𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 42

M e h r b a n o

"I really like these flowers. This season is lovely. I enjoy it the most" Zaydan pointed at the beautiful flowers roadside.

I glanced at him. He had a soft smile on his face which widened as our gaze met. I wouldn't lie, his company is nice just like his personality.

"I also like this season but I love winters" I told him, looking at the footpath.

"Winters are boring" He commented.

"No, they aren't" I shook my head.

"I despise them" He replied.

"I enjoy them" I said.

"Then perhaps they are enjoyable" He chuckled softly.

I just passed him a small smile.

In the morning, he offered to have coffee once again and this time I didn't reject it. It wasn't a date anyway. It was just a friendly outing and I enjoyed the whole time.

Zaydan's soft nature is truly appreciable. He is one of the few most encouraging and friendly people in my workspace.

Just then we reached the boutique. This time I wasn't surprised to see Ehan standing at the front of botique. He saw me with Zaydan.

His face dropped low when he saw us together. His eyes screamed thousands of questions. He stood still at his place with his eyes fixed at us.

Zaydan was still chuckling softly but my smile dropped as I saw Ehan.

"What happened?" Zaydan questioned me when I stopped.

"Nothing" I said to him and took a step forward. I wanted to ignore Ehan's presence in front of him. He is my boss I didn't want to create scene in front of him.

"Mehrbano" Ehan called me as I reached near him.

Me and Zaydan both stopped at his voice. Zaydan looked at him and their gaze met.

"I want to talk to you" Ehan asked me seriously.

I was surprised he didn't grab my hand in his insecurities and pulled me to himself.

"Do you know him?" Zaydan questioned me. His eyes scanning Ehan from head to toe and as expected his appearance was reckless.

"Yes. I will talk to him!" I told him.

"Okay. I will be waiting in my office" He told me before leaving.

I nodded at him.

"Yes" I asked sternly when we were alone.

Ehan looked at me silently for a minute.

His eyes didn't had any accusations in them for me and it really shook me. Not that I was having an affair with Zaydan when we weren't divorced yet but the hurt we feel when we see something unexpected wasn't there in his eyes. Anyone can be insecure by watching their partner with someone else so friendly but Ehan didn't show anything.

He had something else in his eyes, a feeling of surprise and longness.

"He seems nice" He said after a minute of silence.

"He is very nice because he isn't like you" I emphasized on my words and as expected it hit his heart.

"I have realized that" He pressed his lips together in a fine line and nodded his head.

"Good" I said.

I didn't try to explain him anything. There was no need of it. He could think whatever he want to. It didn't affect me anymore.

"I hope he makes you happy and give you everything you deserve. Mehrbano! You deserves the world" He said something very unexpected.

Did he accept that we are over?

Wasn't he angry at me for rejecting him like that?

Wasn't him furious to see me with someone else?

One thing that hit me, he didn't call me Mehr. He used to call me Mehrbano in the initial days of our marriage.

His words screamed that he has finally accepted that we are over.

I looked at him in surprise.

He took a step forward to me. His eyes fixed at my face. He came closer to me and I didn't try to push him. I was staring into his eyes. They pulled me like nothing at the moment.

"I hope you reach the heights of success in your career. May you get all the happiness in the world" His eyes spoke more than his words.

He wasn't begging for a second chance today. He was just there taking pauses and wishing me good luck.

So this was the goodbye I was waiting for but it didn't seem like the one I imagined, him trying to forcefully get me back into his life. I never imagined it to be so smooth.

And then he leaned down at my ear.

"I love you" He whispered in my ear.

His words made me still.

We were getting so close after ages. His face touched my hair. I heard him taking a deep breath.

Never in the two years did he say these words. Then why today when we were parting our ways.

If in the past he would have said this I would have happily clung to him in happiness and said I love you to him shyly.

He moved back and grabbed my hands in his warm ones and looked into my eyes once again. Not for once I tried to pull my hands from his hands. I was in a trance.

He caressed my fingers and kept looking at me. We silently stared into each other eyes forgetting the world around us.

His eyes watered and tears rolled down on his cheeks. So does mine.

"I won't make you cry again" His one hand wiped my tears.

I wasn't able to utter a single word. I had no anger in my heart but just the pain of loosing something dear to me. I had dreamt of a happy future and now there was no future for us just like I wanted but it seems like I was lying to myself.

In my heart I was feeling a pang.

"I am not going to disturb your life from now. I am sorry for all the hurt I have caused you. I-am-truly-sorry" He tightly held my hands and then left them.

Still looking into my eyes, he took a step behind and my heart screamed to get hold of him.

He passed me a sad smile.

I just looked away with tears streaming on my face and turned my face to the entrance of the boutique. The guard was looking behind me and then he screamed.

The world around me become a chaos in just a second. I could hear screams and just screams. The guard had distress on his face.

I looked behind and earth skipped under my feet.

Ehan wasn't there.

My eyes roamed the road and he was lying there, drenched in his blood. People gathered around him. My heart squeezed in my chest and I ran to him.

But he wasn't there.

I hysterically pushed people and reached him. I fell on my knees beside him.

"He came in front of my car. I didn't hit him" The man whose car hit him was screaming in panic.

My hands trembled touching his lifeless body.

I am a crying mess right now😭

I wrote this whole chapter with tears in my eyes. Why the hell I wanted to write something like that😭🥹

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