Chapter 25 - I never loved her




Past...


Radhika wakes up and finds Arjun sleeping beside her. She blushes recalling their previous night and overwhelmed seeing him snuggling close to her.


Arjun buried his face in her neck and inhaling her aura, he breathes in her earlobe and mutters, "Thank you for the heavenly night"


Radhika's cheeks turns to beet red, she tried to get up by moving his hands from her, but he pulls her back to the mat and covers her beneath him, leaning on top of her halfway.


Radhika hushes, "Arjun, please"


Arjun chuckles looking at her unease and starts playing on her face with his lips. Radhika shivers by his touch and holds his shoulders tightly of unable to handle his touch anymore.


Arjun mumbles on her lips, "I LOVE YOU RADHIKA"


Radhika opens her eyes to find him staring her with lot of love, lust, desire, passion and what more. She cups his face and pecks his lips saying, "LOVE YOU TOO ARJUN"


He smiles looking at her and capture her lips with a passionate and intense kiss. The burning sensation on their skins makes both of them so horny and yearns for each other. Arjun showers her with his kisses and keeps planting all over her naked body. Radhika controls herself in moaning aloud, but even her body movement for his each touch makes him go wild and longing to take her again.


Somehow, Radhika stops him in going deep muttering in between her pants, "Arjun, Please stop"


Arjun stops instantly and looks at her teary eyes, he feels bad looking at her helpless situation and hides his face in the crook of her neck and mumbles against her skin, "I am sorry Radhika. I...I Just couldn't control myself"


Radhika gulps and rubs his hair by her fingers saying, "It's ok. We have to leave soon before they come here"


Arjun at last kisses on her forehead and said, "Finally, I claimed you. I won you"


Radhika stares him for a while and smiles at him when he reflects the same.


****


Dhruv hugs Arjun and Said, "It was nice meeting you both and hope you both had a nice time being with us"


Arjun winks at Radhika and turns to Dhruv saying, "Yes, we really had nice time. And thanks for your help. Now we should leave and join with our friends. They must be worried"


Dhruv, "Yes, come with me"


Dhruv then calls some persons and tells them in his language and turns to Arjun, "He will take you to the place where your friends staying now. You can't go alone since you are new to this place. Go with him and take care"


Ardhika soon reached the cottage they stayed and encounters their friends on the doorstep itself. All were looking so worried and tensed. Everyone comes rushing to them and hugs them tightly showing their worries of not seeing them for the whole night.


Arjun comforts them and turns to the tribe signing him Thanks and ask him to leave.


Sanjeev, "Where were you Arjun? And Radhika? Where you guys went?"


Arjun, "Actually we missed our route and the local tribes helped us"


Sanjeev, "How?"


Then Arjun briefs them how they met the tribes and staying with them and their traditional festival, but he ignored the marriage part cautiously.


Radhika gives him a look at the tip of her eyes and turns her gaze away from him.


Sanjeev notices them and asks, "Am I missing something?"


Arjun, "No"


Someone from the group, "Yes"


She then turns to Radhika asking her, "How come you are with Arjun? You were sleeping with me right?"


Radhika blinks at her and not knowing what to say, Arjun understands her nervous and said, "When I went out yesterday night, she was standing outside enjoying the breeze and I offered her a small walk. Unfortunately we both missed the route and went far away from here"


Radhika sighs and said, "I am tired. I want to sleep now" she runs to her room immediately without even waiting for their response.


Soon Arjun too excuses him from them and goes to his room to avoid their unnecessary questions anymore.


The days passed as usual, they all started exploring the places with the tourist guide and enjoy the holidays spent there. Ardhika often stealing the glances from each other and fulfill their desire secretly whenever they get a chance.


****


Back to Mumbai, The days passed so quickly and Ardhika's romance increased day by day. Though she met Spandana few times, she behaves well in front of her but at the same time she feels that because of her something wrong is going to happen. But all her thoughts are always wiped off when she meet Arjun and forgets everything in his love.


It was the last day, last exam for Arjun. Radhika wants to do something special for him and thinks to take him out tonight and decided to spend the night with him. She lies on her bed staring the ceiling, recalling her time with Arjun when he ties the mangalsutra, and the night they spent. Her cheeks becomes red just by thinking about that night, she smiles unknowingly and murmurs, "I love you Arjun"


Her beautiful moment gets distracted by a loud gasp beside her and it's none other than Kriti who sits like a statue with her mouth open widely.


Radhika shuts her eyes in thinking what to say, how to convince her and before she says something, Kriti gasps, "You confessed him?"


Radhika stutters, "No...No Kriti, nothing like that"


Kriti, "I just heard what you murmured. I am not a deaf you know"


Radhika gulps and thinks how to convince her and she continues, "No point in thinking. You confessed him?"


Radhika nods her head slowly, Kriti, "When did that happened?"


Radhika, "After the dance performance"


Kriti squeals happily and hugs her tightly, "You just made it my girl. Thank god, now I will get my peaceful sleep back"


Radhika looks at her with her jaw open and Kriti continues, "You were disturbing me like a hell in the day and night, now I am relaxed that this will move to Arjun. But anyway, I am so happy for you. Arjun is the best for you. You both are made for each other"


Radhika smiles and hugs her sharing her happiness and gets a promise from her that not to reveal this to anyone. This time Kriti made a serious promise to her unlike the last one.


****


Radhika walks to her classroom with Kriti but stops seeing Arjun with Spandana, Tears forms in her eyes not just by seeing them but by seeing them hugging each other. She can see Spandana's face but Arjun's back. Spandana smiles burying her face in his neck holding his shoulder and throws a gaze at Radhika who is shocked to the core seeing them.


She runs from there having tears roll on her cheeks, Kriti also followed her and tries to convince her but all went in vain. She searches for Arjun but not finding him anywhere near, so she walks back to Radhika but met Harsh on the way.


Harsh looks at her worried face and enquires her, Kriti also told him how Arjun and Spandana were hugging each other. Harsh smirks thinking his plan working smoothly and acts as if he is worried. He comes to Radhika with Kriti and comforts her, "Leave it Radhika, you know him right. He is our college playboy. She is one of those girls whom he used for his lust, this is his real character and he always use one or the other girls to satisfy his inner lust"


Radhika wonders thinking why he is saying that and defends Arjun, "No Harsh, don't say anything wrong about Arjun. I know him very well, he won't do all this. May be he was like this but now he is changed"


Harsh laughed at her and said, "Hey, I am with him for 3 years now, he is such a play boy to have the girls in his farm house for the whole night and you can see now also that many girls are trying to get his attention and is ready to be in his arms even it is for few minutes. He always likes to get this kind of attraction from the girls and finally used them and throws them like a trash"


Radhika is jaw dropped hearing him and nods her head as no refusing to believe him saying, "You are wrong. Arjun won't do that. I won't believe you"


She runs away from there and Kriti also followed her until they reach their room. Radhika sits silently in her place and Kriti tries to get her in normal but all in vain.


She unwillingly goes out in search of Arjun and finds him nowhere. She comes back to the room only to find it is empty. She gets panic of not seeing Radhika there and runs out to search her.


****


Radhika goes towards the college ground and finds Arjun talking with his friends. She did not hear anything so she walks little more close to them and finds them talking about them...about Arjun & Radhika.


Mahesh (Arjun's friend), "Tell me the truth. Are you in love with her?"


Arjun glares at him and said, "NO"


For a second, Radhika's heart popped out hearing him...his words. The word NO keeps on echoing in her ears and tears pricking her eyes giving her a blur vision.


Sruti, "But I think she is in love with you"


Arjun, "But I never loved her"


Sruti, "What do you mean?"


Arjun, "I won the challenge" he pause for a second and continues, "I made her trust me blindly and fallen in love with me"


Mahesh smirks and Arjun continues, "I took my revenge on her and now she is my love struck puppy"


Past ends....


****


Present,


Radhika stays at the living room with Nandini and does some help for her in arranging the things. Arjun descends down gluing his stare fixed with Radhika who doesn't even bother to look at.


He goes to her and drags her with him; she shoves his hands away shouting, "What are you doing?"


Arjun again holds her wrist and drags her saying, "I need to talk to you"


Radhika pushes him to free from his grip and shouting, "I don't want to talk to you. Just leave me alone for god's sake"


He pulls her to him by her shoulders and gets locked with each other's trance and their gaze breaks hearing Nandini's voice, "What's happening here?"


Ardhika composes them in front of her and stutters what to say.


Arjun comes forward, "Mom, nothing serious"


Nandini pushes him aside going to Radhika and asks, "What's the problem Radhika?"


Radhika blinks with nervous and moves her sight to Arjun seeking his help and turns her gaze to Nandini again when she demands the answer from her again.


Radhika, "Mom, actually..."


Arjun interrupts, "I did hurt her...Unknowingly"


Radhika blinks at him and Nandini, "Hurt her?"


Nandini observes Radhika's face and finds a hickey on her neck which was given by Arjun on Haldi day. It was not a clear sight but still the mark has its place on her skin and she forgot to conceal it.


Nandini gives a naughty smirk looking at them and said, "Radhika, you should not get angry for all this. Leave it and get it concealed it before someone else sees this. Guests are coming home today"


Then she leaves from there leaving Radhika dumb, she still did not understand what Nandini was saying and what she wants to conceal it.


Arjun smirks looking at him blank face, walks to her and said, "She meant it differently"


Radhika, "What?"


Arjun leans again towards her neck and lick it on the mark making her flinch instantly and he continues, "The symbol which tells the world that You are Mine"


He winks at her and walks out leaving her startled. Radhika runs to her room and checks the place where Arjun pointed and finds a hickey there. She bangs her head and tries to put the conceal over it to hide the mark.


She stares her own reflection in the mirror and said, "Guests are arriving right"


She gives an attitude look at herself and smirks, "I will make your day hell today, Mr.Mehra"


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