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Three Stolen Kisses
Please find the links to Chp 1 & 2 below
http://www.india-forums.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3239496
http://www.india-forums.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3240516
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Chapter three
Khushi was running through the fields that she loved so much. Fresh air and open sky she felt so free. She was running with her dupatta flying off like a flag. And then just as suddenly, he appeared out of now where. He took hold of her hand and Khushi braced herself to be dragged away again like in her previous dreams. Instead he opened the palm of her hand and inside he put the broken string of pearls that he had ripped off. He looked into her with the kindest of eyes that she had ever seen. She did not expect him to be so caring, he touched her face and said, "If you keep on sleeping like this Mrs Mehta will never want you again as a shop assistant. So Parmeshwari, get up! enough of the sleep that you had." He disappeared before her eyes and Buaji appeared. Khushi opened her eyes and looked at Buaji ruefully, "what a timing Buaji, just when he was going to apologize, you had to wake me up!" Buaji looked at her and said, "Who was apologizing to you and why? Stop with your wishful dreaming...none of Payal's groom's family will apologize.."
Khushi smiled, "It was so close, few more seconds and I would have heard him say those words... Ah ..bad luck!" saying this she got up and got ready to go to Mrs Mehta's flat. It was ten thirty in the morning when she reached the flat. She was gasping for breath as she took the stairs this time. She did not want to leave any chance of not meeting him. She pressed the door bell and Mrs Mehta's housekeeper opened the door, "Oh Khushiji, Madam left without you. She has taken the dresses with her. She has gone to this address and she has asked you to come there immediately. It seems the client wants a demonstration of how the dress should be worn in a traditional way. You better hurry." saying this she slipped a piece if paper with an address on it to Khushi and closed the door.
She got down the stairs and called an auto. she was exhausted by walking up 10 floors and then walking down those same stairs. She gave the address to the auto driver and then sat inside the auto trying to catch her breath.
ASR was extremely pissed off. Hari prakash came in with Orange juice and announced that Lavanya had arrived. ASR asked him to inform her to come and meet him at once. He was sheeting with anger. He did not expect this from people he trusted. Nani arrived inside the room and asked him, "Am I hearing this right? when did you make this decision?" He looked at her puzzled, "which decision? I did not make any decision and please Nani I need to speak to Lavanya now." Nani huffed, "If you do speak to her , let her know that agreeing for a traditional wedding will not make me change my mind about her." saying this she stomped out of his room.
It took a few minutes for him to understand what his grandmother had just said and then his anger touched new heights. He drank the juice quickly in his anger.
Khushi arrived outside the mansion, It was huge with bold letters "Shantivan" written in gold. The watchman took her inside and the door was opened by Anjali. She looked at her and smiled, "Come in you must be Mrs Mehta's assistant right?" Khushi smiled she liked Anjali instantly. She said, "This is my first day of my job." Anjali raised her eyebrows and replied, "oh! then put forward you right leg! it is said to be auspicious." Khushi nodded and did just that and entered the mansion. Mrs Mehta was sitting with nani in the huge living room, showing her the sarees when she heard Lavanya call her. Nani looked at Khushi and smiled. Khushi touched her feet and Nani's smile grew. Just as she was about to introduce herself, Mrs Mehta called her, "Khushi come fast we need to show Miss Kashyap how to wear the traditional bridal dress." Khushi hurried giving an apologizing look to Nani.
Lavanya was surrounded by sarees and Ghagracholis of beautiful designs. Khushi was mesmerized by the work and the beauty of those clothes. Lavanya looked at her and said, "well, what are you waiting for? come help me with that maroon Ghagra choli. I need to wear something so good that even Nani will not be able to say no to." Khushi Helped her wear it in the proper traditional way but Lavanya was very much impatient with her and khushi was soon wishing she could get some work to do away from Miss Kashyap.
Wearing her designer Ghagra-choli Lavanya went to ASR's room. He was angry and looked at her with a question in his eyes. Lavanya knew she had to do something. She went upto him and said, "ASR, we need to talk. This is very important and what I have worn is a part of this conversation." ASR looked at her and said, "This better be for some fashion show because I have made it clear that I will not be marrying anyone ever in my life. Lavanya, yesterday night, what was that that you gave me in the juice?"
Lavanya looked guilty and shook her head,"ASR, please try and understand. I was just trying to loosen you up. You were not enjoying the party and I needed to speak to you about this relationship that we have."
ASR shook his head, "What the...how could you Lavanya? You have known me for 5 years and when have I ever loosened up in any party. And this conversation could have happened anytime. Who gave you the right to fix my drink? what was it that you gave me?" he asked.
Lavanya knew he would now cross all limits if he knew she had given him Ecstasy. She changed the subject, "ASR, please you need to help me. You said we would live-in together but Nani says she wants us to get married. What should I do?"
ASR looked at her with anger and replied, "Probably not fix my drink! that I think would have been an excellent idea. How do you expect me to trust you now? No Lavanya, I need to think again."
Lavanya panicked, "Ok! Ok! no problem just let me know when you wants this to continue and guess what! you were right. This is for our newest collection. I have one more piece, would you like to see it? It is for our bridal collection."
ASR looked at her and then nodded. He wanted to remain alone now. Lavanya left his room and he opened his Laptop and started to work on it. It was ten minutes later that he started to feel dizzy again. He shook his head and tried to concentrate but his eyes were not able to focus. He tried to look at the screen which was now moving from left to right. ASR bowed down and covered his face with his palms. He knew what was happening to him.
Lavanya entered the guest room and threw off the dupatta. She looked at Khushi and said, "You are an expert right? so tell me which one do you think is the best among these dresses?" Khushi pointed at the red one with extensive work done on it. "Right! then wear it immediately. I need to see how it looks." Khushi stared at her and then looked at Mrs Mehta who nodded her head fiercely. Khushi quietly picked up the dress and went inside to change. After ten minutes she arrived fully decked as a bride without any make-up or jewelry she still looked 100% bride.
Mrs Mehta smiled at her and signaled that she looked beautiful. Khushi smiled back. Lavanya saw her and asked her to turn around and then asked her to go to the room at the far right. There her boss would be approving any of the designs which are to be going to be given for mass production under the company's label. Khushi nodded and said, "What is it that I need to do?" Lavanya replied, "Just go inside and stand in front of him so that he can see how our customers would be wearing these designs. If he is ok with the design then we would require quite a few more from you Mrs Mehta."
Mrs Mehta was pleased. She looked at Khushi and asked her to go. Khushi walked slowly towards the far right and sure enough there was a door. She opened it slowly and entered the room. There was a man with his head down covering his face with his hands sitting on a recliner by the pool. He heard her come in and said, "Close the door. I need to talk to you. we better finish this today." His voice came out muffled but it seemed as if she had heard him before. She walked in and closed the door and stood in front of him. His body looked familiar and Khushi started to get suspicious. She chanted Devi maiyya's name saying," Please devi maiyya...let it not be him...please... no"
When ASR looked up to find Khushi standing in front of him in a bridal dress, all logic went out of the window. "What the..."
He stood there staring at her while she felt the same wave of panic rise through her entire being. Again her feet were glued to the ground as she tried to lift her feet to turn around. ASR looked at her stumped. How did she get in here and why is he seeing her in a bridal dress now? He could not think of anything except ask her the question,"Are you real? why are you wearing this dress? Are you getting married? why do you always come in my dreams?"
Khushi found her voice or the first time,"I am here because you are supposed to let me know if you like me in this dress."
ASR stood up and the room began to spin again, again he felt as if he was in Sheesh Mahal again and there Khushi was getting married instead of Payal. He caught her hand and pulled her towards him. Khushi panicked. She wanted to scream but no voice came out of her, "So, you are getting married, you want to know if I like you in this dress? then yes, I like you in this dress. I like the way the dupatta falls over you cheeks. I love the way the color reflects against your skin. Red is my Favorite color. I love the way your eyes look when you feel shy, I love the way your lips purse when they are about to be kissed. I love how smooth your skin feels. and more importantly I love the way your lips mold when I touch them with mine."
Saying this he pulled her even more nearer. catching her chin between his thumb and the index finger he pulled her face up and kissed her gently but firmly, coaxing her to react.
Khushi was surprised. she had not expected him to be so gentle. He sounded different as if he cared about her and did not want her to feel hurt. His touch was the gentlest of touches she had ever experienced. She had never expected to see this side of ASR. caught unawares she responded involuntarily to his coaxing. This flamed his desire ten times more and he now continued kissing her soft lips with even more fervor. They lost the track of time, it seemed as if this was going on forever. Khushi gently tried to push him away, as she placed her hand on his chest, she could hear the erratic beats of his heart. This mesmerized her, the fact that she could have this kind of an affect on him surprised her. after a life time he pulled back. both of them were gasping for air and breathing erratically. They looked at each other, astonished for different reasons. Just as Khushi was about to start her protest, ASR fainted in her arms.
She panicked and catching him the best way she could, she carried him over to the bed and put him to sleep on it. she then tried to go away but he had caught her hand in a vise grip which she was finding impossible to break free from. She tried for a few moments and then gave up. She then shouted for Hari prakash who came running into the room and stood there surprised to find a bride in ASR's room. Khushi had to literally shout at him to make him listen to her. He scurried out to bring Anjali and Nani.
Sure enough everyone arrived into the room. Anjali and Nani too had the same reaction, they came running and then stood stunned at seeing Khushi in the bridal dress. Khushi was just thankful when they decided to attend to ASR. Lavanya gave Khushi an accusing look and then asked Mrs Mehta to leave. They would have a meeting tomorrow. Khushi tried to move but again ASR had her hand.
Anjali saw this and asked her to sit down on the chair. Doctor Ravi came in to look and one look at him, he prescribed medicines and said, "I have already spoken to ASR about this. There is nothing to fear. I will check up on him after 5 hours, he should be awake by then."
Nani looked at Lavanya who wanted to speak to the doctor. She saw her chance and saying goodbye she left with the doctor and was speaking to him in the living hall. Nani huffed, "I bet this is because of Lavanya. Good thing you were here child. What is your name?"
"Khushi" she replied. Anjali and Nani again stared at her. Anjali started to speak,"so you are Khushi! did you meet chotey yesterday?"
Khushi nodded. She blushed as she remembered the kiss.
Anjali and Nani found that very cute. They then asked her about her family. they were thrilled that she was from Lucknow. Then Anjali saw her clearly and gasped, "Aren't you the one from the Fashion show?" Khushi nodded,"It was a big misunderstanding that was created by the designer. He thought I was one of the models." They shook their heads sadly. I think chotey owes you an apology,"nani said. Anjali agreed.
Lavanya avoided both the ladies and kept herself occupied in the living room waiting for ASR to wake up. While Khushi sat near him she could feel the blood had stopped flowing from the wrist on-wards to her fingers. It was amazing how his grip had not slackened even after 2 hours.
After 3 hours had passed, Anjali left to call her husband, while Nani went to temple to pray for chotey and Lavanya was simply avoiding him. Khushi sat there alone wishing she had never come to Delhi. She tried to remember what he said to her when she came into the room. something about coming in his dreams.
He opened his eyes, he found her sitting beside him lost in thought. "Amazing," he thought, "How did she end up here of all places?". He slowly moved to sit up. Khushi felt him move and looked at him expectantly. The room was still spinning for him and he had to catch her to steady himself. The room had stopped spinning now and he was feeling groggy but was able to control himself.
"What are you doing here?" he asked. Khushi replied, "I already told you. I wanted to know if you like this dress on me."
ASR looked at her, "Are you getting married?" Khushi looked at him and replied, "I don't see why that would be any of your business but no, I am not getting married. Lavanyaji asked me to get your opinion on this dress so that it can be added to your bridal collection."
ASR shrugged, "So you are the model she was talking about. How did you end up here? Were you there yesterday?" Khushi remained silent.
ASR got his answer, "so whatever happened between us today and yesterday was real? Did I kiss you for real?" Khushi avoided his eyes and nodded.
Anger rose inside ASR. He should not have done that not that he did not want to but he should not have done that. "Where is everyone? why are you still here?" he shouted. He regretted it the very next moment. He could see she was frightened and was close to trembling.
Khushi tried hard to stop trembling. she did not want ASR to see her weak. but tears prevailed and she looked at him and then the grip he still had on her wrist. ASR followed her eyes and saw how hard he had caught her wrist. He immediately released her hand only to find red marks on her fair skin made by his fingers. Khushi sighed as she could feel the blood flow back to her hand freely. she tried to hide the feeling of pain she was getting from appearing on her face.
ASR was watching her like a hawk. As soon as she winched he knew she was hurt. He took his mobile and called the doctor immediately. Along with the doctor came Nani and Di. They saw Khushi's hand and looked at ASR in anger who simply shrugged off their looks. Doctor came in to check ASR but he redirected him to Khushi. This surprised everyone in the room. The doctor gave Khushi a spray to use and then turned his attaention to ASR.
"ASR, I have found the fix that was added to your drink." he said. "Thank you Doctor."replied ASR.
"It is a very simple drug that induces hallucinatory thoughts and makes us do things that we would have actually wanted to do. In short it makes us lose the control that we normally have over our reactions and actions." he said.
ASR blushed as he saw khushi staring at him and he tried to say something but nothing came out...
to be continued...
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