Living With The Harshavardhan Bharadvaja-Part XIII

Part 13

One day when Harsh returned home and while admiring Palki’s photos in his personal drawing room as a whole wall in his room was dedicated to her photos. Suddenly he felt somebody kneeling over his feet and saw it to be his dream girl Palki bending down on his feet for his regards. He stepped aside she looked hurtled to him and in sobbing tone said “Today is Karwa chauth. At this pious day cant I even get a small place at your foot.”Harsh looked at her, she was looking hot in red skirt and top and picking her up in his arms, he took her to their room and after he was sure that he rested her comfortably onto the bed said “Jaanu, I haven’t told even once but you also know your position is not at my feet. It’s in here” pointing and pressing her hand on his heart “plus I don’t like when you fast for whole day and that too for my life because you are my life and when you are hungry how can I possibly be happy. Now when my moon is so tired how that stupid moon can make a difference. According to me, your fasting is a banned act as with your asthmatic condition and your weakness. By the way, this reminds of one more things why can’t you just rest and others work. The only reason for your weakness is your only overburdening yourself with work.”

She blushed hearing the name of ‘weaknesses. She was feeling tired and exhausted since many days and he had instated that it’s high time she should visit doctor. But knowing she was very reluctant even with the mention of doctor so had pressed upon the team of doctors of his funded hospital to visit home. She had just received phone from one of them telling the reason of her weakness. She had got blushing up to her roots. She timidly said “Harsh, you know I got phone call from doctor, he told me the reason”, he was looking at her scaringly in anticipation of something dramatic, she continued saying “Harshavardhan Bharadvaja, your wife is expecting a baby. Yes I’m 14 weeks pregnant i.e. 3½ months of pregnancy. So soon you are fathering children, little Harshavardhan” he said lowering her eyes. She somehow knew this news is just the bliss they needed in their relationship.

Harsh was in shock, though somehow he knew they enjoyed healthy sex life and soon they would entering into such a phrase as they both wanted kids but seeing his lioness blushing, and telling him that she is pregnant was not how he had expected it

Living With The Harshavardhan Bharadvaja-Part XII

Part 12

Losing a game of cards sometimes makes you win large battles because Harsh never realised that Palki was an ace in cards and every time she just loses the game just to cosy to the innermost feelings of Harsh. He came to know about this thing after a long time when he once met some of her club friends and they mentioned that she use to win a number of card games regularly and when he asked about that she only smiled and romantically said “If Mr. Harshavardhan can learn to say Sorry and become my pillow and teddy in night. Can’t his wife even lose a game just for his happiness and pleasure? Understood” she said circling his neck with her hands

Harshavardhan woke up and found that Palki was not around he started shouting her name and when she came from kitchen  hurriedly, he tightly held her for long 5 mins, and then screamed “Don’t you know I only like to wake up seeing you, then how can you vanish into kitchen without giving me your full look. Don’t you know I kept double the number of staff because I don’t want you to be away from me even for 5 mins.” She just teasingly said “Then how you survive all your day without me? And what if I m not there?” To which he angrily showed her that even the wallpaper in her cell phone is her photo. And his office table has her 5 to 6 framed photos and even his laptop has only her photos as wallpaper. And she never noticed that their bedroom had a full wall length of her snap and he showed that even his personal study’s one wall was dedicated to her photos and he then angrily said “Don’t ever say that. Just understand this Harsh will burn the world in your pain.”

Living With The Harshavardhan Bharadvaja-Part XI

Part 11

One day, Harshavardhan had an evening date with her. It had being 6 months she was here in Delhi, and except the Berlin trip she hadn’t went a single place so he had promised to take her to Hyatt Regency. And plus she had went to visit some of her friends in DLF Mall. He sent the car with the note that she proceed he will join her in ½ hour and he had booked the private dining area so should wait there. 

When he entered the Hyatt Regency he saw that Palki was waiting for him outside the dining area, she as he entered only said “Please, Harsh lets go somewhere else. I don’t want to stay here.” He was confused because as far he knew she liked this hotel always but looking at her tense face, he was sure there was something she wasn’t comfortable about but even in distress he cannot help but look at her as she was wearing a very embrodied 3/4^th sleeved blouse and designer saree of orange colour. He just then received and important call so excused him from there. While he was on phone, there only he saw someone whose photo he had seen in her life history. Just then he remembered he was her boy friend and she was going to marry him when her parents died and she found him cheating on her with other girls. He could sense that she was searching for his comfort and he saw that man was walking towards her and saying “Pullomi you and here I never thought to meet you here. Hope your life is going on fine. By the way I still love you. You also know that you haven’t moved in life, so what happens if I am a divorcee. I am still better than having no partner as I know you still would be single struck on me.” 

He disconnected the phone, and from her looks he could judge that she was not comfortable with that guy and was relieved to see and he just said “Palki, shall we?” and they were about to walk away. But the guy extended his hand and said “Hi, I am friend of Pullomi, and by the way her name of Pullomi not Palki and may I know who you are?” Palki could feel tightening of muscle in Harsh but he just said “She was Pullomi Kashyap but now she is my wife, Mrs. Palki Harshavardhan Bharadvaja, and I am Harshavardhan Bharadvaja and now if you excuse us we have dinner waiting. And for your kind information she isn’t alone now because now she is the wife of owner of HRS Group. And now Palki can buy hotels and people like this in seconds.”

They sat down in private dining area and she was absent mindedly sipping her soup whereas Harsh knew that she never liked cold soup but she wasn’t aware that in front of her was a cold soup. He just said “People become so blind, can’t he see the mangal sutra in your neck before all this rubbish and you are the biggest culprit cant you ever tell me that you had past. I thought we were a normal couple. And can tell each other about things.”

She just sheepishly said “It's just that I am not that kind of person who leaves my past easily and I still feel uncomfortable around it and that’s the reason I hated social gatherings.” He just kept his hands over hers and said “Don’t worry we all leave our past one day and I’m sure he is now not even a bad memory. So now not waste time on him and enjoy our favourite Italian cuisine and by the way we are leaving for Greece and Italy and it was the call of agent that he has confirmed it.” ” 

Living With The Harshavardhan Bharadvaja-Part X

Part 10

Harshavardhan was in Berlin for a business meeting and it was this time when one day he suddenly realised that Palki that day was to arrive there as both Raghav and Savya were leaving for Paris for their romantic trip with the girls and he didn’t like the idea of Palki left alone so he had said her to join him Berlin, then he will take her around Germany. But he had forgotten to inform his regional staff about the arrival of her in his hotel suite as a result, she would not be allowed.

On the other hand the doubts of Harsh took shape and Palki wasn’t allowed to enter the room. He left the place in huff. When he arrived there he found her nowhere and knowing her temperament nature he feared. He called his regional manager that whether a lady named Mrs. Palki was enquiring about him, as she was his wife and will be joining her for next remaining days? So the manager remembered that there was such lady and he had badly insulted the lady, he frightfully told about all of that. And started to panic and shouting at the top of his voice and said “Don’t you knew my wife is Pullomi Kashyap and her tempers are famous so now you only tell what I do. First you will help me to search her and then she will decide what to do with you and mark my words she loves to shrew people.” And was in the way to his room to get details her ISD number. But when reached there he was shocked to see it locked from inside so he rang the bell.

The room opened and found Palki standing wearing a noodle strapped purple nightie and a deep neck green and blue sleeveless overcoat with one glass of red wine in her hands. She said “Hey! Got very late.” He was shocked to see her and that too in such relaxed mood. But he thanked God for not making her an atom bomb. He dismissed the staff and entered to the suite and found she had also cleaned the mess made by him. She just poured another glass of wine for him and refilled hers and both of them sat at the living room area and he after sipping one large sip asked “How are you? I heard about the misbehaviour of my staff and pls don’t get angry I promise I wasn’t knowing all this plus how are you here. It’s such a pleasant surprise.” She relaxingly started “Honey, why do you tend to forget your wife herself had being a successful entrepreneur. Baby, I just went to hotel staff quoted your suite number and said that I am Mrs. Bharadvaja and I lost my keys so they issued me a second key and vola I am here.” Then he said “I am sorry once again, my meeting extended and so you need to attend my meetings tomorrow. I know I only told you that I will wind all of it before your arrival but you also understand.”

Living With The Harshavardhan Bharadvaja-Part IX

Part 9

Harshavardhan also didn’t knew how to handle his married life and so was sometimes helped by Raghav and Savya as both of them had long history of girl friends. Someday, Palki didn’t even allow him to enter the room it was then, they told him, she was angry and jealous. He was confused when they narrated him morning incident from girls’ point of view.

 This morning it was press conference it their house so all media people were there. Actually the press conference was to announce the identity of Mrs. Palki Harshavardhan Bharadvaja and there were kinds of questions from “Mam was it a love story?” to “Why you changed your name?” She somehow managed the questions with predetermined and practised answers. Like for “Was it a love story?” she replied that “Behind every single ordinary story there is an extraordinary love story and same is the quote for her relationship.” And so on. But everyone could sense a bit of coldness between Harsh and Palki as even being together they do looked a bit broken and distracted. It was only due to Raghav and Savya that media didn’t went to details of their dryness but it was then when Palki was busy with one group of reporter that she saw a particular female journalist was trying to close up to Harsh and Harsh was cozing up to her. As a result she called off the press and Harsh left for office.  

Later Raghav and Savya told him that the entire morning incident unsettled her drastically and even when girls may be upset from their loves but them never can sustain the fact that someone is nearing them and their loves cozing up to girls even when they are upset. So now its bombing time over Harsh, he was shocked to see possessive side of Palki as he never had the pleasure of experiencing it before. Its better he do something to calm her or be ready to chain forever. After a lot of pursuance when Palki let Harsh into the room, she was crying bitterly and Harsh didn’t know the reason, just then he saw Raghav hinting towards water jug and glass. He gave a glass of water to her, after having some water she was much calmer when she spoke “Today is the day when my parents died. I miss them like hell. Generally on this day I always go somewhere with Gargi and here you are cozing up to some reporter even when it was a conference to announcing me as your wife. Why everybody in this world whom I love has always left me. I loved my parents, they died, I trusted Gargi, she lied and now you whom I am depended unquestionably, you are also in verge of leaving me alone in this ruthless bad world. ” she said throwing a crystal vase over him but he somehow caught it. Harsh saw Savya signalling him to apologize, though Harsh never had a habit to apologize to anybody but matters became different when came to Palki. He held his ears and cupped “SORRY” to her and said holding her hands and making her sit close to him “Palki, if you want no female press reporter will even enter the campus of any HRS Group but please don’t upset yourself due to this incident. I didn’t realise that she was trying to stalk me and have faith on me that I will never leave you whatever may come. So whether you like it or not we are bonded forever and I will there for you always. Can you hear this? What do they say, do you ever even heard any gal’s name except yours from my vocabulary. Just try to memorize that now you are not alone, I am always there to stand beside you. You are the only woman of my life.”  He placed her one hand on his heart to make her feel his heartbeats. Some way or the other it was the starting of breaking the ice which had formed in their relationship and so even after the vase incident Palki slept in Harsh’s arms fitfully sensing to his heartbeats as she had very tired after all day’s activities and snuggled to him that night when Harsh retired to their bed..

Living With The Harshavardhan Bharadvaja-Part VIII

Part 8

She wasn’t feeling very well and was feeling like a knot in her chest due to the crowd. The only reason why she always skipped these functions but her anger for him made her overlook every other thing as he had proposed to give it a quit she was more than sure that she will go for it. She started frantically searching her purse when suddenly a hand appeared with her inhaler. “It doesn’t have one; the inhaler of this purse is with me.” He said and kept on her hand, it was Harshavardhan. She threw the inhaler “I prefer to die than to take a chance of life from you. By the way I don’t have interest to live also. Mr. Harshavardhan Bharadvaja, now will you pls leave me alone.” She said fighting back her angry tears

Harsh knew in a minute or two, she going to be in a situation even not to stand so he dragged her forcefully with him and as she always knew her physic was nothing compared to his and so she was obvious to go with him. He forcefully captured her between himself and a wall and took out one inhaler from his pocket and gave her forcefully three regular shots as she was trying to push him back and after that he locked her lips with his on them and smooched her. His kisses always left her in a free-fall and one spiked with anger was like an extremely exciting roller coaster, she feel her knees melting like wax but her tiny flicker of sanity just saved her to circle his neck with her arms. She just held his waistcoat passionately and ultimately he removed his lips after a good 10 mins and angrily said “Mrs. Palki Bharadvaja, it not going to be easy for you to even die as this Harshavardhan Bharadvaja will bring you back even from land of dead. Is that clear and so either you taking your medications properly or else I will again captivate you and you know that I’m not joking. Now quietly sit in the car and we are going back to Delhi, enough of your Kolkata chapter. Plus even if you are not interested to live, you have to live because till I’m alive I won’t let you die. Damn it is it clear to you.”

So she quietly followed him to a Pajero and sat down and in a minute or so they both were leaving Kolkata. And she was in a private jet to Delhi and again she was back to Bharadvaja mansion which she left a month ago in puff.

This time, things were different as she now had got more spunky and lost her hostility but she knew that she cannot leave this place without him and with so many security measures it was impossible for even to disappear for a minute. And this time, she had a tuning with both Raghuvendra and Savyasachi; she came know that in home they use shorter names, Raghav and Savya respectively. And Harshavardhan is called Harsh. She came to know that Raghav loves a girl Siya and Savya loves Vasundhara aka Vasu.

Living With The Harshavardhan Bharadvaja-Part VII

Part 7

The letter brought tears in her eyes but she still couldn’t forget the harassment of living with him, so decided not yet to crawl back to her. But she also didn’t want more trouble for Gargi as he uses to hover a lot around so was many people so he decided to shift somewhere else but knowing that her husband is Harshavardhan Bharadvaja, she just quietly went for the pent house which he owned. And Harsh was really happy to see her. He was informed by Gargi that she left house, he was perplexed. But when his staff from house called about Palki’s returning as they knew Palki very well as this whole staff was the Chambal’s staff as they were which was selected by Harsh for Chambal, he couldn’t believe his ears.

Before Palki’s coming in his life, he had never thought that he will get use to people into such levels that he will get dependant on them, so now his room was very dirty with his things lying from bed to study table. He was shocked to see that she made all things clear from scratch. And now it looked like a business tycoon’s home rather than someone’s hostel room and he was grateful that at least now he doesn’t need to climb the windows to see her.

He immediately returned home from Haldia, a place near Kolkata but when he entered the room it was empty. In the adjacent room, he found her stuffs unpacked and found that she was deep asleep. So rather shifting her, he changed and shifted in her room. As it was time in which he needed to show his affection and not act in his bull-headiness.

Under the covers he saw that she was wearing a pink tee and white floral pyjamas. He just slipped beside her and kept his hands on the bare part of his waist due to mismanagement of clothes. He could feel the warm tingle of her body.

She was always earth-toned and so was he so they looked like earthen statutes. He slept fitfully. But when he got up the next morning, he was shocked to see that she wasn’t in the room rather she was having her breakfast. She was wearing a tube kurta with multi coloured skirt. He kept a check in his face as this was her time.

He just sat down and for the 1^st time in his life, he just ate something healthy as he always use to like heavy breakfast but Palki only had oats in breakfast. So he decided to stick with what she ate. So a glass of juice and oats. Suddenly she just spoke “Harshavardhan don’t think I have forgave you but I also don’t Gargi married life swooping in this. So yes I would be living here ‘with you’ as I don’t want more media attention than all for Mrs. Bharadvaja. But I will my own master and I don’t want your interfere in that matter.”

He who was genuinely happy and sorry so he just said “Just a small request. Can you please wear sarees? It will be appreciated.”

Living With The Harshavardhan Bharadvaja-Part VI

Palki or Pullomi,

Sometimes I feel that yes there has being a tough struggle between us but it was never that I didn’t loved you. The fact that you are so precious to me that I sometimes forgot that you too lead to a point and you are not just my love but you are also human. I seen you suffered due to me for hours in Chambal. But I always thought that I will one day overcome your hardness and then it will be your most loved and cherished heart that I saw that day, when I saw you for the first time.

As I told you, I was sure I only wanted you; it was 2 years ago that I saw you in Orphanage in Delhi. It was then I saw that the Pullomi who shows to be so tough is a child in heart. I saw playing with children that day but I didn’t saw your face as you were blindfolded. But as a routine I use to visit that orphanage. And came to know you visited there bi-weekly for weekends. In this time I came to know you were Pullomi Kashyap and that you were head of Panacea. The fact that you were Pullomi I shared with my brothers and they gathered information about you and even told me that your sister was marrying our lawyer, Bharat and then I contacted them and Gargi and Bharat promised to help me.

The fact that you were Pullomi also told me the conception that for world you were demon and everybody either hated or scared of you. Very different from girl I saw in orphanage. Then I came to know the history to Panacea that after you lost your parents and being from middle class, how in college you started your struggle as you had Gargi to support and with no house overhead you started struggle to making Panacea, one of the leading FMCGs in India. I understood you’re this coconut shell due to the struggle you have faced from the world. The situation was different for me as I was born with golden spoon but I was 25 when I lost my parents in flight accident and that time Raghuvendra was 23 and Savyasachi was 20. With that moment I felt our pain to be same.

But I was determined to break your shell and bring out your real beauty to the world and so I started my Taming of the Shrew. And the reason behind renaming you Palki was that only so that only to let you help in leaving snake skin of Pullomi Kashyap, the witch.  But I never thought you would so upset. Now I realise that the fact that you are different from Kate, I realised after you left because that time I realised that you are my love and then it clicked me that you have to be different and I was just thinking it in a traditional method whereas I should have known it would have worked only in an unconventional matter because we are not Portico and Kate. We are Palki and Harshavardhan. So, My Kate, My Love cant you give me a second chance.

I know in no way we can forget and forgive the year between us in Chambal but behind the world leader Pullomi I always saw my simple and naive Palki who secretly use to wear the red and green glass bangles. Behind the girl who uses to wear minis I know the girl who loved wearing sarees just to please me.

From all your anger and pretenence you cannot deny the fact that you love me. And now you would be wondering how I can be so sure the answer is by the reaction I get every time from you.  

I won’t promise that I won’t hurt you because we are humans and it’s in our tendency to hurt the person we love the most and who loves us most. But you are the only one and the last one who made the ‘arrogant brute’ Harshavardhan Bharadvaja to go on knees.

My love is very pure and so I know for me. So don’t let your anger and my rudeness disturb the relation that we share.

Love you till the end.

Only and Always Yours

Harshavardhan or Harsh”