Aaron Pov's . I was laughing thinking about our first meeting when I felt a hand on my shoulder. I turned my head and found Ivanna standing there. I wiped my tears and stood up. "thank god you came. Let's go home" I mumbled and started picking up my things when she held my hand. "Aaron" I detached my hand from her. "How many times do I have to tell you not to touch me? Aana doesn't like when you touch me in her absence" I said and picked up my car keys. "Do you still care about her?" She asked surprisingly. "I never stopped caring about her," I said with a painful smile. a tear fell from her eyes which I quickly wiped off. "Why?" She asked. I didn't reply and turned my face to the other side. She came in front of me. "Why do you still love her? She betrayed you. She slept with someone behind your back on your wedding day" She yelled and a tear rolled from my eyes, again I wiped them off and turned toward her. "Ivanna you're crossing your limits. I don't want to listen to anything against her" She laughed at my words. "You don't want to listen to anything against her or you can't face the truth. " I turned my face to the other side. "you still haven't accepted the truth that she betrayed you" She screamed. "You have gone mad" I scoffed and went towards the door when she came from behind and hugged me. "why? Why are you doing this to yourself? why? Why do you love her, not me?" She asked. I removed her hand from my waist and turned towards her. I wanted to yell at her but seeing her tears made me realise I'm too harsh at her. I sighed and wiped her tears. "Love. This word has only 4 letters but has a deep meaning, Ivanna. Like you can't stop loving me despite knowing that I love someone else, in the same way, I can't stop loving her. She is my life. I love her with my soul and everything. I smile while remembering her and at the same time I cry remembering her betrayal. I breathe when I remember the moment I spent with her and I stopped breathing for a while when I remember her betrayal" I mumbled and sat on the bed. "I was 17 when I met her for the first time. I know you won't believe it but I lose my heart to her then only. She told me that she doesn't live in Mumbai and we will never meet again but I believe that we will meet again. I used to travel from the same road again and again for her one look in hope that maybe one day I will get a chance to meet her. After 5 years, I got a chance to see her on the same road again. Only I know how I felt that day. That day only I realised that now I have lost control over my heart and brain and she will be my queen who will rule my life. She will be my everything and I will love her with my everything" I said. "Then why did you leave her?" I heard someone else's voice. I looked up towards the door, Stefan, her so-called boyfriend, was standing there. "Ohh wow. So Miss Aana sent her so-called boyfriend to ask questions with me or say to see my condition, to see how much pain I'm going through" I mocked and wiped my tears. "You're getting it wrong man. I'm" Before he could complete I threw my mobile on the ground. "Just go away before I lose control over my anger. "Please go Stefan '' Ivanna said, looking at me. She knows that I lose my temper when I'm angry. "I want to talk to you Ivanna," He said, looking at her. "No matter what you say Stefan but I will tell him the truth " she muttered and came to me

"Aaron. I don't know how you will react after knowing the truth but it's your ri ght to know everything. Aana is pregnant" . "Please. I don't want to listen to anything related to it. I know that she is pregnant with this bastard. " I growled looking at Stefan. "she told me that she is 5 months pregnant" I said with ve nom in my voice. I can't imagine her with someone and here she's pregnant with this bastard child. "First listen to me, Aaron. She is pregnant" Before she could complete, Stefan turned her towards him and attacked her lips. I looked at him shocked when Ivanna's expression was the same. She pushed Stefan away and slapped his cheeks. I grabbed S tefan's collar and smacked his face to misbehave with my f riend. He has no right to kiss a girl without permission. I was about to hit him again but Ivann a stopped me and came between me and h im. She turns her face towards Stefan. "How dare you?" She yelled and held his collar. "You're asking the person whom you left after 4 years of re lationship for your new love Aaron" Stefan mocked, leaving me utterly shocked. So they knew each other from the start. I sighed and looked at Ivanna who bowed her eyes in front of me. I nodded my head in disappointment and left from there. My eyes wen t to Aana's room. Don't know why I felt the urge to see her again. I went towards her room and knocked on the door but she didn't respond. I again knocked an d this time the door opened automatically or said she forgot to lock the door. My eyes wen t to her, she was sleeping peacefully on the bed after destroying my sleep for many nights. I sat beside her and kept staring at the sleeping beauty. I smile d remembering the nights when I used to stare at him and she scold s me when she wakes up at midnight and catches me staring at her. I kept staring at her, I don't know why I still find my peace near her. I felt like if she is near me then I have everything. At midnight like before she opened her eyes and look at me. sh e closed her eyes again and then open it like she used to do before. I smiled at her cuteness. "What do you get by staring at me the whole night? why don't you s leep Aaron. always I have to scold you at midnight to sleep… And why are you sitting instead of sleeping on the bed?'' She frowned. "don't you take care of yourself?" S he glared at me. I lay down beside h er and she blew the blanket over me. "Sleep now" She mumbled in her sleep and kept her he ad on my chest. I smiled and kissed her forehead but then she suddenly opened her eyes and looked at me. She sat upright an d then looked outs ide and then at me. "no. you're not here. I k now I'm still dreaming" She mumbled and pinched herself. "Aah," she hissed and again looked at me and a tear r olled from her eyes realising it was not her dream. I' m beside her. She kept her hand on my cheeks lovingly. "You're here? I'm not dreaming?" she asked to confirm. I nodded with a smile a nd removed the strand of hair from her face. That's when my eyes went to the s ide table, there was a packet of tablets. I picked that up and read the name. "I remember you used to take this tablet for controlling your b p when Alice became angry and refused to take care of your heal th" I mumbled and kept that packet of tablets back on the table

"You remem ber?" . "I still remember everything Aana, your love, your care, your tantrums" I chuckled and lovingly kiss ed her forehead. Her smile got wider with my words. "I remember everything… For me, you loved me in the same way I love you but it w as all a hoax… I remember everything. I remember your betrayal and I also rememb er you were with someone else on our wedding day" I said and her smile vanished. I stood up from the bed a nd was about to leave the room but she held my hand. "Please stay with me for a while. please Aaron. I need you" She sobbed. I abruptly looked at her and detached my hand from her. "You were the one who pushed me away Aana by cheating on me," I said and left the room. I know she must be crying after this but If I stayed there then maybe I would lose all control over my emotions and break down in front of her which is the last thing I want. I came out of her room and went into the pa rk. I sat on the bench in the park and start ed remembering the moments I spent with her. Aan a Po v's . I still was unable to believe my eyes that he was here a while ago, near me. He was staring at me like before and kissed my forehead lovingly. Did he still lo ve me? No. if he loves me then he wouldn't leave me like this, crying for him. I wiped my tears and lay down in bed but now sleep was far away from my eyes. I was just rolling on the bed and then I stood up and went outside for some fresh air… Maybe I would feel better. I entered the park and that's when my eyes went to Aaron who was sea ted on the bench, closing his eyes. A smile came to my face seeing him. I went towards him and was about to touch his cheek but I restrained myself and then sat beside him. I was j ust staring at him when surprisingly he opened his eyes and looked at me. we didn't share a word, just kept looking into each other's eyes. enjoying the silence wi th each other. He then suddenly extended his hand and touched my cheek and I leaned to his touch, closing my eyes and feeling his touch. Only I know how much I miss him and his touch. I kissed his p alm and then o pened my eyes. "I'm happy for you" he mumbled and kissed my forehe ad. "Always keep smiling. may god keep you and your baby healthy" He said and stood up from the bench. "I'm leaving and now I will never cross your path again" He was about to go but I held her hand and te ars brimmed in my eyes. I want to tell him not to leave me and I still love him but I can't. I don't ha ve any right when I always keep him in the dark even now I'm hiding the truth of my pregnancy with him. "Do you want to say something?" He asked looking into my eyes like he read my mind and wanted to hear it f rom my mouth. I took a deep breath and left his hand. "Take care of yourself" I mumbled and stood up from the bench and went towards my r oom. I know he was still standing there waiting for me to turn but He also knew tha t we couldn't come together. We are close to each other but far away to be together. I closed the door of my room and sat on the ground. Tears were continuously fa lling from my eyes. I heard the horn of his car. I immediately stood up and we nt towards the window and peeked outside. He was finally leaving with his car. We got separated from each other again. Despite having immens e love we again fall apart. I sat on the bed crying at my fai th who always crossed my path with him and then separated us. I lay down on bed, tears were continuously flowing down from my eyes, remembering our s econd meeting. My life was in darkness when he came to my life like a light. I was sea rching for a job to meet my expense, apply in different companies for an available post