Shadows of control { Under Editing }

46. Enough!

Author's pov:

He grabbed her shoulders, his grip firm but not painful "Don't you dare pretend like you don't feel anything anymore, Sofia. I know you do."

"I don't fucking feel anything for you,"
Sophia said, her voice was hard and cold.
"I don't love you anymore, Ansh. I never will."

"Don't you forget you were the one who ended this and Who the fuck are you to always decide what I will do ?"
Sophia spat, her voice dripping with venom.

Ansh let out a humorless laugh, the sound echoing through the parking lot.
"Oh, really? Was I the only one to end this? Seriously?
You made it clear with your stupid actions that you wanted me out of your life."

"I never wanted you out of my life,"
Sophia said, her voice breaking.
"You were the one who wanted it. And I made it easy for you, didn't I? "
She took a shaky breath, trying to control her emotions.

Ansh stared at her, his jaw slack. Disbelief clouded his features.

"I never wanted you out of my life, Sofia,"
he said, his voice was low and husky,
"How could you even think that? I was drowning in guilt, in the fear of losing you forever."

He reached out and cupped her face possessively
"You might have misunderstood, Sofia. Let's make it clear."

He looked into her eyes, his own filled with a desperate hope.
"I never wanted to leave you. I love you, more than you know."

Sophia pushed his chest behind with all her might, her eyes blazing with fury.
"You love me? Then why didn't you feel any mercy before slapping me in front of your family? To throw me out of your house? And before cheating on me?"

"Cheating on you? Are you mad? I would never do that. You know it"
He took a shaky breath, trying to find the right words to express his feelings.

He looked at her, his eyes searching hers,
"I owe you my heart, my soul, and my life, Sofia. I am incomplete without you. And the fuck I will cheat on you, Is that what you think of me?"

He leaned closer, his breath fanning her cheek, his eyes pleading.

Sophia, despite her anger, felt a strange warmth spreading through her, a flicker of hope igniting in her chest. His words, raw and passionate, resonated deep within her soul.

She looked at him, her anger slowly subsiding, replaced by a hesitant hope.

Could it be possible? Could he truly have meant every word?

The answer, she realized, was written clearly in his eyes, in the desperate longing that mirrored her own.

And in that moment, amidst the chaos, a fragile understanding began to bloom

Within a few seconds, Sofia rubbed her wet cheeks and took a deep breath. Then, with a force that surprised even herself, she slapped him. It was a powerful blow, echoing through the otherwise silent parking lot.

Many business tycoons and high personalities were there in the backgrounds and they were seeing the drama. They were all shocked when she slapped him. Each and every person present over there was afraid of Ansh. They knew within the snap of his fingers he could erase their existence, and here he is taking the slap.

"Yes, you fucking cheated on me, liar!"
she screamed, the words tumbling out of her in a torrent of pain and fury.
"I saw everything, Ansh. Every single thing. And it can't change the reality... you loved me then, where were you when I was at my worst? when I was pregnant? When I was anxious, scared, and holding our child within me? Where were you then, Ansh?"

Ansh cleaned the blood from his lips, his eyes widening in shock.
"You... you were pregnant?"

"Yes, I was pregnant"
Sophia choked out, tears streaming down her face. "And I lost it. I lost our child. Maybe, just maybe, it was because of you. The stress, the anxiety, the constant fear... it was all too much. I was losing myself, Ansh.

Her voice cracked with emotion.
"You left me to face it all alone."

Ansh stared at her, his face drained of all colors.
"Didn't you think it was important to tell me? 
You think I wouldn't have been there for you?"

He shook his head, unable to comprehend the magnitude of his loss.
"Our child, Sofia. It was our child...No matter what,
You have no right to hide it from me"

"So now all of a sudden you want babies?"
Sophia scoffed, her voice dripping with sarcasm.
"The way you were keeping me on birth control, it doesn't seem like the same. It seems like you never wanted babies at all, Ansh. It seems like you only wanted me on your terms. Keeping me on birth control was one of those terms, wasn't it?"

She looked at him, her eyes filled with a mixture of anger and disbelief.

"Keeping you on birth control was a different thing entirely. It wasn't that I didn't want babies...I just didn't want them when our relationship was a total mess. I wanted to make our bond strong first. I wanted to give our relationship the time and attention it deserved before bringing a baby into this world."
Ansh said firmly, his eyes were saying he wasn't lying.

"Enough, enough of your lies"
Sophia declared, her voice trembling with anger and disappointment. She pulled the ring from her finger, the once-cherished symbol of their love now a weapon of hurt. With a forceful gesture, she threw it onto his chest.

Without another word, she turned and walked away, her footsteps echoing in the silence that had fallen between them. She climbed into her car, slamming the door shut behind her.

Ansh stared at the ring lying on the ground. He gently picked it up from the ground.

With a heavy sigh, he placed the ring in his pocket, the cold metal a constant, aching reminder of the woman he loved.