Once Upon a Midnight Part II - Page 7

He paid half of what was owed on her place. That does help a lot. Now even her dad will start to pick up business again since he won't be interfering. Is her dad going to be more mindful of who he runs over?

Sonnets & Poems

When the plane landed in Chicago he had a splitting headache

His first thought went to Shubhra after he called Parul to notify his arrival

He found her text again and read it

In a fit of frustration he texted as his head pounded

"I dont need reminding we dont belong together, I know that already. I am not conducting a PR campaign to earn your trust so you can chill! you asked me if I paid of Bunty and I denied. You assumed I paid him off and you assumed I did it to curry favor with you. Just like you cannot stand me I cannot stand your Dad, so yes, you are right it wont work between us"

He hit send

When he picked up his bags of laddoos and other shadi ki mithai and got home hit the music in the sound system

showered made dinner took something for his head ache, ate and lay down on his lounger in the empty quiet house

He pulled up his phone again

He cursed and threw the phone on the plush rug and rubbed his eyes in anger and despair

It must be 4 AM over there........

He wondered if she was going to respond

she had seen it the second it came through, she was laying awake in bed, pining for him, how laughter seemed to ripple through every muscle in his upper body

His was wiry and lean, not muscular and she had, had a duel in bed after his flu, he had tackled her pretty easy

The laughter creased face and those merry eyes.

He certainly had no idea how attractive he was, the warmth and weight of him, the drumming of his heart setting a new beat for for her blood

"I am just letting you win, you are sick, I am way stronger than this Tapan" she begged looking up at him

He kissed the corner of her mouth, stroked the tip of his tongue into the moist crevice, his eyes glinting with amusement as his aroused body pressed itself on her thigh over and over again

"You are not... admit defeat and I will let you go"

"I can't until you get better and I win" she insisted

"I repea.."

"OK fine.... you are strong" she said straining

His expression of sensuality changed slightly as he moved sideways, raising himself on his elbow, his palm moving with slow deliberation from her rib cage to her now exposed belly his fingers tryingt o find that navel ring

The touch was too much to bear

"You admit?" he asked lazily

She nodded barely breathing, his mouth lowered to graze the ring as her stomach muscles clenched first and convulsed later, she felt his moist mouth, as her b-----ts tightened under her peace tee, he knew she was sensitive all over... he knew so much about her

Like a fool she had gone off and told him Nidhi Dewan had created a Tinder account on her behalf without her permission and hence she had stopped talking to her for almost two years

He knew that now

Ughhh!

That crazy fun night two nights ago, when they leaned on his car and chatted for hours

She had told him stuff she regretted now

"Did you atleast see what the guys looked like?" he asked

"Umm no" she shook her head staring at his feet

"She probably wanted you to have a good time Shubhra"

"Hooking up with random men?"

"would you hook up with a guy youve known since birth?"

"umm.. no"

"then?"

"Its just gross to have s--- with men I dont even know"

"You are such a puritan"

"I am NOT... i dont like strangers slobbering all over me"

His sparkling eyes danced with amusement at her hot denial

"I didnt slobberr" he was hurt

She looked up at him in confusion... "you.."

He was not a stranger, neither was he her Tinder date

she didnt articulate that

He got it though, momentarily.... he was not the slow one you see

"You forgave her eventually?" he changed the topic

"Umm.. yeah... I dont have like 50 friends"

"You DON'T?" he appeared shocked

"No, I only have the three mainly, Mahika Nidhi and Shweta

"Dang it... realy?" he pretended to be astonished

"I probably have like 12 mostly... or I will say 17" she said thoughtfully

"THAT LOW" he nodded

She shrugged helplessly

"I am kidding.... you dont need 20 or 100 or 200 Shubhra, you need ONE" he said softly

"Oh, like the hydrogen thing about water?" she smiled finally getting his sarcasm/dry humor

"Exactly like that" he nodded suppressing a smile

He didnt care, he was not on the list, she would never put him on

"And me?" he sought validation

"I guess... tonight... a lil bit" she agreed nervously not going all the way

"We can go back to being adversaries or ambivalent tomorrow"

He was so well spoken, suave and gallant...

A-----e! she grit her teeth as her eyes filled up with tears

the text distressed her beyond reason

the mention of her Dad was making her livid

She began to type a response and gave up after a few minutes

it was useless

Of course she knows that he thinks there is no future

I am not that stupid... sheesh!

"I never wrote you passionate poems or sent you steamy sonnets so dont worry I have no expectations" she lashed first thing her morning

"I am m not conducting a PR campaign to earn your trust so you can chill! you asked me if I paid of Bunty and I denied. You assumed I paid him off and you assumed I did it to curry favor with you."

These two and their potty mouths!!

This exactly was and is my worry. Every time there is going to be a mention of the dad, in present or in future... there is going to be a big scene between the two... she is going to be livid, and he can't help himself not feel that hate for her dad after what happened to his parents.

There won't be any mediators to calm them down. Don't see parul mediating on this cause because she is woven too in the plot .

Wait! But why is Tapan saying Bunty instead of Gulati? Does it mean he let it slip off his tongue and mind and actually used bunty to pay Gulati?!!

These two are always fighting

Can you update one more pls

Again swiping at each other like couple in middle of a fight...looks like at sometime one will concede that they love the other over everything

Yes she never did send him any sonnets. But she can not deny there was so much between them.

Power of words

He was astonished to see her response,

"I had a headache when I got off the plane when I saw your response, it set me off" he said

He saw ....

"I apologize Shubhra" he said when she didnt send him anything

"Don't do this Tapan" she said immediately

He called her

"Why?" she texted instead of answering

"I am tired, I am jet lagged, I burnt my dinner?"

she answered

"I am sorry... I dont want this to end between us with both of us hating each other so much that the mere mention of the other person's name has us blowing up" he spoke slowly and carefully

She was weeping but put herself on mute

"hello?" "Are u crying?"

"Umm sorry, was getting a drink of water, just got out of the shower" she claimed to justify teh clogged nose

"Oh, no worries... I am sorry I take my words back I will try and stay off your path" he promised not pressing too much

I shud too huh? her monolog questioned her

"Did u have a good Bday?"

"Hmm"

"Where did u go"

"House of Ming"

"i love that place, we are sure Gagan is allergic to something they use over there" he laughed

"Oh? what?"

"Do u have a cold?" he asked when she continued to be nasal

"Umm.. maybe I sneezed a bit"

"Oh I am sorry"

"thanks" she nodded covering her mouth with her hand

"Back to Jeeju, we ate there thrice within a year, he hated how he felt the next morning"

"Did u used to live in India?"

"Oh no, I would fly home frequently after midget was born"

"what was your max?"

"8?"

"EIGHT?" she squealed

"yep

"WHY?"

He threw his head back and laughed....

His thoughts went back to that year, not too long ago, it was when he was beginning to put his plan in action

"I don't know" he said trying to sound careless

"The crew probably knows you"

"I wish" he chuckled

She realized he meant the hot ones that looked gorgeous ignored him

"You are lying"

"is that a compliment or just you being nosy"

"Umm.."

"I havent dated a Intl cabin crew person, domestic yes"

"Oh?"

"Domestic here as you know is as non glamorous as can be"

"Yeah... and they are" she stopped

"Older?"

"I did not say that"

"U are among friends... you can"

"Do u still see her?" she wondered if he would pick up where he left off

"Umm.. no actually... there are probably 5 M of them... I guess she flew the Dallas NE sector, too long and too tiring she said so she took a job with a commuter, takes her home every night"

She wondered how he could "break up" with no ill feelings

Oh! I know... I am talking to him right now

He is gorgeous and is not a nasty ex...

"Are u going to try Tinder?" he asked cheerfully

Her heart skipped a beat

"NO... I hate the whole idea"

"Don't think too much about it, just go"

"You sound like Nidhi"

"Do I?"

"Do u have one?"

"i do but its inactive"

Prolly will activate it now

"Do you forgive me?" he asked suppressinga yawn

"About what?"

He struggled to come up with "everything"

There was no chance of that happening

"For the text"

"Yeah" she said quietly

"I was thinking about how there was no reason to go 8 times a year, midget is older... Parul wants me to do it" "I went to sleep with that thought, I was working in the lounge before that, and just went ninja on you"

"Its OK"

"Be mad at me" he begged

She whimpered... HOW? WHY? FOR WHAT? she thought...

"Your response was so kind" he cringed

"I cursed you in private" she whispered

"what did u say?"

"Uh... um.. nothing"

"C'mon now"

"Umm"

"the four letter word?"

"Which one?"

"D---" he described

She burst out laughing like she had heard it for the first time

"No?"

"MM..mm"

"U should let me have it on the phone some time" he urged

"Over what?"

"I will work on it" he promised a row

"You must be jet lagged" she said reluctantly

"I wish you were here, I wouldn't be" he wanted to say

"Take care and good luck" she said like she was talking to a student

"Give midget a hug for me"

"the wedding's over, I don't see her much... plus I am showing too many houses in the next month" she murmured

"Oh..she"

"I shouldnt say Wedding's over, it should be wedding happened"

"You believe in all that?"

"What?"

"Power of words?"

"I don't know" she was guarded

Visit Chicago was his next thought, Come back to NOIDA soon was hers

But those words werent said...

I know i am greedy

Can we get one more update pls

Love that they have started phone conversations 💕.