By the time I make an update, this is how I compensate. Hope you like it. 🤗
Hers
"For someone who doesn't like me, you're way too possessive" He whispered in her ears
"You can say whatever you want to, I am still not letting you go" She tightened her grip on his arm.
"I am not Vansh" he reminded her
"I know" she smiled
"But you're my husband, for the world, and he was not a womanizer" She said gritting her teeth
"Because he got you in the bed, what about me, mjhe kya milega?" He licked his lips. Ridhima rolled her eyes, she was so habitual of this constant flirting, which initially she found inappropriate.
"You're shameless"
"If you keep telling me I am shameless, maybe I have to be shameless, is tht what you want? Is that how you provoke me?" He looked over his shoulder to her. She looked up staring at him, with her mouth wide open, he stared back at her. A woman interuppted their staring contest.
"Excuse me, can I steal your partner for a dance" A lady, in her mid 30s approached them
"Sure" Riddhima smiled and looked at Vihaan
"Behave" she left his hand and passed him a warned glare. He grinned and left with the lady.
Ridhima walked up to the bar and sat on the tall wodden chairs they had. She adjusted her dress and crossed her legs
"Whatever mocktail you suggest" she said catching the gaze of the bartender who was about to ask her what she wanted.
A man came to the bar and sat on the stool in front of her. They talked shortly, Ridhima sipping the mocktail the bartender handed her before she took his leave and went on to find her husband unaware of the a pair of eyes glaring them.
Ridhima looked over slightly on her tip toe to find her husband, oh, I mean, her so called husband. She couldn't spot him and that scared her. Everytime Vihaan went out of sight, he did something extremely stupid.
"Where is he?" She mumbled.
"Who is he?" She felt a pair of hands encircling her waist and whispering in her ears.
"Who's who?" She asked clueless perfectly recognising the touch, of, her, apparent husband.
"Don't act innocent" he clenched his jaws
"The guy at the bar?" She asked "idk, just some random stranger" she added.
"So you talked to a random stranger for 3 minutes and 15 seconds?" He made his grip tight.
"Not everyone puts the timer on while talking to people" She said sarcastically and she was sure he closed his eyes to control the anger. She liked it. This control of hers, on, her, apparent husband. This was needed. Ridhima figured out Vihaan is not the one to be tamed, although she was sure it was Vansh, not vihaan, she didn't try to prove it, she knew she needed to first get rid of the evil stepmother and her son, after this is over she might deal with her husband, her way.
"You know.. I don't like it" he groaned snuggling closer and smelling her hair
"Can we leave already?" She asked controlling the urge to start an argument with him. If he didn't want to accept who he was, if he wanted her to suffer, why would she care what he thought, or felt? Two can play a game, and Ridhima was doing exactly that. Too Confident of Vansh to think she wouldn't recognise him even after he has been in the same room with her for more than a month. His wife was smarter than that..He did a few stupid mistakes, just so she doesn't doubt him but it didn't take Ridhima much to figure out it's him, just a strand of his and Ishani's hair and the DNA test was crystal clear but she decided to keep it to herself and played along. If Vansh wanted to play a game of cat and mouse, and thought he was winning, she let him believe the mirage.
*****
They walked towards the parking lot.
"So how's Sia?" He asked
"Do you really care?" She asked
"Yeah" he said irritated
"Shes getting better" she answered.
*****
"So what were you two talking about...at the bar?" he asked, breaking the silence between them as he parked the car inside his garage.
"You still stuck on that?" She giggled removing her seat belt
"Answer me" he stopped the car and looked at her seriously
"It was nothing, very random" She pouted unlocking the door. His jaw tightened and he looked at her for a few seconds before he stormed inside the mansion.
******
"You took me to a party, I hope you know I will charge for this" He said removing his shoes
"I do. How much you want?" She replied Tying her hair in a loose bun
"Ask what now how and.." he paused gazing at her for a few seconds
"I want you" he said in a deep voice
"In the sense?" She played with the fire knowing very well what he meant.
"In every sense" he didn't leave her gaze.
"No mood for hopeless flirting" she sang as she threw her phone to the other side of the bed
"I am not flirting"
"Says every guy who flirts with me" She opened the cupboard to pick up her clothes, intentionally trying to create a ruckus inside his head, oh how she loved that.
"Who else flirts with you, btw?" He closed the door of cupboard and pinned her to it, caging her in between his arms
"Men" she rolled her eyes, scared of what is going to happen but not letting it visible on her face
"Who men exactly?" He inhaled sharply
"Like.. you, and the man I met the party and the.."
"You said it was nothing, I will kill him" he roared banging his fist on the door
"Ouch" she squeezed her eyes in fear
"Are you mad Vihaan" she whimpered
"You're mine" he groaned.
"Which part of it you don't understand?" He asked calmly touching her forehead with his
"I don't understand any of it. You can stop with the act no one's watching" she stammered as she kept her eyes closed
"Open your eyes" he commanded. She slowly opened her eyes and gulped.
"Do you have any idea what's going on in my mind right now?" He slowly caressed her cheeks and whispered. She stood still, not moving, she was shivering yet feeling so hot amidst the strong manly hands of her, oh, husband.
"Va..Vihaan" her throat had went dry. Even though she knew it was her husband she never got the chance to call him by his name, the name she had engraved in her heart.
"What would you do..if I kissed you?" He whispered, his warm breath fanning across her bare neck. He stood stiff, breathing heavily and waiting for an answer.
"I..I" she stuttered. She didn't know what to say. The otherwise bubbly and chatterbox Ridhima has nothing to say. The words stuck in her throat and her mind was not working.
"Will you kiss me back?" He asked burying his face in the crook of her neck. Her breath hitched. She will, but she was too shy to accept it.
"Tell me" he hissed and she went weak on her knees as soon as his lips brushed the skin of her neck. She held the collar of his black blazer tightly and bit her lip to control the urge she had. If she could be honest, she wanted to end this tiny inch between their lips and kiss him badly.
"Or leave" He said dryly
She looked up in what must have been shock. her heart sank, yet started beating wildly.
"Leave before I lose my mind" he muttered rudely.
Even though the desire was overpowering, she couldn't let this seduction take the best of her self respect so she moved slowly to get away from his clutch, waiting for him to complete his revenge. For him to do what he wanted to do to her for what she did. Ridhima knew the day he gets to know she knows he's Vansh, the things are gonna change, he will not be the person he is, things will change between them. Ridhima had no idea why vansh was doing all this but she knew she was under his radar too considering she did betray him in some way or other. She never wanted to, she never intentionally wronged him, but she knew none of her explanation will be enough for him. If he has decided he's gonna do something to her, he will and Ridhhima knew she will take everything he had for her happily, his love, hatred, obsession, every thing. Living with him, she knew she can be dead any minute but she wasnt scared of death.. she was scared of losing him.. again.. so untill she is alive and has the opportunity to be with him, she will stay, last one month that she'd been with Vihaan knowing he was vansh she wished all of it to be true. How happy she was this one month. So she decided, she will take him as Vihaan, she will take him as anyone, for her heart knew he was hers. Her husband.