Chapter 41

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Aasha's Pov

"Okay stay here. I will bring you something to eat" he said while kissing me on my cheeks and left the room. I turned towards the balcony. Then only i noticed its raining outside heavily. Is the rainy season begun this soon in Mumbai? Soon Mr. Malhotra came with a tray in his hand and sat beside me.

"I made rice porridge for you. Doctor adviced to give you light and warm foods" saying this he took the spoon from the tray and dipped it in the bowl to stir the porridge.

The great Dev Malhotra, CEO of Malhotra industries, had made a porridge for me. I sighed mentally.  The porridge seems very hot. He scooped a spoon full of porridge and blew on it for a few seconds with full concentration. His face is adorning with a cute frown. Today he is wearing a white t-shirt, black jacket and a blue jeans. He looks like a model popping out from a magazine.  After making sure that its not hot, he extended the spoon before my mouth. I was looking at him without even blinking my eyes. 

"Open your mouth, Aasha" he said softly. Is he now going to feed me?  shook my head in 'no' with a frown on my face.

"No its not hot, Aasha. So open your mouth" he said softly. 

"No i can eat by myself, sir. You already did so much. You came here leaving your all meetings and cooked this porridge for me. Thankyou so much for everything. I just don't want to be a burden to you anymore. I will eat this porridge. You just go and attend the meetings, sir" i said in my low voice. 

"Look Aasha. I am here willingly because i want to take care of you by myself. And whats with that burden word, ha? I never consider you as a burden. I am not going anywhere. So now open your mouth and finish this porridge" he scolded me like i am a little girl. I looked at him with my wide eyes. 

"Okay i will eat by myself" i said while trying to take the spoon from his hands. 

"No i will feed you with my hands only" he said with his firm voice. I sighed.

"Sir, Did you had your lunch?" i asked him.

"Yeah! I had some fruits and black coffee while preparing this porridge" he said. I nodded at him. Then he started to feed me the porridge. The porridge tastes very bitter. 

"What is this? It tastes bitter" i said with a frown. He chuckled looking at my face. 

"It tastes bitter because you are still having a fever" he said while feeding me another spoon. 

"Oh! I thought you cooked it for the first time. Thats why it tastes bitter" i said. Then only i realised what i said. I closed my mouth with my hand. 

" Hello madam. I am a great cook, okay? Just wait till to you get recover from this fever and cold. I will show you my cooking skills. I will feed you all the tasty foods cooked by my hands" he said with a smile. 

"You know cooking?" i asked him excitedly.

"Yes. I am a great cook" saying this he wiped the corner of my lips with his thump which had a littlle bit of porridge. I looked down when he did that. 

He is feeding me with more care like he is feeding a five year old little girl.  He wipes the corner of my lips with his thump, if he smuge any porridge while feeding me. He even didn't let me drink water by myself. I felt overwhelmed by his gestures. 

When i was a small girl, i used to saw my father feeding my brother and my grandmother, uncle and aunt feeding my brother and my cousins with their hands. I only look at them longingly.

Never once my father or anyone in my family fed me food with their hands. My own family didn't fed me food. Not even once. But here he is feeding me the food. For the first time in my life i am eating food from someone's hand. Why he is making me experience more first times in my life? Why? A tear slipped from the corner of my eyes. He looked at my tear. But didn't react. Only wiped my tears with a blank expression on his face. But more tears escaped from my eyes. 

"Is this porridge tastes that bad, Aasha?" he asked me, keeping the empty bowl on the bedside table. I shook my head in 'no'. 

"Then whats with this tears?" he asked me while wiping my tears, coming more close to me.

"Its the first time that someone feeding me food" i said with a small smile. He looked at me intently without saying anything. I thought he will ask more questions to me about my parents or my childhood days. But he didn't. 

"So what? I will feed you food everyday. I will feed you a lot of food till you become a fatty Aasha" he said with a chuckle while kissing my forehead.

"No i just said that" i said looking down at my lap, feeling embarrassed. I don't know why today i am behaving like a immature girl in front of him. May be i am behaving like this in front of him because of my fever. He put his index finger under my chin and raised my face to meet his gaze.

His eyes looking mine with full of adorations and care. Then he kissed me on my eyes. Then got up from the bed and brought the medicine from bedside table. And gave me the medicine with a glass of water. I had my medicine then he took the glass of water from my hand and placed it on the table. 

 He made me lay down on the bed while covering my body with the comforter and sat beside me. Then he started to massage my head with his hand, looking into my eyes. 

"No sir its okay" i said hesitantly.

"I know you have a headache. Just close your eyes and sleep. You need to rest now" he said softly. 

"I am not feeling like sleeping" i said. But suddenly i heard my phone rang. Mr. Malhotra took my phone from the bedside table and looked the screen with a frown. I got up from the bed to sit in a comfortable position. 

"What happened, sir? Who is calling?" i asked him. He gave me my phone with a grumpy face. Its Rocky calling. I attended the call. He asked me why i didn't come to office and i told him everything. Then Riya and Shreya also talked with me. They all asked me to take rest. 

"Hey Aasha, tomorrow is weekend. Mr. Malhotra said that he booked a table for us in this weekend, right? So we all planned to go there. Is it okay for you? Because your health is not good. If you can't come we will cancel the plan" he said. 

"No Rocky. I will also come. You guys don't cancel the plan. My health is good now. I will be fine by tomorrow" when i said this to Rocky Mr. Malhotra gave me a stern glare. I gulped at him.

"Then okay, Aasha. But will you please ask Mr. Malhotra the address?" he asked me. 

"Sure i will Rocky" i said and after biding bye to all, i hung the call. 

"What did he said? Why he called you in the first place?" Mr. Malhotra asked me in his cold tone. 

"Just to ask why i didn't come to office today" i said in my soft tone. 

"Then?" he asked me. 

"You said to them that day na that you will book a table for us in this weekend for lunch? And tomorrow is the weekend. Thats why he was asking will i be okay for tomorrow lunch plan or not" i said. 

"And what you said?" he asked me. 

"I said i will be fine by tomorrow and also said 'okay' for the lunch plan" i said looking at him. He was looking at me with blank face. 

"Your fever haven't reduced fully yet and you want to go tomorrow to meet your friends in this chilly rain that too with this fever and cold" he scolded me. 

"No sir. I will be fine by tomorrow if i take proper rest today" i said confidently.

"We will see that. Tomorrow i will come to check up on you. If i felt that you're not fine, then i will not let you go out" he said sternly. 

"But i can go, if i felt good, right?" i asked him. 

"If you felt good tomorrow, then i will take you to the restaurant by myself" he said. 

"No sir, Its.. " i was abruptly cut off by him. 

"Thats final. No more words" he said sternly. I nodded at him. Then only i checked my phone.There was five missed calls from Mr. Malhotra. 

"Sir, you called me last night?" i asked him with my wide eyes. 

"Yeah! I called you last night to say that you should take some medicine or some ginger tea as you got drenched in the rain. But you slept earlier i guess" he said. 

"Sorry sir. I felt tired. So i slept earlier last night. And my phone was also in a silent mood. I am really sorry" i said, feeling guilty. 

"Its okay. Now you should take rest now" saying this he made me lay down on the bed and started to massage my head. His hand does some magic on my head that i didn't felt anymore headache. I sighed looking at him. 

"Do you still have headache?" he asked me with a concerned look. 

"No. Not now" i said with a small smile. He also smiled at me. Then he placed a kiss on my forehead. 

"Okay now close your eyes and sleep" he said softly. I did what he said. I felt him kissing me on my cheek. Soon i drifted into deep slumber. 

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