10 days passed and she was in turmoil.
What should she do?
Betray him? Or run away?
Both looked selfish.
Betraying him would be a stand against her morals. Betraying isn't just her cup of tea. And today's mistake reflects tomorrow in the worst way. Why think about the future? Just think about him at the present. He will not leave her after knowing this. He already had given her enough examples. And she can't believe she is still thinking to betray him. If he knows, the consequences would be gruesome.
Already, every day she is on edge afraid that he will know someday that she met with her in-laws. One drag of her name from him and she is on her tiptoes.
If not betraying then what? Running away?
If she chooses to run away one day let's think if she really ran away and that is a benefit for her knowing that her dignity is not at all safe here. In these 10 days, she had been extra careful of him. Every minute felt ticking tension for her.
Then what about her in-laws? How can she leave them to the devil? He is barbaric towards them. Her in-laws are her responsibility and she should take care of them. Though they did worse to her she can't stop caring about them. That's how she grew up being with her father. Though he has beaten her she never left him. She just can't. He is her father and in the same way, they are her in-laws.
So running away isn't an option as well.
And she doesn't know what to choose.
She can't either steal those papers or run away alone. Only if they would agree with her.
Placing the cup on the tray she began to walk to his room. Nowadays serving him hot drinks became her major work for 10 days. She was fed up with this work. At this point, she was sure this overconsumption of tea and coffee will affect his health. She was being asked to bring the coffee to his room again and again. If not coffee it is either tea or water or a pen.
And when he asked her to bring files was her only chance as she used to go to his room and check all files hoping they would be property papers and give them what they needed.
Entering into his room she found him nowhere and she placed the coffee on his table from the tray when her sight fell on the papers beside the tray and her eyes widened looking at them. They were the property papers. The bunch of papers was left open on a random page of clauses that were flipping due to the air. She looked at the papers hesitant and unsure. She was even afraid of looking at the papers properly feeling guilty. She made an effort to place her shaken hand on the papers as the pages flipped no more. Her eyes wandered around the page randomly before she set her eyes on the first clause and suddenly yet so slowly a human hand crept side to her hand the sudden interruption out of nowhere startled her as she pulled her hand away and flinched back with a gasp only to feel his broad body just behind her.
A shaky breath left from her mouth when another hand sneaked from the other side trapping her between his arms as he put his hand on the table. She looked on either side of the hands placed on the table as she hugged the tray to her chest feeling claustrophobic as she took another deep breath trying to calm herself.
"What are you doing"?
His husky voice sent chills down her spine as his hot breath fanned the back of her neck her hair was loosely braided with a few strands out framing her face as they were twirled behind her ears. He moved a little bit more forward and her breath visibly hitched as her body grew tense and stern as his front plastered to her back completely.
"Hmm"?
The tip of his nose touched her neck, flinching, she scrunched her right shoulder to the neck immediately in reflex as a mewl of whimper left from her mouth as she moved to her left away from him causing her waist to be touched by his hand. Her hand immediately moved and laid a barrier between his hand and the skin of her waist.
"I-I, nothing. C-coffee. I came to give you coffee".
She answered as he hummed in approval and did not question anything and just stared at her with his piercing gaze while her eyes frantically looked at her and their tension looped in her head thinking if he would inquire her about why she was checking the papers when she isn't good at lying.
"C-can I go"?
She asked as her eyes took a glance at his side and then at his hands which trapped her hoping he would let her go out of this cage. She waited for him to move and when he didn't she proceeded.
"P-please"?
She requested with her soft quiring voice as if she was about to cry and spill tears out. His heart softened and purred at her sweet voice asking him. It sounded so good and it always brings back to the question of how does that voice sound when she fucking moans because of him and how does it feel when she fucking moans his name. Just fucking ones. Just once he want to see how it would be. But this damn woman isn't agreeing to sleep with him. What would happen if she sleeps with him for once?
But he has his plans. He will get it done either this way or that way.
He moved away from her and she immediately sprinted away from him making a beeline to the exit. He looked down at the property papers and took those in his hands.
It is the time.
Three days passed as she tried to convince her in-laws but they were tight on their decisions. She was in turmoil about whether to take a step or not until one day she did it.
She went into his office room when he was away in his office and she checked the draws and piled up files to get the property papers. And when she didn't get them her eyes fell on the wooden Almar of files which were seen through the mirror.
Walking to it she took out the files and searched for them. And she found the papers. Immediately taking those papers she folded them and stuffed them to her waist to the saree and covered it with pallu. She replaced some random papers and put them in their place and walked to the desk and took the cup with her and left his office room.
Once reaching her room she took out the papers and looked at them contemplating if she should give these papers to her in-laws or not. If not for giving these to them then why did she steal these papers? What should she do with these then? But what would their in-laws do with these papers?
Her one thought led to another thought as the doubt struck: why can't they go against him for claiming property through a legal way? Why can't they put a case for hiring a lawyer for the property? Why it should be through some illegal way like stealing to get what they want?
These doubts put her decision on a thin line. Why is she doing this? It's not for any revenge but to get away from him. What if this doesn't work? What if he knows???
__And that alone made my hands shiver as I felt myself sitting on the bed.
What would he do?
The worst he did last time was ask me to sleep with him and assault me. Kissing me is no new thing for him as it became his habit of assaulting me. But the things he did, while he threw me in the water tub are unforgettable.
I'm glad that it is just a water tub and not some lake or well. I'm afraid of huge depths of water where we can't see a thing inside them_.
And who knows if he throws me in such water after knowing I stole the papers. Worse, what if he assaults her again? Last time he asked. What if he actually does what he asked without her consent? The papers crumbled in her hand as tension seeped into her veins. Except for running away in every case, her dignity is at stake.
She looked down at the papers again and immediately stuffed them below the cot.
She isn't yet sure about handing these papers to them. And one should think hundred times before making a mistake or taking a decision. So she will keep it with them until she decides what she has to do.
In the evening she managed to meet her in-laws. They asked if she got the papers with hope in one eye while with a hint of 'she can't do a thing' in another eye. And when she shook her head negatively they sighed as if they expected it.
"Come on. With the number of times you go in and out of the office room it isn't that hard to steal them".
"I'm trying".
" B-but, what would you do with the papers ".
" Forge them of course".
A silent gasp left her mouth.
" Why can't we get them legally instead of any illegal way".
" That's hard. Because originally the property is his".
Samira blurted, leaving her stunned as Yamini immediately shushed her daughter rudely. Facing Asha she spoke.
" It was his of course. But I'm his father's second wife. I have rights as well ".
" B-but that's ---
"No more buts. Just keep trying for your own good before he assaults you again".
They taunted making her look down with a flicker of disappointment and sadness. Wasn't family supposed to support her and be together at hard times? She is still trying to win them. After she lost her mother family is what she lacks despite having a father. Though her father used to beat her at moments the reason she stayed with him is they are a family and she needs one. A child without a parent has a higher possibility of being exploited. Without a tag of the family on one's name would be swayed brutally by evil forces in society. It is important to have one by their side which is called family. And she is still trying to fit herself in their family bubble. Though they call her their daughter-in-law she never felt like their family. They never included her in family things. And the purpose of betraying is the same reason that she wants to be with them and earn a supportive mother-in-law. But after seeing them for one year with her own eyes and after witnessing the selfishness in their eyes she is doubting if she would still be included in their family.
**Nodding meekly I left the place before Ridhima gets us caught.
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