My Mr. Artist

Chapter 22

Present

" I thought through all the ideas anyone could come up with, worked double hard, but on one side my brother's health was deteriorating and on other side the rival groups were taking advantage of our situation. Whole house was gloomy and i had to take the decision urgently" Saransh closed his eyes tight shut as if it would make him disappear from here. It was more hard than he thought. He had situated himself in a same couch as before as if it was his safe heaven. He didn't know if kiyah was really looking at him or not but he hope she would not.

" But still i went to meet daksha, uh..... I told her to refuse this arrangement but she was also on tight end so we decided to married for four to five years and then would apply for divorce. The company would be stabilize till then and she would also complete her studies. Then i was going to come to you...." Saransh continued, he wanted to tell her that it was all fake, he didn't love his wife, they are just partners collaborating with each other and he was going to come back to her.

" Stop it ansh" Suddenly he heard kiyah's voice and stop his trail of thoughts. She was sitting near the balcony door, moon light cast a soft glow on her but her expression was quite gloomy and somewhat angry.

" What! you thought you would break up with me, would disappear from my life, would shatter my heart, get married with another girl then will divorce her and then you will come back to be and i will accept you a smile on my face ?" Kiyah exploded as she banged her hand on the table. She had understood his reason but that didn't imply that she had forgiven him. She could accept that they were not meant to be and you could not win against destiny but when he spoke about divorce, coming back, her all rationality got thrown away.

" Stop being so selfish ansh, stop thinking of just yourself. What you think marriage is! that you can get married in this second and break it in another second. you said that, that girl doesn't have family, her grandfather died last year, that's why he arranged this marriage right? its to protect her, not for you to break it in some years and leave her alone. What about your family, would they accept it, will they accept me? my parents, will they be happy knowing how i destroyed someone's marriage, Will they accept a divorcee for their one and only daughter, huh?" 

She got close to him but not to close as to not to hit him on impulse, still he took one step back as if he knew what she was thinking.

" Ansh i asked you to explain to me everything, not because i want to be with you but i want to break every connection with you. when a glass break, it may get fixed but there would always be a crack in it. Our relationship is just like that now. I........I think you should just continue to follow the path you have chosen three years ago. You should give your marriage a chance, maybe you could again get your happiness" Kiyah said in a determined tone as she could see how confused and lost ansh had become. Even though it hurt to let those words out of her mouth it needed to be done. Time had changed, He was not the same ansh she had known and fallen in love with, he had also changed and so did she.

Saransh felt the same pain when he had asked her to break up with him. He felt as if she looked little unfamiliar, how could a girl who would get jealous just by others staring at him, now asking him to be happy with another girl. 

He was puzzled but more so disappointed as he was living in an illusion that this phase would get over and he would once again be her ansh mishra but since she came to city R and they met again, He got lost and distracted. When facing her, he subconsciously understood that returning back would be much harder than his thoughts, but still he ignored that nagging feeling because from the past three years, he had always started his day with only one thought  - 'Just some months more than everything will be alright, i would be with her'.