Love In Vengeance

CHAPTER- 46

The Next Morning, Shivalika woke up with a headache. Due to crying all night, her head was aching, and she didn't realise when she fell asleep. She opened her eyes halfway, stretching and yawning when she felt something gently tugging at her left hand. Confused, she turned to her side, and what she saw made her freeze, fully awake now.

Aditya.

He fell asleep while sitting on the floor beside her bed, his fingers tightly entwined with hers. His head rested on the edge of the bed, his face etched with lines of dried tears. This reminded her of the last night. She looked at her chest and found that she was wearing her shirt, and she knew it.

Aditya had been there all night, watching her in guilt and concern and apologising for everything that had happened to her. He was angry at himself for not being there with her. He had promised her that even if they couldn't get together, she would always find him by her side, if not as a Husband or a boyfriend, then as A Guy who once fell head over heels for her.

Shivalika's heart twisted. How long had he been sitting there? The sight stirred something deep within her, making her momentarily forget her headache. She didn't want to make her day worse remembering their conversation. Those things doesn't even affect her anymore. What would she get sitting and crying? She told him everything. Now, back to work just like usual days, Crying in the night and waking up like nothing happened the next morning.

She looked here and there and then again at him, thinking how to get out of his hold. She slowly yet nervously tried to withdraw her hand from his, trying her best to not wake him up. Very slowly she tried to remove his fingers from their interwinding hands, Her pulse quickened, Each movement felt like a lifetime.

'Oh God, he is clutching my hand so tight' She said mentally.

After some good minutes, She got relief when her hand was almost out of his hold, A smile crept on her face and relief showed because no way she wanted to face him after yesterday but just when she was about to pull out her hand fully, Her alarm ranged making her jump on her place which made Aditya jerk open his eyes.

Shivalika's eyes widened in horror. SH*T!!

Mission Failed.

Aditya blinked in confusion and looked up at her in shock, He just woke up and his brain was not processing what just happened. His hair was messy and fell over his forehead in an uneven strand and still he looked so tempting---

FOCUS SHIVI!! 

He had just woken up, completely unprepared for what just happened.

"Shiv--"

"SH*T!" Shivalika cut him off, panicking as her eyes darted to the clock. It was Vartika's first day back at school after the long vacation, and, as usual, they were running late. There was no way Shivalika was letting her daughter skip school today. She is going to attend school today! And that's final! Without a second thought, she sprang out of bed, practically flying across the room so fast that she was about to fall but managed.

Meanwhile, Aditya still sat there in shock and surprise. What was that? Why she reacted like this? Where is she going?

What side of Shivalika was that?

Mother side.

And then He remembered yesterday night, His face lost all the colours. He needs to talk to her, It's Important. They need to talk. So he followed her to the room where she went. When he entered the room, He was again taken aback seeing her almost shouting while waking up Vartika.

"Vee, Wake up! You are getting late! Shivalika urged, tugging at the blanket Vartika clung to with stubborn determination not ready to go to school.

"Mumma 10 Minutes," Vartika said in her sleepy voice, she didn't open her eyes.