Part 2
Staring at the white ceiling, he cursed his stars.
Why they are playing this strange game? What has he done to deserve it?
Doesn't she desire him physically anymore? Is their love on the verge of the
end or has it already ended?
Running furious hand in his thick plush hairs, he turned his face towards his
right to come across with an empty pillow that was so used to be held in a
tight grip by his wife. She had that unusual habit to hug half of the pillow to
her chest while her head used to be on the upper tiny edge. The imagination of
her innocent sleepy face brought a sweet smile on his face.
He was missing her beside himself.
Sighing, he pulled it close and hugged it to himself, inhaling the natural sent
of Riddhima from the pillow as his legs missed the warmth and weight of her
long legs over themselves.
"Why you are doing this to me Riddhima?" He whispered against the
pillow with heartache. The silence of the room accompanied him for some time
till he threw her pillow away from himself in anger. Her words from the earlier
conversation were still ringing in his mind, make him furious once again.
"You think that this is the physical aspect that is ruling over
relationship than wait and watch Riddhima...As I promised, You yourself will
come to me"
He promised in the darkness of the night but still the heartache stayed there
and kept him awake till sun rose up, patting him off to sleep with its warmth.
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Next morning, a dismay Riddhima got up with a throbbing head. The half of the
night crying into the bed, made her head too heavy resulting in to curse her
husband even more.
Ruffling her messy hairs, she got up and freshened up in the guest room bath.
While wrapping herself in a bathrobe, she realized that she had to go back to
her room to get her clothes.
Entering their room, Riddhima came to a sudden halt, seeing the centre of her
attention, her life, her world, Armaan standing in just in his trousers. His
broad chest with those manly hairs, she loved to run fingers from was on display.
Her heart fluttered seeing his state.
His bed hairs were still tousled and he was looking so clue less.
She wanted to go and hug him but then her eyes fell on the floor where her
pillow was laying against the wall.
Furiously, her eyes went up to look at him only to find his glaring back at
her.
Marching towards the wardrobe, she took out a light green strapped top along
with jeans and went to washroom for a change, banging the door behind herself.
Armaan heart fell low seeing her blood shot swell eyes. He wanted to go and hug
her right then but stopped. What if she takes that as another part of their
physical interaction?
He couldn't risk that. He dare not do that.
Damn, she was more than it. She was his wife, his better half, his soul mate, his
only love.
Although he couldn't explain his feeling more in words but he always tried to
convey it by his actions. No, not just intimacy but by bringing flowers for her
on return to his home after a hectic day. By arranging their private surprise
parties on her birthday, on their anniversary. By sharing small moments of care
he could manage rather than long one she desired.
Is she so unsure about him? He wondered.
He picked up the pillow from the floor and hugged it to himself before putting
it at its original position on the bed, leaving it with a soft touch.
Hearing the click of the door, he quickly moved towards the wardrobe to show
himself busy.
Dare he show her his soft side. He thought while scratching his temple.
Carefully looking through his suits, He was trying to figure out which one
should he wear today. He never had to worry about it before. After marriage, Riddhima
made sure to help him out every morning by taking out it for him.
She was his personal designer & made sure he won't wear the same color
twice in a week.
Now what to do?
Ignoring him, Riddhima went towards the dresser and took out her Sindoor dani.
Pushing her hairs back, she applied sindoor in her hairs while looking at him
through the mirror. His confused state made her angry as well as concerned so
after cleaning her fingers, she went towards the wardrobe and took out the a
lined grey suit with dark blue tie and white shirt.
Placing it neatly on the bed, she took out his accessories and after making
sure everything was at its place, she left the room straight away ignoring him.
His mouth twitched in anger.
"Now she is showing me attitude as if she is doing me a damn
favour..." He stubbornly looked at the suit and then holding it, put it
back in the wardrobe.
"I will show her that I can handle myself pretty well...I used to do that
when we were not married, Didn't I?" Boosting up his mood himself, he took
out a plain sand color suit along with a lined white shirt and red tie before
he went to freshen up.
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She was just done with arranging the breakfast when he came out from his room
in the suit, he chose for himself.
Frowning, she looked into his eyes but kept quiet, not wanting to bring up an
argument in the morning.
Ignoring her, he sat down on the chair and started to pour a cup of tea for
himself. In the meanwhile, Riddhima buttered up the slice just the way he liked
it and put it in his plate but Armaan didn't touch it.
Instead, he took hold of a plain bread slice and dipped it into the tea before
it got placed in his mouth.
This surly burned her up and twitching her lips, she spoke angrily.
"I buttered up your toasts...why aren't you taking it...and...Why are
wearing this suit? I took out one for you" But Armaan kept on gulping the
hot tea. Wiping his face with a napkin, he threw it on the table and got up.
"Thank you...but I can do my things myself too...I don't want you to
tomorrow say that I only married you so you can made up my bed, or take out my
suits, do laundry, cook for me...You know I can hire maids for these
things...And you better understand that I haven't married you for these
reasons" He seethed with anger.
Taking hold of his bag, he gave her a last look and left for his office.
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Her day was as bleak as ever.
Sitting down on the sofa with empty stomach, she cried her eyes out.
His words from the morning stabbed her heart. Is she really so unreasonable?
The maid took care of the dishes while repeatedly asking her about breakfast
but all that did was flaring her up.
"I told you that I don't want it...Just do you work and leave"
The young maid nodded and avoided to bother her later on.
Riddhima went back to their room to see everything neatly placed at their
space. It was so unlike Armaan. In their relationship, she was the one always
who was a cleanness freak while Armaan was the careless one.
She went to the closet to take out few of her dresses when her eyes fell on
their wedding album.
Heart achingly, she took out the album and sat on the floor while caressing the
main header of the album that contained a beautiful picture from their wedding.
He was wearing a sleek dark black tuxedo with a bow adoring his neck while she
was wearing a strapless white netted gown with a veil that was pushed away by
him after they were declared man and wife as he kissed to seal the moment.
Happy tears flowed out of her eyes on remembering how he made that day special
for her. It was her childhood wish to have an English style wedding and in
spite of the arguments that were raised by both set of parents, he fulfilled it
just to see that dreamy smile on her angelic field.
Was that Armaan lost somewhere?
Just that thought made her cry even harder.
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Banging the desk hardly, He stood up pushing the chair away, he was seated on.
The wheeled chair moved back and hit the wall, creating a loud sound.
Right then his phone rang showing the caller name. "Dr. Khanna"
Clenching the jaw. He picked up the phone and right away barked into it without
any greetings.
"Dr. Khanna...You are so going to get an ear full from me" He
growled.
"Oh oh...Seems like I called my own death" Dr. Angad Khanna replied
while a smile in his voice.
Dr. Angad Khanna was a psychologist and he and Armaan were the Chaddi Buddies right from the start of
their secondary school. They were inseparable and best friends but when in
college, Angad choose medical, Armaan choose business as his career but they
still stayed in contact.
"You had..." Armaan replied in the same tone.
"Ok calm down Armaan...Calm down...Tell me what happened? Is Riddhima
fine?" His voice was filled with concern now.
"What you had told me? That our intimacy will make her feel secure after
whatever happened...That talking of that..." His throat clogged up but he
continued.
"That it will only break her apart...But their...Their she is thinking
that all I ever care about is her body...That she is nothing more than a thing
to satisfy me..." A tear rolled down his cheek that he angrily pushed
away.
Angad took a deep sigh. Ladies and their twisted minds. He thought.
"Armaan...Calm down...I think she just need a bit space to sort out all
the issues... .Give it to her... " Angad suggested.
"Give time? I have been away from a week and when I get back, all she
thinks is that we are way apart on emotional level...And you want me to give
her more time to think so later she accuse me for something else?" He
questioned reasonably.
"Armaan Armaan...I am not asking you to completely get away from the
scene...But just try to do what she wants from you...She must have said
something where she feels you lacked?" Angad put some sense into his angry
mind.
"Hmm..." Armaan hummed as she remembered her words.
Movie, Picnic, Discussion.
"Then do it...she will come around...Don't worry" Angad pacified him
and cut th call, prying that this time Armaan won't have to face more pain.
If Riddhima was in pain, so was he. If she had lost something, so had he.
But the only difference was that she can express and he can't.
"You want movies, picnics and discussions Riddhima then now, you will get
it only" He promised himself before he sat down and googled out few things
before finalizing it according to his plan.
Riddhima Malik is about to have her wishes come true.
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When I started the part
I had negative views abt armaan
Not completely negative but somehow kch kch the cx kch cheexain ju iss part me unveil hui hain wo pehle me nhi the
Usme ridz ka palra bhari tha aur isme armaan ka
As they say there are two sides of a coin
And story k b do pehlu hote hain
The starting scene when he was missing her presence around him ws not the need for intimacy I guess it was to feel her around him
They both are craving for each other to hug each other, but armaan doesn't want rids to take his actions wrongly nd ridx bibi ko attention chahye tou par inho ne show nhi krna
Damn, she was more than it. She was his wife, his better half, his soul mate, his only love.
Ye cheex :P
Some men are not expressive nd if armaan brought flowers and arranged suprises tou I guess he is better than many men :P
Ye b ganeemat jane ridxx
I found the suit nikaling scene too cute :P
And breakfast scene armaan ignoring ridx nd she getting angry. Loved that scene too
The things he said to her needed to be said so that she cd clear her mind regarding his actions
Yahan love tou unconditional hai hi
Problem ya tou communication hai ya understanding ki
Oo teri angad miyan b hain yahan
Ridz ne kya khoya hai?? Miscarriage hua hai kya?? Ya kch aur??
If Riddhima was in pain, so was he. If she had lost something, so had he.
Armaan cried to while talking to him is a proof enuf k he loves her too much
So I am excited for the next part where armaan is planning for her
Nd I guess they can sort it out
and we can get some happy moments aur kya khoya wali mystery b solve ho
k what was the triger actually
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