ONE YEAR LATER.

A year since we've parted our ways and I've not even seen by the time. Just two days post the chaos she sent the divorce papers to the mansion which she had already signed. My family were in shock. I barely could tell them what had happened, after all I don't want myself to feel low infront of them. Dadi kept on saying that there must be a solid reason to take such a huge step. Dad even said that I'm at the fault somewhere or the other.

This is the love you were able to make for yourself in the span of barely three months bela. My family trusts you, love you, respects you more than me. The things which I've spent twenty seven years of life to recieve, you were able to get them in three months. How bela?

I ain't the same person I used to be when we were together. I just don't feel like being in other women pants anymore. Even if in ages I  do, I just unbuckle my pants undo their lowers and would just get inside them in a go. Forget about getting totally undress and enjoy each other bodies. I just don't feel like doing them anymore. I don't know why her crying face flashes infront of my eyes whenever I'm trying to do anything.

I closed my laptop and banged it on the table. Not again bela, please! If you've left me then leave my thoughts too. You just make me go bonkers  when you are not
even practically present infront of me.

I layed on my bed and rubbed my palms over my face to shrug off her thoughts but all in vain. I clenched my jaws and got up from my bed and grabbed what has been my personal favourite since a year now. I gulped few sips of it in a single breathe and made a face as it develops a burning sensation in my throat even when I'm used to it now.

I kept it back after few gulps. I just can't loose my sanity here. I've a meet-up with a friend of mine after almost five years now. Not that he would mind anything but then he's gonna bring his fiance too. Yes, he's getting married in a week. Even he knows about my divorce and probably he's the only person after me and bela to know the reason behind our divorce. I don't know if bela had told anything to her dad or not. Ofcourse mahir she would've!

I began driving crazy on the road, not caring about anything until my phone beeped up with a message.

'Got some urgent stuff to take care off. I'll be there in ten minutes late. 'XYZ cafe' it is, incase if you don't remember. And don't worry my to be beautiful wife would be there to take you to our reserved table' - yuvraj

I'd averted my attention for just a while until I heard a scream and looked up to see that a girl was about to get hit by my car. I stopped my car with a jerk by the time she was already on the ground and her face was covered with her baby hairs.

'Oh my god. Are you okay? Sorry I got a urgent message I just looked down to see that. I....I didn't see you coming. Are you alright? Are you hurt somewhere?' I kneeled down infront of her and kept blabbering until I heard yuvi's voice.

'Mahir? What happened?' Yuvraj said frowning. 'Oh my god. Bela are you okay?' He continued lifting her by holding her arms while she just nodded her head in affirmation.

BELA?

HIS FIANCE?

'Bela?' I repeated after him but it came out nothing but a whisper.

'yeah, bela! Bela Sharma. My fiance!' He said possessively grabbing her arms in his' and with a smile.

I gritted my teeth looking at them being this close and huffed in pain. I may have told yuvi about my divorce but have never mentioned anything about bela. Neither her name.

'Nice to meet you, Bela!' I said forwarding my hand for a handshake and faked a smile.
to which she just smiled in return and I felt dejected, and took my hands back.

'Mahir she is a little shy!' Yuvi said looking at her with love and she just bent her lashes down. It's clear! She is uncomfortable!

'Yes, let's go inside mahir' Yuvi said taking bela inside the cafe and I just followed them.

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I kept digging on my plate with ghe fork, glancing at them from time to time. Yuvi seems to get attached to her a lot. He kept on talking about her and holding her in between from time to time; while it was evident from her eyes that she is uncomfortable.

I notice a little food on the corner of her lips. I raised my hand to give her the tissue but before i could do it, Yuvi already cleaned that off with his own hands, to which bela just passed a weak smile.

I was fuming by then. I gritted my teeths and took my hand back.

'So mahir! On 25th we are finally getting engaged. Though i planned  it to be a grand one but then she wants to have a simple ceremony with only close relatives' He said looking at her while bela just continued to have her food, disinterested.

'And after all you're my brother, bud! So you'll come right?' He said looking at me to which i didnt knew what to reoly. The thought of seeing her to get somebody else's caused a pain in my chest.

'Yuvi i will have to travel Singapore for a meeting on 23rd and i guess it will take more than a week to complete them all; i dont think i'll be able to make up to you on 25th!' This is partially true; Dad did asked me to fly to Singapore to attend the meeting  there but i denied; but i guess this is the only way to escape the situation.

Bela looked at me and we shared a eyelock.

'Why do i think, you guys knew each other from before?' Yuvi said breaking our contact.

'Its complicated' She said still looking at my direction; and i heard her voice almost after a year now.

I smiled.

'Okay' Yuvi said shrugging off his shoulders and completing his meal.

It was time for me to leave, tho i didnt wanted to. Her presence made me feel alive once again.

I hugged Yuvi and turn at bela to which she looked at me with no emotions in her eyes; but then i fumed when yuvi pulled her by her waist and she gasped struggling to get off his hold.

'Hands off her Yuvi!' I gritted my teeths and ordered him.

'Whats your problem bro? She is my soon to be wife and whatever i do to her shouldnt mind you!' Yuvi has the guts to say.

Yuvi bent to kiss her cheeks but  a punch by me prevented him, and i heard her gasp.

'She may be your so called to be wife but she is my WIFE damn it!' i said bringing him closer to his coller and spitting my anger at him. He just made a confusing face. Bela came to rescue by pulling him off my hold.

'Cant you fucking see, she is uncomfortable!' I said venting out my anger.

'Yuvi is right Mr. Sehgal! What he does to me shouldnt bother you! Whether i am comfortable in his touch or not, is non of your business and dare you call me your wife! There's a thing called divorce papers which we signed a year ago, if you dont remember. We've already parted our ways so dont try act as if you care. Neither I'm any one to you nor you are anyone for me.' She said taking her bags and placing some cash on the table and left neither glancing at Yuvi nor at me.

'So she is your Ex-wife?' Yuvi said wiping off blood from the corner of his mouth.

I just nodded looking at her retreating figure until she was finally gone.

'You were making her uncomfortable yuvi! Dont do that again!' I said turning to leave.

'You love her. Don't you?' Yuvi asked which stopped me in my track and I turned back face him.

'You're gonna marry her bro! Forget about it! And don't do that again or else I won't mind killing you at all!' I said patting his shoulder.

'Have you got any guts to attend 'Our wedding' Yuvi asked out of the blue stressing the word 'OUR'

'I just don't know!' I replied honestly.

'Its love bro! Just admit it! I'd no intentions to make her uncomfortable, I did it purposely to see your reactions and trust me it was much more than what I've expected!' He said giggling faking pain, but all I did was to snap my head in his direction.

'You did it on purpose? But why?' I aksed him.

'Ive been your best friend for almost two decades now! I could find out what's my bro is upto just by looking in his eyes. And your eyes spoke loudly how much you're in love with her! Why are you letting her go again Mahir? Are you seriusly gonna let her get married to someone else even if the person is your best friend? Where's the mahir I've known who used to be super possessive about his possessions?' He asked me.

'i was the one who asked her for a divorce Yuvi and I don't know what has happened to me after that. I just don't like anything. All I feel is her presence around me even if she's not their! I'm just going berserk!' I said rubbing my temples.

'This is love brother! When you feel the person around you even when they're not physically present! Think about it! You don't have much time ok? And I don't want other punches from my brother by stealing his love' He giggled showing his teeth but here I'm standing like an idiot with a serious expression.

I'M IN LOVE?

YES!

I'M IN LOVE WITH BELA!

MY EX WIFE!

But this time I'm not gonna let you go bela! I'll get you back by hook or by crook!

Bella's Pov

I layed on my bed and sighed when my mind took me back down the memory lane, a worst flashback of an year ago!

'Bela what happened child? Have you been crying?' Dad asked me when I came home after the chaos that day. I guessed he made out that I've been crying as it was much eveident from my red puffy eyes.

'No dad! I think something got in my eyes' I said ignoring him or else he would made it out.

'Dad! I've something very important to say. I don't see any future in this marriage. Neither I've any time for Mahir nor he has. I don't think it works dad. Besides this, I just don't like him; please I don't want to continue this anymore. Me and mahir already had a talk about it and he is fine with me sending divorce papers to Sehgal mansion' I just lied to my dad. Tho this wasn't the reason we're divorcing but then I don't want anyone to think bad about mahir. After all I've loved him once or maybe I still do; even after what he did to me!

'Plus, I've to fly to Singapore. My dream job is waiting for me dad.' This was partially truth as I've already wished to work in 'xyz' as their official interior designer plus I've got a 'REASON' too!

Dad seamt to be not satisfied with the whole story I gave him regarding the divorce but then I somehow convinced him. The merits of being a single child you know! I sighed sadly.

How badly I've been wanting to cry my heart out in his arms but then no!

I composed myself for a day, a month and it's a year already!

A year since you cheated me Mr. Mahir Sehgal. I've been always wished never to see your face again but then you showed up after a year, that too as my 'to be husband's' friend. Just a month back I came back as I got transferred to the Indian branch of company I've been working till now; and dad asked me to get remarried. He kept on persuading me for the same daily and atlast I'd to agree but a drama again!

A lone of tear left my eye as I recaputilated what a 180 degree turn my life took in a span of only one year.

I got up from my bed and went towards the cupboard and pulled out a picture. I caressed it with all the love I'm left with, after which I kept it back. No one needs to know about it, no one! It just has to be bwtween me and Vishakha, my friend back in Singapore. Not even my Dad!

It didn't took much longer for a week to pass and I never saw him again since that cafe incident.

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Today it is! My engagement! A step closer to being someone else's. Yet again!

I looked at myself in the mirror. I looked exactly how a girl in her engagement should look but there's sometjing was missing. Smile, I guess.

I turned my back towards the mirror until I realised someone's presence in my room. I turned to look at the person but before that he covered my mouth with a cloth and I passed over as the cloroform hit my nose.

I woke up in a room, unfamiliar to me. This isn't like a place where the kidnappers take the victims to, its much luxurious than that. I frowned at the thought because i dont remember anything happened to me after that.

Its my engagement today. And the to-be-bride must be missing.

Some sounds of steps made it clear that someone was approaching me. Who it could be? The kidnapper maybe! I clutched my lehenga, and brought my knees closer in fear, but the unexpected happened.

The person was revealed to be...

MAHIR!

'Finally you awake bela. Look we need to talk!' He said taking a seat on the bed near me.

'There's nothing to talk about! Let me go' i said getting up from the bed.

'listen to me bela! Just once!' He said getting up as well.

'I need to go! I'm getting engaged today!' I said holding the knob of the door thinking I would leave but no!

'You're not going anywhere! Do you understand! Forget about getting engaged, if it's in my hands then I'll not even let anyone to see you rather than me! You get it?' He said in extreme anger grabbing my arms.

'Have you lost it? You are no one to me!' I said pushing him away.

'Ok, then I'll be someone now!' He said smirking and threw some papers at me.

'these are the same papers you sent a year back! I've still not signed it Bela! Which means we're still in a marriage and it gives me full rights on you because I'm your HUSBAND!' He continued.

'I didn't sent them to you, you asked me to send them! And that's not my problem if you've not signed it! Heck this marriage means anything to me!' I said pushing away the papers from my legs and looked at the other side.

'ok then, we'll get married now again!' He said grabbing my arms again!

'you can't force me!' I said looking dircet in his eyes and spat my anger.

'i'll kill you bela!' He said behaving like a obsessed psychotic man, pointing a knife at my throat!

What has got into him?

I scoffed sadly and swayed off his hands from my throat.

'You can't kill me Mahir! The bela you know already died twice! Once when she got to know that her husband was cheating on her back and the other when...' I stopped what I was about to say.

'you have no rights to know abouy it.' I said speaking the truth, heck I fear death anymore.

'I love you bela! Why don't you understand, I swear! I've stopped fucking girls, I just go bonkers when you're not anywhere around.
I love you bela! I truly do!' He said and I scoffed again knowing he is lying.

'you're lying again' I said.

'I'm not bela!' he said.

'Come let's get married. We've pandit ji watiitng for us downstairs' He said rubbing his temples.

He like really has a audacity to ask me for remarriage!

'No way!' I said

'You dont know the consequences bela!' He said gritting his teeths.

'What you will do most probably haan? Kill me right? Go ahead then!' I said folding my arms near my chest.

'You dont fear death anymore i see! But what if your father's dead by tomorrow haan?' He said smirking, turning the tables now!

'Whaaattttt-' i screamed.

'I already have my men at your function bela! A call and they wont mind shooting your father from any direction. Game is changed now! Right?' He said smirking again while i just glared him.

'Dare you do anything sought of that' I said pushing his chest.

'I'm psychotic bela; i can go to any extent if thats the way to get you back! Be a good girl now! Or else-' He said showing me a video on his phone where he literally had dad standing just below chandelier and his men were all ready to cut it with a knife if he asks them to. My eyes began watering. My dad!

'Please, dont do anything to him! I beg you!' I said almost crying.

'You dont need to beg me bela! Marry me! I'll keep you the happiest!' He said shoving his phone back in his pockets.

I kept silent, in short affirming with him.
He smiled and dragged me literally downstairs where we got married again.

Earlier it was him not at all ready but still he had to; now its me! 

My life took another turn yet again!

To be continued 💕

plot by @samaera202

A three shot by @behirslays_

I know, half of you are hating Mahir but please dont :(

A last part soon and then it'll be over.

Do let me know of this version of #BeHir deserves an epilogue or not.