Adultery No One Dies a Saint [Completed]

“You remember what we were doing in the basement, don’t you? When I went up looking for them after that, I found them in a similar situation. Like, he was… Anvi was lying there… it was on the roof; there is a garden on the roof; she was on the floor, lying like the unconscious, between the plants; and Varun…he was on top of her…trying to…”

“Force?”

“Not entirely. But it was not consensual as well. It was alcohol.”

Radhika’s face had become white. Her piercing eyes made him feel unsure about his words.

“It was alcohol…I believe it to be, honestly.”

Atul added.

“What do you mean on top of her?”

Radhika asked. Atul hesitated.

“Trying to do it…to have his way with her.”

“Holy fuck! He did that? Oh…what a fool I’ve been!”

“No…it didn’t happen. I am not saying it wouldn’t have and they were going to stop and all. But, in reality, nothing of that sort happened… I…”

“You don’t know how crooked he is; you know that?”

Radhika shook her head bitterly. Now Atul had to turn his head to her.

“What do you mean?”

“He doesn’t get drunk like that, Atul. Alcohol can never get him to do such things. I know what he does when he’s drunk. He must have got her drunk, purposely. Also, I know Anvi very well, she loves you so much.”

Atul suddenly found her funny.

“I know that.”

He said, proudly. I know she loves me so much. Hearing it from Radhika was simply ironic.

Atul went on to explain how he had managed to interrupt them.

Radhika was restless.

“These all have happened there! And how come I had no clue. What a fool I have been,” she laughed at herself. “What a fool I have been. I’ve been worried about myself and… you know Atul, what actually boiling inside me? It was that I didn’t get to fuck you that night. I thought he wasn’t confronting me directly because he knew how you rejected me! I thought he was laughing behind me.”

She shook her head sideways, in disbelief.

“How funny the reality is. Varun, you…!”

She sighed.

Radhika opted to stay back in the suite after they checked in.

“You go and meet him. I am not in the mood to meet anyone.”

“Radhika…”

“Call me when you are ready for dinner. I’ll join you.”

Her voice was weak, and she looked tired, suddenly.

“Radhika, I told you this because you wanted to know. Whatever happened has happened, and there was no damage. I am confident about it.”

“It’s something new for you Atul. For me, it’s not,” she said blankly.

Atul stared at her for a long moment.

“Then why don’t you leave him?”

“I don’t know. To be honest, I don’t know. I just know that I am not going to live with him forever. I am not his girl.”

Atul felt pity for her, for a moment.

“Yeah, I know what makes you live with him for the time. He’s good in bed, isn’t he?”

“That’s not what I mean.”

Radhika’s voice was stiff.

“I don’t want to admit it to myself because he has slept behind me… I don’t want to lose out. It’s a… I don’t know how to tell you this, but there’s a feeling that comes from within that makes me a total bitch. When we break up, I want to be the one on top. He won’t dump me; I won’t let him dump me…”

Words were now flowing fluently out of her. “I will be the one throwing him out and I will tell him yes, I’ve slept around too because he was simply not good enough. I want to tell him there are better men out there. The world is not what men like him believe.”

Atul’s face had now turned red.

“I understand. So that’s why you…”

“No.” Radhika moved forward and grabbed his hand. “No, I didn’t mean that. Believe me.”

Atul shook his hand and moved free from her.

“Enough, Radhika! You have spoken enough. Leave me out of this. Leave me out of your revenge game.”

“My revenge game? Is it my revenge game?”

“Then what else is it?”

“Stop pretending dumb, Atul.” Radhika threw her hand in the air, in despair. “Why don’t you give it a thought whatever happened was intentional?”

“Because I have better reasons to believe otherwise.”

“Better reasons! Atul, you must understand one thing. Doubt is a strange thing. To be confident, you might need to be one hundred per cent sure. But to be doubtful, you just need point zero one per cent doubt. And once you have it, you have to dig.”

“Dig what?”

Atul yelled before he could process her words. Perhaps she is right. But he was not going to agree. He had already yelled at her.

“Digging my relationship with Anvita wouldn’t get me anything good. Anvita and I are not fuck-buddies like you. We are husband-and-wife. I don’t need to dig a hole just because I have point zero zero zero one per cent of a doubt. It is my belief that I shouldn’t dig unless my doubt is crossing the forty-ninth per cent mark. This is how marriage works if you want to keep the relation. I don’t understand how much time you have to give into this. Yes, your side may be true. You boyfriend fucks around. Then it’s your responsibility to leave him. Kick him out. Can you do it?”

“I am going to.”

“Going to! When? I know when. When you have lured husbands like me to your bed, when you have enough fuck buddies to match and outnumber him, then you’ll kick him out!”

“Mind your words, Atul. You are talking too much.”

“You were sucking my dick like a whore that night, weren’t you? Now you are guilty and you want to put it like you have no reason to be guilty.”

“You are taking sides with Varun?”

“You are trying to paint him darker than he seems to me.”

“I really don’t know how to convince you Atul. You are living in a world that is so dark that you can’t see anything. Anything!”

Atul stared at her for long.

“I am happy with this dark world. I am happy that I am not seeing anything. And you stay away from me.”

Atul turned back and walked with his steps hard on the floor.

He was reeling in anger. Bitch. She’s a total bitch. At once, she wants to sleep with me so that she can boast to her boyfriend about how she’s done it. At next, she wants to put the blame on Varun for making her do it. One thing was sure. She wants to use me even after knowing how much Anvita loves me.

Atul shook his head bitterly.

He remembered the moments when Radhika had impressed him with her simplicity and affection and friendliness despite their first meeting being so awkward and asinine.

She was a cute girl blessed with a genuine love story.

The world is weird than it seems. Atul thought. The world is not what men like me or Varun believe.

Varun and Radhika together is a part of it. Atul was glad that he had learnt it in the right moment and he could save himself from their power battle.

Nikunj Sahni was waiting for Atul in the spacious lounge. He wore a shiny grey suit that struggled to conceal his tummy under it.

“Sorry I kept you waiting for me.”

Atul apologized after greeting him.

“No man. It’s just half a minute. I was just enjoying this view. It’s lovely, isn’t it?”

Nikunj pointed to the beautiful circular fountain outside of the glass panels. With the craftily arranged LED lights around the pond, the fountain looked spectacular.

“I wish you had made it a bit earlier this evening. We had a plan to buy an earring for your family.”

Atul said later when Nikunj was saying how his plan to include his wife on the trip was spoiled at the last moment.

“Oh, you still remember that,” Nikunj patted on his shoulder.

“How can I forget her? I still remember the stories she told us that day. She was lovely.”

Atul said.

Nikunj's phone rang and it was expectedly his wife.

“You saw it? It’s lovely, isn’t it? I am standing in front of it. Let me send you another snap with my friend.”

He ended the call and took a selfie with Atul, the fountain in the background, and sent it to his wife.

Atul was hearing the alarm already. For one moment he felt he should have brought Radhika with him.

No, not her. He corrected quickly. He had to move on.

Atul led him to the restro-bar. They settled down on a big couch and ordered whiskey of Nikunj’s choice.

“I don’t drink much; I’m just giving you company,” Nikunj said while they toasted.

“Yeah, I know. But I have come to force you to do something more. In fact, I am just like you.”

Atul had placed his laptop on the curvy edged glass table.

“I am showing you this right now because I don’t want to forget anything later. It’s an improvised structure of what we have discussed. I’ve mentioned you about this.”

“Yeah show me.”

Nikunj placed his drink carefully on the table and turned his attention to the screen.

Forty minutes later, as Atul finished the briefing Nikunj nodded slowly.

“You can tell me what you think of it right now. We’re enough drinks past.”

Atul looked at him.

“I know you’re daring me to offend you. Well, I know that I can’t,” Nikunj smiled, “not because you’re drunk to be deaf, but because I’m impressed by your presentation. You are a quick learner.”

He leaned back.

“Tell me, young man. What do you want me to do now? Consider me on your side.”

Atul was smiling already. And he felt hungry now.

“I want you to have dinner with me now. And tomorrow I want you to introduce me to your friend.”

Nikunj’s associate Pawan Mehta was the next suitable target to meet.

“I can do that. But what he chose to do with this, leave it up to him only.”

Nikunj said.

“Definitely.”

Atul shut his laptop down and turned to Nikunj.

“Shall we proceed to the dinner? I have found a place.”

“We’re not having dinner here? I thought it’s a nice place.”

“Yes, it is, Nikunj. But I was hoping to include my friend – you remember her – Radhika too. She’s waiting in my suite. I’ll ask her to come to the restaurant. I have made reservations for the dinner; for the three of us. Believe me, you’ll find it even better.”

Nikunj was happy to comply. Atul asked for a cab when he settled the bill. He phoned Radhika after they headed to the restaurant. The phone rang many times and went unanswered. Atul became tensed and he rang up the hotel reception and confirmed that Radhika was still in the room.

“What happened?”

Nikunj asked.

“She’s not answering my calls.”

Atul eventually got her to talk with the help of the room staff.

“I am not coming anywhere!”

Radhika declared and cut the call.

“Anything wrong?”

Nikunj asked.

Atul tried to laugh, embarrassed.

“A small quarrel between us. You know she’s a bit dramatic.”

“Let’s pay a visit.”

Nikunj suggested.

“I want to see this dramatist.”

Atul’s immediate thought was to turn him down. He was wary of Radhika behaving rudely in front of Nikunj. The man was more than impressed with the way Atul presented his world and now, a lot was at stake.

In an unofficial meeting, everything can be tricky; everything can be a factor in moulding an impression. One minus point would easily undo a ninety-nine plus points. The last thing Atul wanted to introduce to Nikunj was a messed up, shaken, dishevelled image of Radhika. The last time when he saw her, she was like an angel, and now she could be a ghost.

Atul was looking for a way to avoid this. But he couldn’t find one – nothing came into his mind, and he could only pray for a miracle.

As he stood in front of the door he suddenly thought he had a plan. He hoped he could use Nikunj’s presence to make her behave. I would tell her I want her to come with me now, to shop that earring – that you’ve promised my friend – and then I’ll listen to whatever you say. It’s a deal.

However, it soon turned out to be the other way around.

When the door opened, he was welcomed by a pleasant looking Radhika. She had changed into a high-low, off shoulder dress that not only emphasized her thin and curvy body but also presented an ample view of her cleavage. There was no sign of distress or a quarrel. Contrary to what she had told Atul on phone, she looked she’s ready to go out on a dinner. In fact, she looked racy and Atul couldn’t take his eyes off her. He wondered if she was going to leave.

Radhika greeted Nikunj with a cute smile.

“Hello, Nikunj how are you?”

Nikunj was stunned. Atul was more or less perplexed.

Nikunj walked in and greeted her with his hand extending forward. She dabbed it away and hugged him instead.

“Oh, kill the formality, Nikunj.”

Nikunj spent a moment to study her from head to toe. Radhika stood there like a model, allowing him to scan her with his eyes.

“You seem perfectly normal and in fact, you look absolutely stunning to me. Nothing like he mentioned.”

He said.

“What did he tell you?”

“What did you say, Atul? “

Nikunj turned to Atul. “A dramatist?”

“He’s jealous.” Radhika said, “He doesn’t like me mingle with his friends.”

“What!” Atul spoke up.

Radhika smirked at him. Atul knew she was just trying to ridicule him.

“That’s a lie; don’t fall for it, Nikunj.”

Nikunj smiled at him and turned to her.

“He has the reasons to be so, dear.”

Radhika was enjoying his attention.

“But that doesn’t give him the right to repress me, does it?”

Nikunj’s phone rang and he attended it before the third ring. It was his wife on the other side and he talked for ten minutes as Radhika and Atul stood there and watched each other. Nikunj was telling his wife he was on the way to the restaurant where he was going to have dinner with Atul.

Later they sat together in the drawing room and talked. Atul was, however, relieved that the cloud of anger had dissipated into the air and Radhika was past her gloomy mood.

Half an hour later she brought up the phone call Nikunj had from his wife.

“Why didn’t you tell her about me?”

“Because you are so beautiful and she has seen you.”
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