Chapter 6

MUKTA

'Areyyyy Beta ...eat some more puran poli  na...' my neighbour aunty said and this baby dinosaur of a husband next to me was displaying all his 32 teeth for a smile and taking the 4th helping for the breakfast and I don't know how many Puran Polis had he eaten from last 2 hours. Firstly!!! Who eats breakfast for bloody two hours!!!

It's like he is eating my entire month's 3 course meal in one breakfast!!!

No wonder he's so huge!!!

I rolled my eyes!!!

I was also asked to eat breakfast before we 'leave the village' and I didn't want to go anywhere!!!

Specially after that Sarpanch had tried to acquire my father's house. But thankfully Fari's friend who is a lawyer too had come with the court notice stay order even at such a short notice. Unfortunately she had to go to meet her ailing grandmother to Boston but the true friend that she was...she managed to help me out by sending her friend.

I was glad!!!

Now he can't break open the house but now even I was homeless!!!

Above all I couldn't stay in this village as everyone now expects me to have married this dinosaur of a man!!!

I didn't even know this man...and in last 12 hours...I met, married and I'm also been sent away with him!!!

And here...I don't even know what's his name!!!

And here he was!!! Eating and eating and eating!!!

Seems like he is the reincarnation of demon Bakasura!!!

After breakfast the villagers wished me good luck and began waving bye to me and him!!!

Bloody hell I don't wanna go!!!

But having no choice I climbed his grey ambulance...I mean his van. He looked happy while still stuffing his mouth with a puran poli with ghee roll and began took the driver's seat.

'Bye Jalebi...miss you' they all said and I cringed at that name...who on earth names someone Jalebi???

Wonder what would he have named me if he was eating manchurian or biryani!!!

Goshhhh!!!

And in no time the van started moving and I was hell nervous now...

There was pin drop silence in the van...we could only listen birds chirping and dry leaves crushing as the van kept moving on the zig zag jungle roads. Finally be broke the silence asking...

'So...where should I drop you???'

And I was shocked!!! I didn't know what to say...

I didn't have anyone to whom I could go...one bestie...but she also had gone to Boston...and then it suddenly striked me...I still have the job offer in Mangalore. But I was supposed to join in last week...will that still be open for me???

Damn!!!

But I had no other go...I had to give it a shot. While he spoke up...

'Woahhhhh lady that marriage drama there...had no meaning to me...you and me...we only had that pretentious wedding there...I don't consider it and I hope you are also not expecting me to fulfill the responsibilities of a husband because O.K isn't O.K with it get that???' he said and I looked at him with a questionable expression...

'O.K what???' and he pulls out his huge left hand for a handshake saying...

'Heyyy never got to introduce...I'm O.K..Omkar!!!' and I nodded saying...

'Mukta...Mukta Joshi...and...don't worry I'm not after you...it's just that I didn't know where to go and what to do ..

I mean my father...and my friend..

I

..

Actually I have a job opportunity in a city called Mangalore' and suddenly his head shot in my direction and he spoke up at once

'Job offer??? In Mangalore??? Actually I am from Mangalore' he said and I suddenly smiled..

'Really???' and he smiled and said...

'Cool...looks like destiny has tied us together to travel along the same route' and I cleared my throat asking...

'Ummm does that mean...you will drop me to Mangalore???' and he smiled saying... 'Sure...' and I smiled.

He seemed like a decent man to me. Yes I can't trust a stranger but then if I get down from the van even the world is a stranger place for me...

I knew no one!!!

So I preferred to travel along. I don't know how after a few minutes the cool breeze put me to sleep and when I opened my eyes I felt sharp rays of sunlight on my face and I slowly saw beside me the driver's seat was empty and I noticed we are in deep jungles and I was now pretty scared!!!

Was this right to travel with this stranger???

I mean yes he saved me from getting married to that filthy dump Govardhan but then how much do I know this man!!!

What if he's a r*pist or a psycho murderer??? Even worse a serial killer??? Haven't you seen the way he eats Mukta??? What if he chops you into small pieces and eats you for lunch???

Shit!!!

That thought itself scared me to the core and I jumped out of the van and kept looking here and there while I could hear giggling voices from a distance and I walked towards the direction and I was glad to see humans!!!

There were a bunch of young 18-19 year old village girls who were saying something to themselves and laughing and blushing!!!

I wondered what and followed their gaze and saw something that left my throat dry!!!

When my eyes fell on a beastly figure taking a dip in the nearby flowing water stream...

His huge muscular back was out for a display along with the flying eagle tattoo up for a display...

Drops of water kept dripping on his muscular back...While he pulled his long hair together and tied a chic man bun and kept enjoying the water stream...

He turned a little and I noticed yet another tattoo on his forearm but although wasn't too clear...

And suddenly he swam and takes yet another dip washing himself while his low waist shots gave a nice view of his hot buns!!!

Shit!!! I'm checking out a stranger with so much lust!!!

What's wrong with me!?

Shame shame puppy shame Mukta!!! Where as the girls here kept ogling and giggling discussing about him.

But suddenly my jaws dropped to hit the ground as I saw it was none other than my half day old dummy husband!!!

Omkar!!!

Although I tried looking elsewhere but his beastly body... toned and roasted 8 packs of biscuits and that wide chest and low waist shorts brought a sudden gush of hormonal rush in my abdomen!!!

Damnnn I was wet!!! Seeing him wet!!!

Shutup Mukta!!!

And suddenly he saw me and waved a 'Hi' to me and all these girls kept looking at me now and ran from there...

He walked towards me doing the famous Baywatch walk and i could only drool!!!

Hoping I don't look like a despo girl I looked elsewhere..

He stood infront of me and said..

'Hey sorry I was tired...so I thought why not take a short break...so...I had a quick bath and I also boiled some eggs for us...There are no hotels nearby and I don't know Marathi so this is all I could manage...' he said and passed me the boiled egg vessel and I jumped saying...

'I am a Vegetarian' and he narrowed his eyebrows saying...'ouuuuu'

'And it's ok...I'm not so hungry...I can wait' but he felt guilty...he asked me to wait there and went to the jungles and came with a handful of berries and a huge jackfruit.

'Hope this helps he said' and I smiled and nodded. He was a good man.

'Ummm wait let me get my knife and axe to break this jackfruit he said and although he struggled but the jackfruit was opened we both relished the sweet fruit. I happily ate some of the berries he got for me. I was initially suspicious of eating them but he looked quite knowledgeable when it came to the wild

..

'You know a lot about the forest?' and he smiled saying...

'I trek a lot... mother nature is a healer...she teaches us to survive even with the worst and gives us the best' and suddenly his words sounded pretty deep to me.

He relished his boiled eggs and I ate the berries and jackfruit in silence.

Later he even took the jackfruit seeds and put them in a gunny bag and burnt the gunny bag while I wondered what he was doing...I slowly noticed him trying to roast the gunny bag in all directions...

After sometime he put of the fire by hitting the gunny bag to ground multiple times and I saw him take out the jackfruit seeds from the gunny bag and they looked perfectly roasted and barbecued.

'Woooow...this is delicious' I said savoring one of the seed after peeling them and he smiled saying 'This is a GSB delicacy...we call it bikkanda in Konkani' he said and I smiled.

'This is a energy bag...you can eat this until we find a hotel or dhaba...you won't starve for sure...here take it' he said with a smile and went to the van saying...

'You eat a little...I will change my clothes...I will be in the van' he said and I smiled...

I was thankful to God that I met a decent man like him. I was relishing my food while suddenly I heard him shout...

'Stop!!! Don't move' and I turned around and was shocked as I saw him approaching me with a huge stick!!!

He had a serious expression on his face!!!

Is he gonna hit me???

Gosh!!! Don't tell me he's a split personality!!!

I don't wanna die virgin!!!

God save me!!!