"Adeel! I am blessed to have you as my life partner. Despite knowing everything about me you still proposed to me and accepted me with all my imperfections."
Adeel felt uneasy as he remembered something, but still, he held his hands on Shany's hand and spoke some words to express his love.
"My dear wife! I am lucky to get a chance to spend my life with you."
It was their first wedding anniversary and they were in a restaurant to celebrate it with a candlelight dinner. Adeel was a very good husband, who always treated Shany with respect and love. They studied in the same university and later he sent a marriage proposal to her after the incident that happened with her one day.
One day, it was a function in their university and Shany was enjoying with her friends. A girl came to her and asked her to come into the basement as the coordinator was calling her. Shany went there and after meeting the coordinator, she went into the bathroom. Just then some wicked boys came and locked the door from outside. Adeel was an eyewitness, but he never tried to help her and left the basement in a hurry. Shany tried hard to open the door but couldn't. She screamed, but no one heard as she was in the basement. Moreover, the songs were being played there, so no one could hear her.
After some time her friends searched for her, but they assumed that she would be gone to her house. On the other hand, Shany fainted due to the continuous struggle she was making to open the door. One or two hours passed, the university was also closed and everyone gone to their home. One of her friends used to live near her house, so as soon as she reached home, Shany's mother came to ask her about her daughter. But she told her, that Shany left the university before her.
She waited for three hours and finally decided to search for her daughter in the nearby area. But as soon as she left her house, Shany was coming in the street. She was looking frightened and fatigued. When her mother asked her about her absence for such long hours she started crying and told her the truth.
"Mom! I was locked in the bathroom, I stayed there for 4 fours. Finally, our bodyguard heard my voice and came to open the door."
But her mother was not ready to accept this, she slapped her face hard and said,
"These are just lame excuses."
She never believed her daughter and gave her the punishment for the sin that she committed. She also restricted her from attending the university anymore. This was painful for Shany, as she couldn't believe that even her mother was not ready to trust her. After a few days, when Adeel gets to know about, what happened to Shany after the incident, he is in great guilt. He regrets not helping Shany in their hour of need, so he decides to send a marriage proposal to her to compensate for his mistake.
But Shany was not aware of the reality, so she accepted his proposal as life was already hard on her. Adeel gave her so much love, that she forgot the hard time she saw in her life. For her, Adeel was an angel who made her life worth living, but she was not acquainted with the truth. Whenever they were together, Adeel was used to remember that day and felt himself in great guilt.
One day, he made up his mind to tell his wife the truth to get rid of this guilt. But it was difficult for him to confess it in front of her, so he left a letter on the side table and went out of his home. Shany was cleaning the room, just then she found the letter, but she was in shock to read it,
" My dear wife! I don't know, after my confession, whether you would stay with me or not but today I am going to tell you a bitter reality. That day, when you were locked in the basement, I was the eyewitness, but I never dared to save you. I don’t know, what stopped me from doing that, but till today I couldn't forget my mistake and I spent every day in guilt. Please....forgive me! I love you from the core of my heart and can't live without you.!"
This was heartbreaking for Shany, she couldn't hold on to it and tears fell on her cheeks. She remembered all those things again and decided to leave his house. She started packing with a heavy heart and hired a taxi to reach her mother's house. It was difficult for her to leave the place where she spent the best part of her life, but she had decided to live with him.
In the evening, when Adeel came back, he went into his room to check on Shany but she was not there. He searched the whole house, but couldn't find her as she was already gone. He sat on the sofa with a heavy heart and held his head on his knees. He was crying to lose the love of his life. After a while, he heard the voice of footsteps. He picked his head up and was surprised to see Shany in front of him. He said,
"Shany! Is it you? I can't believe."
"Yes! My love! I can't leave without you, no matter what happened in the past, but your love and care have made me come back. Now forget everything, we will stay together forever." They both hugged each other.
The End!
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