Unconditional Love (Part- 2)

Chapter - 45

Third Person's POV

“ Greedy people stay greedy all their life. They never change.”

Ishaan entered the room with some documents in his hand.

Ishaan came near everyone and looked at Anika with hurt and concerned expression.

ISHAAN : Let’s sit everyone… then we can talk.

ANIKA : Why…did you come here?

ISHAAN : what? Don’t you want a divorce?

ANIKA : You… agree? ( there was little disbelief tone in her voice)

ISHAAN : Yeah… you want that…that’s why you had sent the papers… right?

ANIKA : yes…now give me the papers and go.
Ishaan sat down on the sofa.

ISHAAN : First sit down and let’s talk. Let everyone know why you want to divorce.

ANIKA : I don’t want to talk about anything… and they already know the reason. So just give me the paper and go.

ISHAAN : If you want the paper then sit down now.

Ishaan said in a little authoritative voice.

Anika and everyone else also sat down. Everyone looked at Ishaan eagerly, waiting for him to speak. They were eager to know what Ishaan has decided.

ISHAAN : Mr. Aniket Kapoor, you really trained your daughter so well. She has become such a great businesswoman that she knows very well… how to use people.. How to play with their emotions.

Everyone thought Ishaan was blaming Aniket for all this. Aniket didn’t retort, today he was already heartbroken by Anika's behavior.

NITIKA : Ishaan bhai, don’t say anything to my dad. It’s all her (Pointing at Anika) fault. She is the greedy one.

ANIKA : Yes… don’t say anything to papa or anyone else. It’s all my idea… my greed.
ISHAAN : Greed? Greed for what? To be a great lover?

Everyone looked at Ishaan confusingly. But Anika and Rishi looked at him sceptically.

ISHAAN : why? Anika why? Don’t you believe in my love? Do you think my love for you is so fragile? Why? Why didn’t you inform me? When you have to take such a big decision in your life. When you need me the most why are you pushing me away?

Everyone was very confused listening Ishaan's words… all of them except Rishi looked confusingly at Ishaan and Anika who has tears in her eyes.

Rishi lowered his head and sighed. Everyone started asking what was going on. What did Ishaan mean but Ishaan didn’t answer anyone’s question. He got up from the sofa and came in front of Anika. Squatted down in front of Anika and held her hand in his.

ISHAAN : Anika, why? Why didn’t you inform me? Why do you want to divorce me? Anika you are enough for me. I will spend my whole life with you. I don’t need any children. I just want you. Please don’t think of divorce.

Hearing Ishaan’s words more tears started to fall from Anika's eyes and everyone somehow understood what’s going on but they were afraid to imagine that.

ANIKET : Ishaan, what do you…mean? What are you…trying to…say? (Asked in low and trembling voice )

Ishaan sighed and looked at everyone who was looking at him with a questing expression.

ISHAAN : Mihir, your dad is greedy but this time not for money but for the call dad from his own daughter's mouth… right Mr Rishi Ahuja? Am I wrong?... And Anika knows that very well. So she has used this very well.

KRITIKA : Ishaan, can you please say it clearly… what happened?

Ishaan looked at everyone and sighed.

ISHAAN : I know you all are confused. You believed all the things that Tanisha said to Anik. Even I also believed that. When I got the divorce paper and heard everything from Niti, I also believed everything that Tanisha said to them. I was very hurt. But thanks to Dipti aunty who has some sense and informed me about everything.

RISHI : Dipti told you everything?

ISHAAN : yes uncle, Dipti aunty loves you that’s why she did this. She doesn’t want you to regret again for your deeds. Today you are supporting Anika because she has been calling you dad and for the first time, she wanted something from you. But you are doing wrong. You are supporting her in the wrong thing. Dipti aunty doesn’t want you to regret it again. So she has told me everything.

MIHIR : Ishaan, you are making us very confused. What’s going on? What happened?

ISHAAN : Anika and Rishi uncle had gone to Bangalore because she had to do an operation.

ANIKET : Operation? What operation? What are you saying?

ISHAAN : She had a tumour…malignant tumour in her uterus. So she had to remove her uterus from her body.

Nitika gasped upon hearing this. Everyone else was too shocked to make a sound.