The Life I Never Chose

Their Moment, Her Promise

Dev's POV

It is the Mehendi day tomorrow and I am not happy at all......

Not because of Arundhati or someone from my or her family. It is Ashmit.

These days he doesn't behave properly to me or to Arundhati. In fact since the time I have told him about my marriage, he isn't happy. He is very rude to her, but yesterday, he crossed all limits, though I am happy that I had her. Yesterday she made me realise that one of the best things I did ever was deciding to marry Arundhati .......

PoV ends

Flashback

Dev was in his room when Ashmit entered there.

Ashmit(very very rudely): Listen to me Dev, you are not marrying that b****y orphan. She is trying to trap you. Don't you know that she is the owner of that big a company. She wants to take over ours—

Dev(calmly but in a warning manner):Don't you dare say a word more Ashmit. Not a word more. You are talking about my fiancé and you don't get to talk about her like that. You have no right.

Ashmit: You are saying that I don't have any right to say things about her. Dev, I am your years old BFF and she, she is a b****y orphan girl who your parents set you up with. Forgot what they did with you so soon? Oh, I thought you would leave them and shift somewhere else with Devanshi, but guess what, you turned out to be an emotional fool.

Dev(shouting): She is my to be wife. No word against her and yes I am an emotional fool. But guess what, I don't care about it. Whatever my parents did to me was my business, not yours. Go to hell now Ashmit. Just go. You did the worst mistake by bringing my parents into this. Just go.....

Ashmit turned to go, but the person in front of him shocked him to the core......

'Arundhati'....

Shivanya: Don't. Just don't.

She goes and stands beside Dev, who was now in the most vulnerable position, she had ever seen him in. His parents might have done something too bad, if he gets to see this person even for a second more he will lose it, she thought. She held his palm by hers and pressed them lightly, assuring him......

Shivanya: Now, Ashmit, leave now. And one more thing, it is Shivanya for you. Only MY FIANCÉ has the right to call me by that name.

Dev looked at her, his eyes filling with tears slowly. He was tired of standing up for himself. Tired of standing up in front of people he LOVED. Today someone took a stand for him. And he loved it. It overwhelmed him.

As he was thinking all this, Ashmit has left the room and Shivanya was looking at him, scared as he wasn't responding to her talks. Only tears were coming down his eyes.

Dev(shakily); Thank you. Thank you so much Arundhati. I couldn't see him more. How could he do this?? How could he bring THAT incident??

Shivanya(cupping his face): Dev, do you want to share?

Dev slowly shook his head in negative. Just tears were his answers

Shivanya(slowly wiping them): Shhhh... Ok. We won't. We will talk when you are comfortable.

She kissed his forehead slowly. That was it. He couldn't take it more. On one side there were his parents. They never even talked on this topic and on the other was this girl. She was there soothing him, when he did not even talk to her properly during old times. He couldn't apologise enough for being what he was at that point of time.

He just hugged her from her stomach and buried his face in her chest as they sat down on the bed. He wasn't crying heavily. Just shedding a few tears and saying the only thing he could at that moment. That he was sorry.....

Shivanya kept a hand on his head and the other one was busy wiping his tears as he hugged her harder.

Shivanya: Shhhhh. Dev. Don't cry. Please. And don't say sorry Dev. You were not at fault. You were the kindest person to me ever in school. 

Shhhh. It's ok.

He hadn't stopped yet.

Shivanya(rather strictly): Ok fine. I am not talking to you till the marriage. If you keep on crying like this. Stop it Dev. YOU WERE NOT AT FAULT. Alright. Just stop. Come here.

He followed her like an obedient child. It was his emotions. He wanted to open up to her and he did. She made him lie down in the bed and covered him under the quilt. Sat beside him and started caressing his hair.

Shivanya: Close your eyes and sleep. We will talk later.

He shook his head and pointed at her lap. She understood his gesture and made him get up, sat down and he lied down on her lap. She kissed his forehead as he held her hand and slid into the dream land.

Shivanya(thinking): My heart flutters when he is so close to me, but I can't push him away like this. He was my crush, and it feels surreal for me guy to have him in my arms. I used to dream of it, but never like this. So broken, so vulnerable. I have to deal with Ashmit, and I will. Aunty was right, Ashmit is not to be trusted. But before that, I want DEV to tell me what was the matter with his parents. Nobody else. This is the matter which only he should tell me. 

I promise to get you out of this Dev.....

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Hey Peeps!!!

I really felt this was important. She should have some idea about Dev's condition before the marriage. Pls tell me your views about them. I have thought of the ship name 'DEVANYA' . Thanks lovelies.

LOTS OF LOVE

Riya