The night arrived sooner than expected at least that what came to her mind while her nail chipped between her teeth, nervous ? ...no, not at all...! She had hurriedly finished her dinner before Randhir even arrived on the table...ok... may be she was nervous...a little bit...
Sitting on her bed ,she flipped the magazine for the 40th time with still no clue about what the articles said. Sanyukta took a glance at the clock, it showed 9 pm...one more hour to go...She closed her eyes fearing the next moment...It was like you knew that the volcano will erupt but still you were willingly sitting under the mountain, waiting for it. Tick...tock... tick... tock... it was only a matter of time before hearing the ultimate bell...the call of the judgement...
"What could be the worst case scenario?" her brain asked her.
"If not sex then what will they do for 6 hours..." she thought clutching her pillow tightly. ...She could not believe it, she was going to sacrifice one evening to be with the devil while she could be doing way more interesting things like...like...stalking the Facebook wall of someone you hate then bitch about him/her ...or...or...oh yeah ! She had a latest experiment to test ! ...Sending weird sms to unknown numbers... really weird sms like : "hey I got rid of the deadbody, what now ?"...that would be so freaking funny ! Just imagine what would be your reaction if you received a text like that ?...she giggled at the thought.
"Six hours...it meant that she had to stay till 4 am in the morning..." she noted back in her head.
"Maybe she could lure him into playing scrabble...or may be...watch cartoons...bet it would piss him off..." she giggled...
Finally the needles assembled at a 60 degree precise angle between 10 and 12 and she knew it was about time to bear the consequences of showing humanity. She sighed, took a long breath and went on her way.
***
She slowly opened the door to his room and found it mildly lit... first sign of destiny giving her a chance to back out and run for life...How it happened that someday, when you were going to mess things up, all signs pointed to a no and still you ignored them to walk straight into the mess...
Sanyukta saw him leaning over his couch, wearing light faded jean handing low on his hips and a fitting black marcel, showing off his well defined muscles.
"Welcome. " he spoke up, judging her nervousness...
"I was actually expecting some door bang and all...but you're quiet silent..." he said calmly, his eyes not leaving hers, capturing every movement of hers.
The dark atmosphear of the room and the domineering persona of the devil made her feel like she was entering a lion's den, his watchful eyes calculating and judging her, ready to pounce on her at the first wrong move. She sighed. She had never felt so nervous, so exposed...although she was very much covered... she glance down at her outfit in order to reassure herself that she was indeed wearing clothe and that he couldn't see through them. She breathed in, out, calming herself, remembering that it was just 6 hours...and then she will sleep forgetting all about this...
"Please have a sit" he said gesturing toward the sofa, a meter away from where he was leaning himself.
She silently took place on the sofa, crossing her legs, keeping a detached posture showing him she was not scared...which was, of course, totally false ! His eyes was not leaving her and that was making her really uneasy... almost shy... what the freezing hell ?! She felt like those cowboys in old American movies, facing each other in a deadly silence, an intriguing music playing in the background... hands on their firearm, not to forget the famous hay bale rolling on the dry sand floor... yeah that would be exactly it !
"So..." she said clearing her throat. "Hum... what are we going to do ?" she asked.
"Wouldn't you want to know..." he said beating around the bush. Now he was doing that on purpose.
"Here is the rule : you do I say... without arguing !" he informed her, observing her attentively.
"What ?!" came her instant reaction. "That was not part of the deal !" she exclaimed.
"Yeah ?...well now it is ! " he announced.
"No, I DO NOT agree" she said stressing on each word. He was changing the rules of the game halfway through the game...that was cheating !
"Yeah ? ...then may be do you want me to go and have a word with parth regarding Vidushi's character..." he said getting up.
"What ?!" she exclaimed for the second time now. "You can't be serious ?!" she looked at him in disbelief.
" Oh but I am totally serious darling" he smirked at her, moving toward the door.
"Wait !" she called out, making his stop in his tracks.
"Fiiine ! " she said dejected. "I'll do as you say"
"But know that you are an infuriating little piece of sh*t with no morals !" she added, in order to satisfy her ego, clearly pissed off at him.
To which he only laughed.
"I'll take that as a compliment, love" he smirked again.
A tweezer... !!! she thought ! ...Someone give me a tweezer ! She needed a tweezer right NOW ! If she had a tweezer at this moment, she would have pounced on him, capturing him in a death grip, and plunk out his perfect set of theeth with a tweezer one by one !
Finally, he thought.
He had her where he wanted. Today miss Aggarwal you will spill the beans...he thought. It had been quite a while since he wanted to ask her some questions... but whenever they had tried to speak it had ended up in arguments... she never gave him simple and straight answers... she always had walls up, circumventing every situations with insults and sarcasm but today he was determined to get straight answers ...and he had 6 full hours to do just that ...and of course to have some fun with her... he could not let go such an amazing opportunity.
"You are intriguing and there more behind that avatar of yours...and I won't sit back until I unveil the real you" he pledged to himself looking at her. She was indeed a different persona all together, she was a doting mother to her daughter, while a helpful girl friend to Vidhushi...although knowing she belonged to her kidnappers. While with him...she was again totally different, powerful, dominating, egoistic... Their arguments once began never ended while they still held that passionate corner for each other back inside somewhere...
She was a maze, complicated... high-walled, her answers never came straight... sarcasm was her weapon against others. Today he had 6 hours and a deal with his upper hand... She was bound to be revealed...
"So what now...?" She asked breaking his trance.
"Let me think where to start from..." he rubbed his chin still fixing his gaze on her poker face.
"I hope you remember no sexual favour..." came her taunting retort...
"Is that all that comes to your mind when we are together ?" he mocked back smirking...
She stood up in disgust... "Sit... I want to ask you a few questions.." she heard him say politely.
"Now that you remind me... Even I wanted to ask you about the 'revenge' what was it about...?" she cocked her brows sitting back next to him. This was a good opportunity.
She noticed his face frowning a bit, "None of your business..." he told her sternly.
"Why are you after Raghav?" He asked back.
"None of your business as well..." came her rude response.
She can never get rid of this...she was back to square one... He sighed in dejection. Was he ever going to get some answers out of this irritating woman ?!
She turned to look at him and found him already looking at her...Silence prevailed... why was it that whenever they tried to have a conversation it ended up this way... the fact was they was were both equally stubborn... it was like a competition, who's going to have the last word ?... who will be rewarded will the title of the most stubborn being ?...But the guy didn't know who he was dealing with... but at least he had a goal...unrealistic and unattainable, but a goal nonetheless !
At last Sanyukta broke the ice... "See that's exactly our problem..." she spoke sincerely. Tired of this non stopping war of words. ...Well it was always better
He heard her positively, but didn't say anything, waiting for her to explain further.
"This lack of communication..." she said looking in his eyes.
"Look..." she started, thinking about her next set of words. "...I know you guys are not bad people... But still... the thing is what you do is bad..." she said slowly trying to put her thoughts into words.
He didn't say a word, nothing crossed his face as well... She sighed continuing therefore...gazing at the window that held a canopy to the dark night sky..."And when you never explain the cause...it complicates even more...creating misunderstandings..."
"Maybe... just maybe if we talked about it...it won't be that awkward..." she sighed completing anticipating his reaction...She had finally took the first step. She had extended her hand for him to take, metaphorically of course... it was now up to him to take it or leave it.
He didn't say a word just stared at the ceiling, was he going to tell her ? ...even though she was right he didn't see the need to disclose it all yet...pity...pity, that one thing he hated the most. The best thing that people did was pitying over others. It is never pitiable until it occurs to you because then it became pain...and he didn't want her pitiful gaze upon him he was sure of that.
Randhir closed his eyes and leaned to the back, he knew it was a bad day...today he wasn't getting the any answers... She was a tough nut but he won't stop. He won't stop till he gets his answers...but not today...it was enough for today...it was now time to have some fun !...
A sudden thought crossed his mind... no sexual favour han ?...he chuckled internally.
"Strip ! " his words hitched her breathe mid-way... Did she hear him correctly ?!
"Pardon..." she asked totally at a loss of words. Wait... pause, what the f*cking hell happened in these 2 minutes that they went from having a deadly serious discussion... to him saying "strip" !!!...did she miss something or what ?!
"Strip...for me..." came his words yet again... Her eyes throwing daggers at him while he calmly closed his and spoke to her, his neck leaning over the couch rest.
"Are you mad or what...? We agreed on no-sexual-favour clause!...have you lost it?" she spoke in disbelief.
"It's not a sexual favour..." came his stern reply, he was still conversing with her in closed eyes...while her eyes widened with each second on witnessing his audacity. His carefree attitude was really getting on her nerves !
"Besides...Have you forgotten the-no-refusal-clause?"
"I won't do it...No matter what your clauses stated ! " she clarified the air. Answering questions was on thing...but stripping... now that was totally different. You don't just ask someone to strip out of the blue...I mean seriously, what if I go out on the street and ask a guy to strip...the guy will surely question my sanity...if he does not call an asylum that is... like seriously ?!! ...stripping !!! she thought incredously.
"Fine" he finally gazed at her, "That leaves me with no other option..." he said standing up.
"Meaning ?" she asked...although something was telling her that she would not be too pleased with his answer... because it was statistically proven that 'no other option' was equal to 'the worst option' !
"I'll have to do the honours myself..." he smirked, paving his way toward her.
The hell he will ! she thought.
"Stay..." she looked at him dangerously, "Where you are..." she said getting up, taking a few steps back to increase the distance between them. Now this was typically the kind of situation she was dreading from the time she entered the devil's den.
"Come here love..." he moved further and shifted very next to her.
Sanyukta continued to take step back, angling herself in a way that she won't be trapped with a wall...because we all knew how it went, whenever the heroin took steps back trying to escape the hero with anger management issues, she ended up somehow hitting the wall behind her... to avoid such unfortunate situation, she took precaution and angled herself in a way that no wall will surprise her from behind. One step back,...two steps back... her legs came in contact with a hard surface... What ?!... had a wall escaped her radar ?... she took a glance behind her...a desk...!!! A f**king desk !... When she had took precaution to avoid walls, the desk had found it very amusing to place itself there...she groaned, blame the idiot who place it there...oh wait ! ...that would be the devil ! ...considering it was his room... she sighed...it was like him and everything related to him was keen on making her life miserable...
Randhir smirked, she was trapped...his hands came resting on the desk, on each side, effectively caging her.
"You can't do this to me..." she spoke anticipating his move...her voice a mere whisper.
"I can..." he moved further, her heart raced as his hands approached her. Clasping her near, he caged her waist in a tight grip with both his hands on each side. Then slowly his hands crawled up, feeling her warmth under his hand through the thin fabric of her top. Sanyukta's heartbeat quicked.
His hands halted on her ribcage, just below her chest, his thumbs slightly touching her private area. Sanyukta closed her eyes at the heavenly feeling.
"Stop..." she wanted to command him but it came out more as a plea... he was enjoying her giving up on her guards...
He moved further up, lightly brushing over her softness. Sanyukta gasped at the contact, her eyes snapping open, boring into his. He was the first man laying his hands there... well he had not exactly touched her but the mere contact has set her mind into hysteria... Her hold on the desk tightened.
Finally Randhir's hands reached their destination, the first button... he loosened it.
"Stooop !" she said with more force, trying to remove his hands.
Unfazed by her futile attempts, He descended downward and freed her second button while she gained enough strength to push him away...slamming her knee against him. He caught her midway, his eyes never leaving hers. The staring making everything two time more intimate. Her struggles calmed evidently when he pulled her more against him, holding her thigh tightly against his own strong one.
"I love when you turn wild..." he spoke in his huskiest tone, nearing her neck, inhaling her amber mist...
"The usual sophisticated self, so calm... suddenly loses control... near me...hmmm" he blew his warm breath under her ear. Sanyukta stiffened under his spell...
He slowly placed warm kisses over her neck moving further to her ear lobe, placing a soft bite on it, earning a soft moan that to escape her mouth...
"I would love to see you lose control under me..." he said sensually between kisses. She fascinated him.
Randhir lost himself in her touch, he loved the effect he had on her... her increased heartbeat against his own chest, her how moist breath near his neck, her skinny wait on his grip, her trembling hands on his shoulders, her chest pounding against his, his lips rubbing against her soft delicate skin...he could not stop himself.
Yes the woman was egoistic, irritating, stubborn...but despite everything she fascinated him. The way she always went against him, standing for herself, taking no shit from anyone, holding herself with pride... it was really a sight to see. It could not help but be turned on by her.
She fascinated him, there were no other words.
Sanyukta's mind was a mess. The pleasure she was feeling was making it hard for her to think... He was being so gentle, it was different from any previous encounter, he was handling her with care, caressing her her... almost as if worshipping her... She was confused and uncertain...indecisive on what should be the next step to take. He was the first man to have this much power over her...to the extent where she could not decide what was wrong and what was right ... was it a good thing ? ...at that moment she didn't know. All she was certain of was the miracle his hands and lips were doing on her body.
Halting her on her thoughts, Randhir took her in his arms, looking intently at her and went toward his bed, gently putting her down before climbing on top of her. He wanted her.
His eyes fell on her, her own eyes staring right back at him. They both knew it... there had always been this invisible pull between them...pulling them toward each other... she didn't blink, neither did he... their eyes speaking their own language...
Randhir's hand crept up on Sanyukta's hands, pinning them on each side of her heads, entangling their fingers together with passion. Eyes not leaving each other.
He rubbed her lips with his, caressing them. He buried his face in her neck breathing in...taking in her delicious aroma.
Sanyukta had a pretty good idea of where all this was going... and she was not sure she was fine with it. She tried voicing her opinion.
"Randhir... I..." she tried.
"Shhh..." was all he said resuming his work on her neck. Sucking a spot time and over. Sanyukta moaned at the escatic feeling.
She needed to stop him NOW. She wouldn't be able to trust herself soon.
"Randhir...we can't..."she tried again. They just couldn't, there was so much between them..too much unsorted things...they just could not.
"Please..." she tried wriggling under him.
Randhir took the moment to kiss her, madely deeply, assertively. Claiming every inch of her mouth with his own... making her reach heaven on earth. A muffled moaned escaped her as she arched her back, needing more contact with him.
He left her when they both fell short of oxygen. Breathing rapidly.
"That was..."started Sanyukta.
"Amazing" finished randhir, chuckling.
They both lost themselves in each other eyes.
"...We can't..." sanyukta repeated her sentence after a moment.
"And we won't !" Declared randhir surprising her.
The surprise must have been clearly written over her face as she heard his next set of words. "You look almost as if your are disappointed darling..." he said amusement dancing in his eyes.
"No... i..i..." tried Sanyukta but no coherent words came out of her mouth... as if she had forgotten how to form a sentence. ...Great make a fool of yourself Sanyukta.
Randhir chuckled once again. "Shhh... just relax...love."
And that's what she did, she relaxed under his touch. ...Trusting him.
He kissed her time and again, branding her with his touch. His hands travelled on her body. On her thigh, on her waist and finally on her softness. He paused waiting for her to stop him if she wanted. But the response that came from her took him by surprise.
"Randhiiir..." she moaned his name in pleasure. And with her own hands, she pressed his hands more to her softness, needing his touch.
Instantly Randhir didn't need to be told twice, he gently started massaging her breast over her top, feeling the soft skin under his palm. Sanyukta was definitely in heaven now. It felt SO good. She didn't want him to stop.
"Randhir..." she moaned his name again.
"Hmmm... " was all he said.
Hearing her moan his name again and again was driving him crazy. He was giving her so much pleasure...it boosted his ego like nothing else. He had imagined it so many time but it was nothing compared to the real feeling. He had to stop soon or he wouldn't be able to stop at all.
He resumed his wild kissing as his hands freely roamed over her body. His face descended on her neck, the two first button of her top were open, leaving her upper chest bare to his eyes. He pushed the material of her top out of his way to have more access to her skin, he could see the outline of her red bra. This would oozed too much sexiness. He had never been so turned on in his whole life. She took the word "hot" to a whole next level !
His eyes bore into hers as he leaned down placing a soft kiss on her breast just where her heart rested. The action was so delicate yet so intense and intimate. Sanyukta's heart skipped a beat.
In one swift movement he tugged on her top, opening all the button... leaving her bare to his hungry eyes. She distanced himself from her to admire her. She was lying on his bed, wearing a black skinny jean, her white top open, showing her red bra...the last barrier to her cleavage... He wanted her. He wanted her so bad. He was so hard.
He removed his marcel, and lied on top of her. His skin touching hers...the action made sanyukta gasp...the feeling was indefinable. His strong chest pushing down on her softness... that was pure bliss.
His resumed his kissing and exploring of hers, while she circled her hand on his back...nails slightly digging in his skin now and then...
After what seemed like hours, he exchanged their position, suddenly she was crushed in his arms, laying on top of him. He put the covers on them before going completely still. ...She wanted to say... what ?!... that's it ?... she wanted to protest. But that was not very ladylike... but at this moment she was even tempted to say "screw ladylike, give me more !"
"What do you think you are doing..." she asked.
"Nothing much... at least compared to what we were doing earlier..." he said chuckling.
"Time's up" she said remembering the deadline of the deal.
"You still remember it..." he whispered in her ear.
"I still have a mind" she replied sarcastically.
"Yeah...and I wouldn't want you any other way" he blurted out before realising what he said.
Sanyukta fell short of words.. it was the first real compliment he made to her. She didn't know what to say... she flushed...she decided to stay silent. So much had happened today... she needed time to think it all. Both fell asleep, lost in their own thought.
***
She woke up in his embrace, he was tangled around her like vine. She fluttered open her eyes only to find herself lying in his bed. She remembered last night's events as the reality dawned upon her. Her heart ached pondering over last night. Sanyukta felt tears brimming up. ...That was exactly what she was fearing last night, the guilt once she had sobered up from the daze she was in under his touch...Her sudden movement woke up Randhir as well, who smirked finding her next to him in his embrace. He had loved the feeling of her in his arms the whole night. It had been so peaceful.
"So I guess you skipped your time limit and clause as well...enjoyed last night ?..." he mocked her playfully but halted mid way. Her eyes glistened due to tears in them. She was crying...
"What happened?" came his concerned voice next.
She waited no further and pushed him away from her. Pulling her dishevelled clothes she sprinted towards her room leaving him staring at her retreating figure...
***
Banging the door hard Sanyukta collapsed right on the floor, tears continued till her neck. Se dreaded the moment she agreed to the deal, What was exactly up her sleeve when she let him have control over her...
She never felt so weak before, he managed to drain her strength and guards all the time. She had almost completely surrendered herself to him last night... Without thinking about the consequences...she had let him have control over her, when he had detached himself from her she had considered about telling him to resume what he was doing... she was so lost in his touch that all sanity went out of the window... she who always took pride in doing the right things at the right moments...she who never let anyone have control over her...she who always lived according to principles... that were her morals ?! had thrown everything out of the window for what ?...for lust ? ...for physical pleasure ?...how could she ?!!!!! ...did she not remember what they were...what he was ? ...what she was...how could she ?! she felt disgusted with herself.
A knock on the door made her come out of her thoughts.
"Go away...!" she was in no mood to see anyone. Even if the pope decided to make a visit she would not open.
"Sanyukta...open the door" came Randhir's voice from the other side of the door. When he saw her teary eyes, something in him twisted. He could not help but wonder what happened to her...had he done something he should not have...but everything was fine yesterday when they fell asleep. He decided to check up on her. So here he was standing out of her room.
"Open the door...or I'll just have to break it down" he said getting impatient, her restlessness was him restless...
When she still didn't open, he took a step back and gave a strong kick on the door, opening it with a loud bang.
"LEAVE !" he heard her say before he even saw her. When his eyes found her, they widened. Not again ...!!!! he groaned. She was once again holding an extension lead in her hand, ready to throw it at him...what's with her and throwing things at him...he sighed and immediately caught her wriste before she could do any damage.
He threw away the thing, gripping her wrist tightly. She was crying...ok that was and understatement, she was pouring out her body every drop of hydrogen...she was crying rivers and wriggling her his grip...he didn't know what to do...
"Stop it !" he tried calmly... but had this girl ever listened to calmness ?...never.
"I SAID STOP IT" he yelled at her...making her instantly silent, with her big teary eyes looking up at him. Oh man... not the puppy eyes.
"Why the hell are you crying ?!!" he demanded her. That only made her cry again.
"Woman !!! stop that !" he shook her.
"LEAVE ME" she jerked herself away from, pointing a finger at him.
"Stay away from me...!" she yelled between sobs.
"Don't come near me..." she said in anguish.
"I hate you...I soo hate you" she broke down, falling on the floor.
Her words hit him like cold water.
"What the hell did you do to me last night...?!!!" she asked him, glaring at him.
No...she was once again blaming it all on him.
"I...I..." she tried voicing her thought but ended up crying louder.
"I feel so disgusted..." she said her voice low.
Her words cut him deep. He didn't know what to say...
"I feel so disgusted...with myself" she said weakly...sobbing. "What did I do...I shouldn't have...no...I shouldn't" she repeated in a low voice, her head down.
With herself ?!...Realization dawned upon him. She was not really mad at him... more like mad at him for making her feel this way...He could understand her point of view...he might be a gangster but he was not oblivious to the ways of life. He knew it was a big deal for a girl like her to share proximity with a man...it was not common.
He wanted to comfort her somehow...he didn't like seeing her like that.
He took a step toward her when suddenly the phone resting her on jeans pocket started ringing. Sanyukta's heads snapped up at the sound ...she fumbled to take out her phone. wiping away her tears.
Karan was calling her. She needed him right now...so she picked up.
"Hello, Karan..." she said, suppressing a sob.
"..."
"Not am not fine..." she said wipping her tears away.
"..."
"I miss you..." she broke down again.
"..."
"Hmmm...I am coming soon, I miss you so much..." she was in a state where she needed her friend shoulder to cry on... to pour out all the hurt...
"..."
"Yes...yes...I'll be back soon" she said, calming down a bit.
"..."
"Love you too." she said before hanging up, wiping off the last drop of tear.
Randhir was frozen on the spot. He had witness the whole exchange... she had a man in her life...she already had someone...and still...still yesterday she... anger took over him. He saw red. She had played with him while she already someone out there ?!... how could she ?!!! ...making him a second choice...a pass time... anger consumed him, as he marched toward her.
"You know what ?" he said grabbing her upper arm, yanking her up.
"You were right ! you were absolutely right" he said glaring at her with immense hate.
"You should be disgusted with yourself..."
"You are...so...characterless..." he spat out the words. ...How could she sleep in his embrace when she had someone waiting for her...how could she ?!!!!
"You are disgusting...you don't have any shame" hurt and jealousy were clouding his senses, making her say the most atrocious words...wanting to hurt her as much as possible...just the way she had hurt him.
"Characterless..." he spat out again...jerking her away from him, before turning away and leaving her.
Sanyukta looked at him... his words were the last straw...she could not hold it anymore, she started trashing everything in the room. At last breaking down again...crying her heart out sitting in a corner...she cried...cried for hours.
Finally drained out of every once of energy, she slowly got up... took a glass of water and drunk a bit. She took a long breath...tears still flowing out of her eyes...
She took a glance at the roon around her...more like to what was remaining of the room...she was done. She decided that she was done right there.
She would leave the first moment she would be able to. There was no turning back...nothing left for her.