Page 82 of The Unwanted Husband
She felt powerful and tender all at once and to know that she had the ability to let him lose his control, break down his resolve and most of all, this new feeling of elation she felt just from the low pleasurable groan he let out.
The emotions were pure, the quiet satisfaction of making him lose himself and to be the one to make him surrender to his need, it was an ecstatic feeling. The sense of satiation she got from just pleasuring him with her mouth, she had never experienced it.
She felt vibrations deep within every time she took him in deep into her. As she picked up on the pace, his hand gently guiding her, she felt shudders pass through her as her body started to resonate with his peak that she could feel building up.
She closed her eyes, processing the sensations as she continued to pleasure him and moaned against his hardness as her own peak rippled through her. The next instant, he pulled away from her and her eyes shot open.
She was still quivering from the peak that rippled through her when he pulled her off the chair, sweeping her feet off the floor as her back was pushed into a wall. Next moment, he drove hard into her, pounding into her with desperation and she felt his release against her inner walls.
Her breath was ragged just like his as he kissed her hungrily, like he could not get enough of her. “So hot!”
His words sent new waves of thrill. She clung to him; her arms and legs wrapped around him. Moments passed as they both steadied their breathing and he moved slowly. Walking them to the bed that was set up in the adjacent room.
Isha didn’t want to be separated from him and as if to convey that, she tightened her hold on him as he placed her back on the mattress. As if he picked up on the unspoken ask of hers, he slid next to her on the bed.
She felt a shift in that moment, as he pulled the sheet over their semi naked bodies. He gently pulled her closer like it was normal for them to be cuddling in broad daylight. She held on to him like she could not breathe without him.
It was a powerful moment where she had to accept to herself that what she felt for him had gone way past the attraction. It had morphed into something so deep it scared her. It was terrifying for her to think of the time she had to leave.
A shiver passed through her and she started to shake as she broke into uncontrollable sobs. She had no way to suppress them and before she knew it, Ashok was asking her what was wrong.
He framed her face with his hands and waited for her to respond. There was no way she could share her feelings she had in a vulnerable state. She knew what she felt was situational, however real it was. She could not reveal what she was really thinking about and complicated their situation all over again. She wanted to be close to him for however long she would be on the island.
“Isha, you need to talk to me,” his voice was soft yet insistent.
“It’s nothing…I…” she muttered as she thought of a quick lie. “I…I got reminded of what Aman said about me.”
She could not believe her ears.
How the fuck did she link it back to what the moron said to her?
Ashok looked at her in silence. He was not going to ask her for the details but he won’t let her go until she told him the reason for her emotional state. “I ended whatever we had between us after he called me accidentally.”
“And?”
She lowered her eyes. “It doesn’t matter.”
He placed his hand under her chin and made her face tilt up. “Look at me.”
There was no avoiding the situation. If there was anything she had learnt about Ashok was his silent persistence. She slowly took a deep breath and looked at him. “What he said was unwarranted. We weren’t even in a relationship, it was an arrangement. And for him to tell some random woman about what a pathetic person I was, I… I thought about how much he didn’t know me in spite of being friends for so many years but with you…”
She bit back her words when she realized she was about to reveal the truth. He looked at her for a long moment and without another word, pulled her to him and she felt him kiss the top of her head, her entire body turning into mush against him as the sweet gesture warmed every bit of her.
*****
Isha was nervous. It was a court hearing day. Months of work finally was going to come to a head. She paced in her room getting impatient by the minute. Ashok was supposed to be back that morning but he called early that morning and told her he got delayed and that he would meet her at the court for the very first hearing.
She was nervous about facing the man who she knew in her heart of hearts was the sole reason for all the trauma in her life. But even more than that she wanted to win the case. Make the man pay for whatever he did.
“Ma’am, the flight is ready to take off.” One of the local airport staff came to take her.
“I’ll meet you outside in a few minutes.” Isha wanted to see the twins before she went to the court hearing. She was told they would be back on the island that evening but she still wanted to see the little ones before she left.
She made her way to Sasikala’s wing and could hear laughter and excited squeals as she got closer. Her heart swelled with joy that the kids had gotten close to the family as Ashok and she had hoped. It would allow Ashok to conduct his business and travel as needed. And for her, she could go home.
Home.
She paused for a moment as she processed her confusion. San Francisco did not feel like home anymore although all her loved ones were there. She made a mental note to talk to Chandini. It had been weeks since she had their typical long conversations.
