FLAMES: Of Revenge And Love

33. MY MAN

Aradhya's POV

" Chullu bhar pani le or doob ja tu." I heard her shout even before I stepped in.

'Go and drown in a handful of water. '

" Jau phr? " I asked.
'Shall I leave then? '

" Kaha? " She asked as if not knowing where.
'Where? '

" Doobne. " I replied matter of factly.
' To drown. '

" Tu aru hi hai na? Kya kr dia tune meri aru ko? " Shock was an understatement for the reaction on her face. She's acting like I'll never say anything like that. Maybe I won't but I did okay. There's no need to overreact like this.

'You're aru right? What have you done to my aru? '

"Andar to aane de use. " Parth shouted from inside.
'Let her come inside. '

Yeah, I'm at, no me and my husband are at their house. Shree and Parth, they came back last night and she wanted to meet sooner, so I came. I missed her too, so there was no harm in coming here. As for my husband he had never met them, so this was their first formal meeting and as of now he was just being ignored.

" Yeah, come in. " She said opening the door still not looking at the man beside me.
" Shree. " I called her, not knowing why she was doing it.
" Hmm. "

" This is abhimanyu. " I finally said when she made no move to acknowledge him.

" Uh huh. So? " So? That wasn't what I was expecting, she had been excited to meet him. And this was rude and she's the person who'd rather cry than be rude to someone.

" My husband. " I emphasised again, not understanding her reason for doing so.

She finally looked at him and just when I thought there was nothing to worry about she hmphed, " I don't like him. "

I couldn't say anything before he asked her, " May I ask why? You seemed to like me enough on our reception. "

Yeah that's why I thought too that she liked him. She had been so fond of him after our reception, saying she loves how much he adores me. I don't even know how she knew it just from a video call.

" That was.. That... It doesn't matter I don't like the way you married her, so I don't like you. That's it. " Now I get it.

I had thought she was over it, my marriage never mattered to me but for her it was something sacred. She married Parth because she loves him and he loves her too.

I remember how she thought that he was losing his feelings for her after their engagement and confronted him about it, she didn't want to marry a guy just because he had to. She wanted to marry someone who wants to marry her, just because he loves her. The misunderstanding was cleared later when he kissed her before everyone and by everyone I mean it literally, he only stopped receiving death glares from Shree's dad and brother after they got married.

Hopeless romantic, that's the term she used every time she said something like that.

And that's exactly what she is.
What she never understood is that not everyone's life is a fairytale with a happy ending, some are just living a terrible ballad, while some are destined for a tragic ending.

I had always thought that I was one of those people but now when I look at the man beside me, the family waiting at our home, the girl before me, rajveer, maasi, viraj dadu and vanya di, I've come to realise that it wasn't that my life was tragic. It just had some obstacles for me.

I can't expect to meet these people without losing something right?
I had to pass some sort test.
I finally believe that everything happens for a reason, while I'll never like what happened but I guess I can live with it if the reason was meeting my family.