Tormenting Mr. Gangster #2||CHap 44 Pg104 [SanDhir] - Page 13

Chapter-32

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Night time

Sanyukta climbed into her bed exhausted by day's events. She had ignored Randhir the whole day...not that he had made an attempt to talk to her anyway, she sighed... they had carefully avoided each other, instantly adverting their gaze when they caught the other looking at them.

Sanyukta was mad at him ! Not only had he hurt her, shamelessly getting cozy with his s**t but he had the audacity to ask what was the matter !... and top it all, he was not talking to her and acting as if she was the one at fault...like...like she was a child throwing unnecessary tantrums.

A tear escaped her eyes... she had tried not to think about it all day, to make herself busy in other things...but now that her mind was free to wander...she could not help but think back at what she saw...the s**t had clung to him, Randhir had not pushed her and he had led her to his room...another sob shook her body as she buried her face deeper into the pillow, trying to engulf her sorrows.

The pain on her chest made her realize something else...something far more alarming. She had been hurt... but why had she had been hurt ? ...because she was jealous... and why was she jealous ? ...because she cared ! ...She had come to term with this notion some time ago...when she had hastily rushed in here upon hearing the news of him being shot...forgetting all about the way he had humiliated her...she knew she cared... but today the hurt she felt had another flavor... today she had been hurt because he had led a finger on another woman... another woman beside her... and that had sent her into a state of frenzy. She could not tolerate the idea of his teasing smirks directed to someone else... his wandering fingers on another waist than hers...his devilish lips on another set of lips than hers... uurrghh !!!! she let out a muffled cry.

She knew she was entering dangerous grounds here... her life was really getting messed up. She who only wished for a simple life, she who had everything planned out, she who only mingled with the crme of the society... was now in a situation where everything was so complicated, where she didn't know what tomorrow was going to bring, where she had befriended gangsters... it was all so far away from all her ideals...Things were truly messed up ! ...The more she stayed with them, the more she felt she was gambling her life... And the stakes were high...very high... she was on the verge of losing something really precious in the battle.

Lost in her thought she didn't hear the door being opened behind her, as a showy figure entered her room, hidden in the darkness of the room.

Suddenly she felt a weight on her back, as a hand covered her mouth preventing her from making any noise. She started wriggling at first, but soon enough the familiar sent hit her nose.

Randhir !

She started wriggling even more vigorously under him.

"Shhh" whispered Randhir in her ear.

"Stop moving woman!" he ordered her. Which only fueled her anger...as if !

She continued wriggling a couple of minute, before slowly stopping, her muffled cries slowly subsiding... Drained out of her energy, she finally became still, giving up the already lost battle.

Upon seeing her calming down, Randhir finally removed his hand from her mouth. He could feel the wetness on his hands... she had been crying. He sighed.

This woman was going to be the death of him...He stayed in the same position for a couple of minute, without saying a word...just feeling her under him. She had been angry at him all day, but he had no idea why...

He sighed. "What's the matter ?" he asked, slowly caressing her arm up and down. He knew how his touch affected her. Rather than words they communicated with their touch.

No response.

His hand slid down to her waist, the moment his hand went under her top, Sanyukta forcefully jerked his hand away from her waist. ...Like hell she was gonna to let him touch her waist with the same hand he had used to touch the s**t's waist...not that he could replace his hand by a new one...but there were some steps to follow to repurify his hand ! First, he had to wash his hand with a soap ! But beware...not any soap... a solvent-free hand cleaner, formulated with heavy-duty surfactants and natural pumice to ensure maximum removal of dirt ! ...Then he will have to use an antiseptic hand gel, to eradicate the disgusting germs and bacteria that had happily jumped from the s**ts' waist to his hand... Then and only then, she will allow him near her waist...otherwise ...dur se hi hello hi bye bye ! she concluded in her mind, recalling the famous dialog of a popular serial drama.

Randhir was taken aback by her harshness.

"Why are you behaving like this ?!" he asked her angrily.

This time Sanyukta decided to respond "Leave me alone Randhir" she whispered emotionless.

Randhir didn't listen to her, instead he dug his head into her nape and started placing light kisses on her neck, still lying on Sanyukta's back.

"Stop that !!! " Sanyu retorted angrily. But Randhir didn't stop. His tongue licked her nape sensually, making her shiver in delight.

"I said STOP IT" this time Sanyukta screamed. Getting up, making Randhir also get up from behind her. Why the hell why he doing this to her ?! ...not hours ago he had been with the s**t...and now he was getting all cozy with her... she was not a toy for god sake...

"I am not a toy !!!" she said angrily, turning toward him.

"Jab man kia khel lia, jab man bhar gaya, side me kar dia... " she declared loudly, sitting on the bed on her knees, facing Randhir who was now sitting in front of her on the bed. He looked at her for a moment, stunned by her outburst. ...He still didn't understand why she was behaving like this.

"Just leave me alone..." he heard her whisper. ...Was she going to tell him what was the matter ?! Randhir thought getting impatient ... she was seriously getting on his nerves now.

He grabbed her jaw and made her look at him "For the last time... why.are.you.behaving.like.this ?" he asked dangerously. When her eyes met his, again he went speechless... again those tears... he hated those tears in her eyes... He closed his eyes, regaining some sense of calmness.

"...What happened ? Tell me." he added more softly.

Sanyukta lowered her eyes, refusing to look at him... she was in no mood to reply neither was she in the mood to comply to his orders... she was furious !

Upon getting no response from her for the umpteenth time, he decided to back out, to just let her be. He had done what he could to ask her the matter, to be patient... now if she did not want to respond, it was her own choice ! Besides, he knew if he insisted they were going to clash, it was better to back out before they come down to what it always came down to... insults, screams and cries !

He sighed and slowly got up from the bed, glancing at her one last time before making his way toward the door, he was about to open the door when he heard her sob from behind him, he stopped in his tracks... How was he supposed to leave her like this...?! He paced a hand on his hair...

He should have walked away he knew... he should not have bothered...he should not have cared... about her state...about her well being...about her tears... he shouldn't have !...But alas, he did ! He did damn it ! ... and he could not leave her like that ! Randhir turned back toward her. Something inside him wanted to go to her and sooth her pain... He sighed defeated.

He went back to her, sat near her on the bed looking at her disheveled state... and suddenly he took her into his strong arms, hugging her tightly against himself . His hands went in her hairs, as he started stroking them...trying to calm her.

"Sshhh...stop crying..." he whispered in her ear. Her sob grew louder as he kept on soothing her...finally after two good minutes she run out of tears, her sob slowly subsiding. Having calmed down enough she tired detangling herself from him. Sensing her moving, Randhir loosened his grip on her, putting a few inches distance between them.

They stared at each other in utter silence... His deep dark brown eyes piercing her glassy light grey ones, tears still lingering on her cheeks. Randhir's hand went up to wipe off the remaining traces of wetness... still not breaking eye contact. ...As if their eyes were having their own conversation...

"Why do you always make me cry... ?" whispered Sanyukta, breaking the silence.

Randhir was a bit surprised by her question... she was crying because of him ?!...what the hell did he do ? ...he could not recall any ill treatment recently...ok he had not been the nicest person to her ,he admitted...according to a normal human being standards at least... but keeping in mind his profession, one could say that he had been as nice as a gangster could get...After all the fact that she was still alive and without any scratches after all she had put him through had to count for something, no ?... That being said, he still didn't know what he done that had put her in such a state... she was weird little thing now that he thought about it... Smart, hot, unnerving, caring, sexy, diabolic, intelligent, hot again...she confused him so much...he sighed...

"I have never met a woman as annoying as you, you know" he said a ghost of a smile appearing on his lips.

They once again fell into silence.

After debating for a few minute, Sanyukta finally decided to ask the question that had been eating her alive the whole day... But it was easier said than done... She was struggling to find the right words...

"Why...why did you let... Shaina... come close to you ?" there ! she had finally said it. She adverted her gaze, not meeting his eyes, feeling that she had let him see too much of her vulnerable state.

Randhir seemed taken aback by the mention of Shaina, what did she have to do with any of this ?... he wondered trying to connect the dots... Realization downed upon him as he thought about it. Yeaah ! Now that he thought about it, she had started acting weird right after Shaina's arrival... so that was it ! ...She was jealous ! he finally understood her animosity toward him...it all made sense now. The thought of her feeling jealous warmed his heart for some reason... he smiled.

"So that was the matter..." he said chuckling.

Sanyukta's anger rose hearing him chuckle... she had been crying all day and he was finding her situation funny ?!!!

"Don't you dare laugh !!! " she pointed a finger, throwing daggers with her eyes. The situation was anything but funny ! She had cried her eyes out... she was exhausted... her mind had not been in peace since she had seen the s**t and the devil walk toward his room...and he had the audacity to laugh ?!!! she fumed. Her misery was a funny matter to him ?!!! she boiled in rage.

"Do you even have the slightest idea of what I go through whenever you do something like that ?!!!!" she roared. She had bottled up her hurt since this afternoon... and she was fed up now...she wanted to break free... she wanted to leash everything out on him.

"NO ! you don't !" she answered the question herself, getting up from the bed, pushing him away from her. ...There was no stopping her now.

"You always do whatever you want ! ...without caring about what I go through !!!" she screamed at him.

Randhir looked at her, shocked by her outburst...

"Whenever I start trusting you, you break my trust" she said clutching her top just above her heart, as if keeping herself together.

"And...I like a fool, always repeat the mistake" she scoffed at her own stupidity... because let's face it, she had always come back...to him...no matter what her had put her through...she had always came back, period.

"The day we first kissed at Raghav's party, you insulted me... it was my first kiss for god sake !" she screamed, her eyes burning with a raging fire.

"But I still wasted it to save us both...and what I got in return... insults !" she scoffed again. But she was not finished yet !

"Then when we planned the fake break up... you raised questions on my character...you humiliated me in front of thousands of people" she growled recalling the fateful day. "You said how low and easy I was...never caring once how I feel..." she said pouring her heart out in her rage.

"And as if it was not enough...you once again insulted me and called me characterless..." she said, her voice getting calmer, exhausted from all the screaming. "Characterless for...for fooling two man at one time..." she said a voice a mere whisper now.

"Like...like I was some kind of s**t..." she finished her voice breaking down toward the end. Tears made their way once again, blurring her vision.

"But despite everything...I came back " she stated, her voice barely audible.

"But today...today what you did..." she didn't finished her sentence, looking away in disgust.

"I was angry, damn angry you know" she told him... "...but more than that I was disgusted...disgusted by you...disgusted by myself..." she spat out, clutching her arms.

Randhir just stared at her the whole time...taking in all she said... bewildered by the intensity of her emotions... He had always seen her as a strong woman...never had he thought that it had all impacted her so much...

"Congratulations Mr. Gangster..." she said clapping her hands. "If you wanted to break me then congratulation, you hit you target well!" she taunted him.

"I hate myself..." she cried out, pulling her hairs. The pain was unbearable.

Something inside Randhir snapped seeing the stated she was in... She was in this state because of him... he balled his fist in anger...yes he had been harsh with her at times...but she had not been easy with him either... his jaw clenched... he wanted to reach out to her to tell her everything was going to be ok...but the fact was that he himself didn't know if things were actually going to be ok... he was who he was...he could not change his nature... he sighed defeated. He got up from the bed, taking a step toward her, only to be stopped by her screams.

"Don't come near me !!!! ...You have done enough damage!" she yelled at him.

"Leave me...please leave me !" she pleaded tears running down her cheeks, eyes red from crying.

Even though Randhir wanted to reach out to her, to comfort her, to hold her... he didn't. Things had gone way too far. So he turned to leave. He didn't tell her that nothing happened between him and Shaina... he didn't tell her that he had given her money in his room in exchange of her information... he didn't tell her that he never meant to hurt to her... he didn't tell her anything...he didn't try to justify his actions... in a way it was better that way. This past few days had been different in her company... he knew there was something between them...there was this spark... she had reached a part of him no one had ever reached... but today, hearing her pour her heart out, he had been taken aback... that is when he realized something... their proximity had done this to her... their closeness had broken her. Therefore he left, only stopping at the door to utter the only worst that may sooth her a little.

"Sorry... for everything..." he said slowly, before leaving.

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Sanyukta woke up as sunbeams hindered her sleep. She opened her eyes and closed them immediately, blinded by the intensity of the light. She groaned as she felt pounding in her head. She clutch her head in pain. The heavy crying from the night before had surely something to do with it...she sighed recalling the past night's events.

Randhir had apologized... She didn't know what to make out of it...it didn't change any fact...but still...he had apologized. She was hurt, confused, angry...all in all she was an emotion wreck. She sighed. She needed a break ! She made up her mind. She was getting out of here first thing after breakfast !

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As she wandered in the den, she came to the conclusion that the devil was not there. Why was she even thinking about him in the first place ?! she scolded herself. That sounded more and more like a bad case of Stockholm syndrome...

She saw Sahil making his way towards her. She took her chance.

"Sahil, where is everyone ?" she inquired... more like where was Randhir, she scolded herself... and what's with her and double talking anyway ? she wondered... she was definitely not alone in her head !

Sahil told her that Vidhushi was out for some errands and Randhir was on a mission, as Sahil was going to elaborate the mission, Parth walked in, stopping him from saying more.

Sanyukta angrily looked at him, what the hell was wrong with this guy...?! while Randhir was a scary personality with a scowl on his face most of the time, he still had a few other faces to his collection: there was the arrogant smirk, the pervert smile, the wicked smile, the killer look...she counted in her head. yeah he had some other faces besides his favorite scowling...But this Parth guy... it was like he was born with a scowl on his face... she had not seen him with any other expression. His voice broke her out of her reverie.

"You always bring out the worst in him, you don't know anything about him and still insult him..." he spat out angrily.

Excuse me ?! thought Sanyukta, last time she checked, she was the one at the receiving end, she was the victim in the story !... not the other way around ! besides he could talk... we all knew how he treated Vidhushi.

"Rather than focusing on me and the devil, you should concentrate on yours and Vidushi's relationship !" she retorted. "She has always been nice to you and what you did in return ? you insulted her...!" she pointed a finger at him. "So mister, don't you dare give me relationship advices !" she snapped at him.

Sahil looked at the two arguing persons, not knowing who's side to take.

"Look, stay away from him !" he said through greeted teeth. "He does not need you !" he growled.

"He does not need me ?!" she asked him in disbelief..." I don't need him !" she countered him.

"Same thing !" he huffed in frustration... "...just stay away from him!" he repeated.

"Same thing ?!!!" she quoted his sentence, perplexed by his audacity. "Humans and bananas share 50% of their DNA, would you say that you and a banana are the same thing ? " she made an analogy...But looking at his and Sahil face, they didn't get the point.

"What ?!" she eyed them. " I need the gangsters OR the gangsters need me are two separate and different things... as much as you and a banana are different !" she explained her point. Urrgh...!!! sometime she pitied those who could not match her smartness... how one could be so clueless she wondered...or maybe she was just super smart...it didn't surprised her... it was her we were talking about after all...she was just this awesome !...whatever she thought, snapping out of her self-praising. They had wasted enough of her time, it was time to leave !

Just as she was about to turn around, Sahil's phone rang. ...He was speaking to the devil !... Sahil's concerned voiced made her stop in her tracks. Just as Sahil ended the call, Sanyukta asked the matter.

"Boss told us yesterday that Shaina informed him that Raghav and Sameer, the guy who kidnapped you, are working together now...to eliminate Randhir" he said, making her recall her kidnapping fiasco. Of course the guys were bound to come again one day or another...after all they had broken free from his clutches, killed half of his men and created a real mess on his quarters... she sighed. One problem solve hoti nahi ki dusri upar se tapak ati hai...why why why ?!!

"Ok what did Randhir say..." Sanyukta inquired urgently.

"Well Randhir wanted to take care of Sameer before things got out of hands...so he went to finish him off this morning..." he finally told her where the devil had gone.

"I told him not to go alone but he didn't listen..." added Sahil, while Parth was glaring at him.

"Ok, so what did he wanted now ?" she asked impatiently referring to the call.

"He needs back up... if we don't act fast...he could be in real danger..." he said slowly, gauging her reaction.

Sanyukta heart skipped a bit. The imbecile !!! Reckless buffoon ! Always creating problems...and involving everyone around him in his mess... !!! Could not he stay out of problem for one day and let those around him in peace ?! she muttered. ...For a second sanyukta wondered if he had Egyptians origins, cause they had that weird ritual that the devil apparently insisted on perpetuating... in the ancient Egyptian civilization, dead pharaoh were buried along with their living servants as there was a belief they could serve their master in the afterlife... Sanyukta shuddered at the thought... burying alive people was just too horrible...She sighed in defeat...if she didn't want to get buried alive next to the dead pharaoh, they better act fast and save the king on the chess board...the bloody gangster !

"So what do we do ?" she asked looking at sahil.

Sahil looked at her for second before saying.

"We ?" he asked her. "We as in you and us do NOT do anything...however...we, as in me and Parth...are going to come up with a plan to help the boss" Sahil told her.

"Like hell am gonna let you guys alone...it could be dangerous !" she shouted.

"Exactly !...it could be dangerous" repeated Sahil " So you stay here !" he said leaving no room for argument, as both him and Parth left.

Fine don't take me with you...thought Sanyukta, ...I am going on my own ! After all nothing was impossible for her ! she smiled at herself. ...In sanyukta's dictionary... the possible was already done... the impossible was currently being processed and the miracles were due in the next 48 hours !... That was how she worked and they knew it ! Making up her mind she left the den heading toward Karan's place.

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