Chapter 28
CHAPTER 28
SUNAINA
U ntil now, I had strongly believed that my husband did not love me. That there was no chance he’d ever love me. Because I wasn’t good enough for him.
But now, I understood that it was a bit more complicated than that. There was nothing wrong with me. The problem was that Viren believed himself incapable of love. He was such a fool!
Even a blind person could see that he was one of the most loving people on earth. And he loved without ever expecting to get it back. For the first time since I fell in love with him, I accepted that Sufi and Daya Bua were right. Viren did love me. He just didn’t know it yet.
I had to be patient and allow him to reach that realisation on his own. And I had to hold on. I had to hold on with all the love inside of me. I had to hold on until this stubborn, stupid, arrogant, wonderful man finally figured out how much he loved me.
Well, I was nothing if not resilient. I was willing to hold on for as long as I had to. But I needed to get home now. If I stayed with him at the hotel any longer, I’d end up where I always did - in his bed. And that would only let him hide behind sex. I was done letting Viren hide behind anything.
When I came downstairs, Sufi called a car for me, and I left without a backward glance.
My phone pinged almost as soon as the car drove out of the hotel gates.
Miss you already.
Oh, yeah. Viren was almost there. It wouldn’t be too long now, I thought, hugging myself tightly.
I was both exhilarated and terrified right now. The only reason Viren was having nightmares about me was because he loved me. Anyone could see that. He was terrified of losing me. And his past made him hold on to those fears, almost baby them until they became manacles around his heart.
I had to give him the space and time to break free of these manacles, and…a sudden, hard jolt interrupted my reverie, and I let out a little scream.
It took me a minute to understand what was happening. We were on the big flyover near our house, and a speeding truck had just barrelled past my car, nosing us out of its way. My car swerved wildly before it took a flying leap off the lowest side of the flyover and landed upside down on the road below.
As my eyes drooped shut, my last thought was that I hadn’t told Viren I would wait for him.
Forever, if necessary.