I HAVE SINNED

Exactly a week after I opened the can of worms, and thwarted his father’s plans, Aryan finally cracked a smile. It was like the burden of the world finally lifted from my shoulders, I was sure tears stained the corners of my eyes after I saw that.

The first few days after he found out, he found the lawyer himself, made sure to hear it from the lawyer himself, I made sure to go with him, and when he let out another strangled cry, and a hoarse sardonic laugh, I watched all of it, my heart breaking for the man in front of me.

“I should have known he would do this, I should have expected it, he played me for a fool.” he whispered harshly.

“But now you know, you don’t lose any more, if you quit now, you have nothing to owe the man, and you win.” I tell him every time, he would nod but with the far away look in his eyes, I knew he wasn’t listening to me.

He did not eat the first day, he only went to bed in the hotel I booked for both of us, he would not return to the apartment the churc