Aasha's Pov
I changed the TV channels. It didn't felt good to sit here watching TV while my boss doing the dinner. And that too in this big living room
Its quiet scary to staying alone here. So i went to the kitchen. He is wearing an apron and washing vegetables. He is wearing a simple grey t-shirt with black sweat pants. He looks very handsome even when he is washing vegetables. I slowly went near him. He looked at me with a frown.
"Do you want something, Aashu?" he asked me. I shook my head.
"No. I just came here to help you" i said, biting my lips.
"Okay. Wash this vegetables then" he said, giving me the vegetables. I washed the vegetables then placed near him. He smiled at me. I too smiled at him. He started to cut the vegetables. Suddenly i heard his phone ringing which is on the counter.
"Help me to answer the call" he said. I attended his call and placed it on his ear. Its a office call. He answered the call while chopping the vegetables. I waited till he finish his call. Then the call ended. I placed his phone back to its place. He turned to me and walked towards me. I took a step back but there was no place as my back hit the kitchen counter. He placed his both hands on the counter sandwiching me between him and the counter. I gulped looking at him. Suddenly he placed his both hands on my waist and lifted me up. I squealed while placing my hands on his shoulder. Then he made me sit on the counter. My heart nearly stopped because of his sudden action.
"Now sit here silently" he said, kissing my forehead. I looked down to hide my red cheeks.
"Can you?" he asked me. I looked at him with a frown. Then only i realised that i am still gripping his shoulder. I removed my hands and looked here and there. He chuckled at me.
"Now eat this" he said, placing a bowl full of potato chips on my lap. Then he started to do his work.
I started to eat the chips while watching him cooking like a pro. I felt bad eating this chips alone.
"Sir, do you want some?" i asked him.
"Mmm" he hummed with a smile. I picked a chips from the bowl and stretched my hand in front of him. Instead of getting it in his hands he took the chips straight
to his mouth. My hand stayed in the air. I looked at him with my wide eyes.
"What? I am cutting vegetables then how can i eat by my hand?" he asked me innocently. I didn't said anything but started to munch my chips.
"I want some" he said, looking at the chips in my hand. I sighed and smiled at his antics. Then i started to feed him his chips.
"How you know cooking?" i asked him, seeing the way he is cooking just like a five star hotel chef.
"I learned cooking when i was staying in London for my studies. Aakash my brother, Me and Sameer we all stayed in a same house. We all like home cooking foods especially Indian. So we all somehow learned cooking. Then step by step i started to learned all types of dishes like Italian, Chinese, Mexican" he said with a smile. He is really great. He know how to cook other country cuisine also. But here i don't know anything in kitchen.
"Ohh. I don't know anything in kitchen. Neha never let me enter her kitchen. Once when Neha fell sick, i entered kitchen to make kichdi for her. But i totally messed up the whole kitchen. The kichdi which i made fully black, i mean it burnt. Neha scolded me with colourful words for turning her kitchen into a battle field. That day we ordered from outside. Do you know me and Neha tried to wash that dish which i used to made kichdi. But of no use. Then Neha threw that dishes in the dustbin and ordered me to never enter inside the kitchen" i said with a dissapointed face while munching the chips. Mr. Malhotra started to laugh hysterically hearing my war story in the kitchen. I turned red in embarrassment.
"You don't need to stress over your cooking abilities. If you don't know cooking so what? I know cooking. So in future you should simply sit on this counter and feed me chips while I cook like currently you're doing. Then, after preparing the food I will feed you, OK?" he said, patting my cheeks. I looked at him with a frown. When i realized the meaning behind his words, i choked on my chips.
"Hey Aashu! Are you okay? Drink this water" he handed me a glass of water while patting my head. After drinking the water i felt good.
"Are you okay now?" he asked me with a worried face.
"I am okay" i said, gripping the glass in my hand. Then he started to continue his cooking. I felt a little bit awkward to sit there after hearing his words. We didn't talk anything after that.
Am i giving him any false hope? Am i not good at hiding my feeling for him? He definitely deserves someone special not a girl like me. How to make him understand that i am not suitable girl for him?
The more i try to stay away from him the more he is creating opportunities to come close to me. And more importantly my brain only encouraging me to maintain distance from him but my heart… Its not obeying my brain's command.
I should make him understand that we are not meant for each other. There is no love written in my fate and i can never beloved in this lifetime. I want to say this straightly to him. But what if he gets hurt hearing my words?
Today he was there with me when i was crying. He said that he trusts me. He said that he will be there for me. I felt very happy and content when he hugged while saying soothing words to me.
"I know about my Aashu. My Aashu will never do like this. So you don't have to worry about this. I will solve this problem, okay? Just trust me. I will take care of this matter. I will prove everyone that my Aashu is innocent. I will handle this matter. You just don't worry about this all, i am with you, Okay?"
I recalled his words. When he said those words, i instantly relaxed in his arms. First time in my life i wanted to depend on someone and that someone is he. In my life if i create some mess, then only i have to handle that mess. There was no one to say 'I will handle this problem. I trust you. Don't worry i am with you'. I always do all works very carefully. Be it an assignment or other works. I always will be careful to not make any mistakes. Because if i do any mistakes then, only i have to solve them.
But today….
"You don't have to be afraid of doing mistakes. You're free to make mistakes. Because i will be there to handle everything"
He encouraged me to make mistakes. Actually it increased my nervousness more. I gulped my all nervousness before doing the presentation. When i went near him after doing the presentation successfully, he looked at me with a pride in his eyes. At that moment i thought, its worth it. Finishing the presentation successfully was not my task but making him proud of me was. My feelings for him is growing minute by minute. Its becoming more difficult to supress my feelings for him.
"Aashu?" he suddenly called me, pulling me out of my thoughts.
"Huh?" i looked at him.
"Dinner is ready. Can you help me to arrange the dinning table?" he asked me with a smile. I nodded at him and we both set the dinning table. We both sat beside each other. He made Chicken Briyani, Butter chicken, Dal makhani and Gopi Manchurian. I looked at him shocked.
"How do you know my favorite dishes?" i asked him. He only looked at me with a smirk on his face. Then i realised whose works is this.
"Its Neha, right?" i asked him.
"Yes" he said. I shook my head and smiled. He started to serve all dishes in my plate.
"No its enough for me. You also eat. Wait! I will serve you" i said while taking the butter chicken bowl to serve him in his plate. But he stopped me. I looked at him with my raised eyebrow.
"What? Are you not hungry?" i asked him.
"Yes" he said.
"Then why are you stopping me?" i asked him. Then he turned towards me while taking my plate in his hand.
"I will eat while feeding you" saying this he stretched his hand in front of my lips with a spoonful of Dal makhani. Is he serious or what? I looked at him with my wide eyes.
"Open your mouth" he said. I slightly pushed his hands.
"No, sir. I can eat" i said, while getiing up from my chair.
"I will feed you by my hands. So now sit" he said a little bit sternly. I smiled at him awkwardly not knowing what to do.