My eyes were on arjun since the time I came to party... He should have been mine... Why did his parents tie him up-to that good for nothing town girl?

As soon as she came down the stairs, I could sense his deviation of attention towards her. He used to be with me in these kind of events, till the end... But now he is latching himself upon her.

Why why?

What's soo good in her that he is avoiding me?

It's been a more than a month that he completely ignored me..

He is holding on to her waist securely showing her off like a fucking trophy to everyone! That should be me!

Where does this girl even stand in front of me?

My eyes were blazing with fire but I did cover them up before anyone could sense it.

As I work in my father's business, I had to take opportunity of this gathering as everyone does but I couldn't get my eyes of those 3 people.

I saw her leaving him and I went to him... I don't want anyone beside him other than me... I held on to his arm and he looked pissed off for a moment and formally asked me to leave...

That was a big humiliation to me!

He literally used ME before to throw lakshmi off and now he is pushing me away?! Did he think that I'm brainless to not to see what's happening around?

'Not at all good Mr.Arjun Singh Rajput, no one uses Kaira!'

I yelled in my mind gritting my teeth with embarrassment...

" what happened Kaira?

Are you feeling bad ?

Do you need a drink? " I heard from behind me and I looked over to see Vihaan...

" why do you care?

You never liked me from before " I stated disinterested in having a conversation with him.. I very well know his motives that could never be good...

" oh

U look all red with anger...

Don't hide it Kaira

Enemies of enemies are friends

Don't you think so? " he said giving a sly smile... This guy is a wicked fox but now I have to accompany him to get what I want... I thought looking at arjun through my peripheral...

Not so soon Arjun.

It's been a week since the event and my back hurts very much...

That's what my mother use to always warn me

' don't overdo stuff ' but I always do that... How can I even be lakshmi if I don't overdo anything....

" aaaa...uuuuuu " baby screamed in my ear and I shut his mouth...

Sometimes he can be soo irritating.. Why can't he understand that his mumma is not well..

Well he is still a child...

Yah yah..

I left the kitchen in middle of cooking and went to hall room. Rahul bhaiya has send a crib for the baby and I'm very thankful to him...atleast he cares.

I came back to kitchen and started working on preparing dinner.

I felt hands creeping on my waist and I jumped holding the kitchen slab ! . Arjun kept his head on my shoulder and I was petrified by his action... Why is he too close to me?

I mean why is he acting like this...

Is he bipolar? But this ain't right! His eyes seemed to be softer... I've never seen him like that....

" are you drunk? " I asked as that could be the only reason for this action... He nodded a 'no' on my shoulder. Should I tell him to leave me or not? Would it sound weird if I tell him? Wait... If I did , then it might hurt his mountain sized ego and might do something which I wouldn't like later... It's better to cooperate now and then later hide from him...

I felt his large calloused hands moving slowly on my bare waist underneath my saree. What has got into this fellow? Behaving like a fucking sloth..

" what are you cooking? " he asked with his hoarse voice ,his beard prickled my shoulder and I was shocked till the core of earth! Did he really me ask normally? I mean in a normal human like?!

" dal with rice, papad and dhardojanam " I said trying to hide the shivers in my voice... But I guess I badly failed as I croaked like a frog in the end...

" I like the curd rice you prepare " he said and I stood still with unknown sensations warming up in my body...

" th-thankyou " I stuttered and I mentally face palmed...

He left me and I felt the loss of heat...

Yah beacuse he is a Godzilla, bigger in size...

I bit my lip in frustration as unknown thoughts are running through my brain...

I set up the table and he sat. I was about to arrange the plate for him but he held my hand and made me sit beside him on the chair. I looked at him perplexed at his actions..

" eat along with me " he said and I nodded, not wanting to have any more conversation. I set his plate and then mine... I ate silently pushing back all the thoughts and doubts that are slowly making their way into my brain.....

After I was done, I looked beside to see him almost done with his dinner. As soon as he got up and moved out, I cleaned the table .

I went back to the hall and fed baby with milk, while sitting on the couch.

I felt shifting of the couch beside me and I turned to look, it was none other than my weird husband. He kept his hand behind me on the sofa...

Something is surely wrong with him..

I can feel his gaze on me and i tried to ignore... Keyword - tried *

Warmth was radiating from his body.

I kept mum all the time until the baby was done and then I got up from there. I went up the stairs leaving him behind. It's better to have 'ignoring' Arjun than the 'caring' one... It really dosen't suit his nature...

I changed into comfortable clothes and then went back to my baby who was quitely staring at the walls...

Wait

WAIT!

I KNOW THAT LOOK!

HE IS NOT GONNA SLEEP AND NOT LET ME SLEEP!!

oh my god! What wrong have I done god!? Wasn't my back ache enough to punish me?! Show me lil sympathy!

I'm 19 for god's sake!

He started giggling and I looked at him with a defeated look... 'He is enough for this life. I won't have children anymore'... I said looking at the baby dead panned...

He played with ducks, frogs and my brain... After an hour he slept taking away my sleep with him...

" my lord!

I accuse Mr.rasgulla for taking away the sleep of a hard working home maker! " I said out pointing at my son.

" oh then what punishment would you want us to give Ms. Lakshmi" I mimicked like a high court judge...

" are you even a human!!!?

How can you even think of punish a little baby!?

By the way

He is great lakshmi's son

Mind it ( in Tamil style) " I said and laughed... Within seconds it changed into cries because of this back pain.

I heard noises of baby and I came to their room to see them playing. All the time I was standing outside and the baby slept. I was about to go back to my room but I stopped as soon as I heard lakshmi's ranting... I laughed, though it wasn't that funny but her expressions were very funny.

She groaned lying on the bed and I looked at her face to have a trail of dried tears... Wait..Why is she crying?

I saw her holding her back and she started rubbing on her back... I remember that I saw her from past few days holding on to her waist...

Does she have back pain?

She rolled into a boll on her bed and then unrolled... I went back to my room and bought a relieving spray.

She looked taken back for a second after seeing me near her bed. I stood there for a few seconds and then sat beside her. She was about to get off the bed, but I pushed her down on to the bed and made her sleep flat on her stomach.

I lifted her top up and started massaging slowly. I've never done this before.. Hope this is right and could help her to certain extent.

She moaned softly and I felt all the blood rush down... Wait... No... I shouldn't be thinking of this... After some time, I sprayed on her back and she relaxed more. I massaged her shoulders a little later and by the time I was tired, she was asleep...

I layed beside her and her face was facing me... I pushed her braid to the other side and looked at her...

Why am I doing this?

I don't know... I could see her taking care of me from day 1 and she didn't neglect her responsibilities saying that 'this is what a wife has to do'...

Though she didn't say it vocally, but she portrayed it in her actions...

Even though I have punished her for something which is not her fault but I couldn't get to ask her for forgiveness because I never do ask. My ego wouldn't let me... Even if it did.. This Arjun Singh Rajput would never bow infront of anyone...

But I did feel hurt at my actions towards this little girl .

So in compensation I'm going to do what she asked me for.. A chance for the bond between us... All she ever asked was for only friendship...

It's nothing that I couldn't give but she asked me for trust which is worth more than anything to me, I hope that she wouldn't break it because this Arjun Singh Rajput never trusts his own shadow....but now giving a little bit of trust to this little girl who is his wife....

The wind blew by making her strands move softly on her chubby cheeks... She cutely scrunched her nose and it stirred a part of me... I pushed those strands behind her ear and the sleep took over me seeing her face before the darkness took over....

The binging of my phone got me out of my sleep and I looked around the room, it's lakshmi's room...

I guess I slept here for the night.

I looked at her and she was sleeping in the same position since night and there was drool...no comments because I understood that my little wife has an incurable drooling habit.

I went back to my room and changed into gym wear.

After an hour of gym, I came back to room and looked around the floor...

I heard the sounds of her anklets and there she came dressed up beautifully in a saree holding baby in her arms.

" ji,

Get ready fast

There is Maha lakshmi pooja " she said and left... I nodded my head to no one and then left to my room. I wore a plain white shirt and black pant.

I went to the pooja room

Every step I took towards the room, felt heavy at heart... I never thought that I would ever step there ever again... Then what is making me go there?.... Because u want to move on...

How can I?....

Unknowingly I have reached the room which was cleaned up... I looked down before taking another step inside the mandir...

" come fast ji !

Sit down! " she yelled making me step inside the mandir.

I gulped and sat beside her... She started chanting mantras and then made baby put his hands in a namasthe. She looked at me and then asked me to do namasthe like them with her eyes... My hands automatically formed a namasthe and I looked infront to see god...

She made ladu, pulihora and gulab jamun as offering for the god. She kept the kumkum to the baby and then to me, and then to herself along with turmeric paste and to her mangalsutra.

She prayed for one last time and then stood up. The room smelled divine with the lighten up diyas... She put Pulihora in my hand for Prasad...

She went outside the room and I followed behind her.... Still in my thoughts that are lingering around all the while... I felt something soft under my foot and I looked down to see her saree... She was about to fall and I held on to her from around her shoulders making sure that baby is also around my grip...

" oye! Can't you see and walk?!

I would have fell front on my face! " she said still in the trauma of 'what would have happened if she would have fell'...

She huffed in frustration and left as I didn't give her any response...

Why is she being moody today?

I sat in the dining hall and she set the table. She served me and sat beside me having her food on one side and feeding baby on the other side...

I felt a pinch in my heart, looking at her... I hope it's right to give her a chance.. A small chance... She wouldn't be like her...

" you are well verse with poojas and festivals " I said trying to make a conversation with her...

" nope, to be frank, I don't know any festival days " she said feeding the baby...

" but you did today " I said, trying to prolong the conversation and she smiled sheepishly... I was amazed for a second... Wait... Why am I amazed?

" that...

There was this aunties group in which my added me and they sent early morning wishes....

So that's how I came to know " she said almost trying to cover up her embarrassing blush that she couldn't anymore.... I smiled seeing her cute expressions....

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

A week has passed by in blur with me trying to advance in a bond with her..

Trying to make atleast a thread in between us but she held up her walls high. I sighed and wore my shoes...

I need to go to my office for finalising the deal and the deal will be signed tomorrow.

I was about to leave when I saw her entering into the hall from kitchen with baby. She looked at my attire for few seconds and then stood infront of me.

" going somewhere? " I nodded my head in a yes...

" you know it's not safe " she said again as if telling to her self...

" come back soon " as soon as those words left her mouth, I felt an unknown feeling seeping through my body... Those few words had spread warmthness through my heart... Maybe beacause I had no one until now who asked me to come back soon or maybe because she is saying it....

I kissed on her head and left without seeing her expressions.

" is she safe? " person asked with care and fear for a person whom she loves dearly...

" yes she is, I'm there to take care of everything.... Don't worry " said the person on the other side of the call...

" protect her well " said the first person and cut the call....

~ Her safety is the only thing which matters ~