Rikara FF - Humsafar Humdard Humraaz

Chapter 15

Walking around the whole mansion in search of Gauri, Omkara let out a rumble, not finding her anywhere. It had been almost three hours he had her walking away from the conversation he tried to initiate, which he thought would eventually get him the chance to say sorry for pulling her leg. But exact the opposite happened. She left, giving him cold shoulder before he could even start.

He was already frustrated with the way everything got messed up. And this whatever ceremony going on in his house was making it intolerable for him. With all the crowd, lights, chaos and fuss, he was finding it difficult to breathe in his own house. He couldn't contemplate why was he feeling so restless. It wasn't like he was a person who gets agitated soon. He always had been the calmer and unruffled one amongst the Oberois. But what happened to him today ? Why was he so irritated today ?

Was it because she was mad at him and chose to keep herself away ?

His heart whispered yes.

But he was too obstreperous to hear that barely audible voice coming from his heart. Running his long fingers through the thick mane, he finally sighed, as if trying to calm his racing heartbeats. Resolving his mind to make up for the silly mistake he had done momentarily by teasing her, he took quick steps towards the hall, hoping she would be there.

Gauri had kept herself busy with the preparation of mehendi ceremony. She had thought it would, at least, desist her knavish mind to concentrate on her husband's words and help her avoiding him. But what she couldn't even conceive was the unbearable pain she was to go through, taking part in the wedding ceremony of her husband, with some other woman. Her insides scorched with the way people acknowledged Svetlana as Omkara's wife to be. She felt her heart being twisted by a piercer, every time she pictured Omkara with Svetlana. It coursed a burning sensation all over her body, as if she was consumed by the devastating affliction.

‎Yet she chose to smile. She found it easier than answering everyone's penetrating questions. And spending time with Anika, Rudra and Saumya while working with them, helped her to quieten the anguish and keep that smile untouched on her face.

His eyes quickly scanned the whole area, hoping to get a glimpse of her. But she was not even there. He sighed, defeated and turned on his heels to leave the place, unnoticed by anyone. But who could escape the vulturous eyes of those elderly women ?!

As Omkara turned to leave, the ladies, finding him at the ladies function, started hooting and teasing him, for they supposed he was there for his bride, Svetlana. He felt spiders crawling through his skin with the adjuncts of Svetlana's name with his. The thought of marrying a snake like her disgusted him from the start. But there was nothing he could do. At least not until he had enough proofs against her. Not until he was sure Svetlana was inept enough to cause harm to his mother's marital life. Though he hated his mother to be with a man who never respected her enough to stay loyal to their marriage, he knew what his so called father means to her and how much his mother loves that man.

But was not he being unjust to the woman he had married ? Was not he keeping her in dark by not letting her know what made him take steps towards Svetlana despite of being in a wedlock with her ? Was not he slackening her sentiments by conferring her place in his life to Svetlana, even if it was for a certain period ? Was not he making things difficult for her, as well as for him ?

He could perceive how indistinct and unfair he had been towards Gauri. Knocking off the thoughts causing his chest to rise up with extreme guilt, he made up his mind to blurt out the truth before her. She deserved to know everything happened with him and his family and he would not hide anything from her, at least not after realizing how wrong he had been doing to her.