The Land of Beloved!!!

Chapter 20

Thapki had been sitting in that lawn chair for few minutes. She had her face hidden in her hands and tears were flowing on her face non stop. She did not want to say all that to Bihaan but she could not take it any more. The feeling of being an unwanted wife was killing her. The touch of a piece of cloth startled her and she looked up hoping it would be Bihaan. She saw Dhruv looking at her with pity eyes. He had put his jacket on her shoulders. She tried to remove the jacket from her body but Dhruv stopped her by the motion of his hand.

Dhruv: "I did not want to scare you but I just came home and saw u sitting here all by urself; crying and shivering. Can I ask u wat brought tears to ur lovely eyes?"

Thapki: "Nothing. I was just..."

Dhruv: "U can't lie. In fact ur beautiful eyes tell the whole truth. Now come on, share with me wats troubling u"

He continued while sitting in front of her.

Dhruv: "U can share everything with me. Trust me I am ur well wisher and by the tears in ur eyes, I can guess that Bihaan is the reason behind it"

Thapki who did not want to offend him slowly got up from her place and looked at Dhruv.

Thapki: "Thank u so much for ur concern but no the reason behind my tears is not Bihaan. And even if I ever have an issue with him, we will resolve it among ourselves as after all we r husband and wife"

She took his jacket off from her shoulders and gave it back to him.

Thapki: "And if I ever need ur help, I will ask myself. And thank u so much for this gesture Dhruv devar ji"

After saying that she left, leaving behind a stunned Dhruv who was staring at her back with mixed thoughts in his mind.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Bihaan was not expecting Thapki to say all this so he stayed in a shock for a while. He quietly sat on the bed. It was after few minutes that he got up from his place and left the room. He searched for Thapki but did not find her in the house. He went out and found her sitting in the lawn chair crying. He felt sad suddenly realising that even she felt bad after saying those words. He went back and took a shawl from their room. He wanted to sit with her in the garden and talk. As he returned he saw Thapki with Dhruv's jacket on her shoulder and Dhruv sitting right in front of her saying something he could not hear. He went back to their room in anger and kicked few stuff here and there. He then picked up his bike keys and went out using the terrace of their room and thus missed the rest of the scene between Thapki and Dhruv.

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Thapki returned to their empty room. She was expecting Bihaan to at least come after her and tell her that their relationship matters and it will work. Neither did he come nor he was in room. She became sad and sat quietly on their bed thinking abt wat to do. After getting no ideas, she quietly lied down on bed turning off the lights in anger.