Sameera's P.O.V.

Kriti took some money from Dad by making some excuse and immediately came to Miss Anna's house.

"Thank you Kriti. This means a lot to me. Trust me I will return you the money when I'll have."

"Sam what are you talking about? It's your money."

"No, it's not my money. It's Dad's."

"Sam! He loves you! He will do anything for you. Just go once and try to explain him everything. I am sure he will understand!"

"You are saying this even after you saw what happened that day. How can you?"

"I am sorry! But I want my family back just the way it was. It's not the same without you. Dad is always upset ever since you are staying here and he snaps at me as well for small things. I just want both of you to get back together."

"You heard what he said right. He reminded me of the fact that I am not his own daughter. How do you expect me to go back and stay with him after that?" I said.

"I understand, Sam. I totally understand. You know what I still can't believe you both are not actually biologically related. I always thought that he favours you more than me and you are his favourite daughter."

I scoffed. "I can't believe you felt that. Have you seen how he would scold me for small things. Sometimes, even when I haven't done anything."

"I am not denying that." She chuckled. "But still, he did spoil you a lot as well. Don't fathers do that always with their favourite daughter." She whined.

True. He has spoilt me. But, it was mostly because he felt that only by giving me everything I want he could make me happy and forget my parents.

But how can I? I can never forget Mumma and Papa. Never.

"I guess that is the reason why I am more hurt. He loved and cared for me. Always. Until now." I replied to her.

"He still does. But, Nikhil has made him believe that you are wrong."

"Yes. Because he trusts him more."

We talked for sometime. I told her about my worries of how I will divorce Nikhil, about my job. About money. And about my loneliness.

Kriti is always my comfort person. I can always share my problems with her. And I don't even have anyone else apart from her after all.

"I really can't believe Aayansh fired you even after you told him everything." Kriti said when I told her about everything that happened in the office on my last day.

"He doesn't believes me. How can I even expect him to? He is the same person who accused me of cheating him."

"I think he still hasn't forgotten you!" She said.

"Correct! He still hasn't forgotten that I cheated on him, which I didn't."

"But still he could have chosen not to fire you."

"When your own husband and parents betray you, you really don't have any expectations left from other people." I told her.

Someone banged the door of the house. The doorbell has stopped working.

But who is banging the door like a madman.

I was getting up to open the door, but Kriti offered to take the door.

She went to open the door.

"Who's on the door Kriti?" I asked her shouting.

"I don't know. A boy is on the door."

"Maybe someone to see Miss Anna!" I said getting up and going to see myself who's there.

"Tell him that Miss Anna is in the orphanage and he can come..." I started saying while going towards the door when I saw who it was. What is he doing here?

"Oh no! I am here to give this to Sameera." He said.

"Who are you?" My sister asked snapping at him. Why is she being so rude?

"Hi, I am Karthik. May I have the pleasure to know your name, miss?" He asked Kriti.

When Kriti didn't reply anything, I interfered and replied on her behalf. "Hi Karthik! This is my sister, Kriti. And Kriti, he is Aayansh's brother."

"Hello Kriti! It's so nice to meet you!"

Did I see a blush on Karthik's face when he said that? No, this can't happen! My ex- boyfriend turned ex-boss's younger brother can't have a crush on my younger sister. It's going to be very awkward!

"It's nice to meet you too, Mr. Karthik!" Kriti said with a fake smile.

Why is she being rude? Doesn't she like Karthik?

Karthik ignored her rudeness but I could see he was little hurt. He handed me my sketch book which I left in my office and Aayansh called for. So, this is why he is here.

"Sameera your drawings are just so beautiful! You are really very creative." He told me.

"Thanks Karthik!"

I was expecting him to return after that, but instead he entered inside. I didn't even invite him. I should have, though. I just forgot.

The moment he entered, his eyes roamed throughout the place. I know what he must be thinking. Why is Samar Oberoi's daughter staying in such a house!

I felt like making some excuse. But now I have run out of the strength to make any excuses concerning the state I am in my life. I've accepted whatever it is now.

"By the way, what do you do Miss Kriti?" He asked my sister after scanning the house nicely.

He kept enquiring about what my sister does, where she goes for college, in which year is she, etc. And apparently, they go to the same University. Talk about coincidences.

Karthik is a year junior to Kriti in the University. He loves singing and is a part of their college's Music Club. And guess what? He promised Kriti that he will sing for her sometime.

"You know what, I will sing for you sometime. We will get a lot of instances. After all we go to the same college." He had said.

"I don't like listening to music." She replied.

That was really mean. Even mean for me to say to any boy. And my sweet little sister is saying that!

He left after talking for a bit more time with Kriti!

"Why were you so rude to him?" I scolded Kriti immediately after he left.

"No, I wasn't rude!" She protested.

"Then what was that?"

"That was how I talk." She said as if that was obvious.

"You talk to everyone like that?" I asked her.

"I don't?" She asked me instead.

"No, you don't. Atleast not with me!"

"Then maybe not with you but everyone else." She said as if it was nothing.

"You mean to say you talk with everyone in your college like this?"

"Yes!"

No wonder why she has always been single.

"Why are you asking that?"

"Nothing! No reason."

Is my sister really this mean to everybody and I didn't know or she is too innocent to realise how mean that sounded.

"I think now I should also leave." She said.

"Okay bye! We will talk later."

She left after that.

I wish Karthik doesn't have any feelings for my sister otherwise the third Singhania sibling will also get to know about everything that happened between me and Aayansh and will also hate me.

My meeting with Miss Aisha Kapoor, the divorce lawyer my friend suggested, was scheduled today.

I managed to get an appointment with her. She is mostly a busy person.

How weird it is that people of the same age as me are so busy that they are mostly unable to manage their schedule and here I am, who doesn't even has a job, who has to ask her little sister to lie to her father to be able to pay for a lawyer's fee.

"Sameera you will have to tell me in detail about everything that has happened." Miss Kapoor said. "We need to have solid proof to prove that your husband is indulging in adultery. We will have to have witnesses who knows about his extra-marital affair or someone with whom he has had a sexual relation to confirm what you are claiming. So, I need to know every information related to your case."

I took a deep breath and narrated her everything that has happened.

Hii guys!

My exams are still not over but I just couldn't stop myself from updating. The next update is definitely going to be after my exam.

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