* Quill! * - Page 41

She is upfront. He does not want an open marriage so thats a good sign.

Why did he put in that clause about travel? Did he think she would leave at the first opportunity and he wanted her to stay?

Gaurav is a selfish one. He wants everything for himself. And now he is creating a scene.

She brought him 6 beers? The man just wants attention.

Interesting

Pradyut was right behind her

Eagerly waiting to read how he reacts

Cuts and candles

He pulled her wrist so hard one of her bangles twisted and tore her skin around her pinkie, and her lip slammed against the corner of the door and tore

“Bhaiii, pleez u are hurting me” she began to cry softly

“MA ne allow kar diya tujhe, u have always been selfish par ye to extreme hai”

Taru was aware Pradyut was listening to all of it

He waved the guards to “stand down”

“U need to stop” he growled at Gaurav

Taru noticed his strong forearm, he looked like must have muscles

“Kya bola isne?” Gaurav leered at Pradyut “Shop mujhe de de I am ready to do (it with u?)

(Did she offer herself to you?)

It was the truth so it hurt Taaruni a lot

“Did u marry her or G Munjal? Kaun hai?” he waved at the glossy chrome name plate by the large chrome gates

“K… you need to let her go”

Pradyut not so gently shoved Gaurav into the car

He almost fell sideways on his wife’s lap

She shrieked

“Taaruni what are you doing to the family” Aparna accused her

“Bhabhi PLLEEZ aap log jao yaha se”

“Chal na hamare saath Chandigarh” Aparna goaded her

“I cant go right now, Ma ko sab pata hai”

Pradyut walked around the car told the driver if he didn’t want to go to jail he needed to scram

He came back around

“MA ne agree kiya?” Aparna was yelling

Gaurav grunted loudly and wildly lunged at Pradyut

All he did was step out of the way

Gaurav landed face down on the slushy puddle at the edge of the street

“Tujhe maza aa raha hai?” Aparna shouted as Taaruni licked her bleeding upper lip

“Bhabhi pleeez”

“You have insulted your brother… he loves you… kaisi ladki ho

“That’s enough, please leave” Pradyut held Taru’s right elbow and dragged a few steps back as Gaurav staggered back into the car

“U shud be ashamed of this” Gaurav yelled out the car window

She walked briskly into the house, scaling the beautiful garden within seconds as Pradyut kept talking to the guards

She paused by the portico and looked at her lip it was swelling, she dabbed it with her hand and saw her wrist bleeding

She quickly hid her arm close to her body, and almost ran into Gopal and Sumedha

“Come on in” they cooed to her

“I think I will just go ho—” she stopped

“U are bleeding, where is Pradyut?” Sumedha worried

“Umm.. there I guess”

Gopal called a doctor, Umeshji brought a bowl of warm watter and cotton swabs

“I am good, please I don’t need all this”

“Get her the electric blanket” Gopal ordered the help

“oh no… please please please no no” she she panicked

15minutes later wearing a toasting toweling robe of Sumedha she crouched on a large chair in the Munjals bedroom

Pradyut had now changed into jeans and a tee and was rubbing his hair

“He has short hair?” she thought

Neat crew cut, almost completely shaved on the sides, a clean side parting, that looked a little ruffled with all the towel drying

Her mother in law hovered over her quite literally

Dr. Negi aa rahe hai?” she asked her son

“Dad called him” he stretched out right in front of her staring into her soul

Her upper lip was swollen, and her skin on the wrist was torn a good 4 inches

“I can take these off”

“Ufff… no beta don’t lets wait” Sumedha scolded as she went to remove her bangles

He watched her with eagle eyes, making her self conscious

“I know u paid for me but… it happens” she thought

He just seemed to know what she was thinking she feared

She grunted and closed her eyes

Dozing off in the heater warmth

“U cant be underplaying injuries in this family” a short skinny man winked at her

“I am fine”

“These people will make me stay here over night” “U don’t want me to u want me to go out in the freezing rain” he laughed

Pradyut?

Was still staring down

“Deep bruises” the doc muttered as he bandaged up her wrist

He put some sweet tasting pain numbing ointment and analgesic on her upper lip

“Just eat ice cream for a week” he winked

She smiled sweetly

Sumedha and Gopal asked for instructions and post bandage care

“Mad people” Taaruni thought

Papa would hang Aseem upside down from the roof and nobody bat an eyelid in Chandigarh

His eyes were twinkling, she was certain he knew what she was thinking about

She looked at the Doc pointedly

“My head’s hurting I will just take something and go to bed”

“Nah…. U will be fine, Bhabhiji will make hot chocolate for us beta we shud watch a movie” he winked again, he laughed but gave her painkillers and a shot, and wrote up some meds to be bought tomorrow, and gave her more for the night to keep in hand

“Do u like Korean movies” she smiled

No movies for anyone” Sumedha warned “Doc u can stay the night”

“I will go” Taaruni jumped up

“OK OK go home and get to bed” Sumedha signaled Gopal they should let the young couple leave

Gopal was disapproving of it

“U will be fine tomorrow”

Sumedha squirmed

They didn’t share a room, they wouldn’t do it in this house, it would be unfair to Taaruni

Taaruni bend down to pick up her phone

Her lip throbbed in pain

She was too embarrassed to leave in the toweling robe, Sumedha gave her a throw to wrap herself

Balmukundji dropped them off around midnight,

“Are u hungry?” he asked

“No”

“I want to sleep” she told him

She wore some decent clothes and examined her face in the bathroom, bruised in places, lip swollen, wrist bandaged, ego shattered

She could not tell anyone back home

She scoured his wine fridge and poured herself a glass of white wine fished out her favorite honeysuckle candle from her suitcase and sat down to stare out the window in the tiny lounge outside her room

Tuned to the Quill, the safety night lights were on in the locked up store. A surge of grief swept through her

“Looks like u are sleeping well” he taunted leaning on the doorjamb

“U need to stop” he growled at Gaurav

Taru noticed his strong forearm, he looked like must have muscles

Now I want to know if she likes his muscles or the presence of mind of moving away and letting the brother fall on his face.

Pradyut had now changed into jeans and a tee and was rubbing his hair

“He has short hair?” she thought

Neat crew cut, almost completely shaved on the sides, a clean side parting, that looked a little ruffled with all the towel drying.

Now she is aware of him and noticing him.

Infact she also knows how he thinks.

That's good start.

“Looks like u are sleeping well” he taunted leaning on the doorjamb

Aabhi bhi mazze le rahe ho uski misery ke?

Nisha, is he always going to care but not show it?

Endings like this and anticipation of next update will make the waiting period so difficult ❤️