Between Heaven & Hell

6

Nandini was driving the car and Armaan, was busy staring at his extraordinary gorgeous wife.

"If you keep staring at me like a creep, I won't be able to drive properly...!" She told him but her gaze was fixed on the road.

"Can't I stare at my wife...?" He asked her,

"You can, After all, I am your private property..." Nandini said, the last part in a very bitter tone.

"That's true, you are my and only my private property, so I can stare at you as long as I can because I have all the legal rights on you..." Hearing his words, Nandini felt as if someone stabbed her in her chest, but she composed herself,

After all, this was not the first time when she was hearing those words, she tightened her grip on staring but didn't say anything to Armaan.

"Aren't you bored staring at me..." Nandini asked,

"I can stare at you like this all my life..." Armaan said, tugging her hair strand behind her ear,

Nandini got uncomfortable with his touch but she can't push his hand away from her, nor she can say anything to him.

"By the way, you haven't told me the reason for your surprise visit to my Hospital, even I got astonished to know that you waited for me 5 hours..." Armaan asked her curiously,

She licked her lips nervously,

There was hesitation on her face and Armaan could see that but he patiently waited for her to speak,

Nandini stopped her car at his clinic, and look outside, then she turned her gaze to her husband,

"You work here...?" Nandini asked with astonishing expressions,

Armaan nodded his head and walked out of the car,

But Nandini kept sitting inside the car and her gaze was busy staring at the area around them through the windshield.

Armaan opened the car door for her and she stepped out, holding the palm of Armaan,

Nandini was about to say something to him but suddenly she heard the sound of dogs, she moved close to her husband and fisted his clothes tightly,

She was scared of dogs, she turned her gaze to look at where the sound was coming from, but her entire body got rigid when she noticed the wild dogs running toward them, she instantly jumped on her husband and wrapped her legs around him,

She started screaming like a kid and begging Armaan to save her from the dogs...

Armaan dropped his bag on the dirty ground and wrapped his arms around his wife to support her so she doesn't fall, then he started laughing at her behavior but Nandini was sweating badly, she was begging like a beggar and her tears were rolling out of her eyes as if someone fitted water tap into her eyes.

"Please, please, save me...Please...

I'll die, please... Save me... Please, please don't do this to me, " she was sobbing hard, and with every passing second she started losing consciousness,

Hearing her low tone, Armaan got alarmed, and all his happiness vanished into thin air,

He looked at the dogs with a cold gaze and the dogs stopped barking as if Armaan knew their language,

He made his wife sit on the car bonnet, then pat her cheeks, that's when Naina opened her eyes and wrapped her arms around Armaan tightly as if her life depends on him.

"Save me... Please save me... Please I'll die, " Armaan tightened her grip around her and kissed her head while rubbing her back,

"Relax! Just Relax! I am there with you..." Hearing his words, Nandini's body got rigid,

She was in Armaan's arms, that's why he also felt the rigidness in her body. he didn't make any comment but kept saying soothing words into her ears.

Nandini pushed Armaan a little away from her, and before he say anything to her or ask her what she is doing, Nandini stand on the top of the car and started looking at the dogs,

"You'll fall down Nandini! Just calm down..." Armaan yelled at her in anger,

She flinched,

And then hugged herself tightly due to fear.

"Nandini..." This time Armaan called her name softly,

"Nandini they are my dogs and they won't hurt you, look they even stopped barking at you..." Armaan told her as softly as he can,

"Please ride them out of here Armaan, please, I am begging you..." Nandini once again started begging Armaan, staring at him with pleading expressions,

"They are innocent dogs Nandini, so Come down, " Armaan told her but looking at her expressions anyone can say that she has no mood to come down.

Armaan picked up his bag and pulled out a packet of biscuits, all the six dogs moved to Armaan and started jumping on him,

"Move back Armaan, they might hurt you..." she screamed, covering her face with panic and terrified expressions.

When Nandini didn't hear any frightening voice, she slowly removed her palms from her face and one by one opened her eyes,

She witnessed Armaan feeding biscuits to the dogs with love and care

"Now, can you come down...?" Armaan asked her but she didn't reply because she was lost in her, own thoughts.

"Nandini..." This time Armaan called her name loudly,

She came out of her thoughts and looked at Armaan, then she looked at the dogs who were showering too much love on him.

"On the count of three if you didn't come down, I'll come up and you know very well what will happen if I come up..." Hearing his cold tone, Nandini made a pleading face,

Looking at her husband's expressions she understood that her husband has no mood to care about her pleadings and fear.

She doesn't understand why he always tries to make her strong,

She doesn't understand what happens to her in front of Armaan and why she starts behaving like his puppet in front of him...

"Armaan please..." She one last time begged him but Armaan clenched his jaws and made the fist of his palms,

Now Nandini has no other option but to follow her husband's order,

She put a huge mountain on her chest and slowly started getting down from the car, but before she put her feet on the ground, she once again started losing consciousness, she was about to hit the dirty ground but Armaan grabbed her in his arms at the right time.

The next time when Nandini opened her eyes, she found herself lying on the hospital bed and her husband was sitting holding her hand,

Seeing her in a conscious state, Armaan jerks her to him and pulled her for a bone-crushing hug.

"You had scared me..." Armaan said, but Nandini didn't say anything neither she hugged him back,

Armaan moved back, so he can look into her eyes and cupped her face, " Are you alright...?" He asked,

Concern, love, care, and all the other emotions were dripping from his expression, there was no doubt that Armaan is in deeply in love with his wife,

The time when she was unconscious, he had been behaving like a restless wild Alpha, but seeing her opened eyes, you can see the relief over his handsome gross.

Nandini didn't say anything but kept staring into his eyes, "Nandini!" He called her name, rubbing his thumb on her lipstick-painted lips,

"I am fine!" She said after a long pause then she looked around and started observing his clinic keenly,

"Do you want water...?" Armaan asked, stroking her cheek as if she was a small kid,

He was about to get up but Nandini grabbed his palm and started staring at him with a questioning gaze,

Without hearing her words, he understood what she wants to know,

He freed his palm from her grip and grabbed her palm with a smile,

"You know this is the biggest slum area here, People here can't afford high-class doctors and good medical facilities, That's why I open this clinic for three to four hours..." Armaan explained to her,

Nandini closed her eyes and frustratingly rubbed her free palm over her face,

She wasn't surprised at all, because she was already expecting such a response from her husband,

"What's wrong?" Armaan asked, seeing frustration in her gross

Nandini opened her eyes and once again started staring at her husband, there were so many emotions flowing over her face, but looking at her face it was very difficult to say what she has been thinking about...

"did you open the gift boxes I gave you...?" She asked,

Armaan made a sorry face, because of workload he completely forgot to open his gift boxes,

He thought his wife would get angry with him, but Nandini has neutral expressions on her gross,

"I'll open them at home...!" Armaan told her, kissing her head.

She sighed and nodded her head but didn't say anything.

**why Armaan? Why you are like this? Why are you so perfect? ** She said in her mind, staring at him