|Not Anymore|- A KeeRti OS (18/12)

😆 So as I post this os, a kind warning- this is more of a Preeti OS and she will be doing things I've been wanting her to do for the longest time. You guys may or may not like it, so reader's discretion is advised😛

It had happened. Nandini had finally walked out of his life for good. It had been disheartening for him to realize that Arjun was not his son when Preeti had first shown him his DNA reports, but together they had finally exposed Nandini. And she was gone forever, and ever.

KT smiled content. He just wanted to tell Preeti ji, how relaxed he was. She would be happy too, of course. She had suffered a great deal at the hands of Nandini.

Stepping into the foyer, he turned to ascend the stairs when he saw her descending the stairs, with her suitcase in tow. His brows creased,nonetheless he offered to help as he saw her struggle but she refused, raising her palms upfront.

“Kahin jaa rhi hain aap?” KT enquired, his lips turning up in a smile.

Preeti looked at him, and then pulled the support of trolley and started dragging it behind her.

Confused on not receiving an answer, he opened his mouth yet again when his father beat him to it. He had been enjoying his evening tea along with the entire family.

“Kaha ja rhi ho bahu?”

“Main Ghar ja rhi thi” Preeti replied.

“Ghar?” Kushala stood up at that, her one brow arched in mocking manner. “Ab yahi tumhara ghar hai, Preeti!”

Preeti looked at her and then looked away while her FIL turned to Kushala and nodded in negative.

“Haan bilkul jao, pichle kuch din kafi stressful thhe tumhare liye. Kuch din apni dost aur Juhi ke sath rahogi toh mann acha ho jaega”, He smiled and KT nodded.

“Ji bilkul, as a fact, I’ll drop you” KT offered and forwarded his hand to take the trolley from her but Preeti pulled it back.

“Nahin….main….manage kar loongi”

“Arre Preeti ji, aap manage kyun karengi? Main chod—

“Main…wapas nhi aaungi” Preeti announced suddenly, interrupting KT, her words light yet firm.

KT’s heart dropped but then he smiled and turned her towards himself. “Mazak kar rhi hain na? Mujhse inspire ho gayi hain lagta hai!” He laughed and turned to his father who shook his head at the duo’s antiques.

Finally, Preeti looked KT in the eye, her eyes filled to the brim with disappointment. He had no clue.None at all.

“You know me better KT ji. Main serious baaton main mazak nhi karti”.

His hands on her shoulders fell limp and he took a step back, his throat feeling clogged.

“Bahu ye tum—

Her FIL drawled and then took a step towards her, “Beta, kya humse koi galti ho gayi. Hamari kisi baat ka tumhe bura laga?”

As Preeti nodded in negative, he continued, “Kushala ki baaton ka bura laga? Arre yeh toh aisi hi hai. Phir bhi main iski taraf se maafi—

And as he joined his hands in apology, Preeti instantly held it and lowered them down. “Aisa mat kahiye, Papa. Aapse koi galti nhi hui. Aapne toh mujhe beti ki tarah rakha”.

“Phir beta tum…kyu?”

Preeti smiled sadly, taking a glance at KT. “Galti mujhse hui hai. Main utni strong nhi hu jitna maine samjha tha”.

She turned to KT who was still in a daze and opening the chain of her trolley, pulled out a few papers.

Forwarding them in his direction, she waited and as their eyes met, KT took the papers, his face betraying nothing and laid his eyes on the contents.

A beat later, as his eyes widened, the sheets slipped off from his hands and his lips quivered.

“DIVORCE PAPERS?”

He looked at her passive face, and finally his neutral expression fell apart.

“Aap aisa kese kar sakti hain? Aisa kyun kar rahi hain aap?” He asked, his eyes on the verge of tears and his adam’s apple bobbing.

Preeti looked into his eyes and found not a shred of realization. Hah! Her heart was splintered and he stayed oblivious.

“Aapko sach main nhi pata?” She asked, a wistful smile shaping her lips.

He nodded in negative, his face in a full blown about-to cry mode.

A tear escaped Preeti’s eyes and she chuckled ruefully.Wiping it off, she looked at KT, “Fir toh iss baat ka koi matlab nhi hai”.

Bending down, she picked the papers and placed them on the center table. “Maine papers sign kar diye hain, aap dekh lijiyega. Aur baki ye—

“Aapne vada kiya tha ki mera saath dengi” He spoke up,interrupting her.

“Diya maine aapka saath” came her pat reply.

“Zindagi bhar!” KT raised his voice, his throat choking .

“Haan…kyuki mujhe lagta tha ki aapko meri zaroorat hai. Ab Nandini ja chuki hai toh mera kaam khatam ho gaya hai”

KT looked at her incredulously and turned her towards him by her elbows. “Kaam khatam? Kya keh rahi hain aap? Aur kisne kaha ki mujhe aapki zaroorat nhi hai?”

“Aapne!” Preeti spoke, anger evident in her voice. KT softened and started to speak when she continued, “Pata hai, gusse main kaha tha. Pata hai. But sach yahi hai ki aapko ab meri zaroorat nhi hai. Maine socha tha main aapka sahara banoongi par nhi aapko toh bas…”

Preeti paused, the words on her tongue, scalding her heart like acid. She spoke nonetheless, “bas Nandini ko chhot pahunchane ka ek zariya chahiye thha. You just wanted a trophy to flaunt!”

And then Preeti smiled. “M-Mera kaam ho gaya. I-I won’t overstay my welcome”.

And then realization started to dawn in on KT- how he had on every occasion wielded Preeti like a sword and shield combined against Nandini.

The changing expressions on KT’s face made Preeti feel sick to the stomach. KT ji ke liye inn sab cheezon ka mol kabhi tha hi nhi. Umeed tutne par bhi kis umeed ka aasra laga rhi thi wo?

KT instantly clasped Preeti’s hands. “Jaan bujh ke nahi kiya tha woh sab Preeti ji. Nandini ko dekh kar, meri akal par patthar pad gaye thhe. I am very sorry. But ab toh koi tension hi nhi hai kyuki Nandini is gone. Toh aap—

Preeti snatched her hands away, feeling repulsed. She wiped her hazy eyes with the back of her hand and glared at KT.

“Nandini kabhi problem thi hi nhi. Aap vo insaan nhi thhe jo maine aapko samjha tha. Aur aap Nandini ki baat karte hain na? Kal ko agar galti se aapko Nandini fir dikh gayi toh aapka kya bharosa, firse aapka dimag kharaab ho jaae aur aap phirse yahi sab karein”.

Nodding in negative, KT took a step forward in her direction while Preeti stepped back and raised her forefinger.

“I-- kitni bewakoof hoon main. Tarun sahi kehta tha ki maa tu bewakoof hai. Ek dum bewakoof. Pehli shaadi main na hi izzat mili na hi pyaar but at least there was no hopelessness. Kyuki hope thi hi nhi aur doosri shaadi main--”, She looked at KT and embarrassed turned her gaze away.

“Na hi pyaar tha aur na hi izzat. Par ghuttan poori thi. Jis din se iss ghar main aayi hoon, til til mera swabhimaan mara hai. Tarun ne jo kia so kia wo toh tha hi aisa, par aap—

Preeti looked KT square in the eyes, “—par aap jo mujhe ye kehte thhe ki main kabhi aapko jaan bujhkar chhot nhi pohchaunga, jo mere aatma samman ke liye sabse ladte thhe, wo aap bane wo kaaran, jisse mera vishwas raakh ho gaya”.

“M-maine aapko izzat nhi di?” KT stammered, his voice full of disbelief.

“Preeti ke aage ji lagane se izzat nhi badhti, KT 'ji’”Preeti spoke acidly and KT looked away ashamed.

“Izzat hoti hai apne partner ki choices aur opinions ka samman karne main. Jo ki aap karte thhe, as a business partner. Jo ki aapne nhi ki, from your day one as my life partner, starting from filling my maang without consent, and simply shrugging it off as ‘bas kar diya’”.

“Shaadi aapne ki thi!”

Preeti looked at him like he was insane, “Phirse apna bachav! Yahi karte aae hain aap. Apni galti na hi kabhi aapne maani aur na hi kabhi aapne samjhi. Haan, ki thi maine shaadi ek aise insaan se jisne mera saath diya tha. Haan! Ki maine shaadi uss insaan ka saath dene ke liye kyuki mujhe yakeen tha ki main use jaanti hoon aur wo kabhi mere saath kuch galat nhi karega”

“Maine aapke sath galat—

“Aur ye meri sabse badi galatfehmi thi!” Preeti spat, her eyes trickling continuously. “Ek ke baad ek aap jhuth aur dhokhe karte gaye,aur phir bhi maine socha ki nhi, ‘KT JI takleef main hai, yahi samay hai unka saath dene ka aur ek din wo samjhenge’. Wo ek din kabhi nhi aaya. Main intezaar karti reh gayi aur aap istemaal karte chale gaye. Tug of war hota hai na? Mere sath vese hi thhe aap, jab khudko acha mehsoos karana hua ya Nandini ko jalana hua, Preeti ko apne paas kheech liya, aur jab gussa aaya aur sach bardasht nhi hua, toh use uthake fenk dia. Haan, you didn’t abuse me physically but the mental abuse I went through has been enough of an awakening. Aapne apni wife ko apni ex-wife ke saath ek hi chhat ke neeche rakha aur ek shikan nhi aayi aapke chehre par. Mera dil toot ta chala gaya aur aapki nazar Nandini aur apne badle se kabhi hati hi nhi!”

KT had started to realize just how much he had hurt Preeti in his thirst for revenge. She had expressed displeasure at every point about his mannerisms but he had not mended his ways.

“I am-I am very so—

“Sorry?!” It was Preeti’s turn to feel ridiculous. “Aapka sahi hai KT ji. Galti ki. Sorry bola. Phir galti. Phir sorry bola. Nhi, woh sorry bhi aap isliye nhi bolte thhe because you would realize your mistakes, it was because I’d point them out for you and ask for it. Jaisa ki aaj hua. Aap thodi kabhi galti karte hain. You’re always right. Galat toh main hoon…Aapke yeh kehne ke baad bhi ki aapki kashti doobi toh aap mujhe nhi bacha payenge, main uss kashti main chadhi aur dekhiye, doob rhi thi. Par maine apna kinara dhoondh liya hai”.

“Aap…..”,KT trailed, feeling helpless and with shivering hands, held her shoulders.

“Mat jaiye Preeti ji. I’m very sorry. Aap jo kahengi main wo—

“Bahot der ho gyi aapko, KT ji” Preeti turned her face away and lifted KT’s hands off her shoulders.

KT nodded in negative, his face wet with tears. “Aap bhi Nandini ki tarah mujhe ch-hodkar jaa rhi hain”

And Preeti snapped, “You are comparing me with Nandini? Vo Nandini jisne aapko dhokha diya tha, vo jisne aapko dukh diya tha…main….Nandini….”

Preeti turned her face away for a split second, trying to digest what he had spoken, and then she turned. “Wo bhagi thi. She was a runaway. Main aapke peeche se nhi bhagi hu. Abhi bhi aapke samne hu, aur aapke har sawal ka jawab de rhi hu kyunki main nhi chahti ki iss baar mere ankahe jawab aapko ateet main kheech le”.

Preeti let out a big breath and picked up a paper off the table. “Ye Shaadi Mubarak se mera istifa”.

Taking it, as his gaze fell on her sign, he nodded in negative. “You are mixing personal and professional life?”

Preeti nodded, “Vo line bahot pehle hi blur ho chuki thi. And I can’t stay. Because I can’t even bear the thought of being in the same room with you. Ghuttan hoti hai”.

His Preeti partner felt suffocated in his company. Had he stooped that low?

“You hate me that much?”

Preeti shook her head, “Nhi, main toh aapse py—

As KT snapped to look at her, Preeti paused. Don’t do it,Preeti. Don’t say it. Not even to yourself. Let it stop right there, and hang like this forever. Shayad na maan ne se dil kam dukhega. Don’t make yourself more miserable.

“I am leaving!” With that she caught hold of her trolley and started to drag it behind her.

KT stood fixed to his spot, his heart in pieces and the papers being crushed in his grip. His father and Neel looked at him pleadingly.He himself searched his head for any damn reason to stop her. And then it clicked.

“As Partners, aapko contract terminate karne ka fine dena hoga- 10 lac rupees” He turned around with his lips pressed, and his fingers crossed behind his back.

Stopping in her way, Preeti smiled sadly. “Pata hai mujhe,ye contract mere hi saamne bana tha. The money will be transferred into you a/c in a week”

His shoulders slumped in defeat. She started to leave when KT held her wrist at the threshold of doorway. She didn’t around.

“Ek mauka. And I will never make any mistakes. I will repent. Kuch bhi. Jo bhi aap kahengi” He begged, his pleading voice spearing her heart.

The man who meant the world to her was crying and it was her doing. Only if she could stay. But her pride could be smothered no longer. If she fumbled in her decision now, she will never be able to walk with her head held high. Never.

“Aapne sheesha dekhna chhod diya na?”

KT’s brow furrowed at the off-topic question as she continued, “Pehle toh sheeshe se nazar hat ti nhi thi aur ab tik ti nhi hai,hai na? I don’t want that happening to me. I don’t want to fear seeing my own reflection lest I feel ashamed of myself. I don’t. Galti ek baar hoti hai, do baar hoti hai, aur jo baar baar galti karta hai, vo galti nhi aadat hoti hai. Old habits die hard.”

And with that said, she stepped past the dahleez of Tibrewal Mansion with the intention of never returning again. As she paved her way towards the road to catch a ride, KT followed suit, begging, pleading,apologizing but nothing deterred Preeti as she checked her phone and found her Uber waiting at the turn.

As the driver tucked in her luggage, she opened the door to sit inside when KT spoke up.

“Main aapse pyaar karta hu”

And Preeti turned to face him with the most painful expression he had ever seen on her. Tear after tear flowed down her cheeks and KT didn’t know what went wrong this time.

“Phir se jhooth”

As these words slipped Preeti’s lips, KT nodded in negative,his fingers flying forward to console her.

“You are sick. You need help. Emotions ke saath khelte hue bilkul nhi hichkichate aap. This emotional instability of yours, it is actually a sickness. Get treated, please”.

And with that Preeti sat inside, and the car stormed off as KT fell on his knees on the pavement, her words ringing in his ears.

“But I really love you Preeti ji. I really do. Ye jhooth nhi tha. Jhooth nhi tha”

Do share your views if you like it😆

I would love if something like this happens in the show...

Originally posted by: Niyati_21

I would love if something like this happens in the show...

yeh hi honewala hey finally

It was really beautiful but I felt sad for KT in the end😆 hope he manaofies her somehow in your next OS😆

Jokes apart its something we all want to see but I guess in the show KT will fall in love with Preeti in this whole revenge process though he'd realise it later.

Nice...keep writing..would love to read more👍🏼

This is beautiful. I loved it.

I want a next part 🤗

Originally posted by: Niyati_21

I would love if something like this happens in the show...

😆I'ddsay its hard to see preeti leaving kt but yes, his sincerity will be lost on her due to the stupidity he is tangled in

Originally posted by: YoungHeart

This is beautiful. I loved it.

I want a next part 🤗

😆What do you want in next part? Its hard for me to write a reconciliation scene right now, so I won't be able to write them romance.

Originally posted by: rdrp17

It was really beautiful but I felt sad for KT in the end😆 hope he manaofies her somehow in your next OS😆

🥱Ask me, and I will be torturing him a bit more before preeti even spares him a glance.

Jokes apart its something we all want to see but I guess in the show KT will fall in love with Preeti in this whole revenge process though he'd realise it later.

Guess so too.

Nice...keep writing..would love to read more👍🏼

Thank you😃

Originally posted by: nish_vir

Ask me, and I will be torturing him a bit more before preeti even spares him a glance.

I don't mind😆

But pls continue the OS :)

Originally posted by: nish_vir

😆What do you want in next part? Its hard for me to write a reconciliation scene right now, so I won't be able to write them romance.

I wanna see your version... I am okay with you making KT work extra hard to convince Preeti.. Write more please 🤗