When He Barged In Without My Permission

Epilogue (Chapter 49)

 Epilogue (Chapter 49)

Akshara 

"Was that jealousy?" I asked Raghav, smirking. I had completely forgotten how cute he looked when he got jealous. "Who says I'm jealous? Pfft!" He poked his tongue out at me, making me laugh. "It's fine if you were. Jealous I mean. There were many times when I was jealous too!" I said, casually. He, however, smirked naughtily. And I knew I was in trouble.

"When were you jealous, Akshy?" He asked. I gulped. Do I tell him or not? I mean, there is no guarantee that we might go out together again, and there's also the possibility that he has moved on. If he really had moved on, he wouldn't be jealous right? I thought. Then again, he might have just been jealous in that ex- way. I internally sighed. 

"Alright. But don't tease me about this." I warned him. He laughed, but nodded. "There was this time, way back when you and Ryan first joined college. You were always trying to hangout with me... and Ryan said that you were only doing that because you wanted to get to Vismaara. It hurt like a bitch that time, though we weren't dating yet. I got jealous of Vismaara." I said, my heart clenching when I recalled how bad I'd felt back then. 

Raghav was silent. 

Then he looked up, and I saw a fire burning in his lovely brown eyes. Not literally, of course. Cause that would mean.... that he would be blind in the possible future. 

"Akshara, listen to me. I am being very honest here. I never, ever,  used you to get to your best friend. It was always you, since the beginning. I don't know why Ryan ever felt that I was in anyway interested in her, but I swear... it was always you." He said, his fingers squeezing mine tightly. It was like a blow to me, honestly. I mean think about it:

Guy tells you his best friend is flirting and getting close to you to get to your best friend, and you feel bad but accept it anyway. Years later, the best friend and the one true love of your life aka GUY'S BEST FRIEND, tells you it was always you he wanted. 

It does come as a shock. 

I nodded weakly, making him smile. "Anything else you've got to confess to me, rock star?" I asked teasingly, but made my expression serious at the end. He looked apprehensive for a moment, his face filled with guilt and hesitation. 

Oh fuck.

I think I know what he's going to say...

"Akshara, look I am sorry, but at that time I had no other option I mean..." he started. This was it. This was the moment he would tell either that he'd cheated on me at some point in our relationship... or that he was no longer interested in me now... that he'd moved on. 

Beads of sweat started rolling down the side of my face, even in the air-conditioned hall, and I inconspicuously wiped them away. My heart was thudding wildly in my chest.

"If I had had any other option, I probably wouldn't have done it. But you weren't interested and I had to do something!!" He rambled, confirming my worst suspicions.