My nightmare turned lover

Chapter- 29

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Astha's POV:-

" What on earth are you doing?" He roared from the back.

Oh crap! I'm really dead this time.

I slowly turned around anticipating to see a smiling Yamraj (Lord of Death) himself waiting with his gada ( his weapon) to take my spirit away but when I did that, my eyes again moistened up. But this time it was because of the scene in front of me and not because of my current position.

He was standing at the foot of the bathroom door. But instead of the strong determined man who left me an hour before came back a man who looked anything but that.

He came back drunk! I looked at his state and my eyes moistened. His eyes were red and puffy, hair all ruffled up, steps staggering and mouth trembling like he was about to cry. I then looked at his hands and my eyes widened to see red fluid flowing in streams from them.

" Oh my god Abhay. What on earth happened to you?" I immediately ran towards him and took his hand. Upon inspection, I saw a very deep cut on his palm. " Had you got on an accident?" I asked worried.

He smiled at me ruefully.
" I punished myself for hurting you. But that's not what is important here... were you planning to run from here?"

" You are completely mad do you know that?" I shook my head. I purposely ignored his second question. " Where is the first aid box?"

" There." He said pointing to the bed drawer. I quickly went there and brought the box back to him.

" Give me your hand or else you will run out of blood." I said joking. Joking and simultaneously crying...I am going mad too!

He snatched his hand away. I glared at him.

" What?"

" Why do you care Astha? Last time I checked, you didn't love me and wanted this wedding to be called off. Hell you were even planning to run from here."

" I...I was not planning to do that." I said looking away from him.

" Yeah.." He smiled slightly. " You just casually opened up the whole window frame to check if the window panes have any scratches on them or if they need repairing right! And to think that you just came here today... you are really delivering your duty as the house's lady very well." He scoffed.

I don't really know what to say when you get caught red handed. I never experienced that until now. So I kept my mouth close and grabbing his hand again started doing the first aid.

" You were never in love with me right?" He spoke again after a few seconds.

" I am attending to you right now. I got hurt when I saw your wound. Does this not mean I too care for you?"

" That's different Astha. I'm not asking wheather you care for me or not. I'm asking do you love me? Can't you just answer it straightly?"

" What's the meaning of this now? We are getting married tomorrow. This question has lost its meaning now." I said concentrating on my work and not looking up.

" Just answer the god damn question Astha. Yes or no. That's it." He said irritated.

" Yes I like you. I always have." I said truthfully.

" That's not the answer to my question." He barked and now I think I have had enough of his stupid anger.

" Okay then you answer me first. Are you?" I asked him straight.

" Yes I am." He said immediately. " And just like this why can't you simply say that you love me in the same way like I do?" He said pleadingly.

" How Abhay? How? Love doesn't happen in just a few days. It takes time to develop. You may like them but to fall in love is a different thing altogether." I said finally getting done with the bandage thing. How can I say him that word when I myself is doubting it from the past few days.

" So that means you don't love me." He said angrily getting up.
" So does that mean you love somebody else. Maybe his initials start with the letter 'S'." He said looking at me like I was a person of questionable character and that riled me up big.

" Even if it is, then what will you do ha?" I too shouted getting up. He is asking me baseless stupid questions so he will get the same in return.

" What did you just said?" He hissed and grabbed my arms.

" I said that I love that 'S' of your's whom you just mentioned a few seconds back." Now he too will see what happens when you rile up Astha. But am I digging up my own grave with this? Maybe but if I'm going down then I will do it by putting up an equal fight. I will go down in grace.

" No you don't. You love only one person and that's me. I will prove it to you." With this he smashed his lips on me. He started kissing me forcefully but sensually at the same time. He slightly bite my lower lip to get access inside my mouth but I gulped down the pain.
I didn't responded to him and instead forced my lips shut no matter how much my body was pleading to me to give in. My traitorous body! It has no same, isn't? Here a man is kissing me against my will and here it is craving for that moron. Getting that I was not giving in he bite a little harder this time. A sole tear escaped from my left eye as a sharp pain shooted on my lips. I pushed him with all that I had but my strength was no match to him. While struggling to get free, I felt a warm drop on my cheeks. No it's not mine since I am not someone who will cry in front of someone else. Then I felt his slight vibration. I looked up and saw an unbelievable seen. The devil himself was crying. Why the hell is he crying? As far as I know he is the one who forced himself on me and not the other way around. He then slightly removed himself from me and stared at me. Rivers of tears flowing down. Nope not from me but him.

"Why can't you see that I love you beyond limit?" And with this he fell on my feet. And no not for asking forgiveness but because he fainted. Fainted from the effect all the alcohol that he might have gulped down. He is a devil I know but something inside me cried looking at him like this. He is a good man I know but I can't stay with him. The devil that resides in him is lethal. And I am not trained to deal with a devil.

With great difficulty I lifted him up, dragged him towards the bed and lay him there. Then I removed his shoes and covered him up by the quilt. I adjusted the room temperature and looking at him for the last time. I then turned towards my previous place.

I stealthily tiptoed to the bathroom window and looked down.

' Nope. This is not a movie Astha in which you will jump down from the sixth floor and you will be perfectly fine after that.' My brain spoke. It always acts as my voice of reason. So I went to the main door instead. I slowly crept towards it, hoping against hope that it will be unlocked somehow and no security guards are waiting there. And to my surprise it did. I cautiously stepped out and looked for the giants whom they call security guards but there were none. This liar, he lied to me. I mentally slapped myself for believe him. And then I dashed out. I breathed a sigh of relief when I was finally out and away from that place. Now I know what my ancestors had felt when the East India Company finally had left India.

I was about to called a taxi when suddenly someone tapped my shoulder. I gasped.
' Now you are dead Astha'. I slowly turned around.

"Going somewhere?"

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