From Strangers to Partners

Chapter 14

Arjun's POV:

I wait for Myra near the car all the while searching for ways to make her stay. I settle inside due to the scorching heat falling directly over me. I see her walking towards the car with a scowl covering her face. She opens the door and settles inside before shutting the door loudly, so loud I was afraid we might not have the door for that side any longer.

"What is it, Myra?"

"Nothing." She grumbles.

"Is this about our last conversation?"

"You bet." She says turning her face to other side. I take her hand in my hold keeping our joined hands on my lap.

"If you want to go, you can. I agree, I was wrong in saying you can't go. You don't need my permission to go anywhere. You are your own person." I say trying to calm her anger before trying to keep my point forward.

"Are you serious?" She asks me, a smile almost breaking on her face. I nod at her making her grin at me.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you so much!" Her expressions almost making me lose my resolution of stopping her somehow.

"Wifey, I just wanted you to be safe. I thought we can go there once our semester ends if you so wanted to go and we'd obviously be staying at a better hotel and roam around without having to be on some timeline. I get it you want to go with your batchmates and so even though I wanted to go with you, it's okay. We'll go some other place." I try to blackmail her emotionally.

"Arjun, why are you saying like this? We can go there again. Think of it like this, that I will be able to show you around if I go and explore the place this time. And one should experience everything, even those not-so-expensive hotels." She says winking. I can see my blackmailing didn't work on her.

"So, when are you leaving?"

"It's this weekend." She says clapping her hands.

"Do you need anything for you trip? You wanna go shopping or anything?"

"Nah, I already have everything I might need." I give her a nod before raking my brain for other ways. Maybe if I hurt myself? She will stop, right?

"You know I am so excited for this trip. I hope everything goes alright and we have too much of fun." She says excited.

"Yeah. It will be fun!" I say absent-minded.

"What are you thinking?"

"I am thinking how I will stay without you for three whole days. I will miss you so much!"

"Liar!"

"Hawww...."

"Well, you can finally go out and spend sometime with your friends. I haven't seen you going out with them ever." Well, she is right. In between office, college and a new married life, I haven't really hung out with my friends apart from the times in college.

"But I still need you with me at night. I cannot have my friends then." I tell her.

"Well, maybe you can have one of your many fan followers entertain you while I am not here." Myra says in a teasing voice only for me to glare her.

"Well, I am very much in a committed relationship and I don't wish to jeopardize it. I made the mistake of not wearing my wedding ring before, and because of that my wife's hand was burnt but I have now learnt my lesson. Thank you very much!" I tell.

"Awww... Aren't you a charmer?"

"Obviously not, because if I had been, my wife wouldn't be leaving me for some boring trip for freaking three days." I pout looking at her.