*Abhay Pov*

I reached our home at 7pm but saw that she still didn't return from her office. I sighed and went inside the kitchen to have some snacks.

I looked into the cupboards to see that my favorite snacks are also there along with her's. I smiled because she still picked them out even though we fought.

I was waiting for one hour and then called her. After a few rings, she lifted and said, "Hello!"

"When will you come?" I asked her looking at the clock.

"One minute!" she replied and then I heard her saying, "Is it enough, sir?"

"It is more than enough Usha. I don't know that you could pull this off in just two days." I heard Raj asking.

"Thank you, sir." she said, and I can so feel her smiling.

"What is it?" she asked after a few seconds.

"Like I already asked you when will you come?" I asked her little harshly before I could stop myself.

There was a pause and I didn't hear her saying anything at all. She took a deep breath and asked, "Why? Did Shruthi didn't invite you for coffee?"

I can totally hear the sarcasm dripping in each word and not this is my time to take deep breaths.

"Look..." I started to say, but she cut me off saying, "Look, Mr.Whatever! I will come when I want, and I don't need your permission just like you don't need mine."

Saying this she hung up, and I glared at the phone. What did I do? I just asked her when she comes right. So what I asked her harshly, but she was acting so normally with him.

Let her come whenever she wants I will not care. I watched sports for some time and then decided to cook something for myself.

I cooked a few times before, but it was always so good that it never remains for others to eat. Or that's what I tell myself so that I will not get discouraged.

Finally, my fried rice is cooked or if that's what it is called still after having a look at it. I sat on the table and took a spoonful of rice. I smelled and felt like throwing it away immediately.

Then I thought even medicines don't smell good, but they are better for health right. What am I even thinking? I thought, shaking my head.

When I was in the process of put it inside my mouth, I heard footsteps coming near the dining table. I looked up to see Usha holding a packet and saw her looking at the plate in front of me.

"You cooked?" she asked surprised.

"Yeah!" I replied proudly looking at her, but it turned into disgust when I saw the plate.

"I never thought you were a fan of salads." She said frowning.

"Salad? This is fried rice." I said looking at her like she is crazy.

"Fried rice? There is rice in there! But why is everything in black color?" she asked confused.

"Because maybe it is black fried rice. Now do you want to eat it?" I asked her raising an eye brow.

She raised her hands up in surrender and said, "No way! I want to live at least until I give my presentation for tomorrow. And you too shouldn't eat it. Here, I brought the food for us."

Then I understood the packet in her hands is food. She opened it and I immediately smelled the chicken biryani smell.

My mouth watered and then I asked, "You have gone to a restaurant alone at this time?"

"No! As it got really late, Mr.Raj asked our security guy to bring the parcel. For me, he made him bring two as he knows I am married right. It is so nice of him." she said completely opening it and brought two plates from the kitchen.

"I don't want to eat that outside food. I may get sick." I said when she started putting it on my plate.

"And the food you made will not make you sick?" she asked, folding her hands and controlling her laugh but couldn't control herself.

"I just don't want to eat it. And let's think my food is not that much good, but what will you do everyday?" I asked her suddenly angry at Raj's 'Niceness' and her laughing.

"What do you mean?" she asked confused.

"Will you come home everyday at this time and bring food from outside?" I asked her, getting up.

"I know it is past 9, but you know that there will be important presentation tomorrow right. Mr.Raj too stayed, until now, so that I will not be alone in the office. This is important for us." She replied, glaring at me.

"I shouldn't have married some working women then if it is turning out to be like this." I said in a rage and immediately felt bad that I said that.

She looked at me in shock and then took her plate and the other parcel saying, "And I shouldn't have married some male chauvinist pig."

How dare she call me that? I thought and followed her, but she plopped herself on the couch.

She started eating her food happily, and I glared at her. I cleared my throat for her attention, but she didn't budge.

She teased me eating each bite slowly, and my stomach grumbled. Nevertheless, still she ignored me, so I too ignored her and went inside my room to sleep.

After sometime I felt the bed dipping and opened my eyes to see her back. Few more minutes later, she started snoring a little. I got up and went towards the kitchen slowly without making any noises.

I took the packet from the fridge and ate it after reheating it. It is heavenly completely. Then I returned to our room and drifted off into sleep peacefully.

The next day when I woke up, I saw her getting ready in front of the mirror. She was looking at me through the mirror.

The look in her eyes just proves one and only one thing.

I know that she knows. And she knows that I know that she knows. I rushed to the washroom and closed the door.

"I am leaving! I didn't prepare any breakfast as I am getting late, and I too didn't have any if that would make you understand my urgency." I heard her saying from outside the door.

After getting ready I had some corn flakes and left for the office. I started checking her presentation and saw that she did as usual her best.

I ordered some food and had my lunch. I talked to Shruthi some more details about the company and then felt that this is in our bag.

In the evening, we reached the hotel little early because I don't know why I am always late to the meetings. After we checked that everything is good we settled in our seats.

A few minutes later, some other new company people reached the place which we didn't see last time. And then we heard laughs when the door is opened.

The scene just made my blood boil. Usha and Raj are laughing while entering. Why do I feel jealous only because of him? Maybe because I know that he is her kind of crush at the beginning.

"Designer shirt is here." Shruthi said, but a little louder because of which everyone heard it.

I glared at Shruthi, and she hit her forehead. She always thinks that she is whispering, but in reality, she doesn't every time.

Usha turned towards me and said, "Mr.Whatever!" This just made Raj and even Shruthi laugh at me.

Within a few minutes, the meeting started, and finally it is Usha's turn. Raj wished her smiling, and she smiled back.

She stood in front of us and started her presentation. After half of her's is over, we already know that this is gone from our hands. She went beyond extreme in her way of presentation.

After she finished, the lights were switched on and the client gave the project to Raj industries as expected. We all stood up and immediately Raj hugged Usha making me hold the table with a tight grip.

"Congratulations, Usha! Didn't I tell you that you did amazing work?" he asked releasing her.

"Thank you so much, sir! I could do it just because of your guidance." she replied and turned towards me smiling.

Nonetheless, I just glared at her and turned away when Shruthi slapped my arm. I looked at the time to see it is 8pm as we thought it would be.

"Ms.Usha! Can I have your card?" client asked smiling.

"Sorry sir! Actually, I forgot my purse." She replied, smiling a little. The client just said it was ok and brushed the topic.

I cleared my throat and said, "We shall have some dinner and then leave. During that we shall discuss the upcoming workshop."

"What workshop?" Usha asked Raj.

"I think I didn't tell you about that. Don't worry I will tell you everything later." Raj replied smiling to which she nodded smiling.

They all agreed, and we reached the restaurant part of the hotel. Which turned out to be filled with so many people.

But luckily, we found a table for us, but the problem, it one place is less, and we can't bring another chair as these are attached ones.

And another problem is we didn't know that until Usha was standing with no place to sit. We all tried to make space, but we couldn't.

"Usha! Here some place is there. So you just sit here we will adjust." Raj said and then I saw that the place is very little.

"Raj! What is the need for her to be here? Let her sit somewhere else near, and we can discuss it. As she doesn't know about it already you can explain her everything along with this later." I said stopping her from sitting beside him.

She looked at me shocked for a few minutes and then said, "What? Then why the need for your P.A to be there?"

"Because I know about this, and he may need my help in the discussion." Shruthi replied looking at her in confusion because Usha talked about her.

Usha threw one last glare at me and started to move away, but Raj stopped her saying, "Usha! Just order and eat something. You didn't have your lunch today at all."

She didn't have anything? I felt guilty because she didn't even have her breakfast today morning.

We saw her fidgeting with her hands and heard her saying, "I will just go to our office as my purse it there."

"No need for that as it already late it must be locked. I will pay for you, so don't worry." Raj said.

"Actually, I will pay for everything so you need not worry and order anything you want." I said, turning towards her and smiled a little, but she looked at me with a blank expression.

It looks like I really committed some big crime here. After she left, we discussed about the workshop, but my mind is not here at all. I shouldn't have done this, and I know she must feel hurt now.

When everything is over, I waited for the bill and the saw Usha walking towards us. Raj asked her did she had anything, and she reluctantly nodded, but I know it might not be true.

"I will drop you." he said after bidding his 'Bye'

However, she stopped him saying, "I called my husband, sir. He is coming to pick me up."

I was looking at her in confusion. Shruthi decided to stay back until I pay the bill. But when I held the bill in my hands, I couldn't believe it.

"20,000! This is too much." I said and started checking the items to see there are many parceled items at the end, which is more than half of the bill.

"We didn't order these parcels at all." I asked the waiter.

"I did!" Usha replied coolly.

That's all she said and I waited for her to say something else, but she didn't. So I reluctantly paid and turned towards her.

"Why did you order those things in the parcel?" Shruthi asked her confused.

"Well, I saw some kids on the street very hungry. I wanted to pay money, but they may buy something else with that. So I bought this food and gave them away." She replied shrugging.

And then looked at me waiting for my outburst which I did, asking, "But that is too much and the food from this hotel is costly."

"So? I can't go to any other place and buy right when there is some kind-hearted person like you here itself. Anyway, that food is for the whole orphanage." she said still with a blank expression.

"What?" Shruthi and I asked her shocked.

"These kids are from an orphanage where they are not being taken care of and didn't have food for two days." she replied frowning at us.

"Then what about tomorrow?" Shruthi asked her interested.

"I already sent a complaint on that organization, and the action will be taken by tomorrow early morning." She replied sighing.

I sighed and asked, "Did you at least had anything?"

"No!" she replied sharply, and I shook my head.

"Why didn't you let him drop you?" I asked her confused because she is angry at me right then why is she waiting for me to drop her.

"I forget my purse, which you must already know. And I don't have the home keys, so I want you to drop me. I will go and wait near your car." Saying this she left the hotel.

I called a waiter and ordered for a parcel ignoring the questioning looks from Shruthi. And we both waited for it.

"What is happening, Abhay? It looks like there is something between you and the way she is glaring at me just tells me one thing." Shruthi said looking at me.

"And what is it?" I asked her.

"She is the girl whom you dated for one month right?" she asked grinning like she found something.

"Yes! But there is even better relation than that between us." I replied.

She looked at me with wide eyes and chanted, "Please don't tell me! Please don't tell me!"

"She is my wife." I said, looking at her confused.

"Oh god! What did I do?" she asked herself.

"What did you do?" I asked her confused.

"I did a mistake, Abhay and I need to solve it. I kind of thought that you don't want to get married to "her" who is the person I don't know and talked rubbish to her. I need to tell her that it is not true." She babbled her reply.

"I am not understanding anything Shruthi but talk to her later because she is not in a good mood at all." I said stopping her.

She nodded and then we both left the hotel after taking the parcel. We saw her leaning on my car, and Shruthi left bidding her 'good night'.

I reached the car and unlocked it. Immediately she sat in the passenger seat, and I sat in my seat. I was trying to talk, but she turned towards the window and closed her eyes. This is going to be a long night.

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Is it long enough??

Our ABhay is burning with jealousy and Shruthi finally know about them...

So i will ask your opinion on one thing. Do you guys want to clear this misundertsanding of phone call along with this hotel incident in the next chap or do u guys want to wait for some more time????

tell me in your comments and i will follow with number of votes these both options get and write the next chap according to it.

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