By the time night finally folded over the Malhotra house, Adah felt like she had been held at the edge of a cliff all day.

Rituals. Blessings. Smiles that stretched too wide. Silk that clung too tightly. Every movement a reminder of the mark hidden beneath her sari, the one he had left like a private signature.

She closed the bedroom door behind them and leaned against it for a second longer than necessary.

The quiet felt dangerous.

Arjun watched her without speaking. He had done that all evening. Watched her from across rooms. Across conversations. Across obligations. His restraint had grown heavier with every stolen glance.

Now there were no witnesses.

He walked toward her slowly, removing his watch first, placing it carefully on the dresser as though shedding the final layer of the responsible son the world had demanded all day.

"You have been avoiding my eyes," he said, voice low.

"I have been surviving," she corrected softly.

He reached close to her and trapped her in between him and the door. They were looking into each other's eye. He raised his hand, while appreciating each of her curve without touching her.

She closed her eyes in anticipation.

"Just locking the door" he whispered against her mouth.

He did. This both heard the click. 

Her eyes opened in an instant and pushed him away. 

Adah moved towards her dressing table. She removes her jewelry piece by piece in front of the mirror. Bangles first. Then earrings. The weight of the day falling away.

Arjun was watching queitly.

His gaze dipped to her waist.

"Did it bother you?" he asked.

Her fingers moved instinctively to the pleats of her sari. "Every time I moved."

"Good"

She turns in his arms. There is no laughter this time. Just anticipation. Built across interruptions. Across stolen glances. Across unfinished touches.

A slow smile ghosted across his mouth. Not playful. Not gentle.

Satisfied.

He stepped close enough that the air between them thinned.

"Show me."

The request was not loud, yet it carried weight.

She turned toward the mirror and slowly loosened the pallu from her shoulder. The silk slid down in a soft whisper. His eyes tracked the movement, unblinking.

When the fabric dropped low enough to expose the faint bruise near her waist, his expression shifted.

Something darker.

He stepped behind her, palms settling at her hips, thumbs brushing just above the mark.

"I didn't mean to leave it for not being hidden," he murmured.

"You meant to leave it to be visible? But to whom? I am already yours."

Her hand rolled around his neck. His grip on her waist tightened.

"Yes. Bas nazar ka tikka lagaya hai apni biwi ko."

Her breath caught as his mouth descended to the same place, pressing a slow kiss over the tender skin. Not rough. Not rushed. Just deliberate, as though reinforcing ownership.

She turned in his hold, unable to bear the tension coiling tighter inside her.

This first kiss of the night was nothing like the morning.

Morning had been teasing. Mischievous.

This kiss was hunger held too long.

His mouth claimed hers with quiet intensity, lips firm, unyielding. She felt the restraint in him, the careful control, and that made it worse. Made it hotter.

Her fingers slid beneath his kurta, over the hard lines of his chest. He inhaled sharply when her nails grazed down his abdomen, when her touch lingered just enough to promise more.

He backed her toward the bed slowly, never breaking the kiss, as though the entire day had been leading to this single, uninterrupted descent.

When he returned to her, the air felt charged, almost electric. He untucked her sari carefully, reverently, letting the silk unravel from her body in slow layers. Each inch revealed seemed to undo another thread of his patience.

She watched him watching her.

That was the power.

When his hands finally touched bare skin, they did not hesitate. They moved with purpose, mapping curves, reacquainting themselves with what had been denied all day. Her breath grew uneven under his touch. She arched into him without thinking.

"Arjun..." It was not a warning. Not quite a plea.

He kissed down her throat, slower now, savoring the way her pulse fluttered against his mouth. His teeth grazed her skin just enough to remind her of the shower, of the bruise hidden beneath silk.

"You kept me waiting," he murmured.

"You were watching," she replied, voice softer, heavier.

He guided her down onto the bed, hovering over her, studying her like something both cherished and conquered.

His mouth traveled lower, unhurried, exploring with a patience that bordered on cruel. Every reaction she gave him seemed to feed something in him, something territorial and deeply possessive.

Her hands slid into his hair. Not to pull him away.

To anchor him there.

The room grew warmer. Their breathing deeper. The mattress shifted beneath them as control began to unravel.

And just when the tension stretched to a breaking point.....

Darkness.

Total. Immediate.

The fan stilled mid-rotation. The air thickened. Silence swallowed the room.

For a heartbeat, neither moved.

Then distant voices rose in confusion.

"Light chali gayi!"

A knock hit their door.

"Arjun! Check the main switch!"

He exhaled slowly against her skin, frustration threading through the sound.

She grabbed his wrist instinctively. "Don't."

Another knock. More urgent.

Responsibility intruded like a blade.

He pressed his forehead to hers, both of them breathing hard, suspended between desire and duty.

"Two minutes," he promised quietly.

"You said that this morning. I will penalise you for this."

His mouth brushed hers once more, a promise without fulfillment, before he pulled away and reached for his trousers in the dark.

"Jo tum bolo."

The door opened. A slice of corridor light spilled in. Then he was gone.

And Adah was left alone on the bed, skin still sensitized, body still trembling from where his mouth had been seconds ago.

The house grew loud outside. Instructions. Complaints. Movement.

She lay there, staring into the ceiling she could barely see, feeling the ache of interruption settle deeper this time. It was no longer playful teasing.

It was deprivation.

When the generator finally sputtered to life and dim yellow light returned, she sat up immediately.

He entered minutes later, slightly disheveled, eyes darker than before.

He locked the door yet again.

Walked back toward her.

The tension reignited instantly, sharper for having been denied.

He cupped her face, thumb brushing her lower lip.

"No more interruptions," he said.

She reached for him.

And then—

A softer knock.

"Arjun... some rooms are too warm. Chachu and Chachi will sleep in the hall outside your door tonight."

Silence fell heavier than before.

The footsteps retreated.

Thin walls.

Relatives right outside.

Every sound amplified.

Arjun stood still for a long moment. Then he looked at her.

All that heat. All that waiting.

Now wrapped in silence.

He returned to the bed anyway. Lay beside her. Pulled her close.

His hand slid slowly along her waist, fingers deliberate, testing.

Her body reacted instantly, but she bit down on the sound before it could escape.

He watched her carefully.

Another slow touch.

Another breath caught.

Danger layered itself over desire, turning the air between them razor sharp.

He leaned close to her ear. "They'll hear you."

Her whisper trembled. "Then don't make me."

A dark smile curved against her skin.

He moved with unbearable patience, exploring in ways that required control from both of them. If not with his lil soldier, then his fingers. Every reaction had to be swallowed. Every gasp pressed into his shoulder.

The restraint made it worse.

Made it intimate.

Made it wicked.

And just when she felt herself slipping too close to the edge, he stopped.

Completely.

Rolled onto his back beside her.

Leaving her suspended.

Burning.

"Tomorrow," he said quietly, voice steady but strained.

She turned toward him, still shaking slightly from the effort of silence.

"You are so cruel. I want you now badly."

"If the universe doesn't interfere again." he completed his sentence.

And got immediate smack on his chest. They laughed together.

He pulled her into his chest, holding her firmly, possessively, as though claiming the right to finish what had been denied.

Outside the door, family slept.

Inside, two newlyweds lay wide awake.

Unfulfilled.

Charged.

Waiting.

And the waiting had never felt so dangerous.

Arre bhayi inki first night kab hogi poori. Koi sochta hi nahi h inke baare me. 

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