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Chapter Fifty-Two
"And stretchmarks are sexy."

Six months later.

× ANANYA ×

"What happened, chamatkar? Why are you crying?" Sahil asked me and I just shook my head wiping my tears. Why did he have to come exactly at the time I was having my breakdown?

"I'm not," I whispered, my voice still heavy. He stepped inside the new house that Kirti and I rented and closed the door.

It's been two months since we moved here, the house is very small like every other house in Mumbai but we decided to compromise a little. And most of the time, Kirti isn't even here. God knows what is going on with her, she's been very hideous and doesn't share stuff now. I need to communicate it out with her but I just don't know how to tell her that this is also hurting me.

"The red nose is telling me otherwise," Sahil replied after facing me and kept his hand on my cheeks, caressing them with his thumb. I just made a face while looking into his eyes and hugged him tightly without waiting for a second...

"Ananya, meri jaan, what happened?" He asked in a soft voice while caressing my head and laying a kiss on it and I started sobbing.
[Ananya, my love, what happened?] 

"Bol toh sahi?"  He asked again when I just kept on sobbing without replying to him.
[At least tell me?]

"Why do I look like this?" I asked him and suddenly he froze and broke the hug, making me look at him, his hands were still on my cheeks.

"What?" He murmured and I wiped my fresh tears.

"Nothing. Forget it." 

"What happened, Ananya? Someone said something to you?" I shook my head and took a step behind trying to walk away but he didn't leave his hold on my hand. When I didn't turn around, he came and stood in front of me.

"What happened? Can you please tell me?" He asked in a very soft voice and I shook my head again.

"It's nothing. I'm just in a bad mood." I gulped nervously trying to stop my tears from falling.

Why did he have to come exactly at the time I was busy bawling my eyes out over every harsh word someone had said to me. Now I cannot answer him, if I try to give him an explanation I would rather look like an insecure person who just wants attention and reassurance.

"Tell me why is your mood bad? I'll fix it real quick." I wiped my eyes and mentally decided to not start the river again.

"You can't do anything about it." My voice was very heavy but low.

"Let me decide. I'll do everything to solve your problem."

"Can you change the way I look? No, so please let's end this here." I shouted in frustration as a reaction to his constant statements.

"And why do you want to change the way you look?" He asked me.

"Because I don't like the way I look," I muttered irritatedly. He did not pass any reaction for now but the way he was looking at me was very different. He took a deep breath and asked me, politely.