MY LOVER MY WIFE...

chapter 36...

Lavanya walks up to arnav in a certain restaurant and takes a seat opposite of him....

LAVANYA: I admit I was a bit surprised when you called me and asked to meet... what is this about arnav??

ARNAV: won't you order first...

LAVANYA: am not in the mood for anything.... arnav did you call me all the way here... just to have dinner with you

ARNAV: no...we needed to talk

LAVANYA: and we couldn't do that on phone

ARNAV: no

LAVANYA: fine tell me...

ARNAV: it's about

LAVANYA: khushi

ARNAV: khushi??

LAVANYA: I know she is back..

ARNAV: how do you.. Forget it never mind...

LAVANYA: so what did she want.. alimony or child support???

ARNAV: am not here to talk about khushi... but I would appreciate it if you kept her out of this... This has nothing to do with her

LAVANYA: then what do you want to talk about??

ARNAV: I don't know how your going to take this but I have to tell my mom

LAVANYA: tell her what??

ARNAV: the truth..  .

LAVANYA: what truth??

ARNAV: the truth about our marriage...

LAVANYA: arnav it's my truth as well.... don't I have a say in it

ARNAV: lavanya I...

LAVANYA: so it's about khushi...
It's always been about her... She asked you to do that... and of course you will... If it's her then damned be the rest of us...

ARNAV: this isn't about khushi

LAVANYA: so it's a coincidence that she just happened to be back and all of a sudden you decided to tell your mom the truth...arnav this is my life....i didn't have any say in it when the both of you decided to ruin my life ...you and khushi decided that it was okay for me to live as your wife and the one thing I have a say in.. you decide I don't

ARNAV: this isn't why am doing this...

LAVANYA: then why?? Isn't the fact that we are already divorced in the eyes of the law enough

ARNAV: lavanya

LAVANYA: I know I don't matter to you... but what about my choice?? If you tell your mom then she tells my dad....and then am going to relive the worst part of my life again.... the part of my life I thought I had moved on from... but you don't care about that... do you??

ARNAV: lavanya I always told myself that I didn't tell my mom because you asked me not to... but that's not true.... A part of me didn't want me to... so I used your request as an excuse... My whole life the past few years has nothing but a lie... I have been hiding myself behind a mask... and when you hide yourself behind a mask for so long it becomes you... I even lie to myself and believe it... am tired of the lies... the secrets am tired lavanya...

LAVANYA: you didn't ask me to come here to ask for my permission... you came to inform me of your descion and nothing I say is going to change your mind... Who cares about what I want... I mean it's khushi... how can I compete with that??

ARNAV: lavanya

LAVANYA: do what you want arnav....

Khushi walks into the same restaurant because she is supposed to meet someone.... but stops in her tracks as soon as she spots lavanya and questions herself why she is even here in the first place.....