CHAPTER SIXTEEN

POV: Kriti

I walked into the hall flaunting my purple saree with black chemise and petticoat. I had spent several minutes in front of the mirror that day, taking the effort to put kohl on my eyes. I’d always loved that. My eyes seemed fuller with it. The morning was different right from the beginning. He called me ‘Kriti’ that day when he woke me up, and it felt so special. I didn’t know he could make my name sound so damn sweet. After last night, and whatever happened between us, the way I blamed him for all those things, it was still haunting me. He didn’t deserve to be treated like that. I had taken out all my frustrations on him. He wasn’t responsible for everything though.

I grabbed a chair between Maa and Arnav as soon as I got near her, “good morning, Maa!”

She exclaimed, “oh! Kriti, good morning beta. Are you feeling be