”“I love you?” She hadn’t heard him say those 3 words in weeks. She knew he did love her of course, but he rarely expressed it verbally anymor.... Words that should have made her heart soar only added to her growing guilt. She closed her eyes and slipped in to a restless sleep.The sun came streaming in through the slits in the blinds, coaxing her into Friday morning. Over breakfast, Adam watched Ashley closely. Stealing glances when she wasn’t looking and puzzled by the tense expression in her. Then he would put sindoor on my forehead. The next ritual were naughty. We exchanged garlands and then Subhash Ji had to kiss my forehead. I was really blushing doing this in front of some many people including my husband. Subhash Ji gave me a gold bracelet as a token of our bandhan. I retired I would like to differ any physical relation until I am comfortable.After few days Aishadi once again asked me if I would like to go ahead with complete bandhan and I agreed. I informed Mohit accordingly. “I don’t even care. After that, I can deal with whatever bullshit she throws at me tonight.” I smiled as we got dressed and headed back to Ashleys for god knows what, we weren’t spending the night so whatever she wanted she could have told us over the phone, she just wanted to be an asshole, or Ashhole, I might patent that. We finally made it there with Rita still sporting her smile like a two thousand pound weight has been lifted off her and got out to knock at her door, but just like this. A look of genuine hurt in those brown eyes of hers as she walked up to me and looked at the pad and her face stared back at her. She looked for a moment, closed the pad and tossed it onto the back seat, got into the car and started it. I thought it a good idea to get in quick before I was left here. We made it back to the office in two hours, the wheels of the car stopping just long enough for me to get out before she sped away again. Not a word was spoken the whole journey. It was a month.