Four Dates and Tons of Insecurities

Chapter 3

I went back to the front room and saw Rahul on his phone. He glances at me as I enter the room and shoots me a smile.

"You have great fashion sense." He compliments me.

"I thought as I was going with a fashion designer let's impress him a bit," I say with a laugh.

" Sure did impress me! By the way, I called one of our other friends Sharath. He is also a kdrama watcher so thought you will get to meet him as well."He continued while I follow him out of the apartment.

"Ohh! nice. I would love to meet him."

At the date (Adithi POV)

We walked into a really expensive restaurant."Why did you bring me here? It's too expensive ."I whisper-yell at him as I feel too underdressed to be here. He was silent as usual.

After reaching the table "Take a seat "He mutters and does the same. Dude! This isn't a business deal. Talk something it's not like I would kill you.

"I am not interested in this marriage nor these dates. I wanna get over these as soon as possible."I tell him so there will be no misunderstanding. He looked at me with the same emotionless eyes even after 7 years. Why is he like this?

"Do I look like I am interested? I too wanna get over with these things ."He tells me in an obnoxious tone. He sounds like the mean girls that bully others in the school. I hate how he eyes me, seeing me as someone inferior to him. So much to say he has changed.

I got a message from him in the morning ." I will pick you up by 6 be ready . Send me your address." it read. Even though I didn't text back much I sent the address and texted him back with an okay. I even dressed up because I promised aunty I will attend these properly. I shouldn't have fallen for that, but what can I do? I can never say no to her.

"So some things never change I guess,"I say sipping some water from the glass.

But he was fast enough to have a come back "Says the one who has always been on my nerves from the day I met ."

I never ever bothered him to begin with, he was the one who hated me, shouted at me, and hurt me."Why do you hate me that much ?"I asked him sadness evident in my voice. But as if he cares. He has zero ounces of care for me. Isn't that why he broke my heart?

"Because of you, I lost my brother and first love."He mutters running his eyes through the menu. He is behind that after all these years! Unbelievable. It's been 10 freaking years for god's sake and it wasn't even my fault.

"You are still after her. It's been years since she rejected you. I never had anything to do with her or Aryan. You were the one imagining things Idiot!" I shout at him slamming the menu I had in my hand, many eyes were on us. To calm myself down I grabbed the glass of water and tried to sip it, only to be stuck in a trance.

"I was never jealous, you always were on my nerve. But why are you still here when I clearly told you to not show your face to me. Are you here after my money or my parent's money?"He spat hatred resounding in his voice.

I just want to throw the glass of water in my hand right on his face. But I have some self-control, which I am proud of. I can't sit here and listen to him disrespect me.

"I had no choice, you idiot. Your mom forced me into this I was never interested to see your face too. If you detested me that much why did you come? I never asked you to come, pick me up, drive me here, and bring me to this fancy-ass restaurant. I never asked you anything. I can't just sit and watch you talk shit about me. You might be the same strong-headed Karthik, but I am not the same one as before. People change and move on. But you will stay where ever you are. I am done with you and this stupid date. Don't show me your face again ."

He was at a loss of words, but swiftly he composed himself to diss me again but I had enough, before he could speak anything I stood up from my seat, took out some cash, threw it on the table, and without a word left the restaurant.

I was crying on my way out. Why does he make me lose my self-worth all the time? He never respects me and doesn't care about how I feel, but why does my heart ask for him? Before I could see what is happening bright beams of light fell on my face and inches away from the car my life flashed in front of me. I think I need to accept my fate and stand here and let this car hit me.

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Hey guys, Hope you liked this chapter as well. I am trying to improve, but let's see where this story takes us.

Will Karthik ever understand his mistake?

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