"Ouch! I'm having headache. Can I take rest for a while?"

"No!"

Two minutes later, "Ansh, can I go to the washroom? I feel like I'm going to throw up now." I said, pretending to retch but he narrowed his eyes at me and I understood that he didn't believe me this time.

"You just went to the washroom and stayed inside there for more than 20 minutes. I'm not going to let you go again. Keep quiet and complete your task." He said in a stern tone, making me pout at him.

From the past 3 hours, I have been making as many excuses as I could to escape from the punishment I got. When he said that I need to write 'I'm sorry I will never repeat this mistake again' repeatedly for 50 pages, I thought I had to do the task in a small or regular size notebook but that's where I underestimated my husband. He gave me a huge notebook that was in A2 size and asked me to write in it for 50 pages. The book was so huge that even Anu's sketch book seemed to be smaller than that. It took me 2 hours and 25 minutes just to complete 2 pages and how could I complete 50 pages within 6 hours? My hand had already started swelling but my cruel husband didn't give a damn about it.

"Stop pouting and cursing me in your mind. You are wasting your time now. You have only 3 hours left to complete your task." That headmaster reminded, making me groan at him.

"But I'm hungry. Can I go to have my lunch first?" I asked again, showing him my puppy eyes.

He sighed and got up from the bed before walking towards the table where I was doing my task. "Bani, stop giving me excuses like a kindergarten kid. You just had your breakfast 3 hours ago and brunch 45 minutes ago so I'm not letting you out now."

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"Errr...No! I can't do this anymore. My hand started aching and I'm sure I would lose my hand if I write it for 50 pages." I grumbled annoyedly but he chuckled at me.

Pushing the loose hair strands behind my ear, he leaned towards me with a challenging look on his face. "But you didn't complain when you sneaked out to the club last night, when you got drunk and most importantly when those bastards tried to kidnap you!" He snapped at me angrily and I flinched at his tone. 

I frowned at him. "Why are you lying? No one tried to kidnap me. And what is vodka?" I asked him and he shook his head, rubbing his temples exasperatedly.

"Okay, listen to me carefully now." He said, sitting beside me. "Try to remember what happened last night. Three of you went to the club and what happened after that?"

"Anu and Roshan introduced me to their friends and then Sid also joined us." I trailed off, trying to recall what happened the previous night. "Sid escorted us to a table and asked us to wait there as he had to make an important call."

"And then what happened?" He asked and I tried hard to recall it.

"Then Anu said she wanted to get us drinks so she left with Roshan...and.... And yeah I remember now. I saw a counter which was far away from our table, there was a waiter who was doing magic with small glasses of water which had fire on it. I wondered how did he bring fire from the water and walked there to ask him about it. He said he knows magic and asked me to try the water. I was afraid at first but he said the fire will disappear if I drink it in one gulp and I agreed as I was feeling thirsty. I did as he said and it tasted good so I asked him few more glasses and drank them. And then--" I was about to continue but he cut me off.

"It's not water, Bani. It's vodka."

"Vodka? Is it an alcohol?"

"Yes. Didn't you feel any burning sensation when you drank the first glass of it?" He asked me and I recalled it again.

"Yes! Yes! I felt it. When I gulped the first glass, I felt like my throat and chest started burning but the waiter said I was getting that burning sensation because I saw fire in it. He said it's a delusion." I explained and he groaned exasperatedly.

"Why are you so dumb, Bani? How could you get fooled by strangers? How can you feel the burning sensation inside your throat just because you saw the fire with your eyes? Are you that dense?" He asked, making my eyes go wide.

"It means the waiter lied to me? It was really alcohol?"

"Yes!" He took a deep breath as if calming himself and continued, "Okay, leave that aside. Now try to recall what happened after you drank it."

"I felt like my head was spinning and I sat there getting annoyed for not being able to see anything clearly. And then I saw--" I paused when I remembered 3 men came to me and said about Veeranshu waiting for me outside there.

Oh no! I'm such an idiot! How could I believe the strangers and moreover how can Veeranshu wait for me outside there when he doesn't even know about our plan?

"And what you saw? Continue it." He asked impatiently and I gulped in fear.

"I saw 3 men came to me and said that you were waiting for me outside there. I went with them as I was missing you and felt like wanted to see you that instant." I trailed off and he opened his mouth to shout at me but I beat him to it. "Wait! I know I shouldn't have trusted the strangers. I'm so sorry. I thought they were your bodyguards but now only I remember that your bodyguards didn't look like them. I'm sorry, it's my mistake. They were acting so good to me but after that only I realised that they were bad guys when they tried to drag me with them"

Listening to me, his eyes softened and he shifted closer to me, cupping my face. "This is why I'm not letting you out without the bodyguards, sweetheart. You are like a baby, too innocent and naive to survive in this cruel world, baby girl. Please at least listen to me from now onwards. Don't ever try to go out without letting me know. I know you might feel like you are living a caged life now but trust me, you will be free from this very soon so please cooperate with me for few more days. I will make sure to eliminate all the dangers from your life first and then you can have your freedom back." He explained me calmly and I realised that he was right. I misunderstood him all the while but he did all that to protect me from the danger.

I nodded at him and wrapped my arms around his neck, taking him into a tight hug. "I'm very sorry, Ansh. I misunderstood you earlier but I promise I will listen to you after this. I know you are doing it for my safety and I believe that you will protect me from this cruel world. Thanks a lot for saving me yesterday from them. I can't imagine what would've happened to me if you didn't come there on time." I said, tears rolling down my eyes and he hugged me back tightly while caressing my hair.

"Shhh it's okay, baby girl. Just forget about it and don't repeat that again. If you want to go anywhere, just let me know and I will take you out."

I nodded at him and broke the hug when something struck me. I looked at him with wide eyes and he wiped the tears off my face. "You had a gun last night, right? I heard you raising your gun to shoot those 3 men. Why didn't you tell me that you own a gun? Can I see it? I saw in movies that rich people have guns with them but now I think it happens in the reality too. Who else having gun in this home?"

He scratched his neck and looked everywhere except me. I could see him getting nervous as he was tapping his fingers on his knees continuously.

But what did I ask for him to get nervous like this?

He cleared his throat and stared at me. "Tell me, Ansh. How did yo--" He cut me off.

"Sweetheart, you don't remember what happened last night in the car and after we came back home?" He asked with a teasing look and I narrowed my eyes at him.

"Huh? What happened?"

"Try to recall it, baby girl." Saying this, he shifted closer to me and gazed into my eyes intensely.

What happened?
Oh no! Did I ask him to carry me to the car?

No one can hurt me when my hubby is there with me.

Call me sweetheart. I like it when you call me sweetheart.

Then why are you not kissing me yet?

When are you going to kiss me, Ansh? I have dreamed a lot about our first kiss, you know? I can't wait to feel your cute, pinkish lips on mine.

Things that happened and I said in the car flashed in front of my eyes. "No!!! Someone please tell me that I was possessed by a ghost last night. It's not me!"

"You were not possessed but you were being too naughty last night, baby girl." I gasped when I heard him saying it but what made me gasp was that I felt his breath on my left cheek. I looked from the corner of my eyes to see his face so closer to mine. I quickly shut my eyes and tried to move away from him but I couldn't as he had his arms wrapped around me.

"I-I'm sorry. It was not me last night." I faltered but didn't open my eyes being extremely embarrassed to face him.

"Open your eyes, sweetheart. Tell me what you remember now." He asked and I shook my head vigorously.

"No, I don't remember anything." I lied, still shutting my eyes tight.

I heard his chuckle and my breath hitched when I felt his lips on my jawline. "You don't remember anything? Really? We had a beautiful night last night, sweetheart. How could you forget it?" He whispered against my skin, sending shivers down my spine.

"Be-beautiful night? W-what do you m-mean?" I asked him nervously and he groaned lightly.

"You don't really remember anything? Did you realise that you were wearing your pyjamas this morning instead of the dress that you wore to the club last night?" He asked, making my eyes open widely when the realisation hit me.

Yeah! How did I wake up in my pyjamas? Who changed my dress?

"Who changed my dress? Is it Sam or Anu?" I turned to him to see his lips only a few inches away from mine. I stopped breathing when his gaze landed on my lips.

"None of them. It's me who changed your dress." He smirked at me and suddenly I felt it difficult to catch my breath. Moving away from him, I leaned against the couch and took a deep breath.

"No, you are lying." I shook my head.

"Trust me, baby girl. I'm the one who changed your dress."

"No, you won't do that. Stop teasing me like this."

"Hey, I'm not teasing you. Won't you believe even if I say I saw a mole here?" He put his finger on my chest just below the place where my heart is and I quickly slapped his hand away. He chuckled loudly and continued, "Not only there. I saw another birthmark on your right thigh and--" I screamed loudly, making him stop describing about the marks on my body.

"Stop it!!! Okay, I got it. Don't say anymore." I hid my face in my hands and shut my eyes tightly. His laughter echoed in the room and I started cursing myself when I remembered how I pulled him on the bed to kiss me and also forced him to change my dress the previous night.

"So, baby girl, do you trust me now?" He asked but I didn't respond him. "Hey, say something. Are you feeling shy now? How could you feel shy when we did a lot more than just changing your dress last night?" He asked, poking on my waist and I jumped from my seat.

"No, we didn't do anything else. Stop lying now. I remember everything." I glared at him and he laughed at me again.

"You remember? It means I'm sure that you remember asking me to kiss you last night, don't you?" He asked shamelessly, making my eyes pop out of my socket. "It's okay, baby girl, don't be shy. I will fulfil your wish to taste this cute, pinkish lips of mine now." He teased in his husky tone, pulling me closer to him and bit his lower lip seductively.

He tried to cup my face but I quickly pulled away from me. "No! I think Sam is calling me. Bye!" Saying this, I quickly ran out from the room when I heard him calling my name in between his sexy laughter.

I ran into an empty guest room and locked the door behind me before releasing a deep sigh of relief.

Thank God, I escaped from the punishment for now. I need to think of new ideas to escape from doing the stupid writing task again later.

"But...but I'm changing into a shameless and pervert girl nowadays. How could I behave so shamelessly with him last night? Thankfully, he is a gentleman so he didn't take advantage of me even after I asked him to change my dress. Oh God, what's wrong with me nowadays? Why did I behave like a desperate girl last night? I just want the ground to open up and swallow me now." I started ranting myself over my own stupidity.

Half an hour later, I slowly tip toed into our room with my eyes scanning around the whole room. I sighed in relief when the room was empty and I looked at the table to see it empty without the giant book.

Yes! It means I escaped from the punishme--

"Ahhhh!" I squealed when suddenly someone lifted me up from the back.

"Shhh, it's me." I calmed down immediately when I recognised that it was none other than my husband. He put me down and I turned to see him but within a swift movement, he pushed me against the wall by grabbing my waist and I gasped when my back hit the cold wall.

"A-Ansh?" I called but he just hummed while staring at me with a different emotion in his eyes. "You a-are behaving w-weirdly today." I stuttered nervously but he just continued staring at my face. I touched my face, being conscious under his piercing gaze.

"There's nothing wrong with your face, sweetheart."

"Then why are you staring at me like that?"

"Because you are like a magnet, attracting me towards you no matter how many times I try to stay away from you." He said, releasing his grip on me and I frowned at him.

"Why do you want to stay away from me?"

"Because I want to do so many things to you for which you would probably not be ready yet so I'm trying to stay away from you." He said, making me gulp nervously.

"Do w-what?" I asked, trying to sound confident but I failed as he started staring at my lips.

"You want me to say it or show it?"

"Say..hmm no, show it."

Just kiss me already. I can't wait anymore.

"Are you sure, baby girl?" He asked with his gaze still fixed on my lips. I nodded at him and closed my eyes.

I parted my lips slightly when I felt his breath on them. Excitement filled inside me for finally getting the chance to have my first kiss and I felt butterflies in my stomach.

I frowned when his breaths were no longer fanning my face. I moistened my lower lip and opened my eyes only to let them go wide. He was not there. In fact, he was nowhere to be seen in the room.

"Ansh?" "Veeranshu?" I called him while checking the washroom and walk-in closet but he was not there.

How could someone disappear within seconds? He was really here or I was daydreaming about him? But I felt his touch and his breath on me.
Arghh! What's happening here?

Hey sweethearts ♥️ The most awaited moment will be happening soon, most probably in the next chapter itself. Guess what's that and also I'm going to reveal their past really soon. I just realised that I've been dragging this story nowadays and it's chapter 20 already so I need to move faster than I planned.