They reached their house...

Ab: get down

Pragya gets down and turns to tell bye but he drove away..

Pragya sighs and gets in and sees Ragini and Neil fighting in hall...

Pragya stands there not knowing whether should greet them or not....

Neil sees pragya and says," arey pragya beta... you came..we thought you both will stay there tonight"

Pr: he got some important work

Neil frowns and asks," he went for that meeting?"

Pragya nods...

Then Ragini goes to pragya's room and calls her for dinner but she says," I will eat after he comes maa"

Ragini smiles and goes..

Pragya sees the time past nine and sits on the stairs and waits for him..

Due to tiredness she dozed off by keeping her head against the rail..

Abhi comes home and sees her sleeping..

Abhi's pov;
   Why is she sleeping here.....

He goes near her and calls her," pragya"

Hearing his voice she gets up suddenly and says," i will heat the food for you"

Saying she runs inside the kitchen..

Abhi controls his smile and goes up..

Then in dining hall,

Ab: maa

Pr: I will serve

abhi nods and sits .....seeing pragya serving two plates

Ab: you need not wait for me

Pr: when you can be a good son in law I too can be a good daughter in law..

Abhi eats silently not knowing what to reply her..

Then both went to their room after dinner...

Pragya layed on her bed and searched for her mobile,at that time abhi walked near her and switched on the night lamp and went inside the closet..

Then he too layed on the bed ...

After sometime pragya turns towards abhi and softly calls," suniye"

Abhi looks at her

Pr:why you didn't want this marriage..

Ab: sleep pragya

Pr: did you love someone

On hearing the word love, his mind recalled all beautiful memories , feelings and sacrifices with that two persons whom he meant his world..

Ab: love? There is nothing called love...

Saying he got up and went to balcony...

Pragya's pov;
   I shouldn't have asked that question...why can't I shut my mouth for sometime..

Abhi glanced at the moon and thinks ,' I was a fool...I don't want pragya to know what I am...I am  empty and lifeless..I thought I forgot them but however hard I try I couldn't...after that dark day , loneliness became my companion and darkness became my comfort zone....I should not bring pragya into this darkness...she deserve happiness but by marrying me she could only get hurt and pain ...'

His eyes brimmed with tears ....

Feeling frustrated over himself he hits his fist on the nearby wall..

He kneels on the floor and takes a photo from his pocket ..

Flashback begins:

With teary eyes abhi asked,"forever?"

That person: forever...

Abhi hugged that person and smiled with tears...

Flashback ends:

Abhi crushed that photo and cries...

Ab: why did you lie to me....where did I go wrong?

Saying he cries badly...

Inside the room pragya is kneeling on the floor and crying by hugging ishaan's picture...

Pr: I am a cheat .....ishu...I am his wife but I can not stop thinking about you...I am cheating him ishu and I don't want to...you know right ishu , your pragya is not a cheater...I am starting to hate myself ishu.... without you all sides are looking scary ishu ...here no one understands me...you shouldn't have left alone...

Both poor souls are struck in their pasts....both are wallowing in self pity and both are suffering alone but together....

Abhi wiped his tears and came inside and sees pragya hugging a photo frame and crying hard...

His fury returns seeing her tears...

Ab: why are you crying now...

Pragya looks up hearing his roaring voice..

Ab:are you crying thinking  why you married me?

Pragya nods negatively and cries...

Abhi shouts," stop crying and talk to me like an adult"

Pragya shivers hearing him...

The hurt and pain in her eyes are killing him...but he doesn't know why...may be he thinks that he is the reason for her misery..

He Furiously walks near the dressing table and punches the mirror making the glass to shatter into pieces like their hearts...

Pragya closes her eyes seeing his anger...she had never seen some one with this much anger before..

Seeing the blood pragya kept the photo frame on the floor and rushed near abhi...

She caught his hand and wipes the blood with her duppatta...

He is in a difficult phase of his life with lot of pain in his heart...

Abhi pulls his hand harshly , due to the pull pragya moves back and keeps her foot on a glass piece and winced in pain..

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To be continued...

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