Author's Note: An underlying theme in this tale is reluctance, but it doesn't fall under non-consent theme. Thus I'm posting it in loving wives category. Still if you don't approve or adore sexual reluctance, please avoid reading it.
The story is a pure work of fiction, all characters and events in this tale are fictitious. Although, human imagination is also influenced by external stimuli. In the case of author
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someone has always served as an inspiration to my mind. So, the story is again dedicated to her... heart unfold before whom, like a flower.
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Synopsis
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A young Indian lady defying intense sexual attraction towards a heartless man embarked on a long and hard journey. In her quest of not succumbing to sinful lust, she paid every price. However, all her resistance and sacrifices went in vain, when she started loving her defeat.
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As long as nothing happens between them, the memory is cursed with what hasn't happened.
A 30-year-old lady — Kanmani was trying hard to underplay these recurrent thoughts, on a chanced meeting with an Arab tycoon — who had her in Hello, five years ago.
She knew her desperate journey to a foreign land, in search of her missing husband won't be a hunky-dory — but she never thought this expedition would put her panty in jeopardy — again. The more she looked at him or tried not to look at him, the more she grasped that this fatal attraction or dreadful suffering wasn't solely her fault. He was damn sexy, actually.
The Arab He-Man — Prince Ayaan-bin-Haider-bin-etc had a kind of face that made her think of dirty things even in temples. True, he was into his early 50s, but still so muscular — without giving the impression that he worked out. Perhaps he was an oarsman. Or it could be tennis. Perhaps he chopped down trees. Kanmani had this sudden and inexplicably strong desire to watch Ayaan rowing his boat or quickly chop a few trees for her.
Wishful thinking is one thing — reality another. And the ironic reality of her life was that Ayaan wrecked her life after their 1st meeting. Kanmani can never escape the memories of that meeting. Perhaps some memories are like dark chocolates — bitter, yet addictive — so were the memories of that starry night.
The delicate moonlight on that night had just turned the world a-flame with silver when Ayaan approached her for the first time. It was a lavish dinner party celebrating her fathers' business success. As a curse of beauty — her sculpted figure drew Ayaan's fatal attention. She was just looking like a sin in a long skirl. Her curvilinear waist didn't surprise Ayaan as much as the saffron tint to her wheatish complexion.
Her crescent-shaped eyebrows inclined slightly as she saw Ayaan staring at her. He smiled at her wickedly, and her languid eyelashes of velvet-black blinked once slowly. She caught herself blushing and rubbed her neck, needlessly.
When he came closer, Ayaan noticed every curve on her body from brow to ankle, an exact match to his kinks. Kanmani nuzzled him with her nose and her luminous, heavenly-white teeth flashed. Her every expression felt like it tugged at another string in his balls.
Kanmani didn't want to smile or blushes like a silly schoolgirl, but it was all happening on its own, as is she has lost control over her reflexes. In his closeness stars above glowed large like street-lamps. Each one was more of a sallow yellow orb than a brilliant pin-prick of white. She almost felt like being drugged in his closeness. Kanmani never had such a sudden and intense sexual attraction to any other man that she felt towards him.
It's not that Kanmani was a bitchy kind of girl— it's just perhaps one can't force chemistry to exist where it doesn't. In the same way — one can't deny it when it does. So, that night had inherited their natural chemistry with an intense sinful orientation.
"Sit on my lap, baby — it's your throne and I'll make you a queen of delight," Ayaan made an indecent proposal in his rude haughtiness — presuming he can buy anyone and everyone with hoards of his wealth — with his killer charms.
Kanmani sat — but on a chair opposite to him, which brought her eye to eye with this filthy prince. For a young girl like Kanmani, who drove her values and lifestyle from an orthodox Tamil background — his proposal was as radical, as asking dry leaves to fly like butterflies. Her deep black eyes and light brown skin both were burning — in contempt — in lust.
"No, thanks...!" retorted Kanmani, "I'm not a plaything — Mr. whoever," whispered Kanmani in a quivering voice, before stomping off.
Kanmani didn't give him an inch, but his manly charms bothered her. She didn't like things that upset her — which is why she was licensed to shoot most things that disturbed her. Unfortunately, humans were not on the list and sexual attraction was not considered a valid reason to shoot someone.
Another reason or a good inspiration to resist the irresistible temptation like Ayaan was love. Kanmani was freshly in love with her college sweetheart— Anil. Love is such a dramatic emotional force that it degrades all rival feelings, but love has very little to do with reason.
Though it's only intelligent people who make decisions on opportunity cost — Kanmani preferred Anil on emotions and paid the cost of her irrationality — when Ayaan hit back. And he struck hard on her dad, and family. Breaking the business partnership, Ayaan destroyed her dad's old family business — leaving him in debt — on a hospital bed.
Young and ambitious Kanmani with her prudent mother could fight with any challenge, but she lost her strength. Being loved by someone gives us strength, but her lover Anil chickened out — when threatened to death by Ayaan to walk away from her life.
Not only Anil — Ayaan covertly ensured that every decent family who would seek her hand for their son is just put in place.
Kanmani was smashed, yet she stood in dignity — a thousand glittering fragments, and each testifying — she was not a purchasable commodity. Life has a cruel mechanism to rent out unusable stuff.
Thus, a year later — Kanmani got married to Karan — an incompetent protégée of her dad, who stood an inch shorter and a decade older than Kanmani. Karan's age had qualified him to be a sugar daddy. However, he was hopelessly naïve and dreadfully pessimistic about life. Whereas, Kanmani was a tremendously vital person, interested in everything and everybody, in contrast to Ayaan's apparent indifference to anything except when he is going to get his next drink. Besides, soon Karan turned out to be as poor in bed — as in business.
What Kanmani had got at the cost of mighty Ayaan was too rueful. Yet, she tried to make lemonade out of the rare lemon life had offered her in this hopeless marriage. In a way, she developed feelings towards her husband. After all, he was the one who dared to marry her, despite all the odds.
Karan too loved her, but for him, Kanmani was too fascinating a dream — to dream. He could never conceive himself at par in this relation. Things soon lasted in a dark and long ally.
But suddenly and mysteriously things took a dazzling turn. Her dad found a huge '
mysterious'
investment. With the help of some covert sleeping partner, their family business picked up marvelously from the verge of bankruptcy. Karan started affording her a better home, a new car, the jewelry, and clothes— every young lady adores. The success dramatically also boosted his self-esteem. But happy moments were as short-lived in Kanmani's life — as Karan's libido.
Her dad with his
new
partner was soon lured into establishing a new branch of their business abroad. He sent Karan there to manage an overseas business. To her mind, this would enable Karan to grow in self-esteem beyond her father's shadow. But, this was when Kanmani saw Karan last.
The soon Karan went abroad — all those mysterious investments also fled. Their domestic business crashed within months — next month Karan broke the same disastrous news about their foreign business.
For the past two years, Kanmani was waiting for him — for his earnings. There was no clue to this mystery debacle of their foreign business — till Kanmani finally decided to visit Karan.
She embarked on the journey, wondering why Karan had vanished. But, onboarding the plane a big surprise came when Kanmani found the entire business class empty.
"Of season...?" exclaimed Kanmani to an air-hostess "is this why your airline sold me business class tickets at normal rates?"
"The prince...!" replied the air-hostess, with a mysterious blush, "the prince has booked the entire business class, Ma'am."
And there arrived the filthy prince himself. The prince — Ayaan-bin-Haider.
Kanmani felt the seat next to her cracking under his weight. Suddenly Kanmani felt the temperature in the airplane shooting above 50, as his warm gaze fell on her.
Kanmani was not the same woman he remembered from last time. Her eyes peered out through a wild tangle of hair like those of a cornered animal. Defiant and intense, but skittering around looking for escape at the same time. She was no more a living wet dream who robbed his sleep— still strikingly attractive. Though, Kanmani had played it down by wearing no make-up, a loose-fitting vintage dress, and flat sandals.
"Why ruining in mourning...?" Ayaan inquired in a sad voice, "gloom is eroding your sultry charms, baby."
"Just don't even pretend to wear mask of empathy...!" retorted Kanmani bitterly.