Chapter 1
Travelling in a car, returning back from baryelli gauri was kinda happy to return back to her routine that she had started to religiously follow since the past 8 months; yes it's been 8 months since om and gauri's marriage.
Resting her head back on the head rest of the car she was commuting in, she closes her eyes and quickly rewinds her life of 8 months.. What has she gained? Nothing her brain screamed... Were those 8 months a mere waste of her time and life; well no even though they didn't give her anything in terms of content they still ended up teaching her a few lessons that she will not forget in her life.
Gauri's POV
Ek hafta hum ghar se bahar rahe, par na koi phone aur na he koi message, kya koi ehmiyat nhn hai humari unki zindagi main? Kya ek phone ke layak bhi nhn samjhte hain wo hume. Hume maaloom hai ki wo iss shaadi ko nhn maante par aath mahine saath rehne ke baad toh ek insaan ko ek janwar se bhi lagaav hone lagta hai toh hum toh fer ek insaan he the..pyaar ke liye na sahi par insaaniyat ke naate he phone karke pooch lete ek baar ki hum zinda hai ya mar gye... Par ab hum bhi chup nhn rahenge, agar unke liye koi ehmiyat nhn hai iss rishte ki toh hum bhala kyun zabardasti rahen unke aas pass. Aaj ek aakhri baar jawaab maangenge hum. Aaj ki chandani raat he humare rishte ka future the karega.
( I have been away for a week yet not a single phone call or a message, Does he not care for me at all? Does he not worth me for even a call or a message? I know he doesn't value our marriage... despite being together for 8 months he isn't attached to me while some people can grow fond of animals in this time... Could he not just call for the sake of humanity? Does he not want to know whether I am alive or not? Enough now! I won't stay quiet anymore, I can't spend my life like this. I need an answer and today he will have to answer me... I can't stay with him if he doesn't value me...This full moon night shall decide the future of our relationship)
Meanwhile, in the OM was a soul who was red in fury...
Himmat kaise hui gauri ki mujhe dhoka dene ki? Samjhti kya hai wo khud ko? He murmurs clenching his teeth.
Waise toh bada kehti hai yeh shaadi uske shankarji ka aashirwaad hai toh fer kyun shaadishuda hone ka bawajood wo kisi paraaye mard ke saath yun... He wonders out aloud. ( How dare she betray me??? What does she think of herself? She was the one to procrastinate about this marriage being her shankarji's blessing then why despite being married she chose to be with another man??)
Aaj gauri ko jawab dena hoga, mere unn saare sawaalon ka jawaab dena hoga use... he adds and plans a surprise for his wife. ( Tonight gauri will have to answer me, answer all my questions)
Gauri's car halts and her reverie is broken...Looking outside she sees Oberoi mansion that has been her abode for the past 8 months. Setting her estranged hair she gets down and is taken aback when she feels a manly figure hugging her... Inhaling the cologne she recognizes the man to be her ritually wedded husband and calms her panicked heart down...
Not knowing whether to hug him back or no, she keeps her arms on the side...Om's eyes turn red feeling her not hug him back. Fisting his plams he remembers the time he had seen her name along side a male name called arjun in that tainted lodge. Confabulating about what might have happened behind the closed door, he digs in his nails into her shoulders making her yelp. Masking his red eyes perfectly and donning a perfect smile he asks Kaisa raha tumahra safar... ( How was your trip?)
Seeing gauri standing like a dummy, he shakes her... Huuhh o..omkaraji she says in a trance
Acha gauri baaki baatein baad main, pehle tum mere saath chalo. Ek surprise hai mere pass tumahare liye..Om tells her not giving her a chance to say anything. ( We will speak later, Just come with me! I have a surprise for you)
Dragging her to his car, he opens the door for her and settles down besides her on the driver's side. A silent drive follows and the car halts outside a lodge, the same lodge where he had supposed gauri to be with another man. Quickly deboarding from the car, he like a genteel man gets his woman out and accompanies her inside. Seeing the manger pass on dirty looks towards gauri, om's blood boils and he in a threatning tone asks for the room keys he had booked earlier.
Holding her hand, om takes her to the same room he had supposed her to be in with another man. Asking her to dress up in the gift he had bought for her and reach the terrace with the help of signs he has placed he leaves to look through the final arrangements.
As if in a daze, gauri robotically walks to the bed and recalls the past 1.5 hour...Yeh kya hogya hai inhe? Pehle hume yun gale lagaana, fer yahan laana, ab yeh taufa...Pehle toh aise kabhi nhn kiya hai omkaraji ne fer aaj kyun? Aisa kya badal gya hai 1 hafte main jo omkaraji aise bartaaw kar rahe hain? She thinks to herself. ( What has happened to him?? Firstly that hug, now bringing me here and lastly this gift... He hasn't done this for me earlier so what changed in this week that omkaraji is behaving like this?)
Seeing her phone ring, she picks it up and goes to get dressed. Coming out of the dressing room she looks herself in the big mirror and is pleasantly surprised at her husband's outfit selection. Giving her makeup a final touch, she rotates the knob of the room door and follows the lights towards the terrace.
Darkness engulfs once she reaches the threshold...Omkaraji! she calls out and in a second the whole terrace lights up with a beautiful mix of pearl white and dazzling colored lights. Flower petals shower on her and make a path full of roses for her to walk on. Slowly om comes fore her sight and she smiles seeing him being color coordinated.
Splaying his hand for her, om bows down a little and kisses her hand as soon as she placed it on top of his, leading her towards the water fountain, he lets her enjoy to the fullest while his eyes change colors emoting his inner turmoil. Not able to take it anymore, Om sneaks his hand around her waist sending shivers down her body while an ahh escapes her mouth..
Bending his head in the crook of her neck, he inhales her scent and blows on her neck making her breathing erratic. Pulling her into himself a little more, omkara runs down his hands along the length of her arms making her throw back and rest her head on his chest.. Turning her around to face her, he lifts up her face and gently kisses on her forehead, followed by her eyes, her nose and then goes towards her neck.. Moving her hair towards her side he tends to her shoulder blade while his hands draw patterns around her belly button... Loosing herself in the tornado of emotions that omkara was igniting in her body, gauri snaps her eyes open as soon as she hears... Arjun ke saath bhi aise he maza aaya tha kya tumhe ya fer mere saath zaada aa raha hai... ( Are you enjoying more with me or is it the same what you felt with arjun??)
Yeh kya bakwaas kar rahe hain aap...Gauri asks him in fury while pushing him away from her body. ( What nonsense?? )
Tum dhakka toh aise de rahi ho jaise ki mere choone se tumhe ghin aati ho...Omkara says ( You're pushing me as if my touch disgusts you)
Aati hai ghin hume...! Aapke chune se he nhn balki aapki soch se bhi ghin aati hai hume...She retorts back. ( I do feel filthy, not just by your touch but also by your thinking)
Zaada pavitarta ka naatq karne ki zaroorat nhn hai. Tumahri sachaayi kya hai wo main ache se dekh chukka hoon aur samjh bhi chukka hoon...Omkara tells her ( You don't have to act of being so pious, I know your truth and your virtue... I have understood what kinda women you are)
Hume pavitarta ka naatq karne ki koi zaroorat nhn hai. Hum pavitar the, hain aur rahenge aur yeh baat humaare shankarji ache se jaante hain...Aapke maanne ya na maanne se koi farq nhn padhta hai hume...She tells him loathingly ( I don't have to act of being pious. I was, I am and I forever will be pious and my shankarji is the witness of my piuousness.. Your thinking about my character doesn't change anything)
Om was taken aback for a moment, but not wanting to lose this argument he accusingly says Toh kahan gyi thi tumahri pavitarta jab ek paraaye mard ke saath gulchare urra rahi thi tum issi lodge ke uss kamre main... And clutches her arms Yeh toh ek baar pakda hai maine tumhe pta nhn aur kitni baar aise he ghar par kuch bahaana bna kar gyi hogi tum... ( Ahaan...! Then where did this righteousness of yours go when you were enjoying with another man in that room of this lodge? This was just once that I have caught you, I wonder how many times other than this you would have lied and gone off to enjoy)
Jerking away from his hold, gauri looks up into his eye... Shaadi ke 8 mahine baad bhi aapki hume galat samjhne ki aadat nhn gyi. Hum he moorakh the jo sochne lage thi shayad yeh shaadi chal sakti hai, nibhaayi jaa sakti hai... Gauri says while hitting herself on her hand with her small palms ( Even after 8 months of staying together you can't just stop opinionating me according to your convenience... I was a fool to have started thinking that maybe this marriage could survive, this marriage could be worked upon...)
Tum jaise neech aurat par toh main mar kar bhi kabhi bharosa na karun, arey tum toh aurat kehlaane ke laayak bhi nhn ho... Jab dekho aadmiyon ke peeche ghoomti rehti ho. Pehle kaali Thakur, fer main aura b arjun... Pta nhn usse pehle bhi kitne aadmiyon ke saath tum...Chii. ( I would never trust a low life like you, You aren't even worthy enough to be addressed as a woman... You don't know anything else other than roaming around with different men... First kaali Thakur, then you laid your eyes on me and when you're done here you move on to arjun?? I wonder hoe many men have you enjoyed earlier)
Tumhe zara se bhi sharam nhn aati hai kya?? Om asks her being disgusted by her supposed affairs. ( Aren't you ashamed of doing this at all)
Gauri's heart broke with each accusation and disgust-laden word that came her way... She was feeling low about herself listening to how omkara was describing herself...
Kya yahi sankaar diye hain tumhe tumahre maa baap ne.. Shaadi ka lehaaz kar leti agar baaki saari sharam bhool gyi thi toh..He hits her last nerve ( Is this what you parents have taught you?? You could have respected the name marriage of not anything else)
Talaaq chaheye mujhe tumse...he adds and gets the papers out of his pocket.( I want a divorce)
Bas!! She roars... Bahut bol liya aapne aur bahut sun liya humne... Ab aur nhn! Himmat kaise hui aapki humare maa baba ke baare maine bolne ki?? She asks him clutching his collar. ( Enough!! You have said enough and I have had enough... Not a word more... How dare you speak about my parents like this??)
Agar itne he neech aur ghatiya lagte the hum aapko toh shaadi kyun ki humse?? Kisine aapke gale pe chaaku rakh kar toh aapse kaha nhn tha ki gauri se shaadi karlo warna maar denge tumhe... Gauri asks him making him aghast.. (If you had such an opinion about me then why the hell did you marry me?? Nobody had sworn off your life to marry me...)
Ek toh galti karti ho, aur use oopar se behas bhi karne ki himmat hai tumme?? Aarrey tumse achi toh wo swetlana he thi, atleast galti karne ke baad wo galti maan toh leti the na apni par tum toh.. Om says spitting on his side ( You have the audacity to argue even after being wrong?? That swetlana was better than you, atleast she had the guts to own up to her mistakes but look at you here..)
Agar itni he pasand thi toh ussi se shad kar lete kisine roka tha kya aapko?? Aur hum jaise hain bahut ache hain...aapse hume seekhne ki koi zaroorat nhn hai. Maaafi insaan galtiyon ke liye maangta hai galatfemiyon ke liye nhn samjhe Mr. oberoi... She says ( Why did you not marry her then? I am proud of being the way I am, you don't have to teach me... A person seeks forgiveness for mistakes and not for misunderstandings Mr.oberoi.)
Om was shocked hearing gauri address him as Mr.oberoi instead of omkaraji! He knew he was wrong somewhere but gauri's absence and ignorance was getting the worst out of him..
Talaaq chaheye na aapko...Denge hum aapko talaaq. Hume bhi shoq nhn hai aapke saath rehne ka.. Ghootan hoti hai hume aapke ghar main, aapke kamre main aur aapki zindagi main. She tells him holding herself stronger than she had ever perceived herself to be.. ( You want a divorce right? I will give it to you. Even I don't want to stay with you. You house, your room and your presence in my life is suffocating)
Om is shocked...Shocked that gauri has agreed for a divorce.. Never had he thought that gauri will stand upto him when he will present her the divorce papers. He had imagined her to seek forgiveness, beg for him to give her a chance.. but here she was not bowing down at all... Masking his emotions he says
Bahut badi badi baatein karti thin a tum..kahan gyi wo sab?? Tum toh kehti ki main tumahre shankarji ka aashirwaad hun toh kya hua uss aashirwaad ka??
( You used to always boast about me being a blessing for you, then what happened now??)
Talaaq ke papers dijiye aur btaayie kahan sign karne hain... Gauri tells him ( Give me the papers and tell me where to sign)
Tum chaaho toh main tumhe maaf kar sakta hoon... Bas maafi maanglo! Main sab kuch bhula ke tumhe ek mauqa de sakta hoon.. Om says hoping for her to reconsider her decision but what he didn't know was he was agitating her further.. ( I can forgive you if you want...All you have to do is seek forgiveness.. I can give you a chance)
Hume mauqa de sakte hain?? She asks him in a humourless laugh. ( You can give me a chance)
Haan de sakta hoon! Tum he toh kehti ho na ki tumahre liye main tumahre shankarji ke barabar hoon toh main tumhe ek mauqa de sakta hoon... apne dil ko samjha sakta hoon ki tums eek galti hui hai... he says hoping that his emotional blackmail works ( Yes I can! You had equated me to your shankarji so I can give you a chance...I can make peace with the your infidelity...)
Taking the papers from his hand, gauri signs it and throwing them on his face says... Shankarji ki jagah nhn di thi humne aapko aur na he kabhi denge.. Unse hum prem karte hain; aapki bas pooja ki kabhi prem nhn kiya aapse! Aur aap kya mauqa denge hume jabki galti humesha se aapki thi. ( I had never given you a place of my shankarji. Never can I ever think of doing so. I love my shankarji but for you I have only worshipped you, I never loved you. And how can you give me a chance when you yourself were wrong since our first meet.)
Not wanting to stand any further with the man who has time and again questioned her dignity, gauri is about to go when om holds her hand and pulls her back... Apne arjun ke pass jaa rahi ho kya?? Uske pass mujhse bhi zaada paisa hai kya?? He asks her ( Are you going to your arjun? Does he have more money than I have??)
Jerking her hand away from his hold, she starts to move, when he roars kuch poocha hai maine tumse... ( I have asked you something)
Kiss haq se?? she asks him in equal vigor ( With which right?)
Tum meri beewi ho...He states the obvious.. ( You are my wife)
Hume nhn lagta ki talaaq ke papers sign karne ke baad hum aapki beewi hain.. Gauri snaps back and walks off without explaining him anything.( I don't think I am your wife after signing those divorce papers)
Om looks at her retreating figure and his eyes juggle between the papers she had signed and her petite frame walking away from his... Not able to bear another betrayal he lets out a cry full of frustration, frustration of being rejected each time... Kya galti hai meri? Kyun har ladki mere pass sirf paise ke liye he aati hai? Kyun mujhse koi pyaar nhn kar sakta he asks remembering gauri's words aapse prem nhn kiya humne?? ( What is my mistake?? Why is every girl with me for money? Why can't anyone love me??)
Thank you so much for reading... Do like and comment if you enjoyed
Edited by aayushi1 - 7 years ago
Anupamaa
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