His arranged wife

28. The longing

" Jaan" I said, caressing his cheek, while his eyes were bored in me not ready to blink.

" kahiye jaan ki jaan" The moment he said my cheek started burning, I am sure by now it must have turned red.
(Tell me)

" We can't go further, I have work and I don't want our first time this" I said, fidgeting with his shirt, while he came closer and hugged me tightly. His fingers were doing some art on my bare back.

" I also don't want our first time like this shona" He said and kissed my forehead.

"And don't roam behind me like that, everyone is gossiping about us" I said trying to make him understand.
" I am roaming behind my wife" He said, pecking my lips while I just giggled.

" Still, you're a king remember" I said but he was in no mood.
" I don't care, when I want my attention, then I want it, you better care about me instead of those guests otherwise I won't take time to become a daddy from baby" He said and snuggled in my neck while I chuckled at his behaviour. We pulled out with a knock on the door.

" Siya mom is calling you" Akash bhai said from outside while I got up and fixed my dress he tied my strings .

I saw a red Mark on my neck, I sighed and started to hide it with concealer, while he was looking with a pout. Clearly visible he is not happy with the concept of hiding hickey. I gave him a sheepish smile and pecked his lips.

" Guests and family are here, it won't look good" I said while he dipped his face in the pillow. I chuckled and moved outside.

Author's pov*

Tomorrow is the sangeet and mehndi ceremony, everyone is busy in preparation. Meera was helping Shanti, while Siya was looking after the decoration.

Prisha was sitting on a swing on the roof. Lost in her thought, she was staring at the sky, her hopes shattered. She was feeling guilty for everything she did. She was blindly following someone, and for him she even misbehaved with her sister in law. She cursed her bua underbreath. She couldn't believe her bua didn't even care about her. All she cared about was insulting siya. She even made a mental note to give her a good lesson after reaching home. Years escaped her eyes but she bothered less to wipe it off. She heard the sound of footsteps approaching her, she wiped off her tears immediately.

Akash came upstairs to talk on the phone, as Aditya was continuously asking him for the progress of the new project, as he was still in San Francisco, that's why Abhimanyu was able to come early.

He explained the details and forwarded the copy of the name of investors in San Francisco as he needed to meet them on an urgent basis.

Akash already spotted prisha and he saw wiping her tears. He took a long breath and approached her. She was looking at the floor but looked up when she saw two feet stopped in front of her.

She moved aside to make space for him and he sat beside her maintaining a proper distance.

"What happened? Why are you here?" He asked in a soft voice while a tear escaped from her eyes listening to his voice. She didn't know why his presence comforted her. She felt like telling him everything. He immediately wiped off her tears, while she hugged him with a jerk. He became startled and took a few seconds to process what happened. He fought with himself to hug her back or not and finally came to the conclusion and rubbed her back to calm her down.

" I don't know but I am feeling pathetic. Just a week everything was perfect and now look at me my life is ruined. I don't even know what to cry and for what to not. First I trusted him, then I fell in his trap, I lied to my family, I fought with my bhabhi sa, I said mean words to her, I disrespected her despite everything she still cared for me. Few weeks ago I was dreaming of a perfect life. Now I don't even want to live but I have hurt my family enough I can't hurt them more. I know it was all my fault but still they stood behind me, I am feeling like I betrayed myself. I lost everything, the love, trust, respect along with my virginity. I have nothing left except this impure body, I wish they would have killed me before bhai came" She said and started crying while he just patted her back. He knew she had to let it all out. But inside he was burning, to choke the person to the death who gave her the pain. His eyes were wet but he controlled himself.

He pulled out of the hug and wiped her tears from the pad of his thumb, while she looked at him like a child. " Where is your fault, I don't get it. Tell me in all scenarios your only fault was to not listen to siya, which I get it, You've reasons. You loved someone, you know the second name of love is trust and you trusted him and where it is written that loving someone is a mistake, although that man was undeserving. Why will you lose your respect, the only person who will lose respect and life is all the person who is connected to this. He said with a dark gaze. Who said you are impure? I don't find you impure, look at your innocent heart. How can your heart be impure who always thinks about everyone. So what, you made some decisions and it didn't turn out to be fair, does it make anything impure? You think about your happiness, everyone thinks about their happiness, there is nothing wrong. You've to understand that man is at fault, he is impure, his thought process is impure. He is not worthy of your love and trust. He used you, you're not at fault and as siya has already forgiven you, so don't think like that again of she got to know you're thinking like this she will be upset" He said caressing her hair while she nodded, he kissed her forehead and she closed her eyes feeling his touch. She always feels comfortable and happy around him.

" I am already shipping them" Siya whispered excitedly, while Shanti and Meera had tears in her eyes. Shanti hugged Meera and comforted her while she sobbed on her shoulder. They were standing at the entrance of the rooftop.

"I can't imagine what my daughter is going through, I don't even know what to say, how to console her, how to make her forget everything" She said while Siya hugged her from behind.

" Don't worry maa, we will soon witness our bubbly prisha. I know she is not fine but we will do anything to bring back her smile" Siya said while Shanti whispered.

" We shouldn't disturb them, let's go. I think they will get along till she is here and rest is on siya" She said making meera chuckle while siya flipped her hair in swag.
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Siya came into her room and saw Abhi was busy on his phone, she collapsed on the bed. He put his phone aside and shifted towards her. He stroked her hair and caressed her head.

" Tired" He asked her in a soft voice while she nodded positively.

" Very much, even my feets are hurting," she said, keeping her head on his lap.

" Should I give you a massage?" he asked her while she shook her head negatively.

" Nope, just stay like this. By the way, what were you doing on the phone" She asked casually while he kept stroking her hair.

" Checking mails, I thought to approve a few of them" He told her honestly.

" You should have taken my laptop, you don't have a habit of checking mails on the phone" She said with concern while he shrugged off.

" ok next time I will take care of it" He said to her while she shifted beside him and asked him to lay beside her. He laid on the bed while she kept her head on his chest.

"Abhi..."
"Hmm..."
" What do you think of Akash bhai?" She
fidgeting her finger with his button.
" He is perfect, a good son, a good brother, a good assistant, a very good friend, maybe he will be a very good husband too, altogether he is everything anyone could ask for, yeah a less expressive but understanding. I wish he would have approached prisha before, she might not have ended up with that trap" He said and my eyes widened.
" You know how?" she asked, shocked.
" It's been a long time, like 2-3 years. He used to stare at her, make her happy, whatever she wanted. He was more like a secret santa fulfilling all her wishes secretly and unknowingly. I bet he was not even aware of his actions" He said remembering the past.

"You knew and still didn't say anything"....

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