Chapter 16

Srusti's POV " Listen, I know I said you can't help me... but I think you can. Would you help me?? " Mohit said all of a sudden. " Yeah, if I can help you, I would definitely do that. " " Can you marry panic... First, listen to me. I just have to make my mom and daadi believe that I am getting married as soon as possible to make them have their medicines. It would be a paper marriage, only on paper, for their sake. " " But... How can I?? You have feelings for someone else. We don't know anything about each other. " " Don't worry... We will live as we do in this house. It's just that they would think that we are married. As it is you are living here. There would be no change. We just have to pretend in front of my family and relatives that we are married. Please try to understand, I have no other option. " " But it is not right..." " Yes, I know it is not right... But this is all I can think about right now. I have to save their lives. They are very stubborn. Please, I have to make them meet the girl I like very soon or they won't even take medicines. " " But you don't even know me. The situation is still the same... We can't fool them forever. " " No, it is not the same thing. This is not going to be forever... Just a few years." Has he lost it?? " What do you mean?? " " We can get divorced after a few years. I would take the blame for the divorce as well. I would even pay you large alimony on our divorce. You don't have to worry about anything. We will keep living in this house as we do... I mean separately. We would just be married for my family, otherwise, we would be like, we are now. Friends, just friends. " But, I am your cook right now, as a housekeeper, marriage is a big thing... I don't think I can do this. I can't marry you... " " Please try to understand. I know it is wrong but believes me, I am in hot soup... Please, take it as an acting assignment, just an act, I will even give you money for this. He had definitely lost it... How can he offer me money for this? What does he think of me?? " Listen, Mr Paul, I don't need your money. I don't need any alimony as well. " " I am sorry for saying that... I am not in the right frame of mind. I just saw my mom and dadi in the ICU. My sister was crying like anything. I am really desperate to get them out of the situation right now. I am sorry to put it like this, I meant to say that you don't have to worry about anything. I will take care of you. We just have to be married on paper. There would be nothing real about it. Please do me this as a big favour." He was pleading me and my heart melted. I felt bad for him, he looked so helpless. He was so nice to me and opened his house for me, gave me a job even before he knew anything about me. It was very kind of him to let me stay in his home, I feel safe here in this house with him. If he could trust me at that time, when we just met under strange circumstances, I can trust him as well. He is a very nice person and now that he is in a problem and wants me to help him, I must help him. " Ok, I will do it, for you and your family. But I still think it is wrong. You could find another girl, with whom, you could spend the rest of your life. " " I don't want to find another girl. I trust you and I am quite comfortable around you. " " But marriage?? You could just say that we like each other and intend to marry in near future. Why do we need to get married? " I said and he looked somewhat relieved. " Please, I would not have suggested it, if there was any other way... They are too stubborn. Please trust me. " " Ok... fine, I will help you, though I am not convinced. " " Thanks a lot. You have solved my biggest problem. You are an angel for me, I would never be able to thank you. Don't worry. We will chalk out everything. I would try that you don't face any problem. " I didn't know if what I did was right or wrong. Though I knew that it was wrong, I wanted to get him out of his problem. I didn't like to see him so helpless. He got up and hugged me tightly. I felt very good with his arms around me. It was a good touch, nothing cheap or filthy. Somehow, I felt safe and secure too. I was not convinced at all with his way of solving this problem but I was happy to help him. It was just an act which we had to do in front of his parents. It was not real. " It's ok, now go and rest," I said coming out of his arms. I felt the loss of warmth, that I felt in his arms. " I can't rest... there is so much to do. See, let's plan out everything. We have to go and meet them. We have to tell them how and when we met and that we are in love. " He looked happy as he thought it was the solution to his problem. " Yeah ok, but you were stressed out for the whole day and didn't eat anything so finish this food and go and sleep. We will talk when you wake up. " I said as I wanted him to sleep over it and think about it with a cool mind. " But, we need to talk now, plan everything, we need to plan to make it work. Don't worry, I am not stressed now. Thanks to you my angel." " Have something or I am not going to talk about anything. If you don't like it I will fix something else for you." " What ?? No, this is amazing. I am just too relieved to rest now. Now they would be happy and have medicine. They would be fine in no time and finally would leave me alone. " He said with a smile. Oh, God !! Every time he smiled, something tugs at my heart. But why?? " Eat that... " I pointed towards his food. " Yes ma'am. " He smiled again. I turned my eyes away from his face. He started eating and I know he was thinking. I went to the kitchen to make tea for both of us as it was around 5 AM. There was no point in sleeping now and as it is he just said that he wanted to plan. I made ginger tea for both of us poured in two mugs. When I came out, I saw that he was still thinking. I shook my head and gave him tea. " Thanks... See, I chalked out a few things, if you want you can change anything. " He said and I nodded. " We will have a registered marriage." " Real one?? " " Of course... We can't convince them without that. " " Hmm ok... " " We need a story to tell them, how we met... what do you suggest?? " " Let's keep it simple... The way it was... We had an accident. You saved my life. Gradually we fell for each other. That ways it would not be entirely a lie. " " But we can't tell them that we met just 3 days ago. Let's make it for about 2 months. What about your family?? " " Tell them my parents are no more and I have a married sister but they are out of India at the moment. " " Ok... We would say that because they went abroad, you moved in with me. " " Won't they think bad about me? Like moving in is not considered good before the wedding. " I asked. " Not at all, they will be happy that I am ready to be married. But if you are uncomfortable, we would not tell them that. We can say that you were living with your friend. Which is true. " " Ok... Fine