Arranged to my hater

Chapter Forty-Two

Ishita's POV

I open my eyes and the first thing I see is Abhimanyu's sleeping face. His one is holding my handand the other is kept on my waist. He looks so peaceful sleeping no grumpy looks and no angry glares. And the way his lips are parted like a small child is adorable. I quickly pick my phone and take a picture of him and than I take a selfie of us. Gently I remove myself from his hold and get up from bed but before I could move out of bed Abhimanyu's hand stops me

"Leaving before I could enjoy my morning too? That's not fair Mrs Saxena."

I lie down on the bed again shocked with the way he addressed me. He never called me Mrs. Saxena before and him saying it in his morning voice made it sound more sexy. Sexy? Seriously? Where is this coming from?

"Good morning Abhimanyu"

"It is a good morning indeed" he pulled me closer effortlessly and snuggled his face on the crook of my neck making my heart beating faster. Him being this close is not good for my heart at all. Not in a I-am-falling-for-him kind of way because that's not possible. I cannot fall for him, not when he has been behaving like an angry grinch throughout our marriage and also he said he'll divorce me in six months so there's no way I could afford to fall for this angry Saddu. But the way my heartbeat increases whenever he is near me. It cannot be normal.

"Now let me go I really need to pee" I try to get up again

"Not so fast, Ishita —" I make a run for the bathroom before he could stop me

Once inside the washroom I finish my business and sit on the slab of wash basin while brushing my teeth thinking of the reason of Abhimanyu being in my bed. The last thing I remember is us leaving from the bar maybe I passed out in the car and he carried me here and was tired to carry my fat ass that he didn't have the engergy to go back to his room. Suddenly image of him snuggling his face on the crook of my neck few minutes pops up in my head. He never did that or anything remotely similar to that. He always maintained his distance so what changed? And just like that the events of last night came rushing back to me, me kissing him. I kissed Abhimanyu Malhotra.

You are saying like it is a bad thing, he is your husband. You can kiss your husband.

Yes, but we are not normal husband wife who kiss each other. Oh my God, what have I done? Wait was that real or I just dreamt about it? Maybe I kissed Abhimanyu in my dream, yes it must be dream. Please god let it be a dream. It will be less awkward for me to face him.

The sudden knock on the door startles me "Ishita, are you okay in there?"

"Yeesh" which sounded nothing like what I intended to say with the toothbrush still in my mouth

"Come out fast I need to use the bathroom" I quickly rinse my mouth before replying

"You have a bathroom in your room, go there"

"I want to use this one"

"This is my room and my bathroom I am going to take as much time as I want. You can go to the bathroom in your room if you can't wait"

"Ishita, I am telling you last time, open the damn door" I don't know why he is behaving the way he is. He has never been in my room atleast not since I came to this house.

Ignoring him I start to wash my face which took me 10 mins and there was no sound from the other side of the door. Maybe Abhimanyu left. Once done I look into in the mirror and notice Abhimanyu leaning on the wall behind me which startles me making me scream.

"Calm down woman, you'll make me deaf" I stop screaming and turn to look at me.

"You fucking scared me. What are you doing in here? How did you get in?" I say while inspecting the gate

"You forget that this is my house which means I have keys to all the locks even this bathroom's"

"You don't go and open door to someone's bathroom like that. I could have in the shower for all you know"

"Firstly it not just someone, it's you, my wife. I don't do this with random people."

"It makes me feel sooo special" I say mockingly.

"Secondly, I couldn't hear shower running so I knew you were not in shower" he ignored my mocking statement and continued.

"But I could have been naked"

"I was hoping for that" he mutters

"Seriously? Why did you come in here?"

"You were in here for more than almost an hour and I was worried"

"How much did you drink last night?"

"Two shots and one peg whiskey"

"You must be a lightweight that can be the only reason you are still drunk."

"What are you talking about?"

"You are behaving differently and the only explanation for that is you being still drunk. Or you must have hit your head somewhere yesterday when you were drunk. We need to go" I start to drag him out of the bathroom and into bedroom. MY bedroom which he clearly doesn't remember.

"Where are we going?"

"To the doctor of course"

"What? Why?"

"You have been acting differently since morning, there's something definitely wrong with you" I whisper the last part.

"You are being ridiculous" He suddenly stops which makes it difficult for me to drag him. Ugh! He is strong and so irritating.

"I am being ridiculous? You are being ridiculous. How do you explain your behaviour since morning?"

"What behaviour?" He says and pulls me towards him and trap me in between a wall next to the bathroom door and himself.

"This – This– Sleeping in my bed and than–"

"And than?" He starts playing with my hair which does something to my stomach. Something which I doesn't have words to describe.

"And now this"

"What am I doing Ishita?" He looks me in the eyes and continue to play with my hair.

"Leave me, I want to go" I put my hands on his chest and push him aside and leave or atleast try to leave. As soon as I am out of his hold I dash towards the wardrobe and just as I close the door I hear Abhimanyu calling for me

"Ishita, I just want to say that I am not acting differently. My behaviour in the past towards you might make you think I am but trust me I am not." he says not aware of the effect his words have on me. And I don't have words to respond so I just don't reply. He might feel that I am ignoring him but what can I say. The way our marriage started, it is difficult to trust him.

"I know it's difficult to trust me after whatever I have done but I'll earn your trust," he adds as if reading my mind. I hear him leave the room after few minutes when I don't respond at all. 

Author's Note:

What should Abhimanyu do to gain Ishita's trust?

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