Yomi

Kiara and Danish love to compete, even if it means competing in love. What if love was actually a game where you wager your heart without the fear of losing or getting hurt?

Oh, wait a second, games are supposed to be played with your mind right?

How well you read the opponent's mind decides if you win or not.

Then what about the heart?

Can you read through it?

It was a beautiful day that Kiara had woken up to.She had been married for three years and divorced for a day.

Yesterday was when her divorce had been finalized, she was truly relieved that it was over. A marriage that was never meant to be!!

Right then her phone rang!!

There were three Instagram alerts from Danish Raza. Her mind chided her heart for wanting to see what he had been up to in the day after their divorce was finalized.

Finally she let her mind lose.What did she see?

Danish had posted a pic of him kissing a girl and the girl was her sister.Yes,it was Alia indeed!!

She went into the kitchen and made herself a cup of black coffee. Danish cheated on her with her sister,really?

Right after,her phone started ringing non-stop.She didn't bother to answer any of the calls.

Her's was a love marriage ,she met him through a common friend and hit it off right from the word go.

Danish was from a wealthy family,had done his master's from a prestigious Ivy League University and had his own startup.

Dani, as she fondly called him, was the most handsome man she had ever met,she was amazed by how well he treated her. He was the perfect gentleman who could sweep any woman off her feet.

What fuelled their love was their love to compete,be the best and win always. Although Kiara loved Dani,she also always felt that he was a coveted trophy that she can't let go off. After all,she was the prettiest among three sisters,had got a MBA degree and was doing well for herself.

Her eldest sister Ayesha had been married off at 20 to one of her cousins. Her elder sister Alia had been the rebel in the family.She broke norms when she decided to move to the US for a degree in journalism. Kiara and Alia were very close,once Alia had confided in her that she was living in with a guy while she was in the US and then also shared that she had broken up six months later.

Dani had proposed marriage within a month of their first meeting and Kiara ecstatically said Yes!!

Kiara's parents had been sceptical about Kiara getting married before Alia.However,Alia had convinced them to let the marriage happen.

Alia could not attend the wedding as she had just landed a cushy job in New York and could not afford to take few days off.

Alia met Danish three months after the wedding. Their first meeting was very warm and Alia and Danish exchanged smiles.

Kiara was reminiscing the past when her doorbell rang. She opened the door. There was an envelope with a bouquet of her favorite carnations. She knew instantly it was Danish.

She picked up the bouquet and closed the door. She opened the envelope and pulled out the note. It said,

Sometimes you need to lose ,it makes you feel human. Have lost your love but don't want to lose your friendship. Sorry for everything!

Don't ever stop smiling becoz you have the best smile in the world - Danish

A tear rolled down Kiara's cheek as she read through.

Within six months of getting married, Kiara knew something was amiss.It was as if Danish was hiding something and she was just not able to read his mind. Something bothered him but he didn't want to share. He was sulking within but didn't have the courage to admit that the marriage was falling apart.

Initially, Kiara thought it was work pressure and things would fall into place but that didn't seem to happen.

It was exactly a year ago that Kiara magically stumbled upon an old diary of Alia in the attic of her mother's home.Alia had discarded all her old stuff when she moved out. She was back in India and was the chief editor of a popular fashion magazine and had a sprawling apartment of her own.

Kiara didn't want to read it, nevertheless she decided to read it. The first few pages were about life in the US as a foreigner. Then started her passionate affair with this guy whom she met on the train and moved in with soon after. The next few pages were straight out of a Mills and Boon love story before it all ended. Kiara already knew all that was written until she reached the second last page.

"I met him today after a year,he was standing opposite me,his wife was by his side.

God,why did this happen?

He married my sister.

We smiled at each other and pretended as if everything was hunky dory☺️"

Kiara flipped to the last page and there it was:

I hate you.....Danish Raza...

Kiara immediately went home and confronted Danish. He admitted that he had always loved Alia.

He thought he had moved on but he clearly hadn't.Alia was not to be blamed.

Kiara filed for divorce and nothing else was spoken about.