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Swara's POV-

" Leave me! What do you even think of yourself. I wish to go and I will go. That's final." I struggled in his grip.

" Yeah, let's see how that happens." He replied, smirking and then picked me up in bridal style and I shrieked.

" What are you doing Aditya? Ever heard of a concept called moving on?" I shouted in his ears.

He just gave me an annoyed look and I rolled my eyes.

" You know, mostly people would have forgotten the person who ran away six years ago and would have got married by now. With age ticking and all." I tried to rile him up so that he keeps me back on my feet. But no, he just continued to walk somewhere and climbed the stairs of the manor.

" Where are you taking me??" I asked him but it seemed like he had gone mute.

" What exactly is your problem?" I asked again but his no reply again made me frustrated.

He entered a bedroom......his bedroom judging by the looks of the furniture and the wall colour, grey. He then made me sit again on the bed and walked towards the table and picked his laptop up.

" What are you doing? Will you tell me?" I asked, sighing.

" Getting your parents and mine on skype." He replied this time, very casually.

" Are you out of your freaking mind Aditya!? You will do no such thing!" I objected, getting up from the bed.

" You will eventually have to face them Swara." He replied, looking at me.

" No." I said, monosyllabic.

" So you are planning to run away from this too?" He taunted me.

" I am not running from anything." I lied again.

" I'll tell you what you are running from. You're running from me, yourself, our parents, your dog, my love, the truth and reality in general. You have been living in a self created love deprived world from the past six years and now you are used to it." He accused.

" I love someone here." I said, looking at my watch.

" Yes? What is his name?" He asked.

" Tyler." I said the first name that came in my mind.

" And What does he do?" He questioned back.

Oh shit! What do I say......what do I say??

" He is an astronaut." I replied in haste.

" Lovely, call him here. I'd love to meet him." He said, raising an eyebrow.

I was struck. I did not know any Tyler, specially who's an astronaut.

" What happened? He's on mars?" Aditya offered.

Oh god! I could have said something like that! But I knew that he had caught my lie so I just looked away.

" Swara, I know that you believe that I did not cheat on you that day so what is the problem? Why are you still acting like a jerk and trying to run away from me again? I understand that six years back, you were barely an adult and too young to be living a married life but what is the issue now?" He asked, coming to sit next to me.

" You want the truth? Here is the truth. I do believe you. I believe you completely but whom I don't believe is myself. I don't believe that I'll be able to hold onto anything in my life. You know what the biggest mistake of my life was? It was running away that day, leaving you and leaving everything behind. I did a mistake by not placing my trust on you that night but now, the only person I cannot trust is myself. You deserve someone a lot better than me. Someone who will celebrate having you in her life, someone who is not as impulsive, stupid and a asshole like I am. I know something is wrong with me, I just don't know what. You will get someone who is much better than me in every aspect. Also, even if I do come with you, what is the guarantee that I won't do something as stupid as this again and run away again? Will you be able to tolerate that? I ranted my heart out.

" Before answering your question, let me ask a question of my own. Will you even try to leave without talking to me this time? Will you be able to go through everything we went through in these six years?" He asked.

" I really can't do this Aditya. I am sorry but I need to leave and you should go back to Mumbai too. You have your life there and I have my life here." I said, getting up.

I really was terrified to hurt him.

" My life is where you are Swara and had it just been for me, I would have moved here with you but this is about everyone who love you there. Be as stubborn as you want but I am going to take you back to Mumbai, now more than ever because you confessed your insecurities in front of me. Rest assured, even if you try to do something stupid and leave, I'll just hold your hand and pull you back." He said as he pulled me towards him.

" Just like this." He muttered in my ear as I put my hand on his chest to stabilise myself.

My self confidence to resist him had been completely lost. I may regret this decision but I had to give this a chance and take the chance to redeem myself.

I didn't know what to say to him so I just wrapped my arms around his torso.

" Do I take this as a yes then? That you won't resist anymore?" He asked.

" I am so sorry for what I did six years back. Will you really be able to forgive me?" I asked him, as tears flew down my cheeks.

" I was never angry at you, just disappointed. But yes, you have a lot of people back home from whom you will have to seek forgiveness from." She said, gently stroking my hair like he used to do earlier.

I just closed my eyes to be in the moment and then stepped back to look at him.

" Take me home." I said, wiping my tears.

" That's why I am here. Our parents have been waiting for you for so long." He said.

" I'm not sure if they'd want to forgive me." I replied, sighing.

" They will. Now you wind up here whatever you have to tomorrow and then we leave the day after." He said.

Oh shit. What about my job?

" I can't leave for the next six months. I'm legally bound with a contract for work." I informed him.

" Ronald and co."I replied.

" Pack your things. I'll see that. We leave the day after." He said and I nodded.

" I'm going back to my apartment now. Need to sort stuff out." I said.

" Come on. I'll drop you." He offered.

" Thank you." I said and we started walking out.

" Why did you not come to me to talk that night?" He asked while driving.

" I....I really don't know but seeing you with her just did something to me. I was not in the right frame of mind about that situation up till today." I confessed honestly.

" How is everyone back home?" I asked him.

" Mom, dad, maa and papa all are just fine. Karan and Preeti got married and they are expecting a baby in about two months, Aryan and his girlfriend....Tanya, I think, are getting married next week, Bubbles, that little devil is not so little anymore and rest everything is normal." He answered.

" And grand.....grandpa?" I asked, afraid of the answer.

" He is still around, completely fit and fine. He can beat many in a marathon, strong man that one." He replied, chuckling a little.

" And you? How could you still not move on despite me being not there for so long? I will never be able to make up for these six years to you and everyone." I said, sighing as I wiped my tears.

" Moving on was not an option for me Swara. I was and am in love with you. One misunderstanding did that to us, kept us apart for all this time and somewhere in all of this, I am to be blamed too. I should have garnered that trust in you that you'd first come and talk to me." He spoke up, eyes still focused on the road.

" No Aditya, you are nowhere at fault here. It is all me. I did trust you, a lot but that night I was so angry on myself and you and Kritika di that I did not think rationally. I did everything with impulse and this action of mine caused hurt to everyone I love and care about. You have a very large heart to forgive me. Believe me, there were times that I wanted to return but I was too ashamed and still angry to do so. I am sorry and responsible for all this that everyone went through and I will do whatever it takes to earn everyone's forgiveness starting with you." I said.

" Marry me." He said.

I narrowed my eyes in confusion. Were we not already married?

" Umm...I think you told me that the divorce did not go through?" I asked, looking at him.

" It did not. But even at that time we got married, there was nothing involved. No feelings and no consent. Now I want to do it the right way." He said.

" I will marry you, again but we can only do this the right way when everyone forgives me." I told him and he nodded, understanding my point.

We were at my apartment.

" Come inside." I offered.

" Oh...I get invited this time? Last night I got a door on my face." I mocked, chuckling.

" I am sorry for that too." I said sheepishly.

" You're still fiery yet shy." He remarked, tucking the lock of hair lying on my face.

I looked away, blushing.

" This red still remains to be mu favorite." He further teased me as we stepped inside the apartment and I closed the door.

" And by the way, I am very eager to meet your boyfriend. Astronaut, is he?" He was just using my words against me now.

" Yes, he's on Mars currently." I used his words on him.

" Never, and I am very serious Mrs. Kapoor, never talk about having a boyfriend to me ever again." He pinned me once again to the wall near the door.

" Wh....what are you doing?" I stammered, attempting to sneak away but unfortunately could not as he pinned by hand to the wall to by holding my wrist.

Then he pecked my forehead and my left cheek before letting me go but not before I was all hot and my breaths were heavy.

" Do you want something to eat? It's way past dinner time." I asked. It was one in the night.

" What do you have here?" He asked.

I walked to the kitchen and opened the refrigerator too see some fruits in the basket.

" Well....that is all I can offer right now." I said, pointing towards a few apples and a watermelon.

He nodded and I took them out to cut them. Putting it in plates, I placed it on the dining table.

We ate in silence. You can crash here for the night. Ro has gone to India. You can sleep in my room and I will sleep in hers." I offered and added the last part absent mindedly.

" Mrs. Kapoor, did you just forget that we are already married and we did used to share the same room?" He asked, smirking.

" But....but...." I started but he kept a finger on my lips.

" It's okay. Don't get so worked up. I will sleep wherever you want me to." He said.

There was something in his eyes, I always manage to get lost in them.

I immediately realized what I was doing before embarrassing myself and nodded.

" Okay, come I'll show you the room." I said, getting up and took the plates to keep them in the sink.

Then I took him to my room.

" You can sleep here." I said as I opened my wardrobe to take my nightwear out and then wishing him goodnight, went to Ro's room.

With lot's of tossing and turning, I did manage to fall asleep in a while.

.............................

The next day I woke up, it was twelve in the noon.

I walked out to see if yesterday was just a dream or Aditya was here in real and whatever happened was real but I couldn't see anyone.

Entering my room, I saw a note on the nightstand.

Don't worry, I will be back in the evening to pick you pick. Had to run some errands.

-A

I had a stupid smile on my face. I felt alive and fresh waking up for the first time in six years. It felt good. I was going to meet everyone after so long, going to have a life back which I left in such a haste. God knows how will I be able to overcome the guilt ever.

" Swara, you did a mistake and now you'll have to repent and face the consequences and you should be ready for them." I just spoke to myself.

All in all, I was just glad that Aditya did wait for me after all these years despite me not deserving this second chance at all.

But one thing is for sure, I'm not going to throw this chance away at all. I'll do whatever it takes to win back everyone.

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