After a sleepless night, Arnav decided that there was no point in lying around so he decided to go take a shower...a cold shower. With both arms bracing the shower stall, he let the cold water run down his body. He hadn't been able to sleep a wink the whole night knowing she laying right beside him. He had even decided to go sleep in one of the guest rooms to just get away from her as her proximity had totally shaken him up. How could just the view of her naked back make him lose his sleep?

He had definitely seen more skin than that before... much more. A lot of their India bridal wear had dresses that were just held back with strings... sometimes even a single string but that never had his blood pounding in his ears. He could not believe his wife of two days could start driving him insane that fast.

Maybe its just because I haven't been with a girl in awhile... that was a logical answer. He hadn't had a girlfriend in over 4 years and maybe sharing a room with Khushi had reminded him that his testosterone levels were still intact. Actually that was a lie. He had been mesmerized by her the first time he had seen her despite knowing that she was Karan's fianc.

He clearly remembered her sitting in a white summer dress in one of the booths at the restaurant when he had first met her. The way she had looked up at him and smiled, something inside of him had stirred. He had seen pictures of her earlier on Karan's phone and facebook but the way she looked in person was something all together different. She had no trace of makeup on her face except for maybe some lip gloss and her hair was dead straight. No jewellery except for the glittering diamond on her left ring finger. That was the first time in life he had realized that he was almost jealous of Karan.

The way she moved her hands when she spoke, the way she wrinkled her nose when she didn't like something, the way her eyes would dilate when she was shocked by something she had heard... he hadn't missed any of it. After he had walked out of the restaurant, he had felt like a tool for feeling that way. She was his best friend's fianc. That was no way for him to be thinking of her but he didn't know how to control his thoughts. He had went back to that restaurant several times and each time he couldn't help but look back at the booth where he had seen her the first time.

She was beautiful and he had known that all along and how he was going to keep his hands to himself till she was comfortable around him, was beyond him.

Turing the faucet off, he stepped out of the shower feeling a lot better. As he walked out of the bathroom with just a towel wrapped low around his waist, he got dressed to go back to work. Debating on whether he should wake her up and tell her he was leaving or let her sleep, he decided he will just message when he got work. He wasn't sure if he would have been able to concentrate if he went near her first thing in the morning and he definitely needed to catch up on some work.

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Meanwhile Khushi woke up and as she lazily looked over at the clock, it was 11:30am.

"What the!" she screamed and jumped out of bed, frantically looked around. Arnav was missing. It was Monday so he probably went to work. She smiled thinking that he probably didn't wake her up so she could sleep but somewhere she was a little disappointed. She would have liked to at least say bye to him before he left. As she gingerly walked downstairs, she realized no one was home. Making herself some tea, she walked back to her room to grab her phone and noticed the four missed calls plus a message. Two calls were from Anjali di plus two from Arnav. Before calling them back she decided to check her messages and read the one from Arnav first:

'Hey sleepyhead! Wanna go for lunch today? I'll pick you up at 12'

She smiled reading the message and was about to read her message from Anjali di when she noticed the time.

11:42am.

Fudge! She swore and typing a quick 'ok' she ran into the bathroom to get ready. By the time she showered and got ready it was 11:58 and as she ran downstairs when the doorbell rang, she stood huffing and puffing to find him standing there with a smirk on his face.

"Well hello there sleepyhead! I thought you were going to have a competition with Kumbhkaran there" he laughed and walked into the house leaving her standing at the door with her mouth wide open. Before he could go any further, he found himself being turned around by the pull on his arm and she stood there with her hands on her hips giving him a deathly glare.

"I do not sleep like Kumbhkaran! I was just a little tired so decided to sleep in" she replied fully annoyed

"Plus I am jobless in case you forgot. Anyways, do you know where everyone is? Nani and Di weren't home when I got up"

"They just went to Karan's since Di and jeejaji are leaving tonight" he replied and almost wanted to kick himself when he noticed the expressions on her face changing.

"Oh" was all she said before she told him that she was just going to go grab her purse so they could leave.

He walked right behind her into their room and noticed her running around the room trying to get her things together and before she could make a dash into the bathroom, he grabbed her by the wrist and sat her down on the bed.

"Why are you running around like a chicken with its head cutoff"? he asked laughingly and noticed her cheeks turning red.

"I just...never mind... you need to get back too.. I am sorry.. I didn't notice your message earlier otherwise I would have... " and her blabbering trailed off as he put his finger on her lips to stop her.

"I don't need to clock in or out.. I can go whenever and leave whenever..." She heard him say something along those lines however she was hardly paying attention to what he was saying as she was too aware of his finger that was on her lips, which was now slowly moving down towards her chin reminding her of his fingers that had left a burning trail on her back last night.

"... So what do you think?" He asked looking at her dazed expression and he had a feeling she didn't hear anything he said. The blush creeping up on her cheeks confirmed his suspicions and not fully sure why she was blushing since he wasn't even touching her, he decided to pull her leg a little.

"Your blushing" he said it as a statement and she wasn't sure if she was to respond to that and when she didn't, he decided to pull her leg a little more.

"Did you hear what I just said?" he asked seriously.

"Yes" she replied a little nervously knowing he had caught her blushing.

"C'mon it won't hurt" he spoken again, a little too huskily as his face neared hers.

"It won't?" She replied stupidly. His gaze kept shifting from her eyes to her lips as he inched closer.

"A lot of people do it.. It cant be that bad". His nose touched hers lightly and he could feel her breathing get uneven.

"Infact I think it will be fun.. I don't bite I promise" his nose was now tracing her cheek moving towards her ear.

"Bolo khushi.. Haan ya naa?" He asked again as his nose started tracing her cheekbone moving closer towards her ear.

She sat frozen not knowing what to say. He was her husband after all. There was nothing wrong in it. If he wanted to get intimate with her, she shouldn't have a problem with that. Maybe she just hadn't thought that he would expect something from her this soon.

Taking a deep breath, she swallowed the lump that had formed in her throat nervously.

"Jaisa aap thik samjhe" she replied as she looked down at her hands that were slightly starting to shake now.

"Awesome!" and the next thing she realized, he grabbed her purse in one hand and excitedly walked out of the house holding her other hand towards the car.

Why is he walking towards the car, she thought nervously. Oh my god, I don't want my first time to be in a car! Too scared to say anything, she just followed him and fastened her seatbelt when he started driving the car. Glancing over at him, she noticed the smirk playing on his lips and wondered where he was driving to. Did he book a hotel room or something? Why would he book a hotel? What if I had said no? We had the whole house to ourselves so why is he...

Next thing she realized, the car had parked infront of a large glass building and he was walking over to her side. Opening her door, he gestured her to walk out and handed her her purse.

"I don't think it would be very appropriate if somebody saw me carrying a purse around here" he smirked again and pushed the 32nd floor on the elevator.

I don't think this whole thing is very appropriate, she thought dully.

She looked around the place and noticed it wasn't a hotel but rather an office kind of a building. Maybe its a secret place where people go to...

Her train of thought got interrupted again as the elevator doors opened and she stood facing one of the most modern offices she had ever seen in her life. The place was painted in red and white and had the most modern looking furniture and decor. She noticed employees walking around in business attires and while scanning the place nervously, she noticed the big red logo on the white wall that read "AR".

Oh my god! This is his office? He wants to do it in his office? What the fudge!

Ok this was ridiculous. She didn't know what kind of weird things this guy fantasized about but no way was she going to do anything with him in his office. She took a deep breath to calm her nerves down and get her senses back. Turning towards him she was about to tell him to take her back home when she realized he had walked her into a fancy boardroom.

Boardroom? Oh no!

Before her brain could think any further, she noticed people starting to walk in. Once the audience settled in, Arnav spoke up.

"Hi everyone, this is my wife Khushi" and she nerviously smiled looking over all the faces.

"She will be taking over Nancy's position in the office". Nancy's position.. What the hell was that suppose to mean... Oh my god.. Her husband had a woman in the office like that?

Ewww! Disgusting! Absolutely disgusting! And the more digusting part is that everyone knows!

As she looked up, she realized everybody was giving her knowing smiles and she realized she couldn't be anymore mortified. Her husband had a woman in the office to please him and now his wife was going to be taking over that position. What must everybody be thinking of her?

Screw her.. What did everybody think of him?

Before she could open her mouth again to talk to him, she noticed an older looking woman walking towards them with a smile on her face.

"Hello dear.. We finally get to meet! I am Nancy!"

Nancy? Her husband had a thing for older woman? Woman in their 60's??

"I am soo glad you can take over now. Arnav tires me out and I am too old to be doing this". Before she could reply to that, she felt a tug on her hand and noticed Arnav looking at her questiongly.

Giving him a small smile, she turned back to look at everyone.

"So everyone, here is Khushi.. The new Chief Financial Officer and Managing Partner at AR".

As she looked up at him shocked out of her wits and reality kicked in, she realized that this was, hands down, the most embarassing moment of her life. Her face reddened even more realizing that Arnav was talking about her joining his office the whole time, whereas her brain had somehow entered the gutter.

He stood there smirking at her as he realized what she was thinking. He couldn't believe that he was actually able to pull this whole thing off without her realizing or bursting sooner. And he had thought his wife was one of the most brilliant people he had met.

Oh what hormones can do to you, he thought remembering last night.

Leaning closer to her ear he whispered knowingly "So, what did you think I was talking about sweetheart?"

Couldn't the ground just open up and seriously swallow her in?

Hi Guys! So here is Chapter 10. Hope you guys like it. Please comment and let me know what you think.

Have a good weekend!

Pinki