A Marriage of Thorns!!!

Chap-19

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He gave me a glance before striding out of the house. I ran after him ignoring the looks from the brothers. I peered at the crooked smile on Danish's face. Why does he has the tendency to bring out the worst in Zain?

I stopped in my tracks when I found Zain standing near the entrance.

"You need something?" His demeanor has changed. There was a frown in face, his tone was strict, his eyes held zero emotions. The carefree look was long gone or I should say the old one is back?

"You... You left your wallet" I stammered with my words.

"Thanks" With a short reply. He slid it into his pockets.

A pain filled my heart. I could feel everything going down, the happiness of two days going down. "Zain" I whispered giving him a pleading look searching for the lost man of yesterday.

His face softened. His hands moved to my cheek, as he caressed it gently. "Take care, Kashaf" and he left, leaving me confused, frightened and mostly yearning for his touch.

I mentally pleaded not to see his jerk mood again. Please...please not after what he had been these days, not after seeing his true face and not after me finally agreeing on giving this marriage a chance.

I slowly walked my way in. There was no sign of the two. My mind shifted to every possible thoughts. Why do they fight always? What would have they said to him? Most importantly what makes Zain angry? What changes his mood in an instance? No person will have this hyper mood swings on the very sight, let alone the effects of the words.

I took the seat in one the dinning chairs. A strange fear enveloped me. I had this gut that we gonna go back to that life again but for the long time. Maybe the fear of not having the good things again in my marriage was eating me up. I never imagined my married life to be like this. A life were my husband leaves me alone on the wedding night, a husband who is almost a bipolar and the main the big sum of secrets hidden from me. I always thought after reading all the Sherlock Holmes novels that no secrets can be kept away from me. Heck! My whole life has become a walking mystery.

"Zain baba and the two fought again. If he was like this, I would accept. But why are you so sullen?"

It was Gayatri aunty, the head maid of this house. She is kind, funny and an amazing person. I gotta know more about my mother in law from her than anyone else. "She is the most trusted and a best friend" Not mine but mom's words. All I have collected is Zain's aunt despises her but can't fire her since she has been here for long and her job is fully under Zain's control.

"You were there? Do you know on what they fought?"

I had a slightest hope that she will tell and if not then I'm pressuring the things. Not in the world I'm going to stop.

"I have stopped paying heed to their fights long back" she said placing the glasses in the table.

"Why?"

"Well it happens a lot" she sighed wiping one of the glasses. I bet it was clean before.

Happens a lot. That is what I have seen since the day once. It has even became normal to me, but why it was? I don't know.

"Why is that? What has happened before?" I felt her glare. It was half.....shocked?

"Didn't Zain baba tell you?" She asked dropping the clothe she had in her hand and eyes concentrated on me.

Oh no! Zain and I are supposed to be a "real couple" in front of the world according to him. But my words had built a suspicion in Gayatri aunty. Taking the events of yesterday, I would say we were a real couple with no strings attached.