Forbidden Desire by Ritesh Prasad (best books to read ever TXT) 📖

There she was in front of me, but I could neither touch her nor feel her. I only had the right to just view her from a distance. For me she was like the beautiful moon in the sky that you can only see and admire, but won’t be able to get it in your hands….. My thoughts were soon distrait with the doorbell. I got up to open the door, Kaushik came in. It was soon time for lunch and we went ahead to the dinning area, Sakshi was sitting on opposite of me near Kaushik, while I was there by the side of Raju.

 

“So What’s the plan for the evening?” Kaushik enquired from the other end.

 

“Nothing, you decide.” I replied while eating.

 

“So let’s go for the evening show…..There’s a new movie of Akshay Kumar Phir Hera Pheri”. Ohhh, I love his comic timing and sense of humour and with Paresh Rawal there, it’s double bonanza. So its final, we all are going for movie.”

 

“Okay …as you wish, what say Sakshi?” I said smiling at her face.

 

“Ohhh Akshay is my favourite… I can’t afford to miss any of his movies,” she said and secretly winked her eyes looking at me.

 

“What?? But for so many years you were hooked for Salman Khan? Now you say Akshay is your favourite.. You know Rohit, she used to not let us even touch the remote when any of the Salman’s movie’s played on the TV. I had to miss my cricket match and Aunty her melodrama serials just because of her craziness for Salman Khan.” Kaushik said turning his face to me and we all laughed.

 

“So what? My taste has changed….now I love Akssshaaaaay and we are going for his movie…yipeeeee.” She said, excitedly looking at me.

 

“Ohhh really my Dear Sis, how this miracle happened??” Kaushik asked her in a teasing tone.

 

“Ohhh Dada just a few months back, even I didn’t realize how and when I had started loving him.” She said, looking at me,

 

I understood what she meant and immediately turned my face towards Raju. Even she became conscious of the surroundings and changed her statement quickly, “Dada I mean I started admiring his acting skills recently. His movies are just awesome, Salman is nowhere near Akshay when it comes to entertaining. His movies are super-duper hit.”

She looked at me and smiled and I responded back too.

 

“Okay, let me confirm this with Sanjeev as well if he too is willing to go.” Kaushik said moving out of the dining table.

 

Post lunch we sat on the sofa and discussed all about our evening plan. Aunty was not willing to go. Kaushik called Sanjeev and confirmed that he too is coming. So around 5 pm we got ready and came out of the house. We hired a taxi from the main road and headed towards City Centre in Salt lake. I sat in the front with Raju while Sakshi was there at the back near the window followed by Kaushik and Sanjeev. In the movie hall Sakshi sat in the middle with Raju on left and luckily me on her right side followed by Sanjeev. Kaushik was sitting beside Raju holding popcorn in his hand for him. The lights were put off and the movie began, after 10-15 minutes I felt a smooth touch on my hand, it felt so soft so good. I grabbed that little finger and slowly the entire hand and hold it tight. There we were love birds holding hand in hand and enjoying our own movie. The hours passed in jiffy while I kept holding and playing with her hand and soon it was an interval. In the second half also we continued our silent love. I felt so good she was nearby me and I could touch her. After the movie we went to hangout and had our dinner. It was 10:30 pm when we came out. We hired a taxi and I left them near my hostel gate and taxi drove away to Lake Town.

 

While coming upstairs, I kept on kissing my hand; the same hand with which I was holding her few moments back. I came upstairs shouting and singing and found Nikhil near the corridor…he too joined me “Pehla Nasha Pehla Khumar ……Naya Pyar Hai Naya Intezaar….” we went to the TV room singing and shouting. Ujjwal was there with few other hostel mates watching TV. As soon as they saw me…..everyone insisted Nikhil to bring the guitar from his room, he ran and bought the guitar. TV was switched off and everyone circled around me. It was time for jamming session. I started strumming the guitar and singing, “Pehla Nasha Pehla Khumar…..naya pyar hai naya intezaar….” and everyone chorus with me. We continued one after another song. Around 12:30 am, I came to my room I checked my mobile there were 26 miss calls of Sakshi and one SMS “Where are you???? Call me now”. I smiled and dialed her number while lying on the bed, her cell phone rang and after a few rings, she answered.

 

“Where are you?? I have been calling since I reached home.” She asked.

 

“Oh Sakshi, sorry I didn’t hear my mobile ringing as I was in the TV room with hostel guys.” I replied.

 

“I was expecting that you would call me once I reach home. What you do mean by you didn’t hear, didn’t you notice how many times I call you. You don’t bother about me anymore. Okay good night… sleep well.” She said and disconnected the call.

 

I looked strangely at my cell phone and was taken aback by her behaviour, I dialed her number again, it ringed but she didn’t answer, I tried again, but same result and I tried again after my several attempts she finally answered.

 

“Why you are calling me again and again, I said good night…don’t you understand, it’s already very late, go and sleep, we will talk tomorrow, I am upset with you.” She fired one after another without giving me a chance to speak.

 

“But Sakshi……. Let me speak for God sake.” I replied

 

“No, I don’t want to hear anything.”

 

“Please honey….. I am sorry I missed your call because I was there in the TV room with my friends and because of loud noise I could not hear my cell phone ringing. Please Jaan I am sorry.”

 

“Hmmmmm…what were you doing so late in the TV room with those guys, don’t you have office tomorrow? You were so busy you didn’t have time to call me.”

 

“I was in a very happy mood all because of you…..you make my life so complete. When I returned hostel, Nikhil and other guys saw me and insisted to play guitar, so we were having a jamming session in the TV room and thus I could not pick up your call, my darling, Please forgive me.” I said politely.

 

“You play guitar? Woooooooooooow, you never told me that, ohhh how nice. Okay, I will forgive you only in one condition that you will have to play guitar for me.” She said in excitement.

 

“Okay honey….condition accepted, but I don’t have a guitar of my own. That guitar is of one of my hostel mates. How will you see me playing, you can’t come to the hostel.”

 

“Then come next Sunday with the guitar, otherwise I will not talk.”

 

“It’s not possible! I mean, how I can ask someone else’s guitar, I don’t know him very well, and what if he refuses?”

 

“I don’t want to hear anything, if you can’t borrow then buy a new one, but I want you to come this Sunday with guitar. And that’s an order. Got it………. my babbyy. Come-on, now you are earning, I believe you can manage right??? If money is the problem I can gift it to you, but I can’t wait anymore to see you playing guitar in front of eyes, oh God it would be awesome.” She said in excitement.

 

Ohhh no honey, it’s not about money, okay I will buy a new one and I promise you will be the first one to see me playing my new guitar, wait till Sunday.” I said, assuring her.

 

“Ohhh Jaan… I very much excited…. Wish Sunday comes quick. I love you my Janu.”

 

“I love you too Honey.” I reverted.

 

All her anguish was by now vanished and we continued talking for a while and then we fell asleep. Being with her changed my life completely, I started feeling very happy, and there was a smile in my face every time. I thanked God, I thanked this city, I thanked Kaushik. But as soon as his name came to my mind, my adrenaline rose, what if he comes to know about my relationship with her? How will he react? Will I be able to convince him about our relationship? What if he feels cheated? And starts abusing me. What if he opens everything in front of everyone? These rapid fire questions made me tremble. Finally, I calmed myself and decided I will not divulge this to him now and when the right time comes I will make him understand that I really love Sakshi and want to marry her. Till then its best, I keep it just between me and her.

 

On the next Sunday morning I went to Dum Dum market with Nikhil and bought a new guitar, it cost me around Rs.3000 and it impacted my monthly budget badly, I had to balance it out with the money that I used to send home every month to my family. I lied to my brother that this month I would be sending less money as I have some urgent expenses. I was in relief as he told me not to worry, he will manage that.

 

Around 2:00 pm, I reached at Aunt’s place with my new guitar in hand, the door was opened by Kaushik. I smiled and entered along with him, Aunty as usual, was there in the kitchen and today along with her was my darling as well. I looked at her and we silently exchanged love, but didn’t say anything. I quietly sat on the sofa, putting my new guitar aside.

 

“Ohh my friend you have come with a guitar, so Sakshi was right, you really surprised us, I never knew you played guitar. When did you learn that? Ohh it’s a brand new one.” He said, opening the cover of my guitar.

 

“Yes, I bought it today, so Sakshi had already announced you all well in advance about this.” I said looking at her.

 

“Yeah, we got the news in advance, but I thought she was just joking, so didn’t pay much heed to her talk.” He replied, and by this time Sakshi and Raju came and started looking my new guitar.

 

“Rohit Da, teach me also, how to play this.” Raju said with his childish voice.

 

“Yeah, sure, I will teach you Chotu.” I said and smiled.

 

By this time Aunty called Sakshi and asked her to serve lunch on the dining table for everyone, we all had our lunch and then gathered in the hall, it was my time to begin the show. I opened the guitar and started tuning it, once done, I looked at her and said, “So what song you want me to play.”

 

She smiled and said, “Any beautiful song of your choice.”

 

“Okay, so who is your favourite singer?” I enquired.

 

“I like many but Sonu Nigam is my favourite, he sings beautifully and he is so good looking as well.” She replied.

 

“Okay then I will play one of his famous songs, but don’t compare my voice with Sonu Nigam, I don’t really have a good voice like him, I play guitar just for fun, I am neither professional, so please bear with me if you don’t like… Okay, so I am starting a song from one of his super hit album “Deewana”. I said and started strumming the guitar.

 

“Hmmmm ha ha ha, ab mujhe raat din tumhara hi khayal hai kya karu pyar meh deewano jaisa haal hai” I continued playing the song and was from