Chapter 7

" We know that you got into a relationship with Gauravi. So you don't need to hide it, beta, uncle is not going to punch you. " Damini said.

" Gauravi?? "

You think that I am in a relationship with her??" He asked, looking at all of them. Maurvi and Damini nodded.

"No!!! It is a lie!! I am not in a relationship with her. " He said shaking his head and looking absolutely shocked as well as surprised as if this was utter nonsense.

" Don't lie, Shaurya, it's ok. We understand you are scared as Gautam is here. " Maurvi was saying.

" No, Aunty, I am not lying, I am not in a relationship with her. How could you think it was even possible? And... And she is in love with Mihir, in fact, she is even engaged to Mihir. Then why do you think that she and I... ". He said.

Gautam had started getting angry.

" I know, but she refused to get married to him and the reason that she gave in front of everyone is that she is in love with you. " Maurvi said

" No!! It must be her latest prank. You all know how it is between us. We do not even like each other. Why is she saying that she is in love with me?? Please trust me, we are not in any relationship. " He said.

" See, I told you that he would never accept his relationship. " Gautam was getting angry with every passing second.

" Calm down, Gautam. " Maurvi said.

" How can I calm down after how he denied being in a relationship with our daughter? I told you, he will not take responsibility for all this. " Gautam was telling now.

" Shaurya, you should be man enough to accept your relationship. I know that you don't believe in settling down, but you can't get away like this after what you did. You can't deny being in a relationship with her. This is not fair, we have raised you better than that." Sagar scolded his son.

" Dad, I am not lying. I don't even like her, I would not even think of being in a relationship with her. She is lying. I would rather die single than be in a relationship with her even if she is the last girl alive on the planet." Shaurya said.

" Enough!! Do you want to say that my daughter is lying? Why would she do that? " Gautam asked.

" I don't know why she is saying it, but I know that I am not lying. We are not in a relationship. " Shaurya said.

" Fine! I expected only this from a playboy like you but somehow she pleaded with me that you love her too. So let me call her here and let's see who is lying. " Gautam said.

" Gautam, calm down! " Maurvi said but he ignored her and called Gauravi but she was not picking up the call. So he called Siddh.

" Hello, Siddh, where is Gauravi? " He asked.

" ....oh, okay! As soon as she comes out of the washroom, get her here at Malhotra mansion. Immediately. " Gautam said.

" Shaurya, what's wrong with you? I know how you go around with random girls and change girls every day but if what Gauravi is saying is correct you will have to marry her. Be a man and accept it. " Sagar said.

" But Sagar, why would he lie? " Damini argued with her husband.

" Because he is scared of commitment, he doesn't want to get settled. " Sagar said.

" Dad, please have some trust in me, I have never even flirted with her. "

" Then how did she get pregnant with your child?? " Gautam yelled and charged at him with a clenched fist.

" What?? No!!! No!! How can she get pregnant?? " Shaurya was absolutely shocked.

" You don't know, how does someone get pregnant? " Gautam would have killed him if Maurvi and Damini were not standing between them.

" Gautam, stop, please. He is also a child. " Maurvi said.

" Child?? He is 27 and is going to have a child, so he needs to be a man. " Gautam yelled.

" Calm down, Gautam! I know you are angry, but let him also speak... " Damini said standing in front of her son.

" He is lying, Damini. Why would Gauravi take his name? " Gautam argued.

" Shaurya, Gauravi is pregnant so if you are hiding anything, don't even try, if she is pregnant with your child, you will have to accept her and take the responsibility. " Sagar said firmly.

" No!! She is lying. " He said and looked at everyone but Gautam was raging like a bull.

Just then the doorbell rang, and Siddh and Gauravi walked in. They both greeted Sagar and Damini and in return, they gave sweet smiles to her. But as soon as she saw Shaurya, she smiled and went to him.

" Hey, what happened to your phone? Have been trying to get in touch with you. " She said to him but he was looking at her as if she was an alien with two or more heads.

" What are you saying? And why were you calling me? " He asked.

" Why are you asking that? You know that we... "

" We?? As in you and I? Don't call you and I as we... And what have you told your parents?? This is the limit, I am sick of your lies and false allegations. You know very well that we don't even like to talk to each other. " He said.

" I agree that I did all that till recently, but how can you say this after what happened between us?? "

" What happened between us??? " He asked looking into her eyes.

" We are in a relationship... " She said.

" No!! Not at all. I am not in any kind of relationship with you. " Shaurya said.

" How can you do it? What happened to you?? Why are you behaving like this? What happened to all that care and love you were showing me last month?? "

" Last month?? I was not even here last month. I was.... " He smiled sarcastically.

" I know that since I was with you. Why are you doing it, Shaurya? " Gauravi was almost on the verge of crying.

" Are you out of your mind? " Shaura yelled at her.

" So you want to say that... I imagined all that?" She asked him.

" Maybe! " He shrugged.

" You are saying I am lying and we are not in any kind of relationship? " She asked again.

" Yes! " Shaurya nodded.

" Nothing happened between us? " She asked raising her voice.

" There is no us, we are not associated in any way. " He said with confidence.

" You are denying that we..." She could not continue speaking and burst into tears out of rejection and humiliation.

" Of course, I deny all that, I never met you in the last few months so there is no chance of anything like that happening. Don't blame me for the baby you are carrying. " He said.