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Originally posted by: achiever
so exactly wat shud i opt for to being - a story-telling atma ya a story-narrating anamika!😆
Originally posted by: achiever
thn i mite end up haunting u for ages!🤣
Ashutosh threw one cursory glance at Nidhi and stepped out of the car, parking it in the shaded open parking lot near the garden of the bunglow. The winding path leading to it first circled around a beautiful sprinkling fountain and Nidhi had stepped out of the lawn and was now stretching her arms into tht spurting dribble of water to feel the cool droplets tht softly landed on her palms, tickling and drenching her naughtily! "Oh! I can give anything to live amidst such beauty!" she cried more to herself bt Ashutosh was thr to hear it as he went past her. He scoffed silently, which didn't go unnoticed from Nidhi's eyes. Ignoring him, Nidhi rested her eyes on the huge bunglow tht she was about to enter. It was a huge fascinating palatial white bunglow, stretched as far as Nidhi's eyes cud go. She smiled effusively and clasped her hands. Even living here for a while was going to b so worthwhile!
Ashutosh slid his hands down into his pockets as he walked off. Nidhi followed him in after a while and was stumped at the inner beauty of tht bunglow. It had beautifully decorated interiors, huge walls, large corridors, filled with choicest of fine art pieces on display. The flooring was done with big shining pearl white tiles giving it a very magnanimous appearance. The opulent vintage furniture added to its rich charm. It was big, vast, and extremely beautiful! Nidhi had still been standing and admiring its beauty in all its fullness wen Ashutosh climbed down the stairs with sure steps, as was his normal style. He had changed into his casual attire of a black-blue-white striped T-shirt coupled with dark brown khaki pants. He threw himself casually on the sofa and took out his phone to make a call jst as Nidhi cried out aloud purposefully,"Oh! I can marry any damn person in this world if I get to live in such huge rich bunglow!" Ashutosh cudnt help twitch his lips in contempt as he played with his phone after unsuccessful attempt at getting thru an important call. Nidhi threw a meaningful provoking glance at him as his eyes glanced up at her from his mobile. "can give any damn thing!"she cried again and he cudnt help cry in sarcasm,"oh u wud.. not tht its not expected of U!" Nidhi bit back her chuckle and instead threw a careless glance at him and shrugged, "so? Wats wrong in desiring a big rich house?" Ashutosh twitched and smirked,"yeah.. wats wrong.." "tho some ppl attach a father's name to acquire this wealth, not tht thy actually deserve.. bt its absolutely wrong..really' if someone attaches a husband's name instead to acquire the same thing!" Ashutosh throws a detested look back at her! "besides one wud expect certain perks if one has to get married to a man twice her age.." she threw her last venomous shot at him and climbed up two stairs at a time to reach at the top quickly and disappeared from his view. Ashutosh still angrily kept glaring up at the place she had jst vanished. She was mean. She was conniving. She was highly manipulative and heavily opportunistic! He hit the keys roughly on his mobile to connect the call again! Failing, he threw it on the sofa and his thots went back to her as he sat staring angrily at the staircase. Jst as those stairs, she loved a quick easy way up in her life! Ashutosh had known her true self for long now. She had worked in their CA's office and he had often encountered her thr on his meetings with Mr. Sharma, the managing director of tht firm. She was extremely beautiful and notoriously popular to be ignored, a very sweet talker - acquiring a nick name Sugar, a young charmer and yet devilishly clever of a girl who presented a picture of tht of a pretty innocent harmless lamb wen many a men had fallen prey to her vicious enticing ways! He had seen her moving vertically up in her company pretty quickly during his long association with this firm and no points in guessing how!
The servant came to call him for breakfast breaking his chain of thots and he glanced up again at thr bedroom. Nidhi had thrown a quick sharp rude glance down at him and barged inside thr bedroom earlier. In all those years tht she had known him, he hadn't changed a bit. He had same pair of arrogant eyes and a snobbish jaw. His nose always flared and teeth grinded wen he talked to her and he never had anything nice to say to her and in fact he luved to unleash on her his pretty caustic tongue wenever he got a chance. He walked with a high lofty gait and was hypocritically virtuous! A man of 42 and unmarried, wasn't devoid of his share of spicy gossips! And Nidhi had heard a tons of thm before she got married to him and didn't dbt thm really. He was extremely rich and had been an eligible bachelor for so long for tht matter. Only a fool wud consider him clean and saint for watever he pretended otherwise! Huh! such a hypocrite! She threw her purse on the bed in anger and glanced at thr bedroom. It was neat, done tidily in an eye-soothing neutral colors and it was as big as one cud imagine a bedroom to be and certainly not like one she was accustomed to! Even the bed looked extremely plush and soft on big draped poster bed, again something she was not quite used to! She gave a hollow mock laugh at herself and threw open the cabinets of the huge walk-in wardrobe occupying one complete wall. In one of the cabinet, at the bottom lay her suitcases. She carefully picked a large one up and lay open on her bed and thn turned to glance at the other small one tht lay in the far corner at the other end. It was her everything. It was her identity and in thr lay her whole life till date. She glanced back at the suitcase she had opened. It was filled with exclusive costly designer wears. Her mind went back to the way her old cheap looking suitcase was thrown quickly in far corner of the car dekke before it cud catch anyone's eyes and embarrass the Mathurs! She laughed derisively. Even her so-called Mom had chided her in private in no kind words for showing her true class to thr up-market inlaws! Nevertheless, she was pretty insistent abt her suitcase and hence it was hastily stowed away in the back of thr car! Nidhi pursed her lips determinedly and threw close the bag in hands angrily. She pushed it aside and picked up her small suitcase. She took out a pair of matching T shirt and cotton pants.
And wen she came downstairs for snacks and tea, Ashutosh was surprised at her attire. Nidhi ignored his look tht clearly stated tht even the uniforms of his servants looked better and richer thn wat she had been wearing! Not tht it really mattered to her! "huh!" Ashutosh cried, deliberately giving a sarcastic top-to-bottom look at her attire,"so much of wanting a big rich house." Nidhi threw a no-nonsense look at him and with attitude ordered her plate to b served! The servants obeyed her diligently! She dropped a spoon on the floor deliberately and the servant promptly picked it up and replaced it with a new one without her even asking! "It has to b in u! Clothes merely serve as a covering. It can change nothing! Bt obviously u wudnt know!" she remarked, staring at his shabby-looking clothes and a rugged look tht he had chosen to wore tht morning for some obscure reason. It wasn't his style, she knew. "No one's clothes cannot change wat u r really inside, neither this huge bunglow nor the fake pompous show of dignity and poise or even decency for tht matter.. not tht a girl like u wud actually know!" His eyes spit fire as he rose up finishing his coffee and walked off. Nidhi stared at his vanishing back as she munched on her toast. Three days, it had been three days since thy had been biting back each other this way. Three days since thr grand wedding commenced!
Ashutosh again swallowed down his anger as and pulled and threw his shabby clothes away. It wasnt as if he liked to b in thm. He had jst wanted to make her repulse and drive her away from him. Not tht he actually needed to make any extra efforts for tht! Three days into this marriage and she was continuously attacking his pride, picking at his age, and mocking at his arrogant hypocritical ways at every possible chance! And he was on the brink of losing it! He was trying to b as civil as possible with her since she was now his wife and the fact tht thy had to stay at least a year together to get any kind of divorce! Bt if she kept on attacking him this way, he wudnt blame himself for its dire consequences!
Changing into better clothes, he went into the big study room downstairs and picked up a science journal to read as he sat in the big lounge bt the words of his favorite journal evaded him as his thots strayed back on Nidhi who had jst stepped in the study room. She gave him a fleeting glance and turned towards the huge wall tht was laden with books. She carefully climbed on the ladder to pull out one tht looked quite interesting bt had been stowed away in some far top corner! She managed to miss balance and Ashutosh was quick on his feet to gather her before she landed on the floor and hated himself for doing tht! Nidhi scrambled out of his arms and ascended up the ladder again without even a thank you. He angrily watched her climb up again and stretching out for tht book, again managing to topple while clenching at the book and again Ashutosh's arms inadvertently went to catch her. "Cant seem to get grip on things.. can u?" Nidhi didn't attempt to jump out from his arms this time and instead clenched at his shirt and pulled flirtatiously and cooed,"No! Infact got grip on jst the right thing!" Ashutosh jst stared into her brilliantly mischievous flirty eyes and thn suddenly attempted to dump her on the ground bt she was quick in her reflexes and anticipating his rude intentions. She jumped on her feet as soon as he let go his hand underneath her and acrobatically, got back on her feet. And she cried dignifiedly, "and I know how to get back on my feet!" She took her book and laid herself on the lounge tht Ashutosh had been occupying. Ashutosh tried hard to swallow his anger, again, bt he cudnt. He went and snapped close her book. Nidhi threw an angry glance at him. With a menacing look, his hands went over his hips as he angrily glared back at her. Nidhi jumped on her feet to give him back as she challengingly drew close pursing her lips determinedly. Ashutosh inched closer too, being careful as to not break his angry stare! Wen she came quite close, he cudnt stop himself grabbing her tightly by his arms, almost hurtingly. But without even a wince of an eye, she drew close threateningly and thought-disturbingly for Ashutosh. Ashutosh's heart picked up a sudden fast beat for some unknown reason. Not tht he hadn't been around such beautiful woman as Nidhi, bt she had a different pull. He pulled her dangerously close to his mouth. She pushed him back roughly. In response, he pulled her back with double the force and stronger the intention. She waited heaving breathlessly for his move. Giving in to some obscure impulsive desire, he suddenly pulled her by her nape to throw his lips on hers wen a heavy foot came crushing down on his toes and mercilessly churned to intensify the low squeal of pain tht had escaped his lips. He pushed her away and jumped back with excruciating pain. Nidhi threw a victorious glance and smirked. As an instant reaction in a fit of anger, he pulled her roughly again. This time the toes of his other foot paid the price of his misdoing and took her extreme thrashing and he leapt back instantly with an audibly louder cry this time. A servant came running down into the study room and enquired worryingly as he saw Ashutosh limping on both his feet, alternately. "Wat'.wat'happened sir?"he asked. "Oh.. its..jst cramps.. u know..from age tht one gets.. he was climbing ladders and getting me a book!" she said as she attempted to lend him her shoulder, which he pushed away and took the lounge instead. "I m okay'u..u'!" he barked at the servant,"bring me some damn water!" The servant vanished away from thr hurriedly. Nidhi warned Ashutosh,"nobody dares to touch me without my permission .. u got tht!" "Huh!" Ashutosh cried with wounded male pride,"Not tht I m any interested!" "really?" Nidhi challenged him with a teasingly alluring smile! Ashutosh looked away in detest. Nidhi glided upto him silkily and ran a teasing finger on his jaws. Ashutosh pushed her hand away from himself in intense dislike. "don't u dare play ur dirty tricks on me!"he muttered. Nidhi pursed her lips tightly and didn't let the hurt display on her face! "A dirty is who dirty does!" she muttered back angrily,"and thts wat u tried to do a while back!" "huh.. damn u.. woman.. don't test me! U have hurled enuf of insults on my male pride for me to bear any further!" he cried bitterly. Nidhi scoffed,"huh.. u get back wat u serve!" "huh.. I know exactly the kind of woman u r.. !" "really? Wat kind exactly.. u think?" Ashutosh looked away angrily,"don't make me say those dirty words!" Nidhi's anger flared up,"Mister.. u had had enuf good time passing some dirty judgmental comments abt me and my character okay.. I do not wish to repeat bt I will not sit back silently.. I don't care wat u think.. bt any more sleazy comments abt me and u will pay back hard!"she gritted her teeth. Ashutosh looked back at her with raging fire in his eyes. The sheer intensity of his rage shocked Nidhi. It went way beyond the hatredness tht she had seen for her in his eyes. Bt she didn't break the stare and kept staring back at him not letting her pride go down and it wasn't until the servant arrived with water and announced the arrival of his business associate tht thr angry stare was broken. Ashutosh threw one sharp glance at Nidhi as he gulped down the water and walked out of the study room. Nidhi stood thr crossing her arms tightly and trying to control her angry heaving breaths. Do hell with wat he thot abt her! How did it even matter! Being a husband, hasn't changed a thing in him! Do hell with this whole husband-wife thing. Thy cud laugh it off and it was such a huge joke! Absolutely nothing had changed betn thm since thr ugly spat tht day. Her thots took her back to the day he had accused her of flirting with Mr. Sharma. He had claimed to have caught her red-handed aftr he had seen her hugging Mr. Sharma and he had claimed tht he had exposed her undignified cheap intentions! She had laughed ironically at his extreme prejudiced judgment and had advised him blatantly to mind his own bloody business. And since thn, he wasn't ever shy in criticizing her behavior or raising finger at her character at any given opportunity. Not tht she had taken it all silently, she had given back to him in his very own sharp caustic style exactly wat she thot abt his hypocritic and prejudiced behavior against women like her - pretty, orphan, and hence thot to b available! And it was bt a huge ironical joke tht thy had gotten married to each other and neither of thm knew y! Wat can b said abt thr strange wedding story tht didn't make any head or tail and was completely senseless! She still remembered tht fateful day clearly!
He had laughed insanely and more so ironically on seeing her at the table wer he was supposed to meet his so-called to-be wife. Nidhi had simply sat and coolly drank the coffee she had ordered suggesting to him clearly tht she pretty much knew who she was expecting! "I cant believe this..Oh my bloody Goodness!" he had cried looking at her derisively! "thn go ahead and say No!" she had suggested. He had stared at her for a quite a long period of time as if trying to study the situation and come to a definitive decision and had eventually laughed it off mockingly at himself, strangely enuf! And at tht point, Nidhi had doubted his sanity. Not tht he had sounded any sane enuf earlier! Bt thn he had suddenly jst fell silent and twitched contemptuously at himself, it seemed and asked her,"bt of course u wudnt say No!" "Not tht u r one who I m any eager to say a yes!"she had answered. "huh.. thn do the honors.. save urself.. go ahead and say a No!" "hmmph.. I hate u bt I guess apparently not as much as u hate me.."she said sarcastically,"so if U want to really eagerly get rid of me thn u shud go ahead and say a No!" "Y? u running out of excuses to say No to ur parents?"he had asked. "huh.. thy wud b surprised and I wud b happy!"she had replied. He had laughed mockingly again,"thn y don't u jst grab this opportunity to defame and badmouth me'its an golden opportunity to vent out ur hatredness.. say as much as ill u want abt me to ur parents..i wudnt mind as long as u say no" "oh No..I wudnt want to give u tht privilege of satisfaction of me saying no!" "Huh.. hell!" he tried to dismiss her accusation. "No really!"she affirmed. "I don't trust u.. either.. I see some trick behind u wanting me to say No to this proposal!" he had said suspiciously. She had laughed,"oh yeah.. tricky me! Look, I think u shud go ahead and say a No.. if u r so afraid.. coz I m not going to say No!" she stated with finality and walked away!
Tht was last tht thy had met before the wedding. He hadn't said No and she cudnt say No either! Thr prewedding conversation hadn't made any sense and thy knew nothing abt each other, neither wer thy interested to know, except tht thr families knew each other pretty well and very keen for this profitable alliance. It wasn't a bad bargain for Nidhi and initially, she had thot it to be an excellent opportunity for her to serve her ambitions. She wud jst ignore this man and make her way out. Bt now it seemed she had to rework her whole plan with such a hateful man! He had been attacking her character and so she wasn't going to stay behind in attacking his male ego either! She would hurt him and wound him till he felt the equal pain tht he was giving her and asked forgiveness for his such ill-treatment! She vowed to herself.
A servant came to call her as tht business associate wanted to meet his newly-wedded wife and congratulate them as he hadn't been able to attend thr grand wedding! On meeting her, he was quite pleasantly surprised. He knew her from Dr. Sharma's firm. "Oh! Ms. Nidhi.." he said enthusiastically,"how so very nice to see u?" "Mrs. Nidhi.. Mr. Saniyal!" Ashutosh corrected him politely. He laughed frankly,"oh ho..ho ho.. yeah.. Mrs. Nidhi Ashutosh Mathur.. many many congratulations.." Nidhi took his wishes and asked him to contact her if thr b any need as polite gesture. "oh y not.. Mr. Saniyal is a very old client of both our companies.. he wudnt shy in asking for ur help I m sure!"said Ashutosh. Nidhi cudnt quite make out wether his statement had an undertone of sarcasm or jealousy! "yeah.. yeah.. working with Ms. Nidhi.. oh I m sorry.. Mrs. Nidhi'" "Mrs. Mathur.." "oh yeah.. Mrs. Mathur was such a pleasure.. I hope I wud c u back in tht office'" "well.. I m not sure.. " Ashutosh interrupted without even looking at Nidhi. Nidhi threw a sharp glance,"oh..i haven't yet taken a call'" Nidhi jumped in quickly before Ashutosh started spreading false rumors abt her giving up her career for marriage. Ashutosh shifted uncomfortably as Mr. Saniyal kept glancing at Nidhi, more frequently enuf thn required, he noted. Thy quickly saw him off and before he cud comment, Nidhi erupted,"stay away from my career and my life.. u have no rite to take my decisions!" "huh.. FYI, did u hear wat I jst made him say u r Mrs. Nidhi Ashutosh Mathur and.." she cut him short firmly,"Mister u get tht clear in ur head..I m Nidhi Verma and wud remain Nidhi Verma forever.. u understand tht.. and u cannot make me change my name unless v register our marriage and I legally approve of our marriage.. I know law.. and I know lawyers.. and u know me perfectly well how I get things done.. quickly and readily.. thrs bt no need of any Ashutosh Mathur in my life!" she finished and started to walk away bt Ashutosh grabbed her arm and pulled her back into the study room and closed the door shut. "Listen u lady.. these rituals doesn't mean a thing to me as much as it doesn't to u.. okay.. all I care abt his my father's reputation.. u blemish it with ur wayward ways and u will pay hard!" "well, u wont have to worry abt tht.. coz I have my own promises to keep..and it mite surprise u, bt I have every intention of keeping thm!" Ashutosh stared at her for a while, searching her eyes! Wat promises? To whom? To her family? Tht seemed anything but her family! The circumstances under which thr marriage happened cannot b called as normal wedding. It had not happened for thm the way tht it wud normally happen. He had jumped into this matrimony blindfoldedly adhering to his father's wishes. It was more of a merger of two group of companies and these wedlocks formally permanently locked this union. The two companies were now one. It had been essentially a grand wedding and yesterday, thy even had an equally grand and pompous reception, with who's who of Lucknow attending it. The news had been all over the print and live media with pictures and videos of grand celebration of this high-profile Mathur-Verma wedding flashing all over. So who the life partner was, wat the life partner was like didn't even matter. And once he learnt it was Nidhi, the Sugar, he was least interested to know any further. He had decided it wud remain an on-paper wedding, nothing more, nothing less. Bt since thr wedding, thy had been very keen on instigating each other more frequently thn thy normally did and in fact took an hedonistic sadist pleasure in seeing the other suffer for some reason! If he had a reason, he cud tell Nidhi had her own reasons. She mite look fickle and flirtatious, bt her strong unshakeable nature had fascinated him. The amounts of fights of thy had till date, she had never given in to his insulting accusations. She stood for herself come watever he might have said and no amounts of stinging words of him cud break her.
Nidhi was staring silently into his face. "wat?"she asked. "at least v need to know one thing.. if v r even contemplating on staying under one roof.. in one room'" "In one bed.." she interjected his sentence and took the lounge to sit. Ashutosh stared at her momentarily. He wasn't sure abt tht. Nevertheless, he continued,"yeah.. and tht.. tht y we agreed to marry each other?" He waited for her answer. Nidhi stared back at him,"I want to know ur reason first.." he laughed,"u know ladies first!" "huh!" "lady..I don't trust u a bit" "me neither" thr was a brief silence as thy eyed each other suspiciously. At last Nidhi broke the silence,"Okay..i will tell u y.. as u know.. for money." "I know tht.. wat I want to know is y? u r a daughter of a wealthy businessman..?" "I m not liable to answer any other questions other thn u originally asked.. okay.." he sighed. "Its ur turn now.."she asked. He stared at her and thn looked away and sighed briefly and thn back down at her and answered,"coz it benefits our business!" Nidhi gave a soft scornful laugh! "fine.. so v r equal.. alrite..u did it for money.. I did it for money..so v r both equally selfish and moneyminded.. alrite!" he said in a sort of angry defeated resigned tone and walked away abruptly. Nidhi stood staring after him. After fighting with her for the same moral correctness and virtuousness, he had given in jst as easily as one cud. Was he really a double faced man? Or was thr something true in tht extreme hatredness tht she had seen for her? She sighed. Bt the thing was tht he had jst married her for profit of his business! And in spite of knowing tht this marriage or this tag of husband and wife held little meaning to herself, his confession pained her somewhere.
Wen she came out of study room, Ashutosh had already changed and was going off to some place. Ashutosh had been thinking abt this whole thing, abt her and him and this whole marriage issue tht he had till now no time to sit and think abt, while changing clothes. A deep melancholy started to fill him again and before it cud overpower, he got up to go to one place tht made him forget everything. He had got 5 free days in bargain of this marriage and he was going to indulge into one thing tht gave him peace and satisfaction and an exaltation to tht of an ecstasy!
So thr nxt 5 days of thr apparent honeymoon wer spent separately. While Nidhi spent her time touring around this beautiful bunglow and travelling some beautiful nearby places ones she had always dreamt of going to, Ashutosh kept himself invisible for pretty much whole day save for those few hours of mornings wen he wud return for a shower and breakfast. His eyes suggested he hadn't been sleeping, bt he wore a serious, keen, and alert look. He let his hair tousle in disarray and don himself in comfortable cotton clothes, mostly cotton shirts and pants and he didn't bother to look much tidy, bt rather casual and a bit lazy. His specs wud rest on his nose while he was eating and he wud immerse himself in some covered journal tht he seemed to b attentively reading! And thn after breakfast, he wud simply vanish. His lunch and dinner happened in his secret abode. And in these last 4 nites, he had never been home for a sleep. Even tho for Nidhi it had been of utmost convenience, by the end of the fifth day, she was quite curious to know as to wat was going on with Ashutosh. Bt thy had hardly spoken a word to each other, literally not a single word since thr last talk in tht study room and thy haven't seen each other either and tht suddenly had erected an unseen wall betn thm.
On the 5th day evening, Nidhi had jst been out of the bathroom wen he entered. Nidhi gave him a way to the wardrobe while she went by her side of the bed and dried her wet hair with towel. Ashutosh's eyes fell on the obvious change in her. For the first time since thr marriage, she had been wearing the sindoor and bindi and so obviously his eyes travelled over her nape in search of her mangalsutra. He stole glances while taking out his clothes from the wardrobe and finally noted tht black-golden beaded string on her neck. Indeed she had been wearing it! It surprised Ashutosh, bt thn her heavy saree reminded him tht it was only becoz thy wer going for the party tht had been thrown by her mom and dad to welcome the newly-wedded couples from thr honeymoon. "I will b joining the office from tomorrow!" she informed. "wat?"he was taken by surprise at this sudden development. Not tht she hadn't made it any clear abt her intentions of joining back her firm, bt thr wer lots of questions tht were left unanswered with tht statement. Bt Nidhi threw a perfunctory glance at his questioning face and walked away. He stood puzzled after her and went in to the bathroom. Wen he came out and opened thr wardrobe, he noticed she had put away her little suitcase of clothes tht she had preferred to wear in this last 5 days instead she had brot out those expensive outfits and sarees and filled their wardrobe with it. Although, it was servant's job to do his cupboard normally, he found it arranged differently. He was still pondering over it wen the servant called him downstairs. After the formal light snack and tea, thy drove off to Lucknow City Hall!
The silence tht day felt strange to Ashutosh. He was used to such silence and normally wudnt mind it, bt today thr wer no thots to occupy his mind and his attention was drawn towards tht someone sitting in the car with him. She had driven him literally crazy since he had met her. Never had he behaved so disrespectfully to any woman in his life, bt she somehow evoked tht bitterness tht had laid deep and hidden till tht date and instigated him at every given chance, not tht he hadn't done same to her. He sighed. Thy had been literally biting off each other's head all the while and now after these 5 days of hushed silence, thr was nothing tht thy cud say to each other. No more insulting words to hurl at each other. He looked at Nidhi. She was silently gazing the galloping fields and huge buildings out of the car window! "u can inform the driver.. he will drop u at ur office."he finally attempted to start a conversation. "I know how to manage my things" she replied shortly. Ashutosh didn't know how to react to tht answer. Yes, she was his wife, bt not tht he considered her nor she liked to b considered. "As u wish.." his threw his equally short reply and parked the car on side and went inside the hall.
Nidhi went in and picked up a silent corner of the busy hall. She opened up her laptop to check on mails and chat with Mr. Sharma. And while doing so, her eyes wandered over him from afar. He was running all over the hall and instructing and ordering the event planner and looking on the preparations for thr own welcome party! If it was she in his place, it wudnt have been strange, considering her position in her house bt it was strange for her to see him doing all this all alone. Just as she confirmed her rejoining with Mr. Sharma, Ashutosh glanced at her and slowly walked towards her. "u need a quiet room?"he asked. "No, I m fine.. I m done.." Ashutosh stood thr with a questioning look. For some reason, Nidhi answered,"I have informed Mr. Sharma I will b joining from tomorrow, bt as the house is faraway it mite take some time to reach thr on time these first few days." Ashutosh shifted in his place before questioning,"may I ask how r u intending to reach thr?" Nidhi was surprised by his question,"was searching for bus routes'" "buses don't come thr quite frequently.. plus the last stop is at least 1.5 km away. I wudnt want u to walk down'" he was interrupted mid sentence,"Its for me to decide'" "U r a daughter in law of Mathurs'" "It doesn't make any difference to me.." "all right.. its not safe.. it's a jungle area.. and..and.. its jst not safe.. okay.. do u get tht?" "wat worse can possibly happen.. I mean per u, I have done worsest of possible things.. so I do deserve it anyways, don't u think so..?" "will u jst shut up!" he snapped and thn lowered his voice,"taking bus is not a good option.. auto u wud hardly get and again I wudnt trust it.. and we have a car!" he said. Nidhi stared at him,"I will ask Mr. Sharma for a special pickup and drop off!" "huh..y wud Mr. Sharma do tht'" he started to say bt thn stopped abruptly and walked off. Nidhi stared after him and sighed. Somehow she felt bad and hurt. Y shud it matter wat he thot abt her, she reminded herself again. She deliberately pushed away his thots and tried concentrating on the things tht wer going on in the hall.
Finally, everything was done and both the families arrived at the venue, the Mathurs and the Vermas, and Nidhi noticed tht Mr. Mathur didn't even took quite note of him, except for a formal asking of wether things had been done properly, forget looking and asking abt his newly-wedded daughter in law. Bt strangely things wer different for the other newly weds,Ritu, her cousin in actuality, her sister for world, and Rohan, Ashutosh's younger brother. She always knew tht this welcome party was held for her sister bt she didn't knew Ashutosh wud b equally ignored by his very own father. His father had acted completely different during thr mrg function. She sighed and her Mom called her up to help Ritu. And in tht private room, along with her, her Mom sweetly asked her to get ready too. She did a few touch ups and mostly helped Ritu with her heavy lehenga. It was mostly a formal party for those who had been left out on thr reception and marriage. And anyways, this merger needed some more media attention! A cheerful crowd and enthusiastic photographers welcomed thm wen thy stepped on the stage from one side and Ashutosh and Rohan stepped from the other side. And for once, she cud tell tht Ashutosh looked more handsome and manly thn his younger brother Rohan. He hadn't shaved and still wore tht rugged look and somehow Nidhi had hard time keeping her eyes off of him, wishing tht he wudnt notice bt he had noticed tht quite alrite. Wen he took her hand to escort her to thr place, she cud see in his eyes. As much as he had felt attracted to her, she felt the same kind of emotions rising in her. He slid his hand onto her waist as thy posed for the photographers and anyone cud guess which pair thy wer more intrestd in taking photos. Eventually, her mom had to step in to take Rohan-Ritu in front and call her back stage under some pretext to make thm stop hogging all the limelight. Ditto with Ashutosh, he got busy with his own set of orders from his father. And it wasn't till it was thr turn for performance tht thy got a chance to b together on the stage again. "u didn't tell me we wer performing!" Nidhi cried with worry. "Even I didn't knew till this very last minute!"he cried. "I thot u wer taking care of all this!" "of course I wudnt b glancing on the detailed performances of the party event!" "huh.. wernt u supposed to follow up with rehearsals with the event manager!" "abt tht I can get hold of his collar and ask him only after this performance is finished.. " Nidhi flushed in anger and looked at the crowd who were cheering thm up and it wasn't till thn tht she realized thy wer swaying on the music automatically and in fact in perfect rhythm. She looked up at him and asked,"u know how to dance?" He shrugged,"now I know I can!" Nidhi cudnt help smile and for the first time Nidhi saw a wonderful smile on his lips as well and as if both wer taken by surprise and held captive by each's mesmerizing smile, stared at each other. It was a slow dance song and thy gently moved on the song by instinct. The fun in this performance was tht thr wer couple of songs in options for the crowd to pick and thy had chosen a very old B/w bt very melodious song for thm. In fact, it felt more romantic now tht thy concentrated on the words and swayed closely against each other.
Hum aapki aankhon mein is dil ko basa de to'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UkEcMxjGO8
Wen thy finished, thy wer applauded with more applause thn Rohan-Ritu, at least the look on her Mom's face said so! Nidhi chuckled silently as thy stepped out and her mom and dad stepped in for thr dance performance. Ashutosh didn't leave his hold on her hand and Nidhi wasn't sure wether he was doing it consciously enuf!
Later wen thy wer back to thr bedroom, thy both felt pleasantly relaxed and happy for some reason. Nidhi gave it to thr elated mood from this partying and having a hefty delicious dinner! The good thing was thy had forgotten abt thr earlier spat and Ashutosh was even whistling the tune of the song on which thy had performed as he took out his watch and other accessories and placed on thr dressing table. Nidhi was enjoying listening to it silently and turned to him inadvertently wen he stopped abruptly. He smiled, again very handsomely, and asked her,"it was a lovely song isnt it?" "yeah.." Nidhi replied with an equally beautiful smile and he took his time relishing her smile,"wonder if we can get tht song.. " "Y we can download it on mobile.."Nidhi suggested. "oh yeah..!" he replied enthusiastically and sat close to her as she picked up her phone to tune in to Youtube. She searched for the song and played it once again. Wen she turned to him smiling, she saw him looking at her with a simple happy face bt as the song started a twinkle appeared in his eyes and he stood up to ask her for a dance and thy performed on it all over again, this time enjoying it more thn before as thy cud dance freely and more playfully enacting on the words. It was such fun and it was written all over thr face. Bt the end of the song, Ashutosh drew her close seriously and although she kept stepping back, he kept advancing, and she tried to gauge his intentions. When he pinned her to wall and advanced closer, she protested and turned her face away. He groaned and grabbed her protesting fists and locked her arms on her backside. Nidhi turned her face further away, bt he nuzzled at wat he cud get hold of - the back of her ear and a portion of her nape. Nidhi flinched sharply the very nxt instant with a sudden shiver. She jst realized it was her most sensitive part tht any man had ever made her realize. Nidhi kept on backing, he kept on desirously advancing. At last, Nidhi cried strongly,"No!" He groaned and ignored. "No!" she cried loudly and Ashutosh released her immediately! She nursed her hurting arms. In his fit of desire, he hadn't known how he was hurting her. Nidhi looked accusingly at him. "I'" he started weakly to apologize. "Y don't u blame me for this as well.. " she said. He fell silent and turned away. Damn he hated her! He banged on the door of the restroom as he barged in. He turned on the tap and let it run for a while as he tried to cool down his nerves.
Nidhi sat with a thump on the bed, still trying to figure out wat jst happened thr, betn him and her. Her mind was confused and muddled with the emotions it was experiencing. One was tht of this physical desire tht he was invoking in her, the other was tht of a rebuking mind reminding her of his ill-treatments and his despicable words and thn thr was some other thing, tht was strangely incomprehensible. She didn't knew y bt she picked up her phone and played tht song again. Bad move! Her mind cried bt it strangely soothed her aching heart!
When Ashutosh changed the clothes and came out, she was still thr and his rage was still thr too. He stomped up to her and pulled her up and close to him. "I said no!"she cried bt he seemed to have different intentions. His eyes wer seeking strange quenching for his uprising thirst and his hands were acting accordingly. Thy fastened her tightly in his arms as she struggled to get free. "I said let me go!"she barked angrily on his face and struggled more forcefully, bt his robust and sturdy male built was pretty strong for her. Her body started to respond at this sudden threat with sweat breaking on her forehead, pulse racing faster, and heart beating thumpingly out of control. He dragged her to the wall and pinned her onto it and as he clenched held her palms tightly, he drew close to her mouth which had no way to move in any side any further away from his mouth as he had held her securely such this time. Nidhi tried with all her mite to push him away. Thy struggled for a while and eventually, he captured her lips. Bt wen he did, it wasn't wat she had dreaded. His clench was still hard, rough, and tight bt his lips wer gentle and caressing and warmly stroking! His lips wer warm, soft, and loving and he took her lip one at a time, briefly, stroking repeatedly and reassuringly, working on each lip, more surely each time, making his intentions clear to her and wen thy became enuf engorged, he took thm both simultaneously and started his slow and sure caressing of her lips all over again. Nidhi felt herself sweeping into thr private world. Nothing seemed to exist beyond tht softness of his lips, warmth of his touch, and the gentleness of his caresses, and thr was strange tender affection tht she cud feel in every stroke of his kiss and she found herself asking for it and clenching onto him. Wen he had kissed her lips enuf and completely, he pressed her face on his skin to feel her close and near him! She inadvertently moved over to his shoulders for a warm tight embrace. And Ashutosh gathered her for it. It was strange tht he was doing things tht he shudnt b doing. Wen Nidhi broke the hug, he saw her coming out of her brief reverie and thn he saw something unpleasant and aggrieving suddenly flashing on her face and before he knew, he was tightly slapped by her!
"how dare u touch me… how dare u force upon me …! I had said No.. I had said NOoo.. didn't u get tht!" she yelled as she pushed him hard," How dare u abuse me.. how dare u!" she clenched her fists and hit him as hard as she cud. He was unmoved from his place. "or u thot I was jst the kind of girl tht u needed, alone and readily available at ur hand and fickle enuf to entertain ur demands and ask for a return favor.. was it wat u wer trying to do rite? U wer jst trying to prove ur point wernt u.. well.. bt let me make it clear to u.. No I m not a play thing at his bay for some lonely 42 year old male to quench his unfulfilled thirst nor I will b a tool to prove someone's point.. u got tht.. one more time u touch me and I m going to file a police complaint.. u get tht!" Nidhi yelled in full control of herself and flew off to the restroom without even waiting for his response.
Once thr, she cudnt stop the tears flowing down her eyes tht she had held back so well. She put the tap on full to muffle her sobs tht had started to appear in the sound of flowing water. This kiss brot back memory of tht first horrible experience of her life. Mayank….For the first time her tender teenage heart had fallen in love so innocently. He became the one person she started to really trust with all her heart only to realize wat a horrible nightmare her daydream wud turn out to b! Thr first kiss, her first ever kiss in her life tht she thot wud held precious and an unparalleled an experience was bt made into a tool of blackmailing! He had captured it on camera and used it for soft blackmailing her when she didn't agree to more thn a kiss! And she had replied his blackmailing with a huge tight slap! The fierceness in her eyes had made him run away. And tht was the first lesson tht she had learnt in her life. And since thn, she hadn't looked back. She had learnt to stand for herself. She had learnt to defend herself. She had learnt the mean cunning ways of world and she had learnt to identify the lust behind the kind of act of those gentlemanly men! Even her house wasn't safe. Not being blood related and being an orphan and being a dependent made her a good target! How many evils had she fended. This world seemed a hunting place and she looked an easy prey! Bt she didn't turn herself into a prey, she played smart! It was survival of the fittest and smartest and she played by the rules of this jungle, maintaining her dignity and staying true to her conscience.
Thr was a short knock on the restroom door tht brot her out of her thots. She splashed the water on her face as she heard his voice,"I..I m sorry Nidhi.. r.. r.. u okay?" Fresh tears ran down her face, bt she splashed again and patted her face with soft towel to make it completely dry. Wen she came out, he had moved away and was sitting on his side of bed with head down and apparently pondering. He looked up at her wen she went past him bt she ignored him. He sighed and went to the balcony to get some fresh air. Nidhi laid on the bed and closed her eyes to try and get some sleep.
Ashutosh stared at the dark sky tht sparkled brilliantly with thousands of stars. Thy wer always clear here and so much so tht it jst felt tht he cud stretch his hand and reach out for tht stars, bt illusive as thy always had been, thy wer out of his reach. He felt a deep sadness filling in his heart again! He sighed and walked up to his bed again to wet his dry throat with a glass of water. He glanced at Nidhi and asked,"r u okay?" She didn't answer. He came to her side. She shifted to other side. He sat on the place she had provided. "r u okay?"he asked again. Nidhi finally sat up on her bed and cried,"Will u let me sleep..i have to attend my office tomorrow!" "u didn't answer my question" "wat do u expect to hear?" "the truth behind ur slap?" Nidhi stared at him for a while bt thn quickly gathered herself,"u abused me!" she muttered under her breath. "Tell me u didn't want it.."he asked blatantly! "u manhandled me.. and forced upon me.. and thts no way I m going to tolerate.. u understand tht!" "I understand tht.. bt tell me u didn't want it.." Nidhi smirked contemptuously," so it was jst to make ur point wasn't it... to prove how .." "Go ahead and file a complaint tomorrow.. " he said suddenly. "Wat?"she cried. "Bcoz I need to kiss u.." he said grabbing her and pulling her close suddenly. She was totally taken unawares,"Don't u dare touch me!"she cried threatening him! "Bt I cant control myself!" he murmured and his enclosure was more gentle this time and "Bt u hate me.." "yes I do.. bt at this point, I want to kiss u.." Had Nidhi tried hard, she cud've gotten out from his grip bt she cud do nothing once his lips landed on hers! He repeated pretty much the same method of relishing on her lips! "I m sorry.." he said as he ended his kiss. And to her further surprise, he gently laid her back and pulled on her covers over her. He went to his side and laid on the bed. Wen he turned to her side, she turned away from him. She was still trying to get grip on the things tht jst transpired betn thm! A slap and twice a kiss! And his sorry..! It was completely mindboggling to her, baffling and confusing! No she cudnt sleep. She sat up on the bed. Was he manipulating her by confusing her? Was she doing exactly wat he had wanted..a play tool to quench his desires! Can she even trust him? How can she foolishly give in to his manipulations!
okay.. lucky girl in with ur reviews..Originally posted by: Cherishh
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