Chapter 17
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Mumbai
Sanskaar entered his cabin and saw Swara sitting on his chair and checking some files. Not after many seconds, her eyes met his.
"You are 10 minutes late!" She glared at him.
"What?" he asked confused.
"I am your boss, remember?" she asked.
"Oh, yeah!" he had really almost forgot.
He sat in front of her.
"How many meeting do we have today?" Swara asked indulged in her works.
"Let me ask my P.A" Sanskaar replied.
Swara looked at him. He gazed back after taking out his mobile.
"My P.A also has a P.A?" Swara commented and Sanskaar chuckled at that.
Delhi
Lakshya was working on his laptop when his landline went off. He got to know that his wife has come. He called her in.
"What the hell are you doing here, Ragini?" He yelled as soon as she entered his cabin.
Ragini gave him a disgusted look.
"What's your problem, Lakshya? Why are you shouting?" she asked irked.
His anger grew and he pinned her against the wall.
"Who told you to come here?" he tightened his grip.
"I just came to give you food. What's a big deal?" she said trying to get free of his hold.
"Why the hell?" he left her and yelled.
"Why do you always forget that I am your wife?" she shouteded back.
"If you are wife, then stay at home, take care of the house and cook food. What is the need of coming to my office?"
Ragini got irritated now.
"Listen Lakshya, I am your wife. Not your maid that I would not step out of the house. So stop barking!"
"There's not a difference!" he loud whispered.
Ragini couldn't believe it. Her husband was comparing her with a maid? How frustrating!
"I can't believe it! I would not stay with you a minute more." She turned towards the door.
"Did you forget the deal?" he reminded,
Ragini sighed.
" Fine. I wouldn't leave. But, till the time I am with you, I would make your life hell!" she challenged.
"Same to you, darling!" he accepted the challenge. "Let's see, who makes whose life more difficult!"
Ragini glared at him in anger.
"But Ragini, don't you think, which out a prize, challenge is boring?" he smirked.
"Interesting. If I won, I would leave your house forever and you wouldn't stop me!" she demanded.
"Done!" he replied in an instant. " And if I won, you would give me."
"Give what?" she was confused.
Lakshya came closer and pecked her cheek. Her eyes widened in shock.
"This!" he smiled evilly.
"You..." he stopped her by kissing the other cheek.
She was shocked again and his evil smile stayed on his lips.
"Just come home. I will show you!" she glared.
If eyes could kill, Lakshya would have dies more than 100 times till now.
"Why home? I would start from now." He spoke casually. "You brought food for me, right? Come with me."
He held her hand and took her out of the cabin.
"May I have you attention please!" he spoke and all the staffs turned towards him. "She is my wife, Ragini Lakshya Maheswari. Since, she has come here for the first time; she wants to cook for all of you guys. Please give her a big hand."
Lakshya clapped along with the staffs while Ragini just looked at him.
"How would you cook for so many people at a time?" Lakshya thought looking at her.
"I would do anything to get rid of you." Ragini thought looking at him.
Mumbai
Swara was working on the computer in the cabin and sanskaar was reading some file in front chair.
"Sanskaar.." Swara called and he looked at him. "Just a minute."
He nodded and went towards her. He leans down beside her to get a clear view on the computer. Swara was pointing and saying something to him, but he lost in her the moment her came so close to her. He started admiring her while she spoke to him which was not audible to him. After a while Swara looked towards him and found him gazing at her. She too lost in his eyes. Gradually, Sanskaar came closer and cupped her right cheek and kissed on the left which made both o them close their eyes. But not after many seconds Swara pushed him and stood up.
"How dare you!" she yelled. "I warned you; don't try to get closer to me!"
"Swara I..."
"Shut up, Saskaar!" she shouted more. "Just shut your mouth! It's enough. You would pay for this!"
She left the cabin and he sat on the chair covering his face with his palm.
Sanskaar came home late night. Swara opened the door and asked him to get freshen up. Meanwhile she served food for him. Sanskaar did as directed and sat on the table. He took the first bite and searched for water on the table but he didn't find. He then looked at Swara. She smirked.
"That's not fair." He said after he finished the spoon of curry made up of only chilli.
"Everything is fair in love and war." She said with some attitude.
"Is it love? Or war?" he asked in an innocent tone.
She looked into his eyes. She didn't have an answer for this.
"You eat!" it came more like an order.
"It's really hot Swara, I can't." He pleaded.
"There was time , you were ready to drink poison for me, and today..." she blackmailed emotionally.
Sanskaar didn't thought for a second and took one more bite. It was just a dialogue for her, but for him, she had questioned on his love. Swara tried to control her laugh.
Sanskaar kept eating. Soon his eyes stated watering. Swara started feeling guilty. She ran to kitchen to bring a glass of water. She offered it to him, but sanskaar denied and kept eating.
"Stop it, Sanskaar." She said in a guilt filled tone.
He finished his food.
"Are you crazy? Now have some water." She ordered again.
"I don't need water..." Sanskaar spoke trying to gasp air through mouth. "i need something sweet in this state."
"Sweet..." Swara thought for a moment. "I will bring..."
He kissed her on the cheek and Swara was shocked.
"Nothing can be more sweet than this." He winked and her jaws dropped.
Delhi
Lakshya entered the room and found his night dress kept on the bed. He smiled presuming Ragini has done it. He took it and went inside the washroom. When he came back he found all the bed wet.
"Ragini!" He yelled his lungs out.
"Why are you shouting?" he heard and turned.
Ragini was lying on the couch with a pillow and blanket, putting her fingers in both are ears. She had closed her eyes.
"For heaven sake, what the hell is this?" he yelled again.
"Stop shouting, Lakshya. No one is deaf here." She said casually.
He sighed.
"Why for?" he asked calmly.
"Payback time dear!" she reminded him their challenge.
"Where would I sleep now?" He let out a shaky breath. "You already captured the couch!"
"On the floor."
"What?!?"
"You also have the washroom as a choice!" she said with an evil smile.
"Ragini..." he glared.
"Good night, Lakshya!" she covered herself with the blanket.
It was 2 at night and Lakshya was trying to sleep on floor. He turned and saw Ragini sleeping peacefully on the couch. He admired his sleeping beauty like that for some time, and then went near her. He took her hand in his and sat there.
"I know, Ragini, I shouldn't have talk to you like that in the morning. But you didn't inform me before coming. I don't want to come to office. Not because, I compare with you like a maid, I would never do that. I just don't want to lose you again. I don't know the reason why you did all that, but I really want to live with you. I don't have problem if you come to office, I just don't want you to go anywhere alone. I know my life is going to be very troubling after this, you are going to do more stupid things like this, but i will not get defeated. If you won, then you will leave me, I will not let that happen. You have to stay with me and for that, I would have to trouble you. I am sorry. You had to cook for 100 peoples today. But... I am sorry."
He kissed her knuckles.
6 months back
Ragini, Lakshya and Sanskaar rushes in the hospital with Swara in Sanskaar's arms. They are immediately provided with a stretcher and Sanskaar lays Swara on it. The bullet had hit her.
"Ragini.." someone called and she went there.
"Doctor... what's in my reports?" she asked.
"Why weren't you picking your phone?" the doctor questioned back.
"Doctor, reports?" she asked again.
Sanskaar went near the door of the Emergency Room and started looking at Swara from the round glass view. Swara was being treated by the doctors.
Sanskaar sees this and tears again starts to roll from his eyes.
Doctors come out of the room and remove their mask. All three of them rushed to them.
"How is she...please answer me doctor, how is my Swara.." Sanskaar cried like a kid.
"She is still critical and...we were not able to save her child..." the doctor replied.
The last line came as the biggest shocker to everyone especially to Sanskaar...Sanskaar's eyes grew wide open hearing this and he was about to trip off when suddenly Lakshya handled him.
"She was pregnant?" Sanskaar whispered.
"Yes. She was pregnant from a month." The doctor replied. "We need to rush, we need blood urgently. Is someone from her family present here?"
"Yes, her sister, Ragini." Lakshya replied.
"Great. You can donate blood to your sister." Doctor said.
"I will not donate blood to her." Ragini said in a plain tone and Sankaar and Lakshya looked at her shocked.
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