Chapter 253 - Can you hide it from your wife?

|Eshan|

"Maybe."

The careless answer Arjun gave almost caused me to throw the cup of tea in my hands at his face. This man was so infuriating at times, that I did not know how to handle him. 

"Do you believe I would beat you up?"

"And I would let you?"

Staring at his aloof face and how he did not answer truthfully I was tempted to try my fists on him. But, the experience worth of many years of beating I received from him, made me drop the idea altogether. Innaya was already injured, and if I were to get injured as well who would look after whom?

My parents would obviously want to help, but Innaya would not agree. Sighing, I console myself with the excuse of letting him off at Innaya's expense. 

"I'll let you off on your sister's behalf," I said, acting as being magnanimous. I placed my now empty cup aside and straightened up.

"She isn't my sister." Arjun shook his head, looking away.

I smiled. "If the ties were so easily broken, then there would be no relationship in this world. You can lie to Innaya, but you can't fool me. She's the only one you dared to consider family in all these years. You want me to believe that you are ready to sever ties over her words which she spoke in a moment of distress? The Arjun I know - is not that petty."

Arjun visibly flinched at my words. I did not want to say something that might remind him of his past, but he… he was not making things easy. Then again, if he was that easy to handle he would not be 'The Arjun Arya.'

"You've not heard much. I've had it worse, remember?" I said, hinting at the past incident of Innaya blaming me. 

That incident still sent waves of guilt to my heart for not handling the situation properly. I had failed to protect her and our relationship, almost causing our relationship to be on the verge of collapse.

"You were the one to insist that we should not react on impulse and let mindless words ruin the beautiful relationship. Now, what happened to you? I understand, it brings past hurtful memories, but you know her. She truly did not mean it," I elaborated. It was needed to explain things to him because he understood it as well. 

"What do you want from me? I'm not talking about your wife." Arjun stubbornly clung onto his hurt. 

"Tell me the truth behind the incident. Whole truth. Every. Single. Thing." I emphasized each word, stressing what I wanted. 

Arjun sighed. He looked conflicted. "Can you hide it from your wife?" he asked after staying silent for a moment.

I was stunned. He knew what happened today. Innaya reacted badly after knowing things were kept hidden from her. Still, he was asking to keep this away from her. Narrowing my eyes, I wondered what I should do.

"Your answer."

Arjun was not giving me time to think about the pros and cons. He would not ask me to hide things for taking revenge on Innaya's distrust. He was not that petty. So, agreeing to him was not a bad choice, but it still would be deceit to Innaya.

"Arjun, you've seen what happened today. I don't want to keep her in the dark," I said after thinking for a while. Innaya's panic situation, aggrieved reaction, everything made me choose not to hide things from Innaya unless I had a solid reason to do so.

"She won't be able to bear it. I would rather keep you in dark than letting you spill the beans to her because that stupid heart of yours wants to come clean to her," Arjun replied as he placed his coffee aside. He had just sipped four times. I did mean to count, but there was nothing else to do in the room other than observing him.

The new information he revealed got me to stand up in a shock. "She won't be able to bear it? You've seen what she went through today, and she is learning to cope up with it. How are you so sure that she won't be able to bear it?" I asked, almost raising my voice.

"Keep your voice down. Do you want the whole world to know?" Arjun snapped as he glared at me. 

He then went around and closed the door after making sure that no one was around. His cautious action finally made me realize the severity of the situation. He was not kidding. He knew something which no one did - not even Karan and mom.

"Tell me," I said solemnly.

"Have you made up your mind?" Arjun asked again once he locked the door and walked to the chair placed near the window. 

"Yes." I nodded seriously.

Arjun accessed me with his sharp blue eyes as if he was trying to discern the authenticity of my words. 

"What we are about to talk about in this room today, this should never go out of this room… I repeat never," Arjun said seriously. 

The severity of his tone gave me an ominous feeling. 

I nodded agreeing to him silently. I just wanted to know what was serious that Arjun wanted not a single soul to know.

"Do you know why Sahil hates Innaya so much?" Arjun asked, and his question threw me off guard.

"Sahil? What does he have to do with this? How is this topic linked to him?" I did not understand honestly. 

"Everything started with him. So, in a way he has everything to do with this?" Arjun leaned back in the chair, crossing his legs. 

"... How?" I asked with a palpitating heart. If Sahil was the mastermind behind this incident… I did not want to think about it. He seemed pretty apologetic last time… He would not harm Innaya so much. Would he?

"Sahil is Ayesha's ex-boyfriend," Arjun said without blinking.

"What?" Shocked, I thought I heard it wrong. "Are you saying that Sahil is Ayesha's ex?" I asked to make sure that I was not hearing things.

"Stop yelling. Otherwise, I ain't telling you anything," Arjun replied annoyed.

"If you're dropping bombs like this, you can't expect me to play dumb," I retorted, but this time I made sure to lower my voice. 

"Please, continue." Noticing the look of annoyance on his face, I decided to control myself.

"No. First you learn to be quiet because if you keep reacting like this, everyone is going to wake up and learn what I'm trying to hide," Arjun said, folding his arms across his chest.

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