CHAPTER EIGHT
Dedicated to - Sona, Ash, Shopau
There was a dead silence inside the hamam for quite a few minutes. She was looking at his back in rage, watching the droplets trace his back and shine like gold due to the sun rays. She waited for him to turn around, expected him to say something, anything. But he did not. He just stood there motionless with his back turned on her.
He was getting impatient. Why wasn't she doing her usual outburst ? And why wasn't she coming forwards ? But he kept his silence and waited, because he knew, the silence would irk her more. And then finally he heard it.
"ITNE BEGAIRAT HO GAYE HAI AAP ?" she could take it no more and yelled it out, take small steps forward.
He closed his eyes and smiled. He was carefully calculating her footsteps coming forwards, as he moved as slowly as possible backwards, so that she wouldn't notice, towards the edge. He stopped and looked from the corner of his eye that he was just inches away from the edge but couldn't see her dress yet, which means she wasn't close enough yet.
"HUM AAPSE BAAT KAR RAHE HAI SUBEDAAR SAHAB !! Kya sharam ke maare zubaan khich gayi ? Yaa aap behre ho gaye hai ?" She yelled out, very annoyed at his silence taking a few more steps forward.
Altunia closed his eyes and smiled again. Subedaar Sahab ! She would call him this only when she was really angry or irritated enough trying to make a point.
Bas thoda sa aur ! He thought to himself, keeping the silence intact.
His silence was shooting her rage up in such a way that she was almost shaking in anger. Unable to bear no more she came towards the edge and bent down bringing her hand forwards to shake him to speak up "ARREY KYA SAANP SOONG GAYA...AAAHHH !!!" and there was a huge splash.
Before she could even touch him, he turned around swiftly and pulled her inside by her hand. She got her face up and moved her hair aside. Altunia was very close to her and watched her reactions very carefully.
She looked at him for a few seconds catching up with the breath and then yelled out "Aapko...!"
He silenced her with his finger on her lips immediately. It was only then, when she noticed the blazing fire in his green eyes. The fire that had immense power to silence her in nano seconds, the fire that always made her both scared and shy of him. The rage had left her eyes and was replaced with nervousness as she stared back at him feeling a strange heaviness in her chest and butterflies in her tummy, slowly moving backwards without even realizing it.
He came forwards with every step of hers going backwards, without a word and keeping his intense-firey gaze intact on her. The feel of her wet lips on his fingers were awakening his cardinal senses even more. Finally her back touched the edge of the pool. She quickly half turned to the left but before she could move more he put his hand on the edge blocking her way. Without wasting a second she turned to the right and Altunia easily blocked her way again with his hand. She looked on both the sides helplessly, she was completely trapped and left at his mercy now !
She looked up nervously to meet his gaze and reminisced the day almost five years ago when he broke into Firozi Mahal in Delhi on Nassir's Taj Poshi day and managed to corner her into the hamam. This was quite like that day with a few changes. He was much more closer to her now. And those were the times when they had just realized their immense love for each other and respecting who she was he had still maintained a little distance. Being a Princess in her own Palace she had the power to send him away from there that time. But today, she was standing trapped in front of him as his wife, in his Palace, at his mercy !
No sooner than she had thought of her home back in Delhi, she remembered why they had argued. She felt him closing in bringing his face forwards. Her breathing got heavier in nervousness and she half closed her eyes.
Just as she felt his lips touch her she spoke out suddenly against his lips "Humein Dilli aana hai aapke saath !"
Altunia stopped, his lips still millimeters away from her, almost touching. She had purposely interrupted him and he understood that very well. He could feel her heavy breaths on his face, eyes low. He smirked very slightly deciding to play along, after all for how long can she manage to resist him ? He suppressed the monster in his chest and moved his lips towards her cheeks, nuzzling it. His hands moved towards her ears, unscrewing her earings and removing them. Razia closed her eyes feeling his touch.
"Nahi !" came his firm reply, still nuzzling her and putting his hands around her neck to remove her heavy neckpiece.
"Hamara nikah kis buniyaad pe hua hai aapko yaad toh hai na ?" she managed to breath out and opened her eyes. Altunia stopped nuzzling her and looked at her face with his bloodshot eyes. She continued "Aap humein aane se nahi rok sakte !" she said firmly but trembling from inside looking at his eyes.
He clenched the edges of the hamam in anger and jerked himself backwards. Razia took the opportunity and quickly climbed outside. He pulled her by her dupatta to stop her. She was held back for a few seconds but removed her dupatta and climbed out. Her moving away from him and deliberately reminding him that the marriage is a compromise just to make him agree to her terms, angered him more.
He clenched her dupatta in his hands and said dangerously "Toh theek hai, aapko ab bhi yeh Nikah hamari mohobbat ka pakka dhaaga nahi, ek samjhauta lag raha hai toh yehi sahi. Hum bhi aapko yaad dila dete hai kii humne aapse Dilli wapas jeetne ka vaada kiya tha, yeh nahi kaha tha ki hum aapko apne saath lekar chalenge jung ke liye !
Razia turned to look at him in anger, completely drenched, curves prominent as her dupatta wasn't on her anymore. This made Altunia scan her from top to bottom, his monster purring in his chest.
"Mohobbat ki baat aap na hii karey toh behtar hoga" she hissed and turned her back on him, facing the sunlight and narrowing her eyes walking towards the curtains and stopping right in the middle outside the huge balcony "Yahan ek baandhi ke saath najaane kya kya karne ki soch rahe thay Nikah-shuda hone ke bawajood ! Har roz hamam ke parde khulle rakh kar, besharmo ki tarah nahatey hai" she taunted him loudly although she knew why he would keep the curtains open and no one was allowed to be around and outside his hamam balcony when he would bathe.
Altunia smirked heavily slightly relieved at her jealousy tone being back, at the same time made the fire within him blaze even more at the ilzaam's his wife was pointlessly putting on him. This made him automatically made him climb out of the pool. Hearing the sound Razia turned to look at him and saw him completely drenched, chest bare and in black pyjamas, walking towards the curtains with the fire in his green eyes. He clenched the curtains tight and coming forwards in slow steps towards her, closing the view slowly.
"Gustakh parde ka gussa hum par nikal rahi hai Mohtarma." He said seductively.
Razia started moving backwards sensing his seductive tone. He had a lusty smile on his face and blaze in his eyes that made her weak in the knees. With every step that she took backwards, awakened his cardinal senses even more. Her back dashed in the pillar, which marked the end of the balcony while Altunia came very close to her, closing the view completely. He left the parda and quickly clenched both her hands and put it behind her back crushing his chest with her bosom. His heavy breaths on her face made her lose her senses completely.
"Pardo se itni khafa ! Lo kardiya bandh humne inko" he whispered against her lips bringing it closer and brushing it with hers taking in the water of her lips with his tongue.
She closed her eyes immediately moaning as she felt him bite her lower lip and then taking it in, wriggling to set her hands free. Altunia put all his weight on her as he felt her wriggling, giving her no space to move. She stopped and gave in, as the feel of his lips on hers blocked her mind from thinking straight. She kissed him back, making her tongue meet with his, biting on to his lip occasionally. He loosened his grip on her hands as he felt her surrendering and held her waist tight and her hands went behind his hair wet hair.
The sudden chirrup of parrots outside their balcony made Razia's eyes fly open in a shock. As reality struck her, she jerked Altunia backwards, breaking free from his clutches. He felt highly annoyed with her for breaking the kiss and felt the rage increasing seeing her move away. He tried to grab her but her back was already turned on his trying to scurry away from him so what he managed to catch was the fabric of her dress just below the nape of her neck and they both heard the sound of a cloth tearing.
Razia froze and stopped immediately with eyes widened in horror. She felt cold and bare from almost half her back and knew her silky undergarment was now exposed. She dared not to move as she realized that her fabric was still in his clutches very tightly and the tiniest movement can lead to it tearing from behind completely. She felt Altunia closing the gap between them again with the fabric still in his clutch.
"Humein Dilli aana hai !!" She managed to breath out again.
"Shhh !" he said holding her waist from behind and trailing wet kisses on her neck. She closed her eyes feeling his touch.
She could feel his cold wet hair on her neck as he buried his head more into her.
"Aap hamari baat maan kyun nahi rahe hai ?" she asked amid the slow torture, eyes shut tight.
"Kyunki aapko baat manwana nahi aata" he replied playfully bringing his hands upwards from her waist to her shoulders and pulling her dress down.
Razia tried to move away but he was quick to grab her waist again, tighter this time as he let the dress fall off. She could feel her cold, wet and silky undergarments press against Altunia's chest, giving her more chills.
"Hum baat manwa nahi rahe hai, aapse keh rahe hai ! Aur aap humein aane se nahi rok sakte." she tried to say as confidently as possible.
Altunia kept his hold on her waist with one hand and brought his other hand upwards to open the knot of her silk blouse "Aap humse zyada ziddi nahi hai" he said seductively.
"Aazma ke dekh lijiye" she said.
To which he responded by giving her a bite on the neck as she shut her eyes and moaned. She could feel the dori of her blouse loosened or probably open by now and reality struck her again. She wriggled with all her might and broke free from his clutches.
But as she tried to run forwards, she slipped because of the water on the floor, which had dripped out from the two of them whilst coming out of the pool.
With one swift move Altunia caught her in the midway, turning her around. She was a few inches above the floor, in his arms. She stared in his intense green eyes which looked hungrier than ever.
She breathed a sigh of relief and expected him to make her stand straight. But what was this ? Instead of coming upwards, she could feel her back going downwards slowly towards the floor.
He kept his intense gaze on her as he got her down slowly and slowly and he going along with it above her. She could feel her cold blouse almost fall off as her head touched the floor and she wriggled. He put his weight on her and entangled his legs with hers, trying to pull out her patiyala with his legs in the process, trapping her completely. She felt the droplets of his hair fall on her face which made her shut her eyes. He removed the already loose blouse off her with his teeth passionately.
She got her hands on his chest trying to move him aside and protested "Hum Dilli ke jung ke baare mein baat kar rahe thay"
He caught her wrists and brought it upwards near her shoulders, palms up, filling the spaces between her fingers with his.
"Jung toh aap lad rahi hai iss waqt hamare saath, jismein hum aapko jeetne nahi denge" he smirked seductively at her bringing his lips closer.
Razia felt herself freezing in nervousness again getting butterflies in her tummy. She closed her eyes as she felt his lips softly suck on her lower lip and him parting her legs. She groaned surrendering to him yet again as she felt him entering her and realized this task of convincing him was not going to be cakewalk, but she would go to the battlefield, come what may.
END OF FLASHBACK
Precap - The final installment of the battle
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