Maya's POV

What was Katherine doing with Arjun?

And the next thing that Katherine did, almost made me faint

He was married, again??

Katherine handed over the baby that she held in her hands, to Arjun and pecked lightly on Arjun's lips. She made his eyes twinkle in happiness which I wasn't able to do in our three years of marriage.

"Arjun! Wait!" I stopped him, before he left to the office.

I wanted to mend our relationship. We were drifting away and I could see the visible changes and the shift in our relationship. If he wasn't going to make the first move to sort out the things between us, I have to, even if it was going to be a small move.

He turned and looked at me impatiently with an annoyed look. I slowly walked near him and stood on toes and pecked him on his soft lips

"Move away! You stinking shit!" he pushed me away in anger.

I ran to my room and broke down in tears.

But that was my past. I wasn't going to spare another drop of tear for this man. I was hurt. But I can't let these emotions control me. He never really loved me. All that happened in front of my eyes was just a constant reminder that I was nothing but stinking shit.

You can't break down.

Neither Katherine nor Arjun, realized that there were people coming to the lounge. They were lost in their own happy bubble.

But, was his relationship with Katherine genuine or was he just using her for money?

Katherine looked different from what I remembered. She has changed in these two years. She never cared about her looks and always remained a tomboy. But now, she was dressed in a pencil skirt with its hem ending right at her knee and she had paired it with a tight black blouse. She had grown her short black hair and now it reached her waist. Her lips were painted in red and her face was caked with makeup. She was never a heels person, but now she stood literally on a stool. Her heels were that tall. She has changed, a lot.

Katherine was also rich but she was very sweet. She was really sweet to me when we met.

But, why did Arjun chose another innocent, rich girl again??

The only thing that mattered to him was money.

This man had some nerves to hurt another girl again and now they also have a child together. Could he have really married her for money?

But if this marriage was real to him, then I am happy that he made a happy family. I silently wished for his happiness. I was never an -eye for eye- person. But if he was fooling around, this time as well, I swear, I won't wait for another minute to chop his balls off.

In a few seconds, I also saw Tani walking towards them. Tani was Arjun's younger sister and Katherine was Tani's best friend. That was how I also met Katherine. Tani was  an adorable person with a beautiful personality. Even after our divorce, she was in touch with me. She was totally against her brother's cruel reason for the divorce.

She cut her ties with her brother when she knew the reason for our divorce. But now, what had changed that made her look at her brother with so much admiration?

Maybe, his marriage to her best friend made Tani close to Arjun. I reasoned it out for myself.

Anyways, I didn't want to be the reason for breaking the relationship between the sister and the brother. I am happy that they are back to their normal old selves.

Tani had lost a lot of weight; it was a very noticeable change. Her short frame, made her look even small and sick. Her voluminous silky chocolate brown hair had lost all its density. She wasn't fed well. Was anything wrong with her?

Just then, her eyes caught mine. It was the first time she saw me in two years. Though we spoke through phone, it was the first time she was seeing me in person. She was shocked to see me at first and slowly she started to smile at me and her foot padded towards the place where I was standing.

Oh god!

I can't talk to her now. I need to go. I don't know why, but I just didn't feel like talking to her now. I walked quickly across the lounge, took my bags and moved towards the boarding area.

I felt bad after avoiding Tani. She really needed someone to talk to. She was in some trouble. I could sense it, but I can't talk to her when Arjun was there. I just can't.

At Chennai

I was standing in front of the house that I grew up in. I rung the doorbell and I nervously waited for my parents to open the door.

It had been so many years since my parents got married. The years of memories that they made with love are attached to this beautiful home, and it never made them shift their house.

Regardless of how rich they became, they stuck to this house.

Just then, bringing me back to earth, the door opened and my father's happy voice filled my ears.

"Princess! I am so happy to hold you in my arms again" My dad said and his eyes gleamed in happiness as he held me in his loving embrace.

"I missed you dad!" I said, hugging him tighter.

"You didn't miss me?" I heard the voice which I have been yearning to listen to.

My mom stood looking at us, with tears in her eyes.

"Mom!" I said and ran to her, hugging her tightly.

I refused to cry, I am not weak anymore. I shouldn't cry. I saw my mom, the love that her eyes reflected for me, engulfed me in a whirlpool of emotions and I broke down in her arms.

I really missed my parents who loved me for who I am.

I pulled out from the hug and looked at her. Tears were streaming down her eyes.

I wiped it off which made her smile "How are you?" she asked and held my hand, kissing my fingers.

"Better than ever" I did sound convincing but she frowned at the tone of my voice. She got the hint.

Damn,Maya!

"You have become more beautiful, mom!" I squealed happily which made her smile. It was good that she didn't ponder over my previous statement too much.

My dad locked the door and joined us.

"I keep saying her the same thing but she never believes" my dad said holding both me and my mom in his strong and protective arms.

"You have changed, Maya" my dad commented, kissing my forehead.

I swear, I saw my mom glaring at my dad which made him gulp "but for good" he quickly added with a smile.

My parents didn't want to remind me anything about my past. They were trying their best. I was always a daddy's little girl. But my mom's love for me had an undeniable special place in my heart.

I wouldn't dare to hurt them. My parents hated Arjun to their guts when they got to know Arjun's true motive behind the marriage. They went to the extent of removing his company 'The Kings and Queens' from the client's list of Sharp and Measure, regardless of the damage that would cause to Sharp and Measure. They did all that, just for me. But I had to stop them. I couldn't let their twenty-nine years of my parents' hard work go to a waste, just because of me.

My father became really frustrated and hunted down for Arjun to beat him to death. But, the part of me, which still was in love with Arjun stopped my dad from doing it.

But, no part of my being was in love with Arjun anymore. I hated him with my heart and soul.

After spending a good day with my parents, I felt refreshed. Coming back to Chennai, wasn't a bad idea after all. I have really gotten over my fears, I guess.

Once when my parents retired to their bedroom, I walked up the stairs to my room.

I really did miss my room. The room which I had everything painted in blue, was staring at me, eating me alive.

Blue was my favorite color, but not anymore! The color had too much life in it and it wasn't meant to be in my life. I hated the color from the depth of my heart.

I didn't feel like standing in the room anymore. I went to my closet and started to search for my office laptop. Just when I opened the draw, the shining blue stone diamond ring caught my eye.

"I don't want to see that ring on your finger anymore" his hurtful words rang in my ears

I shut the draw as fast as possible before it could pull me into the dreadful memories.

Was being adopted such a big sin? Really? No one loved me. I was an unwanted child and an unwanted wife. That was why I was given up for adoption, which was why I was divorced. What will I do if the people, who created me, disowned me? It wasn't my mistake! It was their fucking mistake! They didn't even have the right of being called as my genetic parents. I am glad that they disowned me. Otherwise, I wouldn't have such amazing parents in my life, now.

My breathing started to choke. I felt tears brimming up my eyes. No child in the world should be called as a sin for the mistake that their genetic parents commit. This world is filled with cruel people and the reality was bitter. I have to endure this, until I take my last breath.

You can't cry Maya! You have your parents to love you! They love you!

I started to take deep breaths. I didn't want to cry.

"Relax! Just relax!" I kept telling myself and resumed my search for the laptop. I finally found the laptop, which was in one of the draws of my study table.

I grabbed the laptop and its charger and ran down to the hall not wanting to stay in the room anymore.

I settled comfortably on the couch after connecting the charger to the laptop. This was the laptop that I used when I worked at Chennai. The data for all the Chennai clients were stored in this laptop.

Since I was back at Chennai, I had informed the headquarters at Chennai to direct all the work that I used to do previously, for the Chennai clients.

I opened my email account and started to check the dates of every audit that I was supposed to do.

Suddenly, on seeing one mail, my head went dizzy.

I was assigned to do the audit work for tomorrow at 'The Kings and Queens'

It means I have to go to Arjun's office to do the work. It means I have to face him every fucking day!

Heyaa!! So, what do you think Maya will do now? Keep guessing! And sorry, if the update was short and boring. But I need to set up the background of every character. This was a much needed chapter. Please kindly put up with me for this. I promise for a full blown update this Friday. I can't wait to get my hands on the next chapter.

And I saw many Arjun haters out there! Don't hate him too much, he is our sexy hunk,after all ;)

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