Abhigya Short Stories

Mistress of His Heart : Part Eighteen

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Pragya was sitting in her room lost in thoughts. Her parents had thrown out Abhishek's parents out of their house. her father had told her to forget Abhishek.

Pragya closes her eyes as she caressed her stomach gently.

"Pragya..."

Pragya turns back and sees her mother looking at her sympathetically.

"Ma... Abhishek..." Pragya worriedly tells her.

Sarala sits next to her. "I know, what you want to say. You and Abhishek love each other but his family... they are so disgusting, Pragya."

Pragya looks away remembering the humiliating incident.

"The richer they are, the heartless they become." Sarala whispers.

"Abhishek is not heartless, Ma. He broods a lot and doesn't talk much but he is not heartless."

"You'll have to live with his family in that house, Pragya. you won't be happy there."

Pragya nods, his family couldn't stand the sight of her.

"Love isn't enough, Pragya. respect is also equally important." Sarala tells her.

Hearing that, Pragya asks softly. "Baba said that you both have no doubt in Abhishek's love."

"That we don't, Pragya." Sarala tells her. "But his parents..."

"How are you so sure?" Pragya asks curiously.

"The way he kept worrying for you when you were in Mumbai." Sarala tells her.

"He was worried?" Pragya looks at her confused. "When did he come here?"

"3-4 days after you left."

Pragya's eyes widen in shock, Abhishek had told her that he had found out that she had left only the day before yesterday. "3-4 days?"

"Yes. He told us he wanted to get your signature on some papers. But after we told him that you had gone to Mumbai, he seemed very worried. kept calling us daily asking whether you had contacted us."

"He called daily?" Pragya asks shocked. He had said that he didn't miss her because he had been busy.

"lots of times daily. When he kept calling, Raghuveer and I started getting worried that you were in some kind of trouble. Raghuveer was going to look for you in Mumbai, when you came home." Sarala tells her.

"Abhishek found me." Pragya whispers.

Sarala nods. "When he kept calling like that and every time when we told him that you hadn't called, the way he was disappointed, we were suspicious then itself that he loved you."

Pragya was confused regarding Abhishek. he had missed her but had lied to her when she asked. Why did he lie?

But she knew one thing for sure, he cared enough to be worried for her and loved the baby enough to marry her.

And for now, that was enough for her.

She will have to tell her parents about the baby.

"Ma... I have..." Pragya stops seeing a message from Abhishek. she takes her mobile and checks it.

I'm outside, Pragya. please come out.

"Ma... I'm just going outside for a walk." Pragya softly tells her as she stood up.

"Okay."

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Pragya comes out of her house and sees Abhishek waiting for her at the end of the street. She hurries to him.