Swayam thought for a while before knocking sharon's room... Sharon had heard him knock but didn't bother to reply.. she knew it was swayam and even if she doesn't reply , he would anyway come in... exactly what Sharon had thought , swayam waited for some time and then came inside to find Sharon sitting on the bed...
"I hope your dad had informed you about our trip???" he asked curtly...
Sharon nodded looking at him...
"good... We will be leaving tomorrow morning... get ready by then..." He informed and turned to leave... Before going out of the room , he stopped and turned to look at Sharon again and continued... " pack your bags accordingly... remember , we are going for seven days , not 7 years and by car not by truck..." without waiting for her reply , he walked out of the room...
Sharon wanted to walk upto him and choke him to death... She took in long breathes to calm her anger...
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Taani was holding aru in her arms who was continuously sobbing and sniffing and was not at all ready to let swayam and Sharon go...
"aru... you are good girl nuh??? Mumma papa ko kaam hai baby... please dadi aur piya ke paas raho.. hum jaldi jaldi chale ayenge..." Sharon was caressing her hair and cuddling her trying to calm her down...
"nahi mumma... don't go..." aru has never lived without Sharon , so she was not at all ready to let Sharon go away...
Swayam felt something sink in him seeing aru clinging onto Sharon... he knew he had signed the divorce papers and wanted Sharon to sign them... he knew he wanted aru's custody with him but the view in front of him made him question his decision... would aru really be happy without Sharon?? his mind and heart both started questioning him in a loop...
Swayam's reverie was broken as his mother gestured him to help Sharon convince aru...
Swayam immediately went forward and caressed aru's hair...
"choco pie... Mumma papa ko bohut important kaam hai... I promise.. we will come fast and bring lots of chocolates and dolls..." He kissed her forehead... after some time aru stopped crying and let swayam Sharon go taking promise that they will be back soon and bring chocolates for her...
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Swayam was driving in silence while Sharon was sitting getting irritated with the silence... sharon's leg has stiffened by sitting in one position for too long... She quickly folded her legs on the seat and sat comfortably.. swayam shook his head in exasperation seeing Sharon folding her legs...
After some more minutes of driving in silence , Sharon looked at swayam ... "stop the car..." She said...
Swayam completely ignored her and continued to drive...
"swayam.. I said stop the car... Agar tumne brake nahi lagaya.. toh I'll start screaming and tell everyone that you are kidnapping me..." She warned him...
Swayam looked at Sharon with his mouth hung open.. he knew if Sharon had said this she was very well capable of doing that... He parked the car by the side of the road and Sharon got out... She opened the back door , pulled out her backpack and took a bed sheet out... She sat back beside him and wrapped herself up in the bedsheet cooing into the seat... swayam literally face palmed seeing hr antics... she was feeling cold in the AC and thus had covered herself in the sheet...
Sharon ahd expected swayam to at least taunt her after she did this.. but as she found swayam continue to drive in silence she got more irritated...
After some time she looked at him again... " stop the car right now..." She ordered.. swayam without any further words parked the car again...
Sharon got down and went to the roadside stall and after sometime came back with packets of chips and biscuits...
After swayam started to drive again , Sharon started eating the chips and the biscuits without even offering it to swayam... Sharon knew swayam loved his car more than anything and always kept it clean... so after finishing each packet of chips and biscuits she threw it inside the car to irritate him...
Swayam on the other hand knew her to well to understand why she was doing this.. he knew she was intentionally trying to irritate him to make him say something so that Sharon could pick up a fight and blame it on him.. so he preferred to keep mum...
After another couple of hour they reached the resort where they were about to stay... Swayam parked the car , got out , took his bag and walked in ignoring Sharon... Sharon got down , made a face at swayam and then walked behind him taking her bag...
Since they had come here for official work and the rooms were booked by the company , they ahd not created any fuss about two separate rooms... swayam and Sharon both had not objected for a single room since they didn't want to create a scene in front of the company authorities...
Swayam and Sharon checked in their room and Sharon dropped herself on the bed...
Swayam on the other hand , checked the washroom , cupboards and drawer like any other normal person would do after checking in a resort... Sharon looked at him as if he was an alien...
After he was done , he also dropped down on the bed closing his eyes when he felt the mattress bounce a bit... he opened his eyes to find Sharon rushing towards her bag and started taking her clothes...
"what are you doing???" he asked in disbelief...
"going to the washroom... before you can go in..." she said like a kid taking her clothes out.. swayam frowned and sat up on the bed...
"ohh really????" he said with a smirk and rushed towards the bathroom... Sharon saw him getting up and immediately stood up and rushed towards the bathroom simultaneously ...
Before Sharon could reach , swayam was already inside the bathroom facing her with a victorious smirk...
"dekho.. bahar niklo..." Sharon glared at him...
"haaw.. varna kya?? Mummy se complain karogi????" he asked with a sarcastic smile...
"I came first..." Sharon stomped her foot with a frown...
"correction.. you thought to come first..." with that he closed the door with a bang without noticing that Sharon was holding the door.. as he had banged it close , Sharon immediately removed her hands as acute pain shot through her nerves...
"aahhh..." She hissed in pain... Swayam had heard her flinch from inside... He thought it was another one of her antics to make him come out of the washroom , so he ignored her and continued to freshen up...
Sharon looked at the closed door of the washroom with tears forming in her eyes.. she had expected swayam to come out ... She was always confident about the fact that swayam still loved her but for the first time today she felt that swayam was least bothered about her without even wanting to feel like that... She held her palm as more tears ran down her cheeks because of the pain...
She couldn't even apply water on her palm because swayam was in the washroom...
After sometime swayam came out of the washroom wiping his face with a towel.. he went and stood in front of the mirror to brush his hair... suddenly he found Sharon holding her palm and flinching ... He immediately left the brush and rushed and knelt down in front of Sharon on the floor...
"Sharon.. kya hua?? Why are you crying????" he asked holding her hand which made her flinch more...
"nothing..." She whispered without meeting his eyes...
"Sharon.. let me see... what happened????" swayam forcefully looked at her hand which was swollen and the little finger had blood clot...
"leave it swayam... jab cheekh sunne ke baad you didn't bothered toh why now???" she asked him.. more than anger , her voice was dipped with complaint...
Swayam recalled her shout and it didn't take much time for himt o guess what might have happened...
"I am.. I am sorry... I didn't do it intentionally..." He said as sincerely as he could caressing her palm... he quickly stood up and called the reception for some ice...
Within some time , swayam was sitting beside Sharon dubbing sharon's palm with the ice...
"its okay... I'll do it..." Sharon tried to snatch her hand back but swayam held it lightly yet firmly...
"zidd mat karo...let me do it..." Swayam looked deep into her eyes...
"why do you have to show that you care swayam????" she asked him fighting her tears...
"because I do care about my mistakes... I accept my mistakes Sharon and I try to mend them..." swayam was talking about hurting sharon's hand but Sharon knew he had meant something else too... only if Sharon was a bit less complicated... like swayam was...
"is it necessary to physically heal every wound????" she asked swayam finally letting the tear flow... Swayam looked up at her understanding what she was asking for...
"yes... it is important..." swayam said looking away pretending that he had not understood what Sharon had actually meant by that...
Sharon smiled at her fate... she knew she needs to tell swayam that she won't be fine without him but something in her would never let her say that aloud...
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