Ch.42 XL. Jealous - Bound By Unknown(✔)

"Jealously, a trait humans have that clouds a person's judgement. It makes a person take rough decisions in their life."

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After sending Diya and Akky from the house, I stood there few minutes not thinking anything and just standing there. I felt numbness in my hands and legs; I turned towards the entrance of the house. I pushed the door open and crashed to a hard surface.

"Ouch," I moved a bit back rubbing my forehead and wondering how a wall stood in front of my face. I looked in front of me and found a chest standing in the path. I slowly looked up and found to whom the chest belonged, it's my dear husband.

"Diya left?" He tried to suppress the smirk but it was visible on his face. I nodded my head for his question and let my hand fall from the head.

He sighed and there was no smirk on his face. "You didn't even allow me to see her before leaving. Why are you in so damn hurry?" He questioned me.

I do have an answer for him, but my mouth was sealed. Before I can answer, a growl was heard. I lowered my head in embarrassment realizing that it was my stomach making that sound.

"See you forgot to take care of yourself, angel. You are forgetting to eat. Come, I will get you something to eat." He took my hand in his and led me into the kitchen.

I followed him as my mind was struck by a single word. Angel, he has called me with his name for me. I couldn't stop the smile that spread on my face as I followed him. I felt great having him fuss over me; I might have looked stupid with looking at the back of his head and a smile on my face. I neither care how I looked nor was afraid of getting caught by him.

He ushered me to sit on the barstool. The barstools were placed near the island separating the cooking area and the dining area. I placed my hand down and propped my head on it. I watched him as he moved in the kitchen taking the ingredients and he looked comfortable being in there.

I felt home, with the threat looming above our heads still I was at peace at that moment as my eyes closed.

Abhi Goenka

"This takes time."

"Nah, this looks spoilt."

"Why are there no leftovers in this damn thing?" I grumbled into the refrigerator. I was searching for anything to eat. Angel was hungry as she skipped the meal and I didn't have dinner as I waited for her.

I heard a soft snorting sound that brought me out of my thoughts. I closed the refrigerator door and turned around. I found Avni sleeping there on the island. She was looking cute with her eyes closed; she gave a small smile as if she was dreaming something good. I felt myself walk towards her, I slowly removed the hair that fell over her face and moved it aside.

I wanted to sit in front of her and watch her all day, but I need to fill our stomachs now. I grumbled and got back to searching.

I was searching the cabinets cursing the staff. I removed a packet and found noodles. "This will have to do."

I tried to make minimum noise while cooking not wanting to disturb her. I filled a pan with water and let the spaghetti cook in it. I got some vegetables and started cutting them while checking the spaghetti. After the noodles were done, I made a sauce. I was stirring the sauce when a similar memory haunted me.

I learned this recipe from her, before our marriage she was staying with me. We did many fun things then and she thought me how to make this. I told her that this would be our recipe.

After the sauce was done, I added noodles to it. I stirred it and turned the gas off once it was done. I took two plates and placed the food on them. I placed the meals on the island and bent to wake her.

I was about to touch her shoulder but I stopped at the last moment. I placed my hand slowly on her cheek feeling the soft skin I felt my heart come alive with the single touch. My heart did a somersault when she nuzzled into the warmth of my hand.

Some strands of hair fell over her face making her face screw-in irritation. I slowly blew air on her face making the hair move away and she gave a small smile. I blew air again, this time the smile grew, and her eyes fluttered open. I stared back into her beautiful brown eyes. They always fill me with warmth. A yawn escaped her mouth breaking our eyes contact. I took a step back and she sat properly.

I placed a plate in front of her and took a seat beside her. She didn't start eating and was looking at me. "What?"

"You didn't eat?"

"Yes, I was waiting for you. Why do you ask?" It was not a new thing for me. We always had our dinner together, so I didn't see a big deal on it.

"I thought, never mind!" She stopped herself from completing the sentence but I knew what she wanted to tell. I didn't press it and we focused on the food in front of us.

We ate in silence; it was neither awkward nor uncomfortable. In fact, the silence was almost peaceful.

"You remembered the recipe." She spoke breaking the silence; I looked in her direction and found half of the portion gone. "It is more delicious than mine." She complimented me.

"Guess I am good at learning things fast." She shook her head at my antics before going back to her food.

"How are you holding up?" I sighed as I thought about that question. It was the topic I didn't want to focus on, I didn't want to leave the question hanging either. So, I thought of a best answer to that question.

"I am getting there, I think." She waited patiently for me to complete, I let the fork fall on the plate with a clink. "I am not feeling guilty about it, at least not as much as I felt earlier.

"It's good." I looked in her direction and found her sitting beside me with an encouraging smile. "It's been a day, you will be fine." I gladly accepted her words, they provided comfort to my heart.

She stood and took the plate making me come out of my imagination. She tried to take my plate as I stopped her. "No, I will do it." I grabbed the plate from her hold and took my plate in my other hand. I placed them in the sink not listening to Avni.

"Abhi let me do it. You already made us dinner."

"No, angel. You go and sit there. It will only take a minute to complete." She opened her mouth to argue. Her mobile pinged with a message.

"Go and check it. They might have reached home." She grumbled a fine before going back to the island.

"Oh, I am going because you convinced me. Got it." She asked pointing a finger at my face.

"Yes, ma'am," I said with a smirk on my face. I dropped all the utensils in the sink. I removed all the leftovers from the utensils and started loading the dishwasher. I heard Avni's mobile ping many times, indicating that she was speaking to someone. I wanted to ask her, who she was speaking to but I curbed my curiosity and kept my mouth shut. After loading the dishwasher, I washed my hands and dried them.

I stood in front of Avni who was looking at her mobile. Her face was adorned with a small smile making her look beautiful. "Who is it?" She looked startled and dropped her mobile. I gave a sheepish smile to her; she patted her heart probably trying to control her racing heart.

"You scared me. You could have warned me." She started scolding me.

I shrugged my shoulders in reply. "You were engrossed in your phone. By the way, who was it."

"No one. Akky informed me that they reached their house." I nodded my head, she replied rather fast but I ignored it thinking that it was nothing.

"Ok. Then shall we go to bed?" I offered her my hand. She took it after looking at it for a second. I intertwined our fingers.

"Abhi." Her voice stopped me from moving. I waited for her to complete.

"Abhi, promise me one thing." I nodded my head for her to continue.

"First, promise me."

"I promise." She breathed a sigh of relief as if those words brought her back to life. I never break promises and I think she thought of something important because I never break them.

"I want you to tell me before you leave tomorrow. I may be doing anything but please tell me while leaving." I found it a bit odd, but I didn't tell her my thoughts.

"Ok, now come." We both left for our room. We reached the door when my mobile rang; I excused myself and checked it. Rohan was calling me. I need to speak with him privately. "Angel you go to sleep. I will attend the call and be back." She nodded her head, I kissed her forehead and left for my office.

I closed the door behind me. I dialed Rohan. "Tell me what you found." I went for the direct question not wasting time with pleasantries.

"I found nothing. They are good at covering their tracks but not that good to escape my notice." He was investigating my uncle's death. He didn't even attend today's funeral because of it.

"What is it?" I was curious to see what he found.

"It is a confirmed murder." I felt my breath stuck in my throat. I knew that it was a murder but listening to someone with solid proof made it real.

"Abhi, you there."

"Y-yes. Continue."

"I ran into someone. The person who tried to kill Avni when she was a child." My hands started to tremble in anger, I clutched my mobile tight as I felt a vein pop on my forehead.

"You caught her or not?" I said through clenched teeth. I heard him sigh on the other side.

"Abhi, no I didn't find her. But, I will find her soon and I think there is a connection between them that I am missing. Give me some time." I think there was no time.

"Abhi, please be calm. I will inform you when I find something." He cut the call.

I threw the phone on the ground. I pushed all the objects from the table. They crashed on the ground making loud noises. Luckily, my office was soundproof.

I sat on the chair nearby and placed my hands on my head. This whole fiasco was giving me a headache. I started investigating deep. I was digging deep since my uncle spewed lies in front of us. I pressed on the investigation after his death.

I felt a headache start in the back of my head. I want Avni near me, she was the only person to control my anger. I looked around at the mess I made. I can have it cleaned tomorrow, now I want to be near my wife and hold her.

I left the office and went for our room in a better mood. I opened the door and found her already asleep. I went near her and bent over her. I kissed her forehead whispering, "good night." I stood and gazed at her like a crazy fool.

I turned to go but some buzzing sound caught my attention. I found her mobile on the side table, I peered over and saw an unread message. I thought that it was maybe Akky so I opened it, after seeing it I was filled with hot burning rage.

The message was from some Aj and I knew who that was. The most shocking thing was he was telling I love you to my wife. I dropped it on the bed. After seeing words, I don't want to be near her. I didn't even bother to read the complete message or her previous ones.

I immediately left the room and got into my car. I was driving but my mind was still on the message. I thought Avni loved me, I thought she will not cheat on me but here she's speaking to a person while he was expressing his love. My knuckles turned white from the tight grip I had on the steering wheel.

I increased the speed, it was dark outside, and no vehicles passing. I don't know where I was going and I want to be far away from her as I might do something I was not supposed to do.

I tried to focus on driving but my mind kept going back to that message. I think she might be speaking to him when we were in the kitchen.

"What is there near him that I don't have?" I asked no one in particular. I saw a vehicle approach in my direction. I pressed on the brake but the speed didn't reduce. I applied more pressure but nothing happened. I tried to control the steering wheel as the opposite vehicle started blowing the horn.

I moved to the steering wheel to the left away from the vehicle. I crashed into something and the last thing I remembered was Avni's face before I passed out.

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Avni Goenka

I woke up as the sunlight started irritating my eyes. I slowly rubbed my eyes and sat up. I looked to my side and found it empty. His side was cold as if he left a long time back. I remember that I didn't have a good sleep yesterday. I kept hearing noises, and my dreams were rather terrifying but I never once woke up, the reason might be my tiredness.

I looked at the bedside table for my mobile, but it was not there. I searched on the bed and found it under me. It was weird as I remembered keeping it on the table. It was 7 in the morning.

I went to the washroom to freshen up and was surprised at not finding Abhi's clothes in the laundry basket. He might be downstairs or probably in a gym. He promised me that he will inform me before he leaves and it was early to leave for the office.

I took care of my business as I was bathing I felt dizzy. I took the support from the wall, I think yesterday's food was not sufficient. I thought internally, I shook my head to clear my eyesight. I dressed in a pair of jeans and a tunic top.

I went downstairs mentally making a note to find Abhi and call Diya after my breakfast. I was the first person to arrive in the kitchen, only a maid who was preparing the breakfast.

"Do you need anything miss?" She asked me politely.

"I would love to have some breakfast," I muttered sheepishly.

"Right away, miss." She immediately filled a plate and gave it to me. I carried the plate and sat at the same place where I sat yesterday. I remembered how he cooked for me and cleaned after eating. I felt happy remembering them.

I gobbled down the food in front of me, I was hungry and was eager to find him.

"Thank you." I thanked the maid as she picked the plate. "Have you seen, Abhi?" I questioned her to which she shook her head.

"No miss."

I searched the gym, the garden almost everywhere in the house. I called him, but it was switched off. I went to search his office before forming any conclusions. I entered his office and found a big mess.

All things were thrown down; it looked like the office was wrecked. I asked a maid to clean his office.

He was fine till I slept, what might have happened that he made a mess in his office. He promised me that he will not leave before informing me. Has he already left? Has something happened to him?

God! I was going crazy as I considered various possibilities. A phone rang making me go in that direction. It was our house phone. I took it and answered it.

"Hello!"

The phone from my hand dropped after hearing the news. Only two words were ringing in my head.

Abhi and accident.

After knowing everything, I was unable to protect him. My love.

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