Chapter 48: 47. We Sail On The Same Boat


    Arjun’s PoV


    Preethi ispletely upset and so is Avni. Avni never stopped crying saying that she didn''t do anything


    wrong to upset mommy. Poor her! I can totally understand the turmoil Preethi is in. I remember very


    well when I lost my cool whenever I heard her name during those horrible times of my life. I never


    wanted to talk about it or acknowledge my hurt. She was not worthy of my feelings. All I wanted was to


    pretend that Anamika was never a part of my life but people just don''t disappear from your lives. There


    are friends and rtives to bring her up all the time and once I burst out in anger that stopped them


    from bringing her up.


    I can now understand that Preethi is in the same boat as I was once. But I can also understand Avni.


    Avni is a blessed kid with immense knowledge and maturity for her age. She is a very considerate kid


    given the situation. There is nothing wrong if Avni wants to meet up with her dad. The court order says


    that Nilesh can visit Avni once every month in the presence of Preethi. Since Preethi is not yet ready to


    face Nilesh, she has been blocking all the ways that Nilesh tries to contact her.


    Preethi closed her eyes and leaned on the window of the front seat and Avni cried to sleep in the back


    seat. I wanted to give her some time to realize her mistake before I talk her out of it. She never spoke a


    word but held my hand on the gearbox and stayed quiet all the time in the car.


    “Preeth, I don''t think what you did was fair. Avni is a beautiful child and it was so wrong of you to scold


    her in a ce where there are people aside from family. Imagine what she must have felt. Try to


    withhold yourself better. Whatever the disputes are, it is between you and your husband. It is not


    between Avni and her dad. Try and get it in your thick skull. You have been dodging all the requests he


    has been making to see Avni. She is a child and you know well that she is longing to see him. If you


    are notfortable with meeting up with him, I can take Avni to meet him.” I told her as soon as we


    entered her room.


    “I know. I am feeling terrible already and don''t make it worse, Ajju. I will make it up to her and it is my


    fault so I have to make it right. I will take her to meet her dad. Thank you for being there for me, for us.”


    She said.


    “Don''t be so formal, Preeth. You know I will be there for you no matter what.” I reassured her.


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    “I know that but I also know that your wife doesn''t like me very much. She disyed her hatred for me


    already and I don''t want to aggravate it further. It will only make your life moreplicated. I am


    actually happy about your life. I am seeing that easy, fun, charming Arjun in her presence too. So far,


    that side of you is exhibited only to your mom, me and Praveen. Now that she is in, I could say, you are


    finally happy in your life. I wish it stays that way. So I think it is time for us to give a little break.” She


    said, I know she is a brilliant woman and a very practical person.


    “Huh, nothing escapes your eyes. Preeth, I am sorry she made you feel that way. I''m not going to lie,


    she does feel intimidated around you and that is because she is possessive of me. It doesn''t mean she


    hates you. She needs time to understand our friendship. Give her that time. I am not going to give up


    on you for her. So don''t talk about this again. Now, I know you are not yet ready to see Nilesh. You just


    leave it to me.”


    “No, no, no. It is absolutely fine. I should face my own demons. I cannot rely on you for everything.”


    “If you think you can do it, then I am fine with it. But don''t just pretend to avoid me.”


    “God, no. I am really ok. One day or other, I have to do this on my own and I now feel the sooner the


    better.”


    She is right and now more than any other time, I feel the urge to y cupid in her life. She must feel


    loved again. Only that can subtle down the scars of betrayal. Just like it happened to me. Only after


    Anika hase into my life, I feel like I am owning my life. Her love makes me forget that betrayal by


    Anamika. Her submission to me gives me an authority that tells me that she belongs to me. Even


    though she had a boy in her past, I don''t me her. It is just the age, but all I am furious about is that


    she conveniently hid the fact that she had a boyfriend.


    Everyone has a good side and a bad side. I don''t believe in heroes. One is a hero until he/she gets an


    opportunity. A human without a w is impossible and I think that love consumes everything including


    their ws. Simrly Anika has her own ws. She is an opportunist, she has a big mouth, she is very


    bad at choosing the right word or she doesn''t know when to shut up. But besides that, she is a very


    straightforward person, as long as I have perceived her. She, though knows that it will make me


    furious, says things that shes on her heart. I like that quality of hers.


    Though I am angry at her, I could not withhold that anger whenever I see her. Though I wanted to hurt


    her, I could not help but feel terrible for doing that to her. I wanted to mark her mine and take her


    completely on the very first day but I couldn''t do it without getting her consent. I felt so cheap for even


    thinking that she will be mine if I fuck her. But all my sanity flew through the window when Arun came to


    meet me. I did horrible things to her but felt awful when I realized herplete submission. I know she


    is in love with me at that moment.


    But when I came back from my trip, I learnt that she broke my very dearest possession of mine, the


    beautiful fountain. I was already raging on the fact that she hid her love affair from me and it added to


    that burning rage. My anger drained down on her but when I realized that she mended it and is also


    truly in love with me, I decided to try and make it work for us. She didn''t help it, she kept on saying the


    wrong thing and hurting Preethi.


    Despite all the troubles she gives me and all the anger I get at her, I cannot deny the fact that she


    calms my heart. She has a magic that wipes out all my worries and tension. When I see her, all my


    mind and heart is filled with her and there is no distraction. I am not a fan of public disys of affection


    but with her I don''t care about that. I love looking at her, I love the way she reacts to my looks. I love


    the bold side of her. She is definitely the one for me. I must find the one for Preethi to make her feel


    safe and loved.


    I drove to Harish’s home to pick her up. I called her on the way to give her a heads up when she said


    she was already out to get home. I got angry when I got to know that she was ready to get on his


    motorcycle. I didn''t like it one bit. But when I said that to her, she bounced back at me. I love that


    insensitive side of her. She never cares for the after effects of her reaction but, she just speaks her


    heart out. In fact she was right, she calls him her brother and also a childhood friend. I cannot tolerate


    their closeness and expect her to understand my friendship with her.


    I could not admit that I was wrong to ask her that, though. I shifted the me on my mom. She


    retaliated for that too and she was not wrong either. But I wanted to know the real intentions behind her


    behavior. If it was jealousy, I would be happy and if it was suspicion, it is my responsibility to clear the


    air. As I already knew, she was brilliant enough to give me a question as an answer for my question.


    She said she feels insecure, that results in her behavior and indirectly pointed her index finger at me for


    all her misdeeds. In a way she is right but I am not going to agree to it.


    She wanted me to talk out my feelings so that it would be easier for her to understand me. She said


    talking out will solve problems but I asked her to shut it to solve all the problems for which sheughed


    her heart out. Thatughter did the trick. I couldn''t peel my eyes off of her. I felt light in the head and


    herugh made my manhood rise up. She stopped when she realized I was looking at her and looked


    down. Her cheeks instantly turned pink and her breathing became irregr. I love that effect of me on


    her.


    I cannot hurt this girl. She is a precious gift from god to me. I cannot punish her for a mistake she made


    because of immaturity. I have a past and so does she. I should let it go and make her feel more


    comfortable and loveable in our rtionship. I must just see her love for me now rather than worrying


    about her past love. I took her face in my hands and made her look up at me.


    “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.” I told her while


    seeing her eyes grow wide for every word I said. Such an expressive eyes she has. I bent down and


    captured her lips in mine kissing the life out of her. She is an addiction to me from which I never wish to


    rehabilitate.