<Chapter 17>
It had been one long day for her. Her shift started early but ended at regular hours. But the same thing kept running in her mind, again and again. Whatever happened last night was too overwhelming to be brushed aside. She was frantically trying to find her answers. Ok, he has feelings for her, so his interest is justified. But hers? She practically melted in his hands and was totally giving him every reason to carry on uncontrollably. She could still feel the weight of his entire stature and was able to smell his body musk on her even after changing several times. Has he stuck himself on her?
She was confused, how can he be serious about carrying this forward as a life long relationship. Is he oblivious of the repurcussions it can cause? She is nameless, familyless and a clueless orphan who has self-made career, to stick around in life, not being given the choice. But he is anything opposite to her. He holds an esteem status, his family is one of those big industry giants, he sneezes and it becomes news in media. Has he even lost it to even think of having a life ahead with her..?
Whatever it is, Gauri was not feeling to let go of the beautiful relationship that they shared. First time in life, she realized what it feels to be loved. His dark orb caramel eyes oozing oddles of love care and affection is something that she can't resist. Not in her senses. If only he was a commoner, Gauri sighed.
Flashbacks of previous night kept on disturbing her the whole day, with no respite, whatsoever for her. She was feeling restless as if she wanted to be with him, right this moment, to listen to his voice, stare at his eyes and feel his caress. Nothing in this world made her feel more secure than his entangled arms.
"Mujhe aadat hogayi" the way he said with a mischievous naughty glint, making her want more of that face. Evening when her work got over, she was rushing home with utmost restlessness.
Omkaara was feeling a ecstatic reverberation all through the day. Like someone has infused a new energy in him. His long dormant, depressing and problems torn life was not giving him any reasons to look forward to happiness. But she came as a breath of fresh air. Her innate caring, selfless, simple and nave nature was so totally different from the hypocrisy surrounding him. He hadn't met any woman like her, atleast in his so-called society. He was surrounded by artificialness, mindless grandeur and pointless luxury at display. It never inspired his artistic soul. But when she came, she became a muse to this artist. A muse who is capable of bringing the poet and wilderness in him at the same time, a muse who can drive a saint to beast and can transform a beast to saint, within minutes. She came as a vibrant set of colors to his commitment phobic, aloof, loner self and has effortlessly made him believe in love again.
He couldn't control his mind from going away to her, the way she was entwined in him, last night. He wasn't able to focus and his mind was growing more and more restless to meet her. Damn, am going crazy, he thought.
Gauri reached the mansion and was about to enter. To her shock she saw Svetlana and a security guard, talking to each other, little hidden and away from the view. She knew that she is upto something wrong, and was hiding behind one of the furniture which was big enough to cover her tiny body.
"So, Bohra, did that person fix the camera at the right place in Omkaara's room?"
"Yes mam.."
"Does he know who gave the orders?"
"No mam.. I just asked him to setup the camera on autoshoot mode from 7 pm until about 15 mins after 7. Once he receives the footage of Omkaara and you, he will be sending a copy to us and to the media."
Gauri was shocked to the core.. What footage.. what the hell?
"But bohra, I know omkaara very well. If am straight up to kissing him, he will definitely try to push me away. Even if it's for few seconds, I want the footage of me kissing him, clearly. And by any chance this entire attempt fails, please send me my footage and omkaara's separately and ask him to make a fabricated footage to be leaked into the media. Once it's out on media, its out. They will analysze its true or not. But I can cry foul and create enough drama to claim that we are engaged previously and all"
Svetlana had drafted her plans and was clearly ready to execute it. She wanted to drag his reputation down by a scandoulous MMS and wanted to earn a fortune. The way Tej has been avoiding her these days; she wanted to amass as much money from the oberoi's. Omkaara's option is clearly shut and Jhanvi had grown enormous spine.
While bohra explained the person on the other line about the instructions from Svetlana after explaining him the backup option also, the other person asked him to send their individual footage. Svetlana said she will send if the mission failed and he need not look for it, if the mission succeeded. He hadn't seen Svetlana and was supposed to blindly record a mms footage in a desired time.
Gauri's mind was working fast. What was she supposed to do now.? Go straight and tell him all the truth? But it's just 5 minutes left to 7 and Svetlana was already ready to sneak into the house and into their room. She won't have time to explain. She made up her mind and rushed into the house, through backside corridor.
Omkaara was in the room and door was slightly open. He was checking his canvas sheet and was making some notes. His eyes kept checking the door for her arrival. Just then, she stormed inside the door.
With the rush that she came in, she locked the door with all hurriedness. Omkaara looked at her surprised and then she did the unexpected. She came almost running towards him and before he could react, sealed her lip with his. Omkaara was taken aback. His mind tried to gather what was she upto but the rose bud lips were too enticing for his senses. His futile attempts to gather himself and think straight lost significance in seconds and he pulled her for a wilder kiss. He had been waiting all day long for this and his insatiable hunger found its place.
She was on the other hand, half lost and half aware, given her resolve to break svetlana's mission. If only if the person gets the footage of a girl kissing omkaara, he will be fine. Her uncontrollable husband seemed to be happily unaware of this and was keen on devouring her mouth. He was distracting her constantly from her mission and he seemed to do it with expertise. His snaky arms entwined her over him while he seemed no where near stopping. After long 15 minutes, Gauri was gasping for breath so was he. He seemed to be interested in one more bout, when Gauri stopped him inbetween.
"Gau..." before he completed her name, she shut his mouth with her tiny fingers. She feared if the recording was still on and was conviced since the clock stuck 7.20.
"Kya kar rahi ho" His hoarse voice coupled with immense thirst in his choclate brown eyes seemed to do no good for the situation at hand.
"Pehle, aap meri baat suniye"
"Baad mein sunao naa.." he seemed in no mood to relent. She felt like whacking on his head.
"Chup kijiye. Bahut important baat hain aur aap hai ki yeh sab baatein kar rahein" she chided like a real wife..
He saw the twitch in her face and realized there is something important.
"Kya hua batao"
She explained the entire conversations he had. They looked around for the camera and were shocked to find it comfortably placed in one of the curtain rods. He was thoughtful for few seconds and immediately called Khanna. Khanna came rushing within seconds. He was off to introspect the security arrangements after handing over the camera to Khanna. Gauri heaved a sigh of relief. Finally she managed to save her husband's reputation.. Her husband's reputation? Really? Her heart pounded with the question.
Omkaara came after an hour. They had traced the fake security Guard Bohra and the unknown person who was receiving instructions from him. Svetlana didn't see Gauri storming inside the room and she waited for the right time for the room to open. When time moved past 7.15, she called bohra and asked him to autoset the camera for a later time frame. Bohra had set it to a time past 8, hoping his room will be open by that time. Little did they know, the person had already received the footage and was working on it. Bohra and Svetlana received an MMS. It was footage of Omkaara kissing Gauri. Svetlana became infuriated on seeing that while Bohra got confused. They knew their plan had been leaked and Svetlana immediately fled the scene before anyone of the security guards caught her. But Bohra was caught by khanna's security personnel, promptly and through him they traced the unknown person who made the footage. For verification purposes, Omkaara saw the footage on Bohra's mobile and so did Khanna. Both were equally uncomfortable on viewing the private moments they shared, but it was important they see it, to understand how long the recording went on.
When he came back, Gauri was seeing her usual stuff while he looked serious and thoughtful.
"Kya hua Omkaaraji?"
"Wo gauri, humne trace kiya hain, footage bhi mil gaya. But we couldn't find out whether or not he has sent this footage to media"
She was relieved. "Agar send kiya bhi toh kya problem hain. Usme sirf hum the na? She was speaking as if it was a casual thingy between husband and wife, without even aware of what she actually meant.
"Usme sirf hum the. Woh problem nahi hain. Par humhaari marriage bhi media ko pata nahi. So this is also a problem, we have to explain them and all"
Something shattered into pieces in her heart at the realization which dawned on his statement.
"Matlab aap nahi chahthe ki media wale ko humhaari shaadi pata ho??" something in her voice made him look up to her face from his deep thoughts.
"Gauri..??!!?"
"Ab main samajh gayi Omkaaraji. Aap mujhe kabhi duniye ki saamne biwi ki roop mein sweekar nahi kar sakthe. Kahan main ek saadharan life jeene wali aur kahan aap. Shayad yahi humhaari zindagi ki sach hain" The hurt and indifference in her words, gave him shocking vibrations. What the hell is she talking?
"Gauri mera matlab yeh nahi tha. Humhaari family ki shares abhi.." she interrupted him inbetween.
"aap ki family ki problems aap hi jaane. Main jaana nahi chahthi aur jaanke kuch faayde hi nahi. Mujhe apni aukaat mein rehna chahiye"
He moved towards her and held her arms in hurriedness. She moved away instantly
"Please. Meri intention aapko iss problem mein phasana nahi tha. Phir bhi agar aisa hua toh am sorry"
She turned back and went off. Omkaara was sure she has misunderstood what he had said. He wanted to explain her patiently, why they can't divulge about hteir marriage now. He rushed behind her, just then Khanna came to meet him. The task at hand was important and Omkaara couldn't go behind her to clear off her misunderstanding immediately. Little did he knew, that his life is going to take unexpected turns with this..
<To be cont>
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