Chapter 28

Shraddha Kapoor

"What?"

"I said I'm ending our contract" I repeat.

"I heard you first time. But you can't just end your contract, okay" Varun exults.

"Says who?" I cross my arms.

He opens his mouth but shuts it again on second thought.

"What is wrong with you? Are you suffering from bipolar disorder or something, because last time I checked you were having time of your life" he starts pacing before me back and forth like an angry lion in den.

"Why are you girls so unpredictable every damn time? At one moment you're chirping excitedly like a jolly birdy and the very next moment...boom! you are sulking like grimy octopus. Why it is so difficult to figure out that mesh of wires inside girl's brain? We men can solve toughest math problems, build complicated spaceships, plough underground to discover hidden gems..but one thing that has baffled men since cavehood is....what does a woman want!" He spreads his arms dramatically finishing his monologue expecting a 'cut' from me maybe?

"Are you done?" I ask instead sharply. 

"No, I'm not" he snaps but his tongue has rolled inside mouth as he just stands there breathing furiously for quite long before fuming out "Now I am"

"Good" I stop myself from adding 'performance'.

"Sorry for the outburst" his shoulders drop  "I got carried away" he says calmly.

"It's okay" Your whole life will be carried away since you've decided to step back into Sonam's hurricane.

"But you caught me off guard" he accuses with a sheepish adorable smile that triggers the indecisiveness inside me.

Varun Dhawan

She sighs deeply looking down at her hands placed on her lap, and for the first time I note the puffiness around her eyes. Has she been crying since morning? Did the sandwich taste that bad? Because honestly I can't think of any better reason that might spoil her mood.

She rises up from couch and saunters inside bedroom. Before I could follow her, she steps out dragging her suitcase with her. Oh God! Not again.

Without another word or without even looking at me she begins to walk towards front door.

"Where do you think you are going?" I get hold of her bag.

"I'm not living with you any longer" she tugs at the other end of bag.

"You won't get a return ticket" I pull it back inside.

"I didn't say I'm flying back. I said I'm not living with you any longer" she tries to push the bag out but I've firm hold of it.

"You can't live in hotel alone"  Temper is rising inside my temples.

"You have no right to tell me that"

"I do have"

"If you are thinking about contract then I told you, I'm already ending it" she turns her back to me.

Fuck the contract.  I want to scream right now.

"And I have already told you, you can't do that. It was clearly stated in contract that you will stay with me whenever I travel. If you leave now you'll breach the contract and I can sue you for the same..." I recall what Karan said to me in hospital "Legally" I emphasise with force.

She spins around, her eyes going wide in disbelief. The disbelief turns into hurt, betrayal, hatred in that order. She should know me better than to think I'll actually do it and not because it will gain me unwanted publicity.

"Look, as it is we are flying back day after tomorrow. Its just one more day. Just go with it for one day, okay?" I plead. It's amazing how she is always threatening to leave me as we are about to shift cities and how I'm always begging her to stay for little longer.

She drops hold of her bag and slouches back to, what appears to be her favourite place in this apartment, couch.

I carry her bag back inside bedroom.

I'm so done with girls threatening me all the time. Sonam is blackmailing me quite literally and Shraddha always does it emotionally. I want to find one such girl on this earth who hasn't exploited their gifted superpowers on innocent species called 'guys'.

"I'm ordering a take out..do you prefer Chinese or pizza?" I ask holding out my phone as I'm sure she hasn't cooked or eaten anything thanks to her dampen mood.

"Shraddha?" I motion towards the phone in my hand.

"Solitude. I prefer solitude" she flares her nostrils and I smile inside.

"Pizza it is" I decide for both of us.

Shraddha Kapoor

I don't believe I made him change my mind again, I'm so useless when it comes to him.

Even though he intimidated with legal action, I know he won't take it. It's not even legal contract to begin with. It's some terms we both have mutually agreed to make this work, which now appears more like his monopoly.

He slumps on couch next to me and I slide to farthest edge of seat leaving some gap between us. 

I could see him smirking from corner of my eye. He bends his torso closing the gap and I move backwards when his upper body falls on me. I struggle to get him off me but he pushes his weight further on my thighs which is tickling me.

"Varun what are you doing? Get off! What do you want?" I control the butterflies doing bhangda dance in my stomach. 

He reaches out for tv remote kept on sidetable which was easily accessible to me. He gives a toothy smile shaking the remote controller in front of my face.

"Jerk" I roll my eyes.

"Jerk?" He is startled like I'm the first person to call him that.

"Last night you had slightly different opinion of me" he winks and I look away to dump the topic.

"You were all gaga over my good looks" he insist on continuing.

"'Oh Varun you are so sexy! Why are you sooo hawwttt!!'" He squeals in girly tone.

"Oh please" I rebuff  "only in your fantasies" but oddly my cheeks have started to heat up.

"You seriously don't remember what you did last night?" He asks heaving up a brow with a cheeky smile on his face.

Oh dear lord! What did I do last night?

"I know I did nothing..laast..night " I begin to lose control of my voice.

"Shraddha..tcchh" he shakes his head disappointedly "How can you forget? It was best night of my life! I never thought you would be so forthcoming and demanding"

I shouldn't believe whatever he is saying but those little notes left this morning and that breakfast on table..that sums up to 'I've-screwed-you-now-I'm-making it-up-to-you'.

"You were like wild sassy cat left on loose, eager to go on your knees begging me to take you on ride"

What! It can't be me.

"Your hands were all over me in the cab. You didn't even wanted to wait till we got back to the apartment"

My mouth falls apart in gasp. I'm not sure what's more bewildering, his use of frank words or accusation in those frank words.

"Why should I believe you?" I quiver.

"You don't need to believe me baby, but let me tell you, it was on this spot" he taps besides him "I thumped you right here on this couch"

I bolt up from my place "You are such a liar!" I shout but I've lost rest of my power of speech.

"'Oh! Varun!...yeah...oh yeah..right there..oh..ahh..you are so good with your tongue" he wiggles out his tongue like serpent.

"Umm..ahh!..oh God! oh! Ooh!..I'm coming..!" he moans funnily but it is awkwardly turning me on.

"Stop it" I cover my ears but my eyes suffer the explicit image in front of me.

"Yes! Yes! Yes! Oh Goooddd!" He groans on top of his voice thrusting his hips invisibly in air.

"Varun stop it or I'll will kill you!" I reach for his throat but he is faster than me as he grabs my both hands drawing them behind his back wrapping my arms around his heavy built body.

He pulls me closer as I land on him. His warm breath on my face, my face on his chest. My breathing going steadily irregular. Our heart racing in unison.

"Leave me" I lift my face, my lips graze the collar of his shirt and I want dig my face back deeper inside it.

I try to twist my wrist from his grasp but he locks them even more forcefully. I wince and do terrible mistake of gazing up in his eyes.

Those eyes are blazing with passion and those lips are rapidly approaching mine. My lips automatically part in response.

But before they could meet there is knock on door and I'm back into my senses making me realise his passion is not exclusively reserved for me.

"Someone's at door...let me go" I say quietly.

"You have asked me never to let you go" he whispers.

He nuzzles his nose on my chin, his lips blowing softly on the nape sending a shiver down my spine.

I have to stop him, I moan under his tease.

"You are breaching the contract" I twirl my wrist to free them "you can not touch me in private..or I can sue you too" I say firmly and he drops my hands instantly. Before I can read his face, he diverts it to now fierce pounding on door.

He literally pushes me off him as he gets up on his feet.

As he is about to answer the door, he stops and swirls to look at me. His eyes are still blazing but not ardently anymore.

I have never seen him so angry or pissed off at me before. And I thank the pizza boy for saving me from scathing under his ire .

The night is still young and I fear to have aroused the wrath of a dragon.

I should have sticked to my plan of staying in hotel, I gulp down nervously.

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