Chapter 209 - Will you be satisfied only after destroying his life? (1/2)

|Innaya|

”Mom, what's wrong with you? Fortune is not any vicious animal. I know you don't like dogs, but that doesn't mean you can behave this way. See what you did. You've hurt Innaya,” Eshan admonished his mother.

His mother scoffed. She glared at Fortune, and that made me hide him more behind me. The pain in my back reminded me of what she could do to Fortune if she wanted. I would never let her hurt Fortune. She could hurt me if she wished, but not Fortune.

”What are you still doing here?” Eshan's mother narrowed her eyes at me.

Oh no! This was bad. I slightly flinched when her angry gaze looked at me. I did not expect her to burst out before Eshan. Was she going to spill the truth of that day?

”Mom, stop kidding alright. If not here, where would you find my wife?” Eshan wrapped his arm around my shoulder as he pulled me to his side. I did not expect him to behave normally after the running he was doing from the afternoon. Perhaps, he did not want his mother to find our differences. Sadly, he did not know that his mother was the reason behind the differences in our lives.

Should I feel thankful for his warmth? I had rather pressing matters that needed my rapt attention. For a moment, I thought of being selfish. I wanted her to vocalize her intentions for once and all. That way I could be relieved of the guilt of hiding things from Eshan. However, one glance at the man beside me, and knew I had to stop his mother.

I did not even want to call her mother-in-law anymore. I still remembered how she had berated me last time. I did not want to risk having her lose her temper which she was on the verge of losing.

”I-I think you should take a rest,” I said, trying to dissolve the tension in the air.

”Did you not understand what I asked? What are you still doing here?” Eshan's mother did not pay any heed to what Eshan or I said.

”Mom, what's wrong with you?” Eshan asked. His eyebrows furrowed in confusion. Why would he not be confused? He had no idea why his mother would behave in such a manner with his wife. So, for any normal man being put in such a situation would certainly puzzle him. His reaction was within my expectations.

Eshan left my shoulders and strode to his mother. I could see he was getting angry as well with the way his mother looked and behaved with me.

”Where are the papers?” She ignored Eshan and crossed her arms across her chest.

My heart dropped. Her sentence proved that she did not care for Eshan's emotions. Maybe, in her opinion she was right. For any mother, watching her son in pain would be the deciding moment. I did not know if she was aware of our circ.u.mstances at that time. If she was not, then it was expected from any mother. Would a mother let her son be with a woman who had hurt her son?

From her perspective, I was the culprit. So, her anger was justified. Her behavior was not. She had no right of throwing me out of the house behind her son's back. She had no right to insult me. She had no right of pointing her fingers at my character. We were civilized people, and she could have behaved like one. Instead blinded by her love for her son and their prestige she decided to forsake humanity.

”I-I think there is some m-misunderstanding,” I stammered. My emotions were faltering. The fear that she would hurt Eshan made me worried.

”Shut up!”

I flinched at her sudden yell.

”Mom? What's going on here?” Eshan snapped. ”What paper? Why are you talking this way with Innaya?”

”Aunty, what's wrong?” Ayesha walked up to Eshan's mother and held her arm rather intimately. ”You should calm down. We can talk things through. If you are displeased with Innaya for some reason, you should not get angry like this. It will affect your health. Please, calm down.”

”See, this is the difference. Do you see this Eshan?” His mother pointed her finger first at Ayesha and then at me. Ayesha blushed slightly. The woman did not care about the situation but wanted to find her profit. Ridiculous!