Chapter 16: Chapter 16

Naina's POV

Ranveer came inside and sat beside me.

"You will have dinner here and I will not hear a ' no'," Mom said as she gave Ranveer a glass of water.

After that Mom went to kitchen to make coffee.

"Today I am missing your massage," he whispered in my ear.

I smiled and pushed him.

"So how was your day?" he asked.

"I saw your childhood album," I said.

"Mom. No," he shouted.

"What?" she asked as she came in the hall.

"Why have you seen her my childhood photos? In most of the pictures I am in my underwear," he said and we both started laughing.

"You are such a kid," Mom said and went back to kitchen.

He crossed his arms angrily.

"I loved your childhood picture. You looked cute,” I said and he looked at me.

"Really?” he asked.

"Of course! Who would not love a cute Tarzan,” I said and it took him few seconds to process what I said.

"You..." he said and I ran from him and went in the kitchen and hid behind Mom.

"Mom she called me Tarzan," he said and he was trying to catch me but Mom protected me.

"But I thought you looked like a bear in your childhood pictures," Mom said and we both were laughing so he went and angrily sat on the sofa.

Mom gave us coffee.

"No I will not have coffee. I will leave. You both enjoy," he said as he was leaving angrily but I stood before him and pushed him on the sofa.

"Just sit here and have your coffee. You can't even take a joke. If we made you upset we are sorry but we were just having fun," I said and he was surprised by my commanding tone but after few seconds he went back and sat on the sofa.

Mom told him about the party on next Saturday and he agreed to come and told that he was also eager to meet everyone.

"You like paneer?" Mom asked me and I told her paneer was my favorite.

“Ranveer’s favorite is also paneer,” Mom said and went in the kitchen.

I didn’t know how to react so I didn’t say anything and followed him in the kitchen.

We both went and stood beside her and then she asked her to cut onion and tomatoes.

After some time his phone rang and he went to attend the call.

"Naina, you are good for him," Mom said.

"Huh?" I asked.

"I had seen him happy after many years and you are the reason he is happy and I don’t know due to what reason he married you but you are good for him," she said.

I also don’t know the reason of him marrying me.

Sometimes I try to ask him but he avoids the question and after few attempts I stopped asking him as I knew he will not answer me.

My heart clenched as I looked at Mom and she was looking at me lovingly thinking that I am good for his son and I make him happy but I know the truth.

He is too good for me but I am not good for him.

After some time he came back and started cutting the remaining tomatoes.

We helped her and rice, palak paneer, roti and dal were ready.

We had our dinner and decided to leave.

"Today was a wonderful day. Naina, you can come here or to the NGO whenever you can,” Mom said.

"And me?" Ranveer asked.

"You too Ranveer. Now don’t act like a jealous kid,” Mom said and he pouted and I could not control my laughter and Mom joined me.

We sat in the car and we were halfway to our home when the car stopped working.

"This car!" he sighed.

"This is my first car so I don’t want to part with it,” he added before I could say anything.

What's with boys and their affection towards car ?

"I have a question in my mind. Why don’t you have a driver?" I asked.

I had this in mind from the day we got married.

I mean usually rich people have drivers and all that. Right?

"I don’t want to spend money unnecessarily. If I know driving why I need a driver? I was not always rich Naina. I know the value of money," he said.

Again, I was impressed.

"For me one house and one car is enough. I don’t want ten houses and ten cars and yes, I have house help because I can’t do it. Cleaning I can do but I don’t have time for it but cooking I can never do,” he told me.

Wow!

Sameer always said that when he will earn money he will buy many houses and cars and will have five to ten maids and I never liked it.

For me it was a waste of money.

We should spend money only on what we need.

Ranveer thinks like me.

He knows the value of money.

One thing I always wanted in my husband.

What? What am I thinking ?

"Anyways our home is ten minutes away from here and the repair shop is closed so we can walk till our house and then tomorrow I will repair it,” he said and locked the car.

"It is raining,” I said as few droplets fell on me as soon I got outside of the car.

He removed the coat and covered it over my head.

I was shocked by his gesture.

The rain started heavily.

"Ranveer, please cover yourself. You will get sick,” I said and tried to remove the coat but he held my hand.

"No, I am fine. You cover yourself," he said but I could see he was shivering.

I don’t know why but tears were rolling down by my cheeks but drops of rain wiped it.

For someone maybe it was a small thing but very big for me because no one had done it for me.

I remembered the time, it was winter but suddenly it started raining unexpectedly and me and Sameer were coming home from college.

He removed his blazer and covered himself but he didn't care that I was getting wet.

"Are you crying?" he asked.

"No..no..iam...n..ot..crying." I stuttered but he stopped in his tracks and was looking into my eyes.

"What?" I asked.

"You can't hide your tears from me, Naina," he told me.

"Let's go. We will catch cold," I said but he didn't budge.

"Naina have I made you upset?" he asked.

Yes you have made me upset by being the opposite of what I had expected.

Nowadays why it felt like I was convincing myself that I like Sameer?

I had liked him for so many years then how come it is possible that I don’t like Sameer anymore?

Now that I know he loves me I should feel excited thinking about my future with him but nowadays whenever.....

"Naina?" his voice cut off my thoughts.

"No Ranveer you have not done anything. Please let’s go, you will get cold," I told him and then he didn’t say anything and we were walking silently.

Finally we reached home.

We went to our room and I kept the coat to dry and changed my clothes and was wiping my hair with a towel.

"Come here," I said as he changed into dry clothes and he came and stood in front of me.

I asked him to turn his head and sit in front of me and wiped his wet hair.

"Thank you,” he said as I was wiping his hair.

"Thank you," I said.

"For everything," I mumbled and he did not react, means he didn’t hear it.

I wiped his hair and after that we were both lying on the bed.

With him, I was natural.

I thought I had to pretend but everything came naturally to me when I was with Ranveer.

I don’t know how and why but it did.

"Naina?" he called pulling me out of my thoughts.

"Yes?" I asked as he turned around and kept his hand on my stomach.

I was stiff for few seconds as he had never done it.

I mean sometimes in the morning I used to see his hand on my stomach but that was different than this.

"Nowadays I cannot sleep without taking you in my arms. Before marriage I was a very private person but after you came in my life I am getting accustomed with you sleeping in my bed, your clothes in my wardrobe, your jewellery on the dressing table. I am getting used to being with you Naina," he told me.

"Why? Your ex girlfriends didn’t share your bed?" I asked.

"Is this your way of asking me about my ex girlfriend?” he asked with a grin.

"You are the first woman in my life,” he said.

"What? Really?" I asked.

"Yes. I have never been with anyone other than you," he said.

"Not even...I mean...you have not even,” I was not able to ask him what was going in my mind.

Suddenly he was on top of me.

"No Naina, I have not slept with anyone," he said as he traced my cheek with his finger.

"I want to loose it to you," he said as he kissed my forehead.

Then he laid beside me , pulled me in his arms and in few minutes he went off to sleep.

But I could not sleep that night.

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