MAHIR

I woke up with a great head splitting pain.I groaned looking at my surroundings,not my room.I sat straight and rested my forehead against the headboard.

I closed my eye's and sighed.I can't sleep without Bela in my embrace and now....

I wiped my lone tear and got up wearing my pants.My clothes are upstairs in our room.I came out of my room and saw Bela sleeping on the couch,in lobby.

I took small steps and walked towards her,she was curled up on the couch.I bent to her level and looked at her face,her face was pale.

I moved my hand to tuck her baby hairs back but stopped in middle.A wave of hurt crawled inside me.I stood up and took a step back,I bumped with the coffee table and she woke up with a jerk.

"Mahir...",she sat straight with a jerk.

I turned and walked towards my room to take a shower.Cold water running through my body,I rested my palms against the tiles and looked at them.

The same place where I and Bela used to have morning sex,under the shower,against the tiles.Her panting and moaning,gasping for air......bile rose up to my stomach and I throwed up.

Last night alcohol effect.

I took a proper shower and came out wrapping a towel around me.I saw Bela waiting for me.I walked to my closet as if she dint exist for me in this room.

"Mah..Mahir..can I get you some lemonade?"Bela asked.

I dint respond and took out my clothes.I looked at her and she was still standing,waiting for my answer.I looked at myself in the mirror and her reflection in it.

I traced her name on my chest and my heart felt heavy.She sniffed and wiped her lone tear looking at it.I blinked back my tears and removed my towel.She will altleast go now.

But to my surprise,she is still standing here looking at me.I ignored her completely and started wearing my clothes.I was putting my watch and she came near me,
"Mahir..baby please..",

"I said stay away from me...don't come near me",I said and she sobbed covering her mouth.

And the next moment she ran to the washroom and I heard her puking.Is she not well?

I was standing near the washroom door,waiting for her.I opened the door to get in but stopped,
"No..",I said and stepped back.

She came out wiping her face and smiled looking at me,waiting for her.I turned back and started walking out of the room.

"Mahir..Mahir..wait",I heard her when I was descending down the stairs.

"Mahir...",she shouted and I halted.

I looked at the fish bowl and gave some food to them,
"Mahir..where are you going?"Bela asked.

"It's none of your concern",I said and her face fell.

"Mahir..if you are angry with me..it's OK..but please wait..I will make breakfast..you haven't eaten anything since yesterday",she said with a low tone.

"My stomach is full from yesterday..I'm no more hungry",I said and her eye's were glistening with tears.

I turned back and walked,I halted when she held my hand.I looked at her hand helding mine and then looked at her,
"Mahir please..I'm sorry.Please listen to me once",she said and I looked at her angrily.

"Please baby..I'm sorry..I'm a fool to accuse you like that..I'm a fool...",she cried helding my hands.

I was looking at her when she sobbed kissing my hands,
"Leave my hand,I should take K and my baby for check up today",I said and she looked at me,disbelief written all over her face.

She left my hand and took a step back,her shoulders slumped,tears flowing from her eye's.She sobbed wiping her tears and covered her mouth running back to our room.

I turned and walked out of our home,wiping my angry tear.

It's not me Bela,you put me in this position.You made our relationship a joke,breaking us both equally.

I have no fun in hurting you like this,my heart is bleeding looking at you like this,it's crying.

But my self respect warned me,as a man,I too have some self respect over love.I can't make a fool out of myself again.

I drove my car to K's home and saw the security guard standing silently looking at me going inside.I gave an angry look and ringed her door bell.

She opened her door and smiled looking at me,
"Mahir..come inside",she said.

"I came here to take you for a check up,now just shut up and come with me",I gritted my teeth.

"I know..but please come inside and wait Mahir,I will take some time",she said.

I sighed and walked inside.I sat on the couch and looked at her,she was stuffing her mouth with food,
"Just five more minutes..I will..eat..soon",she said chewing her food.

"It's OK..take your time and eat properly",I said looking away.

She is pregnant for God sake,she has to eat for two people now.I'm not so cruel to stop her here.

I messaged Annu that I was in K's house.She messaged me a clinic address and asked me to visit that clinic along with her.She said Yuvi is taking care of media.

"Mahir...I'm done..let's go",she said.

I looked at the apple and grabbed it going out with her,
"Mahir..this is not the way to my clinic",she said when I was going in another route.

"I know that...I want you to get checked in another clinic too",I said.

"But Mahir..others will get to know about it,about my pregnancy and you being the father",K said and I looked at her.

"I told that doctor to keep it confidential,she won't say it to anyone.And she has my previous reports too,and now if we go to another doctor...many people will get to know,my family..your family",she said.

"OK fine...",I said and took a u turn.

I will get her checked there and with another doctor too.We reached the hospital and were waiting for the doctor,
"Mam..your next",a nurse came and informed.

We both went inside and doctor showed me some report's.Her scanning reports,ultrasound and etc,
"She is one month pregnant now.Morning sickness will be continued till end of first trimester",the doctor said.

"I don't want...I mean..I want to do a paternity test about this child",I said and the doctor looked shocked.

"What do you mean?"the doctor asked.

"That is not my child,I doubt that.So I need proofs that it's not my child,I want a paternity test to be done,right now",I said and K looked shocked.

"OK..you have to wait for few minutes",the doctor said and K looked at me.

"You still don't remember anything Mahir?This is your child.I already got checked thrice",she said.

"No..I don't believe you.I want to see it with my own eye's and I won't believe you until then",I said and she was hurt.

"You are making my pregnancy a joke",she said wiping her tears.

"You are making your pregnancy a joke K.Not me.This is the best time every women cherishes in her whole life and you...making a joke out of it,claiming it as my child",I hissed.

I know she is lying,she don't want me to find the truth!

I got a message from Annu that first work is done.I sighed feeling a bit relaxed.The doctor came back after sometime and told me to give my sample of saliva.I gave my sample and she took K with her for the sample.

We waited for some time and the doctor came back with the reports,
"Congrats,it's your child only.And stop doubting your wife now",that doctor said.

Is she new in this country?

My eye's widened when I looked at those reports,saying that K is carrying my child.I looked at K and she smiled wiping her tears,touching her belly.

There's some gambling going on here!

"Thank you doctor",K said and we both got up to leave.

"Congratulations both of you and you please take care of your wife",that doctor said looking at me angrily.

"She is not my wife",I spatted angrily and that doctor looked shocked.

I walked to my car angrily and saw K walking behind me hurriedly,
"Mahir..listen to me...Mahir",she was behind me.

"Stop making a scene and get into the car",I whispered angrily.

Many were looking at us here,they spotted me and K after so long together,in a hospital that too.

She looked around and got inside my car in shame.I took her to another clinic,another checkup,another test amd same result.

I stopped in front of her home and she got down,she came to my side and looked at me lovingly,
"Mahir..I know you don't like me and you are upset that it's really your child.But that day..things happened unexpectedly.We dint do it intentionally..we were drunk and it happened.But please don't abund this child Mahir...I don't want this child to be deprived of a fathers love...I beg you",she said showing her crocodile tears again.

I controlled my anger and closed my eye's,helding the steering wheel tightly until my knuckles turned white.I left out a breath and looked at her,
"I won't abund your child.First you take care of yourself..and yo...the child",I said and she nodded wiping her tears.

I was driving back to my company and my hopes were crashing down again.How can it be my child?Even after taking her to another doctor,the same result?

It cannot be my child,I was drunk that night for sure,but I dint lay my finger on her.I may loose my conscious when I'm drunk,but my body and heart does know where and whom it belongs to!

I can't do such type of mistake!

"Bela..why are you acting like a boring wife?"I groaned pulling her close to me.

"I'm not acting like a boring wife,you are acting like a grumpy husband",she said removing my hands from her.

"It's been two days Bela..we dint make love",I groaned resting my chin on her shoulder.

She was mixing blueberry mix for the cake toppings in our home,
"Sorry..I dint hear it properly..can you say it again?"she said rubbing her ear.

"Yes..it's been two days..since we had sex..and now you...",I jumbled with my words.

"Who is the one who enjoyed shower sex today morning?Who is the one who enjoyed oral sex in the morning?"she asked looking at me and my cheeks tinted pink.

"That's..that's different..shower and bed..both are different",I shrugged.

"Really?Both are different?"she asked narrowing her eye's.

"OK then..no oral sex and shower sex from now onwards",she huffed turning around and mixing her blueberry mix.

This is called digging my own grave and falling into the pit like a fool!

"Bela..I dint mean it like that.You know what I mean right?"I murmured near her ear and she giggled.

"No..I don't know",she giggled when I bit her earlobe,running my hands on her waist.

"Throwing you on the bed and kissing every inch..slowly undressing you..moving my hands on you,kissing the hell out of you,burying my head in between your breasts and legs..and making sweet love to you...it feels heaven",I said giving wet kisses on her neck and she tilted her head,resting against my chest.

"Mahirr...",she moaned when I smooched her shoulder.

"That feeling is different baby..making love to you and sex is different",I said and she turned looking at me.

She blushed and circled her hands around me,
"Love making and sex is different?"she asked.

"Yes..with you..it's different.Sometimes sweet love making and sometimes hard sex...I love everything",I said wetting her lips with mine.

She smiled and moved her lips on mine,sucking and smooching my lips.She pulled back and rested her forehead against mine,breathing heavily.She blushed and kneeled in front of me,making me also blush,
"I love everything you do Mahir,be it sweet love making or your hard fuck",she said.

I blinked back my tears looking outside the glass wall.The times when we both were so happy together,now everything is gone within a snap.

"Mahir..",my dad walked inside with Vyom and Yuvi and I kept those reports in my drawer immediately.

He was looking pissed.Did Vyom and Yuvi say it?

"Yes dad...any..problem?"I asked.

"You told that we have to launch this collection in next month.Then why the team is getting it ready to launch it this month?"he asked and I sighed in relief.

"That dad..last year we got high returns during this time..so..even this year..I'm thinking",I explained.

"Oh,OK.You are right.Then we will launch it by end of this month?"dad asked.

"Yeah..OK",I said.

"Mahir..how is Bela?"he asked.

I gave a sad smile and spoke,
"She is fine dad..we are fine",I lied and Vyom looked at me angrily.

"It's been many days meeting her.Come home this Sunday both of you",dad said.

"Yeah sure..sure dad",I said.

Dad smiled and left patting my cheek.Annu came inside after dad left.Me,Yuvi,Vyom and Annu were standing silently looking at other directions.

"We succeed in our first step Mahir,Annu hacked and found out about her boyfriend.This is enough to make her expose",Vyom said and I was looking at the sun setting down.

"Yes Mahir bhai,we can inform that guy and rest he will take care.You will be out of this problem",Yuvi said.

I turned towards them and removed those reports from the drawer.I gave it to Vyom and all three were looking at the reports carefully.

"Mahir...?"Vyom said.

"How is it possible?"Yuvi asked feeling defeated.

"This can't happen sir",Annu said.

"Not one but three,I took her to three different hospitals and got checked,including paternity test.All three results are same",I said looking at the setting sun.

"Mahir..try to remember..did you really...you and K..that night?"Vyom asked.

"I never fucked her damn it..never.How the fuck she got pregnant with my child?"I shouted banging my hand on the table.

Annu flinched looking at me and looked at Yuvi,
"The doctor..doctor must have helped her sir",Annu said.

"One doctor can help her,not three doctors Annu",I said.

All three were looking at each other silently,
"But Mahir bhai,we shouldn't stop keeping efforts.We shouldn't stop finding about this",Yuvi said.

"Yes Mahir,Yuvi is right.We already succeeded in our first step.We can't leave it in the mid and let K win this game.We can't let her break your marriage",Vyom said.

"Yes Mahir sir,we will try till we get the actual truth.Even if you want to give up...I won't give up",Annu said.

"I'm not giving up Annu.I will expose her for sure.But these reports..how?"I sighed in defeat.

"Mahir..science is very ahead in this generation.She is doing something and we don't know how.We don't know how these reports are showing the same thing.Even we should look into it carefully.We are missing something here",Vyom said.

"We have to deal this soon Mahir bhai,we have to make it faster.Bela babhi and you..we can't see you both like this",Yuvi said.

"You three are helping me only in exposing K,not about my relationship with Bela.That is our personal,understand?"I said anger raising inside me.

He sighed and looked at me with a 'are you serious?' look.

"Mahir..OK,we understand it's your personal.But atleast talk to her",Vyom said.

Why are they testing my patience like this?

"OK..leave that..Mahir sir,it's your personal matter.We are sorry that we invaded that space.But what should we do about these reports?"Annu asked distracting everyone.

I rubbed my temples thinking about it and my mind clicked.I took my phone and all three were looking at me curiously.I was dialing the number and hoping for them to lift.

"Hello...",I sighed when I heard his voice.

"Hello..Rithik".

BELA

He went to meet K!

Not just for a meet but to take her for a medical check up.

I cried sitting on the floor.That women took my Mahir,my husband.

Not only him but a part of me!

"Mahir...don't do this..I'm not able to bear it",I cried.

How can he go to that K?How can you go like this Mahir?Really your child?

No women can stand it when their husband is taking care of another women,who is pregnant with his child.

"I'm loosing myself Mahir..please don't do this",I cried to myself.

I don't know till what time I kept crying but I saw Vish and Rehaan coming inside,
"Bela?"Rehaan looked at me.

I got up and ran to him,
"Rehaan....",I cried hugging him.

"Mahir..K..he went to meet her today...",I was crying and Rehaan was rubbing my back.

"It's OK..it's OK Bela..first calm down..please..",he said making me sit.

I cried hugging him,
"Tell Mahir that I'm sorry Rehaan..I've been telling him sorry..he is..he is..not listening to me..he is avoiding me..",I cried.

"Bela..please don't cry like this and spoil your health.Please Bela",Vish said wiping my tears.

"He said..he is going to K..taking her for a checkup today...it's all over Vish.He is the father of her child..we are over",I cried and their eye's pooled looking at me in this condition.

"Bela..maybe he is taking her for the checkup to know the truth.Because we all know that K is lying..don't get into conclusions like this",Rehaan said kissing my forehead.

"How can I not Rehaan?The way he is avoiding me..he is avoiding me like a plague...I'm not able to take this",I cried hugging him.

"I never thought something like this would happen Bells..but you don't loose hope,I still trust Mahir.He will never do such thing,he will never sleep with that women when you are. in his heart",Rehaan said cupping my face and wiping my tears.

"Bela..I'm sure Mahir is doing all this to expose her..he will expose her.But don't loose your hope...he will make everything alright",Vish said hugging me.

"Even if he exposes her..what will happen?He will not be the father of that child..but what about me?What about us?"I sobbed.

"We are over Vish",I sobbed.

"Bela..nothing is over.Stop assuming things and it's not good to assume bad things which will never happen.First you get freshed and come,I will make breakfast for you",Vish said wiping my tears.

"No..I'm not hungry..I don't want to eat",I sniffed.

"Bela?"Vish asked sternly.

"OK..OK..let's go to our cafe and eat,OK?Now get freshed and come,I will make your favorite milkshake over there",Rehaan said.

I sniffed and walked to my room.I was taking a shower and I cried looking at his name on my chest,
"How did I make such a blunder Mahir?"I cried caressing his name on my breast.

I took a shower and came out,got dressed,took my bag and walked down.

I was descending down the stair's blankly,the last step and I felt everything spinning around me.I left my bag and held my head,
"Bela..",Rehaan shouted when I slumped down on the floor.

"Bela..what happened?"Vish said patting my cheek.

"I'm..I'm..fine..just..",I was seeing black dots..stars.

"Drink water..",Rehaan said making me drink water.

"You dint ate anything yesterday?"Vish asked angrily and I nodded.

"Are you mad Bela?Stop showing your anger on food.Did you see how you bkacked out?"Vish yelled.

"Vish..it's OK,now leave it.Let's take her to cafe.We will fill her tummy over there",Rehaan said making me stand properly.

"She is not even able to stand properly..look at her",Vish shouted.

"Vish..I'm fine..I'm OK",I said.

"We can see that",she said walking towards the kitchen.

"What are you doing to yourself Bela?"Rehaan asked kissing my forehead.

I sniffed and hugged him,
"Your kitchen don't have any fruits other than apples?"she asked cutting an apple.

"She don't like apples",Rehaan said when Vish was making me eat an apple slice.

"Mahir likes apples,that's why her fridge is filled with apples",Vish said stuffing my mouth with them and I was chewing them silently.

"She don't like them Vish..stop stuffing her mouth with them",Rehaan said grabbing the plate from her.

"It's fine Rehaan..I can eat them",I said taking another apple slice.

"That's like a good girl",Vish said and I smiled.

We three reached our cafe and now Rehaan was serving me and Vish.Vish is pregnant,but still she dint have her her breakfast for me.

"You are this hungry and you stopped eating?"Rehaan asked feeding me.

My eye's pooled with tears when I was chewing the food.Hunger just slipped out of my mind,I forget to take care of myself if Mahir is not with me.

I stopped taking care of myself because he was taking care of me.He dint even ask me when I puked in the morning today,he stopped caring for me.

"Arey...you are crying again?"Vish asked.

I sniffed and wiped my tears,
"Bela..should I talk to Mahir?"Rehaan asked.

"No Rehaan..I don't want you or Vish to get involved in this..don't ask him anything",I said wiping my tears.

"Bela..at least tell to mom and dad..they may help.Atleast to your in-laws?"Rehaan asked.

"No Rehaan..dad and mom..they will take me away from Mahir if they get to know this..they will call him a cheater like..like I called him.And Sumi maa and dad...even they will break down...no..they should not know about this",I said getting scared.

"She is right Rehaan,things will get more complicated when it will reach the elders.But I still feel Mahir will make this alright",Vish said sipping her milkshake.

"Even I'm hoping for that Vish,I just hope this shouldn't get dragged more longer",Rehaan said.

It's already way too far!

So far that he stopped caring about me.I touched the diamond in my wedding chain and sighed,
"Please God..save my marriage",I sniffed.

"Everything will be fine..now come,let's do some baking and lift your mood up.Come on",Rehaan said.

"Rehaan..I'm still feeling hungry",I said and he looked at all the plates I just finished.

Because I just ate three sandwiches,one bowl of custard which I never eat and one complete chocolate milkshake which I never completed before.

"You are still hungry?"he asked.

"Hey..she dint eat for the whole day yesterday,so she will be hungry",Vish said.

"Yeah..you are right.What should I get more?"he asked.

"Two sandwiches and one butterscotch pudding",I said.

"Butterscotch pudding?"both asked.

"Yeah..I want to eat",I said and they both laughed.

"OK mam..right away",Rehaan laughed and went inside.

"See..you will feel hungry when you are happy...so be happy and don't stop eating",Vish said kissing my cheek.

I'm not happy Vish,I'm just hungry!

I completed eating and I was baking some things.Rehaan and Vish were trying to lift up my mood from time to time.

They did lift up my mood and I felt little relaxed.But I was being taken back again,thinking about Mahir and K.

The day was not so bad as Vish and Rehaan were with me.I came back home and I was waiting for Mahir to come back.

It was 5 in the evening,he has been coming back home at this time from the time we both were back from Maldives and it's been two weeks since we came back.Work load was not there,no work pressure.

But now..I made him miserable again!

I had a wide smile when I heard the door bell ringing.Mahir came..he came back.

I hurriedly walked to the door,opened and saw Mahir standing.I closed my eye's and prayed to God.

He walked in without looking at me and my shoulders slumped,
"Mahir..stop..",I was talking and he was already walking up,towards our room.

I sobbed and sat in lobby.He is not even looking at me,how can he be like that?

He came back and walked to the kitchen.I smiled and walked fastly to kitchen.He was searching something to eat.I quickly removed some cookies and kept them on the plate.I hurriedly poured some juice and took them.

"Mahir..you must be hungry..eat..eat them",I said standing in front of him with the tray.

"I don't want to eat",he said and walked inside his study room.

I wiped my tears and went inside his study room.He wore his specticals and started working on his system,
"Mahir..you are angry on me..but don't show that on food..please eat",I said putting that tray on his table.

"Please Mahir..you dint eat anything in the morning also",I sniffed and he looked at me.

I'm not able to read his eye's,they're all empty!

The eye's which used to speak..which used to shout love...everything is looking blank now.

I smiled when he took a cookie,
"Mahir..can we once...",he cut me off in middle.

"I'm busy,please close the door when you are leaving",he said.

Now my tears were flowing like a water fall.He is not at all ready to talk to me,how will I be if it goes like this?

How can we solve things?

"But Mahir..I want to talk to you",I said.

"What will you talk?Huh..What will you talk?"he asked getting up from his chair and I stepped back.

"You will talk more..you will talk that
I'm a cheater and now taking care of my child?How many more accusations are left for me?Tell me Bela?"he shouted helding my shoulders tightly.

"You are...you are hurting me Mahir",I cried helding his hands.

He looked at my shoulder and his eye's softened.He removed his hands and stepped back.He closed his eye's and rubbed his forehead,
"Bela..I can put my heart under your feet but I can't put my self respect under your feet",he said.

"Mahir..no baby..it's not like that",I cried trying to cup his face.

"It's like that only Bela..you already crushed my heart under your feet,I can't allow you to crush my self respect too",he said removing my hands from his face.

"No baby..please..don't talk like that",I tried cupping his face again.

"Bela..just stop coming near me..go..just go..",he said stepping back.

"Mahir..don't make this more complicated..please baby,we can talk it out",I sobbed cupping his face,making him look at me.

His eye's were red,tears ready to pool,
"You made this complicated Bela..not me.I had many dreams with you..you..crushed them all within a moment..by believing K over me",he said and slowly removed my hands from his face.

"Mahir..those motel files..her reports..I've seen them all on a single day.How will I feel when she suddenly comes in..claiming that she is pregnant with your child?How will I feel?Did you think about me?"I cried,slowly resting my head on his chest.

I cried,I cried hugging him,I cried my heart out...but still his hands dint wrap around me as he used to.

I sobbed like a child when I heard his heartbeats,which runs fast whenever I'm with him.I cried hiding my face in his chest,
"Tell me Mahir..did you think how I felt when she said that she is pregnant with your child?As your wife..how I felt..did you have any idea about it?",I cried hugging him tightly.

He held my shoulders and stepped back,I looked at him with a shock.He don't want to hold me?

"You were the only person I thought about during that time Bela..you were the only one",Mahir said,blinking his tears back.

"I was thinking only about you.I was not thinking how did this happen?How can K say like this?How did she get pregnant and all,I was thinking only about you.I was only thinking about how is Bela?How will she react?How will she help me from getting out of this?And what you did?",he smiled sarcastically.

"You believed K,even you said that I'm her child's father,called me a cheater..playboy..and what not",he smiled wiping his corner of his eye with his thumb pad.

"You called me a cheater and believed K more than me.That's where I lost Bela,that's where I lost my sanity and belief in love and trust.I lost my everything",he shouted and I flinched.

"And now you are sorry?Sorry for what?Sorry for loving me and trusting me?I'm sorry that I broke your trust and cheated on you..that too with K",he said joining his hands.

"Mahir..don't talk like that..please",I said helding his hands.

"Don't touch me Bela,you are not made for this type of man who cheats.You are not meant for a man who..who fucks another women because..because his wife's love is not enough for him",he said and walked back sadly.

"And..and thank you for letting me go,because I wouldn't have walked away on my own",Mahir said breaking my heart into million pieces.

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