I felt sad. No, I didn't just feel sad. Sadness was one emotion; it was accompanied with
hurt, anger, betrayal, not to mention jealousy.
I saw her look around; looking around for someone in particular, I assumed.
My eyes stayed glued on hers, noticing she had finally rested
her gaze on someone. I followed her
gaze, only to find RK looking back at her.
Confusion clouded my thoughts, as I saw him nodding in response and
turning around to disperse the people that had crowded in the hall by now.
Ragini grabbed my forearm, leading me to the back of the hall.
Tears threatened to spill from her eyes, and despite how hurt
I felt, I could never see her like that.
So as always, before I could even think of stopping myself, my hands
cupped her face and wiped her face clean from the tears.
She smiled as she cried some more.
"I'm wiping your tears not to make room for some more
Ragini. Stop crying!"
Frustration took over; until she tiptoed to meet my height,
and placed a kiss on my cheek. As
unsatisfied as I was with not having received an answer yet, she still had the same effect on me. My heart was racing as I felt the same way I
felt when she had kissed me after accepting my proposal.
I looked down, unwilling to let her see the little smile that
had escaped on my face.
You're
supposed to be angry Nachiket, remember?
Thankfully, she seemed to have understood I needed answers
because she took my hands in hers, and - after what seemed like an eternity -
finally spoke up.
"I lied Nachiket," she said, peeling her eyes away from me to
stare at the ground. "I never wanted to,
but I just couldn't help myself after all that you said to me." Her head hung in defeat, but I didn't
understand why.
"What are you talking about?" I questioned her. All these puzzles and riddles were irking me
now. "Say it clearly Ragini. Don't talk in circles!"
She straightened up and looked at me, "I am not married to Dr.
Aman Nachiket. It's all a lie."
It took me a while to finally register what she said, but even
then, I couldn't believe it. "Are you
f**king kidding me right now Ragini? So
you were lying this whole time? I can't
believe it," I spoke out in exasperation.
Did she have any idea what
that one lie put me through?
"Nachiket listen to me!
I know what I did was wro-"
"WRONG?" I interrupted her.
"You think it was wrong? That's it?
Do you have ANY idea HOW angry I feel right now?
She was the one person who brought out the best and the worst in me.
I was enraged. Here I
was. Feeling guilty. FOR her.
But she knew. She
lied. The one thing I hated the
most. When she lied. She
knew that.
I walked away, only to have her pull me back to where we were
standing.
"You can't walk out on me Nachiket. You have
to listen to me!" she said loudly. I
laughed, "So now you're going to justify this as well? Okay, let's hear it," I said as I stood
there, crossing my arms.
"Do you remember the night you came to my apartment early in
the morning?"
Refusing to speak up, I nodded slightly in response. "Well that's where it started from."
"I don't care where it started from Ragini. The fact is that you lied to me! You know that, don't you?"
"I do Nachiket, but
do you remember all the things you said to me?
How no man could tolerate me, or be able to live with me because I'm so
strict? Well I had to prove you wrong
because I hate it when you say that to me.
Don't you remember that?"
--
"Nachikettt!"
"What
happened Ragini? Is everything okay?" I
ran to her. "Are you okay?"
"What is this?"
she pointed out to me.
I looked
at the mat she had her eyes set on; "Are you seriously angry about that?"
"I've told
you so many times! How much more effort does
it take for you to throw your socks in the hamper?"
"I just
came home Ragini, give me a break!"
"So what? I was working the whole day too! Doesn't mean I go throwing off my clothes
everywhere and anywhere!"
"Well you
know, I don't have any problem if you do want to do that," I replied with a
wink.
She just
threw aside my wink with a ferocious stare; "Okay fine, stop scaring me with
that look. Seriously, you need to loosen
up a little. One of these days, you're
really going to start becoming unbearable," to which I received a hard punch to
the chest.
I laughed
at her as I put my socks in the hamper.
--
"I haven't forgotten what you said that night Nachiket. It still haunts me; makes me think I drove
you away. And I wanted to prove you
wrong. That it wasn't all my fault. That we separated not just because of
me. Because I will never be able to
forgive myself if it really was my fault all along."
--
End of Part 2
Sooo.
How did you guys find it?
And a question for you all. What do you guys think about Nachiket swearing? I actually asked one of my friends if that seemed out of place, and she said it did. But I guess I just want to show how she is the one capable of making him react.
I want to show his anger, because it wasn't like this was a small thing to lie about.
Let me know what you guys think :)
And as always, comments are always appreciated 😳
Lots of love,
Hinal 🤗
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