Shaadi Yaa Barbaadi

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Sidharth tapped his foot on the floor as he looked at his phone for a message or call from her but there were none. He is currently in his conference room in NY. Its been 4 days since he is here , and there wasn't a single call from her. Just a message everyday at night to ask him if he had his lunch and dinner properly or not. He did call her but due to different time zones , she was off. But he knew she is ignoring him deliberately. Maybe she is still upset with their fight over his ex. He still hasn't cleared anything except for confessing his feelings. He didn't wanted to stress her over anything

Its been 3 weeks since she is up but she is awfully quiet. She is not the shehnaaz he married. The bubbly one , the extrovert one and the demanding one. She seems too quiet to him. Never asking about anything. Never demanding anything. He missed her real self. He knows she needs time. She need space. And he is giving her. But in this process , he is losing his own self. The moment he waited for since 5 months , and getting this treatment wasn't what he deserved.

He remembers when he confessed his feelings to her , the day she got up. She just looked at him intensely.And hugging him. No emotions , no words. Just silence was what he got. He knows , she needs time for her. But it's getting quite bad for him. She is meeting her psychologist for a few days but there was no progress still. Today he is going back to India. And he will definitely ask his questions. He can't keep them in his heart for a long time. Not when , she is there to listen. And maybe she will reply too.

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Sidharth stepped in the mansion. It was 12pm when he reached India back. He did inform Shehnaaz and told her to sleep but seeing his room's lights on , his eyes teared up. She waited for him. How much he missed this. Not that he wants her to wait for him everyday ruining her schedule. But he loved to get such gestures. Atleast sometimes.

Opening the door , he looked at Shehnaaz who was settled on the bed and was gazing on a paper. He wonders what's that. Looking at Sidharth , she smiled. A small smile and got up to fetch a glass of water for him. But for him , it was different. He rushed to her , took the glass from her hand , places it on the side table and hugged her . Hugged her for what seemed like an eternity. He missed her , her fragrance , her touch , her smile. Shehnaaz looked baffled by such a sudden movement and placed her tiny hands on his back rubbing it slowly giving comfort to his soul. He is for sure taking a much needed break from his work. He doesn't care what happens in his absence. Maybe some shares will drop. That's okay to him. Unless she is there with him , he can even cross the depth of the hells..  After a minute she pulled back and gave the water to him.

"Khana le aau?", She asked meekly and put her marksheet inside the drawer. Sidharth glanced at the paper and remembered. He shaked his head telling her that he had his dinner already. He also asked if she had her or not to which she nodded and went to the closet to take out his clothes.

"Your results were quite good... Well done", he said as he took off his watch placing it on the side table.

"I thought aap bhul gaye hoge receive karna..I found it inside the drawer", she said. Ofcourse there was a chance he would forget about it when there were so much chaos around him.

"How can I forget about you.. ofcourse you weren't there with me mentally... But your presence was with me everywhere" , he spoke out as tears filled her eyes. She didn't know but his words gave her a comfort. She stumbled on her steps and he failed to notice it as he stood infront of the mirror taking off his shirt.
Getting no reply from her , he looked at his back where she was taking out his clothes ,to see her hand holding her head and other hand on the door of the closet
He rushed to her finding her stumbling and she fell down unconscious.
His eyes widen as he took her in his lap. For sure he didn't expect this. Not when all her reports were normal telling them she is doing well..