Abhish's POV:

Marriage- This topic always had consequences here, but yesterday it was gruesome. Vandhit left to his home hopeless and broken. None has seen that playful boy this vulnerable.

And on the other side Vani. I felt happy as she got to know her mistake she was doing and Anshu!! The Anshu I saw weeks before was entirely different from the one I encountered yesterday. He was entirely different!!

"Abhi Anna, let's go", Emma's voice snapped me out of my thoughts and I smiled at her jumping figure which was moving towards the living room. Her voice would squeal whenever she says 'Anna' and I love that a lot.

"Anna, do you think he would understand us?", Em asked, nudging my shoulders as we made our way to Vandhit's house.

"I wanted him to do that Em. But I feel that making him understand will not be that complicated as we had for Vani. Vandhit knew the fact behind Vani's situation. But he felt helpless every time. Something or other makes him feel that he is the sole reason behind her sufferings, but he is not and that guilt prevented him from speaking out", I said to her and she nodded. Within minutes we reached his house.

Emma knocked on the door twice and we were welcomed by his dad. After assuring him that Vandhit would be okay, we headed to his room. Emma opened his room door and as if he recognized our presence his head snapped at our direction. We both couldn't help but gasp loudly looking at him. His eyes were red-rimmed with black bags hanging just below them, his lips were slightly cracked and he is having that stupid laptop infront of him. What the hell!!

"Hey. You both here! Come in", he said hoarsely. "What the heck is this Vandhit? What have you done to yourself?", I asked him, controlling my increasing anger. He looked down for a second but managed to answer me, "Nah!! Nothing man. I was just working on our new project." The nerve of this man!

"We are not blind Vandhit. We can differentiate what is what!! Don't even try to fool us. You bloody asshole!!", shouted Em looking at him and he avoided our glares looking everywhere. I drew a deep breath, closing my eyes and moved to his bed. We three sat on the bed and he looked at me with brows up. Emma looked at me and I nodded at her before starting.

"What are you even doing Vandhit? Now don't ask me as if you are innocent. I swear, I will break your face", I said to him glaring when he tried to open his mouth to answer my question. "We knew that you're not good. Enough of your pretending Vandhit. Just spill the beans.NOW", I said stressing the words. He looked at us and sighed loudly, shaking his head.

"Well, you guys knew how our marriage happened. We agreed just for two reasons. Firstly, for our parents and secondly, we thought that as we were close friends, everything would fall in place after marriage. But...", he paused and looked at us.

"So after all that chaos happened at my cousin's wedding, we decided... sorry, I decided to get divorced. And that messed our lives once again, especially hers", he whispered the last part.

"But you didn't do anything wrong Vandhit and even you knew it. Then why are you blaming yourself?", Emma said calmly.

"No Emma. I am the sole reason. I should have waited. I should have eased the situation. I should have given her a chance. I should have given myself a chance. I should have given us a chance. But what I did?! I...I messed everything. Arghhh!!", he shouted irritated and punched the headrest hard, so that his knuckles swelled a bit.

"Vandhit!! You fucking moron", I shouted and held his hand. I glared at him and clenched my hands into tight fists. How much I want to beat the shit out of him!!

But before I could do that honour, Emma did it. She slapped him tightly on his cheek so that the mark would never fade within a week. He deserves it. But worry ceased our hearts looking at his teary eyes and Em caressed his cheek softly and muttered a sorry. "I am sorry guys. It's just...Nothing", he said, gulping down his pain.

"What happened Vandhit? Why are you doing this even after knowing that you're not the one at fault? You knew that divorcing Vani would be inevitable just after a few weeks of your marriage. But you didn't do that cause you didn't want Vani to get hurt. You tried to make things work. You tried with all your might. But if things didn't work it's not your fault Vandhit", Emma said calmly, caressing his cheek.

"But what happened now Em? I had looked for Vani's comfort for every single action I did right from our childhood. And I decided to divorce her with the same motive. I knew with all my heart and soul that divorcing her is the best way to let her go free. Let her go from those rubbish talks. I always wanted her to be happy and with all the best things in this world and I knew I am not the one for her. More than you people I knew her way a lot. She always had some dreams. A set of beautiful dreams about her marriage. That was the main reason I decided to her LET GO. B...But", he couldn't complete as the emotions choked him.

He trembled and shivered vigorously, trying to fight against the tears who threatened to fall. Is this my Vandhit? The authoritative and diplomatic CEO of Acharya Groups?!

"No", my inner one voiced. I embraced him tightly and patted his head gently, whispering, "It's okay, boy." With that, he gave up and leaned over me completely and cried loudly, burying his face on my shoulders. I knew he was broken just like Vani. But now seeing him, I think he is way more broken than her. For her, only the pain of rejection existed. But for him, it's a mixture of guilt and the pain of hurting her.

"But everything is ruined Abhi. I thought once we parted ways, she would be happy but I was hell wrong. She is still suffering and the reason is ME and I knew she is angry at me without her knowledge. That's hurting a lot Abhi", he cried hugging me tightly. I rubbed his back and looked at Em who was crying silently.

"That's where you are failing Vandhit. I agree she was hurt by the divorce but that doesn't mean you are at fault. It's just that you couldn't withstand the rejections she is facing because of the divorce", Emma said, wiping her cheeks.

"But Em--", he started only to get interrupted by her again.

"I swear, I will smack you down if you start again", yelled Em glaring at him and I chuckled seeing his pouty lips. "Look Vandhit, I understand your condition. You couldn't see her suffering, even we couldn't. Being her close friend now it's your responsibility to make her understand what she should do", she said looking at him intently.

"Me?! What can I do? I can't ask her to get married once again when I am her dark past", he said amused.

God!! Knock some sense into that useless brain of him. "Idiot. You are not her dark past. You are her colourful past. And she said this by herself yesterday", I said to him grumpily. He pulled out of the hug and looked at me perplexed.

"Did she?", he asked me innocently and I nodded smiling at him. "She even said that she loved those two years of married life. And mentioned those were the best days in her life", added Emma grinning. He looked with wide eyes and his lips twitched to an adorable smile. To be honest, he looked cute with those wet and puffy eyes and that serene smile adorning his face.

"So as I said, you are gonna help her now as you said you know her way more than us", Emma concluded with hands over her chest. Hah! This girl knows to turn the tables wisely. He turned sombre suddenly and opened his mouth to say something but I stopped seeing our glares.

"Vandhit, You said that you are feeling guilty. Then why don't you do this as repentance? Why can't you help her to fulfil her dreams? I am saying this because you admitted that she had dreams regarding her marriage. And we know you are the only person who could help her. Look, Jay Anna spoke with her yesterday and somewhat made her understand that she is making her life mess and I knew something had got into her brain. Trust me Vandhit, she is still having those dreams deep inside her, it's just she is not letting those dreams to vibrate in every atom of her heart. But if you are by her side in this, she can and she will do that. Do it Vandhit, be with her. Let her open up herself in front of you. You can do it dear", she said smoothly and I looked at her in awe. Is she the same Emma I encountered weeks before?

"No", the inner me voiced again. Vandhit looked down and inhaled a deep breath and looked at us intently. "I don't know whether I can do it or not. But if she needs me and she will have all the happiness in her life, I will do it. I will do it with all my heart and would make sure she is happy. I won't let her fall into those ugly pits. Not this time!", he said with determination. Emma jumped on him and hugged him tightly, squealing. I grinned from ear to ear.

With that, we both came downstairs not before his promise of meeting Vanathi tomorrow. His mother was visibly worried and his father was anxious seeing us. I kneeled before them and took aunty's hands in mine. "Aunty, he understood what he had to do and somewhat let his unnecessary guilt fly out. Once he meets Vani, we are sure that both would be still good and he had also promised to meet Vani tomorrow. So don't worry", I said her smiling.

"Thank you beta [Son]. I thought he would never understand and would keep on blaming him.
Lekin tumne kar diya jadhu. [But you did the magic]", she said lovingly, patting my cheeks.

"What!! I need the credits. He didn't do anything", groaned Emma and I laughed at her. "Haan haan, I know dear. But he is my favourite so the credits go to him", she said making Emma pout. I hugged her tightly as much as I can and a sob escaped my mouth. "Abhi...No dear. You can't. Please", she patted my head. She sensed what I am going through.

"Abhi Anna, what happened?", Emma asked me, caressing my shoulders. "N...Nothing Emma. Let's go", I said breaking the hug and aunty looked at me sadly. I smiled at her and stood up. Just then my phone rang.

"Hello", I attended the call without noticing the number.
"Hello, Abhish. It's me kanna[Dear], your mom", came a shaky voice from the other end.

I looked at the phone bewildered. I gave the phone to Emma and ran out of the house not bothering the calls of the family and that person. I ran as much as I can and sat on a bench at the side of the road. I buried my head, deep inside my hands and that's it!! My locked up emotions, made its way out through tears. No these are not the tears of happiness or sadness. It's tears of anguish and the tears that come when you feel devastated.

"Abhi just give it a try. Try it once", my conscience pleaded.

No, I am done with feeling all alone, done with feeling destroyed and done with everything related to them. I can't go through all that again. It took me years to overcome those feelings. If those dried tears come again, I can't rebuild me this time. NOT AGAIN!!

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*with sheepish smile* Hello family!! Apologies for the late update. But as I said, due to an unexpected event, I couldn't update and facing writer's block for 4 days. But somehow managed to come back to the track. So how was the chapter? And sorry if the chapter is not up to the mark!!

Yeah peeps, sorry. Forgive this girl.

I guess Emma had grown up in these two weeks. She behaved matured right?! Our playful Vandhit's dam broke and his vulnerability was exposed and our Abhi!! His pain is something which is deadly. Do u guys agree with me?

I agree! And girl, just let me in soon. How much time will you take for that?

*rolls eyes* Okay okay!! Soon soon!! But I think readers would have guessed you. 

*sighs* I think the same.

No worries, let them guess. So guys keep guessing who he is and don't forget to comment your views on this chapter. Spam the comment section with your views and love. Vote and share if u feel so. No compulsion in that❤❤

Yep. Till the next chapter,

Wid Love, Harshini

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