Jodhbir charged Jashn fifty thousand rupees to let him enter his bedroom where Chahana was waiting for him. But he gave the money to him. However, he'll make sure to get double the amount from Jodhbir at his wedding. Jodhbir winked and left after robbing his cousin.

Jashn rolled his eyes and opened the door of his bedroom. The room had no decorations on Jashn's desperate pleas. He just want to feel normal on the wedding night. As he entered the comfort of his room, he was surprised to see his bride missing.

"Channa..." He called for her.

The very moment she stepped out of the ensuite. In a dark red colored silk robe. He stared at her with eyes full of shock and lust.

"Are you trying to seduce me, Channa?" He chuckled while entering the closet.

"Am I succeeding?" She entered the closet after him.

He began unbuttoning his Sherwani, "Why was your phone switched off last night?"

She leaned against the wall, "Mehendi." And showed him her henna filled hands.

He shook his head and removed the Sherwani, followed by the kurta he was wearing underneath. Chahana walked closer to him and encircled her arms around his chest, resting her head against his back.

"Channa, I need to take shower." And he pulled away from her back hug.

"Are you upset with me, Jashn?" She asked seeing his distant behaviour.

He passed her a look before shaking his head, "No. I just want to shower and sleep."

"Jashn, what happened?" She cupped his face and asked him gently.

"Nothing, Channa," He chuckled and kissed her palm, "I am just tired."

"Are you sure?" She asked again.

Jashn kissed her forehead and nodded before heading to the ensuite.

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He came out of the ensuite with a towel wrapped around his torso. Chahana had discarded the silk robe and was now sitting on the bed in her sexy red lingerie while hugging her knees.

He removed the towel and threw it away recklessly before getting under the covers. He was stark naked. Chahana turned to look at him in confusion.

"Weren't you tired?"

He wrapped his arms around her and laid down engulfing her to his chest. He caressed her back, unhooking her bra and throwing it away as well.

"What are you doing, Jashn?" Chahana looked up at his face.

"Nothing." He smiled and closed his eyes.

"Why were you calling me last night?"

"I wanted to listen to your voice."

"Hmm."

He wasn't doing anything. But her mind was again and again drifting to sex. She removed her panty and threw it away before wrapping her legs around his thighs. She was pressing against him and he was getting aroused visibly.

"Channa, not tonight, please."

Chahana sighed before detaching herself from his body and moved to the far end of the bed. He again wrapped his hands around her and kissed her shoulder.

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The next morning when Chahana woke up, Jashn was nowhere in sight. And she was feeling cranky because the last night didn't go as she had expected.

The door opened and she quickly covered herself with the duvet on instinct. But she sighed seeing Jashn entering the room with a tray of food.

"Good morning, Channa."

"Good morning." She relaxed and removed the duvet from her chest.

Jashn placed the tray of food on the coffee table and brought a robe for her from the closet. Chahana got up from the bed and tied her hair in a bun. He wanted to capture the sight. She looked like the goddess of sex in her nudity. He passed her the black silk robe and she quickly covered herself.

"Brush and come for breakfast. I'm waiting."

Chahana entered the bathroom and quickly brushed her teeth. He was staring at his phone when she sat down next to him and he immediately put his phone away before she could glance at his phone screen. Chahana found it weird but kept quiet. She saw him picking a strawberry and dipping it in the melted chocolate before taking a bite of it. He dipped it again in the chocolate and brought it close to her lips. She ate the strawberry and moaned at the sweetness of strawberry and chocolate combined.

"It tastes good."

Till the time they finished their breakfast, it was time to get ready for their reception. Chahana took a long bubble bath and entered the closet wearing bathrobe. Jashn had already dressed in a black tuxedo. She pulled out the dress from her luggage and put it on the bed before moving to the dressing table. She took nail polish remover and some cotton.

"I can do your nails." Jashn offered.

She eyed him through the mirror and nodded. Both of them moved to sit on the bed. He put her feet on his lap and began rubbing the wet cotton on her toenails. Then he removed the nail paint from her nails. She handed him the nail lacquer that matched the dress she was going to wear. Jashn very carefully painted her nails brown. He had this fascination with nail paint since childhood. He liked the smell of it. And even drank it once only to puke it out. Meira was so furious to find out that he drank her favourite nail lacquer.

"Channa, you know, once when I was young I drank Maa's favourite nail paint."

Her eyes widened, "Why?"

"Because I liked its smell." He chuckled. He put the tiny bottle away and Chahana began blowing air on her nails.

When the nail paint dried up, Chahana removed the robe and wore her undergarments. Jashn helped her with the lehenga. She first wore the heavily embroidered golden and brown skirt and he tied the knot of it. Then he made her wear the full sleeved blouse with the same design and tied the knot on the back.

"Jashn, the knot should look nice." She instructed him.

He gave her a look,"How are you going to wear the veil?"

"Just set it on my right shoulder."

"You know paid media can create a controversy out of you wearing revealing blouse. National party isn't very fond of you or Maa." He said while setting the heavy dupatta on her shoulder with safety pins.

"Let them create controversy. At least, it will keep me relevant. I don't give a fuck about them slut shaming me."

"With this attitude I don't see you reaching the prime minister's seat."

"If a man behind riots can reach there, then why not me?"

"Don't say that in public, you'll be declared anti-national."

"Jashn, I-" But he cut her words off.

"Yeah, I know, you don't give a fuck about it."

Chahana blow dried her hair and did her makeup and then wore her pearl necklace with matching earrings and Maang Tikka.

"How do I look, Jashn?" She twirled around.

"You look like Chahana." He replied while wearing his wristwatch. Chahana gave him a look before holding his arm and pulling him out of the room with her. Jashn quickly matched her steps and freed his hand from her hold to rest it on her exposed waist area. Chahana took a deep breath when his cold hands touched her warm skin.

The reception was organised in a hotel rather than their bungalow because both Meira and Jashn hated inviting so many guests to their house. Jashn and Chahana reached the hotel together. The party was supposed to long only three-four hours as it was only for the people associated with politics and business world, those who were not invited to the wedding functions. All Jashn and Chahana did was greet the guests and smile to the camera. Those four hours passed faster than expectations and in no time they were sitting in the car again. Chahana removed her jewelry and put it inside her clutch bag. Jashn pulled up the partition wall to get some privacy with his wife.

"Jashn, remove this veil please."

He nodded and removed the safety pins securing the veil on her shoulder. Chahana put the veil away. Jashn also removed his coat and opened the first three buttons of his shirt.

"Ah, I want to throw this lehenga away right now. Where are my pajamas?" Chahana cried in discomfort.

"We are just getting home, sweetheart." He patted her cheek.

When the car halted in front of the entrance, Chahana didn't care about the veil and stepped out of the car with her clutch bag in one hand and heels in the other. Jashn took her veil and his coat and followed her to their bedroom. The servants were surprised to see them so out of their calm and composed nature.

Chahana quickly removed the lehenga and entered the ensuite to take a cold, refreshing shower. Jashn too joined the shower after few minutes. The scene was expected to be romantic but they were too tired from smiling and posing that they didn't really care about shower sex at that moment.

Ten minutes later, they were settled on the bed with air conditioner cooling the room. Chahana didn't bother wearing clothes and hid inside the duvet naked. Jashn also only bothered wearing boxers and was now caressing her bare back. He was leaning against the headrest and she was lying on her stomach. Both of them were in the mood of sex by then but didn't have the energy to do it.

"Jashn, would you mind if I use my vibrator?" Chahana asked him while staring at him.

"Wait, you have one?" He asked with much surprise. She hummed in response and he continued, "Now I understood how you remained celibate these seven years."

"That's not because I use vibrator. After you, I had an unpleasant sexual experience."

"Channa, STD?" He asked with concern.

"No, something much worse."

"What could be worse than STD?"

Chahana had a sour look on her face when she told him, "That bastard recorded the sex and blackmailed me."

Jashn gaped at the revelation, "And what did you do?"

She huffed, "I gave him the money, obviously. I wanted to kill that bastard but my family's reputation was at stake. And if I had filed a case against him in court, my political career would have ended before it's beginning. What was that bastard's name..." She tried to remember but before she could tell him the name, Jashn spoke up.

"His name must be Sameer Bakshi."

Chahana shifted into sitting position and looked at him with curious eyes, "How do you know him?"

He picked up his phone from the nightstand and showed her a video. It was the same sex tape Chahana was blackmailed for.

"He didn't destroy it. How do you have it?" Tears pooled up in her eyes. She wasn't humiliated, but was scared for her reputation.

"He is blackmailing me now. I've paid the money he asked for but... there's no guarantee he won't do that for the third time."

"Aren't you angry with me?" She asked while sobbing softly.

"No. It wasn't your fault." He wiped her tears and pulled her in for a hug, "Just don't think about it. Everything will be alright."

Jashn somehow managed to put her to sleep and then dozed off while caressing her back. It was around midnight when Chahana again woke up and gently pulled out of Jashn's arms. She wrapped the black robe around herself and picked her phone before entering the balcony of their bedroom. She dialled her Sahib uncle's phone number.

"Hello, Sahib uncle."

"Hello, Chahana, why are you calling me so late?"

"I need your help."

"Okay, tell me."

"Sameer Bakshi."

"What has he done?"

"First, no one else in the family should know about it. I had spent a night with him six years ago. He recorded it and blackmailed me. I gave him the money. But now he is blackmailing Jashn too and there's no guarantee he won't do that again. You need to end this by ending him."

Sahib took a long thoughtful pause, "Consider it done."

The call ended and she went back to the bed where Jashn was sleeping peacefully, oblivious to what was about happen the next morning.

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