Married To A Stranger

Sreesha Pov:

“Bye wifey. Have a good day and miss me” Karthik said stealing a kiss on my cheek when it is time to leave for office.

“Bye. Don’t forget to have lunch on time, it’s your favorite dish today” I mumbled smiling.

“Really? Then why wait for lunchtime? I’ll finish it beforehand, because that Nihal will steal my lunch box and eat all by himself saying that he became addicted to your cooking. You know, he became a regular visitor at lunchtime just to taste the food you cooked” he mumbled frowning.

“You’re kidding right?” I asked him surprised by his behavior. These two guys are such kids. And Nihal is the male edition of Anju as far as I know him through Karthik childhood stories.

“Nope,” he said stealing another kiss on my other cheek. The kissing became his daily routine for him. He will give me a kiss when he was going for a jog. And then after coming back from a jog. Before he leaves for the office, after coming home, while cooking, dusting our home… whatever I was doing, he would just sneak behind me to steal a kiss and leave like he didn’t do anything with an innocent look on his face.

But he never crosses the limit and kiss on my lips or touches me inappropriately.

He’s such a gentleman!

“You could’ve told me before, then I would’ve packed food for him too” I mumbled.

“Nah. Do you mind if I invite Nihal and Anvika for lunch this Saturday?” He asked me, looking at his watch.

“Saturday?” I frowned.

“Do you have any plans on Saturday?” He asked disappointed.

“Umm it’s just that I’ve to meet a friend,” I said smirking thinking about Anju’s already failed prank.

“A friend? Then why are you smirking? I can tell it’s not good, so care to tell me who’s this friend of yours?” He said a little annoyed.

“It’s just Anju playing a stalker game with me. Messaging me like a creepy dude and asked me to meet her on Saturday. Her pranks were perfect each time but this time it was so lousy, I wouldn’t let her win this time” I explained smiling.

His face turned pale and he was stunned. I shook him a little and asked him what happened.

“From when you’re getting these messages?” He asked gripping his mobile phone tightly.

“The day after the party. Why? Is something wrong?” I asked. Worry and anger were evident in his eyes. He was trying hard to act cool. I want to question him further but then I remember my mother saying.

“Don’t ever question or backtalk to your in-laws or your husband.”

I couldn’t help but feel insecure again. The moment Julie entered our lives was the day my insecurities resurfaced and started messing with my brain. It’s been 5 days since she arrived here, I caught both of them talking about something serious but the moment I join them they would change the topic and make some lame jokes. Do they think I’m that naive? I’ve to make sure if her story was true. I want to… no, need to know her past and her business here with Karthik, my husband. I’ve to talk to mom before I plan to ask her.Belongs to (N)ôvel/Drama.Org.

what if she’s his ex or something? But she’s not acting like one! She acts like a cheerful girl when I’m around and turns serious the moment I step aside. When we went out shopping all she would do was glare at each and every person who tried to talk to me or she’d just scrutinize them under her hard gaze. She is literally creeping me out.

“Ahh it’s nothing Sree, give me the number so I could ask Nihal to annoy her,” he said little hesitant.

Nihal is the best rival for her. Heard from mom that his pranks never fail… like never!

“Are you trying to prank her as well? Then I’m in.” I said beaming, giving him the number.

“Yeah” he muttered something under his breath.

“Okay. I really need to leave now. Be careful with strangers and don’t go anywhere without Julie” he said… no ordered me.

What happened to him all of a sudden?

As if Julie can protect me if I’m in danger. I huffed mentally.

“Okay,” I whispered. He nodded and left stealing a kiss on my cheek… again, but this time a little too close to lips. It became his daily routine from the day he confessed that he liked me. A goofy grin appeared on my face whenever I remembered our almost kiss in the kitchen.

I’m scared of the feelings that were growing every day. I’m scared to think about love. Scared to give him my heart. What if he breaks my heart? I’m Scared to tell him the truth about my life. What if he thinks that I was not worth his time and leave me just like my parents get rid of me after my marriage? what if he knows I was not a virgin? Will he hurt me for not waiting for him? What if he turned out to be just like my father?

I shouldn’t allow myself to fall in love, it is too risky if I put my feelings before me. It’s better this way because when he realizes I was not worth his care and affection; he would definitely leave me and would marry some other girl who is worthy to be his wife. I was just a nobody in his world. Like Mrs. Sharma said I was just a low-class girl who married a billionaire by luck.

I sighed when Julie entered from the back door as usual and started her banter about the latest brands and cosmetics.

Karthik Pov:

I was stunned when Sreesha said about those creepy messages. I was 99. 99% sure that they were not from her friend Anju. I need to talk to Tej and the others. Most importantly Anju.

I called Tej and asked him to bring Anju and ask my uncle if he wants to join us too. He needs to know everything about this issue. I called Dad and asked him to meet me in my cabin. I was enraged when she mentioned those messages, I wouldn’t think twice to kill who try to think about harming her.

Tej was here earlier than everyone and said uncle will be here soon as he was in an important meeting. And Anju will be a bit late.

Tej took uncle’s offer and joined his company and has been working hard. There was a knock on my door. After a second a very enraged Anju entered my cabin. I glanced at Tej who was frowning too.

“What happened Anju di? Does something happen on the way here?” Tej asked her, looking concerned.

“Who the hell is that monkey there Tej? He annoyed the hell out of me. I want to kill him and throw his body into the ocean where the fishes eat his body. No wait… they will die if they eat his body, who knows he might have a lot of STD’s. Ewe” she said scowling at the door.

I really pity the guy who tried to mess with her. She was nothing like my Sreesha. Sreesha was sweet, gentle and sensitive where Anju was more like tomboyish, outgoing and can be scary who dare to mess with her.

“Who is he, di? Do you know him? Tell me his details and I would like to accompany you with the whole killing plan” Tej said half serious, half amused.

“I don’t know Tej, he was just following me everywhere from the moment I entered this office. You really need to hire someone else if he is your employee Karthik. How dare him to stop the elevator and ask me to let him kiss me? Just like that? Does he think that I was an easy lay or something?” she began ranting about what happened in the elevator.

“You let him go after he asked you a kiss?” I asked her even though I know she wouldn’t have left him without any harm done.

“I just kicked him where the sun doesn’t shine,” she said shrugging like it was nothing where Tej and I winced. No one deserves to be kicked there.

“I’m going to kill her the moment I saw her again” a familiar voice disturbed our conversation.

“You,” said two voices at a time.

“What the hell is she doing here?”

“What the hell is he doing here?”

Were there questions. I put two and two together and glanced at Tej he seems to be doing the same. We looked at each other and burst into fits of laughter. They both glared at us while we laugh more.

Let’s say Nihal deserve more than one kick.