Chapter 18

Srusti's POV " I want to help you, But I am not comfortable... I am not comfortable lying or pretending. I am a bit apprehensive of the fact that we would be married for real. I am too shy to display the affection " " Listen Srusti, Please just remember one thing that it is all just on paper. Legally we would be married but only for my family. No one else has to know that we are married. You may do whatever you want, I would not stop you from doing anything. Just pretend that we are in love in front of my family. We are friends and would remain friends here in this house. I would not try to claim my rights over you as a husband. You don't have to be my wife in any sense. You know you are absolutely safe here. I won't even touch you here when we are alone if you are bothered about it. " " I don't know... It looks fine...I know I am safe with you. I am not worried about that." " Then what are you worried about??" " I feel bad that we would cheat your family. " " They left me with no option. They have been pestering me. I feel suffocated now. I tried talking to them I even said that I don't want to marry but they are very stubborn. " " But why me?? You said you are a designer you must be knowing many good-looking girls. You could have asked any one of them. I am sure they would have agreed and they would have been much more presentable. " " No, most of them are already flirting with me. A few of them even want to get married to me. They don't care about me they want me for my money, connections and looks. I don't want to marry any of them. " " But I could be like them... You don't know me. " " You are not like them, I know it from here. You are a cute, caring and adorable girl with a beautiful face and an even more beautiful heart. " " Mohit Ji..." " Ji... mat kaho na( don't call me Ji). " " Ji ?? What ?? " " Just Mohit is fine. " He said making weird faces and I smiled. " So all set now ?? Do you have any other questions. Please feel free to clear any doubt. " He said. " Are you sure this marriage would solve your problems?? " " Yes, Most of them... Thank you. " " But, what if... " " What if ?? " He asked. " What if I... I mean... I get emotionally involved... " " Oh, I understand... If you ever get emotionally attached to anyone, I would not stop you. Please let me know if you fall for anyone, I would understand. You are such a young and beautiful girl, you might feel attracted to someone at some point in time and would not like to remain in this paper marriage. I would let you go if you would want. You don't have to hold yourself in this marriage. I would not even question you. It's your life, you are free to do whatever you want. Just be discreet about it. " " What??? I didn't understand... " What was he talking about?? " I am saying that you can live your life the way you want just my family should not know about it. They should think that we are happily married to each other. I would not mind If You have feelings for someone else. I don't care or mind, what you do with your spare time. Just keep the parents off my back. " " But it doesn't feel right to me. I don't know how to explain it... But I am not comfortable with this. " " About what?? I gave you all the liberties. You can do anything. Anything means anything... I won't stop you. You may spend your life the way you want. I would do the same. I would not question you and expect the same from you. If you need to introduce me as your husband somewhere, I would be there. But otherwise, we would not be bound or answerable to each other. " " But isn't that weird?? What if we develop feelings for each other? Like we would be married and would have to pretend to be in love. " I asked. " That would not happen, from my side at least... Rest assured of it, Sweetheart. I told you... I like someone else. " " Yeah... You did. Ok, if you think, this paper marriage can get you out of your problem, then it is fine with me. " " Don't think so much, I would take care of everything. You don't need to worry about anything, just chill and try your level best to convince my family that we are happy with each other. " " Hmmm ok. " " Thanks a lot, my angel. Now rest for some time, you also didn't sleep well last night. I need to go to my office, I have to make arrangements. " He said and went out of my room. I kept thinking about what had happened in the last hour. My life had changed. I was going to marry that very hand man soon. Was I dreaming?? Everything happened so fast. He asked me if I would marry him and then he even convinced me. I don't believe that I just agreed to get married to him. Like seriously?? Was I sleeping and having a dream or did this really happen?? I was going to be married to him ?? Married?? To him, who makes my heart goes crazy with just a smile?? Seriously?? Are you out of your mind?? What have you done?? My soul asked me. Why?? Do you want to be bound in a loveless relationship?? No... Why?? Why did you agree to this paper marriage ?? My inner soul asked me. I don't know... He asked all of a sudden. I just could not refuse. He looked shattered. He is in love with someone else... You should not have accepted his proposal. What if he never forgets his love?? You would be stuck in it forever. But he was so depressed. He was not even eating a decent meal. Mohit is a very nice man, I didn't want to see him like that. Still what about you?? What if you develop some kind of feelings for him?? You already like him a lot!! Don't you ?? 8 No !! He is just very sweet. He helped me a lot. I just could not say no to him. He was pleading with me. Every time, he smiles, your heartbeat increases. I will keep in mind that he loves someone else. Ok... But Don't fall in love with him or you would repent. He would not be able to reciprocate your feelings. My soul gave me a warning. Hmmm, I will keep that in mind. I decided to take a quick nap to clear my mind and I also wanted to look fresh in case I was going to meet his family. I slept for about an hour and then I got ready and went to prepare lunch and breakfast for us. Mohit's POV I was feeling very relieved. Now I would marry Srusti and my family would be fine with it. Now I would be able to live my life as I want. I must thank Srusti for that. She seems to be a nice and genuine girl. She must have waited for me so she could serve me food again. How sweet of her. I was surprised to see her sleeping on my couch in the sitting position. Her head was resting against the back of the couch. I didn't want to disturb her so I was taking out a glass and was filling it with a drink when she woke up. She asked me about my family and microwaved food for me and made me eat it. I even shouted at her to leave me alone but she didn't and made me share my problem with her. I really felt better after talking to her, it seemed that I was talking to Manu. I wish, I could talk to her but could not give her tension. I was happy to have Srusti as a new friend.