Chapter 47: 46. Harish’s Doubts


    Anika’s PoV


    It was a DRAMA! She spoiled the mood of the party. I still don''t understand why she had to make such


    a fuss about a little girl’s question about her dad. I wonder what rights her dad has on Avni. Like, at


    least he should be able to meet her once a month, shouldn''t he? I don''t know how to exin my hate


    for her. My hate may be meaningless and even hurtful and arrogant but something inside me always


    disagrees with her and I know enough to trust my intuitions more than my eyes could see.


    I truly wanted to be with Arjun as we were really hitting it off this time. It was like my dream that he


    spoke to me with such an ease and it felt like we never really had any disputes between us. But she


    had to spoil it all for us. Maybe I am a very self centered person, I could not understand the pain she is


    in right now as her married life has just ended on a bitter note. I am very new in Arjun’s life and she is


    with him right from the beginning. Maybe I should respect their friendship and also her.


    “Anu, are you alright?” Harish Anna asked me.


    “Yup, I am!” I straighten my confused face to a happy one.


    “Sorry to have made you stay back, Anu. But I did that for a reason.” He said.


    “Oh, Anna, don''t worry. I am perfectly alright. I am actually worried for Preethi. Good that Arjun is with


    her.” I told a fat lie.


    “Oh, I wanted to talk to you about that. What do you think of Preethi?” He asked me.


    “What should I think, Anna? She is Arjun’s childhood friend. They have history together. He cares about


    her. She does the same.” I told him.


    “Right! Arjun cares about her. That is why he tried to set me up with her. But even before he could try to


    put his n into action, she told me that he is trying to set us together.” He paused.


    “So? Maybe she felt awkward and didn''t think it was a good idea. So she told you before it got ugly.


    What do you infer from it?” I asked him.


    “I don''t know how to put it in words, Anu. But Preethi spoke so highly of Arjun. She said his married life


    was not a good one for him. She said she knew everything that happened to him. She also said he


    didn''t get to live a married life.”


    “Didn''t get to live a married life? What does that mean?” I asked him, I don''t like the direction it travels.


    “Hari, don''t beat around the bush. You are confusing her. Anu, dear, Harish feels that Preethi likes


    Arjun more than a friend. It is just his feeling from the two encounters he had with Preethi. It may be


    wrong but it is not to be ignored. Keep a watchful eye on her to save your life. We all can see Arjun’s


    visible affection towards her. Arjun is genuine but we don''t know about Preethi. Even now, all our eyes


    were on you and Arjun. We loved that little bickering and your blush with Arjun, we loved how your


    eyes never left each other, we loved that visible love you both had. But Preethi looked at you with a


    grumpy face, or a more unhappy face.” Shivani said.


    “Shivani, she might be in distress thinking of her life and maybe she felt sad when she saw us together.


    That is not a big issue, but no married life means Arjun and Anamika never lived like a married couple,


    is that right? If so, how did she know it? I''m sure, a man like Arjun, will never tell this out loud.” I told


    them out of pure astonishment.


    “It may necessarily not mean sexual life. But I felt like it. The way she spoke of his life, I felt she knew


    the nook and corner about him. She also said that she is the only person in this whole world that he will


    open to. She was rather proud of that fact. Arjun is the center of her world, she even said that she


    dissolved the idea of suicide only after she heard Arjun’s voice.” He stopped.


    “Anu, it may all be false but it is not wrong to be vignt, right? We know you are a brilliant girl. Be wise.


    Also don''t talk this out loud, if it is not true, you may make a big scar in Arjun’s heart that it will erase all


    the love he has for you.” Shivani said to me.


    We had a nice tea with some snacks and a little pleasant chit-chat before Harish took his motorcycle to


    drop me home. Nitvik is a very sweet and smart boy. We yed hide-and-seek and statue games with


    him. He kept calling us for video games but I insisted, he yed these games that we enjoyed as little


    kids.


    I really loved the time with them except for that talk we had about Preethi. See, they also didn''t like her


    or her motive. It is not just my problem that I don''t like her. Again I have no solid proof that will implicate


    her wrong which means it is all in my head and it just means I am insecure in my rtionship. I am


    insecure because my husband is aplex man. I should sort out the differences we have between us


    before I start to snoop into Preethi.


    I got a call on my phone when I was about to hop on Harish’s motorcycle. “Arjun!” I picked up the


    phone on the first ring.


    “Anika, I am almost near Harish’s home. Get ready!” He said.


    “You are about time, we were about to leave for our home. We are already outside the home.” I told


    him.


    “Five more minutes and I will be there.”


    “Ok, is Preethi better now?” I asked him as I thought he might expect me to ask that.


    “She is ok. She even apologised to Avni. They are good. Avni told me that she will never talk about her


    dad anymore. I think they will be fine.” He said with a long breath. I am actually d that he spoke to


    me this long about his feelings.


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    “They will be fine. Don''t worry.” I told him.


    “He ising to pick me up, Anna.” I told Harish as soon as I hung up with Arjun.


    “Ok then. Just remember what I told you and be on guard.” He said when Arjun’s car stopped at our


    feet.


    “Hi Harish, Hope you guys had a good time. Will see you sometimeter.” He told Harish, opening the


    door for me from the inside.


    “Sure, Take care.” Harish and Shivani bid bye to us and we moved away from their home towards our


    home.


    “You were about toe in his motorcycle?” He asked me.


    “Is that wrong?” I asked him back. I don''t like him being a male chauvinist. He can roam around with


    Preethi and I cannote in a motorcycle with Harish? I even address him as my brother and he didn''t


    say that Preethi is like his sister.


    “I didn''t say that it was wrong. I don''t think my mom would appreciate it. She is still very conservative.”


    He said.


    “Yet she has approved of your friendship with Preethi!” I told him for which he turned to look at me and


    then continued to concentrate on the road.


    “What? Are you not going to say anything?” I asked him when I saw him fist his hand hard on the


    steering wheel.


    “I can''t wrap my mind around you. What is this you are going through, Anika? Is this jealousy or


    suspicion?” He asked me very calmly. I hung my head low as I didn’t have an answer for this. Or rather


    I am not ready yet to tell him what I actually feel. I don''t have enough grounds to stand on my point.


    “I asked you a question, Anika. You are testing my patience. I am not a very cool man. I am already


    pushing my limits to stay calm around you. But you are not helping. You talk very insensitively every


    time even though I have warned you so many times about it. I am now trying to understand you better,


    so answer my question.” He said, stopping the car inside the garage of our home.


    “What if I say suspicion?” I asked him. I know it is a wrong choice but I truly want to know what his reply


    will be.


    “Then you have to leave my life. I can''t live with a person who doesn''t trust me. Above that, you can''t


    question the dignity of a woman I am truly affectionate with. I am to meet and greet many women in my


    business and if you are going to not trust me, then it will be a living hell.” He said. How can I tell him


    that I am not suspicious of him but of Preethi. Again, his answer is straight to the point. There may


    come many women, but if I trust him, then I have nothing to worry about. I trust him! That is all that


    matters.


    “I trust you, Arjun. But I am so insecure about my life. You talk to me all sweet at an instance and


    behave like a total stranger the next time. How can I be sure when I could not understand you


    completely? Help me here, Arjun. People always say that talking out will sort all the problems. Talk out,


    Arjun.” I told him desperately wanting to know what I did wrong.


    “Oh, you should stop talking to sort out all the problems!” He said very seriously that somehow made


    meugh. I know I have a big mouth. He is being sarcastic. I love this Arjun, funny and sarcastic. But I


    stoppedughing when I didn''t hear himugh with me.


    His brown orbs stuck on me changing to a darker shade every passing second. His look on me made


    my stomach knot in anticipation. I felt hot in the car and literally could feel my cheeks burn. My breath


    hitched and I felt my heart thumping loud in my throat. His intense ogling made me low my eyes to my


    lap and I felt hard to breath. He moved closer to me palming my face, lifting it to meet his eyes.


    “I love it when youugh wholeheartedly. It really wipes out all the chaos in my heart. You lift my soul


    up with just yourughter. You are stupid but you do have a string to my heart, Anika.” He said with a


    deep voice that sent chills down my spine. His words did weird things to me, it made me happy, it made


    me excited, it made me turn on, it made me feel so low about my acts. My mind stopped thinking


    further as his lips met mine with sensual strokes that took me to a different dimension altogether.