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In the 3 Hours…
They have no need to lock the fridge. There are no noodles and you have not challenged them.
In the 3 Hours…
They have no need to lock the fridge. There are no noodles and you have not challenged them.
She must have questioned herself a thousand times why she didn't walk away.
Taaruni is no less. She herself instigates him. It’s her who bought up the charges for tea 😂
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She made tea for him they drank without saying a word to each other, literally
Like he was staring into a fish tank
Just super quiet
“I am going to Chandigarh in a couple weeks” she mumbled
“Hmm”
“Can I just pay you more if I want to stay over a week or something?”
“Whats going on?”
“I am having furniture delivered, I am creating a reading nook, 3 actually” her eyes sparkled
“Great” he sipped blandly
“Biz Dev approved remote work for a week” she said politely
“They did?”
“Yeah I have an approval” she nodded searching up her phone
“Why are you even working for a builder if you want to revive a bookstore”
“I need something to do as long as I am here”she said sadly
“You don’t even get paid”
“I know… I don’t want to be… I mean I live here..” waving her arms
“I charge you though” he interjected silkily
“Umm… yeah ya I mean yes but there is the bookstore revenue”
“Hmm”
He didn’t believe her
She didn’t believe herself
She didn’t expect him to get all suspicious about her cover job
Her purpose of being in this sham marriage as of right now is to find something to stall a project or two
It is going to require serious reading, knowledge gathering, she didn’t know anything right now, the starting point, how things progressed, who had the final approval authority, none of it
It was daunting and mind boggling
She wanted to get away from this man, she didn’t know how she felt about him
She hated him intensely initially, now she was becoming increasingly nervous and agitated around him
He was going to do what benefitted Towers Partners anyway, that’s where his allegiance lay
At this moment she was not doing any favors to Quill nor was there not one shred of evidence on Towers
She was so f---d
His phone rang
“Builders are like call centers now?” she mocked finding her voice
“U can say that” he smiled seeing who was calling
He texted Sohail Virk
“So what is my wife working on?” he texted answering the call
“What do u mean?”
“What is she upto?”
“Umm… nothing yet” laugh emoji
“What does she want to learn?” he texted
“Hello?” he barked into the phone, it was the site supervisor from the Gurgaon under construction lot
“Keep me posted I want every lil detail” “Gnite” he signed off with Sohail
She went to her room and booked herself tickets for two weeks from now
It was almost 1 AM
She was tired, went to bed and slept terribly, instead of worrying about Gaurav she dreamed about pradyut
She woke up thinking abt him
The next day she heard about Gaurav and Ma having a really bif argument over his visit
Taaruni learned he had been laid off from his job
Made compleeete sense he was begging for money
She could not concentrate at work at towers Partners
She began to get anxious if Gaurav being unemployed would mean he would show up frequently demanding money
She desperately wanted to chat with him
She mustered up courage and called him
“Umm.. hello”
“Hey this is Tushar, naha raha hai”
“Oh… um”
“Bolo”
“I heard he lost his job”
“Bada tamasha hua aaj subah” Tushar growled
“Chahiye kya unko”
“Waha, Aparna usko trigger kar rahi hai”
“Don’t say that” Taaruni felt personally attacked
“Kya matlab?”
“Why is it always the wife’s fault?”
“Because genius, usne Ma ko kaha hai Latika aur Poorna (his kids) ko DPS mein daalna hai, they applied and got in for March, and they don’t have any money”
“Oh… I am sorry then” Taaruni felt ashamed
“DPS Bangalore is costly na?”
“Bangalore is crazy expensive, Pallavi’s Dad has business there, who khud rote hain”
“Ma ne kya bola?”
“USKE phone pe baat kar raha hoon, tur akh mujhe call kar”
She did……..
“Why are u home today?”
“Because Ma has taken the day off, Gaurav asked Pradyut for money and flew back here…”
“How does he have all this money to fly out to Chandigarh every month from Bangalore?”
“Ask him”
Car starting
“Where are u going?”
“Ma ne grocery boli meri ma” Tushar chuckled
“Are you afraid of Gaurav”
“Pagal, main kyon daroonga?”
“I feel shaayad”
“Tu relax kar…”
“Don’t let him go to The Quill” Taaruni panicked
“Kyon?”
“What if he asks Sudhir Grover (the accountant)_or Harkeerat Uncle to unlock the rare books shelves and decamps with some books?”
“Oh?” tushar was worried too now
“Goshhhh!!” “I am going to pray he doesn’t get that idea”
Taaruni sent a prayer up to the Gods
She made up her mind to run her numbers and solve this problem
She went up to the 10th floor, Ria Sharma’s face lit up upon seeing her
“He is ina meeting, do you have an appointment?” she asked politely
“No I don’t” Taaruni’s face fell
“If it is urgent I can ping him on teams
“No don’t” “I can wait a few minutes, I got to work at 7, I guess I can wait a few”
“I mean I am going to beg for more time” “This is nothing urgent, I just want to “see” him, my life’s a mess but I want to ogle” her mind voice scoffed “AS IF this cant wait until I get home”
Ria was confused
“I meant, I can afford to not work for 30 minutes” taaruni smiled sheepishly
She wanted to see him and she didn’t, that familiar ache
“Of course”
Taaruni wondered if Ria thought of her as a freeloader “Boss ki biwi hai kisko bahaane de rahi hai, no one will fire her”
20 ish minutes later, a couple of men and a women left his room
“U can see him now” Ria smiled “Coffee?”
“Umm.. no” “thank u”
She knocked
He walked over to open it
She didn’t expect personal doorman service
Her stomach muscles somersaulted
Clean shaven, dapper as always
Her mouth was dry, and she felt like a giddy teenager
“Come in” he smiled and stepped back
Now she felt seriously stupid
This could have been done over text
Ughhhh… Taroooo
“Umm.. I wanted to know if I can pay the overdue rent, umm later?” “I mean in May?
Pradyut’s parents should know about their rent arrangement talks.
Jeete jee marega banda.
He is too sharp for her. he would know his wife is now desperate to see him.
Will he propose alternate terms of payment ?
I guess, No. but Taaruni could and he would agree.
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