DEVOTED TO HER

11.

MIHIKA

I entered the room and saw him sitting in the balcony he was working i guess
he has changed his clothes he was wearing a white tshirt along with black sweatpants..i went up to him and gave him the glass of water

"Do you want to eat something?" i asked

"Uhmhmm..are you going to make it?" he asked looking at me,he looked tired..

i nodded

"let's go" he said getting up from the couch

"where?" i asked frowning

"to cook something for us" he said leaving the balcony

"i can do it.."

"Go change first and come down i am waiting" he said cutting me off and closing the room's door and walking out

stubborn

My mood was down..when he said he was leaving for a business trip to udaipur this night i mean.. it's not that i want him to stick with me here.. but surviving a day in this family without him seems scary now and he's going for a week

i sighed and changed into a minimal lavender kurti and tied my hairs with a clutcher and went down

it was almost evening so everyone was up and gathered in the hall and i saw new faces i quickly covered my head with the duppata

the pretending i have to do sometimes i masked my face with a lip tight smile and went towards them

"Look she's here" Mom said smiling at me

i smiled back and stood beside her she signaled me to touch their feet and i did it

"khush raho.." the lady probably in her 40's said she was beautiful i never saw her when i visited here often not even in the parties

"She's vedant's bua..Ashwini shekhawat" Mom said seeing my confused expression

i nodded and smiled

"namaste bua ji" i muttered

"Bhabhiiiiii....you are so gorgeous" i stumbled but balanced myself when a girl literally throwed herself on me i hugged her back smiling

"Anusha behave" bua ji said in a stern voice glaring at her and the girl i assume is Anusha stood back grinning

"she is her daughter" chachi said and i nodded smiling

"She is beautiful..but i got to know that her groom.."

"Mrs. Malhotra" he called from the kitchen cutting off bua ji's word

Mom looked at me with a teasing smile

"Got my son all flattered for you i see" she said

and i bit my lip in embarrassment only if she knew...it's nothing like that

"it's nothing like that maa" i said and went inside the kitchen

although i know where bua ji was taking this convo i kept quiet i take my words back she's not beautiful nahh..too high to call her that

i thanked him internally for calling me

"You called?" i asked moving towards the kitchen counter

"yes..you look gorgeous" he said looking at me

i diverted my gaze away from him a smile crept up on my lips but i bit it back

"umm..thanks what are you making?" i asked peeping in the pan

"careful" he said stoping me from almost hovering over the pan

"I made white sauce pasta for us" he said stirring the pasta in the pan

my smile got wider..it was one my favourites! but i frowned

"just for us?" i asked looking at him

He nodded casually

"what about others?"

"There are many people in the house to cook you don't need to worry" he said serving the pasta in the plates

"But..they will feel bad" i said looking down feeling a little bad

"I am not a servant to cook for everyone i did it for you because i wanted to" he said calmly

that made my heart flutter

"and you didn't even let me help" i said taking a bite from the hot pasta because i couldn't wait.. i was hungry

"careful.. it's hot" he said looking at me with concern

i ate another bite while blowing out air from my mouth

"it tastes amazing" i said closing my eyes and devouring the pasta

he chuckled lightly

"do you plan on eating it right here?" he asked pouring what seemed like cold coffee in two glasses

"Yep..there are people outside" i said and my mood got sulky

"so we don't like people do we?" he asked

"some are exceptional but yeah I don't like all of them" i said honestly

"don't think about her words.. she's like that only stay away from her as much as you can" he said with a serious yet calming look

how will i survive without him a week

"Are you going tonight?" i asked as we continued eating our pasta he was standing beside me maintaining a safe distance our back leaning on the kitchen counter

"yes..have to" he said while looking at his plate

"don't overthink when i am not here to give you explanations okay? and I don't want you to be overthinking because of someone" he said looking at me with emotions i couldn't decipher

i nodded smiling

i am scared i might hurt him because i am not healed there are scars deep hidden in my heart.. I don't want this to go the way I don't want it to go

my chain of thoughts broke when someone entered the kitchen

"sorry to disturb you love birds..but i have to cook" chachi said while mom accompanied her in the kitchen

i gulped my remaining coffee in one go

"i can do it maa..you don't have to" i said approaching her

"you can help me pack my essentials" he said dumping the dishes in the sink and washing his hands

i looked towards him and frowned watching him moving upwards towards his room he didn't even meet bua ji

he had already packed almost everything then what is left?

i heard mom and chachi chuckling

"Go beta help your husband he needs you" mom said grinning

and i looked away in embarrassment

"i will just go and be back" i muttered and went towards the room

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