MAYRA'S POV
"Just once..."
"Make me learn."
"Mayra." I let out a sigh and turned around only to find Rehan sitting on the kitchen's counter with a sour look plastered on his face.
I shook my head and took a step closer to him.
"Please Rehan." I said with a small smile.
"Stop giving me that look. It's tempting me hard to grab you and kiss you senselessly. "He muttered with a smirk.
I blinked few times to process his words and instantly a blush crept on my cheeks. I fixed my eyes on the floor, clenching my fists to calm the uneven breath.
His words knows how to take my breath away in a blink of an eye.
"Stop it." He warned and pressed his eyes closed.
I knitted my eyebrows in confusion, trying harder to read his expressions.
"Rehan?" I called out his name and placed my palms on his shoulder to which he quickly shrugged it off leaving me in worried state.
"I am sorry. It's okay. I will not..." As I was going to complete my sentence, he parted his eyelids and next I know I was pulled closer to his body.
My heart skipped a beat and slowly I tilted my head down.
" Don't move, don't talk, don't offer me your billion in one smile, don't bite your lips, don't blink your eyes, don't blush, don't care, Fuck don't even breath." He said in a one go and interlocked our gaze.
I didn't even understood a word he said. My eyebrows automatically rose up in confusion and somehow I managed to say "Why?"
"Because..." He said leaning a little closer to my face, his mint breath fanning all over my face which were igniting a strange spark of excitement along with nervousness over my senses.
"Because everything about you is turning me on." He whispered almost taking my breath away and leaving me dazed.
My heart started thumping strongly and his lips curled into teasing smirk. I gulped down my saliva and my abdomen burst out with butterflies. I dared to look into his eyes which were staring back into mine.
"I can sense your arousal my dear wife. Are you that much affected to me?" I shut my eyes in embarrassment and bite the corner of my lips.
You have no idea Rehan that how much affected I am from you. Even your small smile can cause the hurricane to occur on my senses.
"Mayra you are going to make me learn cooking. Got it?" He said and removed his hold from my body.
I frowned and shook my head.
He wants me to make him learn how to cook. But I just couldn't. I know very well that he doesn’t even know basics of cooking. What if he'll hurt himself in the process?
No. I don't want to take any chance.
“I am not asking for your permission. Just do what I said." He yelled in irritation, pinching the bridge of his nose.
"I don't want you to hurt yourself." I said in a whisper and licked my lips looking everywhere but him.
"What? You think that I am some six years old who'll cut his finger with a knife or accidentally touch the hot utensils? "He asked in a disbelief.
I mentally nodded at his words but didn't said anything to him.
"How about you just sit and let me cook?" I asked but he instantly replied me with a look saying no.
Why he has to be so stubborn?
Think of something Mayra. Think of something to stop him.
"How about you just sit and let me cook and after that I will k-kiss you?" I asked the first thought which crossed my mind and the next very moment started regretting those words.
I felt like hiding somewhere. How could you be so stupid? Now what he will think of you?
"How about you make me learn how to cook and after that...no wait, before that kiss me?" He said and passed a wink at me.
I flushed and turned my face away to hide the embarrassment.
"Fine. But we will start with making spaghettis only?" I said and sighed in a defeat.
Seriously it is impossible to convince Rehan.
"Okay." He said and kissed my cheeks.
He passed me one of his heart melting smile with a little shine in his eyes. He taped on the chopping board and roam his eyes around the kitchen.
"I've got one hell of a kitchen. I wonder how I never stepped inside."
No wonder. When you'll work till midnight, how are you supposed to even have a look of your own kitchen Rehan?
"Now turn around." He said.
"Why?"
"Just do." I nodded and turned my back towards him and that's when his hands snaked around my waist pulling me closer to him. My back get collided with his chest and here goes my body betraying me by making my knees feel week and a shiver which danced all over my spine.
He lifts me up and gently put me on the counter.
"Now sit here like this and just tell me what to do step by step."
"Rehan but how can I tell you what to do when you don't even let me look." I excused but in return he gave me a chuckle.
"Rehan this is unfair."
"Mayra this is fair." He mocked me in a girly tone and burst out laughing.
His melodic sound of laughter erupted and I couldn't helped myself from smiling.
Next hour passed with me giving instructions to him without even looking at him and he followed them. Few times I did heard the sounds of utensils hitting the floor and God knows what else but he never let me even once to turn around and have a look.
"Done." He announced like a happy child.
I grabbed my hair in a messy bun and looked at him who stood near the dining table gesturing me to come towards him. I walked to him and he smiled after pulling the chair out for me. I bite my lips to hide my surprise and slowly grabbed the seat.
I shook my head and smiled after having the glimpse of the spaghetti he has cooked. It seems slightly burned with sticking ends. I put one bite inside my mouth and instantly a burning sensation crept over my taste buds. I somehow gulped it down with water but when I spot an excited look plastered on his face, this dish automatically started tasting edible. I realized the efforts he had put through it and the fact that he has cooked just for me even when he doesn’t knows how to cook.
I smiled and continued eating it.
"Wait." He said and took fork from my hand and tasted one bite. His face instantly drained colors and he started coughing.
I quickly handheld him glass full of water but without drinking it, he grabbed the plate full of spaghetti and threw it on the floor.
"Are you crazy woman? How could you eat this crap?" He hissed and stared at me.
I startled and fixed my eyes on the floor.
"Look this is the last time I am warning you that you should stop letting yourself hurt in any way. If I am the reason behind your hurt then please do something to stop me. I just couldn't...” He shut his words in middle and stared at the blank space.
I slowly raised my eyes from the floor up to his face but before that could happen, my eyes landed on his palm which were wounded at several places like he has burnt his…Wait what?
I quickly took his palm in-between mine and that's when I got a clear look. How could he be so careless? His hand was burned but still he behaved like nothing happened.
I frowned and pulled him to sit and rushed to get some ointments and Band-Aids.
"See, that's why I didn't want you to cook." I muttered softly placing the ointment on the burn spot.
I thought that it will cause a little pain but he kept a blank face, simply staring at me like he was searching for something. I furrowed my eyebrows and blew a small amount of air near his wound and that's when his lips curled into smile.
I frowned more. Rehan why are you not showing your pain?
"Answer me." He said, holding my hand and interlocking our eyes.
"One reason why you had eaten that crap?" He asked in a throaty strong voice.
I inhaled a little large and with a smile I whispered "That wasn't the crap."
He shot up his eyebrows in challenging way and passed me a look to continue.
His hold on my wrist was warm which gave me enough strength to look into his eyes otherwise I would have let my eyes down the floor.
"You cooked for me and that's what matters the most instead of the taste but the taste also wasn't that bad." I added with a small smile.
"Bad? Its taste was horrible.” He scoffed.
"It was edible. Don't act like a spoilt brat." I replied and this time we both smiled at each other with same intensity of happiness.
In past few days our relation has changed a little. Now I know that however angry he will be but in the end we can talk to bring everything back to normal.
Maybe that's the beauty of us.
"Now I’ve realized that how much you care for me." He said with a cheeky smile, running his fingers softly through my hairs and next letting the bun open so that all the hair cascaded down my shoulder.
No. You will never realize that how much I care for you Rehan. I care for you to the extent where one could love their own life and you are my life.
"I want something very badly Mayra." He said with a frown and scooped me into his arms.
My breath get hitched and I clutched his torso for support. He started stepping towards our room keeping emotion devoid face.
I sighed softly.
When will I be able to understand him? It still feels like I don't even know a bit about him.
"I want to stay like this forever.” He added and put me on the bed and he rested his head on my lap.
"Without sleepless nights, without working till midnight, without shouting at anyone, without having a sour mood, without being asked by the paparazzi such questions which are hard to ignore, without thinking about my past, without being the center of attention, without feeling alone and lastly spending as much as time with you." He said in a weak voice with his eyes pressed closed and lips turned into painful smile.
For the first time I felt myself going out of words. I creased his cheeks softly and then actually it hit me that he is not happy with his working life.
Many people out their wished to be like him, to be successful just like him but somehow they always forget the fact that money can’t always buy the happiness.
Like Rehan; he has everything but still he feels like he has nothing.
"Rehan." I called his name and he hummed in response with his breath now calming down a little.
"I am here with you and I will be always." I softly said to him.
"You are mine and you couldn't leave me unless I want and trust me Mayra that's the last thing I want." He spoke, looking directly into my eyes which were reflecting his possessiveness.
I smiled and nodded. My heart does a summersault and a warm feeling embraced my heart.
There was a time when he wanted me to stay away from him and today he said that I am his.
How could I be so lucky?
"Rehan thank you for coming into my life. You know I never experienced what family feels like but with you I feel the bond of trust, care, understanding which I was craving since forever." I confessed and my eyes filled up with tears.
If only I could explain my true feelings to him. I wanted so much to tell him. But how can I?
"Family?" He asked in disguise and chuckled bitterly.
"Mayra please make me forget everything. Make me forget the fact that I am Rehan Malhotra. I am tired of it. I want to live my life the way I had lived in last two days with you instead of the life I had lived since last twenty seven years." He sounded so desperate and bitter at the same time that the mystery behind his past started itching me to disclose it.
"H-How?" I shuttered.
"Just kiss me." I stiffen at his words and in the next moment he sat with his face an inch closer to mine. I blinked and took a bold action of placing my lips over his. I didn't need to put any efforts further as he has already started molding our lips into passionate kiss bringing every nerve in my body to be alive with new intensity of emotions.
He smiled in-between the kiss and softly shoved his tongue inside my mouth leaving me all dazed and alive. I started creasing his thick soft hair which feels so good to my fingers, like velvet. He nibbled on my lips and a low moan escaped. I flushed and soon parted away from him when my lungs felt like bursting out with lack of oxygen.
I smiled and hid my face on his strong chest which was vibrating due to his chuckle.
"Now see how easily you can make me forget everything just with your single kiss." He commented in a teasing tone.
And Rehan you see how easily you could bring me to another world full of happiness. I never thought that the reason of marrying you would bring this much ecstasy to me.
“And remind me not to ever cook. It could led to food poisoning or something dangerous.” He said and we both started laughing.