Gauri's Pov:
What the hell!?
"Excuse me? I never did something like that." I said looking at Mr. West sitting behind me.
"Didn't you tell me about the hospital opening in North Carolina?" he asked me.
"I did, but what does this have anything to do here?" I asked.
"That hospital was not a final call. We didn't have enough resources and money for that hospital but now that the news is out the hospital needs to be built. And we don't have enough investors for it." Om said banging his hand on the desk as he finished his sentence.
Mr. West got a call and he left the room.
"You can always withdraw the form right?" I asked Om.
"No. This case is different. We have loans on the lease of those grounds. If just you wouldn't have said anything." he said annoyed.
"How is this my fault? All I told him was that the Oberoi corps was building a new hospital in North Carolina; and it's not like this was some top secret news because the whole hospital knew it." I replied.
"But, he is like a private investigator! He is a literal business shark that takes away huge businesses from even the greatest of companies. He says he got the information from you." Om said angrily.
"And you believe him?" I was surprised.
Om took a pause for a second before opening his mouth to say something but closing it again. He did believe that man! How could he?
"You believe him." I scoffed.
"No, it's just that I don't like it that you are involved in all this." Om said.
"And yet you cannot say confidently that Gauri did not do it." I said gritting my teeth.
Yes, I was angry. I was not surprised that West had made some stupid accusation on me. It was pretty common in the business world. But, Om should have believed in me. I really trusted him, that he would.
"It's not like that. I told him that you would never do something like that, but he gave me some good evidence." Om said looking into my eyes.
"I don't understand how you can say this looking straight into my eyes! You know I would never do this! Why would I?" I shouted.
"Because..." Om started but shut his mouth.
Oh, I wanted to listen to this crap.
"Because?" I asked gritting my teeth.
"You said I love you to me and I didn't for a very long time. Maybe you were afraid that you would lose me and..." Om's voice faded.
"You honestly think that I used you? After all this time?" I asked, surprised, angered and felt blood boiling in me.
"I never said that." Om said and stayed quiet. He wouldn't continue. His eyes had given him away. He believed that man, over me.
I just scoffed and left from there. I was crying the whole time on my way back home.
I was eating my pizza when I heard the doorbell.
I opened the door to find the same figure that I was angry with.
"What?" I asked angrily.
"Dinner is ready, come on." he said in an annoyed tone.
"No thanks. I'll pass." I told him and was about to close the door.
"Seriously, don't annoy me. I am pissed enough with the amount of crap I've had all day." He said. Really?
"I believe you, unlike you." I taunted.
"Can't we just forget about it?"
"Forget about the fact where you did not trust me or where you thought that I had been with you all this time for your money?" I spat angrily.
"I never said that and you knew I had the right to think like that because of my relationship with Rhiddima and my dad." He said.
Was he serious right now!?
"You know trust is a funny little thing that relationships have. And It's sad, really. I really pity you that you couldn't understand the difference between me and Rhiddima all this time." I said.
"I did not have any other option. Everything is against you!" He exclaimed.
"What about your heart? Did it say that I was the person who ruined your business?" I asked.
Om did not answer. He just kept looking at me, and that was more than enough. He did not need any words now.
"I was thinking like a businessman, I didn't exactly have my heart take the decision for me."
"But you let West do it for you. How convenient! Neither you have to blame yourself nor he is the one to blame. But I am the victim here! Also, just so you know Omkara Singh Oberoi and Om are the same people." I told him angrily.
"You know what? Now that I think of it, my heart really had a thought, what if it really was you? But neither you, nor I can defy the evidence. There is solid proof against you!" he said.
"Yes we can defy the evidence. If only you had the trust that would tell the whole world that Gauri wouldn't do it. And you are right. The man I loved and the businessman Omkara Singh Oberoi are totally different; because he never learnt to play the roles together. Tell me when this asshole leaves and the actual good person in you returns." I said angrily and slammed the door shut.
I was really broken. How could he not trust me?
