~~Teri Meri Kahani ~~
Chapter 2
Next morning brought chaos in sharma house. Police were investigating about the burglary previous night and the media was capturing everything on camera. Mahek was being interviewed as well. "I don't know anything about the break in last night,if I knew I wouldn't tell.'' Said Mahek and left towards the dinning. "Send the media away Abhay! Black panthers think emptying my locker will make me poor and a begger! No way! I have hidden my treasures in other places and nobody will ever know!'' Vijay said at the breakfast table. "Whatever you sow,you will reap dad.'' Mahek told her. "Are you with me or with them?'' He questioned. "I'm with the good people! And one thing I don't understand why black panthers are after you? What did you do to them dad?'' Vijay sharma pushed his plate away. "Then go live with them!'' He spat. Mahek stood up from her chair. "I will dad! It's better to live there with them then here in this house full of criminals!'' Shobha tried to calm them down. "Shanth ho jaao Tum dono please!'' "Shobha,Iss ladki ko kaabu mein rakho! She forgets I'm her dad.'' "I'm my moms daughter! I don't like calling a criminal my dad!'' Mahek snapped. "Mahek that's enough! Go to your college!'' Ordered Abhay. "Jaa rahi Hun bhai! Who wants to stay here anyways!'' Grabbing her bag and her car keys she stormed outside,ripping the crowd gathered in front of her house, she got in her car and drove towards her nursing institute.
Time flew,months went by...
It was the last day of Mahek's nursing,she was graduating from the nursing school. "We made it yaar!'' Said Sonal while giving her a hi5. "Yes we did..you know I have to find a job as soon as possible..I don't wants dad's money anymore.'' Said Mahek. "Attention class!'' Her instructor stepped in the room. "I have good news for some graduates,Delhi's biggest hospital is interested to hire some of you. Mahek sharma and Sonal k,they want to interview both of you tomorrow. Grab the info from me before going home and be there on time tomorrow.'' Both friends faces lit up. "Omg! Itna jaldhi? I wasn't expecting this ..'' Mahek was speechless at the news. "Now we can move out from our houses and live somewhere peacefully.'' Said Sonal. "I can only live peacefully after seeing my phantoms face. I haven't met him for months now. Hope we run into each other soon..I want to be the first one to see his face.'' Mahek Blushed. "You and your phantom! Abh Chalo we have to get ready for the graduation party tonight!'' Sonal dragged her along with her and headed home.
Both friends met at the hall that night. Party was at its peak. "I'm suffocating here..let's go for a walk under the wide open sky.'' Said Mahek. Both friends came out of the hall and went for a walk. Engrossed in Talking and laughing,they forgot the time and the distance they travelled. Suddenly shots were being fired from behind them. "We have to hide or we'll be dead!'' Said Sonal and pulled her friend behind a tree. Mahek peeped from behind the tree. Black panthers were being chased by police. Mahek saw some of them were bleeding. "Oh no! Black panthers are hurt! We have to help them Sonal ..my phantom must be there in the group too. Uttered Mahek. "If your brother catches us we'll be behind bars!'' Sonal warned. "He won't! I have an idea!'' Mahek quickly dialled Abhay's number. "Bhai,I have news on the black panthers.. they are hiding in the old school behind the cultural Center.'' "How do you know?'' He questioned. "I saw them running that way.'' She told him. "But that's too far..they can't make it that far...anyway we are heading out that way.'' Abhay hung up and so did Mahek. "Yes! The cops are changing their direction,now we follow panthers and help them!'' Mahek said to Sonal who was hell scared. "Mahek,they might take us to their base and we'll miss our interview tomorrow.'' "Saving their life is more important to me then the interview..we can reapply or try at some other hospital.'' Mahek told her friend. "You are asking for trouble Mahek..Main bol rahi Hun.'' Sonal warned her. Both of them came out on the road and Mahek started calling for the black panthers to stop. "We are nurses,we can help!'' Hollered Mahek. Shaurya who was badly hurt turned towards the girls. He recognized the girls right away. "Get them vicky! I know them..they are nurses...bring them to the base.'' Shaurya told his cousin who was also a panther. "Ok bhai! The other panthers will take you back to the base,I'll bring the girls and get you all fixed up'' Said vicky. He hurried to the girls. "Koi chalaki nai ok? Get the necessary items for the treatment and follow me.'' He told the girls. At gun point,vicky took them to a nearby hospital and ordered them to collect the equipment needed.'' The girls did as told and followed him in the dark. "From here we go on horses.'' He told them halfway through the jungle. "Horses? We never rode on horses..'' said Mahek. Vicky loaded his gun. "You don't have a choice,get on the horses and follow me! My bhai and the others needs medical attention right away! I don't want any minute to be wasted!'' Mahek swallowed and Sonal looked terrified as vicky and few others helped them climb the horses. "This is too risky Mahek.'' Sonal mumbled. "I will take this risk..my phantom ka sawaal hai yaar...the other day he escaped giving me baba ji ka thallu! This time I will not come back until and unless I see his face Aur mujhey unki class bhi leni hai.'' Mahek softly told her friend as the horses started galloping. "Excuse me..is phantom hurt really bad?'' Mahek Asked vicky. "Who the hell is phantom?''Asked vicky. "Isse toh Kuch bhi nai pata dumbo Kahi ka!'' She said in her heart. "I asked you who is phantom?'' Repeated Vicky. "Mera padosi!'' Mahek answered loudly. Sonal giggled softly.
After riding for hours,they finally arrived to too many little wooden cabin in the heart of the forests. Vicky tied the horses and helped them to get down. "It's so dark here.'' Said Sonal. "We are deep inside the jungle that's why and it's still night silly.'' Answered Mahek. "You go inside the cave and start treating the injured,you Mahek follow me.'' Ordered vicky. Sonal looked at Mahek with panic stricken face. "Don't worry..they won't hurt us..we are here to save their lives as nurses so let's do our job..go on and show them what you got.'' Mahek inspired her. Nodding her head,Sonal grabbed her bag and left towards the cave to treat other gang members.
Vicky brought Mahek to a log cabin that was surrounded by guards and wild dogs who were in a cage. Mahek felt her forehead dampen with sweat. "Breathe Mahek..phantom is a good man,he will no way harm you.'' She assured herself. "Go inside and treat my brother,he has been shot in his shoulder and lost a lot of blood. The bullet is still inside,you have to remove it.'' Vicky told her. "Bu..but I'm not a doctor..I can't remove the bu..bullet..'' stuttered Mahek. "That I don't know..by morning the bullet should be out and by the way there's a kitchen and a washroom in this cabin as well,use it if need be.'' Vicky's voice was threatening. Mahek swallowed and stepped inside the cabin. She almost jumped when the door closed on her. Vicky had left her alone in that cabin with her phantom. Mahek heard a whimpering,she hurried to where the sound was coming from. In front of her eyes lay her phantom on his wooden bed covered with hay as his mattress. He was still wearing his favourite mask. "Praan jaay par mask na jaay.'' She mumbled. The cabin was lightly lit by oil lamp. "How sexy!'' She thought. "Stop talking to your damn self and get this bullet out of my shoulder! I'm dying here!'' Cried Shaurya. "Of course of course! I will take the bullet out and I will also take your class!'' Said Mahek while Her gaze landed on his wide chest and straight shoulders covered by a crisp, white shirt that was outlined with a black brocade waistcoat, and black jacket all topped off with a perfectly tied neckcloth. The material and fine cut of his clothing told her that the man lying in front of her was no ordinary gentleman..he must be from a high class family..then why is he here? What made him become a panther? Thought Mahek as she placed her equipment on the night table. And sat beside him on his hay bed.
"I have to remove your shirt.'' She said. "Han toh remove it na! What you waiting for? Likh kar dun kya? Joh karna hai do it fast!'' With trembling hands she unbuttoned his shirt which was soaked in blood. "I saved your life the other day and you ran on me leaving your favourite mask for me. You never showed me your face as promised or even revealed me your name. I shouldn't have saved you all tonight but I did..'' she muttered while removing his shirt. "You are my worst enemies daughter..and I have no interest in showing you my face or revealing you my name! Humarey beech jitna distance rahe utna Accha hai for both of us!'' He made it clear. "Ok fine then! You keep your distance I'm leaving!'' She threw the shirt on him and stood up to go. "Miss sharma please! I need you..'' Mahek kept on walking to the door. "My name is Shaurya,Shaurya Khanna..'' Mahek's feet came to a halt. A smile appeared on her lips. "Nice name! I'm still leaving!'' She continued to walk towards the door. "Tum ladki ho ya musibat?'' He took his mask off and threw at her. The mask hit her and landed on the floor. Mahek suppressed her laughter. "Now the mask is gone! Can you help me or you want me to remove my jeans too?'' He asked. Mahek's heart pounded on her chest. Her phantoms mask was off and she could see him from very closely. She turned slowly. Her gaze slowly rose past a strong looking hairy chin, glided over a rough, slightly square jaw line to lips that were so masculine and seemed so close to her that her heartbeat faltered, then quickened again. She stopped near his bed and held her breath for a moment before continuing her journey across the narrow bridge of his nose and well-defined shape of his cheek bones covered by stubbles. At last she looked into eyes so hazel she wanted to melt into them. Thick, dark black hair was cropped short over his ears but fell longer at his nape which was tied in a ponytail at the back. He lay there perfect in stature and impeccable in jeans and leather boots, letting her study him. And she did, without guilt or shame. He was a magnificent looking man who, without saying a word, spoke of power, privilege and dignity.
A knowing grin slowly made its way across his manly lips, intriguing her so she couldn't take her eyes off them. "Don't do that ..you will fall in love with me..'' Mahek was so lost in him that she couldn't hear a thing he said to her. In the depth of her abdomen a quickening started and shuddered all the way up to her breasts and lingered there before moving on to her throat, tightening it. Mahek was quite sure she had never felt this way before.He watched her, and although not one word had been spoken between them ever since he took off his mask according to Mahek,she sensed he knew she was not only startled by his features, but was attracted to him.
With his full lips crooked roguishly into a charming grin, she watched his gaze brush down her face and skim over her breasts and waist before returning to lock on her eyes. This was no shy phantom lying so close to her and if she tripped she could fall on him.
Mahek slowly sat beside him without a word. Heat radiated off of him hotter than the heat from the lamp. She was already breaking a sweat. With dark colored eyes in a face of hard-knocks experience, he could have been anything from a shark of high finance to a mafia henchman. She studied his face and was lost in it. Whatever she saw made her body change, and she shifted more towards him, moving as if she meant to stay close to him. She noticed He was a big and solid guy, at least four or five inches taller than herself. Powerful. For a moment, very briefand surprisingshe felt awareness of him. It was a moment that felt like a punch. "What have my dad done to him?'' She thought. "If you are done checking me out can you please take this bullet out? Ya phir kaam Shuru karne se pahele tumey Meri arti utaarna hai?'' He taunted her. She made an ugly face at him and took a knife out. "What the hell! Put that thing away!'' He shouted at her. "Don't worry I won't stab you with this..this is to take the bullet out.'' She told him. Shaurya sighed. "Oh god please give me strength to do this.'' She prayed silently in her heart before she put the knife on his wound. Shaurya screamed when the knife went in his flesh. "Please it's gonna hurt..but if you scream I can't do my job..this is not a nurses job but I'll do my best and save you..please bear with me and hang in there.'' She told him and started sobbing. Her tears fell on his cheek. "I'm sorry..I cry a lot without a cause..it's something I do since I was a baby..'' Mahek was blabbering to distract him and she succeeded. Shaurya just looked at her innocent face and the way she moved her mouth and lips while talking. "Why do you have to be my enemy's daughter?'' He whispered. "I don't have a answer to that.'' She told him. The bullet came out and he didn't feel a thing. She bandaged his wound. "You have lost a lot of blood,you might need blood transfusion.'' She told him. "I don't need anything...just don't go anywhere until I open my eyes..'' His eyelids dropped close and he slept as Mahek gave him anesthesia. Vicky who had just entered his cabin heard him say that. "How is he?'' He Asked Mahek. "I got rid of the bullet,but he has lost a lot of blood. I'm gonna need your help.'' "I can do anything for my brother,order me!'' Said vicky. "You are his brother Matlab younger brother..can I call you chotu?'' Asked Mahek. "I'm vicky but you can call me chotu I don't mind.'' In no time vicky and Mahek became friends. Mahek removed Shaurya's boots while vicky removed his pants and covered him with a clean sheet. Heating some water she cleaned his entire face. "I won't go anywhere until you get up my phantom.'' She said softly. "Oh so he's your phantom?'' Asked vicky. Mahek laughed. "Yup that's him! Now go get Sonal for me.'' Vicky nodded and left to get Sonal. "She's just perfect for my bhai...hope one day she becomes my one and only bhabi.'' Blabbering to himself,vicky left towards the cave.
Few minutes later vicky entered the cabin with Sonal. "Sonal,you ok? How did it go?'' Asked Mahek. " I'm fine..actually it really went well..I did whatever I could.'' She leaned and whispered in her ears. "These are not so bad as I thought. How's your phantom?'' She asked. "He's ok for now but he needs blood Sonal. I want you to go back,send me my clothes and other accessories,tell mom I'll be a while. Here are the blood samples for me and Shaurya. Have them tested tonight,if they match,bring me equipment for the blood transfusion. Aur Han I need some other things which I have written down on this paper. Please send it with vicky,you can go for your interview tomorrow Sonal and get the job.'' Mahek handed her the lists. "And what about you Mahek? You need this job too! We can send some other nurse here par Tum Chalo mere saath!'' Argued Sonal. "I know I need that job but I can't leave Shaurya when he needs me most. He asked me to stay beside him until he opens his eyes. I gave him my word Sonal.'' Sonal hugged her friend. "You are sacrificing so much for him,hope he returns the favour one day!'' Said Sonal. "I'll send you whatever you need,you take care now and be back soon or I'll come and get you.'' Sonal warned her. Mahek nodded with a smile and the friends parted.
That night vicky brought Sonal to the city hospital. Somehow Sonal managed to get the samples tested. And voila! Their blood group matched. Sonal packed all the necessary items she needed and sent it with vicky. "If she needs anything else,call me and I'll get it ready.'' She said to vicky. "Thank you!'' Thanking her Vicky left from there. When he arrived back in the cabin,it was dawn. When he stepped in the cabin,He found Mahek sitting on the floor,her head resting on the hay bed. She was sleeping holding Shaurya's hand. Vicky cleared his throat. Mahek jerked out of her sleep. "Hey..sorry I dozed off.'' "It's ok..how's your phantom I mean my brother?'' Asked vicky. "He slept entire night..I have to get him on drips so that he doesn't get dehydrated. And by the way did our blood group match?''. Vicky handed her the things. "Yes it did..but what actually are you planning to do? Where's the blood?'' He enquired. "I'm the donor.'' Vicky was speechless when Mahek said that. Putting Shaurya on drips she left to freshen up. "I'll shower first then we can go ahead with the blood transfusion.'' She told vicky. Vicky sat with Shaurya while Mahek had her shower. When she was back half and hour later,vicky helped her with the procedure. Due to lack of space,Mahek had to sleep beside Shaurya as the blood from her veins transferred to Shaurya's. "We can never repay you for this.'' Vicky had tears in his eyes. "Oh you can! When the time comes I'll ask to return the favour.'' Answered Mahek with a smile and twitched her head to look at Shaurya. He lay there in deep slumber. "You have to recover fully before I go from here.'' She said softly.
An hour later,Mahek got up and removed the wires from her arm. "I'll go get something for you to eat,you need energy.'' Said vicky and headed to the larger cabin which had a big kitchen and eating area. Mahek felt tired and exhausted but she did whatever she could to heal Shaurya. While he slept,Mahek cleaned his cabin and hand washed his clothes. "Mahek,you should be resting and not working!'' Vicky scolded her when he saw her hanging the clothes outside to dry. "I'm ok..'' Mahek was still talking when her gaze fell on two other guys standing behind vicky. "Who are they?'' She asked. They came and stood in front of her. "I'm Dev and this Rahul..thanks for saving our lives the other day. Here have this..we made vegetable soup for you..hope you like it.'' Mahek smiled and took the bowl. "Thank you so much! I was starving.'' She sipped a spoonful of soup and grimaced. They guys raised their brows. "Namak zyada hai but I'll have it..Tum logo ne itne pyaar se banaya mere liye Main zaroor khaungi.'' Mahek smiled and continued sipping her soup. They guys sighed. Once again Mahek won their hearts,and the entire gang became her friends. Some called her Di and some bhabi. A day went by. Mahek changed Shaurya's position on the bed. He was slowly recovering but still unconscious. Mahek gave him sponge bath and took extra care of his wound. Gradually Mahek was falling in love with this beautiful gangster. She would sit hours and hours by his bed and just stare at his face and touch him. She would kiss his cheeks quietly and blush. "Will you accept me if I tell you I have fallen in love with you? Will you accept your enemy's daughter to be your lover and later your wife? You gonna break my heart right? Mr gangster,know this! I'm very stubborn! Apne pyaar Aur haq ke liye ladungi! I'll win your heart like I won the black panthers.'' She told him softly and kissed his fingers. "Tell him that when he wakes up.'' Vicky said from behind her. Embarrassed,she ran from there. Vicky laughed. Mahek had started to cook for the entire gang and cleaned their cave and cabins. The gang members loved her dearly and gave her all the respect and honour she deserved. It felt like home around them. These were her family. On the third day,just when the sun was setting,the gang sat by the bonfire and started their silly talk. Some cracked jokes,some sang, danced and laughed. Dev and Rahul helped Mahek served them their meal which Mahek had made for them. "Vicky,I'll be in the garden if you need to find me.'' She told vicky who nodded and gave her permission to explore the garden given to them by the Mother Nature. Wrapping a shawl around her shoulder she walked towards the garden. she looked about with pleasure and admiration.Even though it was late and off season,bright big oranges dazzled from the midst of glossy green leaves. The fogs and jonquils peeped up through the ground, and the sweet scent of Flowers clung to the air. Red, white and pink camellias had scattered sumptuous petals beneath their bushes, and the breath of heaven was about to break into delicate pink blossom. Mahek was delighted to see several monarch butterflies flitting between the flowers.There was an extraordinary sense of peace and tranquility emanating from that garden. It glowed. She could almost imagine Shaurya standing with her amongst it all, as she reached out to cup a camellia bloom. Her trance broke from the uproar coming from Shaurya's cabin. Her heartbeat rose and beat frantically. She hurried towards the cabin. To her surprise,gang members were hugging Shaurya and patting his back for coming through and coming out alive. Standing there hugging his friends,his eyes fell at the door where Mahek was standing with tears. He looked terrible,pale and sick. He just stared at her for few minutes. "I need a shower..'' he said to vicky. "Of course bhai I'll help you with that!'' Mahek gave them some space and hurried to the other cabin with a larger kitchen. She quickly chopped some vegetables and made a nutritious soup for him. Cutting a loaf of bread she placed them nicely on a try. Footsteps were heard behind her and she turned. Shaurya was standing there looking fresh and clean. "Woh..I wanted to say thank you for saving my life and the others lives as well..you have done something that I will never forget.'' Unable to control her emotions,she ran to him and buried herself in his chest. She sobbed. Shaurya lifted his hand to caress her and rub her back but stopped halfway. Numerous pairs of eyes were peeking at them from behind Shaurya and doing hi5's. Vicky cleared his throat and MehRya broke the hug. Mahek's face was flushed, her eyes shining.She looked down at her curled toes in embarrassment. "Can I get something to eat?'' Shaurya Broke the silence. "I'll bring it to your cabin.'' Answered Mahek. Shaurya glared at his team who were eavesdropping on them. Pretending they didn't see or hear anything,they disappeared one by one.
Shaurya was lying on his bed when Mahek entered his cabin with his food. He quickly sat up. Mahek noticed He was without his shirt. "I'll take you back to your home tomorrow. It's not safe for you to stay here..and you have already done more than enough for us.'' Said Shaurya. "I'm not going anywhere! You are not fully recovered..I'll go when I feel you are out of danger.'' She told him sternly. Before he could say anything,she shoved a spoonful of soup in his mouth. "Be quite Now and eat!'' She had so much power over him. He was back to being mild, calm Shaurya. She liked him. She knew he liked her too. she tried not to stare at his bulging biceps. He was so big. There was a light smattering of hair on his chest, darker than the hair on his head, but his tanned skin was otherwise smooth. Mahek swallowed. "What was that in the kitchen? That hug and the tears you were shedding?'' He question brought her back on earth. Mahek took a deep breath and let it out in a slow exhale. "I was happy to see you up and walking..'' while saying that she never made an eye contact with him. "That's it for me I can't eat anymore.'' He told her. "You haven't finished half the soup! Tumey theek hona hai ya Nahi? Theek hone ke liye you have to eat!'' Mahek snapped. "Are you always like this Miss Always In Control?'' He Teased her. "Is that my new name?'' She Asked shyly. "Hmm..it suits you really well.'' Mahek thought he would smile but he didn't. "Tum Itna serious kiyu rahtey ho? Don't you laugh?'' She asked. "I will laugh once I ruin your family!'' He told her,his voice deep dark and powerful. Mahek's countenance fell. "I'll give you your meds then you sleep.'' Silence fell in the cabin. Shaurya studied her face in the dim light. Suddenly she had become sad. He had made her sad even though He never wanted to. She handed him his meds and a glass of water. Shaurya kept looking at her face while taking the meds. "Have you eaten?'' He started a conversation. "Hmm Hmm! Tum soh jaao Abh.'' Saying that she rolled a mat on the floor which had become her bed for the last three days. "There's soup and bread left if you are hungry.'' He told her. Without a word Mahek lay down on the mat and turned her back on him. "Mahek..don't sleep on the floor..'' "Floor mein Nahi toh kya tumarey sar par phayl jaau?'' She snapped. "Sar par Nahi par mere saath bed par phay sakti ho..'' he couldn't believe he just said that. A smile appeared on her face and she swiftly turned towards him. "Really? Matlab me and you in your hay bed..Woh bhi Ek dusre ke bilkul kareeb..ayse toh humari love story shuru ho sakti hai.'' Her smile widened seductively and she cast a playful, loving, longing look at him. "Yeh kya kah diya main ne? Musibat ko invitation de diya!'' He pulled his blanket up over his head and squeezed his eyes shut. "Oye hello! Awaaz kiyu bandh hogayee? Chal basa kya? Bandar Kahi ka!'' With an angry pout she pulled her sheet up and took a breath of sigh. "I love you Bandar!'' She giggled softly. Then suddenly her tummy growled wanting food. She sat up and looked at the soup bowl on the night table. "Jootha khane se pyaar badhta hai!'' She Thought with a happy face. "Hope he doesn't catch me eating his leftover.'' She said in her heart. Without making a sound,she tiptoed to the table and in no time she was back on her mat with the bowl. Shaurya saw her through have opened eyelids. With a smile on his lips he went back to sleep. Finishing her soup and the bread she burped and looked towards Shaurya's bed. She almost screamed when her eyes met with his dark ones. Shaurya was lying on his side and watching her. "Jootha khane se pyaar badhta hai..Kahi tumey mujhse pyaar toh nai hogaya?'' He asked with a glint of mischief in his eyes. Mahek blushed. "Toh tumey pata chal hii gaya?'' Shaurya raised his brow. "What? Wait a minute! You mean to say you..'' He was still talking when Mahek made an ugly face at him and pulled the sheet up and covered her head. "Don't fall in love with me miss sharma...I don't have a life to give you..I can be arrested anytime and put behind bars.'' Shaurya inhaled and exhaled. "I meant to say I love you!'' Mahek murmured and blushed under the blanket. Closing her eyelids she slept.
In the middle of the night Mahek shivers violently from the cold that swept inside the cabin. Shaurya woke up from her whimpering. He saw her shaking terribly. "Oh shit!'' He got out of bed and hurried towards her. Her eyes opened, the pure brown nearly consumed by her dilated pupils. "I'm cold... A whisper, thick with need, spoken with perfect soft pink lips. The next thing she knew, she was lying flat on her back on the hay bed. He covered her with sheets and crawled in beside her,his body keeping her warm. "Are you warm now?'' His voice was low, husky, rough in all the right ways. She shuddered as every feminine muscle in her body clenched tight. Her fingers flexed. "Hug me Shaurya ..I'm cold and my head is spinning like I'm drunk or something..'' she somehow managed to stammer. He hovered over her. "God, you're beautiful, it slipped out of his mouth, making her face warm. "I don't think anyone has ever called me that before. Cute, maybe, but never beautiful.'' She told him softly. She touched his cheek and stared into his dark eyes. She wanted so much with him, and it's all happening so fast. Every thought She had about him flew through her mind, and suddenly She's feeling a little shy and unsure of what to do next. "Shaurya, she whispered, saying his name for the second time, and his eyes glittered bright as a gleaming gold idol. It felt right to say his name, right in a way nothing had ever felt before. The syllables whispered across her skin like a warm, languid caress, sinking into her flesh, into her very bones. As if his name was a lost part of herself that had finally found its way home. The hunger for him burned brighter, becoming a sweet and terrible ache.There was a voice in Shaurya's head, crying out a warning, but it was only a dim echo. And deep inside her, a powerful voice welled up,whispering urgently, "He hates your family,but he's your soul mate! Win his heart Mahek'' Certainty flowered in her soul. She could do it. She could bind him to her for all eternity. Every part of her being wanted exactly that. Her hands rose, splayed fingers sliding across the intoxicatingly warm, deliciously soft skin of his lean cheeks, cupping his face.Her eyes never left his as she gently and inexorably tugged his face down and guided his lips to hers. This was their first kiss. She'd never kissed a man. The instant his mouth touched hers, she knew she'd never want to kiss any man but him for the rest of her life. He was her one and only. He was everything she would ever want, everything she could ever need. His lips were smooth and firm and warm against hers. Velvety soft to the touch. Shaurya couldn't resist himself and took over. He licked at her lips gently with the tip of his tongue, tasting her. She shuddered, and her lips parted, opening against his as her head tilted and he deepened the kiss. His legs stretched out, his long body lengthened, pressing down against hers, a delicious, heavy, warm weight supported by the powerful arms that flattened against the bed to frame her. Mahek's hand reached and undid his ponytail. The long,black, fragrant coils of his hair spilled down to dance along the tops of her shoulders and caress her cheeks. His hair like him,smelled of sultry, tropical nights and warm sea breezes, sweet, spicy, exotic, and he tasted like the answer to every wistful, aching dream she'd ever dreamt in the long, lonely dark of her aloneness past few days. She gave herself up to the kiss, luxuriated in it. Her hands slid around the hot, sleek, hardness of his muscled chest, learning every swell and hollow, every texture of his Satiny skin. The nubbly velvet of his hardened nipples. The trembling steel of clenched muscle.
She could pet him like this for a lifetime and never grow tired of it. She dragged her nails down the bumpy line of his spine and reveled in the way he sucked in a sharp breath on her mouth, shuddered against her, then ravaged her mouth with a kiss gone wild, licking her, tasting her, breathing her in. His fingers dove into the mass of her unbound curls, cupped her skull and pulled her closer, tighter into his kiss, and if by sheer strength and desire, he could enter her body and make her part of him right there and then. He kissed her until she was dizzy and gasping for air, until he was gasping too. And when he finally pulled away to catch his breath, his eyes were dazed, his expression stunned. "Was there something in the soup? We just ...kissed . . . He whispered. She stared up at him, drinking in the sight of him, saturating her soul with the bittersweet wonder of this moment, committing every tiny detail to memory. Her thumbs slid across his skin, caressed the glowing black stubble shining on his cheekbone, traced the planes and angles of his beautiful face. "I don't know about the soup..all I know is Your enemy's daughter kissed you and you complied.'' She whispered back. Shaurya didn't know what to say. she smiled with aching gentleness, her heart savaged by the knowledge that if she let herself, she would love him as she would never love another soul . . . love him as no other being in the entire universe could ever or would ever love another. "Look at me. His voice was roughed with sleep and more emotion than he wanted to claim. In a gentle, fluid movement he placed his hands on both sides of her,preventing her from moving. His head dipped lower, bringing his face even closer to her eyes, her lips, and her nose. They were so confined she felt his warm breath, heard his shallow breathing and caught the masculine scent of him. This time, his forward behavior should have frightened her or at the very least upset her, but it didn't. He tantalized her in a way that no man ever had. "I'm taking you back tomorrow! You hear me?'' His voice had a warning. "I'm not going anywhere until you have recovered! You hear me?'' She tried to threaten him as well. "I will see about that tomorrow!'' He continued. "I will see about that tomorrow too! Now get off me your weight is killing me!'' She stood her ground. Controlling his anger he rolled away and turned his back on her. Mahek hugged him from behind and slept in his warmth. A smile was playing on her lips remembering the kiss they just shared.
Next chapter:- Shaurya breaks her heart and forcefully takes her back to her home. She comes back again,he takes her back again. He realizes his feelings for her once she is gone forever. Vijay sharma prepares a wedding for Mahek. On the other side,Shaurya prepares for a war to bring her lady love back. Stay tuned for more interesting chapters. Enjoy!
Edited by Sanjh30 - 7 years ago
Seher Hone Ko Hai
Health and Fitness
