Chapter 20

A long chapter ahead...

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Abhinay pov

" So since when were you both in a relationship?" My maa's sharped voice cut through the thick air that was enveloped around me.

I was on a dining table, eating my breakfast silently with my maa and my two duffer friends.

Dread was what I was feeling as I sat just opposite to my maa. I knew in one way or another questions would be throwed in my directions by my sweet mom, interrogating me about this fake relationship, but I was still not prepared to tackle this situation.

" Umm, maa... " I trailed off, thinking that what should I reply?

Go tell a lie... My insides mocked.

Ofcourse, my situation was pathetic. That day if I wasn't exaggerating my fake love, I wouldn't be trapped today.

" well..?" Maa was looking expectingly at me, waiting for me to answer her.

I smiled, so that I could shrug off my inner nervousness. Yes  !! I am nervous for not to be caught red-handed for a lie.

" What to say maa !" I huffed, " she is my world." I instantly bit the insides of my cheek at my blatant lie and my two dumbo friends coughed dramatically as they both registered my words. My hands instantly curled into a fist as I glared at them, avoiding my self to pounce on both of them right in front of maa. They were mocking me...!!

Maa's attention diverted to both dumbos and looked at them with a blank expression.

" Sorry" " sorry" both said sorry at a same time with a meek voice and goes back to focus on their eating.

Then she looked at me with raised eyebrows, expecting me for an answer.

" Maa, you know na.. how much I love her, she is my world. Well it was not a long time since we made our relation official." I gulped a lump as I was shocked with myself with the way my lies were sputtering out from my mouth. I took a glass full of water from the table and gulped it down instantly. " It was around one month I think since we made our relation official maa" I sighed at my lie.

" It's not a long time though. Are you sure you know her whereabouts ? From where she is? How much she had studied? I know she is an orphan, but still do you know anything about her parents? Do you know every information about her?" Maa's asked me suspiciously.

Now what's wrong with maa?

" Love don't see conditions maa. It just happens. So why to bother her asking these ridiculous questions !?" I replied with a shrug, feeling confused with what maa was trying me to say.

Now Viraj and Vinay paid their attention keenly into this conversation as they finished their food, gawking at us both with their curious eyes.

I filled the glass with a water and bring it to my lips to quench my thirst.

" What I am trying to say is that do you know how many relations did she had before you?" She came straight to the point, making me coughed out vigrously.

Relations?

And with her?

I highly doubt so.. No man in his right mind would think about her as his girlfriend or a fucking material for a wife. Because, she is not just those types.

Yes I agree, she is innocent, naive, oblivious, everytime indulge her fantasies of devil, but not to forget, she is tremendously frustrating piece of shit. Yes ! I won't let her go that easily. She would be bound to  me for forever because of what she did. She would pay for her actions. Of course, I don't even like her, let alone love but she would pay for what she did.

After all she insulted me. Not to forget, those insults and that too in front of my members.

First, breaking the securities.

Second, her pathetic dramas.

Third and last but not the least, her slipper on my face and that too in the presence of my dumbos friends.

And for this, I am going to make her life a living hell. I smirked evilly.

She did a mistake and she has to pay for it.

But that's not a point here. Maa just asked me about her relations with any man before me. And my insides urged me to burst out ,' what man in his right mind would fucking want  her for a girlfriend shit, let alone wife?'

I internally scoffed.

" Maa, I don't think she had any..." she cut me off sharply.

" You don't know with how many man had she slept with? " Her curt voice made me shot my wide shocked eyes at her.

What's with her?

Viraj and Vinay coughed awkwardly.

" Abhi, I just remember I have to check out the presentation we have to present tomorrow. It was prepared by one of the employee and I took a responsibilty to help her out. So goodbye, will see you soon in the office." With that said, Viraj stood up from his chair, wiping his mouth with his handkerchief and walked out hastily, not before waving a smile at maa and then me.

" I too just remember some pending work. I will take my leave now. And aunty, food was nice. Thanks for the breakfast." Vinay stood up from his chair, ready to scurry off .

" Call me 'maa' Vinay!" Maa said with a straight face as she looked at him curtly.

" Sure maa." He smiled weakly and went out to god knows where, leaving me here all alone to tackle this situation.

God ! I too badly wanted to be out. Oh! I just remember I have to deal with a fucker too. That fucker Aman wants to snatch my one chance opportunity from me, but I won't let it happen. If maa just stops with her questioning, I would run off from here without wasting a beat.

Now, as they both walked out, I was the only one left here with my mom. I turned around to look at her and got startled for a moment as I found her with her fixed gaze at me and her usual blank face.

" You didn't replied me." She stated calmly.

" Maa, this question is absurd. I love her, that's what matters to me."

" This question is not absurd. I want to know whether my future daughter in law is going to be any whore or a true traditional girl like I wished for." This time her voice was lacing with unknown anger.

I could feel she was getting irritated by me as she glared at me.

" I don't know anything about her. Just the only thing that she is an orphan. Don't you think this is so less for an information?" Her voice was raising with each word she spoke, with an underlying irritation lacing her voice.

"I want to know about her in details. And I would like you to be sure about your love." She stated with the same gaze fixed at me.

" Maa, I think you should ask her this question. Ask her whatever you want to ask. It's not my place to give answers on her behalf." I replied as calmly as I could, glancing at my wrist watch every now and then, because I wanted that one time opportunity to get away from here.

" Maa, I think I should leave now too. There's a very important meeting that needs my presence. Our company won't get the deal if I won't be present. I hope you understand. Good bye maa." Ofcourse, there was one hour still left for the meeting but I still lied, not wanting to be a part of this conversation which involves Tara and me. I stood up from my chair and started to walk towards the door.

" Where's Tara?" I stopped in my track and turned around, looking at her confusedly.

" She might be in her room, sleeping." I said, looking at her confusedly as she too stood up from her chair.

" That's not a time to sleep. Isn't she aware of our rules?" She crossed her arms while looking at me sharply.

" Maa..." I trailed off, not knowing what else to say. Ofcourse, I won't bother her saying that Tara might needed rest to digest the fact that she is going to marry me and then going to live her worst nightmares with me.

In one way to state it, she needs rest so that she could get prepare for what's about to come for her in near future.

" Where are you lost?" She snapped angrily at me.

May be I am a Mafia leader and one of a dangerous person in my underworld, but this man, I mean  'me' still obeys my maa, and respects her. So she have every right to snap at me and I won't bother to stop her from doing so.

" Nothing maa. I think she is tired. She needs rest." My answer was cut short.

" Don't bother giving me lame excuses Abhinay." She curtly stated. " Rules are rules. It won't be change for anyone, neither for a maid living here, nor for any of the family members. I want you to go to her room and wake her up. Like a good typical wife, she should wake up on time and do all her duties a wife should do."

What !?  A good typical wife? I highly doubt that..!

Before I could reply her, she walked out of the room, not before saying, " Be on time at 6pm in the evening. I am going out somewhere else and would reach home around five-thirty. When I reaches home I want to have a one cup of tea with you and Tara both, along with Viraj and Vinay. I want to interact with my future bahu. So don't be late. I hate those who are not punctual." With that she walked out leaving me wondering about the disastrous event that might could happen in the evening.

I sighed.

If that's what maa wanted, this would happen, no matter if anyone would stop her or not in doing so.

Today, maa would interact with Tara.

Means, I have to make sure she don't ruin this meeting with maa and me too.

Sigh.

I took a deep breath and released slowly as I pressed my forehead with my fingers in order to release some of the building stress inside me. This meeting could be disastrous. I have to prepare Tara.

With these thoughts, I turned towards the direction of the room where Tara is sleeping and walked off to her room, to atleast wake her up from hr lala land.

Tara pov

Today I woke up early in the morning. Well, I love my sleep but that monster took my sleep away as still yesterday's event was repeating in my mind like a broken tape recorder which took my sleep away for half of the night so I just passed my time laying on the bed doing nothing.

If you are wondering why I didn't get sleep, then let me tell you, the answer is obvious. That devil with invisible horns and a dangerous monster was forcing me to marry him.

That alien devil. .!!

I clutched my hands in a tight fist and gritted my teeth in sheer frustration. Frustration at him.

Who does he think he is !? If I have a power of hulk, I would have killed him at that moment. There I was dreaming for my prince charming coming for me and that devil was dreaming to marry me. ME !?

Huh ! Only in his dreams..!

I chuckled on my own thoughts.

I heard click of the door, indicating me someone is opening the door.

Now who is this !!

I squinted my eyes at the door. After a few seconds later, the door opened itself and in came a devil himself.

With a renewed energy, driven by my building anger and frustration within me, I throwed the quilt off my body and stood up from the bed with a clenched fist, ready to attack him if he tries to do something evil.

By observing my action and dangerous expression over my face, I am sure he would piss in his pants.

But.... What is this ?

He was smirking at me, putting his both hands inside his pants pocket and looking at me lazily.

Does he take me as a joke !?

I stubbornly crossed my arms over my chest and glared at him murderously.

I swear if he tries to intimidate me, i'll intimidate him too.

" Whoa ! My lovely prisoner is looking like a fiesty cat here, but without any claws ? Ehhh?" He taunted, mocking at me openly making my bubbling anger to build up fastly within me.

" Get lost" I said only two words, not wanting to burst out on this alien, as I looked away.

Immediately, like a speed of that thunderbolt, his whole demeanor changed, making my build up anger to flew away out of the window in an instant as I looked at him with wide eyes.

God ! he is dangerous. And how could I forget I just slapped his face with my slipper and that too just yesterday... Well it was a nice shot ! I laughed inwardly as I remembered his shocked face after my slipper hit him on his face.

A small smile unconsciously came on my lips.

" What are you smiling at?" That devil barked, glaring at me and I shrinked back with arising fear as I gazed at his glaring intensity.

But soon I recovered and composed myself, not wanting to show my cowardness at this evil devil.

" I was dreaming of a lion" I blurted out a lie, resulting in him shooting me a questioning look.

Good dumbo !

" Have you hit your head?" He asked mockingly while I pursed my lips in a straight line. With one hand over my waist, I gave him an attitude with my eyes and then looked away, rolling my eyes at him..  the same way like that heroine in a movie gave  an attitude to that villain of that movie I saw at one time secretly.

" Why are you here? Leave me !! Let me go devil !!" I raised my voice at him frustratingly.

" SHUT UP !! YOU BETTER LEARN TO BEHAVE BITCH..." he pointed his index finger at me and said that with a loud voice.

Huh ?

Why he always calls me this name, ' Bitch' ? Is that my new found name?

I  was confused but then I looked at him in awe. Nobody ever gave me nicknames. May be he just wanted me to name 'Bitch'. Hmm, may be he just likes me to have this name and that's why he always loves to call me this name inspite of knowing that no bitch is here around us.

A big smile instantly bright up my face.

" WHAT ?" He barked angrily and confused as he studied my awe expression over my face.

" You are a nice boy." I smiled at him brightly, feeling grateful that someone is still there who loves to give me nicknames.

How stupid am I? How ignorant I could be?

At one time his one demon too called me bitch, and how confusedly I analysed him. How wrongly I misinterpreted him? They loves to call me bitch. Ofcourse, it is this reason and I can understand that. Tara is such a old name. They don't like me calling my name 'Tara'.

I looked at him but again I got confused with what I saw.

Like a dangerous flame of fire, he shouted with his furious eyes.

" I AM NOT A BOY BITCH !! I AM WARNING YOU. KEEP YOUR BEHAVIOUR IN CHECK. I AM A MAN WHO IS SOON GOING TO BE YOUR HUSBAND BITCH..!! SO YOU BETTER START BEHAVING WITH ME NICELY, OTHERWISE YOU WOULD PAY HEAVENLY." He shouted with enraged eyes.

Now what is the problem with him?

I pursed my lips in a straight line and looked at him with a raised eyebrows.

" Stop giving me those pathetic expressions to me." I pouted with what he said. This time he said calmly as he rubbed his forehead, like he wanted to convey with this act of his, like  I am giving him any kind of headache, which surely is not true. He just needed to be relax.

But...

Is something wrong with my face?

I shrug. If he don't like my face then there's no problem. I can't do anything in this matter.

But I looked away. Ofcourse I was hurt with what he said. Pathetic expression !? Like really !?

" Listen.." He started, making me to turn my face again towards him and pay attention with what he wanted to say.

He took a deep breath and released it, like composing himself, and then again looked at me with a calm gaze.

" Maa wants you to meet today evening around 6 'o' clock. I want you to be ready on time. She is very punctual and I want you to behave properly, atleast in front of her. Think before you speak, whatever you wanted to reply with. You are going to be my wife within this week, and if not, then might be within this month. Start behaving like a good wife because there is no escape from me. And you will follow my orders and commands, you will do as I say, ofcourse if you don't want your loved ones to get harm by me." He finished his lecture with a deadly calm manner, making me look at him bafflingly. Huh ! He always loves to threaten me, but not anymore...!

And who says 'no escape'?

This devil !!!?

Ok I am grateful that he gave me my new nickname, doesn't mean I would be head over heel for him and do as he says always.

I will escape.

And I will escape soon.

But, for this I have to gain her trust. Vimla masi once told me that keep your friends close and your enemy closer.

And this devil here is my enemy.

I have to win his trust in order to make my first escape attempt.

A master plan soon landed in my mind and I smiled inwardly. But with a stoic face I looked at him and said," ok I will be ready on time."

" You better be." He said in a threatening manner, making me gulped again.

" ok ok ! No need to look at me like that. I understand this. Aunty wants to meet me and at 6pm. Ok I will be ready. "

I assured him.

" And don't sleep till late morning. It's a rule here, you have to be ready before eight in the morning. If I found you sleeping till late morning next time, you will be punished." He again stated with a deadly calm manner.

I gulped as soon as I heard the word,' punishment'.

" Ok" I said meekly.

He turned around and walked off from my room to god knows where.

Abhinay pov

How dare she called me a boy? BOY? SERIOUSLY !?

I am not a boy but a full grown man. Does she take me for any kind of teenager boy?

I am a mafia leader and one of  the most eligible bachelor of this country.

How one can say this to me at my face? How one can dare to call me this?

If any of my men called me a boy, I wouldn't waste my time in pulling off my gun from my jacket and shoot him on the spot that instant.

I still remember she once called me a boy and that too in front of all of my man in our horrific first meeting. The day when she got me realised how weak my security was, but I ignored her on this because my mind was raging over other matters, like the fact that someone like her did the impossible task.

I walked off from her room straight as soon as I finished with whatever I wanted to say to her, while controlling my build up anger and frustration within  me, and drived towards my office building to attend my one of the important meeting that needs my presence.

Soon the meeting was over and I was happy that everything gone well. We were able to close the deal in our favour.

Now I was driving my BMW car towards my mansion with Viraj seated beside me and Vinay at the back seat of my car, who was busy in scrolling something in his phone.

It was going to be 5:45 pm and I had to reach the mansion before six as my mom commanded me, and I knew that I would reach on time exactly.

When five minutes was still left for the clock to struck at six, I reached my mansion, my home, my beautiful sweet lovely home. Now I had increased more security and more security cameras around each and every corner of the mansion to make sure that no one enters inside my mansion without my permission and no one escapes my mansion without my permission.

I stopped the car in a driveway and parked it in its usual place. Then opened the door of my driver seat and soon I was greeted with the figure of my maa in a garden with a solemn expression. Viraj and Vinay too came outside of the car along with me and saw her in a garden reading a magazine of some sort by sitting on one of a chairs that was around the small white table.

She lifted her gaze at us with a same stoic face and stood up.

I walked towards her with a smile and greeted her, and so does my friends who also considers her no less than a mother.

" Good evening maa."

" Hello maa."

" Good evening mom" We greeted her almost at same time.

'' Good evening." This time maa greeted us with a small smile too and glanced at her wrist watch.

" You are all on time. Good !" she stated.

" Meeting was over maa, that's why we were able to wrap up our work on time and took a leave to meet you on the exact time you gave us." I answered with a smile.

" Maa, do you want me to tell Ramu kaka to prepare a tea for us along with some snacks. I am damn hungry and wants to eat something after such a hectic day." Vinay said dramatically by rubbing his stomach making us all  chuckled at his behaviour.

" No need, I have already ordered Ramu to prepare the snacks as well as tea." Maa stated calmly with a small smile on her lips. She lifted her gaze at me and asked me,

" Where is your future wife? I haven't seen her today. Isn't she punctual? What kind of a lady is she? I don't understand. Haven't you informed her about this meeting. I want to meet her, interact her and wants to talk to her as a family member. Afterall she is going to be my bahu." She said with a glowering stance, making us looking at her with wide eyes.

I gulped.

Why Tara wants to create problems every time?

Just then, like God had answered my call, I saw her walking out of the mansion with a huge smile plastering over her pretty face, wearing a traditional salwar kameez and a high ponytail. She reached us and lifted her gaze towards me with a same smile in a greeting manner, then gazed at Viraj and Vinay.

Finally she looked towards maa, and instantly her wide smile wiped off her face as she took into my maa's stoic face expression.

" Um- sorry I-I think I am late.''

Tara looked hesitant as she answered my maa.

I reached towards her and put my one arm around her waist in a loving manner and kissed on the top of her head in front of my maa. Both of my stupid friend's eyes widen with shock as they looked at me with their jaws dropped.

I smiled, while glaring at them with my eyes, trying to convey that they need to stop being overdramatic all the time.

Maa cleared her throat, diverting my attention towards her.

I smiled fondly at her and then looked at Tara who was already looking at me with a raised eyebrows  and a look saying,' what- was- that?'

I removed my arm from her waist and made her sit on one of the comfy chair in the garden.

We all seated on our respective chair that were placed around the table.

Maa again took the magazine that she was reading earlier and busied herself in the reading. While Viraj and Vinay busied themselves in scrolling their phone as we all waited for the tea and snacks.

I again glanced at Tara and she was already looking at me with a hesitant manner. I kept my expression blank while my eyes were keep saying,' you better behave good, otherwise.... you know'.

Soon the Ramu kaka came and placed our teas and snacks on the table and walked off inside the mansion.

" So.." Maa started looking at Tara keenly," First of all I would like to apologise to you Tara that I mistaken you to be any sort of maid of this mansion."

" It's ok aunty." Tara said with a huge grin on her face.

What's with her expression?

" Tell me something about yourself Tara. I want

to know everything about my future daughter in law. Tell me how much have you studied? How many friends you had? Anything you want to say." Maa's interrogation session started and I really hopes that everything goes well.

Well I prayed internally that God let this conversation be end smoothly.

" Oh ! Well I am Tara." Tara chirped with a huge smile on her lips. " I lives in an orphanage and I made a lot of friends there. You see, pappu, gamlu, gappu.. they are so sweet kids. I love kids because they always wanted to play. I too loves to play with kids. They are so innocent and so cute." She said happily as she reminisced those happy moments, but that happy face soon turned into a nasty expression as she continued, "but that dayan na...she just don't like me to play around. She told me at one time that I am no more a little girl and that I should not play...."

" That's enough Tara." I cut her off. God !! Why she have to just blabble everytime.

I smiled looking at her while composing myself.

" Tell mom about yourself Tara.'' This time Viraj said and Vinay looked too curious in hearing the conversation.

" Oh well... " Tara lifted her one finger and put it under her chin while gazing at the sky. Maa was looking keenly at her, judging her each and every expression.

It was like a viva of some sort was going on, same like a teachers and professors take an oral examination of their students in schools and colleges.

" Oh well I discovered something new today." Tara chirped excitedly.

That got my attention and so for the others too.

What did she discovered?

" I got a new nickname today." She said happily with a huge grin, while maa and all others including me were confused as ever. She is weird. Like really..!!

" What nickname child?" Maa looks curious.

Well we are all curious with whatever Tara wanted to say.

" Oh well, I just realised that alongside Tara, I have a new nickname too. I always wanted one, you see." She chirped so excitedly and I was hell curious. Wow ! She have a nickname, like what, let me guess, weirdo ? Oh I hope not. Maa don't likes jokes and such names. It must be something special to her that's why she is so excited to announce.

''You see, like every person have some sort of nicknames that people loves to call with, for others. I too got a new nickname and I am soo excited. First I think that they misinterpreted something. But no, I was in the wrong. I really misinterpreted them. I just realised today my new nickname, so you all can greet me with this new nickname." She was non stop blabbering and here we all are so keen to hear her what she had for a nickname and most importantly, who named her?

"You all can call me with new nickname and I won't mind. Like really I won't mind. I am still in awe and feeling grateful that I have those people around me who gave me this new nickname..." Maa cut her off.

" But what's your nickname child? I never heard anyone calling your nickname." Maa was confused and so we all are.

" Oh aunty, I think they are just shy people, that's why they don't call me with this nickname that I comes to love with." To my horror, Tara shot me a look, and then again looked at my mom.

Observing this behaviour of Tara, Maa glanced at me in a  suspicious manner.

I looked away, not meeting my gaze with mother, as I took a cup of tea, wanting to relax a bit and took a sip while hearing keenly whatever Tara wanted to say.

" So Aunty, you can call me BITCH other than Tara. I really loved this 'bitch' name. Wow ! I don't understand people have weird choices for a nicknames. But then again, nicknames are always weird. And ' bitch ' is such a cute nickname. I loved it." I sputtered out the tea as I coughed vigrously while putting my cup of tea back on the table carefully, not wanting to burn myself with the hot tea.

Tara chirped so happily, moving her hands here and there in the air to get more pronounce effect over whatever shit she was blabbering out without any thought.

And here, all of our jaws dropped in shock and horror while looking at her with our wide eyes.

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