It wasn't unwilled, but it was unplanned.
She didn't expect a nuptial knot at 19.
He didn't expect a spouse by his side at 23.
Undoubtedly, a circumstantial relationship, with both not knowing anything about the other.
Will love find its way while h...
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She was able to see Shivaay saying something to her, but she didn't hear a thing. Annika looked at him with an empty countenance. She looked around the faces in the living room. They were looking back at her. Were they looking worried? Were they concerned? She did not know. She could not process. Her lungs suddenly felt constricted. It looked like there was blood everywhere; it also looked like there was nothing around her. It was like someone was playing with the remote that controlled her life, and was changing channels. One was her present, and the other was the day she saw her parents and her little brother lying lifeless. She felt the ground under her move with every mistake she had made. Suddenly, Shivaay's face appeared in front of her; a face full of worry lines. Was he fading away too? She felt her chest clench, and she felt like there was no air around her. She was drowning somewhere. She was not able to breathe. She immediately retraced her steps and went where her legs took her.
Shivaay saw Annika turn pale by the second before she ran off. It wasn't like how she usually was when she was in her world of darkness. This was different. And this time, she did not even try to hide what was on her mind. His whole self filled with worry when she sprinted away. He was about to go after her when he heard Virendar speak, rather, roar.
"YOU COULDN'T STAY QUIET, BHABHI? SHE WAS FINALLY BECOMING NORMAL."
The whole living room echoed his voice, and Lalitha turned visibly livid.
"DO NOT USE THAT TONE ON ME, VIRENDAR BHAISAAB," Lalitha yelled back. Annika's Dadi immediately went to Lalitha's side and tried to calm her, while Rajendra did the same to Virendar. "You have always coddled her. She was already spoilt when you took her away. I was only telling her how to behave."
"This is why I had to take her away. Can't you see her suffering? Wherever she went, she would fill that place with laughter. Now, she doesn't even smile. Can't you see that?" Virendar was shaking one minute, but now, he looked like it pained him to even talk.
"EVERYONE WAS SUFFERING, BHAISAAB..."
"You were INSENSITIVE! Do you not remember...?"
"Someone had to tell her! She has to face the truth."
"SHE THINKS SHE IS RESPONSIBLE, BHABHI." Virendar pranced towards Lalitha, and both of them stood glaring at each other.
"Do you think only you love her, Bhaisaab? None of us does? Do you remember how Annika was? She made Amala and Harsh Bhaiya miserable till the very end. Not one day went without them getting hurt with all her words. Bacchi samajh kar sab maaf Kiya, blaming her teenage rebellion. But, this?"
"I can't believe you still think what you said to her that day was right. Bacchi hai." Virendar was exasperated. This was all his fault. Annika's face... He shouldn't have let this happen. "Didn't you tell that you want nothing to do with her?"
