Page 69 of That Same Old Love

“No. I’m fine for now. Just hold me,” she said, feeling a little emotional again.

And this time, she blamed it on the hormones.

Samrat joined her on his bed and sat back towards the headboard. He pulled her between his legs with her head resting on his chest and wrapped his arms around her.

Fifteen minutes into the movie, Mahi closed her ears with her fingers and opened just an eye to see if it was safe to watch.

“What the hell, Samrat? It’s a horror movie! Who the hell watches a horror movie on a weeknight? I need to go home tomorrow morning all by myself!” she shouted.

She could feel his chest rumble and then shake as he began laughing, especially when he watched her hide her face under the blankets with only her eyes being visible.

“Oh come on. Don’t be a coward. It’s a cool movie. One of my favorites and one of our teams is developing a video game based on it.”

She turned and glared up at him. “Turn it off! I don’t watch horror movies. Like ever!”

“Why? What is so scary about them once the movie is over? Are you worried that when you go back to your place tomorrow, you’ll see that girl hanging upside down on top of your ceiling?” he teased, kissing her ear.

She exhaled loudly. “Guess which finger I’m sticking out?” she snapped, poking a finger under the blanket.

He burst out laughing.

She accidently saw another scene. “Oh God! Make it stop. Seriously, this crap will scare me for days! Or maybe even months! I’m going to make you come along with me to the bathroom tonight, and also to my house each time I have to go there to shower or change.”

He laughed and hugged her closer. “Why didn’t you tell me sooner? I could have played a horror movie, days ago.”

Eventually, she whined and complained enough to make him stop playing the movie. He continued holding her close and they talked about their favorite movies while growing up and also their favorite books.

Soon, she got sleepy and she fell asleep in his arms. And for the first time in nearly four weeks, since they had been together, both of them had their clothes on while they slept.

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During all the weekdays, they spent the evenings and nights at his place. And whenever Mahi cooked dinner, they would spend some time at her place before heading to his place.

And over the weekends, they spent the days mostly meeting their family and friends separately, but during the night time, however late it was they would make sure to spend it with each other. They spent some weekend days together as well, either spending a leisurely day at one of their homes or going out to eat.

On one of the Saturdays, Samrat accompanied Mahi to a car showroom, when she decided to buy a car. She ended up buying a cute little car for herself that she enjoyed driving everywhere. She also used it to get to work when Samrat worked from home. And whenever he had to go to the office, he refused to get into the ‘Lilliput car’ as he termed her car. He made her drive his SUV.

Mahi actually enjoyed spending time with him. And not just because of the awesome sex. While sex took up a lion’s share of the cause of her enjoyment, she loved talking about their day, things happening at each other’s work and even about their friends and family.

CHAPTER 23

Samrat decided to take Mahi to his house for the first time. He had mentioned it to her casually a while ago that he had another house in the city, but preferred to live in his parents’ house as it was more convenient to commute to the office.

And later one day, he confessed to her that he couldn’t live in his own house because it contained way too many memories for him. And when his parents moved to their village house, he renovated their city home to suit his needs, and liked living in his childhood neighborhood.

Mahi had never asked him to take her to his home. But since she was in his life, he wanted to share his past with her and open up to her as she had with him. She had told him a little about her marriage and then also about the extramarital affair that resulted in the birth of her son. She had also lovingly spoken several times about her son, telling him about her toddler son’s antics.

His house was built on top of a hill with its own private road and overlooked the Secret Lake. It was locked most of the time and opened only when the watchman’s wife had to get in for cleaning the humungous place.

As soon as Mahi entered, she loved the place and called it the most tastefully decorated luxurious home she had ever visited.

When they went further into the kitchen, she gasped and went further inside in awe.

He was amused at her reaction. She was running her fingers over the huge granite island countertops, and then the six burner stovetop along with the double oven. She sighed deeply and stared longingly at them.

“Do you want to be left alone for a while, so you can caress and kiss my kitchen furnishings and appliances some more?” he asked smiling.

She sighed. “It’s been so long since I saw a conventional oven or a six burner stove or even beautiful traditional granite countertops. My current house is not suitable for fitting in any of those without a major renovation to my kitchen.”

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