Love me, or Hate me

part 11

Bel in her room pacing back and forth. She knew she should eat something , but she was afraid. Mahir clearly had scared her earlier and she did not want to cross his path. She stop pacing when she heard a knock. Before she could even say something. Mahir walks in " is their a reason why you are not downstairs with the family" he says

Bel looks away from his face. " I'm not hungry "

" really?"

" yes, I'm tired so I will go to sleep"

Mahir raised a brow " for someone who does not live here, you sure are comfortable"

Bel hearing this tense. She forgot that she wanted to talk to him to let her stay. But shes here so does that mean he allowed it, she wonder.

Mahir says " I felt sorry for you so I bought you back in the house. But it's not to show hospitality. Mam said to give you a chance. So I will"

When he said this bel was surprise. Thank god , this makes my plan much easier now, she thought smiling.

Mahir seeing how happy he made her decided to not tell her what he had plan until their downstairs. He let her think whatever she wants to think while saying " now will you come with me to eat, mam is worried about you"

Bel happy nods and decides to follow him. When they reached downstairs, everyone stop chatting. Bel nervously follow mahir to his side. Mahir sister told her shes happy to see her at the table. Sumitra couldnt agree more.

Bel apologize and thank them for being concern. Mahir eating watched all of this. When bel saw him looking at her with so much intense. She had a gut feeling that he was up to something.

Before she could ponder it, Maher stood up grabbing everyone's attention. " since my lovely wife have been staying here, she never got the chance to spend time with the family. So we talked about it and decided that she will take care of everyone's needs everyday."

One of his brother the good one says " but bhai isnt that too much for her to handle"

Maher look at his younger brother " I know....that is why everyday she will attend to a different person, rotating."

Bel surprise herself says " M...M..aher, this is not righ-"

" did you not say you want to get to know everyone bel? How can you be my wife if you dont even take care of my family. Did your father not teach you how to properly handle a family." He says coldly before dryly laughing " seeing how you were involved with your boyfriend, I guess he didnt. Girls like you would rather mess around with guys than thinking about their own future" he says

" Bhai!" His sister says, she quickly look away when she realize her outburst. " I'm sorry" she says feeling her brother stare.

" do you think I am wrong for saying this" he asks daring her to say something wrong.

Bel felt a pang in her heart, hearing him talk about her father. She felt the tears coming, but she decided to be brave enough to look at him. " y...you are wrong for insulting a dead man. You are wrong for insulting my father upbringing....A...and you are wrong for insulting me when you dont even know my childhood or me" she says

Maher ignored the tears coming from her eyes. He knew plenty enough already, and he could careless to know more.

He watch as bel got up and leave. Sumitra scold him for being mean to his wife, and told him to go an apologize. Maher didnt want to and told her he has to get to work.

She shook her head. When will you forget about the best, my son. Why do you keep letting what happend continue to hurt you, she thought emotionally. It must be my fault, we caused this to you. We didnt give you or show you enough love, and now it's too late.