His Ex Wife - Misunderstandings Create Voids

Chapter 10

Arjun’s POV

Six years have passed since I and Ananya parted ways, I hate her for what she did to me but a part of still misses her but I always shrug it off because she left Mumbai just leaving letters for Sister Adriene, Jenny and that bastard Jay, she didn’t even visited me or left me anything.

‘Are you feeling bad Arjun?’ My heart questioned me

‘Are you mad? Why on earth will I feel bad? She cheated on me, not the other way around?’ I rolled my eyes

Sister Adriene stop talking to me, she didn’t look at me for days but when I told her why I divorced Ananya she gasped and said that there is some misunderstanding but I showed her everything which made her believe me and now she loves me like her own child it’s not like she didn’t love me before Jenny and I have been the same she supported me, just like my sister Anika

They both even stopped talking to Jay, he tried to make them talk for months but then he gave up and I haven’t seen him since then, and I’m happy because every time I see him, I feel like beating him to pulp for ruining my life

The knock on the door of my cabin brought me out of my trance

"Come in." I said after clearing my throat

My personal assistant Shikha popped her head inside first and then walked inside

"Sir, the jet is ready. We should leave now." She said in a professional tone

"Yeah we should." I said and stood up while buttoning my coat.

My best friend/bodyguard Yash was waiting for me in the lobby area.

Yash has been my greatest support for the past six years, he made sure I had my meals on time, my work done on time, my daily exercise routine, my almost everything, in short he acted like my Mom.

I moved away from everyone and settled in the posh area of Mumbai, six months back my dad was on death bed and me being my Mom’s good boy, I fulfilled his last wish of getting engaged to Natasha, but I haven’t taken in further and I don’t intend to either.

The flight from Mumbai to Delhi was not that long but it was tiring for sure, I walked towards my penthouse and got fresh and changed into a fresh suit and we started towards the Delhi branch of my company’s française.

I entered inside and the branch manager Mr. Singh greeted me

"Sir the employees are having their lunch break right now. Would you mind waiting for some time, or should I call them?" Mr. Singh asked me

"Let them have their lunch and while they are at it, I’d like to review the current project files." I ordered in a polite tone as he was elder to me

"Right away Sir." He answered me and asked his P.A to get the files.

I had the desired files in 15 minutes, and I was ecstatic with the progress the company was making and I mentally decided to give everyone over here a 7% pay raise in their salary along with a bonus of 10% next month.

"Sir, the lunch break has ended, and I have informed the staff to reach to the conference room. We should get going." Mr. Singh informed

"Yes. Please lead the way." I asked him with a hand gesture of moving ahead.

We reached the conference room, it was on the sixth floor and all the way Mr. Singh kept praising one of the employee who had scored 50/50 in the competition which was held and I was impressed when I saw her contribution in the files of the on going projects.

We were just a few steps away from the conference room when I got a call from Rahul my Finance manager in Mumbai, I kept talking to him, he said something about a file which I had with me and asked Shikha to take it out.

I walked inside the conference room not exactly paying attention to anything or anyone in particular but I felt a familiar smell in my nostrils the smell of Jasmine the perfume which Ananya loved and my heart beat changed it pace something which hadn’t happened to me in the past six years but I ignored it and walked towards the empty chair in front of me, from the corner of my eyes I saw a lady was at my right and a guy at my left.

Shikha passed me the file and I tossed it open while removing the phone from my ear for a few seconds

"You may all have your seats." And I placed the phone back on my ear and I heard the faint shuffling of chairs and I got the hint that everyone was seated.

I focused on the file in front of me, but I felt someone standing next to me, from my peripheral vision I saw the lady standing so I again removed the phone a bit and said

"Please take your seat Miss." But I didn’t hear the sound of chair moving and that’s when I decided to look up and say it

"Miss I said…" my words got stuck in my throat as I  saw the pair of eyes which made me crazy, created a havoc in my body, the face which was the epitome of beauty for me was in front of me, the phone slipped from my hand and fell on the carpet, but I was least bothered about it

"Ananya…" her name rolled out of mouth in a whisper which was barely audible, but I think she heard it because her lips moved

"Arj…Arjun."

I kept looking more like staring at her without blinking my eyes fearing that all this is a dream.

But I was brought out of my trance when I saw her falling on the ground I stood up to catch her but before I could some other guy held her, making her stand.

More people kept calling her, that guy who helped her ordered her, but it was as if she wasn’t here in this world and then I heard that guy saying

"Ani, I’m lifting you up now."

The guy picked up Ananya the girl whom I loved with all my heart and still have a soft spot for her even after all that she has done to me.

I guess she has moved on.

Moved on from me, she must be over me and might be having a happy life.

It’s still hard for me to believe that she cheated on me and now she is living a comfortable life here in Delhi after creating one hell of a mess in my life.

That guy even called her Ani!!!

She never allowed me to give her a nickname.

But I want to know What happened to her? Is she okay? Who was that guy who carried her? Her Boyfriend? Her Husband?

Even the thought of her being with another man who has the right to take care of her was enough to give me a heartache. I felt the familiar pain in the left side of my body which I felt six years ago, when I saw those pictures and video.

But right now all I want to make sure is that she is okay?

"Sir, are you okay?" Shikha my assistant asked me

"Yeah am fine. The meeting is cancelled the top five will be accompanying me to Mumbai for this project." I forced the words out of my throat and nodded my head at everyone.

They all left the conference room and I asked Ansh to deliver the message to Mr. Singh he nodded at me and walked out.

I stood up without saying a word to anyone and starting walking out of the conference room.

I opened the door and had just crossed the threshold of the room when I heard the clicking of heels and saw Ananya brisk walking towards me she was coming from the side and as I stepped outside it resulted in making Me and Ananya face each other.

My mind ordered me to step aside and let her walk by and before I could oblige to this command my eyes quickly scanned her for any sort of physical injury before they settled on the layer of unshed tears in her eyes which made me stop dead in my tracks.

Her tears have always been my weakness and even now they made me shift uncomfortably in my spot and I think she noticed it, as she walked away immediately.

I kept staring at her retreating form when I witnessed another person coming, she was there in the meeting too.

She walked in the same direction as Ananya making me conclude that she is following her.