Arranged to my hater

Chapter Forty

Abhimanyu's POV

*Flashback*

I never thought I'd ask her out it took me two years to do that. I thought what I had for her was just infatuation something I'll get over once the college is over but I couldn't stop thinking about her even after that. I would find every excuse to go to the cafe she and her friends used to go to after college every day. I used to sit in the far corner hiding from her and all her friends and look at her.

One day though few months before her graduation, I got enough courage to ask her out. She was sitting alone and she was never alone and I couldn't help myself but talk to her. I just went to comfort her not knowing how but I didn't like seeing her so lost but I ended up asking her out.

It has been one month since we have been seeing each other and still remember our first kiss, Ishita told me it was her first kiss but I couldn't tell her that it was mine too. We were out on our date and on our way back it started raining I grabbed Ishita and ran to the nearest bus stop to find cover to save ourselves from the rain. But Ishita pulled her hand from my grip and walked right in the rain. She looked like an angel and started calling for me. It was late in the night, and there was hardly anyone on the street. So I gave in to her request and went to her. I was not dancing not like her I was just moving, she was unaware of the power she held over me and I would bend on my knees to give her everything she desired and even more. One thing led to another and before we knew we were kissing it was a kiss filled with desire, the desire I have for her.

We were on our way back from our date, she is my girlfriend, yes but we have one date every week to keep things alive. We promised to not stop dating no matter at what stage of our relationship we get. I dropped Ishita at her friend's house as she asked me to. Before I could drive out of the driveway, someone knocked on the window of my car. I rolled down the window to see some guy standing, he bent a little to be at my eye level and spoke the words that broke my heart

"Who are you and what are you doing with my girlfriend?"

"What do you mean by girlfriend?"

"The girl you just dropped is my girlfriend and you are not the first guy I have caught her with. We have been in a relationship for years now and she always does this. Find a random guy to entertain her but she always comes back to me. Now that she asked you to drop her here at my place. She'll never be coming back to you. That is how it always ends."

I don't know who this guy is and what he is talking about but I decide to ignore it and drive away. I'll meet Ishita again and I'll her about him. I trust my girl and she is not the cheating type.

But I never heard back from her. Weeks turned into months and months to years and I realized that whatever that guy said was true and she did cheat on me or on him with me.

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"Abhimanyu, will you drop Ishita? I'll drop these two." Vedh's voice brought me back to the present.

"Sure"

I never allowed myself to think of whatever happened three years ago but today's event triggered something which led me to dwell on the past. But I can't do that not anymore. I am angry yes but I also promised Ishita that I'll not behave the way I did at the beginning of our marriage. That is why instead of leaving the club or Bar or whatever in anger like I would have, I stayed rooted in my seat. I was not paying any attention to what everyone was saying and was lost in my thoughts. Everyone came and brought their own vehicle except Ishita, Myra, and Khayati. Vedh offered to drop them off and asked me to drop Ishita. He knows that no one knows that she was my wife so he makes it sound like his idea. He has been my rock in those three years and I don't know what I would have done without him.