The Ogre's Proposal (COMPLETED)

Chapter 34

SHANKAR
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'Why are you doing this Shanky? Stop acting like a kid and go home!!!' Kevin shouted when I chose to ignore his ranting and continued typing on my laptop. The man is on a video call, almost 7800+ miles away, sitting there in India and bleeding the hell out of my ears since last few days.

'Chuck it Kev!!! You concentrate on praying to Lord Tirupathi and get us the Prasadam...maybe that would put some sense into this idiot's brains!!!' Simi commented sarcastically while typing something on her laptop.

We were on a video conferencing call. Simi was in her office, Kevin had gone to India for his yearly trip and currently was in Tirupathi and I...Well...I was in my office trying to well. Trying!!! Being the keyword. Because since last 1 hour these two were eating my brains. Otherwise Tom and Jerry had suddenly turned into Chandler and Joey and were teaming up against me. And I was beyond pissed.

'Would you both shutup? Else I'll get off the bridge call!!!' I said when Kevin said
'Coward!!!' and Simi rolled her eyes saying 'Looser!!!' and I shouted 'Heyyyy!!! That's enough!!! Neither am I coward nor a looser. I just...I...'

'You don't wanna face it!!! Accept it!!! Why are you not going home and talking to her you dumbass !!!' Kevin yelled when I narrowed my eyebrows saying

'Arent you dressed up to go to temple? Maybe you need to cleanse your tongue just like your body!!! Moron!!!' I shouted when for the first time miracle happenes because Simi supported Kevin saying

'He is not a moron!!! You are a moron!!! Infact you are not just a moron...you are stupid, dumb, brainless moron!!! Stop blaming him and you get your brains working. You are ignoring her you idiot!!! That too from last ten days. I mean ...yeah ok fine she said things which were so wrong but dude... she's pregnant. Have some leverage there. She's allowed to have mood swings. She's allowed to get angry but you..you...have to understand from where she's coming from. She's having her own insecurities Shanky!!! She's had a painful past. Please handle her with care!!!' she said and I don't know why I didn't have anything to say.

'Shanky look!!! We get irritated when we just get fever or have a running nose. Women go through major changes in matter of days and months when they are pregnant. Their body shape changes day after day, their sense of smell varies, the food they love, their baby may not so they are always annoyed or irritated, sense of concentration decreases and your mind is always fuzzy, you want to pee a lot, you want to eat a lot but you end up vomiting more than that....from tender breasts to always feeling tired and sleepy, from wanting to eat to throwing up most of the time, from being emotional to being an angry timebomb...first trimester is crazy Shankar. And again all this would also vary because every pregnancy is different. Please try and understand her. It's not her...it's her crazy hormones.' he said and I looked at Kevin.

'Trust me!!! Although I am a pediatrician but I'm also an MBBS...these are basics!!!' he said and I closed my eyes taking a deep breath. Suddenly her words hit my ears again. Although she said them but somewhere I knew she might not have meant them. Maybe I need to talk to her. Right!!! Maybe!!!

After a lot of self conversation I decided to dial her number but as I was on the floor, I heard the ring of her phone and I turned around to notice it was somewhere on the floor. Hold on??? Is she here??? At the office??? But I asked her to work from home. Even better...take a break. Then what is she doing here? I walked towards her cubicle and noticed her bag and her belongings. She had put her mobile phone on charging. That means she's here in office.

Not one thing!!! One thing this woman can't do if I'm asking her. Ughhh!!!

I turned around and asked the person sitting next to her about her whereabouts and her answer left me fuming. Apparently Madam has gone to have a coffee break with Fiza and that Dustbin!!! Like seriously??? Is he her bodyguard??? Accompanies everywhere??? What is he??? Some sort of a chained puppy following its master.