Finding True Love

My little happiness

Risha POV

"What are you doing here?" I asked Abhi when I found him in the kitchen.

"Well... as you can see, I am cooking," he replied with an innocent smile. 'Don't get fooled with this smile,' I kept reminding myself.

"You are supposed to leave after dusk; you are not going to have dinner here," I reminded him.

"But you are. And I can't let my princess cook when she is sick," he told me with a small smile, and I was standing there dumbfounded. "Princess, you can take a rest in the living room," he said to me, but I didn't move. "If you want, you can also stare at your handsome husband. I won't mind," he exclaimed smugly. I snickered and stormed out of the kitchen.

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I sat on the couch in the living room, skimming through a magazine, but my mind was somewhere else. Abhi came into the living room and sat beside me. I pretended not to see him.

"The sun looks beautiful, isn't it," he looked at the sunset through the window and wondered with a cute smile on his face. "Remember our first outing? That was the first time I realized how beautiful a sunset could be and why people become so excited about it. Wanna watch it again?" he asked me with hopeful eyes.

"Not with you?" I said and looked in the other direction. He sighed.

"Looks like it's time for me to go for today. But can I ask you something before I leave?" Abhi pleaded.

"If I said no, will you stop?" I mumbled.

"You know me," he winked at me. "Your period cramps seem worse. Has something happened?" did he really ask me that? I clenched my fist and took a deep breath to calm myself. I don't want to remember those days now, am I?

"Nothing that you should worry about," I told him, gritting my teeth.

"Princess..."

"Leave," I said, closing my eyes.

"But..."

"I said leave!" I screamed at him and tried my best to keep myself calm; I didn't want to show my vulnerable side. I didn't want to cry in front of him. But guess what I did. I fucking started crying in front of him. And then he did something unexpected. He cradled me tight. I tried to wriggle, but his hold grew more closed, and it somehow relaxed me. So I stop struggling. I didn't know how much time had passed, maybe hours. "You shouldn't have come here. You always remind me of him," I murmured absentmindedly.

"Whom?" he asked. Did I slip that out! I am fucking crazy! I got anxious and pushed him immediately.

"You don't need to know," I told him sternly. He nodded without stretching the topic, which I am thankful for. However, for now, I need him. I need him to hold me close. Why am I even thinking that! It's like getting his clue; he cradled me again.

"Princess, Let's forget everything and start afresh," he whispered while kissing my head. I pulled back from him when he said that.

"I tried. I tried a lot to move on. But I couldn't," I sobbed; he caressed my face and wiped the tears away.

"Let me help, please?" he pleaded, tears were rolling down his face as well. I didn't know what came into me; I threw myself to him and cried my heart out.

"I hate myself. I hate myself for still loving you," I uttered. Abhi pulled me closer to him if it was even possible.

"And I am thankful that you still love a jerk like me. I promise, princess, I won't hurt you ever again. Let me heal you, princess. Please," he whispered in between my hairs.