TAMING OF THE SHREW-(RTMC)FF NEW PART PG 34 - Page 17

The sky has darkened down to pitch black. Stars were rare site as most of the sky was dominant by clouds .The air was hot and full of moisture. The Ferrari was as dark as the sky but its sheen illuminated in dark. Aisha gave a appreciative glance walking towards it, she mumbled to herself , "cool , just like in Dark Knight; impressive!. ".

As she was few feets away from the car ,the figure rose from the car , under the dark ambience it was difficult to see him but it was evident he was wearing a jacket as its edges swayed due to the wind .He walked towards the passenger seat and slid the door upwards, Ash moved closer to the car . Due the car light he was visible. Wat the hell he changed clothes!, why on earth Pri didn't let her. So Not fair. She didn't looked into his eyes ,just simply climbed in the car ,Prithvi slid the door shut and made his way towards driver's seat , thoughts clinging in his mind : why on earth there was no response to his courtesy , COM' on when a man holds a door for lady and glance of appreciation from the lady is expected.

Aisha adjusted herself on the passenger seat , passenger seat sucks , the thought of the grabbing the wheel when he was out and hit straight to the club crossed her mind numerous time. But its not right to ditch the new hubby when he showing so much courtesy to open a car door for her which was kind of new for her .

He slid in the driver seat, claimed the wheel and fired off the engine. Began driving. Silence fell for a long while . After the whole hectic day , it seemed nice ,in the quite
confinement of the car. So who was gonna speak first. Prithvi thought of beginning the conversation but held back thinking she might be tired , and so don't wanna rush in. But it might be nice to hear her voice speaking to him rather than the way she sounded when she sarcastically shooed him off. For the record she should be informed that no one ever did spoke to him before in that manner.

The silence stretched further. The drive seemed like going on for eternity . Finally Aisha gave in , and blurted.

"u r seriously ,planning that we d nite spend in car"

Prithvi "sorry "

Ash "well u should be.As I recall I feel that we have been driving for centuries. Is your hotel located that far. May I inform u the top hotel r just one hour drive from our mansion"

As she didn't know , he had booked the entire hotel for himself pass days. But there no need for mockery to answer her question.

Prithvi "actually we going to my home. My ancestral castle. Its in the outskirts of city"

Ash "why can't afford a hotel suite"

Prithvi "that's not the case. But I like in there. Don't worry we will be there soon"

Ash "f9"

Aisha ended the conversation and rested her head on the glass window and the drive continued, soon her attention was caught by water droplets spattering on the glass screen , indicating it was the beginning of the downpour.

After sometime the car came to a halt and the car stood before the grand entrance which seemed like a medieval manor ,then aisha realized that the car has been passed the remote operated iron gates prior to halting , covered a significant distance through the acreage of greenery.

He slid his side door open and turned to inform her .

"u stay here, I'll get an umbrella"

And he ascended towards the castle not caring of the rain in quick pace , the castle was huge , the grand hall was just like the hall in fairytales were dance parties were arranged , there was staircase leading upwards , the windows were huge, few were draped , few weren't. The dining hall was adjoined to it with dining table to accommodate more than dozen of people .There was bar counter in the corner with a fridge behind it .Top quality wine bottles were arranged on the shelf on the wall. The piano had its own panache at the corner. But the hall wasn't crowded with furniture only one sofa set with adjoining chairs. The chandelier was magnificent.

Prithvi descended through the stairs in quick pace with his hands occupied by the umbrella and was moving towards the exit.

"where the hell u r going "he turned back to the source of the voice and his eyes fell on sinfully magnanimous figure residing on the leather couch.

He moved towards her and spoke with civility

"I told u to stay in the car . I was just coming with an umbre ..."

Ash cut him off with polite smile "No one tells me wat to do"

Ash moving her eyes to the surrounding "So where am I ?"

Prithvi keeping the umbrella aside sank in the couch ,ofcourse both were at the edges.

Prithvi "This is our castle owned by my family for a long time. Maybe u might like a tour . shall we ?"

Aisha got up from the leather couch and took few steps away from it and turned to face prithvi who was still besited on the couch , she spoke "tour... .maybe...some other time, guess I m gonna live in here I can explore the castle later"

She turned aback to prithvi and uttered " may be we should sleep"

Prithvi gaze swayed towards her wet hair flowing through her shoulder along her back ,there were still droplets of water on the curve of her waist. Heaven sake! drenched white on her magnificient figure cud kill someone!

PRITHVI said out without giving a thought ; subconsciously ;coz the way she made the suggestion. (it meant he was lost and so just spoke out)

"You will sleep with me?

AISHA turned "u said something? Sorry didn't hear"

Glad she didn't. Dude she just meant sleep sleep not "sleep" "sleep".

PRITHVI tranced back to reality and resolved her query

"u go upstairs and then left ,my room ..I mean our room is there"

Aisha flinched and repeated "our room!"

"I want my own room "she asserted looking at him

There was something in her eyes behind all the arrogance and guts. What was it? He couldn't make it out . But looking deep he may have guessed . Was it fear? My goodness was she scared! Was she thinking by sharing a room; he would force himself on her just coz now that she was his wife . If he did such thing he would be no man. All his life he had been taught to respect others whether it be his servants , friends , fellow royalty or his subjects. Despite of the typical "royal manners" abt not hurting woman and children and all things about protecting the weak , He would never force a woman to bed with him even if she is his wife. He believed woman's acceptance should earned by charm and chivalry not by force. So even if they share a same room ,same bed ...bed'. .'not bed ,he decided he would replace the king size bed in the bedroom with two different beds ASAP. As far as tonight was concern he may handle it .

Aisha was feeling as if snake was moving through her spine coz the way he was staring at her ,she broke the silience "hello! I said something"

Prithvi "ya I heard you. Listen u don't need to be scared .Even if we stay in one room I won't do anything dishonorable .Unless u wish to me to'." last sentence he didn't said out loud.

Aisha gave him a stink eye wondering as to wat the hell he is talking "Scared ! of wat"

Didn't she hear his assurance he thought.

Prthvi "about u staying in my room"

Aisha let out a laugh "Dude I want my own room not coz I m scared of sharing a room wid u."

She said pointing a finger towards herself "its coz I like my own space and I cannot let go my personal space for anything"

Scared , phew! Wat the hell he thought; is she a naive ,timid ,damsel in distress who was afraid of the wedding night . Never no one can make her do anything against her will. Apart from things Priya made her to do like cleanliness , tidiness and other stuff. Not to forget this marriage charade her father blackmailed...blackmail...was this the right word, wasn't it more like giving a choice, where all the options were ridiculous, she anyway opted to think that way .So blackmail it is.

But scared not a chance may be nervous a little'...microscopic little .

Prithvi "Oh . thing is that only my room has been furnished and is in state worth staying , there are other rooms but none of them is furnished. This is my fault it was my last minute call to stay here .So my staff managed only to make up the hall & master bedroom upstairs "

Aisha reflected "O so there are one master bedroom and this grand hall"

Prithvi "ya"

She gave it a thought "wait a minute"and she climbed the stairs and then appeared after few minutes with few sheets and pillow. She halted , away from the couch holding them in her hand and said "as only two rooms are there; one furnished and this one " moving her eyes cross the hall to signal it. "guess each one can have one"

Prithvi stood up with concern "No how cud I let you sleep in such discomfort in here" pointing at the couch ."Its totally unacceptable"

Aisha looked at him in awe and with a smile on her face she said "who said I m gonna sleep in here"

Prithvi "u r not"

Ash "I got these for u "dumping every thing in her hand on the ground and said "u seriously thought I wud be that inconsiderate that I wud let u sleep on the couch without proper sheets and pillow. Its raining outside and its cold ; that's why got u extra sheets. Sleep well".

She turned and began moving upstairs ,when she was half way through the stairs, Prithvi came to his senses and stopped her by saying without losing the politeness or tone of his speech

"but I won't fit on the couch. It might be uncomfortable for me"

Aisha looked at him and began thinking something "Ya , u r right . It must have been a long day for u too"

Now she understands he thought , he himself wud make a pillow bunker amidst the bed ,the bed was huge it might appear as two different beds with the bunker.

Aisha coming out of her thoughts and eyeing the huge arena of the grand hall

"I m so sorry; it was inconsiderate of me for giving u only option of the couch. The dining table seems huge enough, you may give a thought of using it, I guess u won't have any problem fitting in that . Good night. "

She turned and ascended towards the master bedroom leaving Prithvi awestruck .he came to his senses when he heard the noise of the master bedroom door shut.

Aisha was so tired to even lift a finger, she mostly didn't need to do anything when she was exhausted ,everything magically always used to fell in place and she used to be tucked in comfortably in her bed .Guess nothing was magical abt only that Aisha used to be too drowsy to notice wat Priya used to do with her when AFTER PARTYING or outing , Aisha simply used to fell in her bed

She was eyeing the well 'decorated ceiling with a small glass chandelier , her eyes slowly refusing to stay open ,her eyelids were dropping.

"Aisha get up fast" ,someone was shouting at her ,she felt the discarding of blanket from her body and two hands rocking her arm to get out of the slumber .

"wat the hell u want " she blurted out irritatingly picking her head of the pillow and coming in sitting position

She hasn't open her eyes when Priya again rocked her.She opened her eyes ,looked at her sleep assassinator.

Priya was taking out clothes from her cupboard and placing aside

"Aisha get ready quick. Ram uncle has asked for u"

Aisha sat hugging her knees ,yawning and said, "dad's back ? but wat he has to do with me early in the morning ?.

Priya glared at her, "Morning ! Aisha half a day has passed for the entire world"

Ash "don't sound stupid Priya ,it must night in most of the part of the world ,time difference duh!"

Priya looked at her with one hand on her waist "The most unpunctual person in the history of unpunctuality giving me me lecture abt time difference "

Ash "don't distract me from the topic , that is of ur ability of lack sentence formation"

Pri "Ash I don't have time 4 this ,get up ,hit the shower ,uncle wants to see u "

Ash "f9"

Ash got off the bed , she was in simple T AND cotton shorts, with flustered hair , he headed towards the door was abt to turn the knob ,when Priya called out

Priya "where r u going"

Ash "gajini to see dad , remember . u only pulled out of my sleep"

Priya "like this !. Go bathe , get dressed , then go"

Aisha "why ? Is press assembled downstairs for filming of documentary 'life in singhania mansion' "

Priya SAID helplessly at her vague answers "Ash"

Ash "Relax pri , its just dad , it must be something abt me crossing the credit limit ,or the booze bill for the Saturday party or something like that . It wud hardly take 10 minutes , one minute for me to tell him whatever it is I did and had to be paid. Then he wud go with lecture of "how he earns his wealth " 'how carelessly I spent it' I WILL BE BACK in no time . and I want chocs n milk first thing after I brush my teeth"

Ash headed towards the dad's personal sitting room where he used to do all his meetings , she entered without knocking and landed on the sofa , her dad who was studying a file behind the desk , turned to face her as the noise of her arrival grab his attention.

Her dad dropped the file and spoke to her .

Ram "so u r here"

Ash "dad whatever it is can we make it quick , I haven't yet had my breakfast"

Ram just glanced at his wrist watch.& spoke "well isn't it early for u to have ur breakfast , its just 3 pm"

Ash "yup dad , coz u called I have to break '8 hrs sleep rule'. So can we get going "

Ram "Yes .Aisha I got a proposal recently'.."

Ash cut him off as she was so not in mood to listen to him , she was hungry and hunger makes her cranky.

"Dad dad I have to stop u right there . Whatever it is, I did it. If u want me to do something I 'll do it .But now can I be off "

Dad "But listen to..."

Ash "Dad I trust u completely whatever u do I wil accept ,chao."

She got off and turned towards the door.

"Then its settled , I call my P-A to FOR CEROMNONY arrangement ,it wud be held next week "

Ash thot abt her cool planning's for next week and made face and turned towards Ram and said

"Dad, is my presence essential? U know I get bored at these parties ,I might show up at the end ,will it do?"

Dad "I m afraid not. U presence is vital in this case"

Ash "why so it ain't my birthday"

IF it were her b'day , her dad won't take a personal interest to arrange the celebration. Even if he show up that wud surprise ash,

Ash "Wait a minute, u must have bought something big and as I m ur heir u want my presence. If that's the case I will show up at start and will appear at end. So its settled I guess"

Aisha took few steps towards the door

Ram "Aisha I guess such short appearances may not a feasible idea , it is imperative for the bride to present through entire wedding"

Bride' 'wedding'

These words clicked ash

She looked towards Ram in astonishment and gave a small laugh

"Dad I thought u said wedding.. Guess it must be the hangover . From now I 'LL watch the amount of booze intake"

Ram " ur hearing ability is alright . u heard it right , there is a wedding next week at the mansion . and u happen to be the bride"

Ash "dad r u high?"

Ram "wat!"

Ash "its ok dad it is normal to babble after some coke "

Ram "ash first thing I will let it pass your knowledge abt drugs. Secondly I m not high"

Ash "but dad if u r not high and I m not deaf , so did I heard right 'my wedding' "

Ram "so now u r willingly giving u r consent , then u have little time for shopping , u must get goin with Priya and do wat u do best, that's using my credit card . The groom belongs to very prestigious famil''.."

Ash " Aadadada I have to stop u right there . and let me get this clear even if u give me billion dollars I m not agreeing to get married. Seriously dad ; u thought you wud say the word I wud behave like a obedient daughter. If u r done talking then with u r permission dear daddy I m off for breakfast "

She unlocked the door and placed a foot outside when Ram spoke out in a cool demeanor

"If not for gaining billons , so then how abt losing everything. Let me get this clear wid u if u don't agree , I will disown u and u will be denied the right on Singhania empire, I will make sure u won't inherit even a dime from the ur trust fund . so choose married or poor ;with absolutely no luxuries which have been living with for u r whole life. So take u pick "

Ash turned towards him with a smile

"Dad I m 21 and in many places girls r married by that age and if u have decided something for me , it must be for my own good , how cud I say no to my 'dearest dad' "

Ram "so it's a yes?"

Ash "u r wish is my command , so I wil leave now just pass on the details 2 priya she will handle everything"

Ash then stomped out of the room and Priya was coming downstairs , ash rose her head towards her and blurted out with frustration wrapped in excitement

"Pri I M getting married , so if u don't want me to collapse out of excitement wud u SERVE ME THE DAMN BREAKFAST"

Priya stared at her in bewilderment.

Ash opened her eyes , in sleepiness she was startle to see the new room setting around her. She just adjusted the pillows and drowned herself in the comfy bed and wondered wud she had made a right decisions choosing luxury over freedom , speaking in Priya's terms peanuts / toffees though the hand is stuck in the jar. The reply was HELL YA , living poor , NO CAN DO. She was sure she was gonna keep enjoying the toffees and lot of her favourite things and no one she meant it no one was gonna hinder her from practicing her free will.

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