"What the hell is this??"
"How dare you pull out my clothes??"
They both asked at the same time
Shravan took in a deep breath. He is not interested in an argument.
"It fell out when I opened the cupboard. It wasn't arranged properly I guess" Shravan said politely
Drishti gritted her teeth hearing that polite tone again
"You are accusing me of not arranging the clothes properly??" Drishti asked spoiling for a fight.
"Accusing??" Shravan asked in astonishment
"Yes! I haven't seen you in two days and the first thing you do when I finally see you is complaining" Drishti said with hands on her hips
"I'm not complaining. I'm simply stating the facts. I had a shower. I came out. I opened the cupboard to get a pair of clothes and all these fell down. In a heap. And the cause of that being it not being properly arranged. Where's the complaint in this. Or the accusation??" Shravan asked and turned around without wasting for a reply to get his clothes
He pulled on a T shirt and then again looked at her.
"Do you plan to stand here and watch me get dressed??" Shravan asked raising an eyebrow
"Ofcourse. After all you are my husband. Why shouldn't I??" Drishti retorted back in challenge
Shravan mentally groaned
Why does he have to bear with this. He have enough headache in the form of Malhotra Deal right now. He doesn't plan to add Drishti Singhania into it
"Fine. Stay there." He said and walked back into the washroom to get dressed
When he came out to the bedroom he saw a backpack on the bed next to Drishti who was half lying on the bed
"Where have you been??" He asked casually
"College"
"College???" He asked in surprise
"Yes. The place where we go to study and make friends and enjoy."
"I know what a college is. What I didn't knew was that you go to college here" Shravan said
"That's because you didn't bother to ask. You dropped me here two days ago and then I haven't heard from you." Drishti accused
"I already told you I'm busy. I'm working on an important deal"
"Too busy to even think about what I must be doing. You yourself said ,you thought I'm knew here. So shouldn't you atleast check whether I'm settling in. As a minimum courtesy" Drishti asked
"I had asked Rajesh kaka to help you if you needed something." Shravan said
"Rajesh kaka is not my husband" Drishti said
Shravan kept silent not knowing how to respond
What is it that she wants from him?
"Uh! Mom called and she asked for your number" Shravan said
"When??"
"An hour ago!!"
"So that's why you are home early. Your mom forced you to come" Drishti asked
"I told you I was busy" Shravan said
"Give me your number. Mom would want to call you"
"I can feel the love" Drishti said sarcastically and gave him her number
"Give me aunty's number. I will give her a call"
Drishti was having a hearty a talk with her mother in law and didn't bother to shy away from complaining about her son.
"Hello Anuradha aunty. How are you?? How's uncle??"
"We are good beta. How are you?? Is Shravan taking care of you??" Anuradha asked.
Drishti increased the volume of the call so that Shravan could listen without putting the call on speaker
Drishti then let out a dramatic sigh listening to her mother in law's question
"Take care?? What a joke aunty?? I haven't even seen your son for the last two days. He's always working. Didn't even bother to ask me whether I got settled or not. Aunty, are you sure Shravan doesn't have a girlfriend in the office??" Drishti asked
Shravan stared at her in disbelief
She's complaining about him ,to his mother ,sitting right in front of him
"How many times do I have to tell I'm busy" Shravan asked finally loosing his cool and Drishti grinned
"Damn!! He's got emotions" Drishti said and did a little jig where she was sitting
"What??" He asked confused
"Aunty. I really thought your son is a robot. With that icy polite tone which is so damn insulting. No worries aunty. There is scope for improvement" Drishti said and Anuradha laughed
They talked for another few minutes and hung up
"So??" Drishti asked
"What??"
"Tell me"
"Tell what??" Shravan asked confused
"About weather in Bangalore" Drishti said sarcastically
"Not very bad."
"God!! Why are you so boring?? Tell me about the most outrageous thing that you did in your life??" Drishti asked
"Marrying you???" It came out more as a question
"You you...You" Drishti huffed
"Okay okay! I don't do outrageous things. I think through very well before I do something.I'm not into taking impulsive decisions. And I don't understand why we are having this conversation now" He asked opening his laptop all ready to continue with his work
"Because we are married. We need to get to know each other. Don't we??"
"You are serious about this marriage??" Shravan asked perplexed
"What do you mean by that?? I know we got married under strange circumstances. But that doesn't means we can't make it work" Drishti said not really knowing what she's talking about
Shravan took a deep breath in
"I didn't plan to get married anytime soon Drishti. Marriage and family lies at the bottom of my priority list. My company is my priority now."
"So you want to go for an annulment right away?" Drishti asked hurt
Why the hell is she hurt anyway?? It's not as if she's head over heels in love with him.
Maybe because it's the first time she's facing rejection.
"Annulment??" Shravan was stuck
He doesn't want to remain married. Yet hearing the word annulment struck some cord in him
"Yeah"
"I don't know. Mom would be hurt if we go for an annulement. Can you give me some time to think about this Drishti" Shravan asked
"Sure" Drishti said ,though not very happy with giving time. She's not used to waiting. She always gets everything before even she desires.
And to wait for a man!! Damn the karma
"I'm going for a shower" With that said, she walked away from him
Shravan stared at her retreating back
What is he supposed to do??
Isha's words still rang in his head
Was it true?? Or just a misunderstanding??
Maybe he should have carried on with the getting to know each other ritual and got to know about her.
And how can he be sure she's saying the truth??
Maybe he should ask about her parents and then do a little background checking to be sure about her