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Chapter 58: Prenuptial Rendezvous!
Later in the evening thy went to meet tht elderly Alzhiemer's patient. Dr. Ashutosh was informed abt his grave condition wen he was brot in. An elderly 70+ year old patient sustaining severe bone fractures didn't forebode good prognosis, bt he did well with the surgery bt he wud need a really good aftercare at Jeevan Sandhya. In few days, he wud b stable enuf to b discharged. Satisifed with his treatment plan, thy headed for Nidhi's home. "u thot I wudnt know abt ur Jeevan Sandhya visits?" he asked. "u forgot the orphan kids" she added. "u know.. u r too stubborn..!" "I know" she giggled. "u know u wer sacrificing ur "my" time!" "my time?" "my time!" she laughed,"oh.. u mean.. my fiance's time!" "thts not funny.. it was serious matter..u wud've had an ugly spat over it as well.." "bt I manage it well now'c I m learning" "no dear.. u cant lay ur legs on every boat on the shore.." Nidhi sighed,"I know.." "u need to let go.. delegate." "fine I will choose my priorities and u help me plan my time.. fine" "fine!" "and wat abt honeymoon'" "let us get on with the mrg thing first.." he said. Nidhi stared at him. Her gut sense told her, he was hiding something!
"u..are not hiding something..r u?"Nidhi asked with suspicion. Ashutosh sighed as if weighing the options. "u wud come to know anyways.. so let it b out.. the successful surgery today and my research paper on it wud yield some fruitful results.." "well.." "the management is forwarding my name for an international research trial'" "wow thts good news.. !" "yes.. and No! Good for my career.. bad for my personal life.." Nidhi looked confused. "I had been following these ongoing trials and the forthcoming trials... Sweetheart, this one is a looong one.." He sighed."I mite need to stay back abroad for long!" Apprehensive lines appeared on her forehead,"how long?" "six months.." Nidhi stared at him blankly. For a second, she wished he was jst joking," u r not serious?" he sighed and shrugged. "and'wen u wud need to go?" "sometime aftr mrg!" "Nooo.."a soft cry came out from her instantly. "u don't want me to go for this research..?" "yes.. bt.." she fell silent and looked out of the window sadly! "luv.. if u stay sad I wudnt b able to go.. u know tht.."he said helplessly. She sighed heavily and thn giving herself a moment, she collected herself. "No.. u will go.." she said firmly. Ashutosh just looked at her deeply and thy drove quietly all thru the way. He slowly parked the car infront of her gate. She gave a small positive smile as she opened the door. He sighed heavily. He hated to do this. He seriously hated to do this. She looked back and stressed firmly,"u will go.. u will definitely go'its jst 6 months'the period will pass in a blur.. and moreover, meanwhile, I cud.. I wud finish my internship too..and wow!.. u know..we will have two celebrations wen u wud come back..!" she chirped in light mood in a try to cheer him up. "yup!"he agreed. "grrt!" she gave a happy hopeful smile and alighted. "Good nite sweetheart.. so 4 more days before we cannot meet..!" Nidhi stopped and leaned over his window,"No.. 8 more days'before.. we can b together.. forever.." Thr was little bit of shyness and a little bit of joy on her face and a smile automatically appeared on his face. "rite?"she asked. His smile turned into a wide grin,"rite!" His hand automatically went to pat her cheeks,"good nite sweetheart'have sweet dreams.." she giggled,"yeah..good nite..bt don't u dare to dream abt anything bt me.. u can dream abt ur awards'felicitations..etc..etc..aftr mrg..." He laughed and waved her bye as she ran to her door and waved him good bye before closing it. He sighed and sat pondering over the steering wheel. His head turned towards her window wanting her to appear thr and as if she knew, she beamed back at him from her window a moment later. He smiled and drove off.
Nidhi changed and had a quiet dinner. And as she jst cudnt sleep, she made herself a cup of coffee and went to sit on the steps leading to her house while the rest of the tired inmates went for a sleep. It had been so nice of Angie and Rohan to have come over thr, bt thr life too had been so busy. Rohan had been working hard for a promotion. With Mallika's thing going on, he was hell bent on proving his mettle. He wanted to prove tht he can b a man for her. Angie was skeptical bt supported him in his endeavours, at least he was turning into a responsible individual! Thy had good laugh abt tht. A year back, Rohan was any other young carefree urban lad as one can b in one's neighborhood, belonging to a very well-to-do family. His father had a good business. He owned a couple of mechanic shops and had a franchise of cars! In most probability after completing his internship as an MBA grad, he wud like to continue with the company for 2-3 yrs to gain extra experience before joining his dad's well-established business. Mallika certainly didn't fit into his things, bt somehow he was hopelessly optimistic abt everything. Angie opined tht he had caught the infectious optimistic bug of Nidhi! And ever so practical Angie for once was in dilemma in matters of heart. Not tht she didn't like Rangu, as she had nicknamed him, or she wasn't attracted enuf to start a r'shp. A flirt doctor was someone she wud've never thot she wud ever come across in her life. His quick wit and sheer smartness in handling difficult/problematic situations and coming out of it unscathed had attracted her, bt by attempting to get physical he had disrupted things and wat disgusted her was tht he thot she had been giving out positive signals! Nidhi had gud laugh abt tht. For all his smartness, Dr. Rangnath surely didn't know how to handle this one girl! Thr after-attempted-kiss talk had been a big fiasco. And Dr. Rangnath wasnt solving things, he was making it more difficult for himself! She wud need to talk to Ashutoshji and tell him to throw some sense in him! Angie wud b leaving in a week after her mrg and she really didn't know how things wud get back with thm. Dr. Rangnath wasn't bad at all as a colleague and a senior doctor and an able administrator assistant bt he needed to fare well as her jiju.. if he wanted to b a part of their family! Their family! The words echoed in her mind and her mind drifted back to Ashutosh. She sighed deeply as she stared at the faraway stars in the dark sky above. "Nidhi beta.. y r u sitting here alone at this hour.. any problem," Her baba joined her. "Nothing baba..Angie and Rohan wer too tired so after our chat thy went off to sleep and I..I wasn't feeling sleepy..so ..i.. jst.." She sighed. Col. Verma wrapped his arms around his daughter for a warm hug,"is my daughter feeling sad bcoz her husband will have to leave for abroad soon aftr mrg or is it bcoz ur honeymoon trip will b canceled!" Nidhi cudnt help smile at his tease. Her baba was trying to cheer up her mood! "how did u know this soon.."she asked,"he jst told me on our way back home!" He shrugged,"He has become my boy!" Nidhi's eyes rounded,"I don't believe it! He shared with u even b4 sharing it with me!" "y do u think tht way.. am I not his baba.. he jst wanted to give me the news first.. as an elder..to seek blessing!" Nidhi sighed with an apologetic twitch,"I am sorry!" Her baba gave her a comforting squeeze,"Nidhi beta.. u r my darling little duckling.." "I m not duckling any more!"she retorted. "okay..okay.." he laughed,"yeah..u r growing up" "I have grown up!" she cried. He laughed again,"yeah..yeahh.. I can see tht u have grown up and I m soo happy.. u r letting Ashutosh go keeping aside ur wishes.." "now how did u now tht!" "bcoz I didn't c u frowning or pouting or shunning Ashutosh'" "huh.. thts not fair!" Nidhi pouted and hid into his chest,"baba.. I hate to grow up.. I really hate it' thr r lot of sacrifices to b made!" Col. Verma laughed heartily,"bt u reap benefits too.. don't u? u get ur prince charming in the end.." Nidhi blushed. Col. Verma remembered how once Nidhi had handed him a wooden doll of prince and asked'"Do you really like my prince baba?" And he had answered. "Not this soon Nidhi.. first let me test him hard and see whether he is worthy of being my daughter's prince afterall.. he smiled as the words came back to him and he remembered how many number of ways had he tested Dr. Ashutosh, the prince charming of his little daughter. Nidhi had then handed him tht doll of prince suggestively and said confidentally, "I am sure u r going to start liking him pretty soon..all u got to do is place it on ur nighttable rite infront of ur eyes.. and look at it 3 times a day.. and I am sure it wud b pretty hard to resist the charm of my little prince charming!" A hearty laugh sprang from his lungs as he remembered her words. She was as strong-willed, confident, and stubborn as she was thn. Nidhi looked up questioningly at his laughing face,"Nidhi..I still have ur prince doll beta" Nidhi grinned,"yeah.. I know..its still placed on ur nitetable.." "so u've noticed it.." "I check it every day!" He laughed. "y u had any dbts..?" "No..it makes me realize every day how much u luv me baba!" Tears appeared in col.Verma's eyes which he pushed back graciously and squeezed her affectionately again,"how cud've I resisted the charm of my sweet little daughter's prince charming!" Nidhi smiled over his chest. "Wud mumma have approved of him.." "readily thn me.. by this time u mite've already b coming back from ur honeymoon!" Nidhi laughed,"true!" She ran in and brot another cup to share her coffee, as thy always did. The father-daughter sat chatting in general. And it wasn't till late 1 p.m. tht thy finally went off to sleep.
The nxt day came with the good news of Ashutosh's name being seriously considered for the international trial study. It instilled a new wave of interest in the doctors and staff of KGH. Considering its motivational effect, the management had been relaying its updated news like live cricket updates. Thr was a buzz in KGH and Nidhi was glowing proudly around all tht buzz. In all tht news, Nidhi also heard something tht troubled her. The actual trial study was only for 3 months, bt he had requested an extension of 3 months to stay back, making it a total of 6 month's stay. He had lied to her! y wud he do tht! Y wud any husband do tht to his newlywedded wife. The only reason tht wud prompt him to do so was so tht thy wud postpone thr honeymoon and she wud complete her internship without even questioning him! A sudden deep resentment filled her heart, bt she desperately tried to justify his actions with some other solid refuting reason, bt she cudnt. She jst cudnt find any and she was jst baffled and confused and angry at his preoccupation with her career and to extent he was going. Reasonable-unreasonable, fair-unfair, it didn't matter, he jst seemed to b obsessed by her career and the realization of her mom's dream for her. She sighed frustratedly and tried to concentrate hard on her job. Keeping her grievances aside, she jst needed to support him right now. She reminded herself again. Yes, she needed everything.. she needed the love and affection of her husband tht any wife wud need immediately aftr mrg.. she needed a honeymoon.. a blissful exotic honeymoon.. and.. she needed a happy peaceful life aftr mrg.. bt more thn any of these things, she needed him to realize his dreams, her nana's dream. Tht dream meant a lot to him, may b even more thn her, bt she was okay with it. It had driven him and kept him sane for all those years wen he kept himself aloof and confined from the world outside and if she jst snatched tht very thing away, she didn't know how he wud cope up with this sudden void created by an ambitionless.. goalless..career. She sighed.
Ashutosh kept very busy. He had to work things out and appoint and refer ppl to delegate his duties in his absence. He had to sit and chart a rough draft out. It was more thn 90% confirmed tht he wud b selected and he mst've have a plan ready. His important surgeries mst b reassigned. His patients needed to b transferred under a good doctor's care and thr wer a couple of more thngs tht he needed to take up while he was thr abroad. His trip shud b a success and he was going to make use of his every second thr for his and patient's benefit. He sighed as his mind went on a crazy ride planning and plotting everything in the back of his mind while he carried on with his roundups. Ticking off every task, charting up everything as if his mind was a broad vast whiteboard, he was posting notes, sticking reminders, making to-do lists and thn at the end of the day, he was going to sort out everything in order and he was going to put it on paper, in his little black diary. It was exact sort of feeling tht wud give him a high. It was like driving a car with the back of ur mind while consciously discussing abt something totally different holding the steering wheels, bt his mind exactly knew wer he had to drive and it calculated and concluded on its own somewer back in his mind without his conscious involvement. And he was quite used to this euphoric, rhapsodic feeling abt work. He felt upbeat and energetic. His legs sprang to a new life and he felt he was on a highspeed jet, flying high bt staying on course. Until, of course, his eyes laid on his sweetheart and his whole self, conscious and subconscious one, came to a sudden screeching halt.
She was doing her roundups with Dr. Chatterjee and as Dr. Chatterjee looked at him and nodded. His polite nod back drifted over to Nidhi. She smiled back as usually, encouragingly and warmly, bt something abt her told him thr was something amiss. He wasn't used to getting such instinctive feelings, bt it was strong, very strong for him to deny. He was good at reading body languages, bt she was masking it well. He twitched his lips and made a mental note to talk to her after finishing up with his planning.
"hi'" he called her up at 8 as he close his diary and finally relaxed in his chair. "hi'" "so r u done with ur books?" he asked. she cried,"how did u know tht I was in library!" he chuckled. "its like spying!"she cried. He laughed hard,"sweetheart.. tht is harsh!" "huh!" he heard her miffed cry and he cudnt help chuckle again,"luv.. I m dying to meet u.. please meet me.. wen will u b done with ur work!" "uh.. a little more..please.." "sweetheart its 8.. I told u.. not to sit till late hours.." "uh..bt..its..i cannot take all books home!" "sweetheart.. u can buy online.." "not all!" "y not!" "its..thy r too expensive.. besides..who wud buy all books for a little excerpt.. I don't want to set up another library at my home..""sweetheart this is not done.. we will think abt it.. bt rite now.. u r up and moving.." "Nooo.. I have still some notes left.." "okay I will give 15 minutes.. " "thts dictatorship!"she cried. "I will wait for u in the parking lot.. c u in 15.." he hung up even before she cud protest. She threw one angry glance at her mobile and started jotting quickly in her notebook.
After 15 minutes, Nidhi was seated in his car and not saying anything. "Sweetheart'" he turned and looked at her. "r u angry..?" She nodded a No and jst sighed and stared at the stethoscope tht she was playing with. "Don't stay quiet.. say something!" "how.. how is ur abroad thing coming on?"she asked. "oh.. fine.. its 90% confirmed tht I m going..so it had been a busy day for me.. I had been rough drafting everything.." he spoke in a satisfied tone as his eyes gleamed with excitement. Nidhi was amused,"u r too excited abt this!" "yes.. the last time I remembered I was so excited was wen I was ready to write answers in examination hall!" he beamed back. "really?.. oh..i was sooo nervous!" she cried. He laughed,"yeah.. half of the class was.. the rest wer calm.. keeping thr cool and a few of us wer jst too excited to write the paper!" Nidhi giggled,"u luv such challenging, intellectually stimulating things..!" "yup.. very much!" Nidhi stared at him for a while and utterd softly,"I m so happy for u..!" he turned to her and smiled as he upped the gears,"and I have planned everything for u in the hospital in my absence.." Nidhi nodded,"u really don't need to stress urself for my' for my career!" she forced a composed smile, inspite her heart wanting to screech and ask for the explanation of his deliberate betrayal. "I do need to.. sweetheart..!" "u don't really'" "oh.. how I wished I cud b here.. I mean...i cud've.. I wud've " he stopped abruptly. She looked at him as he drove the car with an abstracted thotful expressions. "u seriously need to stop thinking over my career!" she cried. He turned abruptly to her as if suddenly chain pulled out of his thots,"y?" he asked feeling puzzled. She sighed as she tried to gather words to put it appropriately,"y u don't think I can manage my career on my own?" the car came to a screeching halt as he carefully pulled the car on the side of the road,"wat?" he asked. Nidhi swallowed her words and bit her lips as she played nervously with her stethoscope. Wat if'wat if he jst erupted in anger again! She looked at him and he was taken aback by wat he saw in her eyes. He nodded affirmatively,"of course u can.. I jst want it to b perfect this time..i don't want to repeat my mistakes tht I had done earlier with ur career.." he said. Nidhi looked at him,"u..u.. need to stop blaming urself..and..concentrate on ur thing more.. I mean.. I don't want u stressing around things..which don't require ur so much of attention'" "u think ur career doesn't require my attention?" he was shocked to heart tht! "noo.. I mean u have other things to concentrate on.." "Nidhi.. u know I can handle both..!" "bt u don't need to!"she stressed. "Nidhi..wat is wrong with u.. tell me.. clearly' wat is thr in ur mind?" Nidhi hesitated and he saw a strange fear in her eyes again. "Sweetheart..if v don't talk..its gonna become a big big issue!" he explained tenderly and waited for her to open up. "I jst'I jst feel.. u don't need to take so much of stress abt my career.." "y?" "I can handle it.." "wats wrong with my interfering..its for ur own good.." "bt I can do it on my own.. y don't u understand!"she cried in frustration. Bt he was unable to get her point,"y u want to do it on ur own wen I can help u better..u know how best its for u.." At last, Nidhi cudnt hold herself back any longer. She blurted out,"how come u let Angie shape her career on her own and not me..?" Ashutosh jst stared back at her! "u knew Armaanji cud b a bttr mentor for her.. bt u didn't persuade her to seek help from him'y? u jst trust her choices.. her actions.. in fact u went ahead and supported her in her decisions.. u have such of confidence in her abilities, in her wisdom.. in her knowledge.. in her smartness' u u..seem to respect her..her identity.." she cudnt argue further as a strange sort of agitation grappled her mind suddenly. Hell it had been bothering her for so long and it really needed a venting out. Those thots jst needed to b out of her mind and he needed to heart tht. She sighed. She didn't know if she did a right thng or not. And for a moment, she didn't dare to look up at him to see how he had taken her accusations.
Ashutosh slumped back in his seat and sighed heavily as he nodded his head strongly. He jst sat staring blankly out of the window for a while! After a while, Nidhi looked at him from the corner of her eyes, bt she cudnt really get anything from his expressions. His face was masked with blank expressionless features, bt underneath it she knew thr rippled an as agitated a mind as hers. Nidhi turned away with a huge sigh and stared out of the window. Ashutosh jst pulled up the car back on the road and drove her back to her house silently.
"Can u meet me at the temple?" he asked her next morning and with dadi bua's permission, she went to meet him. Adorned in a beautiful saree, she looked lovely. On observing closely, he noticed she had put on beautiful earrings and her neck was adorned with a new necklace. Her hands wer full of bangles, mingled in it wer the kangans tht he had gifted her. A lovely smile greeted him and told him she had forgotten everything abt last nite. He cudnt help bt reply to her refreshing replenishing smile! He took her clanking hand and led her to the temple. Together thy bowed down to the God and sought His blessings. Ashutosh chuckled as Nidhi went and rang the bell again. She had last time confessed to him tht more thn anything else, the one thing tht always fascinated her and made her visit the temple was the joy of ringing the bell..again and again! It was funny she still wasn't able to lose her inherent childish traits, bt she did however behave like a lady who was out with her fianc, seeking blessings. Wen thy stepped out, thy met some of the women tht thy had met last time thy had come with dadi bua. Thy opined he looked more handsome after engagement. Nidhi found it very amusing.
"uh..u don't need to chuckle at tht!" He remarked. "thy didn't know u had dyed ur hair!" "I thot u said I looked more handsome with my gray hair!" "tht was b4 I had seen u in ur black hair!" she teased and laughed. "Huh!" "so wat r v here exactly for?"she asked. "u will c.." Thy went to his car and Ashutosh opened the dickey and brot out two huge cartons. One was filled with shawls and the other with packets of bread to b distributed among the beggars and poors seeking the alms. "Go..ahead..my lady.. do the honors.." Ashutosh encouraged. "me? Bt dadi bua says daan mst b offered by man first!" He tsched and pushed her to the beggars lined up on the pavement leading to the temple,"uh.. how can God even accept the offerings from us arrogant andconceited beings of the two!" he commented. Nidhi laughed,"its not true.. absolutely not true.. u know..let us do it together.." "No m'am.. its ur day.. u r my lady and u r gonna do it.." he insisted.
Aftr tht, thy drove to his home for an inviting breakfast. Dadi bua was so overjoyed and impressed with his act tht she readily permitted. "wer is Dr. Rangnath?" she asked wen she didn't see him on the table. "oh.. he has got additional duties to attend. I m delegating my full administrative duties to him and based on his performance in these nxt 6 months, a new post will b awaiting him, tht of a senior departmental administrative head!" "wow.. u mean he will b promoted?" "yes.. and it wud lead him straight to the management level in future!" "wow.. Angie shud b impressed with tht news!" "y..did things not work out betn thm?" "y u hadn't had a talk with Rangnath abt it..?" "oh.. v both r too busy rite now.." Nidhi nodded in disbelief,"how can u men put such important things on hold?" "its not tht.. its jst tht.. v want to deal with it at a proper time and in a proper way..without any distractions!" "huh'tht is soo lame! u wud b wanting to repair dams wen its already started flooding!" "eh.. y don't u women have patience and some trust on us.. tht v can handle situations correctly..give us some time.. give us a right time!" "huh.. u don't wait for rite time.. the rite time is now! Eh.. forget it.. ur attitude is so totally casual.. we wud rather throw it in dustbin and forget and forgive.. rather thn dwelling and losing our sleep over it ' wats the point in dealing with it at a later date wen thngs wud've lost all its steam to even argue potently!" "seriously..all u think abt is arguing potently?" he was amused to hear tht. She nodded her head and frowned. She picked up her cup and her plate and went over to the window! She breathed in deeply the fresh breeze coming from freshly blooming garden. "I say..let the peace prevail' I don't want to argue!" she uttered as she placed her plate on the sill and sipped delectably from her cup and smiled beautifully at the wonderful morning.
Ashutosh looked at her beautiful smile and forgot wat thy wer arguing abt. His gaze strayed over her full length figure. She hadn't kept her hair loose and instead tied up in a small fashionable braid. Her hands clanked with her bangles and her gold kangans shimmered in the sun rays as she sipped on her tea. His feet inadvertently took him to wer she was standing. He bent over her head to smell the fine hair behind her ear. She withdrew sharply at the sudden tingle,"wat r u doing" she whispered barely balancing the tripping cup. "hmmm'" he murmured deeply as his hands went on to encircle her waist and pull her close to himself. His nose dipped behind her ear. Nidhi flinched at the sudden pleasurable attack! He nuzzled softly and caressingly! "Stop it please.."she cud barely utter under her half breaths. Bt he continued with his searching caresses in and around her ear sending small ripples of extremely pleasing waves all the way down thru her body. "The window is open'please,"she managed to say as she helplessly tried to retain her sensible sense from his attack. "Emm.. hmmm."he murmurmed again as he pulled up the curtain gently to hide thm and pulling her even more closer, he dipped into the nook of her neck. Her hand went encircling around his nape as his head made its journey over her shoulders. "please.. 'ka..ka.." this time she cudnt manage to utter the full sentence as his brushes became more urgent and needy. He turned her around and dipped below her chin. She uttered a soft moan. He picked her up and took her to his room. "wat'no.." she protested weakly. His eyes had grown with desire and thy wer not at all willing to give in to her weak protests. He gently placed her behind the closed door. The one place wer he jst loved to love her. His hand went over to her curvy waist and as he traced its curve, the other went to her nape to grab handful of soft hair. His mouth ventured into her soft..sleek.. sensitive neck. Soft sighs escaped her lips. It seemed ages since he had done tht. Hell, didn't he jst do it on thr engagement day'in this very same house..in an inexplicable way..tht it had went out of their control.. and thy had ventured into her bare unexplored territories.. and yet this need seemed unsatiable'unfullfilled. His grip on her waist became tight as he tried to venture far and deep and further low below her neck and into tht much wanted crevice bt over from her saree this time, as much as his stretching neck cud take him. Hell this saree didn't made any difference and her mind drifted away in this passion. His hand moved up from her waist over to her back to crush her close and his mouth went seeking for her yearning lips. Y was it tht thirst never felt quenched.. as much as thy had of each other, it grew more and more with every sip..with every mouthful.. and before Nidhi knew she was responding to him with equally fervent deep need. He had moved her even more closer and deep into him, yet again making her take tht very provocative posture. She broke the kiss and pushed him away gently and moved away in shyness. She had became soo aware of him, his arousing manly form. Her cheeks reddened and she cudnt meet his eyes. She moved towards the door trying to set futilely her already pinned saree,"I think I shud go!" she murmured softly as she tried to control her agitated aroused nerves. "oh please don't go.."he cried and stopped her, utstretching and withhelding her by wrist,"come closer.." he wisphered and pulled her back into him. "v..um.. this..um'.." she was finding it hard to recollect the correct words. This was so not happening. He was gazing so deeply and so intensely into her eyes and he held her with such need. "u r soo beautiful..Luv'and sooo desirable'" he murmured and her cheeks turned crimson again. "sooo'sooo very'desirable..sweetheart.." he cried softly and nuzzled and crushed her into a tight embrace, till he felt a bit content. In the end, he released her giving out a deep longing sigh. "how am I going to wait for these 6 long days sweetheart!"he asked cutely and a smile crept up on her lips at his frank bt very cute confession and a mischief ran into her mind as she wriggled out of his arms skillfully. Biting her lips, she moved to a safe distance and teased,"ohh'. I thot..u wer good at visualizing and memorizing..those special procedures..beforehand.." Giggling heavily, she ran to the door. Her blushes cudnt b containted over her cheeks. A sweet breath escaped his lips and his cheeks blushed slightly as his wrecked..wrenched heart twisted miserably. "oh.. u r sooo cruel..sweetheart.. u r soo very cruel.." her cried as he followed her out and threatened,"and u r so going to pay for this.. " She giggled back at him mischivieously as she ran for her cup and plate. He reached her up close and muttered,"jst wait for the wedding nite!" She blushed inspite of her already heavily reddened cheeks bt challenged,"emm'hmm'" "I m very serious here Luv!" he muttered indignantly as he gathered his wounded male pride. "emm'hmm'and wat exactly r u going to do?" she asked. "I m going to punish u so severely.. its going to b very deliberately slow and very knowingly long.. its gonna b a very sweet prolonged merciless torture until u ask for it!" Her cheeks crimsoned again and she cudnt complete her bite of her paratha. She moved away in shyness and as she blushed hard, she pretended to put her plate and cup back on the table and she took all the time in the world to do tht.
"uh.. did I..did I sound very offensive and menacing?" he asked worriedly wen she didn't turn back for long or even counter reply. She cudnt stop her blushing giggles. He was too cute with these things. Thr was no dbt for who it was going to b a very sweet prolonged torture instead! "no.. I was jst wondering.. how r u going to manage for 6'.long.. days!". Giggling heavily again, she dodged his pouncing hands and grabbing her purse in one quick swift move, she dashed to the door bt before he cud grab her, Kaka appeared from the door suddenly with a huge bag full of groceries, and he was forced to retreat. "I think I duplicated on most of the items tht I have already bot.. bt wat else am I supposed to do for 1 hour in a grocery store!" kaka complained as he walked off towards the kitchen with his heavy bags. Nidhi bit her lips and stifled her chuckle. Ashutosh glared at her with a cute frown as he crossed his hands and displayed a huff. She mouthed a bye and throwing a teasing flying kiss, she ran out of the door and yelled"C u in the hospital.. will take a cab.." Ashtutosh jst stared aftr her twitching his lips and frowning in grt annoyance. How wud he b able to wait for 6 long days if she was going to raid his mind with her such impish tactics! And wen he jst cudnt help bt think of gathering her in his arms in many different ways! He sighed. It was better if he concentrated on some real things tht he needed to do, like rearranging his wardrobe to make a space for Nidhi's things. Thr was going to b a separate wardrobe for her, bt he preferred thr joint one. Wat was the sense of living together, if thy cudnt share a wardrobe. Kaka pulled out a few boxes from the bottom drawer. Surprised, he picked up one he had never seen before. "wer did this come from?" "uh..u don't remember..its Nidhi beta's gift.. the day u got sooo angry on her for those curtains..!" Kaka reminded him bt thn realized he mite have forgotten to tell him in all tht mayhem and the big fight tht ensued betn thm after it and kaka apologized for tht. Curiously, Ashutosh opened it up and found a beautiful wooden doll of a princess donned in a beautiful bridal attire. He took it to his nitestand and gently placed it thr. He stared at it for a while before almost out of compulsion, he picked it up and pressed it close to his heart tightly before placing it back in its place carefully. Then he chuckled at himself. He was adoring this doll..as if it was Nidhi! Kaka mst think he was going crazy! He smiled but cudnt help pick at its cheeks. He turned and saw tht kaka was busy with his rearrangement and hadn't witnessed a thing. Good for him! He wudnt want to see a 42-yr-old man adoring a doll. He chuckled and went back to him to help and instruct.
In the afternoon, at lunch hour, she was called by him for a quick shopping. "I am sorry tht I didn't consult u for those earlier gifts. I had already bot it, bt now for the orphanage kids and the Jeevan Sandhya elders u r going to chose some fine gifts" Nidhi was surprised,"y suddenly?". He shrugged. "v haven't announced our engagement to thm formally.. have v? its time v do tht.. plus, I had been planning this since long.. and thr cant b any greater occasion thn this! Guessing tht we will have no time after wedding for this.." he turned the car and parked in a busy street of Lucknow's main city area. "how did u find this shop?"Nidhi looked at the old wholesaler shop and wondered. "oh..ur baba helped me out.. he says it is best in town and wud've ready in stock watever quantity v want!" "hmm'I can see tht u r growing very close to my baba!" He laughed,"so r u feeling jealous?" Nidhi jst smiled as thy stepped into the shop.
"A tab.. y wud I need one.." "sweetheart..i thot u young ppl r more tech savvy.. I cant believe u don't know!" Nidhi sighed as thy argued abt buying a Tab for her. The gifts will b delivered in the evening and she had rued tht she wud have no time to go to library as he forbid her to stay back late. And he had said tht he had already thot of a better solution for tht. A tab! "Bt Dr. chaterjee is really old school.. u know he literally goes thru my notebook and ticks thm rite with his pen!" she laughed,"its really funny!" "really.. have never seen Dr. Chatterjee so enthu for any intern!" "oh..he is a good teacher!" "I know..thts y I chose him to mentor u on common surgeries.." "bt I wud've luved to work under u.. I will miss tht opportunity!" "oh.. trust me.. I m a very strict mentor.. u wudnt b willing to work under me for long'!" "Nooo.. I guess I wud.." "emm.. hmm' either v wud've ended up bickering or not seeing each other's face..!" "huh.. thts too judgemental!" "trust me!" "no.. I m not going to trust u on tht!" he laughed. "uh..bt coming back to Tab.. its.. its.." she hesitated. She knew the importance of Tab for her. Bt it was close to 30k. he sighed. "okay.. sorry..luv.. bt I cannot leave this decision on u. U r goint to buy it period!" "fine..bt I m buying it.." he turned and glared at her,"v r buying it and u r gonna use it!" "wats the problem if I buy it.. I m going to use it!"she argued. "don't worry..i will not let u use it alone once I get back.. thn thr wont b this u first u first bickering.. it wud b me first me first..!" "very funny!" "u know..this is going to b very beneficial to u in many other ways .. u can impress ur seniors with ur tech savviness!" she laughed,"I don't think thy cud appreciate my tech savviness as finely as u!" "oh..u underestimate ur seniors!" "really?" "yeah.. wat do u think.. we r from stone age?" she laughed,"bt how come u r so very up to date with each and every thing considering ur busy schedule..?" Nidhi asked as thy drove back after distributing the gifts and sweets. He sighed,"a lonely solitary life has its own perks my dear.. u can concentrate on many such important things!" "so ur saying being married wud deprive u of ur perks?" she pouted. "yeah.. in a way' thr will b lot of beautiful distractions.. u know!" "and sweet temptations.. and such important things wud b last thing on my mind in those b4-bed hours" he added making her blush. "Shut up.." "on a serious note, u view me from a diffrnt perspective.. I mite b good in my field.. bt for rest, I m as dumb as any other man!" "u r not dumb!" she retorted instantly,"don't call urself tht!" He cudnt help smile!
The nxt day was a combined shopping day for thm. He cant believe tht the whole extended family had gathered together jst for shopping. And tht he cud actually spend a whole day shopping! An earlier Ashutosh wud've been miffed at the waste of his hours! Bt day had went in a flash it seemed. He didn't know tht Solanki uncle was such a hilarious man and upping up his spirits was Dr. Rangnath, to his surprise. He had an excellent comic timing with jokes! Togthr thy had made this shopping a fun shopping! His rapport with Mr. Solanki improvised bt worsened with Mrs. Solanki, as she found it very irritating, as if her husband wasn't enuf! Angie maintained her distance from him, making it further difficult for him. Bt she was enjoying in her own way. The female brigage, as she had termed it, comprising of dadi bua, Nidhi, Angie, Trupti, Mallika, and Solanki Aunty, was the one who enjoyed the most in this shopping! Angie chose some excellent wedding outfits for Nidhi and the cute thing was everytime Nidhi's eyes sparkled seeing a dress, she wud look up at him in expectation of an approval and though he wud've luved to tease her for tht, instead he had to refrain himself owing to presence of dadi bua and he wud jst give a polite nod and Nidhi wud pick it up enthusiastically. Bt the rest had quite a share of innocent fun with their teases on Nidhi. Especially one with her wedding lehenga, tht was supposed to b gifted from groom's side. Her dadi bua pointed at 50k lehenga. It was awesome, gorgeous, bt Nidhi's mouth had dropped on hearing the price and had instantly said a no and thn went ahead and picked up a rather not-so-expensive lehenga, at the cost of the joke tht jst becoz it was going out from her wud-b hubby's pocket, she was being extra careful with all those spendings, wen she used to literally squander away her baba's money! Not tht it wasn't true, she and Angie literally gave thr babas nitemares as teens. Bt thy had grown up! And for wedding, she had done a very sensible shopping. Wat can she do wen her baba had kept a very high budget for her shopping, which she was expected to spend! Nidhi had pouted. And Ashutosh had picked up a pretty gorgeous traditional pink-red lehenga for her, simple and yet elegant, with an omega shaped embroided choli. It mite not have been a designer one, bt it gave a very bridal feel to Nidhi with its vermillion colored touch. When she had put it on her for trial, Ashutosh's eyes had sparkled. Her wide smile told him she had liked it immensely and hence without even asking for price, he had it packed. The wedding sherwani for him had been a surprise. Rangnath had given thm his perfect measurements and Nidhi and Angie had secretly vanished into some shop to buy it while he went in to buy her mangalsutra with dadi bua and co. Later, thy chose some postwedding sarees and dresses for her. And as it was a very first big occasion in his house for the newly wedded bride Trupti, dadi bua advised Ashutosh to gift her a saree. And how can Angie b left behind at tht. So, while buying thm sarees, he asked Mallika as well if she was interested in buying one on his sponshorship, which she had laughingly declined.
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