36. Betrayal

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Shubman and Ananya danced just beside eachother with their respective partners.

Ananya signed and removed her eyes from Shubman. She looked at Nikhil whose eyes were fixed at her. She gulped and distanced herself from him.

"I need some air!" She whispered and walked away.

Nikhil frowned and followed her thinking that he made her uncomfortable.

"Ananya!" He called her but she walked faster towards the pool area where no one was.

"Ananya stop!" He grabbed her arm.

"What?" She snapped.

Nikhil looked at her and signed.

"What happened to you suddenly?" He asked.

"Suddenly? You think something happened to me suddenly?" She asked in disbelief.

"What happened?" He again demanded.

"I can't do this anymore Nikhil. We have to stop pretending that we are so in love!" She said and walked a little farther from him.

"Pretending? You think I am pretending to love you?" He asked.

Ananya turned to him and looked at him in confusion.

"What do you mean?" She asked.

Nikhil walked towards her and grabbed her shoulders gently.

"I am in love with you Ananya. Since I have saw you. Since I worked for you." He confessed.

Ananya's eyes widened by the new information.

"What?" She asked but it came out as mere whisper.

"I love you Ananya. But you never noticed. Of course because you love Shubman more than anything. I am not complaining. But think about it. Do he even deserve you?" He asked making her go angry.

"You are right. I don't deserve him. Because he deserves someone more better than me. Someone who will understand him. Not someone like me who will blame him for the mistakes I did!" Ananya said, tears flowing from her eyes.

"No! You are the most perfect person I have ever seen in my life!" Nikhil argued.

"What's use of it? I hurted the only man I ever loved in my life." Ananya said taking her shoulders out of his grasp.

"Ok then go. Tell him that you love him!" Nikhil said.

"I can't! Please. Stop!" Ananya said and let out a sob.

"No! Go tell him that you love him even after he did everything." Nikhil said.

"I told you it was not his fault. He is innocent. It was all my fault." Ananya turned to him.

"Oh come on! You think I will buy this all! I know that he still loves you. But haven't you see how he was dancing with that girl?" Nikhil asked.

"So what? We also danced. That doesn't mean that we have something going on between us." Ananya scoffed.

"But I love you!" Nikhil snapped and made her look at him. "I love you dammit!" He shouted.

"But I don't!" Ananya yelled back.

"Why?" He demanded. His voice raising after every word.

"Because I love him! Can't you see? I love him. Only him. And you said go tell him. How? How am I supposed to say that to him? Like 'hey Shubman! I know I hurted you, played with your feelings, accused you for silly things. But just forget it all and marry me because I love you?'" She said now in very low voice.

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