Promised Love

41. Road to Ruin

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I have a dream. I am in a small flat with a familiar face.

"No. I want to know what the hell were you doing in her house?" I hate the whiny tone my question comes out in. But right now this constricting feeling inside my chest distracts me from thinking properly.

"I...I don't want to lie to you." He mutters. "So I'll be honest. I slept with her."

His words are like an arrow to my heart.

How could you? I want to scream but instead I hold my head high and stare at him without showing an ounce of emotion.

"So I was right. You were always hung up on her." I laugh bitterly. "I should have know. All the time you've been with me you've just tried to make me into some clone of her. You-"

He talks over me. "That's not true. I haven't been hung up-"

I cut him off. "Just stop it okay. You're pathetic you know, you trotted back to her like some sort of a lost puppy the second she showed some attention. Nevermind, puppies are cute, but You." I coat my words with, venom. "You are an obnoxious, backstabbing hyena."

"Saanvi...I genuinely loved you but..." Dev trails off looking guilty.

I swallow the sob that threatens to spill out of my throat and pin him with a piercing gaze.
"But not enough." I finish for him.

He bites down on his lip and focuses his hazel eyes- that I used to find the beautiful but now find repulsive, to the floor.

"Get out of my house." I say through clenched teeth. I throw the proposal ring he had put on my finger not two weeks ago out of the window.

His eyes widen probably sensing the hatred and anger radiating off of me. With one last glance he turns around and walks out of the door.

I collapse onto the floor still holding back my tears, and more than anything hurt about the fact that he didn't even try to apologise. He didn't even try to fight for me. For us.

And finally, I clutch my stomach. Thinking of the life growing in there. What am I supposed to do now?

"The fuck!" I curse, jerking awake.

Tears sting the corner of my eyes when I realise that it was all a dream. He can't hurt you now. You're happy.

I clutch the sheets tightly and lie back down. Abhimanyu's soft snores float around the room and I turn to his side, wrapping my arms protectively around him.

"Don't ever betray me." I mumble against his back.

I force myself to close my eyes and fall asleep again but just then my phone rings. Abhimanyu stirs and wakes up rubbing his eyes.

I apologise and ask him to go back to sleep before I slide the button to answer the call.

"Saanvi. It's Kunal." A horrified voice says over the phone. His voice sounds impossibly hoarse, like he's been crying.