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“My sister and her baby. You really want me to cut myself off from the people I love most in this world?” I scoffed. “My family, my friend, my wi…”
“I don’t count,” she said angrily before I could finish my sentence. “Why don’t you get it through your fat head that I don’t count?”
“And why don’t you get it through yours that you do?” I asked sadly.
I couldn’t believe she was willing to end our marriage over this. Still, I guessed it was good to know where I stood with her.
I walked out of the room before I said anything else. There was nothing left to say anyway.
I was madly, deeply, irrevocably in love with my wife. And to her, I was just a convenience. A royal convenience, but still, just a convenience.
My phone rang as I walked out of Isha’s precious house, but I ignored it. I needed to get out of there and clear my head for a bit. It rang again and this time I checked to see who it was.
“Not a good time, Diya,” I bit out.
“I just heard,” she said softly.
I exhaled slowly. Everyone was going to hear about it sooner or later.
“What are you going to do?” she asked.
“There’s nothing I can do,” I informed her. “Meanwhile, my wife wants to leave me. For my own good, apparently.”
“What? I don’t believe that,” she said furiously. “What did she say exactly?”
Of course, she’d believe her best friend was blameless.
“She said that our marriage came with an expiry date anyway, so why not bring it forward?” I said bleakly. “She doesn’t care enough to stay with me.”
“She’s an idiot,” snapped my sister. “And if you believe her, you’re a bigger idiot. Don’t you see what she’s doing?”
“What?”
“She’s sacrificing herself to save your dreams, you moron,” yelled Diya. “Listen to me, Veer. That girl has loved you for years and years. And she will do anything to make you happy. Don’t fall for her uncaring act now.”
“Do you really mean that, Diya?” I asked fiercely.
“Of course, I do!”
I thanked her and hung up, and then I turned to stare at the house. What was that Isha had said on our wedding night? That I had sacrificed her for Diya’s sake. And now, she was sacrificing herself for my sake. Because she didn’t think anyone would ever choose her.
But she didn’t know that being with her was the biggest dream of all. And that I would sacrifice everything else for her sake.
I knew that if I didn’t do as she said, she was quite capable of leaving me. She would do what she thought was right for me. I had to act before she did anything stupid.
I called Ranvijay and he answered immediately.
“Call Raman Chandel and tell him to stuff his party ticket up his uncompromising ass,” I ordered.
“Were you dropped on the head as a child?” he asked politely.
“No.”
“Then are you out of your fucking mind?” he roared. “We’ll get through to him somehow, Veer. This is not the time for hair-trigger reactions. Like your wise wife said to him, let’s not burn any boats.”
“Oh, I don’t just want to burn the boat. I want to incinerate the entire fucking armada,” I said with relish.
“Are you sure you weren’t dropped on your head?” he insisted on knowing. “Not even a little bit?”
