Her Second-Hand Husband!

Arjun's PoV

I went home, had a hefty dinner with my mom and went to my floor. It's actually been a week since I came back from Coimbatore and I could still not forget her face. The way she closed her eyes when I tried looking at her cheek, it was like she went into trance when I touched her. I felt like she yearned for that touch but I also know that it was wrong. She is an arrogant girl with very rude behavior. It is still fresh in my mind. I know she is a little girl just out of college and possibly wouldn't know how this world will treat her if she goes on with her behavior. I almost feel pity for her, for she is going to suffer hard if she is not going to change her attitude.

I could not take her out of my mind so I decided to take a swim to relax my disturbed mind. I got rid of my clothes and jumped in the pool. It is so relaxing to have a swim in this silence. I was floating when I heard my phone ring. It is 11pm and I have never got phone calls this late ever. I wonder who that might be and if it was an emergency. I swam back to my phone and saw a number. By the time I got there, the call was missed and I decided to call back.

"Hello, who is this?" I asked once they picked up the phone on the first ring.

"um... hello..." I heard a girl with a very unsure voice.

"Yes, I got a missed call from this number. Who is this?"

"um... can I talk to Nithya?" I heard her husky voice. I knew it was her. She called me for something without her parents knowledge but now she doesn't want to accept it. How funny.

"Sorry, looks like you have dialed the right number and asked for the wrong person." I sarcastically told her wanting to let her know that I knew it was her.

"um... sorry!" she hung up on me.

Whom did she think I am? People who know me are scared to even talk to me and here she is disrespecting me and calling me up at unusual hours. People get my appointment to even call my personal number and here she is taking it for granted? She needs to be put in her place before she exceeds her limits.

girl. Look at the way it rhymes and compliments each other. It made me smile looking at myself. I am giving puppy names to a girl. I wonder now, how did I even know that it was her in her husky voice? This girl, even after her rude behavior, I feel like helping her out of her misery. It really bothers me to see her doing assisting work in her college when she is educated. I have helped many people whom

my happy hour in the pool. I

Anika's PoV

him tomorrow to ask for his help to get a job for me. I don't know how to stop this. But he was right, my ego won't help my family now. The sooner I get a job, the better. I am a BSc computer science student and I know it is no joke to bag a job in this current world. My seniors and lecturers gave me references but nothing has turned up into actual interviews yet. At this point I have no other go than to accept his help. Now I just wish he would help me get a job that is not

you talk to Arun?" I asked Nithya on the phone. I have been telling her everything about Arjun except that I have an attraction to him. I feel so cheap on myself to even think about it, no way

likes and dislikes are not important now. I know you don't like that man but I don't think he has bad intentions. You are overreacting and I have never seen you say that you dislike someone for no reason. A good paying job is more

on

groom for me. Just today they confirmed that they are coming to see me

for me. But now, everything is chaotic here. What should I feel about my situation? Should

yet. They are

on, they might have seen you in the photo. Send me the groom's

you. Arun has sent me a

I

got a job in Chennai. His salary per month is Rs.20,000 as of

Thank God. At Least he got a job. What else did he say? Did he

way, Anu. He is in Chennai and anyways you guys are not going to meet. What's your problem in talking to him through the phone?"

his career, Nithu. I don't have any happy things to share with him. All he would hear from me would be sad things. I don't want to burden him with my sorrows. Let me get a job first,

shyness. I wonder how she could even know anything about someone whom