Abhigya Short Stories

Mistress of His Heart : Part Seventeen

Thanks to all for voting and commenting on the previous part.

I haven't finished writing any OS, it might take time. Inn Shaa Allah, will post something next week or the week after that.

Feeling his gaze on her, Pragya turns to look at Abhishek. she ignores him as she turned to look out the window. Abhishek sighs as he turned his attention back to driving. The whole way to Delhi, she hadn't said a word to him and now also, she was silent. Now, they were going to her house because she had insisted on going to her parents.

"How did you find me?" Pragya asks him finally as she looked at him.

Abhishek takes the file his PI had given him and gives it to her. Pragya curiously opens it and looks through them in shock.

"This is how you found out." Pragya whispers in shock as she saw the pharmacy bill.

"Why didn't you tell me?" Abhishek asks her.

"Because you said you wanted to abort the baby." Pragya reminds him hurt.

"When I said that, there was no baby, Pragya." Abhishek reminds her.

Pragya looks away.

"You were scared about getting pregnant, but once you realized that you are pregnant, our baby became more important to you than your parents and your studies. So, why didn't it ever occur to you that even I might feel differently if there is a real baby?" Abhishek asks her hurt.

Pragya looks down realizing that he was right. "That's why you came looking for me." Pragya whispers realizing.

"Does it matter?" Abhishek asks her.

"You are blackmailing me." Pragya tells him.

"I don't want our baby to be illegitimate. Why are you being stubborn now? does it not matter to you anymore?"

"Because I know you didn't want to get married."

"Even you wanted to marry me for the baby. so, if I want to marry you for the baby then I am wrong?" Abhishek asks her offended.

Pragya looks away, after all this, not wanting to tell him that she wanted to marry him because she loves him.

"You should have told me clearly when you asked me about marriage that we are going to have a baby. it is not fair that you withheld information and is now blaming me for taking a decision on half information."

"I am not blaming you."

"Then?"

"I don't want you to compromise."

"We are going to be parents, Pragya. we will have to make compromises now." Abhishek tells her in finality, he would die before he would let her walk away from him again.

Pragya looks away hurt hearing him say that marrying her was a compromise for him.

"I don't want my parents to know." Pragya tells him softly.

"I already promised you that they would never find out about our deal." Abhishek reminds her offended.

"Not about the deal." Pragya turns to him and tells him. "About the baby."

"They are going to know, Pragya."

"One month after marriage, we will tell them."

"Won't they be suspicious when the baby is born in 8 months?" Abhishek asks her.

"That time we will somehow manage." Pragya tells him. "I just don't want them to know now."

"So, what would we tell them when they ask why we want to get married so soon?"