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Sameer woke up as his head reeled with a stinging pain. He held his head as his body floated weightlessly between consciousness and sleep, tried to get up but felt weight on his chest. He rubbed his sleepy eyes but at the very next moment smiled unknowingly seeing his wife sleeping, her head resting on his chest while her right arm was wound around him. He touched her face gently, making her wake up in a jerk. Pushing back her hair strands, she looked at her husband who was simply staring at her. Naina averted her eyes and adjusted her dupatta.
"Where are Kabir and Shrikha?" Sameer asked to break the awkward silence. Naina did not reply to him and continued fidgeting with the hem of her kurti.
"I asked you something," Sameer said in a stern tone.
"They had some work." She mumbled in a low voice. He hummed in response and gazed at her pale face.
"I am alive Khaza and even if something would have happened I would have died, don't stress yourself Naina." He spoke in a calm tone, making her look at him in jerk. She wanted to cry as rage filled her mind. She felt her eyes turn moist. She glared at him then spat out "How Dare You?" He sneered at her then laughed, only adding fuel to her disappointment.
"You are overreacting, Naina." He mumbled, raising his hand to touch her cheeks.
"You think this is funny?" She snapped him again, as she jerked off his hand.
"You are an extremely stupid girl. Aren't you? You have been overreacting all this while and I have been bearing it with a patient shrug. This doesn't mean that you will continue this kind of behaviour before me. Dare you talk to me rudely. Whether I live or die, it shouldn't matter to you." He reverted back, clenching his jaw.
"Does it not matter to me? Everything related to you matters to me. I have nobody except you in my life. You have achieved everything in your life but I-I have nobody who I can claim as mine. You are my husband and I don't want to lose you. I can't afford losing you. You will never understand me Mr. Maheshwari. Y-You will never understand me, I am not that strong enough to bear losing 'another' person from my life." Naina palmed her face as her body trembled vigorously, her voice was sharp but it trailed into a helpless whimper. Sameer sighed in frustration for being impulsive and pulled her into his embrace to which she resisted. He held her tight until her movements slowed down.
"I am sorry." He uttered subconsciously, as he held her face with his palms. She looked at him through teary eyes, before pushing him away. Her body looked calm compared to her mind which was tangled. Sameer pecked back off her palm gently, wiping off her teary. Sobs escaped her lips through the suppressed sounds of hiccups.
