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Ha! Can't believe I am actually being consistent this time😅😝. Well, a treat for you guys so enjoy... The most awaited chapter is here!

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Swayam's POV

Stop faking your care Swayam!

I know already that this is your second marriage Swayam.

I fucking trusted you but you had to break that and show that I am just not worth of any love!

You broke my trust Swayam!

You broke me successfully!

Congratulations Mr. Swayam Shekhawat! How much profit your business will make now after buying me for our company?

Are they enough or you will divorce me and marry someone else again for business?

Is this really your second marriage or how many more did you do secretly?

Oh if at all you actually loved her and you didn't marry, is there any child of yours that you are hiding too?

Thanks for ruining my idea of a happy life and crushing all my hopes I had with this so called marriage.

Don't pretend it atleast now! I don't need you. I can take care of myself.

Don't bother, I will go by myself there.

You might not have that much leisure time in your tight schedule.

Yes. 3 days peacefully.

I turned off the shower and felt the noises in my head stop suddenly too. I sighed and brushed my wet hair aside and stepped out of the shower, drying myself with a towel. Her hurtful words have been hurting me from past days and I just couldn't take them out of my brain. I walked to the sink in my bathroom and looked at myself in the mirror.

I felt the familiar dizziness return when I raised my head. I immediately held onto the sink to get a grip over myself. I squeezed my eyes shut and blinked them several times to get my vision clear and it went off after few seconds. I wonder what caused it. It's being happening since yesterday's meeting but it was okay throughout today's flight. I took a deep breath and quickly put on my pants. Taking a last look at myself in the mirror, I walked out of the washroom.

Just as I stepped out, I felt the dizziness return again. I took a step forward but I felt like the world is spinning. I stretched my hand blindly to hold anything for support and the lamp next to the armchair came into my hold. I took a step forward again in order to atleast get to the seat but everything went blur and all I could feel was a strong force of gravity and hear a faint shatter of glass before everything went dark.

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I groaned when I tried opening my eyes. Shit! It feels like a truck ran over my head and my whole body feels so heavy. Blinking several times to get a clear view of my surroundings, I opened my eyes finally. I was in my room and I guess it's night by the dark glass of the balcony doors. The pounding in my head didn't reduce making me hiss as it got worse when I tilted my head sideways. Feeling the need to sit up, I closed my eyes and tried to sit against the headboard but a sharp pain shot through my right shoulder blade making a painful groan leave my mouth.

"Swayam!" I heard mom's voice and I shifted my gaze to her walking briskly towards me and helping me sit up.

"How are you feeling?" She asked concerned, sitting beside me. I just nodded my head, still controlling the pain in the shoulder blade.

"Bhai!" Taani shouted while standing at the door and just as I looked at her, the next I know is she is hugging me tightly but careful enough not disturbing whatever the wound is on my shoulder. What happened that I ended up like this? After she pulled out, I looked at mom questioningly.

"Robin found you unconscious on the floor in front the washroom door with the broken lamp on you. We called the doctor and he treated you. You were unconscious for almost 4 hours." Mom answered my unasked question in a sad voice and I sighed.

"Here, take this." I looked at Taani who was holding few tablets in her hand that was forwarded towards me and a water glass in another. I ate it without any tantrum because I didn't feel the energy to even talk. I felt so weak and worn out. I wonder what went wrong for me to feel this. The water felt so soothing to my  parched throat and I cleared my throat to remove the irritation.

"What did he say?" I asked and my voice came out hoarse. I gulped one more sip from the glass as my throat felt so dry again.

"He said that you are not keeping a good track of your food and sleep and also burdening yourself with lot of stress and hence, you fell down due to built up weakness." Taani finished glaring at me and keeping the glass back on the table with a loud thud.

"What is wrong Swayam? Why are you stressed out so much? Is something bothering you?" Mom asked next, caressing my hair.  Why did my body give up like this? I cannot even tell them what happened. I couldn't bring myself to eat and sleep properly because her words haunted me. I just couldn't take it out of my head and that's why I started looking into more office works to divert my mind.

"Nothing, it's just workload I guess." I mumbled and looked down, unable to meet her eyes full of worry. It then suddenly strikes me that Sharon had to come back today and I was going to pick her up. Shit!

"Pi... I mean Sharon?" I asked, jerking up my head to look around properly once again.

"Relax, she is not coming today." Mom said, giving me a small smile and I slumped back into the headrest with a sigh. Maybe she doesn't want to see me at all, leave alone talking.

"I had called her when I arrived here after mom's call. I couldn't say because she sounded so happy. She said that all are forcing her to stay tonight so I didn't feel right to bother her simply because of your carelessness." Taani said in a stern voice and walked out to the balcony.

"Don't stress, she is just worried for you." Mom mumbled probably seeing me looking at the way Taani just disappeared and I looked at her.

"Pia will come tomorrow directly from work." She added and I nodded.

"I am not. Anyways, I am glad she is not here. I don't want her to see me now." I said, gulping the heavy lump in my throat and looking away. I am sure mom might have gotten the hint by now that something is wrong but I cannot help it.

"Please don't tell her anything about this." I said, looking at nothing in particular.

I am even feeling an anger build inside me for her behaviour. She isn't even listening once and she is believing what she might have heard which is just a part of the conversation. She is just so adamant on her misunderstood situation that she isn't even taking one step towards me to sort it out. I literally begged her so much but she didn't give me one chance at all. Though I am smiling at her, it still hurts inside. All her words are still hurtful and the pain doesn't go away at all.

Did I really not gain that much of her trust? That atleast she must have talked to me before assuming things? Am I really not worth that love? Am I really not trustworthy? Did I really loose that place in my Sharon's heart with just her memory loss? Am I that bad? Did she really mean those words?

"What do you mean by you are glad-" I heard her voice and my head shot into the direction to see her frozen in her spot at the door, not speaking anything further. Her angry face changing into a shocked one and her hand leaving the handle of the door.

"Oh my god!" I heard her gasp and in a blink, my nostrils were filled with her scent as she hugged me. A warm feeling spreading across my chest with her in my arms after what felt like ages. I hugged her back with just one hand as the other one felt painful to even lift up. She tightened her hands around my shoulder which made me hiss as the pain shot through my arm making her pull out immediately.

"What happened?" She asked looking at me from top to bottom and holding my hand in her's. I didn't meet her eyes as I felt the hurt return and the anger adding up. Even now she just overheard something and was about to fight, without even trying to know the actual thing.

"He fell unconscious on the floor." Mom said and Pia looked at her.

"Doctor said that he is not having proper food and sleep from few days and maybe he is stressing too much which lead to immense weakness." Taani said walking in and giving me a look again. Why is her timing so bad? She said it in the worst way possible! I looked at Pia to see her worried face changing to a angry one and I gulped.

"The lamp which was placed there, fell down along with him, above him due to which a glass piece of the broken lamp stuck into his shoulder and the rod fell on his right hand. There is a little wound on his head too, but nothing bled there. It's just blue now." Mom added and I frowned. Why was this information not even given to me first and directly to her? No wonder my shoulder is paining and my hand is aching so much. I looked at Pia only to see her shooting me death glares.

"What the hell Swayam! What do you even think of yourself? Can't you eat properly not for yourself but for us atleast? How can you be so reckless about your health? Couldn't you just go and have a medicine or show to someone when you felt a little weakness? I am sure you might have felt something before falling down unconscious. Was work that important that it couldn't wait? I never expected this from you! You are not skipping meals or sleeping late from today. Do you even realise what might have happened if this was not your room and a road instead? How can you be so careless Swayam? What do you even think of yourself? What if something might have happened to you? Are you crazy to do this to yourself?" Pia started shouting at me, waving her hands in the air and for the first time after our marriage, I saw her with the same love for me in her eyes. My lips automatically turned into a smile. She still cares. It still effects her.

"Why are you smiling Swayam? Did you hit your head somewhere?" She asked and as if the realisation hit her, she clenched her jaw, turning her face away from me. I still kept looking at her but with no smile, to see the mask she put up all these days crawling back on her face. The sound of someone clearing their throat made me look away from her.

"We will leave both of you alone. I will send the dinner upstairs." Mom said taking Taani out with her and closing the door behind them. I turned to look back at my Sharon but the door creaked open again and in peeped Taani's head.

"Bhabhi, also dress his wound please. Doctor said it should be changed once he is awake." With that said, the door shut again and I could clearly see Pia's clenched jaw and distant look.

"Why do you care?" I asked, looking away from her.

"Seriously Swayam? You ask this to me?" Pia scoffed standing up from the bed and turning completely to face me.

"Why wasn't I informed about this before? If I hadn't come here today, I probably wouldn't even know!" She asked, with a frustrated sigh in the end.

"Why do you care?" I asked her again to which she gave me a look and started walking away towards the wardrobe.

"Don't go when I am talking to you!" I said in a little stern voice making her stop in her track. I felt the anger bubbling back.

"I am not going anywhere! The person who I am talking to has hit his head somewhere because of which he is repeating same lines." She mumbled angrily turning to me. There was a knock on the door and Pia opened it. Robin appeared in the door with the tray of food. Pia took it from him and shut the door again. She walked to the table in front of the couch and kept the tray making a loud noise.

"I don't have an appetite." I said turning to look away completely.

"What the fuck do you think of yourself Swayam? What if something might have happened to you?" She shouted this time walking towards me. I choose to stay mum because I had no answer. I don't want to tell her how much her words effected me.

"Why are you quiet now? Speak up something!" She yelled and I lost it.

"You never listen to what I say. You never gave me a chance to speak." I replied, gritting my teeth and trying to stand up. I need fresh air to calm myself or else this will go down bad.

"What do you mean Swayam? And stay right there, you are not moving!" She ordered rushing to my side and blocking every way possible for me to climb down even after I kept my feet on the floor.

"Get out of my way." I said, not looking up at her standing figure.

"I won't and answer my questions first." She was adamant and folded her hands.

"What is the use of speaking Pia? You already assume everything!" I shouted, making her jump in her place.

"Don't drag that here Swayam!" She warned and I let out a sarcastic laugh.

"It's me who is dragging now?" I asked raising my hand and hissing at the pain that shot through it. She raised her hand to help but I showed her my other hand to stop. I got up when the pain subsided and I immediately felt dizzy, but controlled it and took two steps slowly.

"What is your problem Swayam?" She shouted walking briskly and standing in front of me.

"My problem? There was never my problem Pia! It's you who is dragging it!" I yelled taking a step towards her.

"Then what do you expect me to do when you get to know that your future husband is already married and he fucking hid it from you?" She yelled back at me making my blood boil. Her eyes brimming with tears of anger and frustration.

"Did you even try to know the whole thing atleast once?" I asked sternly.

"Okay I didn't, but I am doing it now! Tell me why did you hide it from me?" She asked folding her hands. I just looked at her and gritted my teeth as I had nothing to say. I took a step back and walked past her around the bed.

"Cat caught your tongue?" She asked sarcastically but I kept taking tiny steps towards the balcony.

"Well I guess there's nothing to say because it's the truth!" She shouted frustrated when I didn't stop, making me halt.

"It is." I said through gritted teeth, looking sideways.

"Then what is the reason to not to tell me about such an important thing dammit?" She yelled throwing her hands in the air.

"Or am I right that you actually married me just for business purpose and probably you might also have a family away-" she continued but I cut her in.

"Enough!" My voice boomed as I lost it and strode towards her with anger blazing my eyes. She looked startled but quickly masked it.

"Speak up Mr. Swayam Shekhawat! Why the hell I wasn't atleast informed about it?" She asked, looking straight into my eyes and I looked away immediately, trying to control my anger. I don't want to say anything that I will regret later.

"Tell me!" She shouted.

"What should I say? That five years ago, one day she went and never came back? All that came was the news of an accident?" It started as a yell and turned into a whisper as I ended it. Shit! I said it!

I turned to look at my Sharon only to see her face blank and the tears she had held back, started flowing freely. I took a deep breath and exhaled to calm myself down. I walked back to the bed and sat down and burried my face in my hand that rested on my knee. How could I say that? It's wrong. It's so wrong.

"Sorry, I am so sorry..." I heard her mumble close to me and it's then that I realise that she is sitting right beside me. She sniffed and started rubbing my back making me realise I am shaking too.

"No... Don't be." I replied in a shaky voice, swallowing the tears and the lump in my throat.

"You know you can let it out..." She whispered next to me and I couldn't hold it anymore. My tears sprang out and I let out a sob followed by another and then one more. I felt her looping her arms around my head and pulling it to her embrace. Maybe the years of pain or the frustrations at present or the hurt of her words, my tears didn't seem to stop at all.

"It's so... So painful... To ev... even think... of not... seeing the loved... ones ev... ever ag... again and I... I lived it. Everyday... Everyday felt... like dying! You... You loose... the pa... passion to live!" I said in between my sobs.

"Th... Then you ca... Came. My pain we... Went away gra... Gradually. I... I ca... Cannot lo... Loose... You!" I removed it all from my heart. All the pent up pain from the time my Sharon had left me ironically in front of her only. I don't know what came over me but I felt to say it. To my Sharon and not Pia. To the person I love, to the person in whose arms I am.

"Shhh... It's okay. Take it all out..." She mumbled.

"Please... Please do... Don't leave me... Me again." I sobbed holding onto her more tightly.

"I am here, I am not going anywhere. I am here with you..." She said and her voice soothed me. I could hear her heartbeat which was calming me down. I sobered up a little after a while and pulled out. She held my face in her palms and wiped my tears.

"I am sorry..." I whispered, looking away. She forced and turned my face to look back at her's.

"No, I am sorry! Forgive me, I didn't know it." She said, tears flowing down her eyes too. I could see guilt filled in them which in return made my heart feel heavy. She shouldn't feel this. I realised that I should console her now because she needs it much more. She shouldn't be stressed or else her health will be effected badly.

"Don't be. It's not your fault." I replied softly, wiping her tears as well.

"Please forgive me Swayam. I didn't trust you enough. I hurt you... I didn't know that this is what actually happened. I said you so many awful things. I am so so sorry... I am really sorry-" she started to sob and ramble. I cupped her face to which she stopped midway.

"Hey, it's fine..." I whispered, caressing her teary cheeks and gave a small smile to her. She sat up straight and wiped her tears, taking my hand in between her's.

"Tell me, what can I do to make it up to you?" She asked looking at me, her tears still not stopping.

"First of all, stop crying." I said to her frowning to which she nodded her head and wiped her tears and gave me a fake smile.

"I don't want a fake one." I said raising my eyebrows to which she took a deep breath and gave a breathtakingly smile to me making my heart flutter.

"Second, promise me that you will not assume anything hereon and we will talk with each other, whatever it is." I asked and she nodded vigorously.

"Yes!" She whispered and kissed my hand. I immediately pulled her in for a hug, though with just one hand and she instantly hugged me back. I closed my eyes, feeling her presence in my arms. We stayed like that in each other's arms, our heartbeats soothing each other and our sobs calming down, silently healing each other's pain without even a word spoken. After what felt like forever,she pulled out and looked up at me.

"The food is getting cold." She whispered and I sighed. I don't feel hungry anymore.

"I am not hungry." I said earning a look from her.

"You didn't eat properly and couldn't sleep because of me right?" She asked hoping for a no through her eyes but even she knew the truth. I meekly nodded.

"I am so-" she was about to apologise again but I shushed her with my finger on her lips.

"Just promise that you won't speak those hurtful words ever again." I asked, tears brimming just with the thought of that night.

"I won't." She whispered and I withdrew my finger.

"You sit here, I will bring food." She said getting up. I was about to open my mouth but she cut me in saying,

"No it's and buts. You are eating, that's final! You are not going to skip meals or disturb your sleeping schedule from today!" She chided me like a kid, making me smile. She went to the table where the tray was kept and walked back to me, placing the tray in between us.

"I will eat on only one condition." I pouted to which she raised her eyebrows.

"You feed me please?" I requested, raising my right hand slightly to imply that I am injured.

"Gladly!" She exclaimed and took a morsel in her hand to feed me. She raised it and I ate quietly, taking in her beautiful features. I just wanted to freeze the time and cherish this moment forever. After some time, the dinner was done with lots of missed talks and laughs. She excused herself to keep the tray back in the kitchen and I walked upto the wardrobe suddenly feeling the need to change.

I looked at myself in the mirror, at how miserable my appearance was except for the smile on my face now. I ran a hand through my hair and sighed deeply. Finally, things are clear. I know it will take sometime for things to get back at normal between us, but for now, it's good. I cannot keep lying to her like this, I feel so guilty about it. I don't even have any other way out because I cannot even disclose the truth to her. I don't know how this will end but I just wish for it to end soon.

I walked upto my cupboard and took out a loose t-shirt and sweatpants. I quickly changed my pants and tried removing the shirt I was wearing. I raised it above but I couldn't raise my shoulder anymore due to the pain. I tried again and yelped at the pain that shot through it.

"Careful there!" I heard Pia shout and in seconds, she was in front of me. I tried to ease out my pain stricken expressions but I don't think I was successful in it.

"Couldn't you ask for help? Let me help you!" She chided again, glaring at me looking so enchanting with the way she tied up her hairs and few loose strands hung at the sides of her face. She slowly took off the shirt, without making me wince even once. Her cold fingers brushed my bare skin here and there, sending shivers down my spine and our eyes met whenever it did. I smirked seeing her eyes travelling from my face to my abs, checking me out openly.

"First time seeing me shirtless?" I asked cockily but not that much because I didn't want her to be uncomfortable. My Sharon had already seen me like this for what might be infinite times but for Pia, it is her first. I could see the heat rising to her face as she lowered her eyes.

"Come, I will change the dressing of the wound." She changed the topic, dragging my shirtless body towards the bed and making me sit on it. I just watched her as she fished out the first aid box and stood in front of me. She sat next to me on my right side, where the wound was and peeled out the existing cotton, scrunching up her face as if it is paining her and not me. She applied the ointment eventually blowing on the wound. Her breath creating havoc inside me and she doesn't even have the slightest of idea what she is doing to me. The pain of the wound just vanished just with her touch. I watched her as she dressed the wound, her face so close to mine.

As if sensing my gaze, she raised her head up, to look at me. Her clutch on my hand tightened a little but it didn't pain at all. I could read from her face that even she was feeling the closeness, just as much as I was. Our eyes talking their own language and our breaths fanning each other's face.

"Swayam!" She gasped softly as I pulled her to me with my free hand diverting my attention to her lips. They looked so inviting with my name spoke out of those so innocently. I looked back at her eyes, asking her permission and she just closed her eyes in return.

I didn't waste a moment and captured her lips with mine. She responded immediately and started kissing me back, making me smile against her lips. I felt her hands loop around my neck and travelling to my hair tugging at them, making me let out a throaty groan. I moved my hand to her nape, pulling her more to me, our lips working in perfect sync, both of us pouring all the love we had for each other in the kiss. It grew into a passionate one and I was happy that she too felt the same.

The kiss just deepened by each passing second and we lost the track of time until we were out of breath and pulled apart. I rested my forehead against her's, breathing heavily and same goes with her. I opened my eyes to see her face flushing and her swollen lips stretched into a beautiful smile. I think I cannot hold it in anymore. I need to say it. She must know what she makes me feel.

"I love you." Even before I could think of anything more, the words slipped out of my mouth and she froze in her place.

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