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"There he is! Morning boss." Tapish greets at the door as soon as Veer and Mahir enter the panel room, "you've to go somewhere today."

Vikrant show him something on the monitor while muttering, "Got a route. Check this." Then he notices something, "What's up with you two?? What's that sour look?" He asks as the said two settle in.

"Nothing. He had been just babysitting his wife while she was straddling someone else's lap last night, that's it." Mahir mutters deadpan.

Veer stares at him coldly without replying. Tapish scoffs at that, "What about it? I've been doing that for the past 5 years! Thanks for taking up my job for once, boss!"

"Well she's not your wife at that!" Vikrant snorts.

"Ex-wife." Tapish corrects, "As good as an stranger. Beside you haven't spent all these years of yours in celibacy, did you? Then what makes you think she would??"

"I'm not thinking of anything, okay??" Veer snaps making his fist ball in annoyance, "And yes, Of course I had my fair share of relationships and I'm not going to stop hers as long as she wants it. I'm not expecting anything from her. We're long done."

"There he goes again!" Mahir rolls his eyes.

"Why are you sulking then?" Vikrant asks speculatively.

Veer frowns knitting his brows together and mutters, "She...I told her what happened in the Hawai, last night." All three pairs of eyes stare at him.

Vikrant raises his eyebrow, "And...what was her reaction??"

Veer snorts at that, "Almost didn't believe me."

"Sort of expected. Then...?" Vikrant presses more.

Veer hesitates before saying, "Then she asked me about Mayurika, again."

Mahir huffs, "Lol...do all your chit-chats with your little miss end to that lady??"

"Maybe because, that's her only place of insecurity?" Says Vikrant, "Bani had seen lot worse stuffs than what happened back in Hawaii. That couldn't be the problem. The problem was how Veer prioritized that woman over her. How his family made her feel little about being married to Veer. You never came clean about Mayurika to her, did you?"

"What's there to come clean about?" Veer looks away.

"Nothing, you say?" Vikrant challenges.

Veer sighs then says tensely, "I'm...not good in giving explanation for my actions, okay? And now since she's already out of this marriage, there is no more reason to tell her anything!!"

"IF you've told her the truth before, MAYBE she wouldn't be out of this marriage now, you see the point? And Neither would we have to see your sorry ass running after your own wife like a obsessed stalker." Mahir snaps.

"What's up with YOU?? You look Harassed." Tapish asks Mahir warily.

"Yeah..." Vikrant looks at him sceptically too, "You're not your usual sarcastic bitch, today. Not talking much, frowning at my innocent computer for no reason and being all snappy like a three month old pregnant woman, why??"

To this Veer sniggers making noise through his nose and says, "He got laid last night!"

"Ain't that supposed to be a good news for him??" Tapish asks pulling a face.

"Guess that depends on who you sleep with, no??" Veer snorts and Mahir shoots a glare at him.

"Who??" Both Tapish and Vikrant ask in unison.

"Fuck off, you all!!" Mahir barks, "Get to the actual fucking business!!"

"Thought you were a confident performer even with a bamboo, Mahir?" Vikrant quirks his eyebrows in humour.

Veer twists his face in dirty mirth and says, "In that case, say congratulations to Mahir Sehgal you all...he passed his hard limit."

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"YOU SLEPT WITH WHO???" Bani practically screams at Bella who is sitting with a haunted expression on the bed.

After a while when no reply comes, Bani storms up to her and gives a shake on her arm, "Bella...!! Answer me!! You hated him, didn't you?? Then why???"

"I don't know, okay??" Bella exhales hiding her face with her both palms and whispers exasperatedly, "I don't know! Of course I hate him and he was the last person I'd ever have on my sleeping list but then....I don't know what happened last night! You were gone....I was hell drunk...he was brooding that because of your prick ex-husband he had to take care of my drunk ass and then one moment...we were fighting and the next moment he was actually taking my drunk ass!!"

"Eww!! Shut up!! I don't need to know that!!" Bani morphs into disgust.

Bella shrugs, "You asked." Then she looks at Bani in apprehensively, "Wait....are you upset with me that I slept with Mahir?"

Bani stares at her puzzled for a second then pulls her legs up on the bed, "Well...you two definitely don't get along and you said that you hate him. So yeah...I think it would be better if you didn't do the deed but then again... it's not my business who you hook up with."

Bella shakes her head, "No... I'm not talking about that. I mean...he is your ex boyfriend. You had a thing with him after all. You're not mad? You know I'd never be this bitch with you!! I just..."

"Oh Bella..." Bani takes Bella's hand into her squeezing it comfortingly, "Of course I know you!! And Yeah Mahir is my ex but that's it." Bani shrugs, "I mean he's more like my friend than anything else. Even back then. I don't feel like that for him. So no. I'm not mad or upset on this sense. I'm just concerned that it will be awkward for you two now to come face to face."

Bella waves off her hand looking away, "Not really. It was just meaningless sex. Also that asshole is not someone I'd really put my head into. He's just a dust that needs to be swiped, that's it. It was a mistake and meant to be forgotten!!"

Bani looks at her not quite convinced seeing how lost Bella looks right now. Then Bella turns to her in sudden concern, "Well....what happened to you, yesterday?? I thought you'd be with that blonde chick but then you chickened out yourself, why??"

Bani gulps into her dry throat looking down at her hands, "I couldn't! The place was too familiar and it reminded me of him!!"

Bella gives her a genuine perplexed look, "Well...he was right there, wasn't he?? Then how come you didn't end up like me when the sexual tension between you two is clearly more real than I have with that filth!!"

"He told me something last night." Bani adds quietly.

"What....?" Bella asks and Bani narrates the full story of what happened years back.

After hearing everything Bella fidgets a bit before mumbling out, "Well Bani....if...what he said...IF it's actually true...then don't you think...umm... about his secretary can also... maybe it's not what you think??" Bella hesitates.

Then she quickly adds seeing Bani getting still, "NO! I'm no way taking Veer's side! He's a prick and I stand by that. I'll be on god's feet if I can have you stay away from him!! But What I'm saying is, seeing how verbally and physically constipated he is, that...there might be a possibility that... maybe you got it wrong??"

Bani starts taking a deep breath, "Even if it is not what I think it is, his behaviour towards me still doesn't get justified, Bella. He did cheat on me, by keeping me in dark if nothing else. And he owes an apology to me for this. The least he could do was apologize for making me go through shit."

After a pause Bani lets out a melancholy chuckle, "The amount of time he shouts at me saying that he didn't cheat on me, if he had actually told the truth by then, maybe things would be different now!! But there he goes. Never gives any explanation, never utters another word beyond that sentence. What else should I think then, you tell me?"

Bella stays quiet for a second then looks straight up at her best friend, "If he said the truth then...or now... would you really stay by him??"

The question throws Bani off guard for a moment. Then she whispers bobbing her airway, "I don't know. I was trying really hard. To hold on!! And it was getting harder every passing day!!" That is all she says. Her expression is mysteriously lost.

Bella doesn't say anything about this topic after that. She too has a lot on her plate. And she doesn't want to make the already dark atmosphere darker. So instead she just climbs up to her best friend and hugs her tight while saying, "Tapish said you have a shoot tomorrow?? Where is he arranging it???"

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It's past midnight when Bani jumps off her sleep hearing a groaning noise outside her bedroom. She opens her eyes from her almost dozed phase and finds the door is slightly azar. Seeing that she feel a sudden thud of fear in her chest. She generally keeps her bedroom door unlocked for some reason. Being married to Veer didn't change the habit 'cause in Veer's words, his stuffs are highly trained so no one would dare to barge into the room anytime. She hears a faint curse outside again with  easing footsteps. Slowly Bani drags herself off the bed and marches towards the door without making sound.

Veer has almost reached the stairs when she stands outside her doorframe. The motto was to pay a silent visit to Bani like the every usual night but the sudden ripping pain in his chest made him cry out loud all of a sudden. He tried to make it as quick as possible but seems like Bani has already seen his shadow as he hears her muffled voice behind him calling, "Veer!"

Veer curses inwardly before turning back. There he sees her standing by the door, over all puffed with sleepiness. "H- hey.." he mutters awkwardly.

"What were you doing at my door??" Bani asks and by her tone Veer can't quite decipher whether she's accusing him or genuinely asking.

Veer doesn't know what to say. The reply 'to see you' sounds too corny. He can easily say that he came to Vikrant who sleeps the next door but that would be stupid 'cause he was with him till now and Vishakha is sleeping alone.

"Nothing...umm I just -" he spatters

Bani starts taking steps towards Veer as she mumbles, "I guess I heard your groan....did you get hurt?"

Veer gets startled, "Huh? No I'm -" but Bani is already in front of him, eyes stuck on the red stained beige shirt pressed on his chest as a loud gasp lets out of her.

"Shit Veer! Are you bleeding??" Bani cries out.

"Fuck Bani, don't wake the whole house up!" Veer curses.

"Is that your blood or someone else's??" Bani looks up at him with grimace.

The question is so bland that Veer doesn't reply to that. Part of him irks thinking that Bani is disgusted by him. But he couldn't care less. This is what he does. This is what his life is. But then Bani does a very bold thing for her good. She pokes a finger right on the soaked place making Veer cry again.

"Damn woman! I know you hate me! No need to show it!!" He groans in pain and irritation trying to keep his voice low.

"Why are you bleeding?" Bani's eyes are horrified as she says agitatedly, "It's been total 7 days and I'm already seeing you wounded for the second time!!!"

Veer stills at that. He looks into those brown eyes that are staring back at him holding accusations and worry. For a second Veer's guard gets down and he feels like they've never got separated and this is just another day of their domesticity where Bani would fret every time Veer would come home to her with wound, small or big. A sudden unbearable warmth spreads from the centre of his chest making his throat tighten. And Veer hates it. He hates that till this moment he didn't realise that even those mere accusations, constant complains held so much warmth whose absence have left him cold at nights and now that he's acknowledged its existence, it's too late.

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