Chapter 20: Chapter 20

"You care so much you feel as though you will bleed to death with the pain of it."

Ayushi with her luggage in one hand and her other hand placed on her belly securely started walking on the deserted road, recollecting all the sweet memories that she had created with Dhruv in these three months.

The day she had arrived here in Bangalore was the only day that she had felt that Dhruv was no less than a beast. But except for that day, each day she spent here in Bangalore was a blissful and happy day for her, as Dhruv was behaving so gently and caring towards her as he was far away from the reach of Chandani as he was too busy to arrange his secret meeting with Chandani, so she never got the chance to meet him and eventually drug him.

Every time she would try to meet him, Dhruv had always been busy. So, for the past three months, he was away from all kinds of scary drugs and poisonous words of Chandani. But every time, Chandani had her eyes on everything Dhruv and Ayushi did. She was aware of every small detail of their private life too, as once when she came inside their bungalow with Dhruv when Ayushi was not at home as Dhruv had decided to make her understand that how much important it was for him to focus on his business, that day, she covertly installed the cameras in Ayushi's as well as Dhruv's bedroom in a very secretive way. She always had her eyes on them.

Every day Dhruv used to drop Ayushi at her workplace and then if time permitted, he used to pick her up too. They'd talk about general things, about all the things that two normal friends talked about, they had liked each other's company. And unknowingly, they had fallen in love with each other too.

Dhruv didn't want to accept that because he had always thought that he would just live with Ayushi for about six months and would divorce her after that but will remain as her friend at least for the time he's with her without hurting her, but he had never thought that what his heart used to feel for her, how much his heart had always desired for her, from the very time he had seen her in that hotel.

Ayushi's condition was no different. She used to feel content and complete whenever she was with him, he used to make her feel secure and protected. Never had she felt that he was a beast, never had she feared him, because somehow her heart had started trusting him and loving him. She had always thought that she had just a crush on her husband, but it was no crush, but true love for her, for the first time in her entire life. Her maternal grandmother had taught her that this life is too short to hold grudges, she was ready to forget all those painful memories and start a new life with him as a true couple. She knew that he was someone else, but still, she loved him and wished he was hers.

But one day, their love for each other outshone everything, it pulled apart the gap that they had maintained between each other.

Dhruv was suffering from high fever as well as vomiting too as he had been working rigorously for many hours continuously. Being sleep deprived of many days altogether had made him weak and thus this fever and his bad condition were due to the food that he had been taking from outside which didn't suit his sensitive stomach as he was now accustomed to Ayushi's handmade food.

When his assistant had called Ayushi for informing about Dhruv's bad condition, Ayushi had left the important meeting which would have been so beneficial for her and rushed towards City Hospital as currently he was admitted there in the VIP room.

Seeing him lying there on the bed with dark circles surrounding his weak and closed eyes with an IV connected to his right hand as he needed deep sleep so important supplements were transported through that IV, her heart wrenched seeing him in that condition. Involuntarily, tears started flowing out from her eyes. She had never seen her husband this weak and sick. He was always so energetic and bold, but now he was looking so much older than his age in this deteriorating condition. All the important nutrients had flowed out of his body through vomiting. He was looking so weak and pale.

She had been going to her office in another car as Dhruv hadn't come to the house for the past three days. Now she realized why he was not coming. She had missed him terribly and his company when he was not with her. And these three days' gap had confirmed her love that she had for him. She had realized how much she loved him.

"How is he, doctor and why is this sudden fever and vomiting?" she had asked the doctor in a weak voice once he came out of the room.

"Lack of sleep and fatigue is the reason behind this state. And about his vomiting, then it's due to the fast-food which didn't suit his stomach. Don't worry, he's just resting now and is fine. Will wake up in the next eight or so hours as he needed some sleep. You can take him back home in the morning," the elder and the wise doctor replied politely and went away towards his cabin. Ayushi sighed out in relief when she heard that he was just resting now and is fine.

"Mam, from the past three days, sir had been working so rigorously, many times even we tried to make him understand but he was adamant to not leave the office as he wanted to close the chapter of those cheaters who were involved in the process of the degradation of our hotel as two months had already passed but now he's in this condition," Dhruv's assistant, Raghav immediately rushed towards Ayushi's side and explained to her that why his boss was in this condition.

Ayushi just nodded her head and sat on the nearby seat which was placed just outside the room. She just prayed to god to make him fine soon. In the evening, Raghav brought some dinner for Ayushi but she had not the appetite to have anything, she just wanted to see her husband be fit and fine.

After one day, finally, Dhruv was at home and currently resting inside his room. Ayushi was all the time beside him, taking care of him as a mother does for her child. From his food to helping him to the washroom, she had helped him in every way, standing as his shield. She had fed him with her own hands. She had stroked his back whenever he wanted to empty his stomach.

"Dhruv, Dhruv," she was calling him softly to wake him up as it was time for him to have dinner, all the medicines were making him too sleepy.

He opened his eyes slowly and smiled weakly at his caring wife. Vomiting for several times had made him weak but his wife's constant support and her care had strengthened him a lot.

Once he was awake, she started feeding him the Moong Dal Khichdi (yellow split gram porridge), while blowing over it, tenderly. All the time Dhruv was just staring at her. He knew that he was so wrong in judging her, she could never be a gold-digger. He was loving the taste of even this simple dish which his wife was feeding to him with so much tenderness and love. But all her attention was on his health. She didn't know that he was staring at her like that, she was just worried seeing his body weakened just in one single day.

"Feed me with your hands," he whined in his husky voice and that caught Ayushi's attention and she looked at him in his eyes with a little shocked expression, because for the first time he was behaving like that. She nodded her head and was just going to keep the spoon on the table which was a little far from her chair where she was sitting when Dhruv pulled her hands and made her sit beside him on his bed. She looked at him in a questioning way but let it go, thinking that he was just being cranky and moody and nothing more.

After she fed him with her hands, she got up and went towards the kitchen to put the plate inside the sink. She was not hungry so she didn't want to eat anything. She again went to his room but she didn't find him on his bed. She panicked and was going to search for him on the balcony when she heard the sound of the shower and realized that he was taking a shower inside the washroom.

She sighed in relief and started taking out the bed-sheet as the doctor had warned her about his hygiene and all. She was just laying down another fresh flowery print bed-sheet when she suddenly felt hands around her waist. She yelped in shock and when she turned towards the intruder, she saw that it was her husband who had held her like that for the first time. She looked at him with her big doe-like eyes and Dhruv just got lost in that. His desire for her was now at a new level. He just wanted her and her only. Although he was a little drowsy the more he was desperate and needy for Ayushi and her love.

He didn't know when his lips touched hers, and an electric spark kind of thing just passed through their body. Ayushi was too shocked to realize anything but one thing she knew, she wanted this, she was loving this, his lips on hers, making her feel the pleasure she had never felt before.

Before she could lose her balance, Dhruv had already made her lie on the bed and was still kissing her as he too was weak to stand for long. His lips and tongue were busy devouring each part of her mouth, making her breathless. Her heart was thumping out loudly, syncing rhythmically with his heartbeat making melodious and erotic music of their own. When Dhruv realized that Ayushi needed to breathe too, he left her lips and looked at her with so much love in his eyes. Her eyes were closed in pleasure.

"Open your eyes, Aayuuu," Dhruv husked near her right ear, making her shiver in delight. For the first time, he had called her with that cute name. She obliged and opened her eyes and they shone with ecstasy and love for him. Dhruv knew that she too wanted him as much as he wanted her, but he wanted permission from her before he could do anything with her.

Through his eyes, he had asked her and Ayushi just smiled shyly and nodded her head, she was ready to give her to him completely, forgetting the fact that he had a girlfriend too, as the thing that mattered now was him and her only, nobody else. She loved him, too much.

He too was so much lost in her innocence and love that Chandani had been long forgotten. Come on, he had never loved her. He had just liked her boldness and was just attracted to her for a short time but thought of it as love which it never was. His heart had always throbbed for Ayushi. He had felt an unknown connection with her from the time he had seen her.

"I love you Dhruv," Ayushi finally confessed her love for him and Dhruv looked at her with so much love and passion in his eyes. Although he didn't confess back, his toe-curling kiss on her lips which was full of possessiveness and love stated that he loved her too. His lips on her neck were making her feel the pleasure she had never felt before, she was moaning like a kitten and Dhruv was smiling at that, and kissing her with more intensity.

That night they were finally one and complete in all ways. Both had lost their virginity to each other, giving away their virtue, to explore and love each other.

That night was full of passionate love and undying affection for each other. Both were finally sleeping in content now in each other's arms, forgetting about every pain and suffering.

The next day, Ayushi woke up when the sun rays fell on her eyes. When she realized her position, she immediately looked at her side and found Dhruv's side to be empty. She panicked when she didn't find him beside her.

Wrapping the blanket on her body, she rushed towards the washroom while taking her clothes along with her and after taking a quick bath, she searched all the corners of her house but didn't find him.

She was panicked, negative thoughts were clouding her mind, that why did Dhruv leave her after their passionate night spent with each other. When she came inside his room to find any kind of clue, she saw a note that was placed on the table which was kept beside their bed.

It read as:

"I'm very sorry for what happened yesterday night. I wasn't in my right mind and got carried away after seeing you in that red sari of yours. I know I sinned but please forgive me, I can never be yours, I love Chandani.

I'm leaving this house for one month, I can't face you and neither Chandani. I need some time."

~ Dhruv

Ayushi was extremely agitated and fragmented after reading that letter.

"How could you do this to me, Dhruv? Yesterday night only you confessed your love for me many times. I know your eyes were true, your lips were true, your actions were true, then why are you saying that all this was just a mistake? Why are you doing this to me?" she started crying out loudly, thinking about all the times when Dhruv had confessed his undying love for her yesterday night.

"You're just guilty Dhruv that you've cheated on your so-called girlfriend who's nothing but a cunning woman. That's why you're behaving like this, running away from me. But I know one day you'll realize your true love for me and will eventually come to me. I'll wait for you Dhruv, I'll wait," Ayushi's rational mind made her understand about the step which Dhruv had taken and she knew he must be guilty only because he must be confused about his actions, as she had seen how much love he had for her in his eyes.

She had been living in that bungalow alone, every day missing her husband when one fine day, she suddenly felt nausea rising within her. Morning sickness, vomiting, weakness were the common illnesses she was facing now and it was now the fourth day of her illness that she decided that she needed to visit a doctor and confirm the doubt that was rising within her.

The gynaecologist confirmed that she was pregnant and Ayushi was over the moon when she realized that a baby was growing inside her. She took all the necessary medicines that the gynaecologist prescribed to her and returned to her house. She was so ecstatic to tell everyone about this news. But first, she wanted her husband to know that a part of him was growing inside her womb, the symbol of their love.

She tried his number numerous times but it was out of network area every single time she tried. But God had listened to her prayer and her husband had come to the house on that same day at night. But she didn't expect the havoc that was waiting for her.

"You whore! Now I cannot even tolerate your presence in my house. You'll make it impure and untouchable with your characterless nature. Sign on these divorce papers and just leave me," once Dhruv entered inside his house, he had pounced on Ayushi and shouted out loudly at her. She was too shocked when she heard his abhorrent words against her. Why was he behaving like this? She was so excited to tell him about the good news, but everything went into vain when she saw his eyes which were full of resentment and loath for her.

"What?" she exclaimed, seeing him this much enraged and rough.

"Sign on these and get out of this house right at this moment," he sneered at her loudly and she flinched at his high tone. When she saw the divorce papers, the floor underneath her foot slipped. She was grounded at her place, not knowing what to do, what to say.

"Where will I go at this time of the night, Dhruv?"

"To hell or whatever. I don't care. Just do as I say," he held her hair tightly in his hand and compelled her to sign those divorce papers. All the time she was thinking about her unborn baby, she didn't want to leave Dhruv as she knew her baby needed both his/her father and mother.

After she signed on those papers with shivering hands and a throbbing heart, Chandani too arrived there with a piece of luggage in her hand which belonged to none other than Ayushi. She was more shocked when she saw that cunning woman too with her husband.

"Take your slutty clothes with you and get the hell out of here," Dhruv threw her out of his bungalow and threw the trolley too which fell on her left side. All the time she had placed a hand securely around her stomach, protecting her unborn baby from any kind of injury. But Dhruv was unknown to all of this, he closed the door on her face and moved towards his room while Chandani followed him behind with a smug look on her face as she knew that finally, she had accomplished her target, the target of separating the father and his child from each other like those Rajputs separated her father from her and her brother.

Ayushi was walking on the deserted road towards an unknown destination, remembering all those incidents which were making her cry more in pain and agony.

She had planned so much for her baby, that she'd do this, that for her baby, giving him/her all the happiness of the world, she had thought that she with Dhruv would give him/her the love of a father as well as a mother which she never got in her entire life, but now everything was shattered. She was left broken again.

She loved that man who hurt her the most, who threw her out of his house when she was in that weak state where she needed him and his love the most.

"I hate you, Dhruv," she whispered to herself, wiping her tears off her face which was not stopping at all.

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"All done Dad, finally that bitch is away from him with his baby in her womb. We're finally successful," Chandani cheered in happiness while calling her father.

"Well done beta. Now we'll enjoy their destruction," her father was so happy and content now, feeling proud of his daughter.

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But there, on the other hand, Dhruv was just busy destroying the bed where he had seen his wife making out with another man. How could she! He hated her now! She deserves to be hurt the most!

"I fucking hate you, Ayushi," he shouted out loudly in pain and agony and fell on the ground on his knees, crying miserably like a lost man.

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