33| Flirting and Jealousy

Started on 19th October 2020.

Completed on 23rd October 2020.

Word count : 3959 words

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- A Y A A N -

A new morning, a new day. Nah!

How could I even exercise with my only hand left safe and healthy? Last time I had a fracture was when I was just ten. It was very painful. But this time, it was a little okay.

My gaze went down and saw Divya sleeping peacefully hugging my chest, or I should say on my chest. It's good unless it doesn't cause pain. I can bear the pain but still, it would hurt.

Last night was truly good in all senses. She said that she likes me. Although it's not a major improvement and has not reached till the relationship of love, it still satisfies me. Her feelings changed from hate to neutral to like. Love is not far away.

I pecked her head and tried to get freed from her grip but she was holding me tight enough, not wanting to leave my presence.

"Divya!" I tried waking her up as it was eight and I can't be absent from my work for a long time. "Divya!!" I shook her but no response. Instead she snuggled more into me, causing goosebumps all over my skin.

"Let me sleep. And you sleep too!" She whined in sleep.

"I need to resume my work and you too have to do so. Wake up or no salary." I said and she opened her eyes suddenly.

"You're such a blackmailer." She said angrily, getting up from the bed. I forwarded my hand for her to help me get up but instead, she moved away without giving it a thought.

"Hey! My hand wants you to help me sit up. Where are you going?" I shouted and she returned in her steps. She pulled my hand and I stood up instantly.

"Such a fragile doll you are!" She said.

"You won't sleep over a fragile doll, right?" I asked and she sighed, running back to the bathroom. "Wait! I need to use the bathroom first!" I shouted but in vain. Maybe, getting the bathroom first and only for myself is not in my destiny!

I sat on the bed waited for her to come out. After some time the gate started to open and she appeared.

"You can go if you want to. Or else I'll go to bath." She said.

"Don't worry. I'll use it first. Till then you can dream about me. Or better, we can use bathroom at the same time." I suggested but later but regretted as her angry face was on the view.

"Pervert!" She remarked.

"Only for you." I said and she got more irritated. After completing the nature's call and brushing my teeth, I called her name loudly, "Divya!"

"What now? Don't tell that you slipped!" She replied from the room.

"Worse than that!" I said and she barged inside. "You need to help me clean up, today too."

"Why can't you do it on your own?" She asked.

"Because..... your husband's hand is not in a condition. And being a good wife you should help your husband and fulfill his each and every need."

"Goes to hell this good wife and her responsibilities." She muttered under her breathe.

"I heard it." I said.

"I don't care." She said and rubbed my back forcefully with the wet towel, after taking out my t-shirt.

"Aah........ Don't scrape my skin out." I shouted.

"You wanted it. I can't do anything." She smiled and rubbed the rest of my back forcefully. It felt as if my skin had been peeled off. My back was burning as hell. She came to my front and was about to rub my chest with the same intensity, when I stopped her in between by holding her hand.

"Aaah.......Listen! Divya! I can't take it anymore. My back is burning as if you've rubbed coal on them. I can't handle it anymore. Rub the towel slowly." I said.

"Please."

"What?" I asked.

"Say please!" She ordered.

"Okay my wife. Please do it slowly." I pleaded and she did the rest slowly. Ofcourse I can't let her clean me down, my lower body. So she left after patting my chest.

After washing myself I left the bathroom, wearing my pants. "My shirt?" I asked.

"Here." She passed me my shirt and I found he ogling me out.

"My wife, you don't need to dream about me in your imagination. I'm present in front of you. Devour me all you want." I flirted closing the distance between us.

"Mr husband. I think that you have a lot of wrong perceptions about yourself. Everyone is not like you." She kept her hands on my chest and said.

"Then I would suggest you to take my help if you want. I mean if you want to learn something new then I would be the best choice, to become your teacher." I pulled her close to me and whispered in her ears.

"I would think about your suggestion." She pecked my cheeks and left to bathroom. I rubbed my cheeks to check if it's real.

She pecked me?

On my cheeks?

Isn't this a new thing?

I've felt her lips on my lips, but never on my cheeks!

A new improvement!!!

I stepped down the stairs and saw dadi, mom and dad sitting around the dining table. Mom and dad here?

"Mom! Dad! You're here?" I asked pulling my chair.

"Yes. I missed you and wanted to check your condition. How are your injuries?" Mom asked.

"Mom! I'm a grown up. And the major injury is in my left hand. Rest everything is fine." I said.

"It's good then. Take care of your hand. And don't go to work now." Mom ordered.

"Mom! Who do you think will handle the work other than me? And it's been two days I'm sitting at home. I should go back."

"Really? Very funny. Nayan will handle it." Mom said.

"Why me?" Dad asked. Ofcourse! He has already retired and don't want to work more.

"Mom! Leave dad. I don't want to burden my parents by running away from my duties. And Divya is there with me. Also, I don't have to do any physical work. I would just read the documents."

"As your wish. It's good that Divya would help you. She's more reliable than you." Mom said.

"You mean that I'm a child?" I asked.

"Ofcourse! You'll always be my small five year old child. As for Divya, she's my mature daughter whom I can trust upon." She said. I ate the food kept in front of me and felt the chair beside me moving. Turning my head to it's side I saw Divya occupying the seat.

"Good morning!" Divya greeted everyone.

"Good morning. I have an important call." Dad excused himself from the surrounding.

"Good morning Divya. What took you so long?" Mom asked.

"What?" Divya asked mom.

"I mean Ayaan arrived here ten minutes ago while you came now. You were bathing together right?" Mom asked all of a sudden. Why does she think that?

"Who told this to you?" She asked immediately and looked at me in anger as if I was the one who said all this. She was doubting me!

"I don't need anyone to inform me these news. I saw it.... I mean I went to call you but you both were busy in your bathroom...." Mom said and Divya choked on her juice. I rubbed her back and excused ourselves to the bathroom.

"What was she saying?" Divya asked.

"Didn't you hear it? Mom said that we both were bathing together and-"

"Stop. But being in toilet doesn't mean that we would be.... Wait! You were the one who was screaming like a maniac. It's all because of you." She accused me.

"Okay. My fault. Let's go or else food would be finished." I said. We both went back to the dining area and continued eating.

××

"Sir, this is the progress file of our restaurants." Adarsh informed.

"Okay, what about the progress plan of-"

"Hello Ayaan!!! I was coming to meet you." A female voice stopped me in my track. I turned towards the voice and saw the president of one of our partner company. "How are you? What's with your hand?" She hugged me tightly.

"Nothing. Just a small accident. How are you?" I asked. I can't talk informally to her as she's a decade older than me.

"I am always good. How is your work going on?" She asked.

"Pretty good."

"Would you like to go out for dinner?" She was openly flirting with me in my company.

"Sorry but he's already taken! I'm Divya. Divya Ayaan Chauhan! Nice to meet you!" Divya locked her arms with mine and said possessively. When did she come?

"Ohh! Nice to meet you too. I came to discuss about the project. Is it a good timing?"

"Ya sure!" Divya said to her. Really? Now these two women would decide what I have to do or not.

We discussed the plan for two hours. By we, I mean Divya too. She was accompanying me there all the time. Her expressions and attitude clearly showed that I'm her possession.

"Then I'll go. Have a nice day and..... night too." She said and took her leave.

"Hmmm.... So am I already taken?" I asked.

"What?" Divya was startled and kept her phone on the table. "What do you mean?" She asked. I leaned forward to her and kept my hands on the table.

"I heard someone declining my dinner and saying that I'm already taken! Have you heard about this person too?" I asked and she leaned more forward towards me and nodded.

"I think it was your wife. You should ask her."

"Okay. I'll ask her." I turned my head back to act as if I'm finding my wife and then leaned more to her. "So, my wife. You know, you look hot while you're jealous. But you should control your anger."

"That's my duty, right? If someone is flirting with my husband then it's my duty to shoo her away from him."

"I never thought that you could be this possessive of me!"

"You haven't seen anything." She said and blinked her eyes. Oh! So my wife can flirt too.

"I want to see your every side, when the right time comes. Just when you're ready." I said and she shook her head while chuckling.

"I'll go. There's some work." She stood up wanting to leave but I caught her hand. "What?"

"How about leaving after a kiss?" I asked.

"I don't think so." She said and I stood up.

"Why?" I asked.

"Because this is office and dating isn't allowed here." She said.

"We're not dating. We're legally married." I said.

"I know. But people dating would surely kiss. Banning kissing is the main motive rather than dating. So we can't violate the rule."

"You're saying this to the official rule breaker. Let's see who would watch us and stop me from kissing my wife. And most importantly, no one could fire me." I said and pulled her to me.

"Still..... I need to go." She said so as to leave.

"Wait my wife! Grant me just one kiss." I pecked her lips and pulled her more towards me. I can use only one hand, but it has enough strength to hold her forever.

"Someone would come here." She said struggling in my hold.

"Gates are closed. No one would come." I said and pecked her lips once more.

"But..."

"No buts." I shut her mouth by capturing her lips and trust me, it's the best feeling ever. Breaking rules is my hobby. Especially when it comes to Divya and me. "Don't you think it feels great, kissing in office?" I asked settling my chin over her head.

"No!" She cupped my face and pecked my face, close to my lips. Couldn't she directly kiss on my lips? She pulled me down to her height and attacked on my lips. This girl is dangerous to my lips, not that I care.

I pulled her more towards me while she found her way to my hairs, ruffling them every now and then. "Now it's great!" She mumbled against my lips and we both chuckled.

"It is baby." I said.

"Baby doesn't sound good."

"Darling?"

"No...."

"Honey...?" I asked once more.

"Of course not...."

"Sexy?"

"You!!!!" She punched my chest.

"I need to call police. My wife is beating me." I complained. "One more kiss?"

"You asked for one. You're too greedy!" She said.

"Maybe, but only for you." I picked her off the floor and placed her on the table.

"What???"

"You won't be leaving."

"As if I would listen to you." She said and tried to get down but I held her there, on the table.

"Not so early." I whispered in her ears and grabbed her hips.

"What are you....." Before she could do anything I kissed her neck, nuzzling more into her smell. "Ayaan! Stop it. I need to go." She said. Without paying heed to anything I continued licking her face and collar bone.

"This is what you do to me." I said snuggling more to her and kissing her neck.

"Ayaan I need to go. Leave me. I have work to do." She whispered.

"You can go. But first tell me what you were feeling. Did you feel the same too?"

"What?"

"Butterflies in stomach and fascination in heart. Did you feel it too?" I asked.

"So cheesy..... Heart is used to pump blood, not to indulge in thinking and feeling. Now leave."

"This is my office. Where would I go?"

"I'm leaving."

"You're changing the question. How did you feel?" I asked placing her back on the table but she pushed me hard. She adjusted her shirt and stuck her tongue out at me, not before leaving the room.

What should I do with her?

××

"What happened mister? Why are you so tense?" I asked Shrey.

"Do you think I shouldn't be? The situation is out of control."

"What happened?"

"Diya is pregnant."

"What?"

"If I'm saying then it's the reality. Why would I joke in this matter?"

"Okay, okay."

"What do you think I should do?"

"What do you think you should do? Instead of going to her, you're chilling with me. Go and marry her." I said.

"Are you sure?"

"You were the one who was desperate to marry her few days ago. Don't you want to marry her now? Don't you love her?"

"Of course I love her. Will she say yes?"

"Of course."

"What's that lipstick mark?" He asked doubting me.

"What?"

"On your lips and face. Are you cheating on Divya?" He asked with disbelief. How come I didn't see lipstick marks on my face? And I was walking around so proudly with a red mark over my lips!

"Of course not. Instead of wasting time with me, go to your future wife. Now go and propose her." I pushed him off his seat and showed him my thumb.

×× ××

- D I V Y A -

"What?" I asked.

"Yes. Ask her yourself. Here she is." Natasha said, directing to Diya in her video call.

"You are pregnant?" I couldn't believe myself. Diya nodded shyly. Why is she shy now? Wasn't she shy is the process of making baby?

"But this man is still away from our sight. Let Shrey arrive. I'll beat the shit out of him." Natasha said gritting her teeth and cut the call.

"Cool down. Cool down. Let him arrive and clear his mind first. We could only wait for their decision." I said to Natasha and she nodded vigorously.

"What do you think should the baby call me?" Natasha asked me.

"You're Shrey's sister. The baby would call you bua ofcourse." I said.

"No.... Natasha is much better."

"Really?" I asked in disbelief and she shook her head, "Okay!"

"Wait! What's this mark?" She asked leaning towards me in a doubting way.

"Where?" I asked and she directed towards my neck. I switched on the camera to see the mark she's taking about and...

Hickey!

"Hmmm!! Someone is drenched in the ocean of ecstacy!" She started teasing me. I adjusted my shirt properly applying a layer of concealer there.

"Stop it Natasha." I said.

"How did it feel?"

"Stop!"

××

I was driving the car while Ayaan was sitting comfortably on the passenger seat, busy in his phone.

"Do you think I'm a fool, driving the car while you're busy in your phone?" I asked keeping my gaze on the road.

"What? Oh sorry! See this." He showed his phone to me. I stopped the car on the side and took phone from his hand. Shrey was proposing Diya in one photo, while in other they both were showing their rings.

"They both are marrying?" I asked him.

"Yes. They need to. He was desperate to marry her from the beginning. And now when he's getting the chance, he can't back out and lose." He said.

"When are they marrying?" I asked.

"Don't know. Maybe this month." He said and I nodded. "Do you want to go home or stay here?"

"What? I'll start driving." I said and he nodded. After driving for a moment or so, I felt a hand sliding on the back of my waist. I turned towards him and saw him gazing out of the window, while his hand resting around my waist. Really?

I stopped the car and pinched his arm which made him startled. "What?" He asked.

"Your hand! Control it!" I said.

"I'm innocent! It's my hand's fault." He said.

"Really? Then let's cut your hand in two halves. What do you think?" I asked.

"Okay. Now start driving. Let's get home and continue what we left in the noon." He started teasing.

"Really? So you want to get slapped?" I asked while starting the car.

"I know you won't do it."

"Aren't you scared of dadi?"

"I'm her grandson and you're going to become her favourite daughter-in-law. She won't say anything. And don't worry, the room is soundproof." He whispered the last line.

"Whatever!" I said while focusing on driving. After reaching back everyone ate the dinner and rested comfortably on different couches in the living room. I was massaging dadi's head while watching TV.

"Hey!" Ayaan whispered patting my hand.

"What?" I asked looking at him.

"Do you really want to sit here all the time? Dadi is dadi, she doesn't care but I can't stay here whole night." He whispered in my ears.

"Even I want to leave from here. I'm sleepy." I said truthfully.

"Then what are you waiting for?" He asked.

"Don't you think leaving her alone would be disrespect?" I asked him.

"I'm going to sleep. You both carry on." Dadi said getting up from her couch. Does she read minds?

"Let us go too. We can't wait for dadi's mind to change." He said. I stood up and went to his room, closing the door and lied down on the bed. "Aren't you sleepy now?" He asked staring at the ceiling.

"Don't know. My eyes were heavy a moment before and now they're wide open." I said.

"Want to cuddle?" He asked.

"No."

"Seriously? What if you have a really good sleep keeping your head over my chest?"

"Think before saying. Your chest is made of muscles, not from soft toys." I said.

"What is that?" He asked.

"What?" I asked and he directed towards chest, more clearly- my cleavage. Really? "You're so shameless....."

"I don't mean about that. There's something on your chest."

"Where?" I asked. He leaned forward and touched my chest with his finger point. I looked down to my chest and saw a mole. "It's a mole. Nothing else."

"It's cute." He smiled.

"What? How can a mole be cute?"

"I don't know. But yours is." He smiled once more. Isn't he being too creepy?

"Back off. And take your hand back or I'll break this one too." I said. He took his hand off from my chest, only to reach my neck.

"What's this? It doesn't even look like a mole. It's too big to be a mole." He asked touching my neck with his index finger. "Is this...."

Oh shit! Why didn't I apply the concealer after showering? I shouldn't have showered in the first place. What should I do now?

I took a part of my hair and hid the hickey part with it. He can't see it or else he'll tease me once more.

"Don't hide it." He kept my hairs on a side and started checking my neck once more. "Isn't it..... My love bite?" He smirked.

"I'm sleepy. You sleep too." I pushed him but he being adamant leaned more towards me.

"Let's continue."

"What?"

"What we left in the office!" He said.

"No."

"Yes."

"No."

"Yes." He said. I pinched his hand making him shout. Seeing his state, I stuck my tongue out to tease him but he being Ayaan caught my tongue with his hand. He bought his face near mine and licked my tongue with his.

Eww!!

I widened my eyes while he closed his, licking my lips and tongue. I closed my eyes in response. He picked me up from the bed, placing me on his lap with both my legs on his either sides. Leaving my mouth he lingered his lips all over my face and travelled straight down to my neck.

"It's beautiful." He whispered sucking my neck.

"Ayaan..." I wanted to make him stop but my sound came out like a moan. He hummed and went to my shoulder blade, kissing it for infinity. "Ayaan!!!"

"Yeah baby!!"

"Don't call me baby." I said and he looked at me.

"Then sweetheart." He smiled.

"No. Everything is too cheesy. My official name is fine."

"You're right. Mrs Divya Ayaan Chauhan." He said before pulling me into a hot and steamy kiss, lasting for an eternity. "Once more?"

"No."

"Yes."

"No..."

"Please." He asked. Now how could I decline him when he's saying please?

I pushed him on the bed which made him wince. "Are you alright?"

"Yes. Just a small pain in my hand due to the sudden movement." He said.

"We should sleep." I said and he looked at me in shock. "By sleep I mean sleep, in our own respective dreams."

"Ohh!" Her whispered. I tried to get up from him but he pulled me back, causing me to fall over his chest. "You shouldn't break promises."

"Isn't your hand-"

"No. It's not paining. Let's continue where we left a minute ago." He said. I nodded and pecked his lips twice, irritating him to the highest extent. "This doesn't qualify as a kiss. Let me show you what it is." He said pulling me harshly towards his body, leaving minimum space in between.

"Wait a minute!" I mumbled when I remembered something.

"What?"

"I need to brush." I said.

"It's night." He said.

"We should brush our teeth two times a day."

"Ohh! So now you'll teach me. Am I a four year old kid?" He asked.

"Maybe." I said and stood up.

"Wait! Your teeth won't die just because you didn't brush them once. Come back."

"Five minutes later..." I said running into bathroom.

"Come back and I won't leave you." I heard his fading desperate voice. After brushing and using the toilet, I went to the bed and saw him sleeping soundly. Lying beside him, I switched the lights off and slept, joining our hands.

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