Chapter 3
Jodha walks into the Moghul Ritz, looks around, is impressed with the decor,the colors, chandeliers, art work, furniture, rugs, floors and lighting blends in well, walks up to the reception and speaks to them briefly, then grabbing her heavy light green lengha, fully embroidered with silver and stone work, she almost runs down the hall towards the ballroom, her body hugging choli almost suffocating her, looking into the image saved on her cellphone - is annoyed and upset - every head turns in her direction as she walks by - cursing under her breath - "arrogant male, how dare he, I will teach him a lesson he'll never forget" arrives at the grand entrance - looks at the image on her phone then her eyes carefully scan the crowd - he should be here she thinks, it is his shareholders family party -she stops and talks to two women then looks directly into a pair of eyes that was watching her and starts walking towards him. Jalal was busy talking with Abdul when he in passing he catches a glimpse of her - he turns his head to get a second glimpse, this is a first for Jalal - Allah has made her perfect to my taste he thinks, his heart skips a beat and starts to race he is spellbound, an eerie feeling engulfs him, he becomes prey to a host of emotions burning deep within him. Their eyes meet and he sees her walking gracefully towards him- he admires her from head to toe - she was wearing light green his favorite color, her eyes fiery - her lips full and pouty, her beautiful face visibly upset - - her royal blue netted odhani slightly displaced giving him a glimpse of her generous curves, her shiny long black hair hiding her slim waist - Jalal was not the only one trapped within the spell of her hotness but also were the eyes of others - male and females around him. A tight slap landed on his right cheek, as the sound of a slap echoed in the ballroom, a shocked Jalal was catapulted to reality, pin drop silence settled around as all heads turned towards them - he dodges the second slap, as she started to speak "how dare you" when Jalal quickly grabs by her waist, pulls her towards him angrily and covers her lip with his , biting them together, sucking out her breath - turning his back to the crowd, grabs both her hands and locks it behind her, holding it tightly with one hand while his other hand - moves inside the rim of her lengha, and runs it along her waist, then moves it up caressing her back, then stomach and moves it up over her choli grabs her bosom giving her a light squeeze - there was no passion - just fury as he angrily whispers in her ears - "bitch -you know what I am capable of now, if you say another word or attempt to strike me, there will be a repeat performance, only this time my hands will wander further and inside your choli in front of all no modesty, this time around you will be embarassed" Jodha was stunned, helpless and in a state of shock when he turned her around and announced "ladies and gentleman - I am proud to present the future Mrs Jalaluddin Mohammed Akbar - she is a little ticked off with me today, pyaar mei yeh sab hota hai" and laughs ... everyone start clapping -he whispers in her ear "you better start smiling or else..." music starts - Jalal pulls her to the dance floor, pulling her tight against his chest, his grip on her waist tightened holding her captive for a slow short dance ... she felt a shiver up her spine .everyone claps again, he briefly stops to speak with Abdul - and leads her out ...
Holding her tightly by her waist he drags her out of the ballroom into an elevator - "why are you dragging me inside the elevator?" "Let me go you ..." she struggles , attempts to kick him as the door closes- Jalal sees her doe like beautiful eyes fill with intense fear, her lips quiver, ... he corners her grabs both her hands lifts them straight up in the air and pins them firmly against the wall -he leans on her immobilizing her, his face inches away from hers -she slowly lifts her eyes and looks directly into his, sees fury in his eyes. Gets faint hint of wine as his warm breath fans her face "don't you dare do it again, you will awaken the sleeping animal in me ...such a hot temper eh, ... you think only you have a temper, you have yet to see mine, nobody, I mean nobody messes with Jalaluddin Mohammed" he angrily hissed- tightening his grip, his voice sends shivers up her spine.He then continues " Who the hell are you? you walk into my den and attack me and expect me to let you go??" ... For the first time in Jalal's life he see arrogance and innocence staring back at him, even when angry she looked vulnerable and beautiful - if here eyes were a weapon, the piercing look would have caused serious destruction, her cheeks flushed as blood inside her began to boil - attempting to pull her hands free - she said - "it is you, it is you that started all this, how dare you walk into my house and ask my parents to send me to be your mistress eh?? blackmailing my dad so you can satisfy your sexual urge, knowing his company is going through a financial crisis, you are using me as a pawn offering to give Ameri Oil corp 12 months extension of interest free, payment free loan -you ...you...obnoxious womanizer, l hate you" she yells in a fit of rage - Jalal is shocked at the accusation and the names she called him, no one ever dared to talk to him in such a manner, an intense furious vengeance sparks in him - he gets possessed by a passionate hatred, hot blood rushes through his veins, he grabs her by her shoulders his fingers dig into her causing her to wince in pain - a second away from exploding, he takes a deep breath - then releases her saying "you created an action situation, now get ready my for my reaction, 5 days from now you will become my property... as my wife not my mistress, you will regret the day your path crossed Jalaluddin Mohammed Akbar" The elevator door opens " you are drunk, never, never, not even in your dreams will I be anything to you" she mutters under her breath and stops, he listens without saying a word. People were staring at them, Jalal hands digging into her waist dug deeper, she could feels anger in his grip and thinks ...this is guy is capable of anything, I better behave to get out of here in one piece...she forces a smile as he leads her out of the elevator.
Jalal walks her out to the entrance towards his waiting car - he sees another Audi parked directly behind, the driver quickly comes around and holds the door open, Jodha pulls away from Jalal and walks towards the white Audi S3- Jalal follows close by - he looks around and notes many pairs of eyes were on them, he sees one reporter, camera flash goes off - He quickly pulls her close , jerks her forward - she falls against his chest he hugs her briefly "this is for the press" he tells her. His eyes fall on her exposed cleavage, he reaches and adjusts her odhani and says "I will not share what is mine" She quickly gets into her car she shoots back "I hate you, I will never agree to marry you and I will never be yours" - Jalal looks at her, smirks, pulls out his phone and clicks her picture "challenging me again, we'll see " he says blows her a kiss and shuts the door - signals the driver and her car pulls out of the driveway slowly- he looks at the car tag - 'AMERI 3' he makes a mental note, walks over to the reporter and asks to see his camera, reviews the pictures and deletes it saying " she is my future wife, I don't want any indecent pictures of her floating around" giving him his business card says "text me and I will send you a picture later tonight, you can publish that" smiling walks back to the party thinking brainless beauty he smirks, funny that I don't know anything about the girl I will be marrying,...my mirchi bride... he smirks.
Tears roll down her cheeks as she looks at the marks his fingers left on her wrist, what a brute she thinks her fingers touch her swollen lips - she starts sobbing - feels completely broken and violated, never in her life has she ever been treated this bad, no one dared touch her but he did, in 20 minutes her world had turned upside down. She picks up her phone and texts Shivani "I went and met that arrogant guy and handed his cheek a rich slap cake and embarrassed him in front of all, he has threatened me but I am not scared" deep down in her heart, fear begins to grip her, she recalls his words "we'll see" a chill runs up her spine giving her goosebumps all over. She continues texting "don't give my information to anyone, I want to keep a low profile the next few days till I leave" Shiv texts back "he was so scary when he was here threatening bapusa, maasa was really afraid of him, I just stayed in my room, Di be careful he is a monster Bhapusa is very scared and worried for you" Jo texts back "tell him not to worry, I will work my way out, yeah, he is horrible, got to go, will call later I am sure my friends are looking for me at the wedding - will see you later tonight, muah"
Her friends come running to her as her car pulled up at the entrance "where the hell were you fool, we were worried for you, our dance is coming up next" laughing "we thought your prince charming swept you off your feet and carried you away to paradise" one of them said "hey, your lips have the just kissed look" Jo turns red "your face tells it all, so you did go and meet a guy, tell us about him what else..." Jo interrupts her "stop being nosy, nothing like that happened" and walks quickly towards the sangeet hall, with her friends continue teasing her, stopping at the restroom she rewraps her odhani, like how Maasa taught her, it hid her body well, looks at her lips, they looked different -fuller - recalls his lips on hers holding them captive ...thinks .. he messed my dream first kiss...his lips were soft she blushes, thinks what I am I doing he touched me without my permission, but still my first kiss ... I truly hate him.. Moti walks in, sees her and says "day dreaming about your hero eh?" looks at her from head to toe and says "looks like you had a passionate romp, look he even left his stamp on you" pointing to the bruise on her waist ..."Moti tum bi na, ek pagal jaise sochti, lets go, listen, they are calling for our group dance ... lets go" and they run, Jo gives her phone to one of the girls sitting and they start to dance .. Baari Barsi...Baari Barsi Khatn Gaya Si Khat Ke Leyandi Duggi Dhol Di Chhad Ke Group Pakad Le, moovutu Bukki Bukki Ke Mehfil Ta Sajdi, Ke Mehfil Ta Sajdi... loud clapping and request for repeat performance ... they dance again ...the rest of the evening goes by Jo forgets her recent past and enjoys herself. As the gathering started to dissolve .. Jo realizes her phone is missing, starts looking for it when one of her friends say "hey guys ... look ...look... look... " the I have no boyfriend..I have no time or interest to date missy has a boyfriend after all, she is just hiding him from us ... acting all like miss goody goody" shows the image of Jalal Jo had saved her phone to all ...the girls go ahh... ooh.. he is so handsome ... one of them say "he is Jalal - the handsome stinking rich flirty tycoon" Jo tries to speak but they sssuuussshhh her says "look at her blushing ... we know you will lie to us" and start teasing her no end, Jo attempts to get the phone back from them but they keep passing it on to each other teasing - Jo gets mad, leaves the phone with them saying " you guys are drunk and crazy, your brains are working overtime imagining ...I am tired and going to sleep" and walks up to the elevator, ... I hate him, I hate him
Jalal walks into the ballroom - sees everyone busy talking, eating drinking, dancing and having fun, he walks over to Abdul and asks "any info" Abdul chuckles and says "wow Jalal - you are one lucky guy, do I have information or what, every minute detail of her life included - I just emailed it to you. She is Jodha Kunwari Rai, the priced daughter of Ameri Oil corp owner, studying in the US .. is here in India on a short trip" Jalal recalls "AMERI 3" - Abdul continues and gives him her whole CV ending with .. "Remember just before the party this evening the board of directors had a meeting to discuss the 5 billion dollars loan that company owes Mughul Financials and you approved a grace period 6 months based on the investments they had" Jalal does recall the circumstances of the loan and says "Oh, I get it now, I get it now" smirking says "I now know why Adham was so eagar to leave, he missed our party saying how it was very important that he personally tell them the decision as soon as possible so they won't take other drastic steps as we might "loose a very big customer" Jalal laughs and says "so Adham made an indecent proposal and I get punished for it, vengeance will be mine for sureand I get the last laugh" Abdul shows Jalal the pictures he took of Jalal and Jo when they were kissing and dancing .saying "here, look I have captured your first public kissing and your marriage proposal" Jalal looks at them and says "thanks, you understand and know me best" chooses a few and texts it to the reporter "for the morning headlines, choose one. Thanks for allowing me to delete the others".. he then texts the picture he took of Jo sitting in her car to his mother with the caption "your future daughter in law" followed with next text " get ready I'll be there in 1/2 hour, taking you to meet up with her parents to finalize the ristha, want to marry her this week, Bakshi and Mirza can come if they want" Turns around and tells Abdul "we have to layout a concrete fool proof plan and trap her ... I cannot let her escape" Abdul agrees, thinks deeply and asks "are you sure you want to get married, I thought you wanted to ..." when Jalal cuts in " Abdul are you questioning my judgement?" Abdul shakes his head and says "kind of, lets get out of here to a more private place and discuss, we should start by exploring her brother's weak link first, they took out the loan mortgaging their father's company..." they leave the ballroom via main entrance, Adham Khan enters via side entrance looking very happy, gets a text from Jalal "bhai can you take over at the party, an important business came up, I had to leave, by the way where are you I did not see you" Adham texts back "just got back after meeting Bharmal ji" Jalal texts back " who is Bharmal ji ?" Adham texts back "The owners of Ameri oil corp, things went just as I planned, I will settle it by Monday, I might have to a bit more lenient than planned so things go my way, I know I can count on you to support me as you always have" Jalal reads the text, smiles and texts back "it depends on what you are after, OK bhai, chat with you later, got to go now"
Another long chapter, thanks for reading😊
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Edited by rexniko - 10 years ago
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