My eyes fluttered open as I heard a thunderstorm, making me flinch at its intensity.

Feeling cold I tried to search for the comforter, taking the comforter which was near my legs. I covered myself as a thunderstorm hit again making me flinch. I turned to the other side of the bed and that's when it hit me.

What am I doing here? On bed?

I clearly remember losing my consciousness on the floor, then how did I end up here?

Did someone carry me here?

As far as I remember no one is allowed to enter this chamber, then who?

Wait!!, did he?

No, that is not possible! Right? Or did he.

“Obviously he did carry you to bed,what do you think that you flyed to here by yourself in your sleep?” my subconscious mocked me and I sighed at the thought.

“ But I closed the door?” I said and looked at the door which is unlocked now, i shook my head not wanting to work my brain too much. It's already filled with a lot of mess

“What's the time now?” I thought and looked around for my phone and found it on the other side of the bed. I switched on the device and my eyes bulged out of their sockets as I saw the time. Shit!... Shit! It's too late.

It's night now, I literally slept like a log.

A long tiring sign left my mouth and I tried to get out of the bed only to wince in pain. My body hurts. “Ahh..hh” I winced as a nerve picked in my leg.

Why did I even sleep in that uncomfortable position?

My body hurts a lot bro. Gathering some strength, I went inside the washroom to take a hot, relaxing bath. And my muscles instantly relaxed as the hot water touched my skin making me moan in satisfaction.

I took my body wash and rubbed it all over my body making sure not to leave a spot and at last I rinsed it. Finally after a long relaxing bath, I came out of the washroom and went inside the closet and changed into my anarkali suit.

Yes, anarkali on a rainy night. Sounds exciting right?

Oh I forgot, you people don't know that I have a fantasy and that is to dance in the rain at midnight,when everyone is asleep. I giggled at my thoughts and came out of the closet only to bumped into a hard yet soft surface and instantly my eyes clashed with a pair of dark green eyes, which were looking at me intensely, there were many emotions running in those eyes which were far away from my understanding.

Suddenly my body started to feel hot against his, blood rushed to my cheeks as he circled his hands around my waist, making me numb in my place. My breath halted as he leaned closer and kept his head on my shoulder, nuzzling his head in my hair,hugging me tight.

What is he doing?

“Hugging you idiot!” My subconscious said, making me roll my eyes at it.

I know he is hugging me. But why?

Doesn't he hate me?.

Doesn't he marry me to save his family's reputation?.

He doesn't accept me as his wife?

He didn't consider me as a human in the last 2 years when I was working in his office, he didn't even look at me like I am allergic to him, like I was invisible to him. Then what changed after this marriage, that he is hugging me now?

How can a person change in the span of hours?

In the morning he said that ‘I was just a replacement for him’ then what changed that he is hugging me like his life depends on me?

What changed that he is holding me this tight, like if he leaves me, i will disappear into the thin air?

Is he bipolar? His words are saying something but his actions are saying something else.

I can't understand this man. I can never will.

I can feel his raging heartbeat calming as he tightens his hold on me. My soft clothed chest was rubbing his hard clothed one making goosebumps crawl on my body. His warmth was something making me stick to him as I absentmindedly circled my hands around his waist.

All of sudden I felt my body going rigid as he uttered “i waited years for this, "I felt his head arising from my shoulder only to press an open mouthed light kiss on my shoulder making my toes curl. I can feel wetness between my legs, as he continued to trail kisses on my shoulder to neck.

Oh god, this man needs to stop, whatever he is doing? Or else I will lose my sanity, maybe my virginity too.

What the hell did I just say? Never in my life I get aroused with just a kiss shit!. But i never felt this way with piyush before then what is special with him.

I winced as he bite on my neck making me go crazy “ Ahh…hh” i felt him sucking on the same spot where he just bite and honestly it smoothen the pain and an unwanted moan escaped my throat making my eyes widened at myself and i felt weakness in my legs at his sweet yet dangerous torcher. My heart beat fasten, as he broke our hug and looked at my face. His eyes softened as he gazed into my honey brown eyes making my heart beat faster than it should beat.

What the hell is happening to me?

And why is he looking at me like that?

Why the hell my heart is beating faster and why these eyes always felt familiar to me and today they felt way too familiar why?

I never dared to look into his eyes at first when I started to work at Raghuvanshi and sons but one day to my bad luck I made a mistake and that day for the first time I looked into his eyes and my world stopped looking at those beautiful green eyes. After that he never looked at me alone to see me. But those green eyes always felt similar to me as if I already saw them somewhere years ago but where? I didn't know.

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I cleared my throat and took a step back from him and looked away, breaking our eye contact. My cheeks still felt hot and I wonder if he saw me blushing or not because it's impossible not to see my red cheeks which are way too coloured in scarlet.

I tried to escape from him as i tried to walk out of the room but looks like luck is not on my side today. Ashrit sir held my wrist and pulled me closer, making me fall on his hard chest.

“a-aap ye kya kar-r rahe hai” I stuttered as I asked him. Instead of replying he asked me making numb“ Why did you cried?” His voice was sharp, husky filled with emotion. His question made me drift back into the morning incident —the betrayal of Piyush and Misha and his words, my jaw clenched and I shook my hands making him lose his hold on me and I stormed inside the closet to take my ghunghroo without caring to answer his question.

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I came to the back side of the palace and opened the big gate, which felt very heavy. I opened the gate and I stretched my hand out in the rain, the cold droplets fell directly on my hand making a shiver ran down my body and I giggled at myself, as I stepped into the garden making myself drenched in rain. I scrunched down to tie my ghunghroo around my both ankles. After tying them I stood up and took my dupatta and tied it around my waist. I took a long deep breath as I started to dance in the rain, losing myself in the dance and rain.

After almost fifty rounds, I stopped as I felt a soft yet hard hand down my feet and I instantly pulled back my leg to see the person and to my surprise it was Ashrit sir. I looked down at his hand and a gasp left my throat as i looked at his hand, where blood was flowing from his palm, I scrunched down and looked at his hand and instantly Untied my dupatta and I tore it with the help of my teeth and i tied it around his already bandaged hand.

“How did this happen? Maybe because of me?” I asked as my eyes widened with tears. He shook his head “this is not because of you,ok. I just saved you from those.” he said and I thinned my eyebrows at him “ saving me?” I asked and he nodded pointing towards the grass, and I looked at the grass and found none. a frown made its way to my forehead as i looked at him not understanding, Ashrit sir pulled out his phone out and on the flashlight making the light fall on the grass. And That's when I saw the gray coloured big steel needle inserted inside the grass and my eyes widened as I looked at them and then my head snapped at the place where I saw Ashrit sir's hand and to my horror there were needles below his hand.

He saved me from those needles, he kept his hand there before my feet touched them, tears gathered in my eyes and my lips wobbled as a cry left my throat. I threw my hands around his neck and I started to cry my heart out in his embrace as he circled his hands around me. I didn't know why i'm crying. I don't know it because he saved me and got hurt or the pain in my heart which was awakened by his act.

God,that's what I needed — a shoulder to cry on, the pain I was holding in my heart left me through my tears mixing with the rain.

My sister's hatred, my marriage with Ashrit sir, my mother law's words, Ashrit's words and piyush's betrayal everything, I left it out as my cries grew bigger every second. Ashrit rubbed my back to comfort me and I know he has too many questions just like me .

I Pulled back and looked at him, whose face was drowning in worry “why did you save me?” he raised his eyebrows, his face wet, and water droplets falling from his face and beard as he said “ is that a question wife? Then hear, I will save you from everyone and everything, even if it means risking my life and I don't want you to ask me any questions about that” a lump formed in my throat as I heard his words and my heart fluttered totally opposite to the situation we are in and I nodded my head.

My gaze again drifted back to the gass and I asked him “ why are these needles inserted here?” He looked at them and then at me and said “ these are for safety purposes and this place is restricted for everyone,wife. And you entered here without my permission, this your first time so I am forgiving you and don't repeat this mistake again” he said and stood up and offered me his other hand. I nodded and held his hand as he pulled me up.

I looked around and everything was dark and I wasn't able to see anything, all I could see was a light which was above us, that's it.

“ Why is no one allowed?” i Asked curiously, Ashrit looked at me, his eyes were blank and lack of emotions, totally opposite to the scene in the bed room. “ That's not important now, it's you who is important now, let's go inside or else you will get sick” i nodded not liking the way he changed the topic nevertheless went inside with him , leaving that mysterious garden