What if - Rishmi FF

Part 25

Rishi goes to office leaving Lakshmi worried about his reaction on seeing Malishka. On reaching the office, he sees Malishka sitting in his cabin as he expected. Rishi comes in with full swag and sits in his chair.
Rishi: Yes Ms. Bedi, can I ask the reason for your presence in my cabin. The meeting is scheduled for 11 am in the conference room
Malishka: Ms Bedi. What the hell Rishi. Main tumhari Malishka hoon. Ye tum aise kyu baat kar rhe ho mujhse.
Rishi: Listen please don't pretend ki hamare beech koi rishta hai. We are just business colleagues and that too bas 2 weeks aur. Hum aapki company ke saath contracts renew nai kar rhe hai. I was going to tell you about it in the conference but now that you are here to yehi bata de rha hoon.
Malishka: What!! Are you crazy. What do you mean contract khatam kar rhe ho. You cannot do that to me. Tum ye sab Lakshmi ke kehne pe kar rhe ho na. Us gawar ko business ki to koi akal hai nai. Usne kaha hai na tumse mere saath business nai karne. That girl
Rishi: Zaban sambhalke Ms. Bedi. Aap meri wife Mrs. Lakshmi Rishi Oberoi ke baare me baat kar rhi hai. Treat her with respect. And you are no one to tell me what she says to me or not. And mind it agar aapne firse meri wife ke baare me kuch kaha to main 2 hafte bhi nai rukunga to cut all ties with your business. I don't care about the consequences.
Malishka: Rishi kya ho gya hai tumhe. Main Malishka hoon tumhari Malishka.. ye tum kaise baat kar rhe ho mujhse.
Aayush: Jaise tum deserve karti ho.
Aayush came to Rishi's cabin as Lakshmi had called him to make him check up on Rishi..
Aayush: Aur tum yaha kyu ho. Meeting 11 bje hai waha pe aana. Please leave
Malishka stomps her foot and goes out.
Aayush comes and pats Rishi's back trying to calm him down.
Aayush: Rishi bhai aap theek ho na
Rishi: Nai aayush main bilkul theek nai hoon. Use dekhta hoon na to wo sab yaad aa jata hai jo usne kia. I can't believe ki main aisi toxic ladki ke saath apne toxic relationship ko pyaar samajhta tha. Agar Lakshmi meri life me nai aati to main to iss ladki ke sath apni life hi barbaad kar leta..
Aayush: Par aap soch hi kyu rhe ho ki Lakshmi bhabhi aapki life me nai hoti to kya hota. Wo to hai na aur hamesha rahengi.
Rishi: Yes. acha waise tu bata kyu aaya yaha tu
Aayush: Wo main..main..
Rishi: Lakshmi ne bheja na tujhe mujhe dekhne ke lie
Aayush: Haan yaar Rishi bhai. Aap to jaante ho na wo kaisi hai
Rishi: Jaanta hoon, kuch bhi kare kahi bhi ho wo use hamesha Mera khayal rehta hai.. Aayush she is a blessing for me.. I love her so much.
Aayush: I know bhai. Aap dono ek dusre ko aap dono kitna pyar karte ho ye aap dono se pehle maine realise kia tha.
Rishi: That reminds me, maine Lakshmi ke lie ek chota sa surprise plan kia hai. But mujhe teri help chahiye
Aayush: Haan bhai bolo na kya help chahiye
Rishi: Jab hum shaam ko ghar jaenge na to tu thodi der ke lie Lakshmi ko hamare room se door rakhna. Jab main tujhe message Karu tab use jaane Dena..
Aayush: Done bhai done. Waise surprise hai kya ye to bata do.
Rishi: Naa ye to Lakshmi ke baad hi kisi ko pata chalega.
Aayush: Ok. Cool. Ye bhi badhiya hai. Acha chalo main jata hoon. Aadhe ghante me ye Malishka ke saath meeting bhi hai. Aur hume board ko apne decision bhi Dene honge regarding this contract
Rishi: Haan okay
They start with their meeting at 11 and discuss what the agenda was, Rishi informed the board of severing ties with Malishka's business and asked the team to get quotations for new vendors. He would appoint new contract once he was back from his trip. Malishka was very pissed but she couldn't do anything. She had no other clients except the Oberoi hotel chain and she knew this severance meant the end of her so called business. The meeting was going on, when Rishi looked at the glass window and he thought he saw Lakshmi staring at him lovingly. He got stuck for a second staring back at her. One of the managers called him back to the present. Rishi rubbed his eyes and looked again but Lakshmi wasn't there..
Rishi (to himself): Main pagal ho rha hoon. Ab office me bhi mujhe Lakshmi hi dikhai de rhi hai.
They continue with their meeting. It's lunch time now and the meeting is done. Rishi makes his way to his cabin. He enters his cabin and goes and sits on his chair. He was not in a good mood because of Malishka. Suddenly out of nowhere he sees Lakshmi making her way towards him. She comes closer and closer and bends down so her face was at level with him. Rishi makes no movement because he didn't want to break his dream. She moves and goes and whispers in his ear, "I love you Mr. Rishi Oberoi". Rishi still thinks it's his imagination so he holds her by the waist and pulls her making her sit on his lap. Lakshmi gets surprised and her nail hurts Rishi's hand when he pulled her. Rishi winces in pain and realises that she was actually there in the flesh..
Rishi: Lakshmi tum sach me yaha ho
Lakshmi: Tum kitne sapne dekhte ho mere. Jab bhi milti hoon hamesha tumhe sapna hi lagta hai.
Rishi: Ab kya kar sakte hai jab wife itni khoobsurat ho to koi pati kaise uske sapne na dekhe.
Lakshmi: Acha ji
Rishi: Haan aur tum to meri sherni bhi ho. Dekho mujhe apne nakhoon se noch bhi dia
Lakshmi: Kaha lagi dikhao
She sees a scratch and a little blood..she quickly wipes off the blood with her saree. And tends to the wound.
Lakshmi: Sorry Rishi really sorry Maine Jaan ke nai kia..
Rishi: Chill Lakshmi ye to kuch bhi nai hua hai. But agar fir bhi tum dard kam karna chahti ho to ek tareeka hai.
Lakshmi: Kya
Rishi: Ek kiss
Lakshmi: Pagal ho tum. Office me ye sab nai karne wali main..koi aa gya to
Rishi: Matlab koi nai aaega to kar logi
Lakshmi: Shut up Rishi..kya kuch bhi tum na. Chalo kha lo main lunch laayi hoon. Aayush aur bauji ka lunch unke cabins me bhijwa dia hai.
Rishi: Pehle mera dard theek Karo fir hi main khaunga
Lakshmi doesn't protest much. She also loved kissing him.
Lakshmi: Tum na Rishi, bahot ziddi ho
She pecks his lips to which he responds by holding her tight and kissing her back full on till he was satisfied.
Lakshmi blushing gets up from his lap and goes to lay out the food. Rishi goes behind her and then they both sit down and eat. Lakshmi knew the only way for Rishi to forget Malishka's presence in the office was that she would go and be with him. Both of them have lunch feeding each other and Rishi playing with her hair and trying to touch her and make her nervous. He loved the effect his touch had on her. They finish eating and Lakshmi packs up the empty boxes.
Lakshmi: Acha ab main jaati hoon. Tum please jaldi aa jana sham ko. Sari packing bachi hai.
Rishi: Jo hukum biwi saheba. Aap kahe to abhi chalu aapke saath.
Lakshmi: Nai nai abhi tum apna kaam khatam kar lo. Fir 4-5 din to trip hi rahegi na.
Rishi goes to drop Lakshmi till the car. He doesn't notice that someone was looking at them while they were having lunch. Malishka was there and she couldn't believe she had lost him and his business. She vowed to take revenge from Lakshmi and the Oberois. She then left too as her work at the office was done.
In the evening as per plan, Aayush forcefully took Lakshmi to his room to ask for her help in choosing clothes he should be taking for the trip. Lakshmi helps him decide his clothes. She asked him to keep some woollens as it would be cold in the village. Aayush received a text from Rishi asking him to send Lakshmi. Aayush obeyed and let Lakshmi go. She was unaware of what was happening and made her way to the room so that she could pack for her and Rishi. She went inside her room and was surprised to see what was infront of her. Tears came to her eyes. She felt Rishi's fingers wiping them away.
Rishi: Kaha hai na maine tumhe rote hue achi nai lagti tum mujhe.
Lakshmi: But ye Rishi. Iski kya jaroorat thi
Rishi: Arre jab kamra hum dono ka hai to photo bhi to hum dono ki honi chahiye na. Aur aise rahega to jab tum mujhe chhor ke ye kabhi ahana kabhi shalu ke paas Jo chali jaati ho tab mujhe akela nai feel hoga.
Rishi's surprise was that he had gotten a picture of them from their anniversary party framed in the same size as his picture earlier and replaced it.
Lakshmi hugged him tight letting him know how happy she was. Once done they decided to go ahead with packing. Lakshmi was trying to keep clothes only for 5 days but Rishi kept insisting and kept clothes for almost 2 weeks.
Lakshmi: Rishi hum itne kapde kyu le ja rhe. Sabse jyada bags hamare hi ho gye hai. Itne kapdo ki jaroorat nai hai.
Rishi: Arre Lakshmi mujhe options chahiye hote hai aur main chahta hoon ki tum mujhse match karo hamesha islie tumhare bhi choices rakhe hai
Finally after two hours of bickering and choosing they are done with packing. Lakshmi goes down for dinner preparations. At the dinner table everyone is deciding when to leave. Everyone except Sonia and Karishma is excited for the village trip. Lakshmi tries to assure them that it would be fine but they are still apprehensive.
At night everyone sleeps early as they have an early morning flight to Amritsar.
Rishi sees Lakshmi in her night kurta, she had stopped keeping her dupatta on while sleeping these days. Rishi looked at her lying down and his head filled with ideas. It had been more than a year to their marriage but they had still not moved ahead of kisses. He wanted to get closer to her physically after all he was attracted to her. He wanted to see her completely but he didn't want to rush her into anything or make her feel uncomfortable so he waited for her to make the move or give some indication that she wanted to take the next step. Lakshmi on the other hand wanted Rishi to initiate as this was all new to her and she wasn't sure what she could do. On top of that her shyness was always making her nervous. Both slept thinking about each other.

The next morning everyone got ready and left for the airport. Neelam had sent a car for Shalu Bani and family. They also arrived at the airport and all left for boarding.
In the flight they had taken business class seats so it was just a pair of seats in a row. Rishi and Lakshmi were sitting together. Shalu and Bani were sitting together. And Bani was a little scared because of the new experience.
Lakshmi was cool till the flight didn't start moving. Once it did she held Rishi's hand tight almost digging her nails in his palm.. Rishi got her fear and held her hand and engulfed her with his other hand. Once the plane was in the air, Lakshmi calmed down, Rishi made sure she was okay and then went to check on Shalu and Bani. Bani seemed excited. He asked if they were scared and Bani said she was in the beginning then it was fun. Shalu was good too. Aayush also came to check on Shalu. Rishi left in sometime to go sit with his wife who was admiring the clouds in the sky. Bani taking the opportunity went and sat with Dadi to give some time to Shalu and Aayush alone.
Rishi came and looked adoringly at his wife.
Rishi: Kaisa lag rha hai
Lakshmi: Kitna Sundar hai ye sab Rishi. Maine to kabhi socha hi nai tha main flight me baithungi wo bhi business class. Sab kuch kitna acha hai.
Soon enough they landed in Amritsar and made way to the hotel. They would be visiting the golden temple after a light lunch. Post that the plan was some food exploring and shopping. They were to leave for Gurdaspur the next morning so that they would reach by afternoon.