From cameras to your heart

Chapter 28

"hello"

Inaya felt her heart beat picking it's place as she heard his voice. It seemed as if he was tired and worn out. She placed a hand on her chest rubbing it to calm herself down as she took a deep breath gathering up the courage to finally say something.

".....h..hello" this mere word felt difficult for her to pronounce. What was it that made her so nervous right now. A major part of her brain scolded her for calling him, but she couldn't help it. She felt her palms sweating heavily as she anticipated his response.

"Inaya..." She heard him taking a deep breath before saying her name. Oh how much she missed his voice. Gulping the lump forming in her throat she decided to speak.

"Aditya...how are you?"

This question felt wierd, but she genuinely wanted to know how was he. Did her miss her even a tad bit? Did her regret the wards he threw her way? Why did he not call her even once in these two weeks?

When she didn't recieve a response her heart contracted but she took a deep breath to finally-

"I'm fine" came his response after a long pause. She waited for him to say something, ask her how she has been doing, apologize for his words but came nothing.

"I need to tell you some-" he cut her in between with his hard voice, interrupting her from completing her words.

"Not now inaya, we'll talk once I return"
Her eyes got numb at his coldness, why did he always have to hurt her like this? Why can't he just talk to her nicely?

She let out a shakey breath "Aditya please.. I know that you are busy but please...just listen to me, it is impor-"

"I told you inaya not now, just give me a damn break for God sake....."he let out an annoyed sigh "We will talk when I'll come back"

And he ended the call.

She sat there on the bed with the phone still held to get ear. Did she cry? No. Not a single tear left her eye rather she just sat there numb.

A bitter chuckle left her mouth, what was she even expecting or why was she even expecting something in the first place. Why did she always forget that it was Aditya Singhania she was talking about. Aditya Singhania her husband who doesn't care one bit about her.

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Inaya was sitting inside a studio for her shoot in Mumbai for a makeup brand. She was waiting for shooting the last shot.

Her makeup artist was lightly touching up her face while she was scrolling through her phone. She felt awfully weak since the past days. Constant headaches and body aches had drained her out throughout the weeks.

After the talk she had with Aditya last week she didn't hear from him, nor did he bother to call and ask her. But deciding to get her mind off him she started her shoots again after postponing them since a month.

Almost three weeks had passed and not once did he bother to call and ask her about her well being. She often thought about it but after the argument last week or rather his harsh words she decided to stop.

The crew member called her as she finished the schedule for this week. She was thankful for the time she spent with all these people the past week. It helped her a lot with her confidence.

The crew members decided to surprise her with a farewell party and came in singing a song for her followed by cakes and balloons. Inaya laughed with tears in her eyes as they celebrated the completion of her third year with the brand.

Just as she was feeding the cake to the director her assistant came rushing towards her and patted her back.

"Ma'am your phone has been ringing since the last ten minutes. Your mother in law is calling you"