My husband

Important work

He was sitting at the dining table for some reason as I brought the pot filled with pasta out.

I didn't disturb him because he was on a call and he looked annoyed. There was a big frown on his face and his answers were short and rude. I had definitely made him angry and I could see him removing that anger on some poor employee of his...

I just served him a plate and sat down with a plate of my own.

I was going to wait for his call to end but after seeing that dinner was served, he ended it himself.

Well... Neither of us said anything for a while.
But the silence was killing me.
We weren't talking.
We weren't fighting.
Heck, we weren't even eating the food that was kept right in front of us!

So, I broke the silence.
" Are you angry?" Stupid question. I know. Obviously, he was angry. I was dumb to ask that question. But it was on my mind and I just wanted to ask, so I asked it.

And immediately after I asked that in the most timid tone that I could muster, I heard a huge, angry sigh coming from his mouth. How angry was he exactly?

" Some jackass in Delhi launched a scheme without my knowledge and it went terribly. I have to go there and fix all the damage done now," I was playing with the pasta on my plate as I nodded my head. I wasn't really listening to him properly because I thought that he would just be talking about how disappointed he was in me to be asking such an outrageous thing from him. I know. I should have been the one listening intently and trying to argue back with him but feeling him get angry really put a damper on my mood. If he'd been sad or disappointed, that was a different thing but he was angry at me and I didn't like that fact...

But when I noticed what he really said, I immediately looked up at him in shock.

And for some reason, he was smiling.
He wasn't looking at me. He was eating but I could clearly see that smile on his face. I just knew that he was smiling.

That man, who had never smiled when it came to company matters. Especially when it came to deals going bad. He was smiling at that moment!
I thought that he would be serious or super angry and shout at someone.
But no! He was smiling!!!!

" You're going to Delhi?" I asked in disbelief
" You thought I'd let you go alone?" He looked up at me, " Besides, I have important work to do there,"
" No wait a minute. You don't have an issue with me going to Delhi?" I frowned a little. I was so confused at that moment. What and why was he doing?
" Why would I have an issue with you going to Delhi?" He asked in a genuine tone and I stared him right in the eyes
" We just got married!"
" So? Career is equally as important. And you love what you do. Why would I have any issues with you wanting to succeed in your career?" I just felt like he didn't understand the severity of the situation. It felt like he was downplaying it.
" I'll have to go and stay there for at least a month. Maybe more than that. Sohit! It's not such an easy decision. Will you be able to stay there for more than a month? Won't you have work here? You'll just leave after your important work is over. Then we will have to stay separately. Are you seriously fine with that?" So I explained it properly and laid it all out for him to reply to me. And I thought that he'd back track after I made him realize that we couldn't be together for the whole time I would be there.

" See. If you are worried about me having to leave early, don't be. I'm the boss. I can go to whichever branch office there is in my company and I can work there for however long I want. It's not just Delhi, I can work in Chennai, Bangalore, Indore, or even Hong Kong or Berlin for that matter. And if you are worried about going to Delhi right after marriage and what will people say. Then you definitely don't be worried about that. I'm going to support you in your career no matter what happens. Just do me one favor and don't be bothered by what others say. Ok?" For a moment I just stared at him in disbelief.

Was I dreaming? 

Or was it all true? 

Was it really happening in front of my eyes? 

Or was it just a hallucination? 

I COULD NOT BELIEVE MY EARS AT THAT MOMENT! 

Was there such a man alive on this earth??? 

Was I really married to this... This... This God?!?!?! 

WAS HE REAL?! 

" Pari?" he snapped his fingers in front of my eyes making me come out of my trance of thoughts 
" Huh? Ye-yeah. I'm here," I stuttered as I blinked hard and tried to look at him with a straight face. Yes. It was so hard to look at him with a straight face... So damn hard. 

Why you ask? 

Because I really wanted to get off my chair, leap onto him and kiss the fuck out of him. 

What I did to deserve such a man in my life, I would never understand. 

" What happened? You look like you saw a ghost," he began chuckling, " Or is it that you don't want me to come to Delhi with you? I mean... I could stay here but-"
" Sohit," that's it. 

I couldn't hear more coming from his mouth. So, I stood up from my chair and he looked at me with a very serious expression 

" What happened?" he raised his eyebrows 
" Shut up," 

I don't think that he had expected me to do that. Honestly, even I hadn't expected myself to do that. What I thought before getting up and doing that to him, I didn't know. 

But I kissed him. 

I kissed him hard. 

And I didn't leave a single moment for him to think about what I was doing as I moved my lips over his. I didn't let him think for a single second as I ran my fingers through his hair. Nor did I stop for a second... 

At least not till I was done. 

Because then, I left his lips alone, walked back to my seat, and just looked at him blankly 

" We're going to Delhi together, for some important work," I told him as I stared at his shocked face. 

Maybe he would have said something. But he didn't. In fact, I don't think that I even saw him blink his eyes as he sat there, staring at me. Guess he was too stunned to say anything. But then again, that was my plan all along. 

God... 

I really wanted to thank my lucky stars at that moment. 
For giving me such a great guy. 

And I hope, that he would always be there for me like he was today...