Part 5:
Suhani's POV:
I went to my room and cried my heart out. The pain was never going to lessen but I did feel better for a few minutes. I didn't know what he wanted and I couldn't blame him. He didn't know what he wanted either. He had been pushed into this marriage. What was I supposed to expect from him? I went to sleep somehow and felt miserable in the morning. At the meeting, my boss didn't turn up yet again. The day went by slowly, or maybe I was the one unable to get through it. I had some work today because apparently, Vikram was back to being a part of the marketing department, and he'd gone out. I wondered if Yuvraj was right about his controlling nature. Was he really the reason why I was given so little work? Was he trying to control everything and make the best impression he could?
Was there more to Yuvraj's sudden change of heart about Vikram? At times my heart told me that Yuvraj might actually be jealous of him, but then, how was that possible?
After lunch Vikram was back from the meeting with some clients. He invited me to dinner.
"Dinner with you? Alone?" I asked. I wasn't going to go alone. For a second, it sounded like he wanted to take me out on a date.
"Uh, um...no, not alone." He said. He smiled, nervously. Why was he so nervous all of a sudden? "My sister is coming, I invited her. My brother might come too..." He said. He was staring at me constantly while he talked. He moved a few inches closer and smiled. "You look like you could use a breather. Tough day?" I smiled.
"There's that smile..." he said. "Um, Suhani...dinner's at a very fancy restaurant." He said. I nodded. He held my hand. "Cheer up..." He said. He squeezed my hand. I smiled and pulled away.
"Um, can you invite Anjali, please?" I said. "What exactly is this dinner for?"
"Uhhh, yeah...sure...I'll uh, invite her too, and I just wanted to spend time talking about something other than work. I mean, we all need some time to chill." He smiled. Maybe it was just me, but he seemed put off by my suggestion of inviting Anjali. I thought about whether it was right to go to dinner with Vikram. Yuvraj seemed so suspicious of him, but he had invited his siblings and now Anjali. I felt uneasy about the whole plan but I didn't cancel it. I wore a blue saree. Vikram came and picked me up, which surprised me.
"How did you know my address?" I asked.
"Anjali told me..." he said. I was annoyed. I didn't want to go with him. Mummy and Papa saw him and looked stunned. They saw that I was dressed up for the dinner too. I assured them that we wouldn't be alone. I felt worried myself. Something seemed off. What if Yuvraj was right?
"Where are your brother and sister? Where's Anjali?"
"Anjali said she couldn't come. My bro and sis will meet us at that restaurant." He said. I felt very strange sitting in his car alone with him.
"You look amazing..." He said.
"Thank you..." I replied. We reached, and that's when things took an unexpected turn. No one was there and it was just the two of us. He'd reserved a table for two. He lied to bring me here on a date. I refused to sit.
"You lied to me. Where are your brother and sister?"
"Suhani, c'mon...it's a date. People go on dates. What's the big deal? I've wanted to tell you for a while now that I like you."
"I didn't agree to go on a date with you. You lied to me. I can't date anyone."
I turned around and took a step, he grabbed my hand and forcibly made me sit. At this point, I panicked. He smiled at me. "C'mon Suhani, I don't mean harm. The weather is fabulous, this place is lovely and you look stunning. Enjoy the evening. Let's have dinner."
While he talked, I typed out the address of this place and sent a message to Yuvraj. I told him to meet me here as soon as possible.
I looked at Vikram. "Who did you just message?" He asked.
"None of your business." I said. He laughed. "Sorry, um...ok, let's figure this out. If you don't want to eat here, then we could go back to my place. I can cook. Suhani, I know you like me as well. Who wouldn't?" I got up, reached across the table and slapped him.
"You lied to me in the first place and now you have the audacity to suggest that I should go to your apartment. After today, stay away from me. I thought of you as a friend and nothing more."
"Why? What's the problem?" He was stunned. He stood up and blocked my way. "Suhani, what do you not like about me?"
"Everything!" I shouted.
"Wait, do you like someone else?" He asked.
"Maybe."
"Who? I wanna meet him. Seriously, let me see if this guy is better than me." He said.
"How full of yourself are you?" I asked. I tried walking past him and he grabbed my hand and pulled me back.
"All this time, you've been leading me on."
"You're delusional. I haven't led you on! I'm not interested in you. I don't like you as anything more than a friend and after today, not even that." I said. I walked off and once again stopped me. I was disturbed now. We were outside the restaurant. There was nobody around. I prayed Yuvraj had read my message. I managed to miss call him.
"You have a boyfriend, don't you?" He asked. "So that's who you're messaging..." He said.
He held my hand and tried grabbing my phone. "Let me go..." I said. I pulled away so hard that I nearly fell down, someone held me and kept me from falling. I knew his touch.
Yuvraj's POV:
I was going to murder this guy. I got Suhani's message in the middle of dinner and bolted off. Sharad was the only one who saw me. I told him I would explain later. I was scared to death, in all honesty. I arrived and saw what I had expected but hoped not to see. I caught Suhani right as she was about to stumble.
She looked relieved to see me and hugged me tightly and I hugged her back. "Are you ok?" I asked. She looked completely distraught. Vikram glared at us.
"Yuvraj...you should be supporting me here. This girl's been leading me on for days. What is wrong with females these days?"
"No, buddy, you just can't take no for an answer. When a girl says no, it means NO." I said. He looked confused.
"Why the hell are you taking her side? She's a nobody to you. You don't even know her. She's got some boyfriend on the side and she led me on all these days. Typical good for nothing woman, leading one guy on so she can cry in the arms of another..." I grabbed him by the collar and pushed him against a wall.
"I thought my wife had a pathetic choice of friends, but you've just proven me wrong."
"What are you doing? Wife? You're married?" He asked.
"Not only am I married, but guess who I'm married to?" I smiled. I choked him and pushed him down on the ground. I punched him and he punched me back. I kicked him. I held him down and kicked him so hard in the stomach that he was totally winded for a good minute. I stood up and watched him. He got up and grabbed me and pushed me against the wall. I knew that I was bleeding. My forehead was on fire. I felt some blood trickling down. I managed to punch him a few more times before Suhani stopped me. He threw another punch at me and his body barreled towards me. Suhani was in the way and he shoved her aside so hard that she fell down. She fell on her arm and I saw her grimace. This just set me off like nothing else.
"You're in deep trouble now." I said. I pushed him down, slapped and punched him in a fit of rage and he did the same in return. I'm pretty sure I broke something on his face. Maybe his nose or his jaw, and I must have broken one of his teeth too.
"Yuvraj I think you need stitches. Stop...you're bleeding heavily." She was crying. She tried to pull me towards her. I held her face. "Are you alright?" I hugged her. I kissed her forehead. "I was so worried when I got your message." I said. She tried wiping my face with some tissue. Vikram was down on the ground, writhing in pain. "This is my wife, Suhani Birla. No one knows her better than me. She's mine...and you're never going to touch her with your dirty hands again." I said.
I held Suhani's hand and we left. Suhani was crying silently. I touched her face. Inside the car, I looked at her arm and she had a pretty bad scab on her elbow. She'd fallen with all her weight on her arm. "I should go back and murder this guy. I can't believe I considered him a friend. He acted so professionally. What a bas***d. I want to cut him into..." I stopped when Suhani hushed me.
"Stop, focus on the road." She said. I took her hand.
"Everything is going to be alright." I said.
"I'm a fool." She said. She pressed a cloth to my forehead. "You're bleeding...we have to go to a hospital." She said.
"It's ok...I'll be fine. It's just a cut. Calm down..." I said.
I drove to our house. Everyone was sleeping. Suhani refused to go inside. She wanted me to go to the hospital first. I knew it wasn't as bad as it looked. I forced her to come inside and we went to our room. Luckily, no one woke up. Inside our room which we entered together for the first time in over a month, Suhani hugged me and cried against my chest. "Please don't fight anyone this way ever again. You don't know how I felt seeing you bleeding and bruised. I was completely helpless. If something had happened to you, I wouldn't be able to live a single day..." She said. We stood near our bed and hugged each other.
"You don't know how I felt when I got your message. I was so scared."
"I was scared too." She confessed. "I want you to know something. I love you and I'll love you for the rest of my life, no matter what happens." She said. She continued crying and kissed my cheek. I melted. I wiped her tears.
"I know you love me..." I said. Our foreheads touched. "I know that I don't deserve you but I'm really selfish, so I want what's mine. I said. She was quiet. She didn't quite get what I was saying.
"Come back home." I said. "This is where you belong."
"But why?" She asked. I had to be honest now. I couldn't leave her hanging anymore. It was time to open up.
I held her face. "Because I can't take it anymore. I can't take the emptiness, the silence, the loneliness...none of it. I'm not strong enough. I want your love. I want your care and attention. I'll die without you. I need you." I confessed. I let it out. I felt lighter, but this was only the beginning. She waited to hear more. Her eyes widened with anticipation. Her mouth was slightly opened and her eyes were wide. Her eyes became teary.
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