Broken I

45

ARNA

Iva en Inga vantha ?

"Arna," Monika called, and I rolled my eyes.

Hridhan looked between us, confused as she took a seat beside me. I didn't want to make a scene in front of Hridhan, so I bit my tongue. If she crossed the line, though, no one could stop me.

"Romba naal aachu paathu, eppidi irukka ?" she asked, trying to be sweet.

"Nalla irukken," I said curtly.

"Yaru ithu ?" she asked, pointing at Hridhan, who was silently having his coffee.

"En husband," I said, while her eyes twinkled.

"But nee Aryan kooda irukka nu nenachen... Rendu perum thaniya room la ellam..." she acted nicely, trailing off to make it sound suspicious for Hridhan, but he didn't seem to care as he continued sipping his coffee.

I noticed her raising her voice, making sure he heard it.

"Recent-aa kooda una thaniya avan cabin la paatheney," she added another piece of information.

For god's sake, she should shut up.

She turned towards Hridhan. "Ungaluku theriyatha ?" she asked before I could say anything.

"Avanga thaniya iruntha cabin la nenga enna panninga ?" Hridhan asked, catching her off guard.

That's my husband!

I smirked at her. "Na.. summa... Aryan-aa... paaka ponnen," she stammered.

"Athey mari en wifeum avara paaka ponna avalothan... Ithu ethuku exaggerate pandringa ?" he asked coolly, placing the empty cup back on the table.

This is why I told him. I knew some idiots would try to tarnish my already tarnished name.

"Arna, nee pesurana na pesita va... na veliya wait pandren," he said and walked out, not before paying the bill.

Monika turned towards me with an irritated face while I beamed a smile.

"Asingama illa ?" I asked.

"Na unmaiya thana sonnen. Pavam avan loss.. avan nambala," she muttered.

"Avan ivanu sonna next time pesa vai irukkathu. Podi antha pakkam... vanthuta," I said and walked out to see him waiting for me.

I hooked my hand around his arm. He looked at me, and I felt so happy, the way he spoke, the way he trusted me. I beamed a smile while he responded with one for me.

"Azhaga irukka," he said all of a sudden.

"Nejama va ?" I asked.

"Ama," he said, putting his arm around my waist and slightly dragging me towards him. His big body covered my petite frame as we crossed the road.

He stopped near a flower shop and bought a sunflower. He didn't pass it to me.

Was I expecting it ?

Oh... yes.

But anyway, that's not a big disappointment when he has already given me the world which I never knew. We both went back to the apartment. I was about to enter our room.

"Baby," he called.

I turned my head towards him while he forwarded the sunflower to me. I bit my inner cheeks.

This was unexpected!

"Enaku enna solrathu nu theriyala..." he paused, looking around, slightly tense, shaking his head.

Ayiooo cuteu.

I watched him, looking so adorable. "Thanks for being the sun to my sunflower," he said, passing the beautiful sunflower.

What was that ? 
What was that ? 
What was that ?

I was just screaming inside.

"Awww... Thank you, my dear sunflower," I said, taking the sunflower and hugging him tight.

So tight. So tight. So tight.

What are you, Hridhan ?

Later in the evening, I was looking at the skies. Beautiful and unpredictable. Life might be like those skies. Everything is unpredictable.

I had a clear plan, but everything went against me, and yet this is more beautiful. Even if I left him, I don't know if I could find this peace anywhere else.

The warmth in his arms. The comfort in his words. The cheeky smiles he gives me.

Life is unpredictable. I have fallen for a green forest. Of course, no woman could let a man like Hridhan go.

Ofcourse. Not me.

I am not mad to leave hridhan. I may have chose stupid decisions in past but life has shaped me to chose hridhan. Only hridhan.

And nothing is wrong. Because it's hridhan.

There is no point in leaving him. I had past but he is ready to accept me as I am. I can't ask anything more. Even though I am linked with some powerful that doesn't mean I belong to them.

I can't become the billionaire. I am just their friend. The side character.

I have always lived my life as a side character in someone else story. Never thought I was worth for something. I lost everything when the world around me started seeing me as a commodity.

But now everything feels different. Like, I feel as a main character. Hridhan is my love and will be my only love. Then whole fades when he is near.

I am going crazy with the thought. Like Seriously I am living a dream I thought I will never have. Maybe broken things mend at the right time.

Hridhan was the right person to mend me.

Nothing in this is world can stop me from having hridhan. Because there is nothing more which can stop me. I am not going to lose anything, anymore.

I have everything now. Peace, power, money and most importantly my love - hridhan.

Feeling lucky, grateful and what not ?

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