Seeing her wincing in pain abhi shouts at her," that's why I said you not to come near me..."

He made her to sit on the bed and kneeled near her...

Seeing him touching her leg, pragya holds his hand

Pr: suniye... what are you doing...you shouldn't touch my leg

Abhi ignores her and lifts her leg and takes out the glass piece from her foot...

Pr: enough suniye...please leave my leg... Suniye naa..mujhe paap chadega...

then he opened the side drawer and took one ointment and applied on her wound...

Then he was about to stand but pragya caught his hand and wiped the blood and aided his hand...

Pragya's hands shivered feeling his intense gaze on her...

She gathered her courage and looked at him, both their eyes locked...

Seeing the tears in his eyes she raised her hand to wipe his tears surprising him and even her...but he holds her hand and stops her...

Pr: suniye...

Abhi tightly holds pragya's arms and Furiously whispers

Ab: I am warning you for the last time...stay.away.from.me...

Even though his tight hold hurted her, she didn't stop him , she wanted him to vent out all his pain...his anger is the another form of his pain...she herself doesn't know why his pain affects her...

Seeing her staring at him without any fear in her eyes infuriated him...

The eyes which always has fear on seeing him now has sympathy for him... sympathy...the emotion he hates the most..

Pr:why are you hurting yourself like this

Ab: because of you...you are the cause of all my problems...why did you marry me..

His words hurted her but she ignored his words because she knows only hurt people can hurt others ..

Abhi shouts," I was somehow living...but after you came in my life everything changed..why are you touching my old wounds.... the pain in your eyes are doing something to me.. your tears are killing m..."

He stopped abruptly...

Pragya looked at him shocked...she wondered,' so this feeling is mutual..I thought I was the one who can understand his pain but no even he can understand my pain..what is between us...is this called marriage bond or something else....'

Abhi's pov;

I know my past would destroy my present and future,but I couldn't stop myself from thinking about them both....I have only tears and pain to give pragya ....I am scared, scared of hurting her, scared of increasing her pain....but why?....I asked myself and the answers scared me...all these should be stopped right here.....

Thinking he got up and went from there...

Pragya got up and cleans the room..

She thinks," what is that he is hiding from this world...I know he is dying inside...I don't know what is hurting me more,my pain or his pain"

She layed on the bed cried because she can not do anything for him...she felt all alone and worse about herself..

And after years that was her first night,she slept without talking to ishaan's picture,that night her mind is fully filled with her husband....

Abhi came inside and sees her sleeping , he goes near her and sees tear tracks on her cheeks...

He extended his hand to touch her face but stopped mid way , he curled his fingers and nods negatively and walks to the side table...

He popped a pill and layed near her...

Abhi's pov;

It will be good if we both always remain as strangers....Why did I become emotionally weak Infront of her...

He turned and sees her sleeping....and slowly he drifted into deep sleep by seeing her face...

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To be continued....

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