Chapter-4

It is around 4:10 pm, weather seems to be like of a nice autumn evening. Birds are chirping, breeze is flowing weather is enchanting. Weather is nice and clear unlike the state of my mind. Mind is bewildering over future, what shall I do to stop this marriage, will I be able to stop this inevitable fate. I was all confused and bewildered. Birds sound earlier used to feel like music to my ears, recently it seems to sound clamorous. Now, stiuations are different nothing could calm me. The outer world was poles apart from my inner world.

My soul was resonating chaos while the outer world was all poetry, romance, calm and peaceful.

"Do you like butterflies?" after a few miles of walk all in silence, suddenly this inquisitive voice of him came as an interruption while I was enchanted by the beauty of the silver stroked , painted butterfly. Those silver and purple splashed wings fluttering gracefully. These creatures are so lucky to be free and not bewildered by any humanly bounds.

I was in no mood to talk to him, his unannounced arrival has disrupted my life but still the reality is here I am here, sharing paths with him.

"Hummm, who wouldn't...just see those creatures aren't they heavenly. They are so lucky to be free and seems to be Queen of there will. Unlike..." I stumbled in between.

"Who stopped you from being free and queen of your on will."

"I personally believe in living life on my own terms" he spoke with a straight face and eyes pointed at me.

Lifting my eyesballs I saw him, how can anyone live in a dreamy world.

"Life is not same for everyone; being a girl itself means we had to take care of zillion of things before taking any action."

So isn't it better to have a partner to accompany you through the eves and flow. Someone who could share half of your burden.

"Share burden! What about the complementary pain, emotional trauma they bring along."

Men's sucks. It's always better to live by yourself then to depend on some fake masculine character pretending to take all the pains and share burden while what they all do is just complicate matters. Make life more complex and traumatic.

First they make us dependent, take care of us as a fragile bud. Later they are the only ones causing the world's worst turmoil.

"So much of hatred towards one community."

"As a men I feel threatened. What will happen to us? If this way all the women starts thinking. This way we all men are going to die single." he said with a pinch of mischievous smile spreading across his face.

My eyes met his and I couldn't help myself from smiling. He looked completely different personality to how he appeared to be just some minutes back when we were all sitting and discussing the not so interesting topic of our marriage. The serious, all indulged in work millionaire, business tycoon all of a sudden seems like a teenager flirt.

"From the way you speak about this men community you seem to be a lot more experienced in this matter. It seems like you have too many encounters with this pathetic species." He spoke in an inquisitive manner.

"Hmm, this pity huge bastard seems to be very much interested in my love life affairs. Not bad." i thought smiling inside, getting reminded all of the sudden of my agenda.

"Encounters with men" I laughed pretty much widely.

"I had a multiple of it." I spoke as if I am pro in this game. only inside little did I know that never ever I have been in relationship of any kind with these peculiar spieces.

I am also not good at pretending, I have just put myself in this matter in which I have no mastery at all.

"Ohh! that's the case. you doesn't look someone to had multiple flings. I am quite ...."

"Shocked right? " I spoke immediately.

"No, not shocked. Actually impressed. " he spoke in a nonchalant plain manner. what a son of bastard.

"Impressed" I was not expecting this response from him.

You can't be impressed, you need to judge me after listening to this and say no this so called marriage. I thought no millionaire wanted to have a marriage relationship with a woman who had affairs with multiple men.

I was all bewildered listening to his remarks.

"Impressed, really?" I asked in an evidently shocked voice. Are you really fine with me being dating a lot of men.

"Do you still want to marry me?"

Giving me a side eye view he picked out the hand form his pocket and reached further to hold my hand. I don't care how the multiple affairs my girl had in past what matters to me is , while she is with me I will be the only person to be in her mind heart and soul.

"I will also make sure that is the only case happening. "

The way he spoke for instance it felt like a slight warning to me. make sure what does it mean.

"And how will you make sure? " My face gave baffled expression while I spoke this out. I could not hold myself from questioning.

"By loving you enough, so that there would be no scope for no love no thus no one would interest you apart from me." he spoke effortlessly and moved ahead with a slight smile on his face.

This was the answer I had not expected. To say truly, I was a little impressed with his way of handling this question.

I thought of him to be a ruthless, heartless, CEO with zero sense of humour and flirting skills.

But man you got some charm.

(No...No ...I am not already blown by his influence. Don't take me to be that softer on my words or intentions.)

"So, our parents want us to know more about each other. I have no questions from you. I already know pretty much about you. Do you want to ask me anything? " he spoke in a plain CEO kind of voice.

"You know about me." I wa squite confused about this statement.

"This is the first time we are meeting how would he know about me. Did he ask my mom or dad about me? But why would he do that " I was pondering about these deep thoughts.

My thought process was intervened as he spoke in between.

"You study in school of Medicine, has one best friend Lilly. You were mentioning something about ocassional flings with different men. But you rarely speak to any man around you. To the extent you don't have any one male friend. You like feeding stray dogs. Dancing is your hobby since you are good at it. You have also joined a dance class. Moreover.....' he was continue speaking more paragraphs but soon I cut him short.

"Stop...Stop." You can't know all this. How is it possible?

I was baffled.

There was no way that he could know each peculiar details about me.

"Were you spying on me. " I asked with eyes borad open.

"Spy , that is a more serious word. I was taking care of my soon to be wife. You are soon going to walk the aisle with me"

Forsake, I feel like punching him on his sharp toned nose and kicking him hard at his knees. Leaving him in no condition to walk. Let alone thinking about walking the aisle with me.

"In your dreams. I have no interest in marrying you. And I believe your time is worth more that just spying on a petty normal girl."

"Not at all petty ....you are my soon to be wife. You are going to be mine and what is mine is never petty. It is always precious. I want to take care of you and is going to marry you any how. Just that I want to marry you with your willingness. "

"Let's go inside they must be waiting for us. Let's go and say yes to this start of invincible end."

uttering these words he clenched my palm and held it tightly , I have never let any boy touch me like this and he has been already acting as if he owns every right.

"Leave it." I spoke in a serious tone.

"I have not held it to just leave you." Now you are mine and I am proclaiming this ...saying this he slipped his hands on my waist and pulled me closer. Sliding a finger on my curls gently shifted it at the edges of my ear. Leaning closer he pulled me towards him , to the extent that our faces were just an inch apart from each other.

His eyes seems to pierce through my body gently, lovingly yet passionately...

His face gleamed as the sunshine hit through the chiseled face. His lips were moving slowly closer to mine.....

to be continued....

(Not sure what life holds for us, where it is taking us forward.)