Chapter 205 - I-Im leaving... (2/2)

”I-I'm leaving,” Ayesha whispered, her voice was hoarse as if she had cried for a long time. She kept looking down at her feet.

”What?” Surprised, I uncrossed my arms. Somewhere, I had expected that but did not think she would make the decision so soon.

”I'm sorry for saying all that unnecessary stuff. I shouldn't have joked on that matter. I-I...” she hiccupped while wiping down those tears from her face.

For a moment, I compared her crying face to that of Innaya's. The feeling of wanting to comfort was absent with Ayesha. If Innaya was the one in her place, my heart would have broken at the sight of tears in her eyes. I could not have waited even for a moment before taking her in my arms, trying to calm her down.

I shook my head, wanting to throw those thoughts away. Why would I compare Innaya with someone? She was the only woman in my heart. No one could take her place in my life, and heart.

”It's okay, Ayesha. You don't have to leave. We'll are a.d.u.l.ts here. You know your fault, that's all that matters. Don't repeat what happened today. Then, we are all good,” I replied, cursing myself in my heart. Why could I not ask her to leave? Why I had to remember the good memories we had shared? I was a fool.

Nonetheless, she was a woman, and I could not let her wander all alone in Mumbai when I knew she did not know the place.

”But,” she weakly protested raising her head and looking at me with those teary eyes.

I shook my head. For some reason, I did not wish to engage in any conversation with her. So, exchanging a couple of words, I sent her downstairs. Perhaps because I had recalled Karan's words, or watched Innaya's breakdown, that I started feeling down.

I decided to order lunch from outside. Innaya's condition did not look good. Troubling her would not be good, and I did not want to cook for Ayesha. In the end, I ordered our lunch from the nearby hotel.

My feet automatically pulled me to the bedroom where I had left my wife. Staying alone meant remembering the past. My head has started to hurt because of all the stress clouding my mind. Before I realized, I was already standing before the closed wooden door. It was the only thing separating us physically. However, our hearts had been blocked because of the matter she was hiding.

Innaya's depressed, lonely figure was swirling in my mind. My fingers curled around the doorknob twitched while my mind debated to enter or not. I had hurt her with my words. Instead of retaliating, she chose to blame herself. She had hurt herself because of me.

Could I face her when I had caused her so much pain? Bringing Karan in our conversation, I was just letting him win. I sighed as I pulled away from the door. I needed to get myself together and give her some time.

Climbing down the stairs, I decided to wait for our lunch to get delivered. As I sat down, my mind went back to that conversion I had with him. I could not let Karan win. I could not let him create a distance in Innaya and my relationship. That day, I had called Innaya many times, but she had not received a single call of mine.

I had packed my stuff straight away, but all the flights were delayed because of the weather. For two days, I was stranded there. I had talked with Innaya a day later, but things just took a turn to worse when she chose to hide things from me.

It was that conversation that created this unseen boundary between us.