Married To A Stranger

Sreesha Pov:

“Too eager to meet me sweetheart” a familiar male voice greeted me instead of Anju’s.

A very familiar man standing in front of me with a big grin on his face with an extended hand. My eyes bulged as wide as saucers and I bet my mouth would be hanging open.

He frowned a bit and started waving his hand before my face after taking his seat across mine.

“Close your mouth sweetheart, we don’t want to catch a fly now.. do we?” he said winking.

“What the hell are you doing here?” I yelled at him.

“Keep your tone down sweetheart, we don’t need unwanted attention now… do we?” He said grinning.

“You don’t deserve to smile, stop grinning like a fool. who the hell gave you my number? Why -” he cut off me.

“I’m so sorry, sweetheart,” he said looking down with a frown on his face. I felt bad but he doesn’t deserve to be pitied.

“You. Better. Be. VED” I whisper yelled and got up to leave.Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

“Hey, listen I’ve my reasons” he was about to touch my hand when a thud followed by cursing got my attention.

Ved was tackled by two bulky men and a gun was pointed on his head. I screamed and was about to go save him but a pair of two familiar arms grabbed my waist. I struggled in his hold, first I need to save Ved from these bulky guys.

“Shhh… I got you now. Everything will be fine. He won’t hurt you. Calm down. Relax” Karthik keep on murmuring. But I was far from listening to his words.

“Hey leave him alone!” I yelled at top of my lungs. Everything went silent. No crashing sounds. No murmurs. No cursing. No hold on my waist. I glanced at Karthik; he was stunned at my outburst. Right now, I couldn’t care less.

I ran towards Ved and started looking for injuries. His lip was busted and had a few bruises on both cheeks. I was furious would be an understatement. I sent a sharp glare at the two bulky guys.

“Will someone explain what the hell just happened?” I yelled again.

“He is sending you some creepy messages, right? So, I thought he was some stalker. He was about to touch you. You even yelled at him. So, umm we thought -”

“Jiju, you got him? I’m bored waiting outside. Now I would take the honor to kick his butt” again a familiar voice. Tej. He didn’t saw us as the bulky guys blocking his view and he’s busy talking to his jiju.

These two need a lesson.

“Why are you silent? Don’t tell me you killed him already. Where is my sister? I swear to god, I’ll castrate you if you tell me he took her and… woah? Ved? What the hell are you doing here… with bruises? Don’t tell me you’re the one messaging my sister” he said gulping.

“So, you’re in this too” It’s more like a statement than a question. “Let’s go home and discuss” I added.

“I don’t allow a stalker in our home” Karthik mumbled.

“Wrong move, Jiju”. Tej muttered.

“Take. us. home. now,” I said emphasizing each word.

“But he’s a stalker” Karthik yelled.

“He’s my best friend” I yelled matching his tone. I don’t care if I was disrespectful to him. All I need to think about was Ved.

Karthik Pov:

“He’s my best friend” she yelled matching my tone. This was the first time I saw the rage in her eyes. I nodded at Ron and Sean to do as she said. She didn’t even glance at me once even when we’re in the car. Tej was shaking his head mumbling incoherent words.

I’m driving. Tej’s in the passenger seat. Sree sat with him in the back seat. His head was on her shoulder with his eyes closed while she was taking deep breaths to control her anger.

I frowned when he snuggled more into her embrace. I want to strangle him right now.

She’s my wife you moron, keep some distance for god sake!

We reached home in record time. She started nursing him without a word when he was placed on the couch. A doctor arrived at the same time and started aiding his wounds.

Who the hell called him? Looking at my puzzled expression Tej nodded his head. So, he’s the one. Thank God! Now I don’t have to see my wife nursing him anymore.

He’s her stalker for God sake! Why the hell is she taking care of him? Best friend? She has only three friends as far as I know and they’re all girls much to my relief. But he? The green monster in me started resurfacing. I want him out of my house ASAP.

“Who the hell is he?” I asked Tej when I took him far from the living room.

“Let’s say we’re in deep shit! He is Di’s childhood friend who disappeared for 4 years. She waited for him a lot, but he never came. She started hating him for leaving her alone after waiting for a year. Before you ask me, No, they were never in a relationship.” He said making sure Sree was nowhere near us.

A grunt and few protests gain our attention. We ran towards the living room only to see my Sreesha smiling at him and he grins at her like a kid, who won a prize.

“Hey bro, you must be her husband, I’m Ved, Sreesha’s best friend,” he said extending his hand which I took it applying more pressure than necessary.

“You got yourself a possessive husband mouse,” he said looking at Sreesha with an amused smile.

Mouse? What the hell?

“Oh, shut up, dog. I saved your butt today. You could’ve messaged or call like a sane person than to send stalkerish messages. Who allows his wife to deal with a stalker alone? And you know about Tej very well” she said rolling her eyes at him.

Dog. The name suits him well. She’s taking my side. That means she’s not angry at us, right? I grinned at the thought.

“Hey, don’t blame me! I thought of giving you a surprise, but you’re the one who gave me. Look at you, taking your husband’s side who broke your best friend’s nose” he said pouting.

“You are the one who left us. Technically he didn’t touch you those bulky guys did. So, leave him out of this. Tell me why the hell you left us in the first place?” She asked him, looking straight into his eyes. An emotion passed through his eyes a very familiar emotional I used to feel. pain? I should really stop exaggerating.

“Dad wants me to move in with him and take over his business,” he said looking everywhere but her.

“Yeah. I believe you just like that. Stop lying. I need the truth. You practically hate your father not to mention you hate his company. So, don’t feed me this bullshit” she half-yelled at him. He sighed in dejection.

“I was in love with someone who didn’t reciprocate my feelings. So, I left for good.”