Aayush's POV

I splashed water on his face. The nasty creep !

He woke up, confused and gasping for breath..

He saw me and asked, "Did you..did you hit me ?"

"Yes . I did !"

"How dare you !", he tried to get up and start a fight with me.

What a kid !

"I ..I know kung fu ! Dare to mess with me ?"

I laughed and held him by the collar. I backed him up against the wall and lifted him up.

He struggled to let go of my grip, but I was stronger.

"Please, don't...don't.... do this to...to.. me."

"Then, tell me the truth a*****e !", I warned him.

"I ..I can't..please !"

I lifted him higher and got my arm , ready to punch him again.

He saw my arm approaching his face and so he shouted, "I'LL TELL YOU !"

I gave a triumphant smile.

"Good !", I said as I let go off him.

He dropped on to the floor and coughed. I gave him some water and pulled him into a sitting position.

I could see that he hated me, but I had no other choice.

"Now, Chris , you may begin !"

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I went to the hospital , two days later, with a bouquet of flowers for Emily.

I still couldn't accept what Chris had told me.

Sam ! A widow ! No ! Not my Sam !

My right arm was bandaged. I had hit my fist at the wall so hard, when Chris told me how Sam was tortured by that b*****d , Harish ! Angry tears welled up in my eyes when I came to know how much my poor darling had suffered at his hands.

If he had been alive now, I would have made him wish that he was never born.

I went into Emily's room to see Chris and Sam, happily talking to each other. Sam was happy. I figured out that was because she was with Chris.

I cleared my throat to notify them of my entrance.

"Hey Aayush !", Sam said cheerfully.

Chris smiled at me and I returned the gesture.

"Uncle Aayush ! ", Emily screamed on seeing me.

I hurried over to her and hugged her tightly. It didn't matter that she was adopted. She is Sam's kid and she will have my love for her always.

"Here , look at what I have bought for you !", I handed over the bouquet to her.

"I love flowers ! Thank you ! ",she gave me quick kiss on my cheek.

I happily chuckled and turned to Sam.

"Didn't you go to work today ?"

"Nope. Chris has been doing some of my work at office and he has shifted some of the burden from me !"

"That's great ."

I suddenly received a call. It was Ashok .I excused myself and attended the call.

"Hello ?"

"Aayush ! Where are you ?"

There was an adjoining room from Emily's room that was separated by glass, from where I could see all three of them. I went inside that for some privacy.

"I'm ..in the hospital."

"For ?"

"I came to buy tablets for me. Nightmares you know ."

"So, what are you doing with your ex who is married ?"

Oh god ! He knew !

"How..how did ..."

"I KNOW ! Aayush.....listen to me...this is not good..."

That idiot didn't knew her past, that's why he started to advise me all this. While talking, I casually turned to face Emily's room.

Sam was feeding a biscuit to Chris , while he had gifted Emily something. I stopped talking to watch them. Emily opened it and she gave a scream and hugged Chris tightly , putting one of her arms around Chris and her other hand around Sam.

The scene just broke my heart. They seemed like a perfect family. I stood there, watching them, not knowing what to do.

I came here to tell Sam that I wasn't married either. Their laughter filled the air and it gave me a weird feeling.

I wanted to leave that place. I went out from that room and rushed outside. I could hear Sam asking me where I was going . I didn't stop. I just ran like a crazy man.

I went to my car, dashed it open and started the engine. I just wanted to get out of the place .I drove my car as fast as I could, not caring if I would hit someone. I wanted to reach home. On the way, I narrowly missed hitting an old lady.

Shucks ! Thank God nothing happened.

I reached home and went to my apartment. I went straight to the kitchen and pulled out the bottle of wine from the cabinet.

Glasses ! I searched for the wine glasses.

DAMN ! Where were they ? Nothing right happens in my life .

Who cares about glasses anyway ? I ripped open the bottle lid and started drinking.

I didn't want to stop ! I had almost emptied half the bottle and fell down to the floor.

A pair of hands lifted me up and made me sit on the couch. I opened my eyes to see Chris !

"YOU ! What are you doing in my house ?"

"Aayush, please calm down ! ", he pulled the bottle from my hand, which I tried to wrestle back from him.

Chris was adamant to get it away from me, but I pulled the bottle with such a big force that it slipped out of my hands and crashed to the floor, spilling wine all over the floor.

"I WON'T ! GET LOST !", I shouted.

"Calm down and listen to him !", another voice said.

I turned to see Ashok standing nearby.

"Ashok?"

"Chris has told me everything. Just keep calm and listen to him !", Ashok said.

I was confused. How does Ashok know Chris ?

"Aayush, do you remember this ?", Chris asked, handing me over something.

A ring ! What does it have to do with me ? Wha...

Oh my God !

The ring that I gave to Sam when I proposed to her !

"How..you..how did you ...", I stammered.

"Sam still loves you Aayush. She hasn't removed that ring since her recovery after the accident. She removed it whenever you came because she didn't want you to know about her past. She thinks that you are married and that you would become heart broken if you knew about her past."

"Oh, my poor Sam !"

Tears welled up in my eyes.

"She was in a hurry to remove it and put it in her bag when you visited today. The ring had fallen on the floor and I had kept it for safekeeping till you left. But, you just left suddenly without saying anything. I knew something was wrong. So I thought I would follow you. Just then I bumped into Mr.Ashok here, who was looking for you .He took me here and on the way, I told him everything.", Chris said.

All I could think about was that scene at the hospital. It just kept playing in my head and I couldn't shake it away.

"Chris, I saw everything at the hospital. How could you behave closely to her, when you know that she loves me ?"

Chris gasped.

"Oh..no no , you misunderstood me..I was...:", Chris started but Ashok stopped him.

"There's something else you need to know Aayush ! Chris had proposed to Sam few weeks ago."

"WHAT ?"

"Yes. Now calm down. Sam turned him down saying that she never stopped loving you !"

Those words struck me hard. Sam..rejected proposal....what ? She still loved me ? She still loves me ? I couldn't believe it .

"Chris, I am really sorry !", I hung my head in shame, for hurting an innocent guy.

"It's nothing mate. Just..don't let her go this time !", he smirked.

"I won't !", I smiled.

Little did they know that destiny was planning something else !

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