Chapter 47: Chapter 47

Naina’s POV

"Naina,” Dad called my name loudly.

"What?" I asked.

"I am calling you for the past few times. Where are you lost?" he asked.

"Nothing. What were you saying?" I asked.

"Do you want any more rice?" he asked.

"No Dad,” I said as I finished my lunch and then I washed my hands and my plate.

"Dad I will go to mall after few hours,” I said.

"Okay,” he said and I went back to my room.

I was feeling very uneasy as I will meet him today.

Our relation has changed so much and that was making it more awkward.

Now I was not his wife but his ex-wife and our relationship is not the same.

I decided to take a nap to make my mind relax.

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It was 3.30 p.m. and I decided to get ready as he will be here by 4 p.m.

I wore a white top and long black skirt.

I had never wore a skirt after my marriage as I had never took it to his house but today I felt like wearing it.

I did my hair and applied eye linear and lip gloss and got ready.

I took my purse and mobile and went down and stood outside our house after once again informing Dad that I am going out.

At exactly 4 p.m. I saw his car in front of my house.

I don’t know why but my heart was beating fast as he came out of the car.

He came and stood in front of me and looked at me from head to toe.

I will be lying if I say I did not get ready nicely because I am going out with him.

Yes this dress, hair and the minimal makeup which made me different from every other day was because I was going out with him but he will never know about it.

I looked at him to see he was already looking at me and by looking at me and I do not mean just looking at me but I mean looking into my soul through my eyes.

"Let's go,” I decided to break the comfortable silence.

Silence with him were never uncomfortable. It was not the silence which we wanted to break by talking first. It was a comfortable silence where we both were listening to each other's heartbeat.

But as every other thoughts going in my head, this will be also one of those thoughts of mine which he will never know.

"You opened a drawing class?" he asked looking at the board.

"Veer Drawing Class,” he read the board and looked at me and I could see a hint of proudness in his eyes and then he smiled.

After so many days I saw his smile again.

Even when I was there, after everything happened he hardly smiled

The last time I saw his smile was when he kissed my forehead after we made love.

That was the first time I saw his smile after everything changed between us.

"Naina I am proud for you,” I could feel the happiness in his voice.

"Ranveer I know we are not together but I want to thank you as it all happened because of your motivation and your trust in my talent,” I said.

He never gave me motivation speeches but he silently supported me by appreciating my painting and I could never forget the day he gave me drawing easel.

“Wait a minute,” I said and went back to my house and went in my room and took out the watch from the drawer and looked at it.

Thank you Ranveer.

I never thought I will be able to give this to you but thanks to god I met you again.

I went outside and gave him the box and he looked at me with question in his eyes.

“Open it,” I told him and he opened the box and his eyes widened.

“I bought this for you as a thanking gift for giving me motivation to open this class,” I told him and he looked at me.

He was just staring at me.

Sometimes I really want to know what is he thinking.

“Thank you Naina,” he said as he removed the watch he was wearing and wore the watch I gifted to him.

"I loved it so much. Thank you so much,” he said as he opened the door of the car for me and I sat in the car and he closed the door of the car.

That's one of the many things he made me understood.

Before marrying him I used to see a man pulling a chair for his woman at the restaurant or man opening the car door for his woman I would think that how much he is trying to impress her by doing these things but after marrying Ranveer, I understood that man being chivalrous and opening door or pulling chair does not mean that he is faking it but it tell us about his nature. For some men chivalry is natural, even if they are with their Mom, sister or wife.

That made me realize that there are many girls like me who has never seen a good man, and when he tries to do something good we think that it is fake but maybe that's the most natural thing for him.

The sound of music pulled me out of my thoughts and I take a closer look at the door and realized we were going to the mall which we had gone for the first time.

"So no one knows about the divorce?" I asked.

"Can you please, for once stop talking about the divorce?" he shouted making me flinch.

I hate when he shouts.

"No, I can't stop talking about it Ranveer because my whole life has changed because of it and I was adjusting in my new life but you came once again and ruined it,” I shouted back and he looked at me.

"New life? You say as if I am the least important thing in your life that you have easily forgotten and move on. Anyways mall is here,” he said and got out of the car and I was in shock for few minutes.

What just happened?

He opened the door of the car for me and I went out and he told me that he will go and park the car and till then he asked me to stand in the corner.

He is wrong.

I have not moved on but when he shouted at me, it hurt me a lot and I controlled my tears and shouted back at him.

I can never move on in my life.

Yes. I started teaching painting and on the outside I seem normal and try to be happy but I can never be the same.

Without him I can never be the same.

Without him I can never be happy.

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