you are my everything

chapter 18

madhura's pov

sunrays in the morning are peaking through the curtains, I woke up to the sound of my alarm, I sat up on the bed and leaned to the headboard lazily while looking at the phone.

Harsha is sitting in the chair on the balcony and reading the newspaper while sipping his favorite bitter black coffee, I wonder what's in that black coffee that is so much he is dying for, he prepares it himself without anyone's help, and what with the newspaper every day cant he read news from the phone like every updated human being, well these are the things I noticed about him being here for a month now.

every day when I woke up, I'll get greeted by this stone-hearted husband from the stone age reading a newspaper while sipping his coffee with his godly attractive face.

" if you are done with the starring, can you move from there?" Harsha said while still reading the newspaper.

dammit, how does he know I am staring at him? I looked another way feeling embarrassed, I want the earth to open and swallow me right now.

I called Amy from where I was, well it's literally shouting. she came running towards our room.

" yes ma'am," she said panting, I felt bad but that's not really important right now.

I straightened my back tilted my head aside and folded my hands and asked " why do I have to move."

well here is the thing we are not talking to each other since that incident at the mall, technically I am not talking.

" watch," Harsha said.

" what," I asked raising my eyebrow.

" you sat on my watch, the one people use to check the time," he said sarcastically.

the nerve of this man, " I know what it is, what it is doing on my side of the bed? ask him, Amy." I said angrily.

poor Amy, looking at me and Harsha helplessly, not knowing what to do.

" ask her, is she being dyslexic or something, cause she is on my side of the bed," he said stressing the words on my side.

I looked around and realized that I am really on his side, and pillows that were kept as a boundary, are on the floor, suddenly my face heated up and I can feel the blush on my cheeks, Amy suppressed her laugh and went out of the room.

I looked at Harsha who has a smirk on his face.

" well that was involuntary, I must have mistakenly rolled onto your side," I said looking down and stressing every word, god why the hell.

" I am ok if it's intentional also," Harsha said while coming towards me.

he bent down to my level I can feel his breath on my face, " can you" he said.

" what," I said perplexed.

" move," he said. I moved hurriedly and he took his watch and went out of the room smiling to himself, while I was flushed.

although he is a little irritating, he is not that bad at all, he never forced me about his marital rights and often seems to care about me, but that doesn't mean what he did at that time was right.

after breakfast, I went to the library inside his house, this guy has a library in his house and it is filled with all kinds of books.

while I was searching for some interesting book, I came across a diary with a photograph printed on it, interesting!

faces on that photograph are not clear it's like they were destroyed intentionally, dairy has some sort of lock without a key u can't open it, but I can't find it.

I started searching for the key hoping to find something interesting in this.

Harsha pov

" you are right, Disha is that mysterious girl who used to meet him during his time in prison," Karthik said.

" even in the previous attempt to kidnap Madhu, she is the one who insisted Madhu come to the mall," he said while gritting his teeth." We don't have enough time, we have to close this once for all," I said thinking.

" yes, I agree," Ajay said, he came yesterday for a business meeting along with Vineet.

" what are we going to do now, so what's the plan, Marco is not some small fish we can directly attack and we don't even know what is the relation between both of them," Vineet said.

" my men are on the connections Marco and he had and I think we can find out soon," Karthik said.

" as for the settlement, I think I have an idea," I said while smirking.

" well, it's time for me to go home, my wife will be waiting for me," I said while looking at the watch and remembering the morning incident, a small smile crept on my face.

" yep, even I have to go, I have a blind date at 8:00 pm," Ajay said poor him, His uncle arranged a date for him to get married more like blackmailed him.

" are you guys teasing me that I don't have a relationship, I wish I had one who can care about me," Vineet said in a dreamy tone.

" darling, is my love not enough for you, is there anything lacking in my care," Karthik suddenly jumped into Vineet's lap.

we are laughing holding our stomachs, " get off me, you i***t, get off me." Vineet screaming, Karthik rounded his hands-on Vineet's neck and leaning closure to him while looking straight into his eyes.

"w...wha...what are you?" Vineet shuttered with a panic-stricken face.

god, this guy.

" "I am going to satisfy you, I am going to give you my ." Karthik is leaning closer to his face, wait is he going kiss him.

thudd, next sec Karthik is on the floor, whining " dude, what the hell are doing?"

" exactly you sick psycho, what the hell are doing?" Vineet asked irritated.

" why? you don't like it, come I will treat you well" Karthik said while sitting on the floor and posing like a seductive model, is he really a doctor?

"just stop, right now," Vineet yelled.

we were laughing like crazy.

madhura's pov

I was exhausted, I searched everywhere for that key, but I can't find it, I went to my room to get some sleep, other than eating and reading this the only thing I can do right now.

while I was in my bed I heard a ringtone, that was not my phone and Harsha never had such a long playful ringtone, it was coming from my bag, I checked my bag it was Disha's phone, she gave it to me to hold it, she must be wondering about it.

I looked at the phone, there is no name of the person and also the number it's a private number, I lifted it up to check if it was Disha, to tell her not to worry.

I answered the call, " hello." a voice came from that side, it's a male voice and seems familiar.

"umm... who is this?" he asked.

" I...am Disha's friend, she forgot her phone here," I said, trying to figure out where I heard his voice.

" oh, ok I am her close friend Ronny," he said, OH MY GOD! I knew I heard his voice somewhere but, what the hell I didn't recognize his voice at all.

" oh my god! Ronny, it's me," I yelled through the phone.

" Sorry, I didn't recognize you, who .... are .. you?" he asked hesitatingly.

" it's me you i***t, madhuuuu." I said excitedly.

"oh my god! Maddy, it's really you, oh my! is it really you," he shouted through the phone.

" Yeah, I never thought I will meet you like this," I said feeling very happy and excited. we used to be best buddies since high school, me Ronny, Disha, and Vivan.

after our schooling, we joined the same university in London, being away from our families and friends, we became closer to each other, Ronny and me are like inseparable those days, we used to have a lot of fun. but after completing our studies I lost contact with him completely.

many times I tried to ask for information about him and Vivan from Disha, she used to divert the topic.

" so, what's happening? i***t after a long time," I asked.

he sighed and replied, "sometimes we have to choose different paths for the sake of the one we love." it seems like it held a deep meaning behind it.

" are you ok?" I asked him.

" yeah I am ok, what about you? how are your life and everything?" he asked me.

god, after a long time I met him, I wanted to tell you every single detail of my life, but now I don't want to you worried about me.

I told him I got married and living in London with my husband, at first he was surprised and shocked to know I am married and felt sad about not having in touch with me. we spoke about a lot of things, how we used to bunk classes, how we used to party, and used make fun of our professors, we laughed like crazy people reminiscing those days.

people always love those days which are passed, because they don't have to deal with them anymore, after talking for hours, I felt content and peace.

when I cut the call and laughing to myself, I felt someone is staring at me, to my left I saw Harsha standing there and staring at me intently, " looks like someone is in a really good mood." he said.

" yes," I said curtly.

" may, I know the reason wifey," he said in a sarcastic tone.

the nerve of this man, oh he thinks he can win over me, sure thing you want a wife out of me, then you got it.

I looked at him, intently, went closer to him, the smirk on his face changed to shock, I went too close to him and put my hand in his shoulder, damn he is so tall, with a seductive smirk, I traced my finger in his face, " do you really want to know the reason of my happiness, husband." I whispered in his ears.

he was in shock, more like stuck in time, he stood there like a statue looking at me, I laughed looking at him. he got angry and left.

It's been a week since I started to talk with Ronny, days are getting peaceful, while my relationship with Harsha is also getting better, he is not that moody nowadays, and sometimes trying to think from my perspective, well trying.

everything here seems to be good but I still felt like a prisoner in here, so I decided to work. yeah, I know, Harsha won't agree to this and he will be a jerk again, but hello! arguing with him is fun, when you see his face all red and flaring nose, like a child he will become all moody and upset but still shows concern about me, that's cute.

currently, we were at the dining table, eating our breakfast in silence, well even I find arguing with him is a kinda cute thing, seriously Madhu cute. well, his temper is scary.

so scary you can't imagine being on that side. while eating my breakfast, I am interpreting his mood right now, to check my luck, I don't want my funeral now, just because of a stupid job.

" speak," he said while eating his toast and checking his phone.

"uh.. what?" I asked.

" you have something to say, you are looking at me since we started eating," he stated.

" uh.. well, the thing is that... i .." I was cut off.

" you what?" he said in an extremely no-nonsense tone.

this is it, I am going to ask him now, there is no need to get afraid, it's just a job.

"I want to work," I said looking at him in the eye.

I know he is going to say no and all so I am ready to get into a fight.

"oh, ok," he said.

" you what?" I asked.

" you can work, but there will be some conditions you have to follow." I knew it, I knew when he said ok, how come a man like him accept something I said so easily.

" what are those?" I asked annoyingly.

" you are going inform me about your location, and our bodyguards will be watching over you every time you are outside of the home," he said.

" that's it?" I asked, well that's not a lot to do.

"Yeah," he said while sipping his coffee, god how much caffeine he is going to take in a day.

I was excited, he didn't object me from working, " so I can work now, I mean I can go out now right?" I asked without masking my excitement.

" yes, that's what I said," he said.

" thank you, thank you very much," I said and went to him, and unknowingly I kissed his cheek.

he stood stiff and also me.

"i.....i..... will go now... have to apply for companies," I shuttered and ran away from there.