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chapter 13

"Bauji ..! there's someone asking for you .."

janki quietly said , not wanting to face the wrath to wake up her father in law in the middle of his precious afternoon nap.

"Bauji '?"

"Bauji ..?"a little louder this time

"What??? You know it better not to disturb me now . don't you ? go and tell him to come back later. Stupid woman !!"

Anant raijada turned in bed to present his back to janki .

"He is on the phone. He said its urgent ."

"Ask him to take his damn business some where else. Now get out .!"

"He said its about geet .!"

Anant 's sleepy eyes opened wide .He sprang up straight from the bed at 72 of years of age and headed towards the drawing room where the land line was kept.

Janki stared at his manner for a few minutes before disappearing into the insides of raichanda house. She wished if she could hear what it is about . but she didn't dare to .

***

The bell rang ..For the umpteenth time ' arjun was frustrated...everybody was barging in from the very evening . he didn't have a single moment free to himself .his idiotic pack of students of final year coming one after another.

the finals are approaching...research papers and last moment notes are the life savers for them. Eleventh hour sincerity !

He had to ready notes .check papers and cook his dinner ..cooking was simply not his arena .but the servant haven't showed up for 3 days in a row.

he had managed the whole day with snacks .now he needed real food ..his rumbling stomach wasn't cutting him a slack . body exhausted from late working hours at night .

He was about to shut off the door on the person's face when he saw her..

"Good here you are ! " arjun almost hauled her in and locked the door behind her.

"You have no idea how ravenous I m now !!" He exclaimed .

Geet's eyes almost popped out .

"What ..?"

Arjun frowned noticing her reaction and then he got it .

"Get your mind out of the gutters missy ..! cook me something.. anything 'I m so hungry I cant think ."

he shoved her towards the kitchen while he dove into the papers again .

Within minutes mouth watering puri and sabji's smell filled the room ..Geet carried the tray to the table while arjun kept stealing glances at her pretending to work .

" why are you so worked up ?"

"What else !! your senior batch kindly decided to take the exam seriously and hence I m here stuck with their stupid problems that they could have solved by themselves."

"Why don't you deny . ask them to do it themselves ."

"Like they would do ?? haah ! ultimately my reputation would be at stake !" Arjun growled but geet knew better . arjun cant say no to them .

"Here ..first eat ."

she placed the tray on the table . making place of it whilst arranging the scattered books and papers.

"Is this your mobile ? and this doesn't seem like yours ." she asked.

Arjun looked up to find a mobile and a pink diary in her hand .

"Oh ..no ..thats probably dia's .."

"Dia's mobile ? why is it here ?"

"Oh she might have forgotten .. here, give it to me."

"No its okay I can return them ." she said eyes on the mobile.

"Geet bad manners ..!! don't scan personal items ." arjun snatched the mobile from her hand .geet stared at him for few moments longer than usual before speaking .

"You guys talk a lot ..all her last calls to you ..almost you are the only one she has talked in past few days ."

Arjun smirked at her .."Are you jealous ?"

"No ..why should I be ?" she had said picking up the diary from the table ..before she could flip through the page arjun had snatched it too. Suddenly the mood was somber.

"Tell me one thing .whats her personal diary and mobile doing here ? I mean personal diary ..? does she come here that often ."

On that cue the bell rang again . "That must be her .came to get her things ."

Geet gaped him for a few seconds before heading towards the door.

"What are you doing ..wait .you go inside .i will open the door. " Arjun latched on to her arm and pushed her inside.

"Why ?"

"What would I tell her you are doing so late in my apartment ?"

"wait .inside." he dictated her giving no scope to argue.

Geet had no choice but obey but a niggling bad feeling gnawed on her .

he is a great teacher and he cares for his students . she had seen that . he had gone pretty good lengths to help her . But does that mean she was not the only one..?

Oh I m special.. why even I thinking about this . .she shut the lid on it .waited as she heard dia's chirping outside.she couldn't make out the words. but their voices said they are pretty close than a formal teacher student bond .

she could hear him laughing with dia. She swallowed and shook it off .determined to be positive . arjun was the only one in her life she wouldn't let go of that just because her petty insecurity.

arjun had come back and pounced on the plate of alluring puri sabji .

"So how's your preps are going on."

"I m trying my best."

"You know you should be more serious . Your exams are approaching too."

"Hmm..!" She responded distracted.

"My dadaji is coming to visit me."

Arjun's hand stopped its way to the mouth . his eyes stilled on the puri .

Geet didn't notice him getting stiff at his mention . so she went on fiddling with the paperweight on her hand.

"He missed me you know.i haven't gone home in this vacation . so he decided to visit me himself .i am so happy !"

She stopped sensing the silence on his part

" Oh 'you might have no idea who I m talking about .My dadaji is Anant raijada . after my dad passed away he had been the one for me. guarding me, guiding me , he is the only person I am closed to ." Geet spoke with a far away look in her eyes.

"I do ..! " Arjun 's stiff voice stopped her abruptly.

"What ?"

"I do know ."

"Ohh okay ." Silence followed as geet didn't know what to say more. confused by the his reluctance.Then she noticed him dropping the puri on the plate. he pushed away the plate .

"Are you done ? already . you even haven't finished the half of it ."

"Yeah . I m full !" he said before walking up to wash his hands .

"Whats wrong ' is it not tasty ?" geet asked disheartened .

Arjun looked over his shoulder . worry etched on her pretty face as she held his unfinished food in her hand. He sighed and walked to her .

"Geet its tasty . and I have ate .But you should go home now .I have loads of work to do .you see .. " he waved his hand at the table . books and notes piled up on it .

"They need it in time ". he spoke softer this time .

Geet nodded her head in understanding .She had wished him goodnight and went back to her dorm room.

But she did understood something was off with him . she could tell .but why ..what suddenly changed his mood she had no idea.

The man was like a puzzle , A puzzle the more she tried to solve the more confused she got.In a moment he is very into her , on the next he behaved like she was known face that's all. Yesterday night when she had brought up the topic about them .about authorities . he had gone blank and edgy

Then all of a sudden he cuddled up with her.Their secret hide outs wouldn't be so secret much longer in this tiny campus .She tried to peak in his mind what he was thinking about themselves. But the attempt has gone all in vain .

She trusted him . he knew she did . but knowing her dadaji she needed to talk .

But she wished if he would be the one to talk first .

Since her dadaji was coming down here .she wanted him to meet arjun . He would like arjun sir . a proper decent guy with golden career and handsome looks . what would dadaji want more from a person .

Background ?

Oh god ..! she knew nothing about him .whose there in his family . from where he belongs . she knew nothing about it .

She decided to ask him subtly about his family . very soon.

He is serious about her .Isnt he ?

The way he holds her .the way looks at her .the longing in his voice . the way he utters her name ..The air of authority , a bit possessiveness , a bit of desire .

It had in his eyes .But she needed to hear it in words.

She had a terrible past .She had abandonment issue's .

He would be there with her ..always !

Wouldn't he ?For better and for worst ?

She wanted to ask that . but the feminine shyness had ate up her bravado . Like any other girl , she wanted him to be the first to voice out feelings .He would say she means the world to him . and sweep off her feet into a happily ever after .

The hope of which she was holding onto .

He had made her dream again . wish again for love . believe in relationship .

She needed him . she couldn't do without him .anymore.

***

Arjun sat there motionless after geet had left. His brows knotted in tension as mind worked overdrive.

Anant raichanda coming down here ?

Not a good sign !

What does he want ?

absently doodling on a page before him .

That was not like anant . without business he didn't even lift a finger . it couldn't be only because he was missing his grand daughter .

Surely He has some secret agenda.

But the more important part if he gets to know maan is here ..? did he come to know his real name ?

Arjun pressed his temple by the fingers .

He couldn't talk to geet . he couldn't caution her not to take his name in front of her dadaji .

How would he do that ?

***

Sign the papers '.sir !" the "sir" added with sarcasm .

Arjun looked up to find vikas standing next to him hand in his pockets .smirking obstinately .

"What is this .?"

"Oh nothing . just curriculum notices and all that . "

He eyed him scrupulously .

"You should come down to union room one day . I m sure we could use your popularity." vikas had a particular challenging tone in his voice . but it was sugary .way too sweet for his taste.

"I don't do union ." arjun had been curt .

"But you do girls ."

Shocked arjun had looked up to him .what a nerve !

"sorry! My bad. . you know I m not that good in english ." he grinned extra sweetly and added

"I mean you are pretty popular in females species . I m sure we could use that ." vikas carefully rolled the words in his mouth .

"I m sure you could ..but as I said ..i don't " But he was cut midway.

"Geet would like that very much ..um scratch that . she would love that !"He grinned wide . eyes dancing in blatant mirth .

Arjun had the sudden nasty urge to hit him in the face .He knew vikas was a creep . but he was beneath having a conversation .If he hadn't been his student . arjun would have smashed his jaw..

He didn't trust himself to utter another word . he had stared at him with lips pressed in a thin line . it took all his might to stop himself from bursting .

If looks could kill ..

Vikas had grinned like fool and excused himself from there much relief to arjun .

"There should be a farewell function for the final year students" geet exclaimed .

"Their exams are going to begin in next few days ".vikas incredulously looked at her .

"I know idiot ..! but we should sketch up the plan . cause I intend to make it grand !" she slammed the book shut in her hand .

After four long hours of group study she was bored. Very much bored. she didn't notice vikas glare at her , he certainly didnt take his new nickname casually.

And by the way .congratulations yaar ..she slapped on his back .

Haven't had the slightest idea you will get steady with a girl .! She grinned truly happy for her friend .but the person she was addressing to had his lips pressed into a tight smile with his eyes averted . which geet mistook for shyness.

"Don't be mad at me for congratulating so late .better late than never . I actually got to know it recently.

Geet went on blabbing but abruptly stopped as she found arjun standing in distance shooting daggers at her.She gulped noticing his nostrils flared in anger .

"Hey ..gotta go 'catch up later ." with that she had literally fled from there.

Geet knew he wasn't fond of vikas .but didn't know he abhorred him this extent !

***

Geet propped up on the study table munching something from a newspaper packet she held.

"where have you been all day ?" Arjun asked her from bed lay on his stomach .

" you know studying .doing things .!" geet replied casually admiring the view of his muscular form .

He had started getting comfortable with her . now he didn't even bothered to wear anything other than a drawstring pant that clung on his narrow waist .

Define things ! his voice was cold .

Are you interrogating me ? geet had stopped eating and looked at him like he had horns in his head.

"Are you interrogating geet raichanda ?"

"Any problem with that ?" arjun retorted turning his face slightly towards her . not in the mood of another raichanda speech .

"Okay .i brushed . ate breakfast .got dressed .went to college . attended shilpa mam's lecture class. Vinod sir's lecture class. Paul sir's tutorial class.."

"Geet '!! Shut up ..!"He barked cutting her sharp.

"Okay .! she made a gesture to zip up her lips ."

"Tell me the part where you were being cozy with that jackass boy . "

"Who ?..vikas?"

"How many guys you flirt with in one day ..?"

She giggled not able to control it anymore.

"Jealous much ? are we ?"

Arjun caught her off guard and jerked her down to pin her under neath him ."What were you saying ". he rasped huskily.

Nn nothing ..!! geet stammered at the sudden proximity . with his breath fanning on her chest and every inch of her body was much aware of the heat emanating from his body the bravado left her.

"Jealous hmm ?" He drawled as he watched blush to creep up her cheeks.enjoying thoroughly the effect he had on her.

"yes ! no ! ..'I didn't mean .."

"What did you mean sweetheart ??" he drawled caressing her cheek by soft strokes of his long sensual fingers.She blushed even more if that was possible..

"Is that why you didn't find a minute to come and see me?"

She gazed in his caramel orbs for a few seconds.

So he was missing me?

She has quietly placed her palm on his cheek and softly said . " I was just congratulating him . vikas got engaged to zaria."

"Poor girl !" arjun exclaimed absently as he watched her supple lips forming an adorable pout. He brought back his eyes to her almond eyes . eyes that had his reflection on them .

"Stay away from that boy geet . told you before time and again."

"That boy is injurious to your health "

She giggled .

"What ? you find it funny ?" arjun exclaimed exasperated. geet shook her head furiously and said between her giggles .

"You know there's a statutory warning on cigarettes . you are talking like that . smoking is injurious to health ..!"

Arjun shook his head in dismay . as an indulgent smile lingered on his lips.

"Wait a sec ..you don't smoke right ..right ?"

"what if i do ?" .

"No u don't ..i know ." she said confidently.

"Miss geet there's a lot you don't know about me." Her smile faltered as he said those words . he immediately regretted.

I don't know anything about you . she whispered.

Arjun held her chin within his thumb and index.

I m arjun singh khurana . Harvard graduate . MBA. Always stood first in my class. Never took a short cut to success .

What more do you want to know ?

"Your family .your past ."

"Family ..no one alive. Father died when I was 6 .single mother raised me .she too had passed away 4 years ago .leaving me all alone in this world..so if you ask about family . I would say don't have any ." Arjun had said the words with a smile wearing on his lips .but his eyes had the bleakness that was not missed.

"You are not alone .." geet felt her voice heavy as she felt connected with him by one more way.

Arjun gazed at her . as her eyes held the unsaid words. The promise made his heart sputter !He stroked her chin tenderly before swooping in to capture her lips in a slow gentle kiss.

A kiss of promise.

He was giving in ..he knew. But he could do nothing about it.this girl was tearing down the walls from inside . the walls he had built up for so many years .

Soon the kiss had turned passionate ..not getting enough of her .. his hands roaming on her back arms everywhere .

Arjunnn..! she had moaned as his tongue lapped on the hollow of her throat ..her nails digging on his back ..he had pushed off her shirt to get free access of her shoulder ..in process the buttons had torn .but neither of them was in any state to notice that .

His hand made access below her kamij and caressed her naval ..

Stop ..stop ..it tickles ..

Cant stop myself . arjun confessed before swooping down to kiss her again .

woman what have you done to me ?

You are very kissable you know .. arjun smirked as he kept on peaking on her swollen lips . and a damn good kisser !

Hmm..'.she nuzzled more in his chest .as he showered love on her ..kissing down on her nape as she pulled him further .

Wait what ?She had pushed him off suddenly ..

What what ? He asked sour by the sudden dismissal . pulling her again to his chest for another round of kissing when she placed her palms on his chest to stop him from nearing !

Just how many girls have you kissed to know that I m a good kisser ? her brows scrunched up .the little wrinkles around her eyes ..nostrils flaring slightly . the anger suited her arjun thought as he enjoyed the view .

"You are a sight you know ..when you are mad at me.."

"Don't change the topic..Tell me about your past ". geet retorted as she tried to pry him off her.

Arjun rolled back and watched her getting all worked up .."I m plain guy nothing much 'just got married once that's all.."

"WHAATTT?"

"What ?Is that a biggie '!" Arjun asked propped up on his elbow as he watched geet gape at him , hands on her narrow hip ! her cute nose turned red. Red flags on her cheeks . the incredible pout adorning her pink lips.

"You are married'!! You '! How could you .."

Arjun couldn't hold up the laughter anymore . he burst out laughing ..

kidding alright ..!!

she threw a pillow at him ."You are bad ..very bad ."

"But you like bad ..!" arjun said .."Why are you over reacting ..? is being married bad?"

"Bad?. where are your values Mr Harvard !! Marriage is a commitment- a decision to do, all through life, that which will express your love for one's spouse "

His expressions became serious . he watched her struggling with the buttons of her shirt ..!

Lifetime commitment ..funny coming from her.!

"So you believe in marriage ?"

"Of course I do ..why wouldn't I ? I m hindu girl with a very traditional mind."

"So nobody was there ever in your life ?" arjun asked uttering every word cautiously as he gawked at her face for minute details.

Her face faltered for a moment . a wave of sadness washed her off..

"If someone was there ..he is not anymore. .and all of it was a decade ago . .and I had nothing to do with it whatsoever .destiny doesn't play fair .you know .whatever i was a kid back then"

It was nothing you should be worried off .nothing that defames me and my dignity ! I m a virgin you should know .! both in mind and body .!

"No ..you are not .not any more.." he said with his gaze fixed on her.

"I have kissed you ." he explained noticing the shock on her face.

"one doesn't loose virginity with a kiss"

"really ? then how does " arjun blurted before he could stop himself.thoroughly enjoying her words.

"uff ! leave it ..you are impossible to talk with ". geet huffed "now scoot 'what happened to my buttons ..what have you done with them!" She searched every where . when a piece of paper caught her attention . "what's that ? seems like .."

"A doodle .." arjun almost jumped from the bed to grab it before her .

Geet seemed baffled..

"Okay .whats with all jumpy ?"

"Nothing ' don't you want these ?"

He pulled his fist out . the tiny pink buttons lay on it innocently .symbol of their electric chemistry .Geet shook her head annoyed with her shirt .

"How would I go out like this" Her concentration deviated from the paper much to arjun's relief .

"Stop fussing and wear my sweater on it." He handed her a pale green one

After she had left him there he thought about the conversation he had with her.

Oh he was so not joking .

He was very much married. married to geet singh khurana.

He might not have filled her forehead with the vermilion but he accepted her in every way as his wife in front of the holy fire.

Her father uday raijada had performed the sacred ritual of sampradan .

They had taken vows .

To avoid the legal problems it was not complete.

But it was marriage ..

At least to him .!

He laid open the crushed piece of paper . he couldn't let geet see whats his idle fingers doodles on it .

Geet weds Maan

15^th April , 2004

***

Geet sat in the library next day preparing notes for exam . she could easily ask arjun to make these for her . but she chose not to.

Just because they are having an affair that doesn't mean she would take an advantage of him .

Her pen scribbled on the note book lay open ..as she came across a line.

"Your past is always your past. Even if you forget it, it remembers you."

She inhaled a long breath and put down the pen..

She hasn't forgotten the past .She needed to tell arjun about it . but she didn't know what to say , where to begin , where to end.

Marriage is not a noun; it's a verb. It isn't something you get. It's something you do. Its the way you love your partner every day.

She had been tied to the word when she had no sense of it. But it was the relation she tried holding on to.

Now .standing today she wasn't sure of what happened in past .

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