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I felt a blush crawl up my cheeks again, "I would love to."
"Then let's go," he took me by my hand and we walked towards the door. It was a beautiful feeling to walk with my husband, hand in hand. A bliss that felt so surreal without even knowing that these beautiful moments were his new anchor, out of the misery that he had buried in his heart for alonglong time now.
39. UNCHALEES
Assoon as we walked out of the main door, a valet stopped the car before us and got down. It was a fancy looking black two-seater convertible.
"Nice car!" I complimented as he got around to get into the driver seat.
The small up turnings of his lips indicated that he was pleased.
"BMW M6," he replied once I got into the passenger seat. I wasn't that stupid to not even decipher the 'BMW' part and understand that he just announced the name of the car for me.
"It's lovely." I looked above to feel the absence of the car roof. The sky looked beautiful and the promise of pleasant weather built hope.
"So where are you taking me?" I looked at my husband with an open smile.
Surprisingly, he reciprocated it as he replied, "wait and see."
Without much ado, he pushed the acceleration paddle and drove the car around the huge fountain followed by the long driveway before finally out of the gates. The songNashe se chadh gayi by Arjit Singhplayed on a low volume in the background. It was already somewhere in the middle but then Viaan restarted the song before turning up the volume.
The cool breeze kissed my warm skin, erupting the tingles all over it. He drove the car smoothly around the light traffic and unfamiliar territory. Well, it was unfamiliar territory at least for me.
We entered the city that had buildings after building stacked over the hill like dominoes over the stairs. It looked so beautiful that I couldn't help but take all of it in with an awe! There were a lot of tourists scattered around the place as the car wheels rolled past them on the mantled roads.
We were soon out of the city and back into the wilderness of the mountain trees, driving uphill. The number of eucalyptus trees thinned as smaller shrub-like plantations came into view. They were all uniformly planted and cut, spreading magnificently like a green carpet over the slope of the hill. It didn't take me long to figure out that these were the famous tea plantations! This was a completely new experience for me because I had never been to the tea estates before and mind my words when I say that they were incredible!
"Our tea estates are a bit on the inner side to prevent much of the direct access," Viaan informed, his eyes flickered to me through the rear-view mirror and found a surprised expression.
"We have tea estates? Like freaking tea estates like these?" I whipped my head to look at my husband as I tried to absorb the news. It shouldn't be surprising but it was...
"Not just the tea estates but also a farmhouse, a tea factory and eucalyptus and teak plantations here," he added thoughtfully letting me know the property they owned around this city other than a freaking small palace!
I looked back at the tea estates completely mesmerized by them. Viaan didn't stop there but continued to drive, re-entering the wilderness of the other hill. I stood up holding the windshield to feel what it felt like to be the heroine of the cliche movies when riding a convertible car. It always looked so good in movies but here in the cold region with the freezing wind that hit me hard on my face made it difficult to open my eyes, my teeth had begun to chatter making me immediately sit back down. Viaan only chuckled out loud when I sat back rubbing my hands and cheeks receiving a stink eye from me. But it never bothered him.
It's called a movie for damn sake Rynah! Did you think that you could pull off something that efficiently like you are a damn heroine?I rolled my eyes.
A comfortable silence had settled down between us.
Until I saw that little stream of water gushing through the rocks and falling over them like a miniature of a waterfall before flowing away in a narrow stream from under the tiny bridge over the road. It was just too cute!
"Viaan, stop here please!" I pointed at the tiny waterfall and exclaimed in excitement.
Viaan looked at me but didn't say anything as he pulled the car to the side.
I got down and headed towards the slab of stone that was placed below the waterfalls, where I could stand and enjoy its feel.
"Careful, Rynah. You just learned how cold it is out here," Viaan's voice floated over the song playing in the car before he killed the engine and got down. I carefully made my way over the soil towards the baby waterfalls when I replied, "come over here! It's so pretty! Don't you feel like getting closer to it?"
"Carefully, there is algae there which will be slippery over the slab–" he still hadn't completed his warning when my heel slid over the slab and I was on the ground with the cold water pouring all over me.
Gasping for breath in the cold and feeling shocked, I witnessed Viaan burst into laughter at my expense.
And all I could do was gawp at him speechless. He slowly made his way towards me still getting a hold on his laughter before kneeling on his one leg before my fallen structure but away from the waterfall. Even in this coldness, my cheeks burnt hot with humiliation and anger, making a cup with my hands, I collected handful of water and throw it at my cold-hearted husband, "you!!! You idiotic man! You should be helping me instead of laughing like that!" He laughed again as he tried to dodge the water that came flying towards him but my repeated attempt to get Viaan wet made his dodging attempts futile.
He reached out grabbing my hand as he pulled me up to stand with him, out of the falling water. His arm snaked around my waist and pulled me into his chest with. I gasped. Whatever area that was left dry on his clothes were now wet due to me.
I tried to pull myself away from his hold but he was just too strong, "Viaan, let go of me. Someone will see us like this!" I hissed looking around with the fear that any car may pass by us at any moment. We were beside a freaking road, for the love of the sweet god!
