Chap 25

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His eyes remained fixed on her as she gently slipped her hand from his grasp and made her way into her room

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His eyes remained fixed on her as she gently slipped her hand from his grasp and made her way into her room. He wanted to scream, to call out her name, but it seemed his voice was jagged, her words kept echoing in his head…

“Shiv, will this be you every time you face her? will you leave my hand and choose to walk away rather than face her?”

He felt as if someone had thrown him into ice-cold water, plunging into a heart already wounded by a knife. The only thing he knew was not to let go of her, and thus, his mind and feet chased her.

“Princess” calling, he held her hand who was about to remove her heels

He knelt down without a trace of male ego, and gently took off her right heel despite her protests.

“Shiv, stop, lemme do it” came her soft whisper to which he looked up and smiled at her saying “I know you can, but want to do it, kay”. She returned his smile and gazed at him. She could see that he wasn't doing it out of guilt or to appease her; he was doing it because he genuinely wanted to do it for her. If anyone happened to walk by and witness the scene in front of them, they would be hospitalized with a heart attack. The man who could make others fall at his feet, the same man whom girls were ready to kneel before, was now on his knees, delicately removing her heels.

Removing her both heels, keeping aside, he held both hands which were resting on her lap,...

“Anika”

*(She could feel the seriousness in his voice when he called her name making her alert for whatever came her way next and nodded her head signaling him to continue)*

“I know no matter what I say, it won't change the fact that I hurt you, although that was never my intention. Hurting you is the last thing I would ever want to do, I accept I acted foolishly back then but it had nothing to do with Malika; she had no influence on me or my life. I walked out cause it was too much to handle, I’m not the same man back then. I was a walking robot with no emotions, I wouldn’t give a damn about others except for my family which includes my friends especially Malika not cause she was my girlfriend but fact she understood me better *sighing* maybe that’s what I thought until the dreadful incident.

To be honest I wasn’t hurt or heartbroken that she cheated on me, what broke my heart was that my two best friends chose to cheat instead of talking to me. Believe me, I would have accepted and appreciated their honesty. I'm not the type to hold onto something that isn't meant to be mine. If Malika wanted to break up with me, I wouldn't have agreed instantly, but I would never have forced her to stay against her will. She should know that much about me. If there's one thing I despise with all my being, it's dishonesty and betrayal, yet she chose to lie to my face. Before anything else, she was my best friend, so why would she lie to me? Why would she risk our friendship? I was angry and hurt more than them I was angry at myself cause maybe it was my fault that she chose to lie to me, maybe I never gave her the chance to trust me enough to share her worries or about our relationship, maybe I am not the person one could Love all those things broke me enough I tried to shut away from people thinking they are better of me, if not for Aru kicking my ass I don’t know what would have I done.

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