ALWAYS & FOREVER

CHAPTER 45

Abhimanyu's POV

(The same morning after Meera leaves)

I watch Meera's retreating figure until she's completely out of view. I'm not going to lie, when she told me that her ex was still alive, I felt very insecure. After all he was her first love and I know it's hard to get over your first. Meera is my first and I don't even want another. It's not that I don't trust her, I do, more than myself but I don't trust him. I don't trust Nate.

Just for my peace, I tell myself that everything is fine and I'm being completely absurd. I try to focus on the tasks at hand. I have a meeting before lunch with an important investor so  I try to focus on that. Nikhil comes into my office to discuss a few particulars about the upcoming meeting.

"Why the hell are you in such a horrible mood", Nikhil asks me.

"I'm not", I defend.

"Yes you are. We've been trying to get a meeting with them of weeks and they finally agreed. Something is bothering you". 

Damn him for knowing me so well. "Its nothing. Can we focus on this file now?", I say trying to change the topic. 

"Fine, as you say", Nikhil says and we get back to work.

After sometime Payal comes in to inform us that its time for the meeting. Nikhil and I head to the conference room and start the meeting after greeting the investors.

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So the meeting went really well and its around 12pm now. I don't have any meeting until 4 to I decide to go and see Meera. We can have lunch together. I drive to the hospital and park in front of it. I'm about to call her but I see Meera walking towards hospital. As she nears I notice that she's not alone. I see Nate walking beside her. Fucking Nate of all people. They are talking casually. I'm just frozen in my place and have no idea what to do.

I feel  two things right now. Anger, raw anger followed by sadness. I watch them as they stop next to the car in front of mine. She hasn't noticed me yet. Nate pulls her into a hug and she too wraps her arms around him. How dare he fucking touch her. I want to get out of the car and punch that bastard in the face but I'm unable to move. They break apart and Nate sits in the car and drives away. Meera turns around and goes inside the building. 

I stare into nothingness. I can't get the image out of my head. I feel as if my heart has been wrenched out. No, its worse than that. I can't even describe what I feel right now. Its immensely painful. I can't think straight right now. Somehow I manage to get home in one piece.

Sarla aunty informs me that Alia has taken Reyansh out. I nod mindlessly and go to our room.  Everything there reminds me of Meera. I remove my jacket and loosen my tie, suddenly feeling suffocated. I can't stay like this  , I'll loose my mind. 

A drink. That is what I need now. I go down to the kitchen and grab a bottle of the strongest whisky we have . I go back to the room, crack open the bottle and take a big swing directly from it. 

Even after drowning half of the bottle, I can't seem to get rid of my thoughts. Thoughts of Meera with another person. It infuriates me. I pick the the closest thing I find, which is my phone and hurl it toward the mirror in front of me. I see it shatter into a thousand pieces, just like my heart. 

Sarla aunty comes up , probably from the sound of the glass shattering. She looks at the condition of the room in horror.

"Please go home", I tell her.