Veer moved Aarti behind him "should I explain you in detail, what my problem is?" crossly staring at the broad build man...

Aarti kept a hand on her head "listen, please don't fight with him. He's a commando who can kick even your last little bone in your body and you won't be able to get up from bed...."

"How dare you talk like this?" the man was about to hit them ...when Veer held the stick in his hands and broke in two pieces... next he held his loose shirt and punched him on the face...

"What's happening here?" shouted the other men who came to rescue their own man...

Aarti rolled her eyes and smiled at the men "He's come from city, hot environment" she didn't knew what to say "please, we don't want to create any scene here...."

Veer angrily started at the men and pulled her arm to drag her out of the queue... "What do you want me to do Miss Aarti?"

"Oh God Veer...you're just terrible..." she said frowning at him... "At least not here"

He pulled her closely against a tree "ouch...you're hurting my back"

He angrily stared in her eyes, she saw his forehead already sweating because of the heat around. Hot winds blew across her fair face while she tried to figure out the emotions on his face...

Without saying anything he bent down to kiss her lips harshly while his hands tightened around her thin waist... no wonder he didn't knew how to be polite and nice...

She tried to push him away, but the more she tried to push him, he kissed her more wildly bruising her lips...

Somehow she managed to push a little "umm. Stop. Veer" she managed to say a few words in between the kiss.

The pain was unbearable but slowly her hands encircled around him. Somehow the pain started to feel so good... Veer kissed her neck and continued kissing her bare flesh. His mouth brushed over her collarbone pulling her dupatta away, he roughly kissed the cleavage and his hand slid down her waist holding her tighter.

The more she fought him, the rougher he was....

"Veer. Stop please" she managed to say even after she loved him kissing her madly...

"Why?" he murmured against her fair skin

It was very pleasurable, but her heart somehow refused to surrender immediately to her seductive man. He made her cry a lot, and made her wait a lot...threw his anger on her all the time... no way she thought...

Veer on the other side failed to tell his emotions, rather he wanted to possess her completely this time. She was his wife, he realized her place in his life and that was more than enough...

"Leave" she said turning her face away and pulled away from his tight grip...

Aarti's hands were extremely cold, this was the first time in years she had seen his passionate side. What has happened to him out of a sudden? The shock of possession was overwhelming.

She felt rather than heard his deep, satisfied hum as he ravished her mouth once again holding her tightly in his arms not leaving for a second...

She twisted to face him more fully, instinctively pressing her breasts against his firm chest. Her hand slipped up around his neck.

"Don't try to pull away" Veer warned her harshly. His embrace had been warm, now his whole body was rigid with silent rejection.

A crashing tidal wave of anger came to her rescue. Fury at Veer for playing every time with her emotions, Fury at herself for so naively allowing him to do so. It must have greatly amused him to tease her into kissing him. He was definitely intolerable...

"Let me go" he allowed her to walk away this time... her legs felt like water, but she stiffened her knees and hoped he wouldn't notice how she trembled.

This time the need Aarti created in him was far too powerful to be satisfied by a mere kiss.

In the meantime, his most important task was to get her out of this place. He followed her towards the small uneven path...

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Aarti spoke to the villagers about the second meeting, and somehow tried to lie about what happened today. She would never want villagers to feel sad about the reason that they won't get any basic amenities as Mr. Commando was all ready to beat collector's men....

She was still talking when collector himself approached the village

Aarti smiled "Sir..."

"Ok, we have decided to pass this project for this village..."

Aarti couldn't believe she was finally hearing this...

Veer stood at the side looking at her expressions... happiness spread through her body... as if some odd threads of emotions were stuck in her happiness...

He failed to understand her, but today she has transformed him.

The collector's eyes fell on Veer standing at one side watching them "Major Veer...what a pleasant surprise"

Veer stepped towards them, forwarded his hand ... "same here Sir"

"I just saw the paper work, sorry for not responding quickly...but I wonder why are you so connected with this village that you wanted to get this project passed"

Aarti astonishingly looked at Veer with her mouth open, so it was because of him that the village project was passed... she smiled inside. For understanding her, for helping her, helping the people who needed them...

"Anyways... keep in touch...Ok Ms. Aarti... it was very nice meeting you" Minister said and left...

Aarti turned to look at him... her eyes were wide, tinged with pain and regret and some other emotion he could not name. He realized in some shock that he wanted to kiss her again and he sensed, strangely that she would not resist.

He lifted his hand, and slid it around her face in a smooth, hungry caress. Closing her eyes on a breathless sound, she turned her face into his palm. "Oh, don't" she whispered, her lips brushing feather light over his thumb.

Out of sudden he pulled her hand and walked towards the other side of the village, it was quiet, evening sun was settling down with its red light spreading all around... her face turned scarlet, not by the sunset but his touch.

They stood near the river, no one except few cattle was seen around... people from the fields had gone back home for the evening chores...

Aarti couldn't comprehend the way he was looking at her, neither she wanted to take her eyes off... they could hear the noise of the evening birds, flowing river and some cattle.

"Why are we here?" finally she asked breaking the silence

Was he going to regret, she thought... but on the other side Veer yearned to know what it would feel like to touch her again.

"Tell me Veer...what is it? You always do that, isn't it? Leave me, then come back. Then again you hurt me. You've always taken me for granted...I am just tired Veer...I can't..."

"Sshh....Aarti..." he kept a finger on her lips

She looked at him with a small tear leaving her eye...

Already the hurt and need and outright lust were twisting in his mind like a living thing. Driven by them, Veer blocked out all else and bent his head to hers, gently taking her mouth.

"I love you, Aarti" he whispered closer to her lips in between the kiss.

Heat and flame exploded, then roared to life, consuming them. Her lips seemed to swell and soften beneath his as he tasted her. Her mind went back to those three words he had said, she was dying for those words from him...

She pulled a little with moist eyes she looked at him "I love you Veer...very much"

Embracing tightly in her arms he let the kiss deeper as he gently probed the seam of her lips. On a soft groan, she opened for him, tilting her head back in surrender. Hotly harshly, plunged his tongue deep, giving her no quarter.

Giving her fair warning of his intent. But Aarti did not back away, nine empty years went up in flames...

He surged deep inside again on a shiver. He cupped her face in both hands and kissed her again.

Aarti's eyes were still closed, but she was returning his kisses with an escalating hunger. She was starved for this, he sensed it, and urged it on.

"Aarti" he whispered, his mouth dotting kisses beneath her eye. Her hand fisted in his hand "Don't talk" she whispered... "Just....don't stop"

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