45. Emotions

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Later that day, Meera was in her room making assignments when Aashrit entered the room after his tiring day at the office. He removed his shoes and sat on the couch. Meera shut down her laptop and stood up seeing a distressed look on his face. She poured water into a glass and went in front of him. She forwarded the glass and he looked up at her. He took a deep breath as he took her face in his eyes.

He put the glass aside , pulling her in his lap and put his head on her chest. Meera's hand went to his head and she lightly caressed it.

"Are you fine?" she asked with a concerned look on her face while he just nodded.

"You don't look fine though?" She said again and Aashrit opened his eyes to look at her and noticed a worried expression on her face.

He felt happy seeing her care for him. He never craved anyone's attention or care but with her, everything was different. He loves her efforts. His lips were twitching, threatening to smile but he composed himself.

"Just a little headache ." He said heaving a breath.

Meera made an O face when something struck her mind.

"Get freshen up. I am coming in some minutes."She said and tried to stand up but he tightened his hold.

"Don't leave." He said looking up at her with tired eyes.

"I am not leaving. I am coming till then you get changed." She said with some authority in her voice shocking Aashrit.

And she left the room in a hurry before he could even stop her, leaving him baffled. But he followed her orders and left to freshen up.

When Aashrit came out of the bathroom, he already found Meera in the room waiting for him. As she saw him, she signaled him to come near her while he furrowed his brows.

"Aashrit ji sit here," She said signaling him to sit on the floor while she was sitting at the edge of the bed with folded legs.

He squinted his eyes at her but followed her words.

"Making a king sit in your feet, quite daring you are my queen." He tried to tease her as he sat on the floor with folded legs facing his back to her.

And suddenly he felt a liquid trickling on his scalp and soon her fingers rubbed in his hair and his eyes closed in an instant. "Not a king but my husband." She said massaging his head.

Aashrit's muscle relaxed and tension left his body. He was having a head massage after a very long time. Since he started handling his royal duties, he forgot to live like a normal man and he forgot to enjoy some little things in life. His work detached him from everyone and so did the comfort.

Her fingers and palm were doing magic on his scalp and he was leaning on her lap. Her finger moved to his forehead and she lightly massaged his forehead giving him much relief and soon he was out like a light.

Meera didn't notice him sleeping and kept on massaging his forehead until her hands tired.

"Is it fine or do you want more massage, Aashrit ji?" She asked but on getting no response, she looked at him and found him sleeping peacefully.

She didn't want to disturb his sleep but sleeping like that will pain him later on. She took a piece of cloth and lightly wrapped it on his head to avoid staining his pillows.

She then lightly shook his shoulder and called him "Aashrit ji wake up".

Aashrit opened his eyes a little bit and looked at her with squinted eyes.

"You should sleep on the bed, else your headache will be worse ." She said softly to him.

He nodded and went straight to bed without any argument.

AT NIGHT

Everyone was present at the dinner table when Aashrit got a call from his P.A. He attended the call and went out of the room to talk.

When he came back, he had some distressed line on his forehead which didn't go unnoticed by Rashmi and Meera.

"What happened Aashrit?" Rashmi asked making Meera look at him curiously.

"There's an emergency in the Kerala branch. I need to leave tomorrow early morning to settle it out." He explained resuming having his food.

While Meera's hand stopped. She suddenly loses her appetite. She had no idea why it happened. Maybe she is not ready to be away from him after spending so much time with him. Or maybe because she finally found someone in her life who is giving her the attention she always craved for. Or maybe because her attachment issues were taking a toll on her. Her chain of thoughts broke when she felt a hand on hers. She looked down and saw Aashrit holding her hand and looking at her with a worried face.

"Are you fine?" He whispered to her.

Meera didn't know how to let her thoughts out and she just nodded.

She forcefully put the morsel of food in her mouth although it was hard for her to swallow. Somehow she finished her food not letting anyone notice her dampened mood.

Later in their room, Aashrit and Meera were packing up for his business trip while Meera had a dampened mood that didn't go unnoticed by Aashrit.

After the packing was done, Aashrit held her hand and made her sit on the couch and sat in front of her.

"What happened bulbul? I am sure there's something you want to share but you are not able to ." Aashrit said sitting in front of her looking deep into her eyes.

Meera looked at him and somehow found it hard to hide anything from him, let alone lie.

"It's nothing Aashrit ji," She said not wanting to seem desperate in front of him and tried to stand up but he again held her hand and made her sit.

"If you are not going to share your pain with me, do you think I'd be able to go with a calm mind and focus on the work?" He said putting his hand on her cheeks.

Meer looked down and took a deep breath. She tried hard to control her emotions but she failed successfully. And a drop of tear fell from her eyes. She hates it. She hates how she never used to cry no matter what hurts her but now even the thought of going away from him is making her cry. She tightly fisted her hand on her lower and took a deep breath to control whatever emotions were coming out without her permission.

Aashrit hooked his two fingers under her chin and made her look up at him. He was shocked to see tears in her eyes. This was the first time, he was seeing her crying. No matter what happened, she never cried, no matter what she faced, or what she went through even when Buaji used harsh words or Naman assaulted her or when Dadu left this world, she never let a tear fall from her eyes. Aashrit got more worried thinking it must be a big thing if she is crying.

He tucked on her hand making her come closer to him. He wiped her tears with his thumb " What happened bulbul? I am really worried now" He said looking at her with worry evident on his face.

Meera looked up at him and on seeing him she felt crying like a child. And a hiccup left her lips with tears flowing like a river from her eyes.

Aashrit hugged her rubbing her back. He didn't know what was the reason for the tears in her eyes but he knew if it was some person, he would surely destroy that person. And not just destroy that person but would make him feel the worst pain of his life. Aashrit felt his heart physically hurting on seeing tears in her eyes.

After some minutes, Meera composed herself and wiped her tears looking at him. "It's nothing. I am just being stupid." She said while standing up from the couch again.

Aashrit tucked on her hand and pulled her back on the couch when she landed on his lap.

"If my wife is crying, then it could never be nothing." He said with anger in his eyes for the person who is the reason behind the tears in her eyes.

Meera looked up at him as her heart raced on seeing the possessiveness his voice was holding.

"I want the reason." He said in a dominant voice making her shudder.

"You." She said in a low voice.

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