Adultery Antarvasana: The Forbidden Fire – *** Varnika's First Surrender ***

[shailu4ever]

Meghana:
“She’s… steadier now. Calmer.
 She didn’t say much,
 but I could hear her smile through the phone.
 She said she needed the break.
 And that she’ll be back in a few days.”



Abhi let out a breath he didn’t know he was holding.

Abhi:
“I’m glad. I was worried.”


Meghana:
“She knows, Abhi. She saw everything. But she’s not angry at anyone. Not anymore.”


Abhi:
“I hope so.”

Another moment passed.

Then Meghana's voice softened again, playful, like the edge of a whisper against the wind:

Meghana:
“So... about tomorrow morning. I’ve been thinking of trying something... new.”


Abhi:
“Oh?”


Meghana:
“Let’s just say I’ve been inventing again. But this one’s not as innocent as Heart-Knee Embrace.”


Abhi:
“Now that’s a dangerous sentence to drop and end the call with.”


She laughed, that beautiful warm ripple he hadn’t heard in days.

Meghana:
“Sleep early. You’ll need your breath tomorrow.”


Abhi:
“I’ll bring it. Every last one.”


She lingered for half a second more. Then

Meghana:
“Goodnight, Abhi.”

Abhi:
“Goodnight, Meghana.”


The line went quiet.

But the silence that followed was not empty

It was full.


Of knowing, of yearning, of the calm before a new beginning.



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