Arranged Marriage to Kill Him

Chapter 36 : Pinning Her

"You cannot ignore her. You need to shower your love on her to show how much you love her," the old butler said, his voice assuming a sagacious tone. "You need to speak your heart out, to pour your feelings---"

"Stop," Ahanay said, angrily biting into the croissant. "I thought she loved me. The look she gave me at the party."

The butler loving the drama, lied, "She gave the same look to the man she goes out with."

"That thug." Crushing the croissant that crumbled in his hands, Ahanay narrowed his eyes at the butler. "What should I do?"

For desperate times required desperate measures. After all, Ahanay had retrieved all data about Ohas and realized that the two of them were childhood "chaddi-buddies" as pointed out by the neighbors and that idea didn't settle well with him. He could barely sleep after he got that information, what else was his wife hiding from him?

The butler grinned slyly like a cartoon fox, rubbing his two fingers together. "Money."

"Money?"

"Humans want two things in life- love and money. Often, they mistake one for the other."

"Naina isn't like that," Ahanay defended, causing the butler to cough suspiciously. "She doesn't care about money or power. She's pure."

"How do you know that, Sahib?"

"She isn't." He couldn't remember a single instance where Naina had expressed her materialistic desires apart from an abroad honeymoon trip, dining at a fancy restaurant instead of Udipi, the jacuzzi--- "She can have some small wishes once in a while. But she can't be bought with money."

"You're not buying her with money," the butler chimed. "Simply, expressing your love."

"Alright." Grabbing the nearest laptop and opening up multiple tabs of the most premium and luxurious shopping websites, he asked, "So what will she like?"

* * *

Naina wasn't prepared for the sleek bags and cute boxes to appear one after the other in their bedroom, the short butler carrying several of them stacked together till his head disappeared. "What's all this?"

"Yours." Ahanay entered, leaning against the doorframe with his arms crossed, observing her. "I want to give the world to you."

Naina giggled, catching the awkward exchange between the butler and Ahanay. "Did you teach your Sahib to be this cheesy?" Jumping from the bed, she checked one bag after another like a butterfly fluttering from one flower to another. "Wow, this must have cost a fortune. I can't even pronounce this- what's this? Eh, what's this?" She fingered a flimsy, netted dress, chucking it back in the bag. "You shouldn't have paid more than 200 rupees for that. Wait, what? 20,000!"

"That's the cheapest item among all," the butler added smugly.

"ARE YOU KIDDING ME?" She stared at Ahanay, flabbergasted. At her alarmed voice, he unfolded his arms, losing control over his composure. "I thought you had some sense to not spend recklessly!"

"I-uh---You don't have to worry about the cost."

"I can't believe I married a stupid man," she muttered and Ahanay glowered at the butler who was slowly inching towards the exit. Sighing, Naina said, "You know I don't want any of this."

"What do you want then?"

"Orgasm."

"Oho," the butler cooed and when the couple's eyes landed on the intruder, he bowed down. "Excuse me, I'll take my leave for now."

"Give me back my orgasm," she demanded, walking straight towards him. Immediately, his arm stretched ahead and his hand rested on her head, preventing her from moving forward as if she was a bull being held by the horns. "Damn you and your one-arm distance!"