•《INVISIBLE STRING》•

Episode 2

Neharika's POV

I woke up because of alarm, I checked beside me and found him, he was sleeping soundly. I looked at him for a minute and made my way towards washroom for daily routine.

I went to Ryan's room, he is sleepy head just like me. Yes I'm a very lazy person but everyone earn money and I just stay at home so I do house chores no one told me to do but it's like thanks from me to all my family members.

"Ryan if you don't want to get scolded by dad today then wake up and get fresh." I completed pulling his cheeks. He sat up irritatingly and went to washroom. I made my way to kitchen and started preparing for breakfast and lunch.

I saw Maa coming towards me for giving me prasad, I smiled at her, took that prasad. She caressed my head saying "I still pray to God for your happiness Neha." I smiled at her saying "Maa, it's too late. I'm already 45 and he is 48, we are old now. It's time for Ryan's love to bloom not ours."

She shook her head saying "Love doesn't have age, time Neha. It will bloom whenever it wants and can't a mother ask to God for her children's happiness." I nodded my head and went outside understanding her because I'm also a mother who wants nothing but happiness for my Ryan.

I sighed thinking, Maa it's not that easy, do you think now he will change his heart? He wasn't able to forget her in all these years and now suddenly? I chuckled bitterly.

Sometimes I wonder who is that lady who stole Aryamaan's heart? Because when he was young and got married to me he was very handsome. He is still handsome, he doesn't even look 48, he barely look 31. Ryan and Aryamaan look like brothers more than father & son. So it's obvious that he is from big famous family and handsome, every girl was dying for him some are still dying but his heart is for that only girl whose name I didn't even hear.

How lucky she must be? She won him without staying with him and I didn't get him in all these 26 years by staying with him. Now you must be thinking he doesn't even look at me then how can I get pregnant right?

His grandfather lived for 2 years after our marriage, not just our but Ayush bhai also got married after us within an year just to make his Dadu happy, just the difference was they had love marriage.

After our marriage he was forcing Aryamaan for child but he protested every time. Why won't he? When we even barely spoke and slept on same bed. One day Dadaji literally tourtured him, he was already angry on something in office maybe. He just yelled on everyone saying "Don't let me live in peace ever ok, first my marriage and now kids. Ok I will fulfill your wish."

He barged out in rage, Ayush bhai went behind him to console him but didn't find him outside. My tears were coming from eyes, it was 10 months to my marriage that time. We never fought in all those months, he never shouted on me because he never talked to me.

In those 10 months I had little hope for our marriage and still I have. While thinking I went to our room without eating because my husband also went empty stomach.

I laid on our bed staring at ceiling thinking about my life, there was no happiness. Suddenly the door of our room got opened with loud sound and I saw Aryamaan. I got shy even looking at his handsome face staying with him was so awkward for me. Staying with him, it only gave me butterflies.

Looking at him I sat on bed and removed my tears asking "Are you ok?" he didn't say anything and came towards me and sat opposite to me on sofa, where he and me sleep. It's something like when I fell asleep on bed he took sofa and if he then I.

He suddenly said "We can't run away more." I looked at him confusingly asking "Huh? What are you saying?" His next words took me aback "I want to fulfill Dadu's last wish, are you ok with it?" he asked making me blush. I was just 19 that time.