The Unloved Wife

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 14

I wasn't feeling well yesterday.

The days spent as hours. It seemed like time was moving very fast. I thought five days of freedom from my usual routine would leave a good effect on my mental health but I was wrong Ehan wasn't there at home. He wasn't present around me but it didn't mean he was out of my life completely for five days.

He was an important part of my life and my life revolved around him completely.

We remained in contact. I always noticed that whenever he would go to Dubai for work, he would call me more than usual, like three to four times per day. He followed the same routine during this trip.

And the day he was coming back arrived. His flight would land at 7pm and he would be at home around 8pm.

I was busy in the kitchen. He had asked me to cook chicken biryani today. I was busy preparing it. When I was done cooking biryani, I fried some homemade shami kabab and prepared raita. In dessert, I prepared ras malai on his wish.

He behaved on the phone call as if he was starving in the one of the richest cities of the world.

I went to my room and took a quick shower. I wore a red dress. It was a simple shalwar qameez with golden lace on the borders. I was applying lipstick when the bell of apartment rang.

I opened the main door and my eyes found him standing at the door. Our gaze met and I felt something in my heart. I was seeing him after so many days. Even after his hurtful behavior towards me he still held a special place in my heart.

It's not easy to unlove someone in a few days. I loved him truly and no doubt true love hurts you badly.

"Aslamo alaikum!" I greeted him normally with a small smile on my lips.

"Walekum salam!" He walked inside, closed the door behind him and took me into a warm hug.

I closed my eyes in his embrace. It felt like my wandering soul met with peace. Everytime he behaved softly with me, my heart always took his side ignoring the hurt and pain he inflicted on me.

Your heart always remains biased for your loved ones. You ignore their mistakes in the name of love and they keep exploiting you in the name of love.

Alas, my story was no different.

"I missed you so much" He whispered in my ear and pulled my face upwards.

Our gaze met once again, I could see a different kind of world in his eyes. He cupped my face in his both hands and leaned down at my face. His lips brushed mine and he kissed me softly.

As always I gave in myself to him.

My love for him was generous to ignore his mistakes but my heart feared for the future. I was getting the feeling that my forever hurt heart would be shattered into unimaginable pieces in the near future.

"Why were you ignoring me?" He asked me seriously once he removed his mouth from mine.

"I wasn't" I looked away.

"You were. You even have any idea how this effected me there" He complained as always. He had this view that I shouldn't ignore him and treat him like he treats me.

I kept my silence.

"Mehr! Would you speak up now. Why are you messing with me for no reason?" He looked hurt.

He never considered his behavior a reason to treat him like that. I was his wife and I had to fulfill all my duties with a smile on my face even after getting hurt by him and he simply had no duties towards me.

The world we live in is a hypocrite world. People never choose similar to others what they choose for themselves. They want to hurt others but they don't want to get hurt by them.

"I was just not well" I lied as always. I don't know what I wanted. I wanted to hurt him but at the same time I didn't want to leave him.

Love plays with you badly.

He is the only person I have in my life. How could I think to leave him when I love him. I just hope he realizes how much he hurts me.

"What happened to you? Why you didn't tell me?" He asked worriedly.

"It was nothing serious" I muttered.

"Still you should have told me" He caressed his thumb on my cheeks.

I just nodded in response.

"I was so worried about you this time. You always take care of yourself in my absence I don't understand what happened this time" He asked confusedly.

"I told you. I wasn't feeling well" I had to explain.

He nodded and fell silent for a few seconds.

"Smile for me!" He demanded with unknown intensity in his voice.

My lips formed into a smile automatically.

"Beautiful" He mumbled before brushing his lips to mine once again.

It's always easy to say that you should leave this person and move on in your life but in reality it's very difficult to leave the person you once dreamt your future with and get out of toxic relationships.

So show some kindness to Mehr. We have many women like her around us. They require your kindness and not judgement that they don't have any self respect.

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