SEX IS HIGHLY OVERRATED... OR IS IT????

Love denied...

Hi guys!! Once again thank you for all the votes and comments.. Love u all.. This was written in a hurry and is not edited as usual.. I apologise for any mistakes..  I really wanted to update Gandharva first.. but the recent response for this story made me do this one first… So if this keeps up  will def update more often!!

The song 'In the End' I dedicate to my A**H**E of an Ex who is pretty much making my life hell!! I am much much better off without u...

BTW this chapter is dedicated to one of my fav fans- alulu 73- love u lots for all ur support dear!!!

JEEVA POV

Mrs Jayanthi- Dev's mother forced a smile on her face when she saw me. I was shocked to see her, but more than that I was worried. Somehow I had a feeling that things were not going to turn out well. 
'I am sorry to be bothering you, but we need to talk Jeeva.'

As I invited her into my cabin I couldn’t help but notice her stiff posture, her frown and her struggle to hold on to her smile... Once we were seated she closed her eyes, took a deep breath and looked at me with a lot of sympathy.. 

'Jeeva, I have always liked you as a person. That’s why I felt that it would be only right if I made an effort to make you aware of the whole truth before you make your decision regarding yourself and Dev. Though before I proceed, I need to know this. Do you love Dev?'

For a minute that question stumped me.. But I knew the truth and she did deserve it..

'I am not going to lie to you Auntie- I like him a lot, but I don’t love him yet.. Still I do know that given time I will fall in love with him...'

She appeared a lot relieved at my answer... She let out her breath and smiled at me- a genuine smile...

'That gives me a lot of comfort... What I am going to say will be much easier on you now that I know this.. I honestly didn’t want to cause you pain of any kind my dear, but this is something I want you to be aware of before you lose your heart to my son...'

Her words chilled me to the bone.. Its true that I was not yet in love with Dev, but my heart was finally starting to heal.. I was finally learning to smile... What was going on???

'Dev's marriage has been fixed a very long time ago... As you know, we are a family with royal blood. Even though it is almost mundane now in this period and era of India being a republic, we still hold the old laws very close to us... So it is forbidden to marry someone outside our community...'

WHAT!!! That was ridiculous!!

'Please don’t judge us my dear... It may sound ridiculous, but this has been the tradition for over centuries. Dev knew about this and had returned to India ready to accept all of this.. But it is on the day of his engagement that he left home to come to you...'

I was shocked, speechless!!

'I still would have let things slide, but his intended- Athira has been looking forward to their future and had already lost her heart to him.. Even when he was not ready to accept this whole arrangement she had been dreaming of the day they came together since her teens, and when he left her there she was broken..'

It was like a punch to my gut... Everything else was bearable.. But the fact that i was the cause for someone else's heartbreak was too much for me to handle.. I hated me for doing that to the poor girl...

'Jeeva, please don’t be angry at yourself for all of this.. None of us in the family blame you for anything.. Dev should have told you the whole truth.. But he has always been attached to you and would probably do anything for you...'