Sanyukta's phone had been vibrating over the desk making indefinable noises, at last getting fed up by the annoying noise they broke apart. Sanyukta reluctantly picked up the phone, cursing the caller. ...Who dared to interrupt such a heavenly moment ?!!! ...whoever it was undeniably deserved all the curses available in her dictionary !
"Hello" she said grumpily. She was very tempted to say "Hey ! can I call you back am driving right now..." but then decided against it, may the call was important for the caller to be that insistent...
"..."
...It was Monica. She could not have chosen another moment to call. Sanyukta sighed.
"Yeah, am working on it" she replied, the woman was worried and wanted to have an update of the situation.
"..."
"Yeah, have faith in me Monica, I'll give you justice!" Saying so she bid her good bye and hung up. The poor woman was distressed and needed reassurance, Sanyukta sighed.
She turned back to resume what was taking place before the interruption... but got disappointed when she saw no sign of Randhir... he must have left. She sighed...calming herself and gaining back her senses.
Holy macaronies !... that was unexpected, she concluded slumping back in the bed.
***
Morning arrived in and the gang assembled on the breakfast table like it was customs. The delicious aromas nearly made Sanyukta drool... You would think that being gangsters, everyone ate his sandwich alone in a corner of some rusty garage... but no, they actually gathered around a table and had a real breakfast !... Sanyukta had her own theory on their unusual behaviour... In an era where technology was developing very fast, Randhir's gang could be compared to the improved version, the Gangsters 2.0... as opposed to the previous version of gangsters the 1.0s, you know the smelly and twisted kind...The 2.0s had learnt from the mistakes of their predecessors, some bugs had been fixed and some features had been added... Therefore the 2.0s were more sexy, more sophisticated and of course... deadlier than ever before !
Sahil looked up to find the flaming duo Randhir and Sanyukta unusually quiet. He was surprised to find Sanyukta still here, he had expected her to flee away as soon as the girl friend issue was cleared, but to his surprise she was still here.
"So how was the Breakup party?" he chuckled casually turning his head.
Randhir instantly looked at Sanyukta who was already looking at him, thinking who was going to answer the rapid fire... After a long staring session between the duo, which basically said "say something"..."no you"..."no you say"...Sanyukta got fed up and took the situation in charge glaring on last time at Randhir.
"Umm... An unwanted hindrance caused the mission to abort..." Sanyukta replied him easily, discreetly smirking at Randhir. Ah ! take that ! Unwanted hindrance he had called her, meh !
"Oh...that means more firecrackers on the way... I mean you two bearing one another for more time..." Sahil smiled wickedly,
"Try not to eat each other" he added.
Sanyukta who was gulping some orange juice almost chocked on it. Coughing badly she recalled their hungry yet intense make out last night. She kept the glass and looked towards Randhir who was indeed smirking understanding very well what crossed her mind on the word 'eat'.
She quickly glanced back at him, the basterd was still smirking, enjoying her discomfort ! She looked away and concentrated on the omelette on her plate, diverting her mind by analysing its rather odd shape and picking guesses on its total circumference... at this moment, any mathematical problem was more than welcome to diverge her mind from thinking about the kiss and the devil !
Randhir was surely enjoying the blush that crept over her cheeks, it was new for him to see such a strong-headed woman blushing profusely over just a mere make out. It was going to be fun... he thought.
***
After the breakfast fiasco, Sanyukta headed straight to her room. She had a lot on her mind... She needed to sort out things... she needed to have a word or two with her ego, then with her heart, then with her brain, and finally with her subconscious ! And together they were going to find a solution !
Ok so... she definitely enjoyed the events last night, no doubt... but where did that lead them to ?...And for once she could not blame it all on him as she had been sucking the life out on him... she had jumped on him like a famished madwoman...she recalled the hungry kisses she returned with equal fervour... It wasn't right in the first place, making out with a gangster was highly improper ! ...and secondly where do they stand in this... after this...? Was there a name to this relation... what were they ?...enemies ? hardly anymore...! ...friends ? no you could not call it that either...
Sanyukta juggled through the possible words defining their recent development on this front. They couldn't be friends with benefits...because for that one needed friendship before benefitting ...then how about enemy with benefits ?! ...sounded weird but this was the closest to their relationship... One moment they were fighting like America and Russia on world war II, keen on murdering each other and next moment their lips were hugging, waving the white flag as a sign of peace...diplomatically speaking, their interactions were indeed a succession of wars and peace treaties...
But she could not control herself with him... he made her mad, he annoyed her but still there was a pull she felt toward him despite everything...something different... something new...she had never experienced before...and the more she stayed in his proximity it more it was getting stronger... and she feared that in the process she might lose something precious to him...
Sanyukta's head felt as if it would burst any moment and her brain would splash all over, the inner turmoil of thoughts was just coiling up. She decided to give it a break and call up her daughter.
"Hello..." Sanyukta cutely mumbled over the landline kept in her room, Sanyukta knew Tara must be back from her school by now.
"Hello mumma..." Tara cutely responded back, "where are you... I miss you so much...even bubby the bear waits for you..." she said innocently.
"Baby mumma is busy but once I reach back we will play with bubby and we will shop for your birthday too" she said.
"But mumma Birthday toh gya last month..." Tara corrected her mother. Shoot, iss Randhir k chakar me she was really losing her mind.
"Toh kya baby we will shop for next birthday" she told her baby and conversed about all her dolls and toys.
She hanged up on hearing a knock on the door, Vidhushi came in crying next moment. Sanyukta looked at her worried and gestured at her to come next to her over the bed.
"What happened to you?" Sanyukta asked in concern.
"Parth again insulted me.." she complained sobbing like a kid, "He told my concern and love was all fake and it meant nothing to him"
Sanyukta groaned, this parth guy was one hard nut to crack ! She had dealt with man like him in the past but not in the most pleasing manner, and some had learnt the respect of woman the hard way... but seeing Vidushi's condition she was not sure she could handle it, poor girl was already in tears... Sanyukta was positive that if the girl could read her mind and the twisted idea roaming in there, she would be traumatized for life. She sighed...let's adopt a softer approach !
"Ok It's about time he knows your importance" Sanyukta concluded on the conversation, Vidhushi looked at her clueless.
"What are you planning on?" Vidhushi asked suppressing her sobs
"Don't worry too much...I know what is to be done" she declared.
"Will it work?" Vidhushi still asked unsure.
"Trust me...girl... I know it all" Sanyukta pressed her palm on her back assuring things will fall into pieces at least for her, "But this time I might need a helping hand"
"So what is the plan?" Vidhushi asked looking at her smirk.
"All you need to do is just relax...pamper yourself...you're soon going to need it..." Sanyukta told her with a wink.
"I need to make Parth understand Vidhushi's value... And maybe only he can help..." She thought rubbing her chin while Vidhushi made her exit.
****
Sanyukta barged inside his room without knocking. Authority over him felt good. Randhir was just out of the shower buttoning up his royal blue shirt when she arrived in glaring at his torso that fit in perfectly. Randhir smirked at her.
"You've developed a bad habit Miss. goody-two-shoes...Barging in without knocking..." He taunted finishing on his last button
Sanyukta ignored his mockery and moved further towards him, "I need your help..."
"Help... Is that so ?...Her highness how can I help you ?..." his mockery increased as she chose to dodge his previous sarcasm,
"Well hum..." she started.
"Please...Don't get so formal for the sexual favours..." he said slowly making his way toward her.
"What?" Came her confused retort. Sexual favours ? who asked for sexual favours ?!
"I would gladly oblige..." he eyed her strawberry coated lips...how he loved wiping that off.
"Noo..." heights of being a pervert...she rolled her eyes. But she needed to calm down, she really needed his help this time...and she couldn't mess up, Vidushi's love life depended on her ! It was for a good cause ! ...She could not fail ! She motivated herself imagining herself in a boxing ring...come on Sanyukta you can do it...come on...you can do it ! and the next moment a punch flew toward the imaginary opponent...she instantly shook her head... hum no that was not the kind of action she needed encouragement for ... she doubted Randhir would appreciate it... she came out of her thought.
"I want your help regarding Parth and Vidhushi's matter" she said as calmly as possible.
"So you didn't give up on matchmaking...typical woman... Always ready to play cupid... Wear an arrow next time" Randhir was surely not done...he was trying hard to earn her reactions... riling her up seemed to be his favourite pass time these days.
"Are you going to help me or not ?" she asked dismissing his previous comment.
"Hmmm...what will be there for me?" he retorted.
" What do you mean?" Sanyukta was confused...did any of the things she threw hit his head yesterday, she recalled because being that sarcastic was surely not in his character description...
"C'mon I'm not certainly not as generous as you're...you see I need something in return..." he looked intently in her confused eyes, those hazel eyes were just like a deep cauldron holding so much in them... mirror to her soul.
"And what would you possibly want?" she asked narrowing her brows. She had a slight idea of what he could possibly want... or maybe it was her own dirty mind that was hinting at it...
"I will let you know after I help you...Otherwise you might just rant about doing so less and pricing too high... I don't do bargains..." he winked at her.
She scoffed at him. "Ahan ! " she shook her head from left to right.
"That's not the right process Mr.Gangster...We decide the price first...Then we buy..." She smiled back at him, "We need to ensure both parties are fine with the price... You do know that right?" she smirked back at him. She was crazy enough to want to strike a deal with the gangster but she was not crazy enough to agree on a blind deal...that would be suicide !
"So what do you want?" she asked in simple words again hoping for a more clear answer.
In a swift movement he snaked his hands around her waist, Sanyukta stirred in his hold. He then moved his hand further up her back feeling and chilling her spine in process. She fluttered her lashes in the moment. His gaze never left hers. He enjoyed his effect on her.
"What are you hinting at ?" she managed to ask in the rage of her erupting emotions. Randhir slowly moved forward to her. Sanyukta shut her eyes in response, his hot breathe caressed her neck right below her right ear. He slowly bit her lobe and whispered in his huskiest voice, "One night...with me"
Sanyukta shockingly pulled apart from his hold, stepping back she rewind his words, a night with him. Had he lost it?...something surely hit him hard last night, now she was sure of it. "One night...?!" she tried to re confirm if she heard correct.
"Spend tonight with me..." he corrected her...
Sanyukta further steps back and yelled to the top of her lungs, "Are you f*ucking out of your mind?"
Randhir looks at her, her state. Player he was, he starts laughing at her reacting this way. Sanyukta looked him in full confusion. He surely needs to see a doc ASAP. He had completely lost his mental balance although he was not much sane before but now things have brimmed up and spilled further...
"What is so funny...?" Sanyukta asked in anger.
"I knew it..." he said controlling himself, "And you call me a pervert...I knew those naughty thoughts haunt you all the time" he smirked his deadliest at her.
Sanyukta huffed turning her face away.
He caressed her cheek making her look at him again, and spoke up. "Although I would love to bring your wild fantasies to life..." he eyed her, "I didn't ask for that. All I said is I want some time from you" he clarified
Sanyukta spoke still not looking at him "What do you want the time for?"
"That's upon me...So take it or leave it..." he told her with seriousness returning.
Sanyukta debated in her mind. Spending time with him could not be that bad... could it ?!... ...of course it could ! who was she kidding...she had experienced it first-hand... but she couldn't let vidushi down.
"Hmmm...ok " she said hesitatingly.
"But half of the night" she tried to bargain.
"I told you I don't do bargain... but..." he caressed her neck with his finger tips "for you I'll make an exception"
"3/4" he added.
"Hmmm... 6 hours" she took tried pushing her luck.
"Deal closed" he says at last.
"Six hours and no sexual favours..." she added again to confirm while Randhir just rolled his eyes.
"Of course" he mocked her back.
"Okay now listen..." she explained him her plan which he listened silently.
"So you get it..." she asked finally counting the points at glance on her fingers..
"Hmm" came his nod and they paved their way towards their target...
****
Halting right in front of Parth's room the duo saw his door a bit ajar just working according to their plan...She smirked on that and held Randhir's forearm in order to get started on their plan...
"Vidushi is such a b*tch !" Sanyukta spoke loudly.
"I can't bear her ! What is she doing here anyway ?" she added, getting into character.
"That's none of your business" Randhir said his part of the script.
"Come on man, why would you need such an annoying girl ?!" she huffed "...all she does is wear short clothe and complain about anything and everything" she continue insulting Vidushi.
"Everyone in the gang is there for a reason" retorted Randhir.
"Oh yeah and what would be the reason for her to be here ? she is nothing but a burden ! some spoiled brat !" she spat out loudly for Parth to hear.
"How can you say that ?!" Randhir raised his voice as well. "You know nothing about her !" he added with force. "May be there is a reason she is that way..."
Sanyukta scoffed "And what would be that reason ?! ... cause it is really hard to explain her behaviour !" she stood her ground.
"Everyone in this gang lost someone and so has she ! " Randhir blurted out in rage now. Sanyukta was tacking aback by the harshness in his voice. He was taking his character way too seriously...
"Do you know what it is to lose someone ?!!! ...do you know what it is to become all alone from one day to the next ?!!!! ...losing everything in a snap of fingers...you have no ideas !" Randhir said in anger...disclosing some fact that were unknown to Sanyukta till date... What the hell ?! she thought. Were they still talking about the matchmaking plan right now ?...she didn't think so...That was definitly not in the script, she was of that. Randhir had revealed some informations about them in a fit of anger, some info that would have never came out otherise...
Before any of them could add a word, another voice made them snap of their worlds.
"Don't talk when you know nothing, Vidushi might be a lot of things... but there is a reason as to why she is this way ! We all are here for a reason... revenge ! So don't ever point a finger at her" said parth through greeted teeth, standing at the entrance of his room.
Sanyukta's eyes widen on seeing Parth's reaction... revenge ?!...what revenge ?! ...he fumed and left. Randhir looked towards Sanyukta whose pale face turned into brightness as Parth moved away. Finally the guy had chosen his side ! She smiled in success of their plan and chipped a 'yes' in excitement crushing her partner in crime into a hug. Randhir just stiffened at the moment but hugged her back softly.
Wait she in hold of her enemy... Wait are those his arms around me again...? her brain almost realised her position fixed in his perfect arms. Shit! not again...she groaned and awkwardly pulled away
"Thanks... " came her nervous voice... while her finger settled her tresses back behind her ear which moved back to her face.
Randhir clearly noticed her and moved forward, he slightly brushed his finger and pulled her stray tresses behind her ear, "Remember tonight..." he whispered in his husky voice "Be there at 10 pm sharp"
He walked past her, while she gasped and rushed towards Vidhushi's room to inform about her progress on Parth-Loves-Vidhushi case. She enter after knocking only to find a nervous Vidhushi sitting.
"Congratulations !!!!" she expressed her joy by hugging her.
She narrated the whole story to Vidushi. Hearing this Vidushi went on cloud nine and thanked Sanyukta for her help. But Sanyukta mind was stuck on Randhir and Parth words, had they all lost someone ? who ? when ? how ?...an what was this revenge thing ? she decided to ask Vidushi.
"Vids, darling can you tell me why are you guys here doing hum this ?" she tried, pointing at the gun on her nightstand.
"Ummm...actually..am sorry...I...I can't tell you"...she said a bit uneasy.
Sensing her discomfort Sanyukta dropped the matter, she was going to have to ask the devil...tonight...she sighed.