CHAPTER 13 - LETS GET HOME

His pov

Was this literally her?

I never saw her like this,

so much weak and helpless, nor in the childhood and not even when we married each other. Who could affect her so much?

We both stopped at a little distance from each other. She was breathing vigorously.

Was she having a panick attack?

Whosoever is the reason for this if she tells me the name right now, he/she won’t be alive tomorrow, I swear to myself. And i never never make a fake promise.

It seemed that she wasn’t in her senses at all.

I took a step forward but as a reaction to that she took one step backward. She seemed scared.....

I don’t how to handle these kind of things. But seeing her like this, I felt a strange pain in my chest. It was as if someone was constantly punching me on my chest.

Author’s pov

As divya took one step backward reyansh stopped wherever he was.

Divya’s eyes started to get watery and several tears rolled down her cheeks. She became a sobbing mess in no time.

Reyansh fisted his hand tightly seeing this scenario, but didn’t show even a single expression on his face.

It seemed like he just wanted to kill somebody right now.

After a minute his face softened....and he stretched his hand and wiped divya’s tears. The change in his demeanor was quite not like Reyansh. It seemed that it was somebody else.

This time divya didn’t move even an inch.

Her face clearly depicted that she was in extreme pain.

She closed her eyes at the touch of his rough hands against her soft cheeks.

Then reyansh took another step forward and stood right in front of her.

Her breathing rate was still the same. Fast!

In a snap of a moment divya threw her hands around reyansh’s neck and hugged him. She for the first time seemed to need support.

After contemplating for few seconds reyansh too kept his right hand on her back.

“please try to calm yourself down divya” he whispered softly in her ears. He has never been so much gentle to anybody In his life, but.. today.. divya was a exception. Both of them were behaving quite opposite from their nature.

He may have been the most rude to divya but now after so many years his behaviour and attitude changed.

Well this is the power of love.

Her panick attack calmed down to a great extent  after a few minutes.

They were just 2 min away from the aprtment so reyansh took her there with him.

His pov

As we reached in front of her flat's door. I asked her for he key and with shaky hands she took It out of her pocket and handed it over to me.

I opened the door and fragrance of vanilla and grapefruit filled my senses. Her flat was a small one but still it looked decent as it was organised neatly and well the interior choices were well too.

We stepped inside and as soon as the door shut down behind us I thought she would ask me something but to my shock she didn’t even utter a word. She kept walking forward....

Its something big for sure.

But what could have triggered her panick attack here in California.

She just walked ahead inside unfazed. Wait she behaved like this once before too, when i picked her from the club. What's bothering her?

I followed her quietly, I can’t leave her alone right now. As she was about to enter her bedroom suddenly she lost her balance and was about to fall down but I rushed and caught her mid air itself.

But when I looked at her face I realized that she didn’t loose her balance instead she lost her consciousness.

What has she done to herself. How this fierce divya became so vulnerable?

I picked her up in my arms in bridal style and made her sleep on the bed.

I pulled out my phone and called my PA. “in next 15 minutes I need one of the best doctors of california on the address I text you and offer him thrice the money he charges, i don't care.

if you fail then make sure to take all your belongings home from the office today itself”, after hearing an yes sir from the other side of the call I disconnected the it.

Seeing her lying there on the bed lifeless felt as if someone threw a lighter at my heart.

I grabbed the glass of water that was kept on the side table and sprinkled some droplets  on her face. But she didn’t respond to it. Not even a bit....

I came here to see her but what would have happened if I wouldn’t have came. I don’t even want to imagine the consequences.

After 10 minutes the door bell rang and I quickly opened the door. “where’s the patient ?” the doctor asked and I showed her the way. It was a female doctor well atleast my PA had some sense in him.

When we were entering her room she said “wait here only sir” but without paying any heed I  entered the room.

She again tried to say something but I interrupted and said “I am giving you ample of money to keep your mouth shut and do your work silently, so please just do it”.

She turned to me maybe to argue but just one ever so cold look of mine was enough to make her understand that I won’t move even an inch from here.

After checking her for a good 15 minutes she injected a syringe on her right hand and took out a paper from her bag, wrote something on it and gave it to me.

” nothing to worry about its just that she fainted because of weakness in her body. She must not have had her meals properly, I have injected glucose in her body to fulfill the energy requirement for now but make sure that she eats well from tomorrow onwards and haves her medicine too on time that I have prescribed...... she might wake up after an hour I guess so make sure that she takes good rest and now I’ll take my leave” she said and I listened to each and every detail carefully.

“anything else doctor?” I asked her atlast. “nope” she replied.

 “ok the payment is transferred to your bank account” I said and shut the main door on her face.

I went into the bedroom near divya and sat on the chair next to her that the doctor kept before.

I clicked the photo of the prescription that the doctor gave and sent it to my PA so that he can buy them and send them here by morning.

He was here in california only, I brought him with me from London itself.

I kept looking at her figure lying on the bed for I don’t know how much long.

But I was not able to yank my eyes from her no matter how hard I tried.

It seems like she’s controlling me.

her face was pale, she had dark circles under her eyes and she seemed to be thinner than before.

Suddenly, her eyes flickered for a moment.

Was she gaining consciousness ?

She slowly opened her eyes and tried to get up.

I rushed and helped her to sit on the bed. She was staring at me continuously for i don't know what reason.

“how come are you here ?” she almost whispered in a frail voice.

“well that’s not important right now have some water first”.

I  filled the glass with the jug kept beside it and extended it to her. She looked at me and our eyes met. I gestured her to take the glass of water from my hand .

After thinking for 2 seconds she took the water from my hand.

After she finished, I couldn’t stop myself from asking her. “will you please tell me what happened that you got such a severe panick attack”.

“why should I tell you?”

“because I am asking you”

“why you came here and why should I tell you its none of your business”

“well technically its my business wifey”

She paused and didn’t said anything further for a few minutes.

“I am not your wife anymore, its over between us hukum sa”

“you sure you’re a lawyer”

“get to the point”

I went closer to her face slowly and she started to lean backwards. When her back hit the headboard I whispered ever so slowly in her ears “well I never submitted the papers Mrs, rathore”.

“what the heck, you can’t do this now, you agreed to let me go”

“well I changed my mind now and you can’t do anything about that right now”

She was about to argue more so to stop her I just kept my finger on her lips and said “don’t argue with me right now just tell me what happened on your way home”.

Her expressions changed and her lips started to tremble. I guess I should give her some time for now to adjust. Maybe its too early. I can't force her.

“fine leave it for now, you take rest”I said and tucked her in the bed comfortably and turned to leave to sleep in the living room.

But just in a second I felt a tug at my wrist. She held my hand and said “can…uhh…please…stay” she said ever so innocently.

ohh godd! Her doe eyes and innocent side will be literally the death of me.

Her pov

I just didn’t want to be alone right now. I was feeling that he might any second break into the house and…. No no no.

why’s he affecting me so much even after all these years. Why do I let him affect me so much.

I hate myself the most for that. But why doesn’t he just leave me and let me live peacefully. After so much years why has he come back?

I didn’t think much and asked reyansh to stay, I couldn’t think of being all alone right now. But I think I shouldn’t have asked I am mad.

He didn’t give any  reply to my request and didn’t even move from his place. “you sure?” he asked me.

I slowly noded at him. He released a sigh and started to walk to the other side of bed. Right now I cannot think of anything else except for that incident.

What if he tries to harm me?

or will he try to harm my family?

What will I do now ? 

Shall I warn them?

No I can’t they don’t know anything about the facade.

I felt a slight pat on my forehead while i was thinking and I raised my eyes just to  find him looking at me.

When did he lie down beside me I didn’t even realise.

We both were facing each other on the bed. “sleep divya” he whispered. He caressed my eyes slightly and made me close my eyes.

In the morning 🌅

I forced my eyes to open as the sunlight from the window was disturbing me continously. I yawned and got up from the bed. I checked the room for any sign of him, but he wasn’t there.

I checked my phone and it was alreaady 11:00 a.m.! shit I was late. But wait today’s Sunday that means another manager has the shift.

Phew! I went into the washroom to freshen up a bit. I showered and changed into some comfortable clothes. i decided to go to the kitchen to grab some fruits.

But when I entered the sight infront of me shook me completely, insanely, madly.

What was he doing?

Was he cooking?

The hukum sa, the reyansh rathore in the kitchen?

Uhm uhm!

I rubbed my eyes again to make sure if what I saw wasn’t a illusion.

But it wasn’t!!!

why is he doing all this all of a sudden?

What changed?

Why’s he giving me 360 volt ke jhatke? (Translation: why's he giving me 360 volt's shocks)

Has he planned to kill me this way and take his revenge?

If yes than I am sorry to say that it might work.

His bare back was facing me. why isn’t he wearing a shirt or t shirt?

As he was whisking something the way his muscles were flexing, the tension between them ohh good!!

He should wear a t shirt right now or else i….. well why am I thinking like this? Whats wrong with me?

I think a ghost entered his body or he’s a look alike of reyansh rathore.

“you done eye fucking” he asked from the kitchen.

“eye fucking well don’t think so superior of you, I was I fucking food, I’m really hungry” I quickly made an excuse.

“yeah sure you’ll be as you didn’t anything since yesterday”

“how do you know” it kind of slipped from my mouth.

“well you fainted last night on the door of your bedroom? Remember?”

“is that so? Wait……… Yeah yeah I remember”

“yeah so the doctor came and checked you and said this tha you didn’t had your food properly, could you grace us with the acknowledgement that why did you do so? ”

“actually the restaurant was quite packed yesterday so I didn’t get time….. wait why am I telling you this! you’re nobody to ask me”

He shook his head and came close to the dining table near which I was standing and kept a plate full of pancakes there.

They were topped with lots of honey, just how I liked it.

“don’t tell me its fine just have these I was making for myself so I thought to make some for you too”.

Liar! He doesn’t even like them! What does he think am I that of a fool? Noo! I didn’t want to eat it but the pancakes were looking so tempting. Ab isme un bicharon ki kya galti ( translation : now in this what’s the mistake of those innocent ones).

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