Naina stood by the window her face was expressionless footsteps approached from behind her
She didn't turn around until a gentle tap came on her shoulder, it was Kunal's mother.
"Are you okay?" His mother asked. " I heard his father's and him."
"I am fine." Naina lied her expression remined unreadable
His mother sighs softly before taking naina's hands in her. " It's not easy for you, but just wait everything will be fine."
"How long i have to wait?" Naina asked pulling her hands back her expressionless mask slipped, revealing the Storm she's going through.
His mother expression softened when she saw the how much pain her daughter is in. "I don't know. But i know one thing after a child, a man change.
Child?" Naina huffed bitterly, and about to tell how kunal behaving to her after last night she clenched her fist and then nodded slowly not wanting to give stress to her mother in law because of her cold marriage.
"Child. To make our marriage work or to give your family an heir?" A sharp voice came from behind them when they turned around
it was kunal, both his hands in his pockets
His mother's expression hardened at his sharp tone. "Watch your mouth before talking to me in that tone." Her voice cold kunal's jaw tightened but he didn't retrorted
He's not talking properly to his parents since they forced him to marry nain.
"You're coming home or staying with your mother in law ?" He said annoyingly, yet as usual cold when he addressed naina
Naina nodded without even glancing at him who nodded back and started walking toward the exit door without waiting for her to follow him, She turned to his mother gave her a apologetic smile his mother quick hugged and nain followed kunal.
On the way back to home only engine sound breaking the silence, tension thick inside the car kunal's eyes fixed on the road his grip tight on the streering wheel.
Naina looked out at the city through the window she rolled down the car window letting the cold fresh air kiss her face her hair waved from the air she exhaled deeply trying to lighten the heaviness in her chest.
After a while later when the car reached in front of their house kunal killed the engine and stepped out of the car and walked in the house without waiting for her as usual
Naina walked behind him as the door closed behind her when they both stepped in the house kunal turned to Walk upstairs but stopped.
Kunal." She called him walked in front of him.
"I am not in the mood for your drama now." Kunal muttered under his breath irritatingly
Her expression darked at his words she stepped forward standing infront of him. " We need to talk." She said her voice firm.
Talk?" He crossed his arms around his chest. " About what?"
"About how you're behaving since what happened last night." She responded looking at him.
What happened?" He questioned nonchalantly leaning against the neary wall.
Naina's expression darked at his behaviour. " Do i really need to tell you what happened between us last night?" She said through her gritted teeth.
Kunal rolled his eyes. " It was nothing to me. How do you want me to behave after spending night with a woman who i didn't even wanted?"
Naina's expression harder at his words hiding hurt and anger.
"You know i never wanted this marriage. You. And this...he threw his hands up in frustration. "I loved someone else and my parents seperated me from her and forced me to marry you." His voice still distant but there is hint of softeness she never heard before not for her.
Does that give you the right to treat me like this?" She questioned and for the first time in a year of their marriage kunal didn't retrorted. " My parents also forced me in this marriage. I never wanted you as my husband honestly." She confessed her voice cutting through the silence
Then you should have reject the marriage proposal." Kunal said. " But you didn't."
"I did but they still forced me." She replied looked at him.
He scoffed running both his hands through his hair.
"Your parents forced you in this marriage. You loved someone else doesn't give you the right to behave like this to me." Naina Said her eyes fixed on him.
"What do you think who am I ?" She stepped forward. " A whore you slept with for a night. telling her, it's just for family wish of an heir and behaved like nothing happened next morning." Her voice raised revealing her pain and rage because of his behaviour. " Is that what you think who I am?"
Kunal's expression crumbled guilt and shame flashed in his eyes he looked away he shok his head.
"I never wanted to make you feel like that." He murmured his gaze dropped on the floor
But you did." She murmured back.
I...he opened his mouth to say something but no words came he stood there his head down, he didn't dare to look up.
Naina exhaled deeply running her hands on face the tension filled in the house silence screeching naina walked towards the guest room in the hallway instead of upstairs in their bedroom.
When her footsteps faded in the hallway kunal's head finally raised as he looked toward the direction naina has disappeared, he didn't call her back, neither he followed her he just stayed still
After few minutes later Kunal sighs heavily and walked to the living room couch sat heavily on the couch buried his face in his hands
Naina's words echoed in his head, the hurt in her eyes, the way her voice broak when she asked him "I really need to tell you what happened between us last night?" He gripped his hairs in his both hands
the faint sound of soft ticking of the wall clock only breaking the silence in the house now kunal remined siting on the couch.
And for the first time in their cold marriage he finally noticed how much his behaviour make naina feel.
But is he going to make move to solve everything or mess up things more?
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