Chapter 31: Chapter 31

The Next Morning

Sanaya was asleep, still, the sun in the morning did not touch her face yet. She was sleeping soundlessly, last night was a little bit tiring and exhausting for her as she had to walk a bit when she got down the bus.

First knock at the door could not wake her up. Second knock at the door, Sanaya moved a little bit on the bed but the third knock made her wake up. "Who's it?" Murmuring she crawled down the bed slowly.

As she opened the door she looked at Mrs. Elisa, "Ohh, Mrs. Elisa..."

"Sorry to wake you up like this but I could not dare to disobey little Nick." Mrs. Elisa spoke up. Sanaya rubbed her eyes and tried to look at her with fully opened eyes, "What did he tell you to do?"

"He wants you to make breakfast for him." Sanaya was surprised to hear her. With a confused look, she asked her, "Is he awake?" Mrs. Elisa nodded her head.

"When I cooked breakfast for him, he did not like it and he wants me to cook for him now? Are you sure he was not dreaming but awake? In his right mind, he told you to tell me this?" As Sanaya asked her she replied, "Yes, he called me to go to his room and when I went he told me that he wants you to make breakfast for him. He said whatever it is he will eat it."

"I see. Ok, I will go to the kitchen later. Let me take a bath first." Sanaya did not get her beauty sleep, suddenly getting ordered for cooking breakfast was unexpected but what can she do? "I must make it in time. I can not be late." Sanaya yawned while looking at the wall clock.

Wearing a new orange colored saree Sanaya went to the kitchen. Thank God her cooking skills were great or she would be in trouble now.

**

Nick was working out when his phone vibrated. He gazed at the screen once then asserted, "I don't remember not telling you to call me ever again."

A woman's voice could be heard from the other side of the call, "But I can not live without you, baby. I miss you very very much."

Sanaya was about to knock at the door but she heard Nick say, "Then die. Choices are yours."

"Baby..." Nick cut the call and threw it somewhere in the room. Unknown to why she did not feel well when she heard Nick, Sanaya walked downstairs unknowingly.

Seeing her Mrs. Elisa touched her hand and asked her, "Is something wrong?" "Huh? No, I just... Ahh, will you please tell Nick that breakfast is ready?" Sanaya told her in a low voice. "But did not you call him? You went to..."

Mrs. Elisa was interrupted by Sanaya. Smiling a bit Sanaya said, "I did not tell him. So will you please tell him?" Mrs. Elisa nodded her head when Sanaya walked down the stairs slowly. Mrs. Elisa looked towards the Gym, "Did something happen? Why Sanaya looked pale?" She thought...

Sanaya was looking at the fresh vegetables but her mind was stuck on only him. What she heard a while ago, she did not know whom he was talking to but the tone was different. For some reason, she felt it was a girl and that's what she had been trying to not think but it did not work.

When she was immersed in herself she heard Nick's voice. As she raised her head she saw Nick. "What does this dish called?" He asked her.

"Ahh, it's called thepla," Sanaya responded. "Thephla?"

"No, it's thepla." Sanaya tried to make Nick pronounce it the right way. "Ahh ok. Come here." Nick called her. Looking at Mrs. Elisa she strolled towards Nick.

"You taste it first." Sanaya could not help but say, "You think I have added chili in it?"

Hearing her Nick's expression changed. He raised one eyebrow and let out, "I don't think you will want me to throw it just like the other day, so there's no way I am thinking of that."

"Then why?"

Taking a sigh Nick looked at her, "Can't I want my wife to take the first bite first?"

A soft smile left her mouth as she took the first bite but as if she had no intention of leaving anymore for him, she kept eating. Grabbing the thepla from her hand he ate it. Sanaya rolled her eyes, "Wait, that was... I..."

"Ahh, it tastes great. You guys eat this in the morning?" He asked her while eating. As if he just ignored her words. Sanaya answered, "Not every day. We had different types of foods on the breakfast table every day. Like it would repeat every week."

"That sounds great..." Sanaya had been staring at Nick all the time until he was done eating. "Thank you for the food, I have enjoyed it. So... See you in the office in thirty minutes."

"But you just ate a little. Wait, thir-thirty minutes?" As if someone pushed her over the bridge, Sanaya got back to reality. She was yet to do her breakfast and she had only thirty minutes to reach the corporation. "Forget breakfast. I don't want to get scolded like yesterday." Sanaya ran upstairs immediately. Nick turned towards her and smiled seeing how was running upstairs.

Taking a sigh of relief he walked out of the entrance hall. Mrs. Elisa was confused, she could not understand what Nick was trying to do actually. He let her eat from his plate first, then he did not let her eat anymore? She just missed her breakfast like that because of him and he was smiling? But Mrs. Elisa observed that Nick ate the same amount of food as Sanaya. She indeed took time to understand it but she understood it after thinking for some time. She grinned, "So he is teasing her... I hope he will always be good to her. That way they both can stay happily with each other."

**

"What? How can he..." It was afternoon. Sanaya was sitting the opposite of Clara. Clara screamed angrily as she heard everything.

Sanaya looked around and said in a low voice, "Shhh! Don't... People are watching us."

"Let them know. I just can not understand how can he make you suffer like this? This is not what it is supposed to be. You guys got married newly, he is staying in another room, he is not treating you fairly. What the heck!!!" Clara said with her clenched fists. Anger rushed through her veins.

Sanaya looked at the coffee and sighed, "Maybe he has his reasons..."

"What reason can he have? There can't be any. If he has some reasons then he should not have married you. He was the one running after you, remember Sanaya. He is supposed to make you happy, keep you happy all the time." Clara did not expect it. She thought her best friend was leading a happy married life just like a perfect couple does but she was surprised here.

"I know Clara but ..."

"No but. I am going to ask him why he is treating you like this. First, he let you sleep in a whole different room, he came back at home at late night and you had to suffer because of this. How dare he grab your neck and choke you up? He can't just let you come to work alone and wakes you up in the early morning to cook for him like this. You ain't his maid but wife!" Clara hit her fist on the table angrily. Sanaya sat next to her and patted her shoulder, "Please calm down. Maybe he has his reasons, I will..."

"Don't take his side. He might have some mental disorder or no man can be this crazy. He might be some..." Clara retorted. She was about to get up when Sanaya pulled by her hand and looked at her with a puppy face, "Please... Please calm down."

"Oh, my girl. You are so silly, I am feeling so bad for you..." Clara hugged her. "Maybe there's something we don't know yet. Let's wait,... Ok, na?"

Clara was determined. Since Sanaya wanted to wait and see if Nick had his reasons for behaving with her that way, she decided she would wait but if Nick was going to keep behaving like a bully then she was not going to just sit.

That day went well, Sanaya went back to the mansion without any trouble. After working all day all Sanaya wanted to sleep but when she kept her feet on the grand foyer she saw Mrs. Elisa.

"Ohh, Mrs. Elisa...." She said with a smile.

Mrs. Elisa stared at her, thinking how to tell her what she was told to do. She saw how tired Sanaya seemed to be, she did not want to tell her that Nick told her to cook for him. "You want to say something?" Seeing her silent Sanaya asked her so.

"Ahh... Little Nick wants you to cook dinner for him."

"Huh? Dinner?" Mrs. Elisa bobbed her head when Sanaya said, "I see... "

"Are you going to cook? You seem tired..." Mrs. Elisa said so sounding concerned about her.

Sanaya smiled, "Hmm. I can cook. I will get freshen up first..."

"What's wrong with you? Nick. You are going overboard. You know she's tired still you want her to cook... I don't know what's wrong with this guy..." Mrs. Elisa was watching tv when Nick called her and told her to tell Sanaya to make dinner for him.

Getting in her room Sanaya could not help but lay on the bed. "I will take five minutes nap..." She mumbled and closed her eyes, trying to forget all her worries.

**

"You are back..." As Sanaya saw Nick she ran towards him. Nick nodded his head at her.

Nick was astounded when Sanaya took his suit off. Sanaya observed him look at her. She asked him, "Is something wrong?"

"No, nothing." He said. "Give me this." She took his suit in her hand when he kept glaring at her, he was surprised that she was helping him. As she touched his tie he grabbed her hand, "Thank you. I will do it. I will go and freshen up first." And with that, he quickly walked upstairs.

"But..." She was left alone. Mrs. Elisa grinned as she saw them and especially how Nick ran away from Sanaya, it was funny.

After taking a bath Nick came out of the bathroom. He was humming a song but suddenly seeing Sanaya he moved some inches away, "What are you doing here?"

"Ohh, I don't know... I was just sleepy... So do you need me to help you?" Sanaya looked at him with her sleepy eyes. "No, it's... I can do it alone. You go and... Why don't you eat first?" From where and why he was getting nervous, god damn he did not know. Strange! Very strange!

Sanaya yawned and getting up to the couch she walked towards him. "I will eat with you. Well, I think... I can be of some help." She yawned again.

"No, I'm good." He retorted but Sanaya kept walking towards him. She rubbed her eyes and tried to stay awake. Grabbing the corner of her saree she wrapped it around her waist when Nick was watching her. "Is she declaring war or going to the battlefield? Something like... Like... Wasp... Wasp..." Suddenly he screamed louder. "Huh? Where?" Sanaya asked him as she did not found any in front of her eyes.

He pulled her hand and turned her around. Then he whispered near her ear, "See now."

As soon she saw the wasp Sanaya started screaming then both of them screamed louder, "Wasp! Wasp! Wasp!"

"What should we do now? You know how to shoo that thing away?" Nick had his hands over her shoulders when he asked her in a low voice. Sanaya turned her head towards him, "Wait, ain't you be a business tycoon? Don't you know how to kill this wasp?"

Nick did not know it, how could he? He was always afraid of wasps. If ever he ended up seeing a wasp he only screamed and needed people to help him. Clearing his throat he moved his hands over her shoulder as he spoke, "I don't."

"Huh? Then what are we going to do now?" Sanaya looked at the wasp who was showing them her teeth as if challenging Sanaya. When Nick was frozen Sanaya moved away from him. "Wait, where are you going?"

"I need a pitch board... Or any hard and strong paper will do... Wait, where's the broom? Broom will do also..." Sanaya looked around. "Broom... It's over there." He pointed his finger towards the cupboard. "Ok, I will get it right away." When Sanaya was about to walk towards the cupboard Nick pulled the corner of her saree, "Don't go."

"If I don't then how will we get out of this situation?" Sanaya felt sad seeing Nick sad. She smiled and said, "Hey, it's just a wasp. Why being so serious? And don't forget your wife is here as well. Since I am here I will get rid of this was for my husband." With this Sanaya went to get the broom when Nick looked at the wasp.

Getting the wasp Sanaya tried to hit it but failed one time. As she saw the wasp fly towards the left side of the bed Sanaya got on the bed when Nick was standing near. "I will kill you..." Holding the broom tight Sanaya hit on the table focusing on the wasp but before she could know that she failed to hit the wasp she heard Nick scream.

"Oh no, it's coming this way."

"Where?" Sanaya turned around but she was surprised... Out of nowhere... All of a sudden... She found Nick to be on top of her. They were lying on his bed, looking at each other.

Sanaya felt his warmth touch her lower back. Without moving eye contact she slowly uttered, "Nick, you... Your hand..."

"Huh?" As if he was possessed, he felt it was hard not to look at her. "I said... Your... Hand is..." She pointed her hand towards his hand that was wrapped around her waist. "Ahh..." Nick tried to get up, moving his hand around her waist but... Sanaya did not expect it. Nick fell on her body again and this time his lips touched her neck, Sanaya closed her eyes with his sudden kiss on her neck.