Tales of the Heart

chapter 16

" Kya itni nafrat thi mujh se, ki ek baar btaana jruri nahi samjha ?" These are the words of Advaita which she says to Ansh on the phone.

It is around 11 in the night, London time is four and a half hours behind India.
At this time in London it is 6:30 in the evening whereas here in India it is 11 in the night.
And she knows that now she has to call him keeping in mind the timing there and without disturbing him much.

Ansh reaches London and he had already made all the arrangements for his stay there, So upon reaching there he goes straight to his apartment which was already well-furnished.

As soon as he reaches there, he first call and tells his family that he has reached safely and then he leaves everything and first of all takes some rest but he cannot rest for long when he gets a call from Advaita.

And as he also did not have Advaita's number, so seeing a call coming from an unknown number, Ansh picks up the call and as soon as he picks up the call, Advaita doesn't say anything else but only asks him whether he hated her so much that he didn't deem it necessary to tell her this once.

Advaita is in guilt, she feels that he left the country the very next day of their engagement, maybe she is the reason behind his decision.
She didn't want him to leave his family like this but Aarav gives some relief to this guilt of her by telling her that he has gone there to study and his going there was pre-decided, so nothing has happened because of her.

Even after knowing all this from Aarav, only one question kept revolving in Advaita's mind: did she not have the right to meet him, to see him before he left?
And why did he stop everyone from telling her this?
He has gone for 2 years, will he come back in between these two years or directly after 2 years ? how can she ask him the answers to her questions.

And finally, after a lot of thinking, when she can't hold herself back, she calls him and after calling him, she does not do much but asks him this question that did he hate her so much that he did not think it necessary to tell her this thing.

Whereas Ansh, due to some reasons, recognizes her voice as soon as he picks up the phone and hears her question, but instead of answering her question, he simply disconnects her call because due to some reasons, he does not want to fight with her anymore. He has come here for peace of mind and he will not disturb that peace by talking to her.

Meanwhile, Advaita gets shocked seeing his attitude and calls him again but now when Ansh knows whose number it is, he does not pick up the call and puts the phone on silent mode and goes to the washroom to freshen up because he was resting from his journey, without freshening up.

Meanwhile, Advaita keeps making numerous calls but her eyes fill with tears when she fails in her efforts, She bites her lip to ease the pain in her heart and suddenly becomes alert when she hears a knock on her door, She quickly wipes her tears away and takes a deep breath.

On the other hand, Ansh stands under the shower and as the cold water falls on his body, he closes his eyes but immediately he opens his eyes when he remembers the happy face of Advaita which he saw on the day of engagement and while thinking this, suddenly the reflection of Advaita's face appears before him again where the smile vanished from her face and tears came in her eyes and the reason for that was him.

" This is what I wanted, that she should be sad but why do I feel so weird now, no, no, I should not think about her, it's just a matter of 2 years now...I'll see how long she can maintain her madness... She claims a lot that she loves me...huh, Within a few months she will forget me and break this engagement drama herself, very soon her fake love for me will be visible to everyone." Ansh thinks about all this, he feels that due to their distance, she will forget him very soon and in the end she herself will break this engagement and here he will get freedom from all these dramas.