My Lover, My Cheater, My Arranged Marriage In Drogheda (P16 PG23) Comp

Drogheda was a town about 30 miles from Dublin, known for its quota of independent artists and musicians.
It was there, in one of the oldest towns of Ireland that the Khanna's and Mehta's decided to open an academy of arts.

It was also in that town that Prakash Khanna and Ashish Mehta decided on the day Neil Khanna was born that he would be wed to Ashish's daughter if he was ever to have one, luckily he did.
Her name was Avni, she had a lot of suitors come her way but keeping her promise to her parents and their best friends, she turned them away.

Neil and Avni had grown up in close proximity, there wasnt anything they didnt know about eachother and were more than happy to marry eachother, the marriage was done with great ardour.

But marriage wasn't a joke, it was a life changing commitment, it was several vows you promised to withhold for a lifetime, but life could change in seconds and mistakes were easy to make, Neil and Avni learnt that the hard way.

This is a story of love at its purest form, and the small incidents that can take your love away.
Can Neil and Avni find a way to make their marriage work or when love was lost, was it truly lost forever?

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I smiled at the guests who shook my hand, im sure these people thought I was the happiest woman in the world. But they were wrong, I hadn't been happy for a long time. It seemed the marriage I once agreed to because I was in love, was now nothing but a marriage of convenience.

It wasnt like anything could be changed, our marriage was as my father always said 'good for business' and a cheating scandal would only break the empire my parents and his had worked so hard to make.

I looked down at Neil's hand in mine, it was warm and soothing and I had to fight to not sink into his hold again.
The way he looked at me made my heart soar, his eyes were full of love and adoration all for me, but I didnt want it, not after what he had done.

I hated how he could still affect me, it had been months since we had agreed to break up but still act as a married couple for our families, even though I told myself I didnt love him, it seemed he still had my heart. I pulled my hand out of his hold and tried not to focus on the lost look in his eyes as I walked away.

"You okay superstar"
I smiled up at my father and nodded, I just needed to get out, away from my husband.
I walked outside and sat down, finally letting the tears out that I had been trying so hard to keep in.

"Avni" a deep masculine voice called my name, I quickly swiped at my tears and turned around to face Neil, smiling
His face dropped immediatley "You've been crying again"
It seemed there was nothing I could hide from him, although there was many things he could hide from me

He sat down on the bench next to me "I want to make this right Avni, I hate seeing you like this"
I laughed, how could he hate seeing me this way when he was the reason for my pain.
"I hate being like this"
I watched as he raised his hand to cup my cheek but I pulled back

"Everytime I look at you, all I see is her, all I see is a cheater, not the man I fell in love with"
He grimaced and put his hand back down
"Ill fix this, I swear"
"How"
"Ill tell everyone, ill let you go"

"You think this would make it better, you leaving me, dont you think you've taken enough away from me as it is"
His face morphed into one full of fear "im just scared that im doing you more damage by holding on, I just want to see you smile again, and I dont know how to make that happen"

I hated how I felt sympathy for him, he didnt deserve that, but still my heart hurt for him, hurt for us. What we could have been and what we were now, it wasnt how it was meant to be.
"You know, I often wondered how my heart could ever be fixed when the only one that had the power to fix it was the one that broke it"

"You know I love you right, it was a stupid mistake and it never should have happened, I wont make excuses, but I wonder if you have it in you to let me try to fix it"
I shrugged "im still with you aren't I"
He reached for my hand, kissing my palm.

"Thats all I need to hear"
"You kids alright" asked Prakash
Neil turned to face him and nodded
It came so easy to him, to lie. Yes we were doing this for our family but I would never understand why it didnt make him even bat an eyelid everytime we said we were okay.

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Neil cheated on Avni though he loved her Heart breaking! Let's see who is the girl behind .Hope they get through this and work out their relationship .Looking forward to read more

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Avni and I walked back into the party, I watched as her eyes lit up and she hugged another man, I had no right to be jealous after what I had done but that didnt stop my blood boiling.
Her arms were wound tightly around him and it seemed he was whispering something in her ear, that made her laugh.

I couldnt make her laugh, not anymore, she was like stone, rigid and never moving with me, yet with this man she changed, her eyes twinkled, she smiled, a smile that had always managed to take my breath away, something I hadn't been able to do in months, he had done in seconds- make her smile.

"Who's this" I could hear the anger in my voice, my whole body burning with rage and jealousy. Her eyes widened and she pulled away "Neil, this is Ali, Ali, this is Neil"
I noticed how she had appropriately not labelled me as her husband.
I outstretched my hand and took his, my grip was hard making my wrist tinge, I needed him to know that Avni was mine.

"Im her husband"
Ali nodded "I know she talks about you all the time"
I dropped his hand in shock, my eyes falling on her, there was me being jealous when I had no reason to be, she was nothing like me, she would never cheat
But still, I hated how she looked at him, because I had seen that look in her eyes before, she used to look at me that way

"All good things I hope" it was a joke, of course. I knew there was never anything good she could say about me
Ali slapped my shoulder "It always is"
Avni's cheeks were tinged with red and she immediatley looked away, avoiding my gaze
It felt as if we were the only ones in the room, my fingers itched to just touch her

So I did, I grabbed her hand, confusion was clear in her eyes as I pulled her to the dancefloor.
I spun her around, then pulled her so her back was against my chest, it felt good to finally have her close again, she shuddered when I moved her hair away and pressed a kiss to her neck
"Did I tell you already that you look beautiful tonight "

"Yes six times already"
"Good, because you deserve to know"

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Neil skimmed his nose on my neck making me suck in a deep breath, he turned me around to face him, his eyes hooded. For just this moment I wanted to pretend I was okay, that we were okay. So much had happened over the last few months that had broken us apart, yet still my heart beat so fast when he was close, like it was beating for him

I watched over his shoulder at the many happy faces smiling our way, it gave me hope that even if we could never work, maybe our families could.
Then as if this moment had never happened, I realised just how broken we were when the homewrecker stepped into the party, I could feel my nails digging into Neil's shoulders

As if he knew, he turned his head and spotted her
"Avni I"
I shook my head "No, I can't do this"
I knew everyone was watching but I didnt care, I ran as fast as I could till I got outside, I could hear heavy footsteps behind me

"Dont you think you've done enough, just leave me alone, its over, we're over"
I was turned around fast and my father's eyes darkened as he raised his hand
Like my saviour out of nowhere Neil grabbed his wrist and shook his head
I didnt want to be anywhere near them, so I ran and ran until I was in the safety of my own home