Abhya smiles at her and gestures her to ask,
"How did.....I mean...why did.." she stammers.

He pulls her completely over himself and makes her face him.
"I don't want my wife to fear form anything so ask me without any hesitation." He states.

She gets relaxed after his words to her and gathering all her courage she asks"Why did you start drinking?"

He seriously looks at her and fear starts griping her heart.

He flips their positions making her rest beneath him.
"Do I have a choice, whether to answer or not?" He asked. She was unable to understand the expressions over his face

He kisses her cheek and then lays on bed beside her. There was little space between them and both were facing ceiling.
He sighs
"I don't exactly when i started drinking but it's something around when I took my first step towards my success." He answered with sincerity.

"I started drinking to forget all bad deeds I did. Not exactly my past and sufferings are the reason I drink."

She looks at him. This man is really a mystrey for him. She didn't even correctly got answer of her one question and his half answere rised more questions in her mind.

He turns his face and looks straight in her eyes and he knew what's going on in her mind.

"I have one more question" she says in a way as asking whether she may ask him or not.

I know you have many questions in yout mind, he thinks.
"Yes ask surely but it will be my choice this time whether to answer or not"

It's everytime your choice only, she thinks.
"Where did you and dad leave the night we got married?"

She completes and he looks at her with terror. She shivers. He looks at roof and makes his fingers run through his hairs rubbing his vein. He closes his eyes trying to control himself.

"He is not your dad, that man has no relation with our family." He says in cold voice. He didn't shout at her. He knew the anger at thay man can never be important to him as the girl resting beside him is. And he controlled his anger.

"You know, what he did? He married another women leaving mom and took me with him." He said making her shocked.
His this answer raised more questions within her.

"Leave that just sleep." He says not wanting her to dig his past more.

"May I ask something more?." She fears still asked caging all her courage together.

"No just sleep." He said as he don't want her to know his past.

"One last." She requested. He looks at her and cannot deny her. He decides to answet truth but with trick.

"Speak fast." He said and turns his face again to roof staring it

"Is Bhoomi more important to you than me?" She asked and he turns to her, he was taken aback by the directness of her question.

He smiled and also relaxed that it nowhere related his past. He pulls her close in his arms by her waist. He looks directly in her eyes.
He pecks her lips.

"Don't you know?" He answered with a question. Again a puzzle to slove.
Huh..sighed Arvi in mind.

"What should I take it as?" She asks.
He pulls her more close.
"Tomorrow night there is a party of one of my busnisess patners, so you be ready theme is black, so wear something in black and mind it should completely cover you body." He states firmly.
And she was not at all suprised. She nods.

She puts her head on his chest.
"Abhya.."

He loves his name roll over her tongue.
"Hmm.." he says stroking her hairs.

"Did you have many womens in your life?" She asked making him stop his actions which makes her look at him.

He looks in her eyes.
"Arvi, I know before you entered my life i had relations with many womens after marriage it's only you." He pecks her forehead.
"You can trust me, I'll never break your trust. For me loyalty comes first." "I know you are thinking blood is thicker than water, Mr Prakash broke my and I did same to you."

"No..Abhya" she cuts him." You both have lot difference..I can surely say you can never become like him amd i trust you. I trust you more than anything."

"I promise i won't break it." He says and smiles. Both share eyelock. For them as moment stopped there itslef.
She moves her gaze and nuzzles herself cloes to him.

"Now sleep it's getting late." He says.

"But i am not sleepy." She says.
"Really, then let me help sleep." He teases her and she yawns.
"I have self defences classes even, so I should get up early" she says and he smiles.

She closes her eyes and sleeps but again opens her eyes and parts herself ftom him getting up.

"Abhya, even you should sleep." She says.

He pulls her again by her waist making her sleep.

"Arvi, you know I need something that helps me forget even the existence of my past life".

"Abhya,don't forget your wife is a doctor." She says looking at him.
"Yes, My wife is a doctor" he says proudly.

"Is it not enough that I am beside you to forget everything." She ask making him stunned.

"Arvi, is it that you are falling for this devil" he teased but he wanted the answer to be yes somewhere in his heart but he knew that it is never possible, she can stop hating him but never love him. This question was just a reflex action over her caring gestures.

She was just flabbergasted with the straight forwardness of his question but even she was ARVI ABHYA.

"I love you since ten years, even without seeing you." She said and he was left dumbstruck with her reply.

Yes, how can he forget that she loves him from last ten years and her unconditional love that made him marry her, he remembers.

"Do you still love me?" He asks
And everything was silent.

"I need to wake up early." She says faking a yawn. He knew she is his wife only.
"Sleep seeing me." She said.
He gestured a yes making her smile. She was too innocent to understand his situation.
He closed his eyes pretending to sleep for her. Slowly night started to show it's magic over them

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Next-start of his past, may be past will be of two episodes..

Please do tell me how was this episode through your comments. Even if it was montonous or lenghty and boring, and it was short as i updated twice a day...