Bound By Vows ✔

20: The Intense Stares

Siya's Pov

That night when I reached home, I saw Kanishk was already there and he was looking at some menu cards.

"Hey," I say keeping my purse on the table and going straight toward Baby Yoda who was jumping and barking happily. He started smelling me and I laughed looking at the little bundle of joy.

I looked up to see Kanishk staring at us with a smile on his face, but as soon as our eyes met, his face went back to normal and he cleared his throat.

"I was just ordering some food for us," he says showing me the menu card and I groan.

"No, I'll cook something, I don't want to eat anything from restaurants," I say standing up.

"Are you going to cook now?" he asks and I nod.

"It's eight, aren't you tired?" he asks and I felt a rush of warmth, knowing he cares.

"I'm tired, that's why I'm just gonna make some khichdi," I say happily, it's been weeks since I had some homemade khichdi.

"Khichdi?" Kanishk asks making a face and I give him a glare.

"It's food Kanishk, don't make such faces, try it before you judge it," I say and enter the kitchen with both him and Baby Yoda following me.

"But I have tried it and I don't like it," he says and I turn around towards him.

"Then it wasn't cooked properly," I tell him with a smile. "Let's see what you'll say after you eat from my hand," I say and turn around but soon realized what I just said.

Eat from my hand.

Suddenly I felt him coming behind me and I could feel his hot breath near my neck, shivers ran down my body. "Eat from your hands? Are you going to feed me, Siya?" he whispers, and I clenched my so hands tightly that I was sure they were turning white.

I turned around slowly to face him and held my breath looking at him just inches away from me, "I- I meant," I say but couldn't form any words because of the closeness.

He was close, very close and I wasn't able to think rationally. "Yes?" he says, a smirk forming on his face looking at my condition.

"I meant when you eat khichdi cooked by me, I meant that," I say and he just tries not to smile but I see his lips turn up from one side.

"Oh, and here I- " he was saying but couldn't complete because just then Baby Yoda tried pulling his tracks, distracting him and he looked down at him.

"Not now Yoda, I'm busy," Kanishk says to the dog as if he was going to listen to him and my eyes widened. Busy?

Before Kanishk could again look into my eyes and make me breathless I sidestepped him and looked around, not meeting his eyes.

Was I shy?

Oh, I was definitely shy, that explains why I couldn't look into my husband's eyes.

"I'm just going to change," I say and almost ran away from there.

As soon as I reach our bedroom, I close the door behind me and lock it and put my hands on my chest only to realize my heart was beating ten times faster than normal.

What was that?

I never had this feeling inside me before. He was so close to me that I could feel his breath on my neck and smell the woodsy cologne he always wore, I always thought his cologne was sexy but when it was mixed with Kanishk, oh my.

And he was so close, so close, I could just feel my cheeks turning warm at the thought of him near me. I walked towards the dressing table and looked at myself. I could clearly see my cheeks flushed and a smile adoring my lips.

I took long breaths calming myself down before I went inside the washroom to wash my face, after ten minutes when I was changed into my daily clothes and free of all makeup, I walked outside and saw Kanishk in the living room playing with Yoda.

As soon as he realized I was coming, his eyes immediately came up to me and I could feel his heated gaze on me and I felt a rush of warmth inside me again.

What is happening to me?

Before I could embarrass myself by blushing in front of him, I walked inside the kitchen preparing the ingredients for the Khichdi.

Some seconds later, I see Kanishk walking inside the kitchen and my body went into sudden alert.

"Do you need any help?" he asks coming and standing really close to me and I just shake my head in a no.

"Nope, all handled," I say immediately not wanting him this close to me because his closeness just does some weird things to me I can't describe.

"But still let me help, aren't you tired?" he asks and this time he faces me and his eyes staring at me and I didn't dare look into his eyes, knowing very well I would just keep staring into his eyes.

"No," I say shaking my head. "Oh yes, you've to feed Yoda, you do that," I tell him wanting to him away because I just couldn't think straight with him so close to me.

"I already fed him," he says and moves a little closer towards me and I straighten up in alert, "With my hands," he finishes and moves back to his place and I look at him to see him sporting a smirk on his face as he stared at me.

"You- "I started, not knowing what to say, and went back to chopping some vegetables. "Don't disturb me, I'm cooking here," I tell him trying to dismiss him and he just goes ahead and sits on the kitchen counter behind me.

"I won't disturb you, I'll just sit here," he says and I look at him surprised.

"Don't you have any office work to finish or any files to be signed, I'm sure you'll get bored here," I say turning on the gas.

"I'm definitely not bored and I do have work but I prefer to stay here," he says making me look at him shocked.

What is up with him today?

"Are you okay?" I couldn't help but ask him and he just smiles.

"I'm more than okay," he answers and I see him staring at me with intensity and I suck a breath looking at his intense gaze.

I immediately turn around, back to my cooking, and felt him just staring at me, and at some point, Baby Yoda ran inside the kitchen as Kanishk took him in his hands and both of them just sat there on the counter gazing at me.

I couldn't help but have a smile form on my lips as I prepared the khichdi. Once it was prepared I took it out on the table and put it down just as Kanishk came out with dishes for us.

As I served, Kanishk took his place in front of me and I sat down on my regular seat.

I could smell the beautiful smell of the Khichdi as Kanishk looked down at it and then back at me.

"Taste it," I say and he nods his head and takes one spoonful from the plate.

I stared at him as he finally took the first bite and waited until he could say his judgment.

"So?" I ask as soon as he put his spoon down.

"Good," he says nodding his head.

"Just good?" I ask raising my brows, knowing very well he has loved it because of how he immediately took the second bite of the Khichdi.

"Tasty," he says again looking up at me and I couldn't help but smile and I was sure there was a blush adorning my face.

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Early update just because you guys had been so amazing and showered with so many comments on the last chapter!!!

Also, how do you like the new cover for the book?

As you know, I LOVE Ronakshi, and this photo has my whole heart, so I thought why not make it into a cover.

Anyways, I hope you guys will love the chapter, I'll be waiting for votes and comments :)