Sona's POV

He didn't believe me.

He didn't trust me. I've lost him totally. No matter how angry he was, he had no rights to hit me. I can never live with a guy who does not have any respect for me. I wasn't even expecting him to sympathise on me. But the least he could have done, was to listen to me fully and asked me more questions to prove myself. He did not even listen to me fully and still took his decision. The audacity of him!

I'm the one who had been suffering for the past three years, dying each and every moment due to the mistakes of his cruel mother and sister. But here, he was not even ready to listen to anything. Now, he was nothing less than his family members. A damn cheater.

I came back home and locked my door despite my mother's screams. If breaking is hard, recovery is harder.

The panic starts like a tightening in the chest like a death notice. My muscles cramped tightly, not letting another breath in or out. Then the breath came shallow, lungs unable to move much against the suddenly heavy ribs. Then my mind becomes as static, thoughts making no sense, replays of incidents that was once forgotten. Before I know it I'm sitting on the floor, limbs unwilling to work at all....

Reality crashed all over again and anger left my body.

He slapped me....and did not even regret it......

Dev's POV

How dare she?? How dare? How could she be so heartless? She accused Neha? Seriously, Neha? From the start of her confrontation, I already knew she was lying. But still, I gave her a chance to continue her story. I mean come on, why didn't she think of a better lie? I was Neha's brother and here she was talking about my sister as if she had known her for years.

Neha was the reason for her decision of break-up with me? Yeah right! God... I just couldn't control my anger then. Slapping her came as a reflex action. Lying about my sister was hard enough to hear but my mum? Seriously? Why would she do that? I didn't even let her complete. When I had known that her start was already a lie, why do I need to hear the full story?

I gave Sonakshi a chance and she completely lost it totally today. The trust I had on her died the minute she spoke a fake story in a temple. Why was she after me now? Money again? Now I was no longer going to believe her anymore. I tried to believe her after whatever Jatin and Pooja told me. But now, she proved me wrong again. I was wrong!

She was the same heartless Sonakshi Bose who had been running after my money and fame. She has seen my soft side. Now it was time for her to see the bad side of me.

My devilish side which she never had a chance to see.

I laughed thinking of how she was going to pay for her sins while the phone rang. It was Sonakshi's parents. I cursed internally before answering them.

"Dev beta, actually we have to go to our hometown as we have some important relatives to invite for the wedding. We are leaving Sona alone at home. She didn't talk to any of us from morning and locked herself in the room... We are worried and we were thinking whether there was any problem in the office..." her father Bijoy said sounding worried.

Honestly, I felt bad for her parents. They seemed so genuine and nice. Why was Sona like this?

"No worries baba... I think she might be upset over some heavy work load... You guys carry on. I will keep an eye on her." I spoke convincingly as I didn't want her parents to get involved in our fights. I knew that they were innocent and they had nothing to do with our problems.

Bijoy passed the phone to Asha who was waiting to speak a few words to Dev.

"Hello Dev beta, Asha maa here. I don't know what's wrong between both of you. You may say that there is nothing wrong. But I am a mother and I can definitely sense it. Please solve it between yourselves. I hope whatever it is, gets solved soon. Also, please make sure Sona eats her meals on time. Even when I am at home, it's a difficult task to feed her but now since I am away, I will be worried whether she ate or not. Could you please help me with that?" her mum asked hesitantly. I remembered how Jatin told me that she skipped her meals at workplace and exerted herself for the past three years.

"Don't worry Asha ma... I will be keeping an eye on her. Just enjoy your trip" I told them as they cut the line. I exhaled and looked at the random white-painted walls. Now what?

There are times when my brain fries up. It's no excuse but my own my behaviour to blame. I try to help, try to be good and try to be soft. But when a trigger is flicked everything goes out of control. My emotions turned cold, fearful, and anxious. I knew that I had done something pretty awful and had no answers to justify it.

I did regret slapping her but the pain I felt when she accused my sister was unbearable. Hurting a woman was out of my morals. No matter how bad of a person she was, I had crossed my limits today and I knew there was nothing I could do to justify it. I felt like burning my hands in the fire. What else could I have done? I could have talked to her or maybe listened to her entire lie...

I couldn't bear the pain of Sonakshi lying. If it had been anyone else, it wouldn't have hurt this bad. But Sona???

Now I was sure of one thing.

I lost my trust on Sonakshi......forever....

Sona's POV

It was an hour after my parents left. I tried my best not to show them my moody face, but parents are parents. They understood that I wasn't feeling good and advised me to take care of myself. I couldn't blame them. They were just too happy with the marriage being finalized and were floating on the clouds. Only if they knew how much I didn't want this wedding now.

I went and laid down on my bed, recalling all the incidents that happened that day. I shouldn't have told him the truth. I felt so cheap and low of myself right now. I couldn't even sleep. Hunger was long gone. I was engrossed in thoughts when the doorbell rang. I jerked up from my place and gasped when I looked at the time. I didn't realise it was late night and I have been lying down for three hours uselessly.

The doorbell rang again. The doorbell must have a new battery. The sound was harsher than the morning alarm wake-ups in a head-ache inducing kind of way. I lazily walked up and opened the door, only to slam it back again!!!

NO...my mind screamed.

Dev was waiting at the door with a few things in his hands. Why was he here? That too...this late? Was it to give me another slap? Or to ask forgiveness? If that's so, I am not forgiving him. I was so angry to even face him right now. The next thing I know, he pounded on the door and demanded to be let in.

Sorry Mr Dixit, I am not going to let you inside easily.

"Let me in Sonakshi, don't act like a small kid. I am coming here just because your parents asked me to, okay??? And if you are not opening, I am calling them right now!" he stated with a cold voice. I knew he was being very serious about calling my parents. How can he act as if nothing was wrong between us? He was acting as if he didn't slap me?

I did not want to disturb my parents at this time so I had no choice. I reluctantly opened the door.

Dev wasted no time as he just pushed past me and went towards the sofa. He placed a plastic bag there and looked at me.

"I have bought for you dinner since I knew you wouldn't have eaten anything yet!" he stated.

"Ouh really? That's sooooo sweet of you. Thanks." I said in a sarcastic tone before I rolled my eyes and walked past him towards my bedroom. He looked shocked for a moment, but quickly followed behind me. I ignored him and laid back on my bed trying to act like falling asleep. But he just stood at the bedroom entrance shaking his head tiredly.

"Now... Don't act like a spoilt brat and have your food. I am not leaving until I see you eat." he said firmly.

"And I am not eating till you are here... What are you thinking about yourself?? You can't just come into my house like this and force me? I am not your slave! Get that? Now get out Mr Dixit!!!" I gritted my teeth while spitting those words.

"Oh, just shut up Sonakshi.... You don't have to act like you are always in the right. You know the difference between me and you? I have always admitted and accepted my mistakes but you NEVER DID! You always tried to cover up your mistake and show yourself like a good person. Even now when I asked you to move forward, forgetting about the past, you were the one who brought it back again! Now why are you blaming me for treating you like that?" he asked.

"JUST LEAVE THIS PLACE! I don't want to ever see your face again in my life. Stop this marriage and everything. I just hate you...hate you to the core. Stop acting like you care because you clearly don't. You don't love me! Everything you had was just an illusion. That's why you couldn't believe what I had just said! You didn't trust me...... I will never be able to see you the same way, I saw you before..." I yelled as I walked up and held his collar accusingly.

My eyesight blurred, but not because tears were welling up. Everything became fuzzy; then I saw nothing at all. My consciousness was floating through an empty space filled with a thick static. Throughout the inky space my heartbeats pounded loudly, echoing in my ears, alongside Dev's voice. I stumbled in my place as Dev rushed and held me in his arms.

"Sona.... Are you ok??" he asked. His voice softened and panic spread across his face.

As Dev's hand touched my cheeks, I gained my consciousness. I immediately flinched and moved away. I was scared that he would hurt me again. I could still feel the pain in my cheek from the afternoon incident. I saw his eyes softening but no.... This time I was going to be strong.

He took a deep breath before talking again.

"Sonakshi..... Please have some food. I don't like repeating myself again" he said weakly. His face was serious and I could see that he was controlling in anger.

"I don't want to eat..... Please go away...." I said softly not believing my voice. I was a strong person. I didn't want him to see me cry and I was totally failing to keep my emotions at check. I was acting strong but how long? I was praying hard for him to leave so that I could at least have some privacy to cry my hearts out but him being the adamant Dev Dixit, he stood rooted at his place.

I closed my eyes and sighed. This was going to be difficult.

Slowly he came forward and scooted closer to me. I looked at him with confusion. What was he up to? His hands slowly cupped my cheeks and his thumb graced my left cheek. I closed my eyes as tears flowed through them.

"I'm sorry.... Does it hurt a lot?" he said caressing my cheeks softly.

"Ouh no...It feels amazing to be slapped Mr Dixit.." I snapped.

"Sona....I'm sorry" he sighed.

"Sorry for what? You have done what you wanted... No apologies can change the pain that you have inflicted on me... So just leave...." my voice stammered as his looks hardened.

"Sona...." he pleaded.

"Please.......just go...away...Don't..." I begged as he came closer and kissed my tears.

"Don't what?" he whispered.

"Don't make me fall for you all over again........." I choked as I clenched my eyes shut and let him hold me. It was hard. Hard to stay angry with someone whom you love immensely. He looked at me and sighed.

"Please come and have your dinner...."

For some reason, I got angry with his constant reminders. I slapped away his arms.

"You can leave Mr Dixit...I am not a small kid. I can take care of myself and have my own dinner. I don't need anyone to spoon feed me! I had lived without any assistance for so many years." I said as I threw daggers at him.

"God... Sonakshi..." he muttered as he moved forward and carried me in bridal style. I was shocked at his sudden movement. But due to exhaustion, I gave up on fighting with him and stayed silent.

He made me sit on the couch near the dining table and arranged the food on the table. All the while, I admired him more. He was the only man I could ever admire. No matter how tough things got, he always knew how to handle problems on his own style. Suddenly I snapped out from my thoughts and recalled the slap again. No, I can't melt away by his charms again.

He took a spoonful of pasta and tried to feed me, but I quickly turned my face away from him. He immediately grabbed my jaw and came close to me.

"Look.... Your angry state is just turning me on more, Sonakshi. I would advise you to eat quietly and leave before I fuck you on the couch right now!" he whispered huskily.

I was gobsmacked, to say the least. Did he actually say that?

"Dev..."

"Uh-uh now tell me jaan..... Would you like to be claimed against the table or do you want me to take you to bed and have my way with you there?" he asked as I stood numb. I couldn't form any sentences as he spoke every word with so much of intensity. His look confirmed that he wasn't playing around and was serious about whatever he was saying.

I resisted the urge to step backwards and show him how scared I was. I instantly pulled the spoon away from his hands and started eating the food quietly. He looked at me intently and I noticed a small smile on his face. Sadistic idiot.

Finally, I finished my meal and started cleaning up the table when I noticed that he was still staring at me. When I was about to leave the table, Dev stretched his legs and blocked my way to the kitchen.

"I hate you.." I mumbled.

"I hate you too...." he said as he pulled me down on his lap. I almost choked as he started holding me tightly by my waist.

"If you want your revenge.......... you can slap me back..." He suggested and showed me his cheek. Before I could retort back, he slowly started to trail his tongue on my shoulder blade while pulling my sleeves down.

"Leave me right now." I said firmly. He can't just seduce me after everything. I was still angry and he needed a proper punishment!

"What if I don't" he said as he nuzzled his face in my neck. His body brushed against mine and made the environment hotter.

"I'll scream...."

"Oh really?" he asked with a small smile.

He quickly turned me facing towards him and pulled my legs apart so that I was straddling him. He pulled me closer till his lips were inches apart. Just sitting in that position, made my breathing rapid and shallow. I started to get nervous as I felt him growing hard beneath me. His eyes stared at me as he slowly grinded on me. Shit...

"Scream now..." he whispered.

I immediately turned away from him to prevent an unwanted kiss. But avoiding him totally was difficult. Once I looked away, he had better access to my neck. He knows that once he kisses my neck my resistance will crumble. After just a few delicate touches of his warm lips on my neck, my hands started to do tighten on his soft hair. They fell down his back as my head swam back. All previous thoughts stopped in their tracks when he started assaulting my neck.

He suddenly tightened his grip on my hips making me yelp in pain.

"Ouch Dev."

"Why Sonakshi.... Why? Why did you lie to me again?" he pulled away and asked with a painful expression

"So.... You still think I am lying?" I said as I untangled myself from him and looked at him with horrified expressions.

"Come on Sonakshi... I am willing to give you another chance. Tell me the truth or else I am not going to be lenient with you anymore. Don't make this difficult for the both of us...."

"I can't believe that you don't trust me Dev...I trusted you so much. I had never expected this from you. I thought you woul-ld understand.....me" I covered my mouth, trying to control the painful sobs that left my throat.

The pain that flowed through my heart was unbearable. I had always been self-conscious when I cried but now, I just gave way to the enormity of my grief. I sobbed into my hands and the tears dripped between my fingers, raining down the length of my arms. My breathing was ragged, gasping and the strength left my legs.

He closed his eyes and gave me a painful expression before leaving the place. He immediately made an exit from my house. I was confused over his behaviour but I knew, that both of us needed time to solve this. I was ready to contemplate on what went wrong. But will he do that too? Thankfully he was gone....for good.

I needed to think without any interference.

After about half and hours, the doorbell rang again. This time an unknown fear ran through me. I was afraid of whom the intruder could be. Dev left my house too. What if it was some unknown kidnapper? However, all my thoughts were washed away when I heard Dev's voice outside the house. Relief washed through me as I opened the door.

This time I was taken aback by the sight infront of me because now, Dev wasn't there alone. He was with another girl. They held their hands together and both of them had a warm smile on their faces.

I could tell from her looks that she was close to Dev and she looked extremely gorgeous. Wait who is she? Dev signalled something to her through his eyes and I glared at him. Okay, so what's happening.

"Heyyy this is my fiancée, Ms Sonakshi Bose.... I have told you right?" he told the girl beside him as she gave me a bright smile nodding her head in approval to Dev's question.

"Sona......." He paused and gave me a small smile which I returned too.

As I mustered the courage to look up at both of them, I noticed the girl's eyelids fluttering excitedly.

"Meet my one and only sister, Neha. Neha was born mute and has been like this all her life." he said calmly as I froze.

From that moment on, I felt as if my whole world came crashing down.

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