•《INVISIBLE STRING》•

Episode 14

Neharika's POV

"What are you doing here?" It was Aryamaan, I gulped silently. What is he doing here that too at afternoon? I replied slowly just to hear us "Hanging out" He said with irritation and anger "With them?" I nodded my head looking down.

Suddenly Manish ji said politely "Yes, I invited her but I didn't know that you will be also here so can you join us Mr. Khanna?" Aryamaan's burning eyes left my figure just to glare at Manish ji saying "Yes, Doctor Manish why not? I'm free now."

Aryan said forwarding his hand towards Aryamaan saying "Sir I'm Aryan working in your company under Ryan sir." Aryamaan looked at him with weird face but shook his hand with him non-chantingly. "By the way who are you?"

He looked at Aryamaan saying "I'm Aryan and this is my dad." He completed pointing towards Manish ji. Hearing him Aryamaan glared at me again. Huh? Why is he glaring at me in every second? What did I even do? He said with sugar coated tone "Yeah, good Aryan."

What's with him? Aryan was still chatting and because of Aryamaan my throat betrayed me again, I became silent. Aryan said suddenly "Today is Mumma's birthday so me and dad always come here." Hearing him I looked at him, he must be very young when his mother died.

"Oh, I didn't know about that" I said awkwardly. "No it's not your fault aunty, it's just we always celebrate it just dad and me but when Mom was alive we used to come here often with her friends and Dad's friends. When she left us, from that time only we both come here. She used to say that when I will die don't just cry but do something good that will make me happy on my day so we always take day off just to celebrate her birthday and then we go to orphanage."

Hearing him everyone was silent, I said "She must had very kind heart." I wanted to meet her but I can't. Manish ji said "Yes, she was." He completed with soft eyes, he must be missing her. Suddenly Aryamaan asked "Did you have love marriage?"

Manish ji chuckled saying "No, it was an arranged marriage. I hadn't moved on from my first love so how can I get into a love marriage." he completed looking at me. I gulped and looked at my food stuffing it in my mouth just to avoid their stares.

"So do you still have feelings for her means your first love?" Aryamaan asked. He was in deep thoughts. Manish ji looked at him saying "I always have a soft corner for her but that doesn't mean I don't love my wife. Indeed she was my first love, I had few memories with her but the efforts my wife put in our relationship I can't forget those. I love my wife more than I love my first love."

Hearing him Aryamaan looked at him asking "Is it hard?" He shook his head saying "No it's not, you just have to accept that your first love left and first love was meant to be incomplete." Aryamaan was looking at him thinking deep. Aryan and me were time to time glancing at them but still both of our concentration was on our food.

"Didn't you feel like cheating when you started loving your wife?" Aryamaan said suddenly, I looked at him. He must be thinking he cheated on Mihika when he made me pregnant. I avoided looking at anyone except food. Manish ji asked "You're asking so many questions Mr. Khanna, did you also have your first love?"

The spoon I was holding left my hand just to make sound. I looked at them saying "Sorry." Completing with a smile I took another spoon. Why this hanging out thing is going awkward just because of Aryamaan, before he came everything was good, we were enjoying. Sometimes I think do I seriously love him?

Because his presence makes me silent and uncomfortable. My heart shouted in a weird way, I yelled "SHUT UP" everyone looked at me weirdly and Aryan said "But we didn't say anything aunty?" I looked at them embarrassed saying "No, no. I was thinking something, don't bother me, you all can continue." Fuck, this is so embarrassing. I said because they were still staring at me weirdly "I will be back."