Maan grabs her and says I can't bear to see tears in your eyes and then wiping her tears, almost breaking down himself, says I hate you, I hate you Geet and she brings up her hand to his cheeks as if her touch will calm him and bring him some peace. He holds her hand and tries to brush her hand away from his face and though he keeps saying I hate you over and over, she knows how much he really loves her. She looks overwrought herself to see him in such anguish. He grabs her by her shoulders and says yet again I hate you, quite distraught. She leans into him and pulls him close, he rests his chin on her head and closes his eyes, while she seeks some comfort in his warm arms, both spent in their turbulent emotions, she can't help herself and whispers I love you in response to his repeated I hate you, ever so softly against his broad chest. He opens his eyes slowly in a daze not sure he had heard her right. Her eyes are closed tight and he stares down at her pushing her slightly away from him while she says it again..I love you Maan..I love you more than my life itself! I love you!
He had longed to hear those words for weeks now and she had finally said them. He hugs her close again for a few moments but then realization hits him as she can't be his, she was having someone else's baby! He cannot trust her can he? He tries to push her away but she is holding him too tight and won't let go. Geet he yells and he sees the tears continuing to stream down her eyes. He wipes her tears with his finger tips, drowning in her eyes yet again..She stammers..Maan you have to hear me out...I was married! He looks like he'd been hit by something, and tries to push her away in disgust, but she won't let go and her grip on him is tight. But she blurts out hurriedly, I was cheated by the man I married, my family pressured me to marry him..Maan manages to get out of her hold trying to get away and she stumbles to the floor and sits at the bottom of the bed. He is backing away towards the door but nothing will stop her from telling her story now as she continues without looking at him, this man I married abandoned me and then later on I found out he actually was already married to someone else! Her voice breaks as she continues he used me for my money and also took away my innocence. Maan's feet had stopped on their own and every thing she is saying is like a bullet through his heart.
There is a hushed silence in the room and Geet thinks Maan has gone leaving her alone. she breaks down in huge gut wrenching sobs trying to muffle them against the quilt on the bed. And then she feels those arms again, reaching down and making her stand up and face him. His eyes search her swollen eyes and he looks deeply at her knowing in his heart she is only his, not fully understanding what she has said. He has a thousand questions to ask but first he has to just hold her again. Sorry that he had doubted her and not heard her out for all these days gone by and she has been suffering all alone.
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