SS: The Darts of Cupid, Part-5, pg-5 - Page 4

😆 😆 😆 i love the war btw the men more amusing.. i just love to read their dialogues and as for Bani and Laxmi though the men pledge to love they are taken for a ride.. would love to see what's going to happen...
love
kamy

I will be back and I will read the story, I promise. Just want to congratulate you on starting a new one (I cant seem to finish one and you start off as soon as you closed one.

I am not writing the last twist in the original plot where (jack) Earnest's real identity is revealed and he is indeed Earnest. Simply because I want to just show that Masi accepts him despite his no-class as love prevails in the end…

PART-5

After a disturbed sleepless night, bani and lakshmi…sat by the window of bani's room, musing… looking at the men seated in the garden…

"The fact that they did not follow us at once into the house, as anyone else would have done, seems to me to show that they have some sense of shame left" lakshmi said passively…

"They have been munching apples. That looks like repentance…" bani said after a long thought…

"They don't seem to notice us at all. Couldn't you cough?"

"But I haven't got a cough"

"They're looking at us. What effrontery!"

"They're approaching. That's very forward of them"

"Let us preserve a dignified silence"

"Certainly. It's the only thing to do now"

Both jai and tarun entered the room, tarun looked a bit somber but jai was whistling a stupid song…

"This dignified silence seems to produce an unpleasant effect" lakshmi whispered to bani…

"A most distasteful one" whispered back…

"But we will not be the first to speak"

"Certainly not"

"Mr. Dixit, I have something very particular to ask you. Much depends on your reply"

"Mr. Walia, kindly answer me the following question. Why did you pretend to be my guardian's best friend?"

"In order that I might have an opportunity of meeting you" jai replied casually…

"That certainly seems a satisfactory explanation, does it not?" bani whispered to lakshmi again…

"Yes, dear, if you can believe him"

"I don't. But that does not affect the wonderful beauty of his answer"

"Mr. Dixit, now what lame excuse you have in store…"

"I love you Lucky…"

"I don't think so…it was just a sketch drawn by an intelligent lawyer…"

"But baiyya never lies…" bani said softening

"Then you think we should forgive them?"

"Yes. I mean no"

"Enough of this court marshal… bani just come with me…" jai advanced towards her…

"No…" bani said firmly, only to be dragged away by jai…

"I am sorry Lucky…but I love you with all my heart…" tarun said, holding her hands…

"I forgive you tarun, I suppose you all did this for me, to impress mamma…" lakshmi pecked his cheek…
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"Leave me…"bani shouted… jai lifted her throwing her petite frame on his well-built shoulders…climbing the steps leading to the terrace … placing her on her feet once they reached…

"Shut up…you devil…" jai scolded her, making her freeze…he hugged her body to himself…smothering her delicately…She saw him fracture into rainbow colors through the prism of her love….from the back of his shirt he took out a single rose stem grown in her garden…offering her…She took the flower; and then, appalled by his charm, by the erotic proximity of his snappy crackle of power, and by herself, accelerated anxiously away…but he held her firmly…

"You will pay for all the abuses and physical assault…it's a gentleman's promise Miss. Dixit…"

"I am…I am sorry…" bani mustered…

"I am sorry too…" he said apologetically…

"Well…you are forgiven…" bani said…jai's lips crashed onto hersengagingin an enchanting kiss…
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The reconciled couples cuddled in the living room, enjoying their desert… when their cozy setting was shaken by a stormy voice…

"Miss. Lakshmi Makhija… how dare you escape and come here…" It was Shobha Makhija…

"What does this mean…??" she thundered…

"Merely that I am engaged to be married to Tarun, mamma" lakshmi held her gorund…

"Tarun who is this tarun now…"

That's a long story aunty…" bani chipped in…

"Who is this unmannered girl ?" masi said haughtily…

"This is Bani Dixit, my ward…" tarun said…

"And I am marrying bani…" jai said…

"I do not know whether there is anything peculiarly exciting in the air of this particular part, but the number of engagements that go on seems to me considerably above the proper average that statistics have laid down for our guidance. I think some preliminary inquiry on my part would not be out of place. Mr. Sablok, is Miss Dixit at all connected with any of the larger railway stations in Delhi? I merely desire information. Until yesterday I had no idea that there were any families or persons whose origin was a Terminus…" she said sarcastically, tarun fumed…

"No, she is the grand-daughter of the famous lawyer, if your general knowledge is updated enough, Mr. Nishikant Dixit, a retired Supreme court judge…now expired…"

"Oh!! Of course, I remember to hear the name…Sweet girl, just turn your face a bit…the side view is what I want. Yes, quite as I expected. There are distinct social possibilities in your profile. The two weak points in your age, too young…and second the chin a little higher, dear. Style largely depends on the way the chin is worn. They are worn very high, just at present. JAI!"

"Yes masi…"

"There are distinct social possibilities in Miss Dixit"

"Bani is the sweetest, dearest, prettiest girl in the whole world. And I don't care two pence about social possibilities…"

"Don't speak disrespectfully of Society…Jai… Only people who can't get into it do that… Well, I suppose I must give my consent…since jai for first time is himself agreeing to marry, you must be something special dear…" masi smiled…

"Thanks masi…thanks a lot…"

"Thank you aunty…" bani said…

"You may call me masi dear…"

"Yes masi…" bani smiled shyly…

"I think the marriage should happen soon…To speak frankly, I am not in favor of long engagements. They give people the opportunity of finding out each other's character before marriage, which I think is never advisable…the charm of matrimony is lost…"

"Sorry for interrupting you, but this engagement is quite out of the question. I am Miss Dixit's guardian, and she cannot marry without my consent until she comes of age. That consent I absolutely decline to give…." Tarun said hotly…

"Upon what grounds may I ask? Jai is an extremely, I may almost say an ostentatiously, eligible young man…"

"That isn't an issue…" tarun said

"Bani dear what's your age…" masi asked…

"I am yet to turn twenty…"

"A secret, then tell your real age…by the way…a matter of few months…"

"Sorry to interrupt again but Mr. Dixit believes that her grand-daughter needs custody till the age of 26…"

"Oh!! 26, that's the perfect age for a girl to get married…Lakshmi is of the same age…great…jai can wait…can't you jai…" jai looked horrified but soon hid his shock…

"I can wait bani, you know…" jai said with a smile…

"Oh shut up, I can't wait…I hate waiting even five minutes for anybody. It always makes me rather cross. I am not punctual myself, I know, but I do like punctuality in others, and waiting, even to be married, is quite out of the question…"

"Then what is to be done Bani?" jai said highly disappointed wanting to strangle tarun's neck…

"I don't know, Mr. Walia…"

"But masiji, the matter is entirely in your own hands. The moment you consent to my marriage with Lakshmi, I will most gladly allow your nephew to form an alliance with my ward…"

"You must be quite aware that what you propose is out of the question"

"Then a passionate celibacy is all that any of us can look forward to"

"That is not the destiny I propose for lakshmi…Jai can decide for himself…come dear we are already late…"

"I swear to remain a spinster my entire life if not married to Tarun…" lakshmi sobbed…

"Oh Lakshmi…" bani hugged her…

"Don't make it difficult lakshmi…" masi said

"Do you remember mom it was a a commoner on the street who saved papa from an accident by admitting in the hospital when none came to his rescue…the greatness of people lies in mankind and goodness of heart not class and creed…he loves me…"

Masi sat mutely…

"You have my blessings dear…" she uttered after a long silence…

"Oh thanks you mamma…I love you…" lakshmi hugged her…

"But what is this story about tarun…" she questioned again…

"Oh NO!!!" everybody sighed in unison…
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The married coupleslooked content as the dinner at the Makhijas became a boisterous affair… today in the morning they had tied the knots in a simple ceremony…daksh and meera also decided to marry during winter fall…

"So now what do you have to say Tarun…" Lakshmi joked…

"What can I say…when the darts of stupid strike even the mightiest fall…" tarun said playfully… glancing at jai…

"Well, if I knew you had such gorgeous, wonderful ward then I wouldn't have wasted so much time…" jai replied unabashedly…earning a kick from bani under the table…

"No, you all can excuse us…" jai stood up even when half the course was yet to be served…

"You know jai, I hate people who don't take dinners seriously…" masi said…

"I am sorry masi…I just got a text message that Mr. Lingappa is heaving his last breath…" tarun looked aghast, the audacity of this man…

"Advice him to decide this time, once and for all…either die or live…he always disturbs my plans…"

"I am sorry but I have to leave…come bani…" jai made her get up…

"Why are you taking bani along with you…?"

"How will she go home then…?"

"I will drop her…you don't worry…she is still me ward…" tarun intervened… clearly knowing that jai was escaping the dinner…

"She is my wife and I can perfectly take care of her…"

"Let me remind your words…you said that you will forget the fact that you are married when you actually get married…" tarun said with a smirk…

"I eat my words happy…come bani goodnight everyone…" jai almost scuffed bani along with him…
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"I hope Mr. Lingappa is fine…" bani prayed as jai drove with berserk speed…

"Oh! I didn't tell you about him right…" jai narrated his innovative invention… by the time he ended bani was holding her stomach laughing…

"That's the best piece of practical joke I have even known in my life…" bani said trying to control her laughter…

"I think I will kill him now…" jai said

"No…he seems to do no harm…"

"But he is a bit over-used…"

"Maybe I can have a childhood friend of mine…"

"Ummm…Sanghamitra Mukhopadhyay…" bani came up with her bright idea…

"I have had enough of these…" jai said

"Fine but where are we going…this is not our home…" bani said peeping outside the window…

"It's my personal cottage…"

"But why are we here…"

"That you will come to know shortly…" jai halted the car…coming around he opened the bani's side of the door…she came out, looking ravishing in a deep maroon sari embezzled with heavy stones… he just scooped her into his arms…

"Jai put me down…I can walk…"

"Shh…"
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Bani blushed as jai carried her to the bedroom decorated with rose petals and burning scented candles…she suddenly felt awkward thinking of the prospect of being naked in front of him…

"I never knew you were so romantic…" bani said…

"I didn't either till you happened…" he gently placed her on the bed of jasmines…

"Now payback time Mrs. Walia…" he whispered in her ear as he came over her, pulling way her sari…soon all her ornaments were strewn on the floor…while their clothes hung from the edges of the bed…

Jai's gentleness touched bani and she soon shed her inhibitions…loosing herself in the ocean of love and passion…
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It was past midnight, but sleep eluded either of them...who lay basked in sweat snuggling to each other…

"You…were pretty aggressive Mrs. Walia…" he hushed huskily threading his fingers through her damp hair… nuzzling her neck…to his utter disbelief he felt wetness on her cheeks…he lifted his head to find tears rolling down her eyes…

"Hey bani…" he quickly wiped the tears off with his thumb-pad

"What happened baby…did I hurt you…?" he enquired peering over her face…bani smiled self-consciously….

"No…nothing…it's…I never thought this would happen…it all seems surreal…it all happened so swiftly…" bani gushed…

"I thought it was just a casual fling for you…" she continued chagrined, feeling stupid… her bashfulness further increased as she heard her husband's laughter echo in her ears…

"Well, to be honest…I was highly determined to restrict it to a casual fling but it was you…there was magic around you and poor I was bewitched…" he stated kissing her brow…

"Liar…"

"No… my eyes don't lie…"

"You didn't even propose me properly…" bani pouted…

"I hate proposals…and moreover even if you had said no you would have been here with me…" bani turned beetroot red…

"You…you are impossible…" she said abashed hitting him…

"Now, where were we…" he said cuddling her in his arms…

"Hmm …you are not as innocent as you look…little devil…" his hands had already removed the comforter covering them…busy exploring her curves…

"I love you jai…" she whispered biting his earlobe…lazily raking the field of hair on his broad, never-ending chest…moving down she put her mouth against his heaving chest and licked his nipple encircling her tongue around it…he let out a pleasured groan…crimping she succumbed to him as he rolled over her suckling her bounty b****ts ravenously…

"You are driving me crazy bani…" he croaked as he entered her…drinking her cry as he took her lips into an urgent kiss…and much later…after reaching the height of their tumultuous congress… …

"Love you…" he whimpered falling back while she nestled in the crook of his shoulder closing her drooping eyes, a vibrant smile etched on her face…
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And everyone lived happily ever after… …

Tony, he was relieved to have a mistress like bani who was complete opposite of jai…he discovered a newfound friendship with her… appreciating women folk at last… …

And yes, Mr. Lingappa finally made a decision…he died…too tired of all this… …
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The End… …

God bless
Dhani…

P.S.: I know I have not updated Separate journeys…it's just that this story got me distracted. I have not written Separate journeys since long, but promise I will soon post it!!!!

Wow Dhani....I never realized you started a new FF. Dont know how I missed it and you ended it too.

That was fabulous👏 Loved the ending

Hmmm... Nice ending, glad u decided to do away with the original ending and add Mr. Lingappa. Added a beautiful charm to it. Im going to miss this Jai and Bani. That was a nice conversation Lakshmi and Bani were having. loved it. Also loved how Jai carried Bani out... what wouldn't I pay to see the look on Jai's face when tarun said he should wait till Bani turned 26. 😆😆😆

hey dhani that was too good ending

Hi

that was awesome dhani. i loved it till the end..
take care
love
kamy

I"m actually glad that you didn't add in the twist. It's nice that mausi accepts Tarun for who he is. JB were 😳😳😳 as always. Wonderfully written. Can't wait for an update of separate journeys 😃