I swatted off his hand as soon as we got out of the house with Deepti trailing behind us.

"You are not coming shopping with us" I glared at him.

"I don't want to come" He glared back.
"Then why are you here. Go back inside"

"I am here because I don't have to stay inside. I have to work. You go to your mall. I will go to office. Do whatever you want till 6pm them meet me here" I just looked him trying to form a nice comeback.

"Okay, please just drop us at the mall" Deepti tried to ease the tension.

"I won't drop you anywhere unless it is off the cliff. Walk there for all I care" Vikram turned around to leave.

"Drop us at the mall or I will till your mom about this" I threatened.

He looked back and scowled,"What are you? Nine?"

"No, Seven" I answered as I sat in the car. Deepti followed my suit and sat besides me.

Vikram just thought for a minute and realised that what I said was right and came and sat besides me. He instructed driver to start the car.

I was just happy that he was not going to be there to shop with me.

I am such a bitch.

If I am so worried to shop for it in front of him then how was I supposed to wear it in front of him.

**********

"So Vikram do you workout everyday?" Deepti asked. I gave her a pointy look.

"What!" She exclaimed,"I am just trying to make a conversation"

I just rolled my eyes.

"Not everyday" Vikram answered as be typed something in his phone.

"Ohh. But from what I saw you looked like someone who spends his life in gym. Especially your hot stomach"

I want to bang my head.

No scratch that.

I want to bang her head.

But I sufficed with a smack.

"Owwwww. Bitch what are you doing."

"Shut up"

Vikram was looking awkward. He face gave away that he had rather be with some dancing gorillas than with us.

For the rest of the ride Deepti remained silent, but I knew she was bubbling with questions to Vikram. Thankfully, our trip was short and we reached the mall.

Deepti and I got out. I looked back and Vikram rolled the car windows down.

"Call me after you finish. Shop whatever you want and don't bother for another 3 hours atleast" With that he left.

Good bye to you too husband.

*******

"Nope I am not wearing this" I said holding some scrap of cloth which people called as a panty in my hand.

"Why? It must be good. See it's written on the packet that it's trending" Deepti said pointing at some tiny script on the box.

"Oh, they write anything to sell the product"

"Well, I think it will be helpful as we are trying to sell your ass to your husband"

"But it is too small and is not covering almost anything" I whined.

"That's the point"

"But this is to much money for a scrap of cloth"

"Then seduce him with your batman pyjamas"

"Ok. We will buy it" Deepti dropped the box in our already filled shopping cart.

From the last two ours, Deepti dragged me to every shop and had me try on every skimpy outfit that they had. It was wonder that I had no confidence even to see myself in those clothes. We bought everything that we could. Vikram's card was a happy surprise to Deepti.

"Let's buy something for mom" I said as we entered another shop.

"Why don't you buy something for your husband. It's his money isn't it"
Deepti said as she scanned around the big shop and I agreed.

I decided to buy a black leather jacket for Mom, I knew she would look fab in it but as for Vikram I didn't know what to buy.

I was clueless as a guy buying tampons.

I didn't know his choices, his likes, his dislike and yet I loved him, for the way he was before. And I knew I would do anything to get that Vikram back.

Deepti and I strolled away from each other in the men's section. I was browsing for some tshirts when somebody called me.

"Lila"

I turned around a it was Vihaan.

Uh oh. Red flag. Red flag.

Without a glance, I stormed from there and started looking out for Deepti, who momentarily was lost.

"Lila please talk to me" Vihaan followed me. The pain in his voice was evident but I didn't want anything to come between me and Vikram.

"Lila, you have been ignoring my texts atleast talk to me in person" It was true. He messaged me atleast a hundred times since yesterday but I ignored them. One day sham wedding can do that to someone.

"Go away. I don't want you to poison my marriage" I said without turning back. Where is this bitch Deepti.

"What marriage. You were trapped into it and you are telling me to go away"

This made me turn around. I was trapped, that was true but the whole world of misunderstanding was bestowed on my relationship. I would never let it interfere with my marriage now.

"Listen to Vihaan. Clearly. I love Vikram and I am married to him. Now I am Mrs. Vikram Joshi and it's high time that you really understand it"

He took a step forward and cupped my face in his hand.

"You don't mean that" He gazed hard.

"I do" I removed his hand and moved away from him. I quickly paid for my things and left the shop leaving a abashed Vihaan behind.

*********

VIKRAM'S POV

I reached my office and quickly dived into my work but today's morning interaction with Lila in my, our room distracted me.

Her swollen eyes, her soft skin, her ragged breath made me go hard in no time.

Don't think about her. Don't think about her. You have work to do.

Who the hell is Nick Bateman? I quickly googled him and opened his pictures and recognised him. I have seen him in many parties and runway shows back in LA. He didn't look that good. Atleast not that better than me.

One hour into the work and I saw a message on my phone. It was list and details about Lila's purchases. I get mails and messages after each credit card use.

I opened the message and saw list of things that blew me far.

Corset. Crotchless Panties. Negligee. Lacy Bra's.

Fucking Lord. I was having a coronary. I quickly had an image of Lila in a black lacy bra and matching panty set in my head. Shit. I imagined about her about even though I have never seen it before.

This girl is really trying to seduce me and it's working. The plan might backfire if I don't take proper measures. I have to do something or might end up being her bitch or something.

I closed my eyes and tried to think of something else but the image of my wife was permanently stuck in my mind.

"Mind if I come in?" It was Mita's voice that woke me up from trance.

Mita. I don't know what I felt about her or why I needed her. I know I shouldn't trust her. She was my ex and the way I got rid of her, I was surprised when she called me up in a pretense to be helping me. I knew she had some agenda of her own. She was a calculating person, even though I was emotionally unresponsive in the relationship, I knew what was going on.

Her rivalry with Lila, then explained why she was insisting why I should break it off.

I nodded and she entered the room. She swayed her hips as she neared me and came and sat on the table in front of me and leaned in.

"Did you miss me?" There was a time when she would have been on the couch with me in the next fifteen seconds but now I had a wife. And her apperance paled in comparison to my wife.

"Mita I think it is wise that you move away from me, my wife wouldn't like it"

"But you would like it, don't you?"

"Mita back off" but I backed off from her literally throwing herself on me.

"Don't be like that Vikram, don't you remember the time when we were together. How good we were?" She further leaned giving me a full view of her cleavage. I averted my eyes. Yes, I remember Mita, our time together, you credit card bill used to give me a head ache.

"Mita" I growled, "Get off my table and leave at once. Things have changed. I am married to someone, no one less than your cousin. Have some dignity"

Her ears got red in seconds. I knew she was going to burst. I was waiting for it. She did it everytime that we argued. But after few moments she just smirked.

"Telling to have dignity? Do you know what your little wife is doing right now?" She closed the distance once. What was Lila doing? She was shopping.

"Oh! Don't know what your wife is doing in that mall. Who she is meeting?"

My scalp prickled. Who could she be meeting. That bastard Vihaan? No she couldn't do that to me. She wouldn't.

My fears were confirmed as she held phone showing me a photo. For a few seconds it was a blob of blurr for me but then I saw it.

Lila and Vihaan together. His hands cupping her cheeks.

*********

Lila's POV

I could tell, I was married to a lazy assed person.

I tried to call Vikram for over an hour from the mall, I was standing there with my shopping bags waiting for him. Deepti went of to her shift from the mall itself.

I hailed a taxi and reached home. It looked dark and it was just evening.

As soon as I reached the doorstep, I got a message from mom.

Lila, I am currently on my way to my cousin's place, I won't be back until tomorrow. By the way I would love some grandbabies. Take Care. Call if you nedd something.

This women was something else.

I entered the house with a key which was kept under the doormat, I don't know how people kept their keys over here. It is so risky.

When I entered, it was too dark. I kept my bags at a side. I was searching for the light switch but I don't know where it was.

Knowing where all the switches are wasn't my number one priority when I came here yesterday.

"Lila" A voice said behind me.

I was startled. Goosebumps arose on my body and my body became warmer suddenly.

"Vikram" I turned around to face him. It was still dark. I could trace the outline of his face. I touched his forearms and closed the distance between us.

"Why didn't you return my calls? I was waiting for you for over an hour. And why are the lights turned off?"
I babbled off.

"You talk too much" I could smell something on his breath. Alcohol. I don't know if I should talk to him about it or not.

"Vikram"

"Don't. Only lies come from there" He lost his balance while moving away from me. I grasped him and now all his weight was now on me.

Shit.

Drunk Vikram.

How was I gonna handle this?

*******

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