Arjun's POV

"Hey big brother and dearest sister in law."

Sam's exhuberent voice will someday damage my eardrums!

She stood with her hands on her hips,"So tell me how do I look?!"

She was wearing the pink dress that I chose for her and I must say she was looking very cute but who could let go of the opportunity to pull her leg?!

"You look like a girl." I smirked.

She flared up,"Excuse me! I am a girl and I asked you how do I look in this dress?!"

I gave her a smug smile,"That's what I said, you look more like a girl in this dress otherwise I use to think you had forgotten that you are a girl."

Her face fell hearing my words that's not the reaction I was anticipating, I want her to fight back.

I huffed,"Fine! You look good now don't fish for compliments from others particularly boys. They only want one thing and you know what it is."

There is no way, I am letting any man play my sister.

"Bhai, I am sure there are some good guys out there." She reasoned with me.

Sweetheart, there are no good guys out there. I say this because I have seen the world for what it really is, and its not a easy place. It's a big, bad world out there ever ready to crush fairies like you.

"Good or bad, if some guy makes you cry then he will not see the sun of another day don't come crying to me then to spare him because I will not." I say this in a tone that means business.

I will kill that man with my bare hands!

"But...."

Radhika breaks in on her,"Sam, sweety you look gorgeous. Don't pay attention to him, he is just teasing you but he is happy that you chose to wear a dress of his choice."

I bite the inside of my cheek to stop myself from smiling as I wear my best poker face. Radhika is a gem and I am one lucky bastard.

Radhika coaxed me,"Common you have to tell her. She is wearing what you chose."

"I said she looks good." I said in my defense but the truth is I know I have not said what should be said.

I love messing up with Sam, it's my favorite thing to do.

"But that's not enough. Tell her how beautiful she looks." Radhika insisted.

I was going to shut them both up but then a wicked idea gatecrashed my brain!

I locked my gaze with Sam and took her hands in mine,"Sam, you look like a tall giraffe that is wrapped in pink!" I couldn't control myself anymore as I cackled with laughter.

Sam jerked her hand out of my grip and Radhika was throwing daggers at me!

"Arjun!" Radhika chastised me and turned to my sister," Sam please listen....."

"You know what, Bhai?! I am leaving!" Sam declared as she began to walk away.

I stopped her when I said what was the last nail,"Please don't start eating the trees on your way."

"Arjun!" Radhika screamed at me and I realized that I took it too far but Sam is the only source of entertainment I have besides Radhika.

I stood in her way," You can't leave, who is going to click our pictures together if you leave?!"

She glared at me and tried to walk pass me but I held her hand firmly,"I am sorry but you can't leave."

" Did I hear it wrong?! You just said sorry....."

How can I my sister let go of the opportunity to make me apologize!

"Fine! I am sorry and you look smashing." I surrendered.

She did some wierd thing with her hair by flipping them off in a dramatic fashion," I know!"

Was she trying to imitate those bimbos who are pea-brained?!

I chided her,"Sam, don't embarras me! You don't do that hair flip right and stop patronizing those bimbos for fuck's sake!"

Sam has this crazy obsession with fashion and all the things those stupid China dolls do onscreen. I just have one thing to say about it, china dolls are best kept out of the house and family because they are unstable and untrustworthy. One night is fine but they are not fit to be taken home to meet the parents. For that you need girls like Radhika who will make a home of your house.

I kissed the side of my sister's head displaying my pure affection for her. If you want to idolize someone, idolize your mother, my dear who brought you up singlehandedly after your father left her for another woman.

"Bhai, can I take Radhika with me?! I kind of want to show her off to my friends." Sam requested me.

Is my Radhika some show piece that she wants to show her off?! I know she is special but I rather hide her away from all and not let anyone cast their dark eyes on her.

,"Is she some trophy or show piece, you want to flaunt?!"

"Bhai please....." She made a puppy face and I was finding it really heard to say No to that face.

"Sam, you are being unreasonable. Radhika is new here and many a times even you are very unwary of what is happening around you." I tried to placate her but she was not having any of it.

I rolled my eyes at her,"Sammy, why do you want to take her?! She will feel left out in your friend circle."

And I am the best company Radhika can have as I give all my attention to her only.

"I promise she won't. She will love it." She pleaded with me and who could say no to that cute face.

I turned to Radhika,"You want to go with her?!"

Say no, say no, common whose team are you in?!

"Yes." Radhika betrayed me for Sam!

Like seriously?! I should be the most important person on her list but I was warmed by their true affection for each other. Radhika doesn't have a mean bone in her body and Sam, what can I say about my sister, she is and will always be my little Sammy.

I drew her closer and tilted my face to her ear as I pecked her cheek, "Don't wander around and remember what I told you before in the car. I am letting you two go but I am watching you two." I continued," Sam tends to get carried away with her friends. You are smarter than her so don't let her do anything stupid."

She nodded with a big smile on her face and I wondered if it's because she is getting some space from me. Not for too long, sweetheart. You belong here with me and if you take too long to return to me, I will take it out on you in bed.

I stood watching them as they left and from where I could see, they stopped to greet Sammy's friends. Now I really don't have a good opinion about Sam's friends because frankly I either find them stupid or I think they are not a good influence for my Sammy. Late night parties, booze, and boyfriends are three essentials for girls here but I have managed to keep Sam away from all three. Now someone will say even I use to do all these, well I use to get sloshed every single day but Mark brought me to heel. I gave up drinking beyond a limit, I gave up late night parties but I placated myself by sleeping with different women every single day.

"Arjun." A familiar voice broke my stance.

I turned to the source of that voice and frowned,"Rachel." I clenched the word through my teeth.

She leaned in to give me a hug but I blocked her by keeping her at arm's length," Stay the fuck away from me."

"Why?! Don't you remember that night?!" She said as she ran her finger on my cheek.

Fuck!

I glared at her,"I never fucked you, Rachel."

"Well, excuse me! Oral sex is sex."

"Shut up! Don't ever mention it to anyone rather don't even say it to yourself." I leaned closer," I heard you got yourself a new boy toy who is half your age. So just think what if this juicy piece of information gets out and...."

She cuts me off," You won't dare..."

I laughed sadistically," Dare me, Rachel. I promise I won't disappoint you." I mocked her.

One my biggest regret is letting Rachel, give me a head. She is the ex wife of a business rival and I didn't know that he was still pining for her even after months of separation so I accepted her invite to her room. I remember I was in Canada that time for a business meeting and I was staying at the same hotel as she was. I still don't know what came over me to let a woman twice my age touch me. I think I wanted to fuck someone so badly as I had gone a month or two without sex because I was working like a dog in those days and I wanted to avoid a scandal at the same time. Rachel was a big name in the business world so even she had so  much at stake.

She gave me a blowjob, that's it! We didn't do anything else as I wouldn't even kiss her. I changed my mind and stormed out of her room as it was a big blow to my ego if I was fucking a woman twice my age. I mean I wasn't so desperate for sex to let a woman like her get her claws into me.

Her face contored in mix of fear and anger. She turned around and left swiftly. I signed in relief as even I didn't want my dirty secret to be out. If anyone gets to know that I was in a room with her, no one will believe that I didn't fucked her. It could be a scandal as even she is a big name in the business world. I don't want to put a dent on my name especially now, earlier I could have handled it but it will break Radhika's heart if one by one, my dirty secrets are exposed.

My eyes searched her and my gaze locked with hers as I found her. I reached her swiftly. For some reason she was not meeting my eyes. I greeted Sam's friends and rolled my eyes seeing drooling over me. She was harmless if not a bit irritating with her puppy love for me.

I took Radhika at a side."Are you okay?!" I cupped her cheek with my one hand and smiled when she leaned more into my touch.

"Yeah, I am fine." She replied, blinking her eyes.

Out of the blue, she threw a question at me,"Who was that woman?!"

Fuck! Did she see me talking to Rachel?!

"Who?!" I asked her in a fake innocent tone.

"The one you were standing so close to a while ago." She said angrily.

"Radhika, it's not important." I said in a very dismissive tone.

"She was making a pass at you." She gritted her teeth.

So what?! There are many women out there who want to be with me but I don't even look at them now. All my attention is reserved for you only.

"My dear, I am more than capable of protecting myself from such women." I replied playfully.

"Do you know her?!" She asked me again in a much serious tone.

I have to answer carefully before she widdles the truth out of me.

"Yes."

"How?! Why was she so touchy with you?!" She asked in a hyper tone.

What's with all those questions?! I hate answering questions and explaining myself when I feel I have done nothing wrong. I have never cheated on Radhika then why am I being interrogated as if I have done something wrong.

"Radhika, aren't you asking me too many questions?!" I asked her in a tone that means this nonsense should stop now.

As if she got my clue, she stopped asking me questions but turned her face away, ignoring me.

Fuck! Now she is mad at me but what did I do?! I didn't do anything except for tailing her like a puppy. I have been watching over her from far, I have been thinking only about her and this is what I get in return!

I turned her face to me, lifting her chin up, I made her look straight into my eyes,"Radhika, if you saw her throwing herself at me then didn't you see I rejected her advances." I continued," How does it matter who is she?!"

She says with hurt in her voice,"It matters because you are hiding...."

Not the first or the last thing I will hide from you, my dear. I have my reasons to hide things and they are valid as per me. You don't deserve to meet that Arjun who you only got a glimpse of in the beginning and your heart couldn't take it!

"I have hidden many things from you but none that will sabotage our marriage." I tell her softly.

I roll my eyes at her persistance,"Fine! Have it your way! She is my business rival's ex wife, and let's just say, she is a predatory woman." I concluded in minimal words.

I am just giving her peanuts when it comes to information but I don't want to destroy the progress of our relationship.

"Did you sleep with her in the past?!" She asked me, glaring at me.

"No!" Well, technically no because I stormed out of the room when I realized that something was dangerously wrong with that woman.

I didn't sleep with her not because she was twice my age but because I was getting some bad vibes from her.

I took Radhika's hand in mine and brought it to my face level and kissed it," Let's forget this and enjoy the party."

She smiled shyly, not really meeting my eyes and I wondered if she would blush the same way even after ten years of our marriage. I mean we have had sex so many times that it's hard to count yet she blushes like a new bride. She is such an innocent and pure soul and I wish that she never witnesses the darkness of my soul.

To be continued.....