Radhika let out a soft moan as she clutched her head and tried to open her eyes. She blinked thrice to adjust to the light in the room which was dim lighted. It was a huge room, really huge, which was well furnished and looked really beautiful.
It was dark outside and the wind was blowing lightly. Soft wisps of air blowing the curtains that covered the windows. The room felt oddly familiar to her. She hadn't been in such a room ever but still the feeling of familiarity tugged at her heart.
She pulled up her hair in a messy bun and stepped off the bed. She rubbed her eyes and could feel that something was not right. She stood up and walked across the room where there was a full length mirror. It was then she realized many things.
> She was getting married to Saral but somehow got married to Arjun.
> Right now she wasn't wearing her wedding dress. Instead she somehow had this cute white colored ankle length nightdress.
> She was at a strangely familiar place with no one around.
> She had just got kidnapped by her own husband, who was Arjun!
The last one made Radhika shriek loudly. Within 30 seconds the door of her room opened and there he came, running.
"What happened?" asked Arjun. He was panting lightly. Hands on his hips he looked at her with a worried expression on her face.
For a moment she got lost in his handsome self. His ruffled hair, dark eyes, those flaring nostrils, kissable lips and damn that sexy stubble.
Arjun too was staring at Radhika. She looked cute and sexy at the same time. The thing that attracted him the most were her expressive eyes and ever smiling lips. His gaze fell at the mangalsutra around her neck. A satisfactory smile came over his lips. He glanced at her from head to toe and then back. His gaze settled on the partition of her hair which he had filled with sacred vermilion.
His. Came the voice of his primal self. It gave him feeling of utter satisfaction and a possessive feeling clawed his insides. He started walking towards her but she kept stepping back.
It appeared as if a lion was stalking his prey. Radhika kept stepping back but Arjun wasn't stopping. The dangerous yet sexy gleam in his eyes, was predatory.
"Arjun..." Radhika gasped as her back hit the wall. Arjun came close to her and held her in the same position, caging her in his arms. Burying his head in the crook of her neck, he inhaled deeply taking in her scent as he nuzzled his neck.
Lost in him, Radhika's hands made their way to his back and clutched him more close.
"I love you so much!"
That brought Radhika back out if her dream land. She tried to push Arjun away but he wasn't listening. Radhika grew more annoyed as she recalled the number of times be had said that he loved her but then again he never stopped from his revenge plan.
"Leave me Arjun.."
"No"
The nerve of this man. Radhika have had enough! He can't just wander back in her life as he husband after he had shattered her heart.
Her every effort went in vain as Arjun clutched her tightly to him. Radhika let out a frustrated groan and kicked him down with her knee.
Arjun yelped in pain and cursed incoherently. Radhika when realized that what she had done, got a sheepish expression on her face but shrugged it of.
"Damn-it Radhika!! Think before you act! What if something had happened to me because of your kick?? Don't you want our children to come into this world??" questioned Arjun angrily.
"Children!!! Arjun we still haven't talk about you and your deeds and you are talking about children already!" Radhika yelled.
Arjun glared at her, his nostrils flared as he spoke, "What deeds? I love you, got married to you then can't I think about having kids?"
Radhika gave him a weird, what-the-hell-you're-talking-about look.
Arjun continued, "I want two of them. A boy and a girl. We can obviously have more later on."
"WHAT!!!!" Radhika shrieked loudly making Arjun cringe.
"Don't shout! I know you got some really amazing set of vocal chords but my ear drums are not strong enough to bear your shrieking!" Arjun complained.
"I wonder if my kids gonna have your type of vocal chords!" Arjun visible shuddered.
Radhika felt offended, "Oh phulleez...my kids gonna be sweet and simple like me. Not arrogant and irritating like you!" she said, pointing her index finger at him. Arjun hooked his finger with hers, then wrapped his other arm around her waist and pulled her close.
"Really? Am I irritating?" Arjun nuzzled her cheeks.
Radhika sighed, "That's enough!"
Arjun pulled back lightly, "What?"
Radhika freed herself from him and sat on a chair, "Don't act Arjun! You know very well that whatever happened between us couldn't be sorted out like this. Nothing is there between us now!"
Arjun bend down in front of her, "I am sorry about that Radhika. Really really sorry. I'll do anything, anything you'll say. But just forgive me na!" he said softly caressing her cheek.
"Let me go then." Arjun's hand on Radhika's face stilled at her statement.
"Radhika..."
"Please Arjun..!"
"But why?? We both love each other, can't live without each other and now we are officially husband and wife!! Why the hell do you want to leave me!?" yelled Arjun.
"Try and understand Arjun.." Arjun interrupted her by grabbing her hands tightly. He pulled her close yet again but this time with more force.
"You try and understand Mrs. Radhika Arjun Mehra! YOU. ARE. MINE. And I am not letting you go that easily!"
"You can't keep me here forever!"
"I can." Arjun said as he pulled out something rope like from the closet and started tying it around her hands.
"What are you doing?" Radhika tried to move but Arjun was way too strong for her.
"Exactly what a kidnapper does." He winked at her, securely tied her to the chair and walked out of the room.
She heard the click of the four and knew it very well that he had locked the door as well.
"ARJUN!!!!", she yelled out loud.
She was sure, she heard dark chuckle in response. That man! That infuriating, stupid, idiot, moron, arrogant and annoying man!! How the hell had he managed to weave his way inside her heart? How!?
God knows that she had always wanted a simple, loving and caring kind of guy who would be the world for her and she his universe. But no, God had to play one of his wicked games and land Arjun - the arrogant - Mehra in her life.
Arjun was anything but sweet! He was annoying, he's short tempered, tantrum king, sarcastic idiot and really really handsome...aaarrgghhh. She so much wanted to kick herself for still having such kind of thoughts about the man who had kidnapped his own bride! His wife!
His wife! It sounded so wonderful!
Agreed that Arjun wasn't what she had wanted her husband to be. But he is what she needed exactly! If he's annoying, she's no less. If he throws tantrums, he also bear hers! If he is sarcastic, God, she loved to get back at him. And he's passionate, his love highly consuming like a drug, which if get addicted, is impossible to not have a taste yet again. He completes her.
And in some way, he indeed is her world and she knows that he thinks the same for her. Sighing, she accepted that the more she resists, the more she is falling deeper.
-----------------------------------Arjun was grinning to himself as he walked out of Radhika's room, after tying her to the chair. He heard her yelling his name and a chuckle ripped out of him. God, he loved her so much! She was a meek kitten from outside but inside her, resided a fiery lioness. Soon, she will accept this new arrangement, they love each other after-all, he just needs to make her realize that he indeed has changed. Not fully but just a little bit. Enough to get her back, to deserve her love.
His smile vanished as he stopped in front of another room. He opened the door and there he was. The only person alive whom he hated to the core, from the bottom of his heart. Saral.
"What's up chicken?" asked Arjun as he sat on the chair in front of Saral who had black and blue bruises all over his face and arms, and was tied to a chair like a prisoner.
Saral looked up into the eyes of his kidnapper, "What do you want? Leave me! Let me go!"
Arjun shrugged, "Such a coward! And by the way, I got what I want."
"What?"
Arjun pulled his bruised cheeks and said it grinning widely, "Radhika, my love. She's now my wife too!"
Saral tried to get freed, "My Radhu?? How.."
He was interrupted by a punch on his face, "SHE IS NOT YOURS!! SHE WAS MINE, IS MINE AND WILL REMAIN MINE FOREVER!"
Cooling down Arjun continued, "You manipulated her into this marriage but me, me and Radhika love each other. I tried to make you understand by simply talking but no, then again you manipulated the situation and fed Radhika some lies. Now enjoy your punishment!"
"She's mine, I know her long before you met her!" Saral argued.
"Time isn't what love needs, you dumb. And don't worry, you are here till Radhika agrees to our marriage. I'll free you soon. Till then, here's your phone, call your parents and tell them that you have changed your plan and have decided to take Radhika away for some days. Call them!", he ordered.
"Why would I do that?"
"Okay, don't do it, then I just have to free you from the life. What say?" warned Arjun, eyeing him dangerously. And Saral, the kind of guy he was, he nodded in positive and agreed to do what Arjun asked him to.
--------------------------To Be Continued
CID
Ishaani
