Promised Love

24. Morning Afters

The bright light coming from the window stirs me awake. I stretch and snuggle into the warm body pressed against me, breathing in his woody and citrusy scent.

Hold up. What?

I sit up with a start as I start remembering all the things that happened yesterday. I carefully eye Abhimanyu who looks totally innocent as he sleeps, nobody could have guessed this is the same man who was drunk out of his wits last night. The blanket is resting midway upto his stomach baring his naked chest. I unconsciously lick my lips at the expanse of smooth tan skin and the light dusting of hair on his chest.

He has a girlfriend, you perv. My brain chides my thoughts.

Rubbing my eyes I get out of the bed and step into the balcony, soaking in the fresh cold breeze of the morning.

As the cold air bites my skin I realise I am feeling way too cold, it's almost like the air is hitting my bare skin. Oh my god!
The air is hitting my bare skin alright. I am standing in nothing but my underwear and the black t-shirt I wore to office yesterday.

Somewhere in the middle of the night I must have got uncomfortable in my jeans and slipped out of them. But what is actually embarrassing is the fact that I slept almost naked from the waist down next to a shirtless Abhimanyu. Eww ok.

"Abhi! Wake up." The door to Abhimanyu's bedroom opens without so much as a knock and in walks mom. I freeze right where I am, which is next to the bed and with my jeans in my hand.

Mom's eyes do a double take at me and then land on Abhimanyu who has just now decided to wake up and is groggily rubbing his eyes as he sits up against the headboard. The blanket falls from his upper body, revealing the fact that he is shirtless.

I can only imagine what must be going through mom's head seeing me and Abhimanyu so scantily clad that too in the morning. It only gives one impression and I refuse to think of it.

"Oh." Is the only thing she says. She hides a smile and walks out of the room after shutting the door behind her. Yes, she literally shuts the door behind her.

"Oh god." I mutter and hurriedly put on my jeans.
Abhimanyu gets down from the bed and when his eyes fall on me, a blush creeps up his neck and cheeks and he averts his gaze.

"I....umm... nothing happened last night right?" He asks fumbling over his words.

I scoff. I can't believe he is asking me that. Do I look like a molester here excuse me.

"No." I bite out. "Nothing happened here or anywhere for that matter." I scoff again. "Infact, you were the who asked me to stay with you for the night and I literally did that for you out of concern. So this is a great way of saying thank you."

He smiles sheepishly. "Don't get me wrong. I was just umm... trying to say that...if anything did happen then it didn't mean anything so...like...we should just forget it."

Look at his audacity. I grit my teeth and look him straight in the eye.

"I only slept in the same bed as you last night because I didn't want to leave you alone in that condition. Obviously doing something for you out of concern was also a big fucking mistake. How dare you Abhimanyu! How dare you."

I brisk walk out his room and slam the door behind me. A flash memory from the night of our wedding crosses my mind and I laugh at the irony of the situation. He is always infuriating me and I am always slamming his door and getting out.

I hope he has terrible hangover and headache. The jerk.

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