Suspicious wife-part 3d

“ Wow! Why didn’t we think about this first? Your idea is great, wifey. I love you now zillion more times.” , Luv said. This made Disha fall in love with him again. But that feeling didn’t take minute to turn into jealousy when Lisa opened her mouth to speak. 

 

“Awesome! Why don’t you pen your idea and jot down the costs required by this month? We could have presentation with our client.” Lisa said excitedly. Luv too agreed what Lisa said. 

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Disha told her aunt about what happened in the morning. Aunt carefully heard and tried hard to understand her viewpoint. “ Ha! Look at your husband! This was your idea. You should be presenting the idea. You are so naïve! You could have told him that you would do the presentation.”, Aunt said. “ How can you tell? They haven’t decided on who is going to present. However look at bright side, aunt. They have given me opportunity to shape this idea. Isn’t that great?”, Disha said. “ This is great for you? You are equally qualified as your husband. I am hundred percent sure your hard work will not acknowledged. Lisa will take all the credit.” ,aunt scolded. What her aunt said was also true. It disheartened her. 

“Don’t lose hope, sweetie. I was just telling you for your good. By the way, I bought you something. This will help you for tomorrow.”, aunt said coolly. 

Luv had left early. This was perfect! She wanted that as she got time to prepare herself. She took out the red flowing dress. She wore make up to enhance her features though it was too much. She matched her dress with pair of gold earrings and high heels though heels made her uncomfortable to walk. 

It was hundredth time that she had tripped and rose up. Many people at the office giggled secretly at her back when they saw her plight. As she reached the cabin, Luv couldn’t help laughing mercilessly. Disha was in tears. She didn’t realize that the makeover didn’t suit her at all.

 Only one person who understood her condition was Lisa-her undying enemy. Lisa escorted her towards the washroom and helped her to tone the makeup and the dress. Disha was speechless. She didn’t understand whether she should thank her or hate her more.

(To be continued)

Suspicious wife-part 3c

It was as usual the same boring routine. She was at his cabin with him and Lisa. It was always boring with them only discussing about work. She did nothing except stare at them. The ignorance of the topic made it difficult for her to keep her eyes open. She would fall sleep in between. Luv would often ask her to stay at home. But her aunt’s constant reminding her about the goal made it necessary for her to escort him.

“So how are we going to market this product? Your idea would cost a bomb if we execute it.”,Luv said. “ But we can’t always use models. This product is targeted at middle class housewives and not young sophisticated audience. We need someone whom they can look up to and this actress is well known among our targeted audience. Oh come on, old man. Don’t use the same old spices to cook the broth. Add some new ingredient!” Lisa argued. 

“ What product are you guys talking about?” Disha asked ignorantly, having only heard the word ‘product’ in the conversation due to her sleepiness. “The product is used to clean tough stains in kitchen floors and counter tops. This is what the manufacturer says. It is basically targeted on the housewives like you…I didn’t mean you.. I meant middle class wives.” Lisa explained. The phase ‘housewives like you’ pinched Disha’s soul. “How dare she call her housewife? But hey…I got an idea.”, she said to herself. 

“ Did you say something?”,Luv asked.  “ Yeah… No.. I mean I have an idea.” Disha blushed with embarrassment.  “ Hmmm… can you give me the sample of the product? I will use it and give you my inputs on how to market it tomorrow.”, she said.  Lisa and Luv looked at each other with confusion. They weren’t sure about this. “ Honey, you don’t have to break your head on this. We will come up with….”Luv said politely but he was cut off in middle by Lisa. “Don’t be such a bitch, Luv. She does have a point. You can try the product and tell us what to do with it.”Lisa said with big smile.

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Next day was bright filled with hope for Disha to get back her love or prove her worth to Luv. She was at the same place where they had left the last conversation about the product. “ So what did you think about the product?” Lisa asked out of blue. “ Hmmm…it’s great. Why don’t use the real housewives for the product for marketing. They can vouch the product than these models or celebrities.” Disha said. Luv and Lisa didn’t react for a minute. They simply stared at her with funny expressions. Disha’s heart sank and she had already accepted the loss before anybody could anything.

(To be continued)

Suspicious wife-part 3b

 “Hi wifey! I didn’t expect you here” , Luv greeted her with a big hug. But Disha felt a bit uncomfortable with the hug that she loved any other day. He released her. He grabbed Lisa’s hand and twisted playfully. “So what untrue things were you spreading about me?”, he joked. “Ah.. I was just telling her how pain in ass you are.” She said with a humor.

Disha didn’t find it amusing to see the best friends play with each other. She simply gave a fake smile assuring them that she had no problem with this. However beneath her she felt her hear being pricked.

“Hey, don’t forget your wife’s here. Sorry Disha, your husband is hell of prick. He hates his darkest secrets to come out.” ,she said. “She wouldn’t mind and she wouldn’t easily trust your sweet coated words, amigo.” , he said hurting Disha’s feelings more. She had to stay even if it pained her to see them together. She remembered her goal to get him back. 

“ I guess I should leave. I kept your tiffin at your cabin. Have it on time.”, Disha said not willing to stand any longer. “Please do stay with us. You just came now.” Lisa said. “No..actually I have work to do at home. I can’t stay. But next time for sure!”,Disha lied.

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She was back home. She called her aunt and narrated the whole incident. “Why did you not stay? It would have been good opportunity to know your opponent..hmmm..sorry that Lisa better.” ,aunt said.  “From now on you need to go to his office more often.” , she advised.

 Disha followed her advice. She visited his office more often. But she felt miserable most of the time and the only reason for this being witness to their friendship. Her hatred towards Lisa increased every minute.

She felt left alone when they were together. Luv wasn’t the same when he was with Lisa. It looked like as if he had more fun with Lisa than her. “Why did he marry me when he was comfortable with her? Did he marry only because of his late dad’s wishes or was it because he wanted Indian wife who worked like a maid and never opened their mouth to their husbands.”, she wondered. 

(To be continued)

Suspicious wife-part 3a

Four hours had passed since the incident took place. Everything was weirdly calm by now. Disha was quiet. She had stopped crying. However the grief had made her heart heavy. Aunt was more miserable than her. “You haven’t lost anything yet, darling. But you will if you don’t pull your socks up. You need to get back what is yours. There is no use crying.”,aunt said.

“ No aunt! What can I do if he loves her? I can’t force him to be mine. The only way is to let him free from this relationship.” , Disha said. “ Stop talking nonsense! Don’t act like those demure bahus of TV serials! You don’t have to cry when you have me. I will help you to win him back.” aunt scolded her and hugged her.

Disha knew that she didn’t have to worry when her aunt was there. She had always been her pillar of support for everything. 

“Listen to me carefully…” her aunt explained the plan to her.  “And remember to pretend as if nothing has happened or you don’t know anything about his misdeeds.” , she continued. Disha didn’t reply and simply nodded her head like a child. 

Luv had just finished his dinner. He was busy watching the late news as usual. Disha sat beside him with some kind of uncomfortable feeling in her heart. She badly wanted to know everything that occurred during afternoon was true. “Hmmm…how was your meeting?”she asked at last after fighting against her soul.  “As usual good. How was your day? Ohh! You told me.. you were with your aunt.”, he said. She was bewildered by what he said. “Did he say this purposely or did he forget to mention about this afternoon? Why would he discuss the afternoon with her? He met her in secret.”, she wondered. She couldn’t stand it any longer and headed back to sleep. Nevertheless she couldn’t sleep. 

Next day as per her aunt’s plan, she visited Luv at his office. He wasn’t in his cabin. She waited out and looked around. The office was quite huge containing around 500 people. While most of them were working at their desks and there were some who roamed across the office. “Hi! What a pleasant surprise?” a female voice distracted her from exploring the place. She turned to look who it was. Alas! It wasn’t a pleasant surprise for her. It was same woman who Luv had hugged shamelessly. 

“ I am Lisa, buggy ex roommate cum best buddy of Luv. I have always heard about you from Luv and trust me I wanted meet you so bad. Christ! I have met you at last.” , she said in her thick American accent. Disha didn’t reply back. She was star struck by the beauty standing next to her. No wonder Luv was into her!!

(To be continued)

Suspicious wife-part 2

She had not much work to do. As usual she had allocated the servitors work. She lay on the couch with the magazine. In the course of time, her eyes closed due to boredom. 

“Hi sweetie!”, someone called , nudging her gently. She opened her eyes to see her aunt looking at her with a bit over protectiveness in her eyes. “ Hi aunt! I didn’t expect you. You were supposed to come around at 4pm.”, Disha said, yawning in between. She rolled her eyes and asked her to wash her face. Disha did as she was told so.

“ You are sleeping peacefully here. You may increase your waist line if you sleep like this. Why don’t you take care of yourself? I don’t know what will happen to you if am not here.” , she scolded her softly. Disha smiled at her aunt’s caring nature. She was right. What will she do without her? She gave one of her bear hugs. “Now, now, now , you know how to make your aunt’s heart melt? Get dressed soon!”, her aunt said

Her aunt was only friend she got. It wasn’t that she had no friends. But her aunt was someone she could trust on anything...even the matters that she couldn’t discuss freely with Luv. 

They were at a mall. They were mostly window shopping and would hop into only those shops that gave lucrative discount offer. They hadn’t shop much. As their feet couldn’t take any more, they stopped at café at the food court. They were engrossed in their gossip when aunt saw a young man resembling Luv talking to a young woman. 

“Dear, that man behind you looks like Luv. Just look behind for a second.”, she said. “What aunt! He’s in the meeting, I know. Why would he be here? If he was, he would call me.”, she said as she turned to side she was asked to look. Her eyes shrunk to see clearly at the man. It indeed was Luv. “What was he doing here? Who was that lady he was talking to? Maybe it was one of his clients. But why would he meet them at the mall?” she wondered. 

As he hugged her, Disha’s heart pained. This was not happening to her. “Who was he hugging and why? Was this a meeting with the client, he sacrificed his lunch. Oh god let this not to be true?”, she thought. Her aunt squeezed her hand to comfort her. However it didn’t. Nothing consoled her heart. She ran away from the scene to the parking lot. She kneeled down next to her car and cried hard. She felt some one place a hand on her shoulder. She looked up. To her dismay, it was not Luv but her aunt.

(To be continued)