Chapter,24

Part 24

"Hello Yashvi----" with that he cooked up the story that I injured myself and he is taking me to the hospital and she should enjoy with Ishaan.

He hung up the phone as I gaped at his face, lying so smoothly.

"Now come." He dragged me to the parking lot and opened the door for me, gesturing me to sit inside.

I sighed and got up, finding no other options. He sat in the driver's seat and drove off.

"Where are you taking me?" I asked him to look outside the window.

"You'll get to know in a few minutes," he answered, and I sighed.

After 30 minutes, his car halted outside the penthouse and we stepped out.

He held my hand and we walked in. I was horrified to see the elevator again and took two steps back.

"I am here with you, Sharanya. Nothing will happen," he said, softly squeezing my palm. I still agreed with a nod.

"Sssh, don't think much," he whispered and dragged me in.

He pressed the button on the 27th floor while I rubbed my palms together in anticipation and sweat beads formed on my forehead.

I tapped my feet and took a deep breath. My eyes fixated on the arrow of the elevator, which was going up, and finally it stopped on the 27th floor.

I sighed in relief as the door got opened.

We walked out and now I was standing in front of Neil Ahuja's World. Ohh yeah, it's written on the gate.

He unlocked the door and stepped in and gestured for me to come inside.

I did and he locked the door behind us. The next moment, I felt him wrapping his arms around me from the back as he hugged me tight.

My breath hitched as I stiffened under his hold. "I've missed you so much," I heard him whispering in my left ear.

It's wrong I pushed him with all my will and he moved back. "Why did you take me here?" I asked sternly.

"Because I want to have some alone time with my wife," he said, smiling and unbuttoned his blazer. He threw it on the couch and adjusted the a/c temperature..

"I am not your wife," I said, glaring at him, and he chuckled.

"Did you forget Sharanya that we got married?" he asked, looking at me, and I shook my head no.

"Our marriage isn't legal because you are already married to Anusha Mam," I said, and he looked at me intently, making me nervous with his intense gaze.

"We are divorced." My eyes widened hearing him How did he get to know about all this?

"Don't you know huh?" he said as he strode towards me, pulling me close to himself.He whispered, leaning close to me.

He left me moving back after I stuttering.

"Sharanya, today I want to tell you something. I actually want to confess something." he said and held my palms.

"First you sit here." He made me sit on the couch and knelt in front of me. What was he upto?

"Listen to me carefully, okay?" I nodded and he took a deep breath.

"I don't love Anusha and she doesn't love me either. We got married two years back because our parents were business partners and it was some business dealing shits," he said, looking at me, then looked down at our entwined hands.

"We are just name-sake husband and wife. We didn't stay in the same room. She has another room for herself in our mansion. I think you already know about it that we didn't live together."

"You know, last year when I came to Jaipur, you were 17 at the time and I fell for you," he said, and my eyes widened.

"You were so small and you are still small and I fell for you, but I held myself back because I was already married." he said and smiled as if he was reminiscing those days.

"Before marrying you, I divorced Anusha, but she is still living with me because her father is very dangerous and if he gets to know about all this, then he might kill me or Anusha," he said.

He said while his words caught my attention, "We both divorced each other with our own consent and no one forced us."

"But Lekha Ma'am told me that you and Anusha Ma'am were unaware of the fact that you had both already signed divorce papers." I said.

"Because I told her to say that to you," he said, looking at me. What the hell? I was about to pounce on him when he stopped me and restarted. "Mom isn't my real mom, she is my step mom."

"She knew that I and Anusha had already divorced each other and then she forced me to marry you, but I denied it because I didn't want to destroy your life."

"I got to know that my mom forced you and some reasons she forced me too." I cut him off.

"Then why did you torture me after marriage? Why did you say bad words to me? Huh, you said you fell for me, right? Then why did you behave with me like that?" I yelled as I pushed myself off the couch.

"Because I thought you were a gold digger, I thought you were also like those middle class girls who thought about luxuries and all," he said, and I turned towards him.

"But you are not like those sharanya, I tried to test you all the time, giving my card and all the luxurious things, but you haven't used anything and I realised that you are perfect Sharanya." He said his brown eyes were soft today.

"Why did you do this to me?" I yelled.

"Because I wanted to make you jealous; I wanted you to say you also have feelings for me; I wanted you to assert your rights over me," he explained.

"And Anusha didn't know that I have feelings for you. I haven't said anything about it. She didn't even know about our marriage."

"Rights huh," I chuckled, "you snatched all my rights on you," I exclaimed loudly.

He came near me while I showed my palm to stop him. "Don't come near me and I don't believe you!" I shouted, wiping my overflowing tears harshly.

He forcefully pulled me into his arms while I wriggled as he caged me. "Shh, stop crying," he whispered in my ear, his hands softly caressing my hair and back.

I gave up and wrapped my arms around him, pressing my face on his chest as I cried.

Why did his arms give me peace? "You are the first girl in my life, Sharanya, and I don't know if you'll believe me or not, but I didn't touch Anusha for once," he whispered. I looked up at him without breaking the hug and he kissed my forehead.

"Wait, I have something to show you." he said and broke the hug.

He went inside one room and came out after a few minutes, taking some papers in his hands.

"See this." He handed me those papers.

It was his and Anusha's divorce papers, and they had already divorced 6 months before.

"It's true, Sharanya, we are already divorced," he said, and I looked at him.

He cupped my cheeks and leaned closer to me. "Though I know our marriage is a secret, soon I'll be going to announce it to the world that you are my wife, not anusha, and anusha will be leaving Ahuja Mansion soon." I didn't say anything and placed my lips on his, taking him off guard.

Sharanya's POV ends.

Neil's POV.

It literally took me off guard. I wasn't expecting a kiss from her. I thought she was going to punch me. I was shocked, shocked for a second, then smiled in between the kisses as she was struggling. I bent a little more and kissed her back, wrapping my arms around her petite waist.

Being breathless, we broke the kiss breathing heavily.. She hugged me tightly, being shy, and I smiled, which changed into a smirk. I caressed her hair and my lips broke into an evil smile. Sharanya Finally, you fell into my trap.

The dirty game of a Billionaire has started already.

To be continued .