Chapter 4
He was out by the pool in front of a paper as Khushi walked in to get something from their room and he noticed a slight difference of skin tone on khushi's forearm whilst she happen to walk past behind his chair.
He stops her to point it out taking her by the wrist lightly to get her attention and bringing her closer around his chair. As if his eyes were first diagnosing the nature of what happened to be then his eyes questioning her.
"Aap ne kiya.." ("it was you") she reveals. "Yesterday" . reminding him of their passionate morning and he looks into her eyes with a ravishing look like he took joy in recalling.
Bringing her arm up to his mouth does he kiss that little bit of skin he had inflicted pain upon without realizing surely at the time she would have enjoyed the sensation but it was apology for the mark it left behind. Like khushi did she made a comment,
" aap toh jante hai it's an unfair world ..Gatli kare hari prakash aur sahe ham" The drama queen.
She was teasing him it seemed but he wouldn't let it pass by him so easily.
"Don't pretend you don't enjoy it Khushi and anyway Hp comes under your jurisdiction, Uski galti tumari galti.." (his mistakes are yours too.)
God she loved it when he did that, the way he spun his words to get the better of the situation. She could pretend like it didn't do a thing to her this but the thing was it did and when has asked something so spontaneous of her as for her to come closer she didn't know what to think of It but when she felt him move away her hair behind her ear to sooth yet another wound given to her by him Khushi closed her eyes when she felt his lips just beneath her ear and this one stung a little, that means they were painful and that didn't pass him. he could see the discomfort linger in her eyes even if she tried to conceal it. Move always to look a her as he asked her.
There are more? He asked her as if he didn't know for himself and she nodded it was just that the others weren't so obvious.
Ji, but its okay.. she brushed it off not realizing that it mattered to him.
"Not if I say its not..." he said in that tone of his, the Raizada tone.
It was a mix of an awkward moment for a lady, sprinkled with concern and topped with a little seduction; that was the only way to describe it.
Intimate It was until Hariprakash himself walked in and in time too after all he had been somewhat apart of the conversation in the first place.
Whilst Hp was non the wiser of it all and entered the room with Arnav's always not so good coffee.
The couple looking at each other with a dialogue Hp was unaware of it.
As Hp did his thing, Arnav knew Hp wasn't one to understand English so it wouldn't matter if he continued the conversation.
"Run a cold shower it will help, I'll be with you in a second, muje Hariprakash se baat karni hai."
It's the way in which he spoke that made denying him feel like a sin , it was the ASR thing. She waited a moment but then decided it better to leave when he looked at her that way. If Hp was going to get his due then well he didn't an audience.
Khushi did just that she walked into the bathroom because a part of her wanted to know what he was going to do with HP and the other part well it was just easier to listen to your husband when he was going out of the way to be the way you asked him to be.
She walked into the bathroom taking her phone with her by chance and closed the door standing by it to hear what was being said. Shaking fear into Hp didn't take a great deal she knew.
Meanwhile outside Arnav carries a very serious face for Hariprakash.
It was d-day.
"For every one rubbish cup of coffee, tea, anything you do or make from now on i'll deduct 5 rupees from your salary."
Ever imagining to be pulled up about this after so many years of complicacy Hp gives his boss an estranged look.
"DON'T LOOK AT ME LIKE THAT!" He barked to which even Khushi jumped out of her skin at.
Dear god it was just the tone of his voice.
She just acted on a whim, and typed a message on her phone.
...Hp ko kaam se mat nikalyey..please x...
On the other hand Arnav's phone indicates that he has a message he takes a glance over to it to see Khushi's message but doesn't appreciate the interruption and replies in his own candid way.
I don't hear the water running Khushi!!!!".. he shouts over and Khushi responds pulling a face, it didn't matter she was going to carry on listening either way.
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Not much later as water does run in the shower and Hp had long gone after a stern confrontation from his boss does Arnav enter the bathroom where Khushi is stood under the shower.
Maybe because his arrival was anticipated was she in that silk night gown of hers. It all getting drenched in the falling water and sticking to her petite figure.
He admired her from a distance watching her brush her fingertips into her hair as she enjoyed the water and it was just by chance she turned and of course stood before her he was.
She looked a little nervous as he approached and stood before her. The water now hitting him a little too.
Who bathes in a nightrobe, asked his eyes,
The wife to a man like him, answered hers.
The truth he knew as did she. Khushi wasn't a shy wife to her husband not anymore it was just that she rather he not turn this into anything more than just a shower.
He had other intentions however and of the considerate sort. He pulled upon the knot of her robe at the front which let view of her pale skin a little. Aware she couldn't stop she watched him pus away the robe that was now stuck to her off her shoulders for it to slip away to the floor.
He wished to see where he had marked her and would sooth each any every one as he had done earlier. A few already visible to him that he would never have known about beneath her clothing. The arch of her neck, to her breast.. to one lower down on her navel and accordance to their night there were bound to be one or two more in more intimate of places.
I'll be gentler he said his eyes filled with concern for his wifes discomfort but Khushi did not agree which called a lot him to attention.
No you won't ..,I asked for you to be ruthless Mr Raizada she said playfully her eyes not the least concerned about anything of the sort. He was mesmerized and so was she by him but in the moment that followed where Arnav attempted to kiss his wife did Khushi's lips fall into a little laugher.
"What are you laughing it ..?" he asked
"You threatened to replace Hp with a coffee machine " she quoted him from earlier and laughed. It maybe have been scary at the time but it was amusing now.
He looked at her sternly for a moment but then broke into a gentle laughter of his own for a split second before getting back to kissing his wife who looked all the more attractive this way.
"Ruthless", she managed to say before he took away her ability to continue.
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Next chapter
Arnav comes across Payal and Akaash having breakfast together, as Payal happens to catch sight of him she appreciates the look of reassurance and care she gets from her brother inlaw and returns it with a smile.
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