Once Upon a Midnight Part II - Page 27

You'll never find peace of mind until you listen to your heart.

George Michael

There is a tug of war of her heart ❤️ and brain. Her heart flew her to Chicago. Her brain is constantly reminding about Tapans past deeds and cautioning her.

tapan should help her swing to one side. Will he do it ?

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She needed no encouragement to sleep, she spent the next three days wearing very little, and awake for a little time.

She vaguely remembered him whispereing in her ear about "going out to do grocery"

"Out working in the living room"

"You need to eat"

He fed her and made love to her, each time like it was the last time ever. He taught her things she did not know, and learned how to pleasure her.

She remembered brushing her teeth and showering, at some point every day and night... sometimes accidentally twice within 6 hours

"How long do you have your room?" he asked her one time when he woke her

"3 days?"

"that would be today"

"tapannnnn" she pulled away when she felt his fingers begin their mischief

"Sor-eee" he groaned on her b---- and not stopping

"I just want to sleep"

"Where is it?" he muttered kissing her down

She pointed to his phone to say the key card was behind her phone

Whatever he was doing to her overtaking her mind and body

Tara, Manik, Prasad, Pawan had all called and texted multiple times, she texted them vague 1 sentence responses not giving away anything

"wheres your phone?" he asked after having his way with her

"Mere ko kya maloom?" she buried herself into the bed and pillow and pulled a pillow over her head, not remembering where she put it last

He grinned

They had extraordinary chemistry

He wore her out

She had run over to check the two shut rooms

He told her there was nobody

"Why did you lie?" she accused

"Did you want me to say I slept poorly and agonized over you every waking minute?"

Her expression for him was worth the torture he had suffered

"Did you?" she gasped in disbelief

"I did" he whispered

"Who was the girl?"

"Irene... from the cleaning service" he said quitely

"she was gorgeous!!" Shubhra shouted

"You think?"

"Dont lie... you didnt look?"

"I dont care for blondes"

"Liar" she shouted rolling away

He spent the next hour coaxing and cajoling in the most delicious ways

He bought Maggi from the Indian store, and her favorite wine from Whole Foods

6th morning after her arrival in the country she was awake enough to internalize what had happened

He was in the shower

She tidied his condo, and fixed him eggs, after burning a batch

"I am going to miss my blonde GF" he announced when he got out

"I am sure" she mumbled

They ate in his balcony over looking the Lake Michigan and downtown Chicago

"Parul was asking about you" he announced

She turned a deep red

"Umm.. OK"

"She knows" he said carelessly

"Uh? Umm"

She looked at her phone fearfully

"I have to call home"

"Do it" he said stretching sipping his coffee, changing the music playing inside

"Tum baat karogey?"

"Nahi" he said firmly

"Umm"

"I would be fine even if they didnt attend the wedding" he said casually, as if he had given it a lot of thought and had come to the conclusion

Her insides lurched at what looked like a proposal

her heart thudded painfully at the announcement that he didnt want anything to do with her parents

Her first jolt of reality... among many...

"You want to us get married?" her jaw dropped

"You want me to be your Tinder hook up?" he sat up shielding the sun from his eyes

She lowered her gaze

"Go back home and marry the rich guy Daddy picked?"

"You act like a d--- sometimes" she snapped

"Too bad you cannot run away now, I brought your stuff over from the hotel" he said as she got up pushing the chair in

She was wearing cut off denim shorts and a skinny tee

Her thighs bore the markings of love, so did her upper body

They were always walking a thin fine rope.... with issues

She went in with a lump in her throat and did the dishes quietly

"Shubhra"

"Go to hell"

"Your Mom's calling"

"I dont care" she didnt look up from the sink

Parul called him

"Suno"

"Kya hua Di?"

"Yahan koi Chhabra karke aaya tha"

"Whatt?"

"Haan he said he knows you"

Unaware it was a goon Manik Grover had sent over after Pawan had tipped him off about where Shubhra could potentially be

Since she was not answering her phone for 6 days except respond to texts in one sentence...... Pawan had fed the worst possible scenario to Manik and Manik had set his dogs out...

Omg! They did it! Yes!!!

But wtf! URGHH! I hate Pawan!

They have come to a head on situation, one they all along knew that collision was imminent.

It's a major call now for her. It's a proposal from Tapan but one that has clauses. Now if she accepts his proposal , she has to walk into this marriage knowing that she will have only his family for company. Well it's not as if her family was best company for her , yet blood is blood. It's thicker than water . That will beat and flow all times. This holds true for what she feels not only for her dad whom she loves but also got her mom whom she doesn't get along .

It might seem unfair and high handed from Tapan when he bluntly puts it I don't care for your parent's company when we wed . But That's how it's is. Take it or leave it is what he says . He says I'm not your sex machine. Either marry me or marry monga. Had parul and shubhra not been friends and if the same 'I don't care for your brother or sister either to be there for the wedding ' had been mouthed from shubhra , only then would the demand scales have been equal. And that won't happen as parul's a friend first.

But now when and if she walks in to this marriage, it would always be with the knowledge that the family scales would always be tipped unfairly for her.

If she doesn't want this imbalance , she can walk away even now and marry her mom's choice. The call is still hers.

Tapan didn't say her family was not going to be part of her life. He just said he didn't care for them. Manik was not too fond of Pawan anyway, so might actually be OK with her marrying Tapan. They just have clear up about the bad dealings.

Looks like confrontation btw boyfriend and her pa

Waiting to see how this unfolds

Worshiping Warrior

"I dont know any Chhabra, hang on a second, let me call you right back"

He contacted his Dilli people and asked them to find out who actually knocked on his sister's door

He began worrying for Arya

He knew Manik was a scum bag but this was a new low even for him

Tapan of course did not know Pawan was inciting the actions from Mr Manik

In the meanwhile Shubhra called her Dad

Tapan and her were in a cold war at this time

She was holed up in one of the side bedrooms

He was in the balcony working

"Dad.. its me" she said nervously

"SHUBH BETAAAA KIDHAR HAI TU puttar" then he whispered

She realized Tara must be around

"MUJHE DO AAP" Tara was hiss-yelling at him

He was walking away, Shubhra could hear the panting

"Are you OK?"

"Hmm"

"Where are you beta?"

"Your employees say you are working remotely"

"Not yet, abhi chutthi par hoon"

"Yes yes you should take time off, teri friend Shweta se achanak baat hui" he lied

He had called her

"Oh?"

"Where are you?"

"main US mein hoon" she said

"KIDHAR?"

"US mein..."

"Wahan kya kar rahi hai puttar?"

"I had to get away" she choked up

"Arey? kya baat ho gayi, yaha Pawan bhi pareshaan hai"

"He is not" she was furious

"Arey lovers mein larai to normal haiga"

"No hes not my lover... gross" she shouted

"Arey?" Manik was shocked

"I dont like him... he is controlling and manipulative" she blurted with a new found boldness

"What are you saying? Ma to aapki shaadi ki tayyari mein lagi hai" Manik whispered gasping for air

"He is horrible" she wept"

"Mwah, hua kya puttar, Mwah... tell your Daddy"

"No..."

She gently carressed a love bite on her fore arm, her finger tips trailing over them fondly

His eyes dark and glittering as they met hers, she wanted to breathe deeply to steady herself, but the pounding of her heart came in the way.

He looked at her like she was something rare and precious.

Even when he touched her greedily, hungrily sher body only shivered helpless with delight

He was wicked and possessive, caring and tormenting all at the same time

"I don't know when I am coming back"

"Koi baat nahi, tu aaja bas, shaadi se pehle" "Achha sagai se pehle" he begged

"No I wont marry Pawan"

she was sure Tapan would murder Pawan

That caused her insides to slosh, no one had ever shown such posessiveness towards her

Warm color flooded her face when she realized the power she had over him

She walked to the kitchen to grab a bottle of water, with the phone on her ear

He came in to grab a snack

His eyes lit up for a second and then he looked away

"Do you want Chinese for lunch?" he growled

she didnt respond

"Research suggests Starvation is not a great form of protest actually" he mocked

she unmuted her phone chugging her water

God! Tapan was infuriating...

"Dad I am not sure I want to marry Pawan"

"HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT?" tara screamed

Shubhra dropped the phone in shock

She had ambushed Manik and grabbed the phone when she had gone off to get water

"Umm.. hey Mom" Shubhra was nervous now

"YOU GET BACK HOME RIGHT NOW" Tara screamed

She sat nervously on the bed, and began to whimper

"Umm.. uh... um... Ma."

"WHAT THE HELL Shubhra!!" Tara was on a melt down

Shubhra's pleading fell on deaf ears

"Kya kar diya tumne" "US mein jaakra baith gayi to we will do as you want?"

A lot was said to Shubhra

Her inadequacies from early years to now

"Food should be here in 30" he peeked to let her know

And found her crouched on the bed crying

"Hey? Whats going on"

She pulled her head out of her knees wiped tears and got off the bed walked to the balcony

"Nothing"

"What happened?" he pressed

"None of your business" she cried

"YOU are my business" he growled

He went to her phone

"TAPANNNN... stop it don't you dare" she screamed

They toppled each other and jostled on the bed

"I never look at your phone" she shouted

He pulled it out of his pocket while he had her pinned on the bed, and lay it on her upper body, they inadvertently had stroked each other a little bit in the process of jostling.

She paid little attention to her body usually in a sensual way, she had no idea how it made any man feel

The last three days he had made her sharply conscious, aware of her femininity, the softness of her skin, how her curves swelled up to invite his caress, how her stomach muscles tensed

Aware of the male thud of his heartbeat as he breathed over her face

"Mera phone chahiye?"

"I dont want your phone, gimme me back my phone you jerk" "tapannnn" "Mera phone do mujhe... " she screamed loudly "Aaaaaah"

"Chup rahogi ek second tum?" he barked

"nahi, mera phone waapis karo"

She pushed his arousal away, he stopped looking at her phone to stare at her face

"tapannn" she fought weakly. "Abhi to bilkul nahi" she warned, as he calculatedly moved in stroking motion

He lowered his head, and started kissing her gently, caressing her mouth with his, she made a small female sound of pleasure as his fingers sneaked up inside her tee... he was stroking the underside of her curve as he kissed her warm tear washed cheeks, she started to tremble at her own body's intensity of arousal

Nobody had "kissed away her sadness" like this before

He was relentless

When his lips returned to her mouth, she parted hers open gladly to welcome his bruising thrust

He spent the next 20 or so minutes deliciously coaxing her into calming down, not going all the way but driving her to fever pitch, teasing her, stroking, kissing...

her tee shirt hanging off the edge of the bed, her arms spread to her sides weakly on the bed, as he pillaged her resistance.

He kept her down and went to Recent calls

"daddy"

He flung her phone aside and buried his head in her chest...

"Ro kyon rahi thi tum?"

"Get off me" she growled

"Tapannnn"

"Chidna band karo pehle" he warned, holding her tightly in his arms.

Her phone rang again

Before she could get to it, he answered

"daddy calling" it said

"Please don't call Shubhra until you are ready to apologize" he barked authoritatively and hung up

"tapannnn" she shouted shoving him off shocked beyond words, she didnt have the courage to talk to Tara like that.. ever

Life with Tapan was going to be different. Her mother did not tolerate her childishness one bit, her tantrums were always greeted with an insult or two about how she looked. No cousin or Dadi or aunt had ever stood up for her or fought her battles.

This man had spent 20 minutes seducing her and had told off her mother all in one go

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Hello Ecstasy!, please meet reality and saw another update. Surprise midday update 💕 Thank you Nisha

I was thinking in same lines of Kalpana - their relationship, if she committed, might be without her family support but will have Parul and Gagans immense support with Aryas love.

He is really taking their relationship to next level. Caring for her at a level no one has ever cared for. Shooting off Tara 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 The warrior raising his weapon to depend his princess.

Glad that she was able to vocalize her dislike of Pawan to her without mincing words. New found courage and ability to make decision by just being with Tapan for a couple of days.

that was still not enough to get her courage to speak up against Tara when she is reigniting the old injuries and insults. Poor girl crouched and crying on the bed.

Thank god for Tapan stepping In and rescuIng her.