Chapter 189 - This boy toy?

So Sridhar completely lost his cool and diverted all his frustration towards Preethi. But just as he swore at her, an iron fist came crashing against his face and broke his nose. He did not even have the time to blink.

He groaned in pain and looked up only to meet with Adam hovering over him looking dangerous. If his punch was any indicator, Sridhar knew he wouldn't able to take Adam down even without any of the goons all around them. He was no match for Adam.

"You say one more word, you are going to be licking the dirt off the road all night. I promise you that…" Adam seethed. The stiff jaws and red eyes showed how pissed he really was.

"Who are you to tell me that? That's my wife… It is between us…" Sridhar said pissing Adam off way more than he already was. He was already restraining himself to the best he could until he started swearing on Preethi.

Just as he was about to fling another fist at him, Preethi who was shocked at first came back to her senses and held on to Adam's hands and stopped him on track.

Adam turned around glaring at her, "You are still protecting him after what he just said?" He asked eyes blazing with anger

Preethi just rubbed on his arms gently and said with a calm voice, "I am not protecting him. I am just saying that he is not worth the effort. That is all."

Adam did not ask anything anymore but he was still biting his teeth showing that he was still doing his best to suppress the surge of anger.

Preethi then turned towards Sridhar and said with an ice-cold voice, "I am not your wife… Not anymore… you are just my Ex- husband. There is nothing between us anymore."

Sridhar spat out a sneer and asked her tauntingly, "Yea. Who was the one begging me to stay when I got the job? Was I not your ex-husband back then. So, doesn't that mean that you don't recognize me anymore because you got yourself a rich young boyfriend now? I have never seen a more shameless person… I can only imagine what Akil had gone through in these years…"

He would have already had his jaws displaced if not for Preethi standing in front of Adam and blocking his hands by her soft grip.

Preethi's eyes turned colder by each second as she listened to Sridhar's bullshit. She was really very tempted to let go of Adam's hands and let him beat Sridhar up. The image was extremely satisfying in her imagination. But she still held on to that last bit of rational and replied to Sridhar, "Well, if we had a competition for shamelessness, don't you think you would be winning the gold medal between the two of us? I begged… yes… but did you stay? Did you call Akil in these 5 years? Did you even think about us in these 5 years? SO don't give me that self- righteous speech when you had thrown your own son like trash for a f.u.c.k.i.n.g job!"

"If I don't have the right to question you? Then who does? This boy toy? Akil is not even his son? Do you have the confidence to say that he wouldn't treat Akil badly in the future even if he was being good to him now to covet you?" Sridhar still argued back without any thought of backing out.

When he saw Preethi looking at him with those cold eyes even standing in front of another man protectively, he lost all sense. This was the girl who had always had a dreamy look on her face whenever he came into the class… this was the girl who had followed him relentlessly for 5 years of her youth. He couldn't accept that all that can be forgotten just like that.

Preethi, on the other hand, felt disgusted with him suddenly. She did not feel this even when he had insulted her but when she heard him insult Adam, unknownst to her.. anger rose and gave Sridhar a quick slap.

"He had spent more time with Akil in 6 months than you ever did in the 6 years of our marriage. And yes… I have the confidence to say that he would treat Akil exceptionally well even if we are not together in the future. But the fact that I can't say the same about you should show what you are and what he is. So, don't compare yourself to him."

She couldn't bother herself with him anymore. So straight up pulled Adam by his hands and dragged him back to the car. Adam signaled the guys to let Sridhar go.

"Thanks, guys. You can leave…" He called out behind him and followed Preethi obediently. The fact that she had defended him had put him in a very good mood.

Sridhar stood in the side of the road staring at the car driving off. Her lack of trust in him when it came to his own child was like a final blow. His mind became a chaotic mess all of a sudden. He was originally a man with a lot of pride. And his view had always been slightly feudal. For him, it was the duty of the man to go out and earn while it was the duty of the woman to look after the kids and home. That is why he rarely gave any mind to look after Akil. For him, his responsibility was over as long as he was well fed and groomed and provided for.

That was the whole reason why he always accused Preethi of being irresponsible. And later, when Preethi started doing her work seriously, she started having a reputation in the field that surpassed his own. This ticked him off in all the wrong places. That was the whole reason why he had stubbornly changed work and went abroad. To gain something she would never have and come and show off as to how fruitless it was for her to work so much instead of accepting his grace.

But what was waiting for him was far different from his imagination. How did the moment he was waiting to gloat have became the moment he had lost everything in his life, he did not know.