She, him and "her"

Swetha was totally upset that day. She did not expect it from her husband Rajiv.
“Why should he do this to me?” She sobbed.
“She” is returning back. Swetha could not bear the thought of having “her” at home again.
“Now what are you cribbing for? I have told you everything. After all, it is a small adjustment you have to make. That’s all.”
Rajiv was adamant. He wanted “her” back. He was pining for “her” company.
It was nearly one year since Swetha got married to Rajiv. Rajiv has been very nice to her till date. Even the previous week, when her birthday was up, she had a most wonderful day. A week before her birthday, he had presented her a saree.
"I just can't wait to wear it." Swetha looked at him with a bright smile. "Shall we go out on my birthday? I shall wear this saree.” She was beaming with excitement."Sure, and I'm really looking forward to seeing how pretty you look in it." Wasn’t he so romantic?
But what has happened to him now? He seemed to miss something. She could see a sense of longing in his face. Why was it so?
The secret was out the next day morning when she overheard him talking to his friend Vikram.
“I miss “her” very much. I want to bring “her” back...” he was saying.
Swetha could not but help overhearing the convo between him and his friend on phone.
All she could gather was Rajiv loved “her” a lot and he missed “her”.
Tears filled her eyes.
“I am not able to forget “her” he continued to his friend,”.” She” has lived with me for three solid years! Is it fair to leave her somewhere while I am enjoying with my wife?” He asked.
“Why did he marry me then? How dare? He has had a “live-in” relationship with her!” Swetha fumed. ‘Cheat! How dare he hide this information from me?” All along, her mind has been tuned to the fact that marriage is a powerful relationship where all kinds of emotions are challenged. So she was shocked.
Now that the secret was out, Swetha decided to confront him.
“Now out with the whole truth!” She said.
“But what did I do? I am now being honest with you. After all, we have a big house and I earn a lot, enough to give a comfortable living, both for you and “her”. Can’t you compromise and make my life happy! Don’t keep on cribbing! You are exasperating at times. Please understand...” He shrugged and went away.
“Doesn’t he ever realize a woman’s feelings? Is he ignorant of the fact that no woman would allow a third person in between her and her husband?” Perhaps she was wrong in having an implicit faith on him.
No, she wasn’t going to compromise, she felt. But it was too late to walk out, that too, at this hour of the day. Her parents were away now and she did not want them to worry because of her. She would also play along, she decided, till such time she got a good job and would be on her own.
It was dinner time. She prepared the meals quietly. What was her position in the house now? How is she going to manage her future? Would “she” come and dominate her? She could not even bear the thought. She tried to block these thoughts that were running in her mind while she was cooking mechanically.
Hunger pangs started hitting her stomach as she waited for Rajiv to join her.
She could sense his excitement even though he tried to underplay in front of her. But did he never even give a thought about how he was giving her a grueling time.
“You will pay for this!” She said to herself.
Both of them had their food silently and he left for a walk.
Swetha cleaned the kitchen and went to her bedroom. She could hear Rajiv switching on the TV. How could he be so cool? He was playing with her life! She felt a sense of indifference towards him.
She lay on her bed and was full of tears. She sobbed as if the whole world has come down on her. It was dawn when she realized that she has cried herself to sleep the previous night.
“Where was Rajiv?” ‘Wherever he is, why should I bother?” Swetha thought.
Rajiv was sitting in the living room reading newspaper. She noticed the empty coffee cup before him.
“So he has had his coffee!” Sensing her anger, Rajiv made his own coffee that day. He did not even turn to look at her when she got up and came out of the room.
She saw him getting dressed up and get ready to go out.
‘I am bringing ‘her” now...” he said and walked out without even looking at her.
“I will take things as it comes!” She decided.
But, her curiosity got the better of her.
She could hardly wait to see “her”.
Time flew, and she could hear the car coming in.
She saw him opening the door of the car, and out jumped a Pomeranian dog!
She waited curiously and looked behind the dog to see “her” getting out of the car.
He closed the door gently and walked in with the dog. There was no one else!
She was still watching him with gaped mouth.
‘What did you think? I would bring in a woman? Don’t you remember saying before our marriage that you hated dogs? I had to hide her for sometime but I started missing her.” He grinned and turned towards the dog and said.” Say Hi to mom!”
“This is the limit!” She screamed in excitement.” You could have told me yesterday!”
“If I had told you I am bringing her, you wouldn’t have accepted. That is why I played along...”
Swetha wasn’t listening to him. She was playing with “her”.