Kunj was in middle of his meeting when he heard some noises outside his office.The next moment door burst open and Natasha barged inside with his secretary following her with a helpless look.

S-I am sorry sir,i tried to stop her and told her you are in a meeting but she didn't listened anything.

Kunj dismissed her with a nod

N(shouted)-Kunj, how can you marry someone,you barely know?

Her voice filled the silence boardroom
Kunj rolled his eyes irritatingly at her outrage.

Natasha had travelled out of city for her fashion show and when she gave back her parents dropped the bomb on her head about Kunj marrying a college student.Natasha not only wanted to be Ansh's stepmother but also desired to be Kunj's wife.He was a perfect husband to Tara or more than anything a woman could ask.

Everytime he rejected her she consoled herself saying that he needs time to overcome his wife's death but she never thought that he would marry someone else in place of her.

K-Gentlemen, can you please excuse us for a minute?He got up from his seat buttoning up his blazer and his staff members walked out of room silently.

N-You didn't even feel it necessary to inform me about your marriage.

K-Yes that's because you were on your fashion tour with your members and also unreachable when i tried to call you.My mother informed your parents about it and i didn't know they wouldn't communicate with you about it which is shocking for me.

He came out from behind table and stood in front of her

N-Kunj,i asked you so many times about us getting married but you always said you weren't ready to marry again.I thought you were still grieving my sister's death but i can't believe you managed to fall in love again and replaced Tara so soo..
She couldn't complete her sentence

K(Groaning)- Natasha ,it made her shut up immediately. It's because of you and your carelessness that i lost Tara so you have no right to say anything about it.

N-It was a fucking accident for god's sake.How long you are going to blame me for it?You know how much i love Ansh? I would have given him a mother's care and love.

K-Oh really? After what you did,do you think we would want you anywhere near him?How can i leave him with you even for a single day and not worry about you giving an
excuse about something being a fucking accident?Huh

N(snorted)- And do you think the new woman in your life could love him like Tara did?

K(blurted)- Oh believe me when I say this.Twinkle is more than a mother to Ansh.
Before Kunj could stop himself words spilled out of his mouth .
Whatever may be the case, Natasha is Tara's sister and she wouldn't want her sister's husband comparing her with another woman no matter if she was his new wife.

Natasha's eyes widened and mouth opened.
N-That's impossible.No one would be able to love Ansh like his own mother, not even me.If you are thinking your new wife loves Ansh more than Tara did,then let me warn you,she is fake.
It's just a show to make you believe her blindly which i think you already do,or else you wouldn't be saying this.
She glared him before continuing,
'Trust me there would be a day when you will regret comparing my sister to some stranger.'
She turned her heels and slammed the door behind her.

"What the bloody hell i am supposed to say to this woman?"Kunj groaned more to himself, rubbing his forehead
Natasha's words kept ringing in his mind, Twinkle being fake but his heart assured him that,What Twinkle is doing for Ansh is not just a show.
She was sincere and so were her eyes whenever he saw her with Ansh.

His mind was chaotic and when he realised that he couldn't work anymore he left home early that evening.

Walking through the door, his eyes came in contact with Twinkle's face which was not thrilled than usual.
The next thing he heard was Ansh's distressful cries which made his heart skip a beat.

K-Why is Ansh crying?He enquired Twinkle, pushing her out of his way.
Upon reaching in living room his eyes landed on the person who was reason of Ansh's cries.

Natasha?He eyed her with irritation not because she came in the house without telling but because she was forcing Ansh to sit on her lap.
Ansh clearly didn't recognise her as last time he saw her was few months back.He didn't want to stay in her arms and was struggling to come out of her grip.His hands were outstretched towards Twinkle begging her to take him.

N- Look at you.Your stepmother has been spoiling you.

Twinkle was standing there with a disapproving and worried look on her face.She didn't know how to deal with Ansh's Massi without hurting her feelings.With a heavy heart she ignored his cries and went inside the kitchen to get something for them to drink.When she put the water on the gas to boil she heard Ansh's cries dying down slowly.She peeped back a little from kitchen and saw Kunj carrying Ansh rubbing his back comforting her.

K-I didn't know you were coming here tonight.

N-What? Am i not allowed to come here anymore?
She overreacted raising her chin and folding her arms.

K-I didn't mean it and you know that.

She huffed and stood up
N-I missed Ansh and also i have to take some of my things from Tara's cupboard

K-Please help yourself.
He gestured towards the room on the right corner of the house and let her do for what she was here.

For Kunj, Natasha was the least favourite person on this earth but he couldn't disrespect his deceased wife by behaving rudely with her sister whom she loved so much.

Twinkle saw Natasha going towards the room which was now Kunj and her instead of the room where Twinkle had kept Tara's all things neatly.Kunj was busy with Ansh and didn't notice it until Twinkle called him in low voice

T-Kunj, she pointed towards the room where Natasha just entered.

N(shouted)-Kunj,what the hell is this? Why Tara's things aren't here anymore?

K-Natasha, Tara's things are shifted to nearby room
Sudden guilt appeared all over his face.

N-How could you do that to Tara?How could you throw her things out of her own room? Didn't you feel ounce of pain while doing this? Don't tell me you fuck her here every night too?

K-Natasha.....He gritted his teeth and squeezed his fist with rage while Twinkle gasped and she cringed at her harsh words.

Natasha eyed her up and down. Somehow this woman in front of her made Natasha insecure in all ways. First Kunj was comparing her to Tara and now she could see how much Ansh was attached with her.

N-She loved you but i can't believe you moved on so easily .That gives an idea how much Tara meant to you.You didn't love her like she loved you.
Her tears started to flow and she covered her face with her palms and sobbed loudly.

Twinkle felt bad for her.She lost her sister recently and whatever words she was spitting at her was because of pain in her heart.She noticed how Ansh's lower lip was trembling with his massi's shrieks.She went near Kunj and took Ansh from him and decided to leave them alone.She walked into Ansh's room and bathed him.

Kunj's head hung low as he kept staring at the floor.He believed that Tara knew the truth and he didn't need to explain it to Natasha how much he loved his wife but her words felt like a hot rod that stabbed his heart.

Natasha stormed in the room where Tara's things were and took what she wanted. She left from there without uttering anything after taking what she wanted.

Kunj walked into his study and slummed the door shut behind him.
He grabbed a glass and bottle of alcohol before sitting on his chair.
He didn't know why he felt guilty,even though he hadn't slept with any other woman after Tara's death.

He hadn't thought about his wife as much as he used to before marrying Twinkle.He even quit drinking after remarrying ,not because he wanted to
but he didn't want to do anything stupid to Twinkle in his drunken state but today he wanted to drink a lot.He wanted to forget all his pains.

After putting Ansh to sleep, Twinkle waited for Kunj to come out of his room for dinner but when he wasn't,she made her way towards the study room and knocked at door slightly.

There was no response from inside so she pushed the door open and saw him laying down on floor with Tara's picture placed on his chest.

Natasha's words definitely left a great impact on Kunj and Twinkle's heart pained to see him like this.
She didn't know if it was permissible for her to feel jealous with her husband's dead wife but she did.

She was torn between leaving him like this or waking him up for dinner.
After sometime she made her way towards him and crouched down beside him.The strong smell of alcohol hit her nostrils and mede her cover her nose.

T(shaking him)- Kunj wake up,you didn't eat anything

He opened his eyes and all he could see was shadow of a beautiful angel, kneeling in front of him.The bright light from behind was blinding him.
He covered his eyes from that light.

Tara,he thought in his mind and smiled at her.A full blown smile that Twinkle never saw and was dying to witness.

Before she could say anything,he pulled her with such force that she landed on his chest.Their faces were just an inch apart she could felt his breath on her lips.

For a minute she forgot everything and fell into daze with their closeness.
Her concious kept telling her to stop but her silly heart wanted him to continue.

Kunj flicked her and she got trapped between hard floor and Kunj's hard chest.He leaned down and pressed his body more into hers.His desires were increasing rapidly like burning fire and Twinkle can feel it.

It was Kunj who was drunk but it felt like Twinkle was the one under the influence of alcohol .She placed her hands on his chest and applied a little force which definitely wasn't enough to hold him in place.In fact she wasn't even trying to stop him.

He nuzzled at her neck making her gasp slightly and placed himself properly between her legs.

K-I missed you so much.
Twinkle frowned in confusion.

K -'Tara'
He muttered against her neck and Twinkle's heart stopped beating for a while.Reality sank in and her bubble burst.He wasn't in his right mind and took her as his dead wife.

She pushed him harder until he opened his eyes, for real this time.

'Twinkle',he looked around and found himself on Twinkle. He was shocked realising what he was about to do.He tried to get up but stumbled and got up eventually

K(shouted)- What the fuck you are doing here?
Twinkle flinched with his loud voice.

T(stammering)- I.. was.. here to call ..you for..
Words stuck in her throat and she couldn't continue.

K(lowly)-Get out
She didn't heard it and he roared again GET OUT

Twinkle didn't need to told twice as she hurried out of room.She ran to Ansh's room and fell on his bed beside him.She buried her face into the pillow to muffle her cries.She felt 'Hurt' and 'Humiliated'.She couldn't sleep whole night and kept crying until dawn.

The next morning Kunj groaned as he sat up on the uncomfortable floor.He was confused.His head and back were aching like hell.He twisted his neck and his eyes fell on empty bottle lying next to him and triggered the last night memories.

K-Shit.
He cursed under his breath.He remembered Twinkle calling him for dinner and the incidents happened after it.He felt horrible for shouting at Twinkle.She was nothing but good to him and Ansh.She didn't deserve to be treated like that.

He made his way into their room and saw the couch was empty where she always slept.

K-May be she is in the kitchen
He went in the kitchen and didn't find her there too.After searching whole house he finally found her in Ansh's room.She was sleeping beside Ansh and his hands were wrapped around her neck like she was his teddy bear.

He could tell that she had been crying whole night just by looking at her tear strained face.He wanted to beat himself for what he did to this pure soul.

'Twinkle',he pushed the strands of hairs away from her face.

She stirred and opened her eyes.When she noticed Kunj standing beside the bed,she turned her face away.She gently separated herself from Ansh and got up from bed.

She didn't spared him a look at him and surprisingly it bothered him but what did he expected after yelling at her.

K-Twinkle , I'm sorry... I didn't mean to shout on you.
He stopped her by holding her wrist.
I was drunk and i thought that...he stopped .
He didn't know how to tell her.No woman would want to hear from her husband that he was thinking about someone else when he touched her.

T-You thought i was Tara.
She completed the sentence for him.
She wasn't angry like he thought she would be instead she was calm but definitely Hurt.

T-It's ok Kunj i get it. You are still not over your wife.I am here for Ansh and i will try to stick to that.
She wasn't facing him as she said those words.She pulled out her hand out of his grip slowly and walked away.

That's it for today guys

Hope you liked it

First chapter of 'Hidden Secrets' will be posted till evening.