Chapter-42|•|

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Molester

Author's POV

Abhi's bar room,

"You are happy after a long time, Abhi," said Rishi slipping his 2nd glass while Abhi is on his 4th glass. He smiled.

"Reason is my wife. I told her about Samhith and she supported me mentally. Her presence itself made me feel peace" he said with a smile.

"It's been a month I am away from tablets. I even threw them yesterday. The thing which even my medicines couldn't give, she gave me with just her smile, her presence" he added.

"What about your consultations with the psychiatrist? Shall I cancel them?" Asked Anish with a happy smile.

"Yes! Cancel them. I don't need a psychiatrist anymore. I have my shining star. My wife. My taara. She is curing me. She is taking care of me. She is filling the void I carried since I am born. I feel like am a 3 years old kid under the supervision of a mother" said Abhi and gulped his fifth glass in one go.

"But..but she is not happy. With me? I don't know. I want her to be real Sitaara. Her eyes always hold pain, longingness, carve for love. She cries very much every night without my notice but in the morning I can see dried up tear stains on her cheeks. Sid says she has a past but he won't say what it is, I want to heal her. I want to see her smile genuinely. I want to see her eyes sparkling with happiness. But I don't know what to do" he said.

"She even records something in a recorder and hides it immediately in the locker. I wanted to ask her but I know she won't be telling me and she won't be comfortable in recording again as I came to know about it. If it is her way of releasing her pain then, I will never ask her about the recorder and even forget that she records something. Anything for the sunshine of my life, my wife" He said smiling.

"Rishi, why is she running away when am touching her? I mean am trying to express that I want to take this relationship forward not in intimation but in keeping her with me forever as my wife but she is asking me to leave her, running away from me" Asked Abhi.

"You were always cold to her at the start. You even made her sign pre-divorce. Called her names. Abhi, first you need to talk about the decision of giving a chance to this marriage. You shouldn't get intimate with her directly, it will create a bad impression in her mind about you that you are lusting over her. Talk to her as soon as possible before she misunderstands you" said Rishi.

"Am waiting till her birthday which is a month away to tell her about my decision" said Abhi.

"Abhi, things in the relationship shouldn't be taken easy. Take her on a date again in the next 2-3 days and say how you feel for her. Don't delay it, man!" Said Anish. He nodded.

"I don't know why am getting all bad vibes. I mean I feel something major gonna happen this month. I wish I and my sitaara won't get separated. I can't live without her. She became my reason to live" Said Abhi.

"If anything happens, we are here for you. We promise we will never judge and stand by your side no matter what. Apart from our wives and kids we four will be our priority, Abhi" said Rishi and Anish. Abhi smiled and hugged them.

They pulled back and silence filled in the room. They looked at Samhith's pic on the wall. They smiled.

"Guys..I find... Vikram's behaviour-"

"Weird around Situ," said Anish and Rishi together interrupting him.

"Even you felt that?" Asked Abhi. They nodded.

"Yeah! We both even discussed it. We saw him glaring at you whenever you are close to her. We caught him staring Sitaara for more than the time required" said Anish.

"If I confirm his intentions more than friendly am sure he won't be seeing next morning," said Abhi dangerously, slurring due to the alcohol effect.

Before they continue their talks they heard a knock. Abhi opened the door with the remote revealing the boys.

"Hey! Hey Akash! Come on man! Grab a seat and have drinks" said Abhi.

"It's fine, Abhi. I came here to inform you that we are leaving" said Akash.

"Okay! But here have a shot" saying Abhi forced Akash to drink.

"Abhi anna you are high," said Arjun seeing Abhi who is trying hard to maintain his posture.

"Yes! I am but am still sober. My alcohol tolerance level is high. If you don't believe ask the bartender of the bar I go frequently" said Abhi chuckling and turning to Akash. He hugged him tightly.

"All the best for tomorrow's project Akash. And....you are gonna find your love, your Sneha soon. She is coming back to you" said Abhi making Akash froze. Abhi patted his back and moved away.

"Is it true?" He whispered as a tear rolled down his cheek.

"Yes! Your Sneha who left you for her reasons coming back to you" said Abhi with a smile. Akash cupped his face to control his emotions. Everyone smiled.

"Come let's go," said Abhi. They nodded and left the room. They went to the main hall and saw his aunt and uncle are ready to leave. At the same time, sitaara came down with a box. He chuckled looking at her.

"Hey, sweetheart! My beautiful wife" he said running to her and hugging her.

"Don't be mad at me, please. Am sorry. I can bear anything but your ignorance. Please talk to me taara. I truly regret my actions in the morning please give me a chance to control my anger. I will control my anger. Please call me Mani, taunt me, scold me, take care of me, don't push me away please" he pleaded as a tear rolled down his cheek. She looked into his eyes which is clearly showing how vulnerable he is because of her ignorance.

"You are drunk?" She asked ignoring the inner strange feelings. He nodded pouting.

"But am still sober. Am not high" he said. She looked at Anish and Rishi. They nodded and pulled him back. She went to Haritha and forwarded a box.

Aunty, the acts committed in past cannot be changed but we can repent it further and I promise I won't be doing the same thing that I did with you. This is a small apology gift from me. Am not justifying my behaviour by presenting you with some material thing but I want to apologise for shouting at you disrespecting your age. Whenever you put this brochure, it will remind you of my apology" she said with an apologetic smile. Haritha smiled and hugged her surprising everyone.

"Am sorry for dragging your parents and family into nasty allegations. Am extremely sorry. I never apologized to anyone till now, Sitaara. But I used that 'sorry' word to you then try to understand how much I mean it" said Haritha. Sitaara smiled.

"That's my sweetheart. Atha(aunt/bua), you remember? On her first day in our mansion, I said it's her nature and presence around us which soothes us and bring us to a sane mind. See, it became true in your case too" shouted Abhi. Haritha smiled and gestured for him to come to her. He nodded and stood in front of her.

"Live long life together with lots of children and happiness" she blessed them. Abhi touched her feet as a sign of respect. Sitaara followed his actions. They smiled at the couple and left with Akash and Preethi.

"I'll also leave, situ. Mom called me" said Vikram.

"You didn't have dinner, Vikram. Eat something and then go" said Sitaara.

"No! I'll eat at home, Situ. Mom must be waiting for me to have dinner with me" said Vikram. Sitaara nodded and smiled. He hugged her and kissed her temples. Abhi clenched his jaw.

Vikram pulled back and went away waving at everyone.

They all moved to dine area. Abhi, Anish and Rishi cleansed their mouth and after freshening up, they joined others. Abhi sat on his chair and expected Sitaara to serve him but she didn't. He sighed pushing the plate away and stood up to leave.

"Sit back," said Sakshi angrily. He looked at Sitaara who is not even looking at him and was feeding Ishitha telling stories animatedly.

"Am not hungry. I had alcohol" he said.

"Abhi I said sit back" shouted Sakshi. He ignored her and walked away. He sat in the hall and rested his head back closing her eyes.

"Sitaara, when you know he won't eat if you don't serve him then why aren't you serving him? This is insane, Sitaara. Because of you, he left without eating. Just because someone is depending on you, that doesn't mean you take advantage of them. Go and call him now" said Adhira dangerously.

"He needs to get used to it. I won't be with him all the time to serve him. He developed that habit and it won't take him his hard work to even get rid of these illogical habits" said Sitaara angrily.

"Don't call it as illogical, Sitaara" said Rishi and Anish dangerously. She kept quiet.

"It's okay, Adhira. Usually, Abhi won't be eating food after he consumes alcohol. So no problem. They are on ba attle trip, let them enjoy it" said Aman.

"But-"

"Sometimes we need someone to knock sense in our brain and Sitaara is the only one who can knock some things he lack. Even he needs to control his anger and Sitaara is punishing him for morning incident" said Sakshi cutting off Adhira.

"You guys are spoiling her. Very much" mumbled Adhira and started eating.

*

Everyone was in the hall, Abhi was looking at Sitaara's every move like a hawk. Her ignorance is pushing his buttons more and more, now it's reaching a level where his inner self isn't able to obey his heart.

"Drink it now" Aastha shouted at Ishitha. Ishitha looked at milk and scrunched her nose shaking her head in no.

"Ishitha, don't make me angry at you. Before I smack your face drink milk" shouted Aastha.

"Aastha stop scaring her. She is a kid. Who the hell will talk to her like that?" Scolded Suman.

"Daddy, please don't ask me to be soft on her. She is so much pampered by everyone making her a brat. Look at her, how she is glaring at me? Does she look like two and half year old kid?" Snapped Aastha. Sitaara smiled at Ishitha who is glaring at Aastha and she served milk to elders. She was about to move to another one, Ishitha pushed the milk glass harshly making milk fall on Sitaara's clothes and floor.

"Ishitha" shouted Anish and Aastha. Tears filled in Ishu's eyes.

"Anish anna, Aastha Vadhina(sil) it's okay. I'll ask the maid to clean the floor and I will get changed" said Situ.

"Ishitha say sorry to atha(aunt/mami) now," said Anish.

"She is a kid. It's okay-"

"It's not okay, Situ. She is a kid and this much anger isn't good. Nowadays, she does it every time and always be more obstinate of her age" said Anish. Sitaara sighed

"Traits!! Like uncle, like niece" mumbled Dhruv looking at Abhi.

"Ishu baby, don't you like cinderella?" Asked Situ kneeling in front of her.

"I like cinderella very much. Dada brought cinderella cake for Yami(Ishitha's cousin) on her birthday" said Ishitha.

"Hmm.. that's great. But do you know why cinderella looks beautiful?" Asked Sitaara. Ishitha shook her head in no.

"Because she drinks milk every day. Don't you wanna look like her? Beautiful? Hmm?" Asked Sitaara.

"I want! I want!" Shouted Ishitha. Sitaara smiled and kissed Ishitha's cheeks.

"Then, you have to drink milk. Will you?" She asked. Ishu nodded her head vigorously.

"Now, grandma will get another glass of milk, drink it and I will get you cinderella tomorrow. Deal?" Asked Sitaara.

"Deal," said Ishu showing her thumbs up.

"Atha (aunt/mami) am sorry," said Ishu holding her ears.

"I will forgive you if you promise me that you won't do such things which make mumma and dada angry," said Sitaara. Ishu nodded.

"I won't. I promise" said Ishu. Sitaara smiled and pecked her nose making Ishu scrunch her nose. Sitaara giggled. Ishitha turned to Anish and Aastha and held their chin.

"Am sorry mumma and dada" she said. They smiled and kissed her cheeks.

"I'll be back after changing," said Sitaara and started walking but she got tripped on milk and before she fall Abhi held her. She muttered a' thank you' and tried to get out of his grip but he held her waist tightly digging his nails in her skin. She pushed him with tears and started walking.

He turned back and saw her sprinting up the stairs. He clenched his jaw at her ignorance again. He too started following her.

"Abhi" called Anish and Rishi warningly. He looked at them and they had an eye talk. They nodded and Abhi turned to go. He went to their room but she was already in the closet. Raking his fingers in his hair he started pacing to and fro. When he heard a door creaking sound, he whipped his head and saw her in tracks and shirt. He raged to her and pinned her to the wall with his mouth on her neck kissing and biting her harshly. She started hitting his back but he held her hands and pinned them to the wall. He was assaulting her neck like a beast making her whimper in pain and shame for not being able to push him away.

"Move" she screamed. He lifted his face and held her jaw harshly making her inner cheeks press against her teeth hardly.

"Why are you ignoring me?" He asked dangerously.

"I don't need to answer you" she snapped at him with difficulty as his nails dug into her cheeks and she could taste metallic liquid from her inner cheeks. Tears formed in her eyes at his nature.

"You need to answer, am your husband and it involves me" he shouted.

"You are husband on papers and in front of our families", she shouted back wriggling to get out of his grip.

"I don't care about that shit. Tell me, why are you ignoring me? I don't think it's because of the morning incident" said Abhi kissing her jaw.

"Yes! It's not about the morning incident. It's because of you and your pervert ways. You are kissing me forcefully and leaving hickeys here and there. Yesterday, you tried to get your hands under my shirt, you are not leaving any chance to touch me inappropriately. You are taking advantage of me and my helplessness. Am trying to move away from you but being strong than me you are pulling me back and using me as your toy. I hate you. I hate your touch. I hate your presence around me. I feel to burn my skin where ever you are touching me. I feel peeling off my skin where ever your filthy hands got laid. I feel to kill myself whenever your lust gaze falls on me. I feel to burn myself alive whenever you touch me without my permission. You are a molester. You are no different from the man who tried to kiss me at the restaurant. You and he both lusted me and tried to get in my pants as he told me. The only thing which is stopping me from calling you a molester is this scared chain you tied around my neck on our wedding. Other than that you are a molester. Molester! Molester! Molester!" She screamed at top of her lungs crying.

Abhi left her shocked yet with painful expressions. A tear rolled escaped his eye. He looked away angrily and threw the vase on the wall making it shatter into prices. He banged his palm on a glass teapoy making his palm bleed.

"Mani" shouted Sitaara going towards him. He showed his palm asking her not to come to him.

"No! Don't come near to this molester husband of yours" he screamed and punched his fist on the wall making his knuckles bleed.

"Mani, don't hurt yoursel-"

"Shut up! Just shut up. You ignored me all day, ignore me even now. What did you say? Taking advantage of you? Trying to get into your pants? Huh? If that was real, you wouldn't be able to wake up in the morning and run all around the mansion, you would even feel sore to move, you would be pregnant with my child by now if I took advantage of your helplessness, try to get in your pants. You sleep beside me daily but did I ever cross my line even for an inch except when you were vulnerable so that I can console you? You said am lusting over you right? Admiring beauty and lusting over beauty is two different things. I was giving a chance to this marriage with my moves to let you know and confront me about it but not accuse me like this. Am not a person who speaks more, my actions speak more than words and it was my foolishness to apply it even here. Yes, I kissed you. Did I do anything further? Huh? Tell me" He screamed wiping his tears harshly with the back of his palm.

"You compared me with yesterday's guy..right? Did you think that low of me? Did you see me with any girl in past 7 years? You talk to Anish and Rishi and am sure those bastards told you everything about me, did they say anything about me eyeing a girl? About me talking about a girl in an appropriate way? About me lusting over a girl? About me kissing any girl? About me in a relationship with any girl? Well, exclude that bitch Sanjana. No! After Sanjana, you were the only woman in my life I want to be with. I never showed my vulnerability to anyone in this world's not even to myself but I showed the real me to you. I never shared how I felt with happenings in my life with anyone but you. Before getting into a relationship with you, I wanted you to know me. The real me though still, I hide few things as they are mysterious to me even. If I lusted you, I would never show this Abhimanyu who was broken beyond repair, I would never give my priority to a girl who entered my life just two months ago, I would never let my ego down for her sake, I would never stand for you going against anything. It was never a lust, it was a strong attraction we both had which only soulmates have. I don't know if you ever felt that and I don't think you felt that because if you feel you would never call my love for you lust. Yes! I love you, Sitaara Abhimanyu, I fucking love you" he screamed at her and flipped the study table in anger while she stood there in shock listening to his confession.

"From now, am not even going to acknowledge your presence. I don't let my lustful gaze fall on you, I don't let my filthy hands touch you, I don't even sleep beside you because am a molester for you" he yelled wiping his tears and picking up his keys and stormed out of the room. She fell on her knees crying.

"He loves me! My Mani loves me. How can I love him back when am still stuck in my past and already in love with my Raj? Why is God making me more and more guilty making me hurt him?" She cried.

Everyone saw Abhi coming down the stairs angrily. They saw his bleeding hand and tear-stained cheeks with bulged eyes and red face. Sakshi panicked.

"His hand is bleeding" Adhira gasped and said.

"Anna wait" shouted Aarya and Disha when they saw him moving towards the door. He didn't listen to anyone.

"Abhi, where are you going?" Vijay screamed but he didn't answer and was walking with long strides.

"Abhi, where are you going? What happened?" Asked Sakshi holding his wrist. He jerked away from his hand harshly making her fall down but Naman held her on right time. Aman raged to him and slapped Abhi hardly holding his collar but Abhi didn't even show expressions of pain. He was just like they saw 7 years ago, the emotionless Abhimanyu.

He freed himself from his father's hold and move back. He started walking again.

"Anish, Rishi follow him" shouted Suman. Abhi turned back furiously and pointed out his finger.

"Don't you guys dare follow me or else I don't care to even kill you both" he said dangerously and stormed off the mansion. They heard the roaring of the bike sound and understood that he went away.

"We know where he goes. We will bring him back home safely. Arjun, drop Adhira and Vanya at my mansion" said Rishi. Arjun nodded. They went away in Anish's car.

Aarya ran to Abhi's and Situ's room followed by everyone. She saw Sitaara crying sitting on the floor. They observed broken glass prices, misplaced files, flipped tables, broken glass

"Situ" called Adhira and Aarya. She didn't look up at them and continued sobbing. They ran to her and hugged her by the k making Situ wince in pain. They pulled back and saw teeth marks and bloodstains on her neck making them gasp.

"Get first aid anyone" shouted Aarya. Naman ran to fetch first aid. Sakshi knelt before situ and cupped her cheek.

"What happened, Situ?" Asked Sakshi softly. Sitaara broke down and hugged Sakshi crying miserably. Sakshi too cried listening to her sobs.

"Aarya first-aid," said Naman. Anjali took the first aid box from him and treated Sitaara's wounded neck.

"Aarya, take Situ to your room," said Aman.

"Uncle, if you don't mind I will take her to my parents home. She will be back in the morning. At times like this, she stays with daddy" said Adhira to Aman

"No Adhi akka. We can't send her in this condition, your family will freak out. We don't know why they fought and this would lead to a misunderstanding between families" said Arjun.

"We didn't fight. Arjun is right. Please don't tell about this to our family" whispered Situ feebly.

"But look at yo-"

"Akka, this is between me and Mani. I don't want our families to get involved in our matter. We just had an argument which turned out like this" said Sitaara cutting off Adhira.

"Tell me honestly, are you happy with this marriage or are you pretending all this while?" asked Adhira cupping her cheek. Sitaara tried hard not to wince as her inner cheeks are bleeding.

"I am truly happy, akka but you remember? I told Rishi Bava(bil) that this isn't gonna fetch the real happiness either to Abhimanyu or to Chowdary's and see the result now. My Mani is hurt because of me. You people are crying with me seeing our condition" said Sitaara with a bitter laugh.

"Aunty-uncle (Sakshi and Aman), don't get offended, I just want to clear one thing for my sister's happiness," said Adhira and turned to Sitaara.

"Did he force himself on you?" Asked Adhira.

"No. He would never do that! My Mani would never do that" she said regretting accusing Abhi.

"Then those marks on-"

"Arjun, take akka home," said Sitaara cutting off Adhira.

"Situ-"

"Now" she shouted cutting off her sister again.

"Take care. Call me if you want to talk" said Adhira and kissed Sitaara's forehand and went away with Arjun.

"Everyone go back to your rooms. I will sleep here itself" said Sitaara.

"Situ look at the room-"

"I will clean it," said Sitaara cutting off Sakshi.

"Maids will clean it, you go and sleep in Aarya's room," said Sakshi.

"Please, I need time for myself. I will sleep here" said Situ.

"But-"

"Please" she pleaded. They nodded reluctantly and left the room.

She rested her back on the cot and cried.

Why? Why did you put me in this situation? Aren't you satisfied giving me pain taking away my husband, my Raj? She cried looking at the ceiling. After crying for hours, she nodded off.

*

Anish and Rishi reached Samhith's graveyard. Moving inside the gates they saw Abhi crying his guts out resting his head on Samhith's grave.

"Abhi" they both whispered keeping their hands in his shoulder. He looked up and saw his friends in tears. They knelt before him. He hugged them tightly sobbing loudly.

"She...she ..called ..mo.le..ster, Rishi. She..sai.d I was ta..king adv..ant..ag.e of her. She s..aid...I am lu..stin.g ov..er her. She..sa.id she ha..tes me, she hat.es my tou..ch. She said want to bu..rn the p..lac.e I to..uch her" he said between his painful sobs and narrated everything.

Before Anish or Rishi could react, he fainted and fell in their arms.

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How was the chapter?

Seems like Abhi have a problem with him🤔🤔

Sitaara finally apologized to Haritha. She didn't apologize for defending herself but for shouting at her irrespective of the age and the relationship they share.

Girls who want to look like cinderella please drink milk regularly 😝😜

Abhi and Sitaara's fight!

Finally, he confessed his feelings, but can she reciprocate them?

What do you think will happen next? Is this gonna end their relationship or gonna lead to something pleasant?

How is Abhi gonna change himself into? How is Sitaara gonna hold her past to herself?

Precap:-  After effects of the fight. Sitaara's decision about Viraj's case.

Surya.