Arshi FF: Destined To Love Link # 2 pg 151 - Page 25

The entrance door banged shut bringing her out of her thoughts, she saw his swaying form coming in, she hid behind a pillar when he crossed the hallway to approach the bar. Already drunk, arnav opened the whiskey bottle to pour in more, the weird sweet/foul tasting liquid burned and soothed his throat at the same time. This was how he spent his nights, drinking to the point till his head dropped then falling asleep on the nearby recliner. With each glass of drink that he gulped down he hoped that the images of that incident would become hazy, the pain in his heart would lessen but nothing of that sort ever happened. He continued to live under the shadows and miseries of that night.

"arnav ji. Don't punish yourself." He heard someone say, he opened his drowsy eyes wide and adjusted them to focus on the figure that was slowly coming towards him.

khushi halted her feet at a safe distance from him. She didn't know why but it disturbed her to see him punishing himself for something that he'd done unwillingly. He stared right back at the person because of whom he was suffering.

" just get out of my sight. OUT." he growled, flaring his nostrils.

" Stop blaming yourself for that night. You weren't at fault." She said without getting perturbed by his outburst.

He tilted his head slightly and glared at her, wondering how dare she say that he wasn't at fault when he knew clearly he'd disgraced his marriage. How dare she say that he shouldn't punish himself when he deserved to be punished for taking advantage of her. Tightening his grip around the glass he was holding he considered himself no less than any filthy animal who had slept with her before.

"arnav ji..you're not a bad husband and di is very fortunate to have you as a life partner." She truly believed what she said, he was indeed a wonderful husband when compared to her step father, her ex husband and all the men who she'd ever come across.

He smirked at her face, yeah he was a very nice husband, a husband who had broken all the marital vows by sharing a bed with a stranger and his wife was lucky to have a life partner like him.

" I'm surprised that in one night you've known so much about me." he blurted after emptying the glass that he'd filled.