Lover's Lair

Chapter 20

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Deeksha's POV:

I was busy with the preparations. Harshad's best friends, Gaurav and Aman were coming over for dinner today. As Sakshi was also here, they decided to have a reunion. 

I wanted to make him proud. He always kept talking about them and I didn't want to let him down in front of his friends.

Sakshi was about to leave yesterday but we insisted her to stay back for another day. So she will be leaving today. And again it'll be the two of us in the house.

Certainly, the equations have changed in the last few days.

I couldn't forget the words he told me the other day. I was craving to listen to them again and again. After a good long time, I felt wanted. No more, I felt awkward in fact, I liked being around him, it made me feel safe and protected. 

I knew I was falling for him and I could no more run away from this fact.

I was running all around the kitchen. I wanted the food to be perfect and had noted down all my mom's recipes. I don't know why I felt nervous maybe because his friends especially Aman seemed cold during our wedding. 

He avoided talking to me and looked as if he wasn't happy with us getting married. I had even tried asking Harshad about him but he always dodged the topic. Probably, they knew everything about my past. I wasn't sure or maybe I was just overthinking. 

"Calm down", he whispered in my ear. I shivered at the closeness. I could feel his breath on my neck.

I slightly nodded not facing him. I was busy checking if the spices were in the right proportion.

"Harshad, please taste this and let me know if this is fine?", I put the sweet in a bowl and gave it to him.

"Wow! This is so good. I'm impressed", he laughed.

"Harshad please, don't irritate me. I am already tensed. What if your friends don't like the food? Already they dislike me and now they will probably start hating. I am such a bad wife", I told him looking annoyed.

"Can you please stop this Deeksha? Don't ever doubt yourself. You are amazing just the way you are. Breathe"

"Thanks", I smiled

"Good girl", he said stroking my hair.

His friends arrived in no time. I missed my friends looking at them especially Radhika. They kept talking about their common friends, classmates, teachers and hostel life. I wish even I had stayed in the hostel at least for some time. It was so much fun. They had so many stories. I could not believe Harshad would prank people so much.

I served the dinner. Harshad was really happy and that made me happy too.

When everybody was about to eat, Aman shouted "No".

"What happened?, Is everything okay?", Harshad asked.

"You can't eat that. There are mushrooms in the curry", he said looking at me.

"Ya, is there a problem if I add mushroom?", I was clueless.

"Wow, I had advised you so many times to not to marry this girl. But you never listened to me. Your wife doesn't even know that you are allergic to mushroom. Great. And you want us to believe that you are happily married.

Open your eyes Harshad. But wait, you know what, it's still not late, you can divorce her and live happily.", he said and walked away while his eyes had so much hatred for me.

My vision started getting blurry. No! I don't want a break down here. I whispered an "excuse me" and directly ran into my room. 

I kept crying, not able to stop myself. I failed, failed miserably. I was horrible. Harshad takes care of my every little need and I didn't even know that he was allergic to mushrooms. I don't know him at all or maybe I never made any attempt to know him. He must be ashamed of me.

"What is wrong with you Aman? Why did you shout at the poor girl? Harshad is happy with her. I can see that", Sakshi said.

"Oh please Sakshi, you have no idea. That girl has made my friend suffer for years", I could hear him yelling. 

"Okay, guys, enough of this. Harshad, I think Deeksha needs you. We will leave", Gaurav said and I think all three of them left. 

What had I done that Harshad's friends hate me? And divorce? What if he actually divorces me?

I know him, he won't. But what if everybody pressurizes him and he eventually gives in. Why would he even stay in a marriage like this? where he gets nothing. He did not even take a stand for me. Does he also think that it's my fault?

But how will I live without him? I won't be able to recover again if he leaves me. I can't go through the same phase one more time. Mom and dad, how will I face them? They had so much faith in me, they thought I would make this marriage work and here I lose again.

Harshad's POV:

What was Aman even talking? It wasn't her fault. I never told her that I am allergic to mushrooms. Also after the wedding, we never ordered or bought mushrooms. She was naive. She truly didn't know. There are many things which even I might not know about her. Sakshi also left along with Gaurav and Aman. They realized we needed space.  

"Deeksha, please open the door", I pleaded for the nth time. But she was so adamant. 

"Deeksha, trust me, I'll have to break the door if you don't open it this time", I said when she finally opened the door and lifted her eyes up. She started wiping her tears as soon as she saw me.

"It is your decision now. If you want a divorce, I am ready for it" she said and let out a breath.

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Hey guys, I am so sorry. I had my exams last week and I was really busy. So, I could not update. Thanks for reading and being patient.

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Next update: 2/12/18 (hopefully)

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