Tainted Love by Maniah (english novels to read .TXT) 📕

Mrs Gill asked Granth, she could see the emotions on Vani's face. She understood that Vani needed a little time to control her messed up emotions. 

Granth nodded, "Yes, Aunty." 

Mrs Gill kissed Granth "Cmon then, I will make it for you. But first, we are going to change your clothes," Mrs Gill said and went to Granth's room with him.

Vani sighed, facepalming herself, she sat down on the sofa. The past four years travelled in her memory. She remembered the beautiful memories and the hideous ones. 

I will never forgive you, Mrityunjay Sehgal. 

At that particular moment, a knock sounded on her door. She glanced towards the door and stood up to open it, she knew who had arrived and now with her emotions under control she was ready to face the biggest monster in her life. Mrityunjay Sehgal.

She opened the door and as she had guessed Mrityunjay was standing in front of her with her three bodyguards behind him.  Vani stepped aside and Mrityunjay entered inside her house. 

Vani didn't wait for him to start the conversation, "Who gave you the right to come and create havoc in our life, Mr Sehgal? What right did you have to call Granth as your son?" She asked him, meeting his gaze, her hand tightly fisted at sides, her chin out in anger.

"You think that  I will stand aside and listen to people questioning my son's legitimacy? Granth is my son, Vanya and no one could say a single word against him and as far as declaring Granth as my son is concerned, it needed to be done. Granth deserved to know that like everyone he too has a father. That child has suffered enough because of your deeds…" 

Vani's eyes widened, "My deed! Tell me Mr Sehgal what deeds are you talking about? Tell me!" She asked him in a sharp tone. 

Mrityunjay shook his head "What Deeds, It was because of your selfishness he suffered in this society, You could have come to me, He lived like an orphan…" 

"Enough! First, Mr Sehgal, my child is not an orphan, he has his mother with him. Second, Who are you to come here and preach to me what I should have done? Did you forget how you reacted when I told you about me being pregnant? And you are preaching to me about coming to you…" 

Mrityunjay gripped Vani's hand, "I told you, I had a Vasectomy done, goddamnit! I thought I couldn't father a child." He gritted out.

"Oh really! Then how did Granth come into existence? Stop lying to me, Mr Sehgal. You wanted me to abort… I couldn't even imagine the horrible words you said that day. You didn't want to have a child with a Mistress, Mr Sehgal. Mistresses are for fun not for having a child with…It was not because of me that my son suffered but you, if I had done what you asked me to do, Granth won't even exist today. You wanted me to kill him, have you forgotten about it," Vani reminded Mrityunjay.

Mrityunjay gritted his teeth, his hands tightly fisted as the memory of the past came in front of his eyes, "And you said that you lied about being pregnant, Vanya,"  Mrityunjay reminded her of her words as well. 

"I saved my son from being killed by his father, the way you were dragging me..." Vani wiped out the tears rolling down her eyes, "I don't want to discuss anything with you anymore. Thank you very much for what you did for me and Granth in these two days, but we don't need your help anymore. Please leave us alone now and go back to your life and let us live in peace."

Mrityunjay was staring at Vani, this girl was different from the one he knew in the past, "Do not even think for a single second that I will give up on my son…"

"He is no one to you, he has no father, do you understand me, you are no one to him. I am the only parent he needs."

"I saw that, the child cried alone in the park because people taunted him about his father. Where were you at that time, and I saw in what kind of atmosphere he has been living in for the past three years. The bruises on his face have not faded yet," Mrityunjay told her.

Vani gasped at his words, the horror she faced at the hands of Rishi ran in front of her eyes, "You are disgusting, Mr Sehgal." 

Mrityunjay squeezed his eyes for a second, he raised his finger to stop her from talking, he met her eyes which were full of emotions, "Look, Vanya, I…" Mrityunjay sighed deeply.

 "I want my son to live with me, I have seen with my eyes how much he loves you and the same could be said about you. I have a proposition for you," Mrityunjay said looking in her eyes.

"Mumma…" Granth came running with Mrs Gill behind him. Mrs Gill stopped walking when she saw Mrityunjay there. While Granth walked to his mother.

"Mumma, tell him to go away from here," Granth told Vani, Mrityunjay sat to his level while Vani hugged Granth to her legs protectively "Granth, At least let me explain my side of the story, please. If not as your dad then as a friend." 

Granth pursed his lips, his brows pulled together in anger, he looked down in stubbornness "No. I hate you."

And that hurts, really hurts Mrityunjay. "Alright, I deserve that. But give me a chance," Mrityunjay said, touching Granth's hand. 

Granth hid behind his mother, "No." 

"You listened to him, we don't need you in our life, Mr Sehgal," Vani added but Mrityunjay only glared at her. 

"Granth, let's have a man to man talk, like adults. You said you hate me right then tell me how much but at least talk to me." 

Granth stepped forward, his hands fisted at his sides "Man to man talks?" Granth asked in the question. "Yes, and I promise if you still want me to leave I will leave you and not come back again." 

"He doesn't…" 

"He is big enough to answer my question," Mrityunjay told Vani, his words were spoken in a soft tone but his eyes told her a different meaning.

Granth glanced at his mother, he saw how that bad uncle and aunty who used to tease him about his daddy left when Mrityunjay told them that he was his son. He remembered how Mrityunjay saved him from Danish and his friends.