SHREYA'S POV

I woke up and was not feeling like other mornings as his hand and leg were not wrapped around me. I turned my face to my right side to find me alone on the bed. Last night's event came to my mind. I have got a sprain in my neck because of sleeping in a sitting position. He must have made me sleep in the right position me in the morning.

I released a breath and stretched my body. It was hurting me because from the first morning after our marriage the first thing I see is his face and today he is not even in the room.

I put my feet on the ground but was feeling a little weak as I haven't had anything since yesterday's breakfast. I moved towards the washroom and did my business. I came out in a hope that he would return to the room but he was still not here. Where is he? Has he gone to the office? Hmm .. maybe as it is already 9:00 AM.

I stepped down and went to the kitchen to drink water.

"Are you alright?" Masi asked me

I nodded.

"He had breakfast before going to the office?" I asked him

"He has not been to the office" she replied

"Then where is he?"

"From the past two hours, he is in the gym"

"TWO HOURS!"

"Yes, he was not looking in a good mood and he has strictly ordered everyone to not to disturb him"

"Ok," I said and stepped out of there.

"Where are you going at least have breakfast"

"I will, but first let me take a bath"

"Ok, come fast"

I nodded and moved towards his gym. I slightly opened the door and peeped in. He was beating the shit out of the punching bag. He was shirtless and his whole body was drenched in his sweat. His eyes were bloodshot red and were focused on the punching bag.

I breathed in and out before stepping in. He paused for a second, glanced at me, and restarted punching. I sat on a low pulley cable bench. I waited for a minute to stop and look at me but he completely ignored my presence.

"Don't you want to talk to me?" I asked him breaking the awkward silence between us.

"There is nothing left to talk about," he said while punching hard.

"Are you sure? There is nothing left to talk about?"

"Yes, I am sure. Go from here and leave me alone"

As I said that he would be a different person in the morning. At night he was not ready to leave me even for a second and now he is asking me to leave him alone. He was punching so hard that the bag busted and it's material came out.

"Will you please stop Atharva?"

But instead of stopping, he went harder. I went to him and put my hand on his shoulder.

"Please! Stop it!"

He jerked my hand and pushed me as a result I fall back and my head collided with the same bench on which I was sitting.

"Ahhhh"

He turned back and took my cheeks between his fingers. He examined my face and then stood up when he found nothing.

He took a towel and wiped his body with it. There was a pin drop silence and it was eating me.

"Why?" Finally, he spoke breaking the silence.

"Why? Why? Why? Shreya Why?"

I slowly stood up. My legs were wobbling.

"Why were you with him?" He asked me.

"It is not like the way you are thinking Atharva"

"Then what was that ?" He said while grabbing my arms tightly.

"Leave me Atharva you are hurting me"

"What about you hurting me?" He said making his hold tight.

"Ahh......"

"First answer my question. What were you doing with him?"

"It is just a misunderstanding. You are misinterpreting the things"

"Oh really? Then why were you above him all happy and smiling?"

I was stunned by his words. Happy and smiling?

"I was happy because of you. From his scared expressions, I understood that it is you who is standing at the gate. That's why I was smiling"

"You are lying"

"Don't you trust me?"

"I trust you more then I trust myself but you broke my trust"

"No, I didn't"

"You remember that day you were saying that trusting me is your decision and breaking that trust is my decision then why did you decided to break my trust?"

"You are taking me wrong. Please listen to me once"

"Everyone was against you, those messages, those photographs but I still trusted you. But you......."

"He was for....."

I wanted to tell him everything but he was not giving me chance to say anything.

"Even the driver told me that you were happy when you entered the cafe with him"

"Yes, but....you are jumping onto the conclusion with the wrong assumptions."

"Just answer my one question honestly.....Did you went willing with him in the cafe?"

"Listen to me at least once" I touched his shoulders.

"Jusr answer me in yes or no"

I gulped down.

"YES OR NO!" he shouted.

"Yes," It came out more or less like a whisper.

He punched the wall beside me very hard. I flinched back and then he punched again this time harder.

"Don't hurt yourself Atharva, please"

He snapped at me and I moved further into the wall like I wanted the wall to eat me.

"Why do you care about me?" He asked me

"What is this nonsense. Why won't I? I am your wife."

It is my limit to tolerate his rubbish. Pool of tears we're ready to spill out of my eyes.

"Wife?" He smirked but that smirk was not giving me good vibes.

"Why are you behaving like this? You know that I love you"

"But I am your second love," he said with a broken voice.

"What are you saying Atharva. You know that you were my first in everything. My first kiss, my first hug, my first love, and only you would be my last" I took his face in my hands.

"You are lying again. I know it very well that you love him before marriage. You accepted it that you love him when I asked you to sign marriage papers. And why were you adamant to bring him back to India"

"I was lying at that time. I said that just to save myself from the marriage. I never loved him. He is nothing to me"

"Then what were you doing with him?" He took a step closer to me.

"Am I not enough for you? Or is he better in be...?"

"ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!"

I shouted above my lungs. I cannot listen to him more. He blinked at my changed form. He opened his mouth to say something.

"Just shut up!" he closed his mouth.

"Bahut bol lia tumne or bahut sun lia Maine. Ab main bolungi or tum Sirf sunoge (Enough of you speaking and enough of me listening to you. Now I will speak and you will only listen to me)"

I said looking into his eyes. I was left with zero energy. I was feeling very weak and a little dizzy.

"Yes, I went into the cafe with my own will but I was not in the room with my consent. He dragged me in forcefully. He wanted to create misunderstandings between us but I had faith in you and I was continuously saying to him that you will trust me, you are not like other men. But you know what? He was right" I said this in one go with whatever energy left in my body.

His eyes softened and he gulped.

"And I am not a Goddess. I will not give any explanation to prove my innocence"

"Where did he touched you?" He asked me

I still wanted to cry on his shoulder but I will not. There is no meaning to it.

"This does not matter now. What matters is that you left me alone with that bastard when I needed you the most. You left me alone when I needed a shoulder to lean on and hands to console me"

He was no longer looking into my eyes. Instead, his eyes were low and his lips were pursed.

"You wanted me to leave you alone na"

I wiped my tears.

"OK... FINE!"

I took a step but he holds my wrist. I looked at our hands.

"Listen to me," he said

"There is nothing left to listen"

I pulled my wrist back and moved ahead. Suddenly everything in front of my eyes started to spin.

"You cannot go like this," he said from behind.

I just ran ignoring everything. When I reached the stairs I saw many white dots in front of my eyes. I closed them tightly and pressed my head to keep it in one place. But then I lost my balance and my mind blocked.

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Atharva's POV

"Butterfly listen Please!"

She bolted out of the gym. I was blinded by my ego. How could I doubt her? I was left with no words. Why do I have to spoil everything? I always lose my mind whenever I get angry and this time my butterfly has to face it. She will not forgive me this easily. I crossed all the limits in my anger.

Suddenly she stopped on the stairs and put her palms on both the side of her head pushing it in and then she lost her balance.

"SHREYA!"

I ran towards her and thankfully I caught her on time. Madhu Aunty brought water and sprinkled it on her face. Her face was looking pale, lips turned white and her hands were cold as ice.

"I have to take her to the hospital. Hold her for a minute"

I ran to the room and wore whatever t-shirt came to my hand first. I took her and ran towards the garage. I roared the engine at it's full after settling her on the passenger seat. Now my hands were shaking. All this is my mistake. How could I doubt her? How could I?

As we reached the hospital they took her in. I completed the formalities. I went to her room. Injections were attached to her nerves and glucose was going into her body drip by drip.

"I am sorry"

I murmured and moved towards the backside of the hospital. I punched the wall with full force and kept on punching.

Someone tapped my shoulder. I turned around to find Prem.

"What are you doing?" He asked me

"Giving myself punishment because I hurt her"

"Things will not get better like this. You have to talk. Give her time. Anger and wrath do not work every time" He said stopping me.

I am not into hugs if the person is not my butterfly but this time I turned around and jumped onto him for a tight hug.

"I spoiled everything, Prem. I questioned her character which is the most precious jewelry of any girl"

"Shh.....everything will be fine," he said while rubbing my back.

He took me in for dressing my hand. The blood was dripping out of it. We heard the sound of the door and I left him to find the doctor approaching us.

"How is she?" I asked

"She is fine Mr. Singhania. But you have to take extra care of her as I don't think she is taking her meals properly. Don't give her stress. She is weak and her blood pressure is fluctuating. It is not good for her and your baby"

The doctor informed us and left.

"Baby? Baby?"

I turned to Prem.

"Did I heard it right, Prem? He said, baby"

"Yes, you heard it right. You are going to be a father"

Tears pricked into my eyes. I blinked many times.

"Aww...my cry baby is going to have a baby" Prem teased me.

"Just look at your face. You are looking like a puppy with pouted lips and lost eyes"

He laughed and this brought a smile to my face. I wiped the corner of my eyes with my knuckle.

"Now go in and talk to her with peace" Prem pushed me in.

I went in to find my butterfly sitting on the bed. The moment she saw me, she turned her head to the other side. This broke my heart.

"Why are you here?" She asked me without looking at my side.

"I am here to take my wife and our baby with me"

Her head turned to my side. She looked at me for a minute and then looked down.

"It is not your baby. It is just my baby"

"Wh....what are you saying Shreya?"

"Leave me alone Atharva"

"I know I have committed a very big mistake and I don't know how to ask for forgiveness. I am ready to face any punishment but not this. Please! You know that I can't live without you"

"I said something Atharva. Leave me alone!"
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"Please!"

She said looking at me. It was visible that she wanted to cry but she was holding her emotions. I can't see her in this situation so I turned to leave but I found Prem standing at the gate.

"I know it is your matter and I or anyone else have no right to talk in between you," he said while stepping in.

"But, as far as I can see your enemies got what they wanted" we looked at his side.

"I have traced the number that was sending you messages and they were from none other than Anika. Rahul just wanted Shreya and Anika wanted to break Atharva to the core because according to her you are the murderer of her son. Both of them did this on purpose to separate you and create misunderstandings between you so that they can get what they want and I guess they are successful in their first step"

He sat beside Shreya and took her hand in his.

"I know it is very difficult for you to forgive him after the kind of allegations he has made on you but think about this little soul who has not even entered this world" he pointed towards her stomach.

He stood up and moved to me.

"Trust is the main pillar that makes a relationship strong. It is a knot that keeps the relationship bound together"

He took my hand in his one hand and Shreya's hand in another one.

"This is not the last time that this kind of situation has raised between you. It will come many times in the future. But you need to have faith in each other to make your relationship successful. And I believe that you will do it" he said and put my hand over her.

"Understand each other, give yourself some time, and then make a decision. Never forget that only you are made for each other"

He said and left. We were statued with our position. After a silence of 5 minutes she spoke but without looking at my side.

"I want to go home"

"Ok, give me a few minutes"

I completed all the formalities and drove towards our home. She was silent from outside the whole journey but I know that there is chaos inside her.

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