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Chapter 4
"Hello!"
"You didn't sleep?"
"No ishita, I called you in my sleep. May be I should call some body else."
"Who?"
"The one who wore green today."
"I knew you'll like that color on ruhi." She teased him.
"And her mother looked angelic!" He replied in sarcasm.
"You noticed?"
"Why wouldn't I? I have an eye on your every move "
"Every?" She laughed then.
"You laugh now and I won't spare you tomorrow."
"Promise?"
"Yes. Why did your sister say yes to mihir?"
"Why did he ask her out?"
"I'll be damned if I knew! I tried my best to dissuade him but he apparently had mind of his own."
"Raman?"
"Hmm?"
"This mehndi better turn out to be dark tomorrow."
"It will be."
"How do you know?"
"I slipped a 1000 for using that chemical cone."
"You did, didn't you?" Catching up on his jibe.
"Of, course. How is ruhi?"
"Happy but she misses you here."
"And her mother?"
"She misses you even more."*
"Send her back when you are done with all the girl fun, I can't sleep without both my girls."
"I will. Good night."
"Night."
He hung up the call and went out to the balcony, looking out until his daughter arrived. He had a nagging feeling that some how his wife was avoiding him, or just the act of sleeping together? He could swear the love that shone in her eyes was only for him and the desires that she stirred in him were equally reflected in her with his touch but there was something that he couldn't put his finger on, he knew she was bothered about something.
She still had her phone in her hands after the call ended, she knew she ought to go and sleep with her husband but she couldn't bring herself to the point where he would reject her, the fear of not being able to make him happy stopped her from moving forward. His ex wife was beautiful woman who had borne him his children. What if, the defficeincy in her would make her inept in bed with him? What if he would stop loving her if she can't fulfill his needs as he is expecting her to be? He is experienced and knows a great deals about everything that takes place between a husband and wife and if this wife fell short, she wouldn't be able to live with her self. What a delimma she was in?
She had only tonight to gather her thoughts and come up with a solution because tomorrow she wouldn't have a reason to stay away from him, after the wedding. she didn't want to upset him with her insecurities but how does one discuss such intimate details with a husband? The one who would probably laugh at her for even coming up with such notions in the first place. None of the women looked like they'd understand her situation, she will have to do something on her own. Just then Ruhi came dancing in and interrupted her thoughts so she joined the lot and began dancing to the tune, allowing herself a few minutes of normalcy before she could ponder over again.
The next morning, he was up and about by the time she reached their room after getting her daughter ready for school. She wish him a good morning with a peck on his cheek and got on with cleaning the room.
"You need to learn a lot." He remarked.
She turned around after folding the quilt, thinking she missed something while tidying the bed. "What?"
"That's not how you wish your husband morning."
"That's what you get when you don't say those three words to your wife!" She retorted back.
"Is that so?" He sobered then and approched her side, took her hands in his, bent a little more towards her right ear.
She closed her eyes in anticipation, his breath on her cheek was taking atoll on her senses as he began saying "I.." He nibbled her ear, glanced at her face and said "I missed you!" When she opened her eyes after than dash of cold water and opened her moth to give him a peace of her mind, he rubbed his nose with hers and replied in his own mighty way.
"But that's not what I meant." Her mind had started working again.
"Check your maths wife, they are three words indeed."
"But.."
"Isn't it want you were expecting? Its a give and take darling, i thought you know me by now. I'll see you in evening." He left after getting his laptop bag.
*extract from ' perfect ' by Judith Mcnaught.
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