Chapter 55: Chapter 55

Naina's POV

During our ride to home I called Mom and Dad and told them that I am fine and will tell them everything when I will meet them.

"So how Shivam came in the middle of all these?" he asked and I told him everything.

"I am sorry that he kissed me and touched me. I really am," I told him.

I closed my eyes and took a deep breathe and calmed myself down as I remembered his kisses, and the way he used to caress my cheeks, and the way he used to pull me beside him by grabbing my stomach.

"It's not your fault Naina,” his voice bought me out of my thoughts.

"We are going to your house?" I asked him and he nodded in a yes.

"But Dad is waiting for me,” I told him.

"First we will go to our house,” he said.

Our house.

We were driving silently towards his house.

"My blood is boiling, I can’t ever imagine what you must be feeling, he was planning to get married to you? All this is so horrible. How both of them played with you, specially Sameer who called himself your friend,” he said and I held his hand in mine.

"Calm down Ranveer,” I said and he looked at me and held my hand tightly.

We got outside the car and he went and unlocked the door and we entered our house.

After so many days I was entering the house.

Nothing has changed.

I sat on the sofa and he gave me a glass of water and sat beside me.

"After you left, I found your mobile and saw Sameer’s messages,” he told me.

“I was going to tell you about it and Shivam was sending those messages,” I told him.

“Listen to me without interrupting me, when you left, my life was a mess. You don’t know how miserable I was these seven days, going everywhere to search you in the hope that you will be there, looking at my mobile for hours, hoping you will call. I even went to Sameer's house but his house was locked and his neighbour said that he has gone out of station. I was crazy for the last few days,” he said as he held my hand.

"I want to stay with you. I want to start a new life with you. Do you want to forget everything and start a new life with me?" he asked.

"Yes,” I said and he smiled.

“But before that I want to tell you everything,” I told him.

I never thought we will be together but we are together.

"I also want to tell you everything," he said.

"That day when you told me the truth, and told me you loved me, I believed you but when I saw the scar on your forehead, it reminded me of my mother. I was scared that I will follow the footsteps of my Dad and physically hurt you. Every time I looked at you that scar made me think that what will happen if I become like my Dad,” he told the truth and I was shocked.

I held his hand in mine and he looked at our entwined hands.

For me that was only an accident but for him it was such a big thing.

"Ranveer that was just an accident. You can never be your Dad. You are my Ranveer, who can never even think of hurting me,” I said but he didn’t say anything.

"And there's more,” he said after some time.

"What?"

"That day I saw you at Srishti hotel with someone but I could not see his proper face and when you came home and lied to me I was so sad and hurt,” he said and I remembered that day.

"That day I went to meet Sameer and told him that I love you and I am happy with you and asked him to never disturb me again but he didn't listen. I wanted to tell you everything but I didn't because I thought that I caused the problem and I will solve it myself. I thought that he will not come in my life so I didn't want to bother you,” I told him the truth.

"You should have told me,” he said making me angry.

"After few days, I tried to tell you everything but you listened to me? No, you never listened to me and you hurt me so much,” I did not even realize that I was screaming and took a deep breathe.

"After the divorce I was so upset, my whole life stopped, this should have never happened if we did not get separated and we talked with each other like we are doing right now,” I said, almost shouted.

"After loosing you I realized I am no one without you. Ranveer Singhania is nobody without Naina Singhania,” he said as he kissed my hand.

"Naina Mathur. Remember you divorced me?" I asked.

"We are not divorced,” he said and I was shocked.

"I could not sign the divorce papers. You are still my wife, Naina Singhania,” he confessed and I wanted to kill him.

"You made me so miserable for no reason. You know I never slept properly from the day I left your house, every night nightmare of you leaving me used to wake up from my sleep and you know I could not even draw, every time I used to try to draw, I only used to draw your house, now my whole notebook is filled with you. Why didn’t you tell me that we are still married?” I shouted and after some time I realized I was crying.

“What? Your whole notebook is filled with me?” he asked and I punched me playfully.

“You only heard that part?” I asked as he wiped my tears and hugged me.

“I love you so much Naina, now I will make sure you sleep peacefully in my arms,” he broke our hug and kissed my forehead.

I missed his forehead kisses.

"How could you sign the divorce paper so easily Naina?" he asked.

"But..."

"After we spend such a memorable night together, I woke up alone on my bed, with a note. It was so easy to sign, right?" he asked cutting me off.

"But I thought I am freeing you as you hate me,” I said.

"How can you free me Naina when I want to be tied to you?” he asked making me speechless.

“After you left, this is the first time I am coming her?” he told me and I was too shocked to react.

“What?” I asked.

“Whole house was filled with your memories so from the day you left, I am staying in the office. I was missing everything Naina, your gossips, your laughter , your presence next to me, each and every memories were killing me and the empty cupboard and dressing table, the empty bed, everything was haunting me so I didn’t come here till now,” he told me.

Mom was right.

I hugged him.

“I love you so much Ranveer,” I mumbled in his neck.

“ I love you more, Naina,” he said as he broke the hug and kissed my cheeks.

"Anyways we both are wrong but now we know that we cannot live without each other,” he said and a question came in my mind.

"Don’t tell me that when we got separated you were checking on me and you sent those children to my drawing class,” I asked and by looking at his face I knew I was right.

"That's what I thought, I am not so popular and there are better teacher than me, then why they will join the class?"

"Naina you are amazing painter. Yes, I told them about you but joining the class was their decision and staying in that class was also their decision. I didn't force them. I just suggested your name. I am really proud of you Naina. The only good thing happened after we got seperated is you starting a drawing class,” he said.

"I would have been more happy if you were beside me when I opened the class as I decided to open the class because you motivated and encouraged me,” I said and he smiled.

Before starting a new life I had to tell him the important thing I was hiding from him.

Whatever will be the consequences I had to tell him.

If I want to start something fresh with him I should not keep secrets.

"I want to tell you something,” I said and he looked at me.

"You know me and Sameer planned to divorce you after few years, right?" I asked and he nodded in a yes.

"When I asked him what if you don’t want to divorce me, he said that we will make few marks on my body, go to police and tell that you are physically abusing me,” I told him and he was quiet for few second.

“You agreed with him?" he asked.

"Yes,” I said.

"So the scar I had given you, would have been a good proof if you continued your plan, right?"

"No….God! Ranveer I have never thought like that. No, I can never think like that. I love you,” I told him.

"If you had gone with the plan, it would have been a good evidence,” he said again and I held his hand in mine.

"Ranveer I am so sorry..."

"Do you even understand, how much women suffer due to physical abuse and all this is joke for you, Naina?" he shouted

"Ranveer I have….”

"Naina I saw my Mom suffer everyday, the marks on her body, the scars on her face and you thought of faking all the scars just to stay away from me. Can you even understand how deep the abuse affects person mentally or is this a joke for you?" he shouted once again and jerked his hand away from my grip.

"Those women you see at our NGO, you should have seen their scars Naina and all this is so easy for you...okay...If you thought of doing something so horrible to stay away from me then it's better we stay apart, right?" he asked without giving me a chance to explain.

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