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"Madhu!", I murmured as I saw her drive off from the office building. She was full on emotions. I feared that she would do something to herself. She was the only woman who had the guts to question me ever since that incident happened. Everyone else feared me but she did. She kept reminding me that I was not a cruel boss for her. I was something she felt possession over. "I am so sorry.", I murmured and sat in the car. Her accusations kept ringing in my mind. I could feel her pain brushing on my skin. Everything she said was right. Everything. I was not able to come out of anything. In fact, I never tried. I just accepted that this is how my life is supposed to be. This is it. The end. She won't forgive me. EVER AGAIN. I broke her down. I had forgotten to smile and now, I made sure that she wouldn't smile too. I felt disgusted at myself for being such a spoil. After a while, I sat in my car and left back home. On my way, I realised what I always meant to her. For me, she was my wife but for her...I was her life. I could see that love in her eyes even though I had done everything to make her hate me. She was one stubborn girl. For the past 6 months, every single minute of the day, I kept thinking about her...ways to keep her happy! I thought that it would be better for her to stay clear from me but that hadn't been good for the either of us. I couldn't help but think about her and if she was fine. "What does she mean to me?", I would ask myself this same question over and over again. And the answer would be a smiling image of her flashing into my eyes. Her smile automatically curved my lips into a weak smile too. As the car sped towards home, I rested my elbow on the window pane and moved my fingers on my chin.
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"Rishu!", my mom panicked as I entered the mansion. I was walking looking at my phone and hearing her voice, I looked up. "Ji?", I asked. "Madhu is leaving for Sydney.", she panicked. The thought occurred to me. Ofcourse she was. Dammit! If I told her that I knew and I wasn't reacting, she'd be so mad at me. But I couldn't lie that I didn't know. This would bring trouble for Madhu. She did her duty of informing me. "Yes Maa. I have been really worried to.", that was a truth. The recurrence of the thought did make me worry. "We need to do something Rishu. Ask her to stay. Please.", she had tears in her eyes. I held her shoulder, "Relax, Maa. I am there for her. She will be fine." I lied. I had never been there for her. And I was still being a dick. "I need to talk to her. Its a big city Rishu.", she rubbed her hands together. I sighed as I saw Maa walking towards the mobile. She dialled her number and after a while put the phone down. "She is not picking up.", Maa sighed. I closed my eyes, what if Maa came to know about us. "Rishu!", she freaked out. "Did she already leave?" I walked forward, "No Maa! I just met her an hour back. She was driving back home." Maa eased out and started pacing in the living room. I typed-
"Where are you Madhu? We need to talk."
I pressed the send button.
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[Madhu's POV]
After a light cry, I washed my face with the water. I peaked out of the community washroom and saw my car still parked. Hurriedly, I wiped my face and put on a soft gloss. While I was keeping my gloss in my bag, my fingers felt the vermillion box in my purse. I took it out and gazed it. I had been keeping it for 3-4 months now and used it only for one or two occasions where I officially took part as Mrs Rishabh Kundra. A thought occurred to me and I applied a small pinch on my forehead and kept it in my bag and rushed out. The engine roared as I pressed the accelerator and turned towards Kundra Mansion. For a change, my mind was blank and devoid of any thoughts. I took out my phone and plugged the earphones in my ears. On my cell, I pressed the "Shuffle" button through the playlist
"Tum ho ghum ko chhupaye
Main hoon sat ko jhukaye
Tum bhi chup ho main bhi chup hoon
Kaun kise samjhaye
Ab dooriyan itni hai toh,
Milna yahaan...
Kal Ho Na Ho"
I pressed the break fiercely. Taking a deep breath, I pulled out the earphones and closed my eyes as I burst into innumerable tears. Holding the steering wheel, I dropped my head down and cried. Covering my face with my fingers, I pressed my eyes with the fingertips with an attempt to stop the tears but they just didn't. There was nothing running through my mind. I just wanted to sit there and cry in solitude. The song played in a low volume and it pierced through my heart. Every word just broke my heart into billions of pieces. I didn't want to go anywhere but my phone buzzed. I looked.
"Where are you Madhu? We need to talk!"
It was from RK. My conscious asked me to throw the phone out of the window but the thought of Maa occurred to me. The first thought after so long. "She is why you were heading to Kundra Mansion in the first place, right Madhu?", I told myself. Wiping my tears, I held the steering tightly and started the engine. It was an hour long drive when I finally entered the Kundra estate. The security checks were minimal because of my status as his wife but the entire path was long enough that it took me 30 minutes everytime I wished to enter the mansion. "Am I ready for this?", I asked myself as I pulled the car in the parking. The car stopped and I looked into the mirror. "Argh!", I cribbed. My eyes looked like small red swollen cherry tomatoes. I wiped off the tears and salt of my face and pulled my bag.
"Hey Mam!", Will stood at the entrance. I smiled. "Hey Will!", I shook hands. "Are you ok?", he grew concerned. "Yeah. Thanks Will. Is Mrs Kundra there?", I enquired. I knew RK was, otherwise Will wouldn't be here. "Yes Mam! They are.", he smiled and opened the elevator for me.
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[RK's POV]
"She didn't reply back to my message. Why is she doing this? Doesn't she know I want to know she's fine. Of course. Her new life is waiting for her. Why would she care about me.", my subconscious yelled. "Are you for real?", my conscious thoughts ridiculed my subconscious. "What have you promised her that she will feel liable to inform you? You left her alone so many times. She has every right to avoid you!"
"She is my wife. She must understand what I went through?", my subconscious roared. "Ohh ya! Why is it that her life should be about 'Pains in your husband's life'. She has her own life for all you care?", my thoughts fought back.
"Rishu!", Maa shook me. I looked at her and realized here I was, in my living room.
"Namaste, Maa!", her voice jingled from the door. We turned and saw her standing. She rushed to Maa and hugged her tightly. "Madhu! You're going to have a long life. We were just talking about you!", Maa put her hand on her cheek. She shot her smile. Her eyes. My gaze fixed on them. The lids were swollen and red veins were visible in her eyes. "What happened to your eyes?", Maa asked before I could make a move. She stopped smiling and looked down. "I couldn't sleep last night. That's why. Ask RK. He saw me at the meeting and asked me about it. Haina RK?", she looked at me with almost nothing on her face that I could comprehend. I felt guilty. "Yes, Maa. She told me about it.", I felt like the lowest person in this world. This girl was something I could never understand. "I'll get you water, Maa", she smiled. "No! You sit here. You're not my bahu. You're my daughter and you know it. Sit with me. And tell me about Sydney.", Maa dragged her to the couch.
"I knew you would ask.", she smiled as if everything was normal. "There's this news channel whose offering me an Editor's post in their newspaper- Political Column Editor", she told Maa. I sat afar and listened. "This company is the mother company of the one which owns Brisbane Weekly. They recommended me there.", she continued. "Beta, how will you manage. We are here in Brisbane and you alone in Sydney" "I really want to do this Maa. I have waited for this for so long" "Okay. Where will you live? We can arrange for an apartment. Kyun Rishu?", Maa looked at me. I nodded, "Absolutely, Maa. Madhu?"
Maa's face lit. "Yes Madhu. That will be nice. I will be sure that you have a safe place to stay."
"Maa. There wasnt any need. Sooner or later, the company would give me an accommodation."
"I don't know Madhu. You'll be staying in the Kundra Estates", she smiled. I saw Madhu nod. I sighed in relief. "Meri Jungli Billi.", I smiled at the phrase that had just struck my mind.
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[Madhu's POV]
Maa left to see the arrangements for dinner. I sat there in silence. I had agreed to stay in their apartment for her. That's all I knew.
"Sir. Some of Mrs Kundra's kitty friends are here.", Will announced. RK stood up and moved his head towards the room. I nodded and followed him there. Maa's friends shouldn't get to know about us. We rushed and locked ourselves in RK's room. There was pin drop silence for a while. Awkwardness surrounded us as he turned to look at me. My heart skipped a beat. "You didn't tell me earlier that you were going to Sydney?", he murmured. I gulped my anger down. "It must have slipped out of my mind", I flicked my curls and moved past him. "You've been crying. Haven't you?", he said. I chose not to reply. "Madhu?", his voice moved closer to me. I crossed my hands on the chest and looked down. "Yes.", I told him. "Where were you? All this while? You left office a while ago", he said and wrapped his hands around me. I froze. He pressed his nose in my neck and buried deep inside. I could feel the moisture in his eyes. My eyes filled with tears. I left his warmth and turned to face him.
"I was dead, for all you care", I told him bluntly. He stood there numb. "Aaj keh diya.", he jerked forward and pulled my arms with his hands. "Aage se kabhi nahi", he closed my mouth as I let tears drop on his knuckles. He wiped them off from the back of his fingers and cupped my face. "Thank you. For letting me plan your accommodation", he smiled. "I did that for Maa.", I shrugged. "Madhu.", he closed his eyes and made me sit on his bed. He loosened his shirt buttons and lay down with his head hugging my lap. "Things have changed.", he sighed. My fingers reached his tresses as I moved them through his hairs. "Alot!", I answered back. Tears chased each other on his nose. I wiped them off for him. "I miss you", he admitted. He turned to look at me and pulled my face down to look into his eyes. They were hard to look at. There was pain and guilt dissolved in them. "I miss you too!", I moved my fingers on his face studying the curves. "I realise how every minute of mine just wants to tell me to be with you.", he told me. I stared at him blankly. He lifted his head up to near my face. My eyes popped out. He cupped my face and pulled my lips squeezing them between his lips. I closed my eyes. Tears dripped from my eyes and got lost where my skin pressed against RK's. I held his face and kissed him back with all my force. He pulled back, "All I know is that I have wronged you" I sighed. "I am blaming you for everything that is happening because of my own insecurities."
"I don't know what I should call this, but at the end of everything...after 6 months of marriage, I need you. I need you in every second of my life. But when you do come, I cannot help but think the horrible things that etched my past. I cannot stop myself from drawing parallels.", while he spoke.. I saw his eyes. They were complementing his words to me. His eyes spoke the truth. He wasnt lying or trying to make me feel better, he was baring his heart out. He pushed me back and I supported my body on my wrist as he raised his body above mine sucking my lips wildly. I pulled back, "Are you sure this is what you want?", I asked. "I want you!", he spoke and buried his face in my neck as I let myself press on the bed below him.
When I opened my eyes, he was above me...holding his body with his wrist. I saw him loosening his belt and pushing his pants off. I grabbed his shirt buttons and quickly undid them for him. He pulled my top and I raised my hands up easing him out with the process. "RK!", I stopped him placing my palm on his chest. His skin triggered a shiver down my spine. "I don't want you to regret anything that might happen?", I told him. He touched my forehead. "I won't. Right now, I want you to be mine...forever", he sighed. "Do you trust me?", I murmured. "Yes...I trust you with my life...Biwi!", he smiled and kissed my cheek. "Now you're turning me on!", I chuckled. He dropped his jaws at this. "Sorry.", I bit my lip. He moved his fingers into my hair as every nerve of my body activated on his touch. I felt a chill down the length of my body as he moved his fingers to my jeans.
He opened my jeans and pulled it off. I helped him do that. He kissed my naval and moved up the path to my breast. He stopped and gazed at my bra. "I haven't done this...before!", he sighed. "Neither have I!", I winked. He relaxed and looked at my bra again. I chuckled realizing how that was a big barrier for him. He pressed his hands below my body and opened the hooks and pulled it off. I closed my eyes in embarrassment. I was bared open on someone else's bed and that someone else who was my husband happened to be on top of me kissing and sucking every nerve of my body. "You know what! I am a 21st century woman!", I thought and pulled his head to me...taking over the control. I rolled over so that I was on top of him and kissed his cheeks. When I finally opened my eyes to catch a breath, I was on top of him...sitting on his pelvis. He was still moving his fingers into my hair. I responded to his touch as I felt him turning on below me.
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[RK's POV]
She was turning me on. With every move, she turned my senses on wildly. As she kissed my body, I thought... "Was this the second chance life offered me. Was she the right girl for me? She was everything I dreamt off. She was kind. She was considerate. She loved me for me...and not for my property or my position. She was selfless. She dedicated her life to a lost cause like me.", My hands moved automatically as thoughts clouded my mind. She married me when she knew I would give her nothing in return for her love and concern. She made me realize that I was a sane man. I wasn't the guy that I had been forced to be for the last 6 years. She made me feel like the same guy who met her at the hut 6 years ago. She was a friend, a salvatore, a wife, a supporter and a positive force. Last time I checked my thoughts, I wanted to kiss her as soon as we reached our room a few minutes ago. This was voluntary. Touching her, sinking her into myself was something I wanted to do. There were chances that I might fall into the same trap. But there were chances that I might fall out of my darkness too. I wanted to risk it. For me. For her. I rolled over her again. She stopped kissing me and started panting. My lips curved into a smile as I pulled her closer to me. "Stay very still.", I whispered. She took a long breath and nodded. "I haven't done this before.", I told her. "I am a virgin too!", she winked as I dropped down and went closer to her. I closed my eyes and taking a deep breath, entered her. Her breath stopped as she felt me and then slowly resumed her breathing and opened her eyes. Tears glistened as I gazed her and kept moving down. "I love you!", she told me as our bodies tightly squeezed against each other. She buried her head in my neck and encircled her hands around me. I slowly moved away and rolled on her side.
With my toes, I pulled up a heavy blanket as I saw her dropping down to sleep. She clutched my hand tightly and closed her eyes and dozed off. I kept looking at the ceiling for a while and then closed my eyes.
I saw her in my dreams. I was at the court where the proceedings of the case were being held. The Defence Lawyer was defaming me when the door flung open and Madhu entered. She had a some discs in her hand and she handed them to the court. The judge investigated for a few minutes and then sent them for scientific reports. As against the real time, the reports came in after a few seconds, the judge announced that I was innocent. Roy was sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment while Anjali was prosecuted for 4 years. After the police took them away, Madhu walked up to me. "I told you! Hold on to me!", she smiled and kissed my cheeks.
I opened my eyes and saw her sleeping on my left hand. Her head was buried in my neck and her breath brushed against my skin. I closed my eyes and gave in to slumber. Her presence not only relaxed every nerve of my body, but they made me feel as if I deserved to live too.
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