Bewitched

Chapter 89

Srusti's POV

I was trying to hold my tears. This lady slapped her brother for me. Jiju saved my life... And Mohit... He seemed to love me back. He had beaten his... Robin for me like anything.

" I am sorry for what my brother did to you. " Di said with tears in her eyes.

" No, Di !! Please don't say that. It is not your fault. It's not even his fault... "

" What?? " Viraj Ji said.

" I am not as mature and open-minded as you all are, but I just gave a thought about all this. Di, I am sorry to say this but you said that you would have understood his situation if he had told you. Right?? "

" Yes, I would have. At least, both Viraj and I would have understood. "

" Di, he has told you now... Please try to understand his point of view. He had to tell all those lies as he was scared that you might react in this way... That his mom and Dadi might not survive the shock. Please try and understand di, he told all this to us by himself."

" Why couldn't he tell us at that time?? He didn't have to do all this."

" I saw how restless he was. He didn't want to get married di, but he had to get married to save Maa and Dadi. I saw him breaking down. He was fighting his own battle, jiju. Please try to understand his point of view. "

" But he should have told us or at least you. " Maya di said.

" Yes, di... But he could not. He loves all of you so much. He was so stressed out at that time he was not eating or even sleeping. He just wanted his mom and dadi to be safe. He already told me that I should not expect any feelings from him. Our marriage was only on paper. So, if our feelings were not involved, how does that matter if he didn't tell me??"

" He should have taken care of your emotions as well. " Maya di said.

"  He always took very good care of me and treated me like a princess. Imagine di, he was supposed to act that he was in love with me when he was not and he had promised me that he would not touch me unnecessarily. Di, he was falling in love with me and still he never crossed that line. You and maa asked for romantic pictures of our honeymoon. Only I know how we managed them. I could see his emotions in his eyes and felt that he loved me but then he would hide his feelings because he promised me. He has been a perfect gentleman, jiju. Please don't be angry with him."

" Can you forgive him?? " Viraj Ji asked.

" I already did, di... He is the best thing that has ever happened to me. Since my parents died, my life was like a hell. I ran off from my sister's house to save myself from her husband and had an accident with him. My whole life has changed since then. He trusted me enough to open his house for me and helped me in being myself again. It is because of him that I started trusting people again. He gave me what I had lost and never hoped to get back. "

" What was that??"  Viraj Ji asked.

" Love of his family. He shared his lovely family with me. Di, I fell in love with all of you the moment I met you all. I can not thank him enough for that. "

" You love him?? " Maya di asked. I didn't know what to say but then I left all the inhibitions and nodded.

" Oh, my sweet little baby... " She hugged me.

" So you don't have a problem with his past?? " Viraj Ji asked.

" No, I don't have any problem with his past. Past is past, Jiju.  I just don't care what he did before we met. And his preference or whatever he calls it is a new thing for me to understand. But as you said, it was his life, so it was his preference. "