Adultery Priya Didi

[shailu4ever]

“You’re not afraid of me, are you?”


“No,” he said

Slowly. “Just… trying not to forget where I am. And whose home this is.”


She didn’t reply immediately.

Just stared into her tea.

“I’m not used to being someone’s wife yet,” she said quietly. “Sometimes I still feel like I’m pretending.”


Ravi nodded. “Sometimes I feel like I’m pretending to be an adult.”

That made her laugh again.


Outside, a crow cawed somewhere. 

A scooter zipped by. The world was moving on.


But inside this flat, at that small dining table, the clock had slowed down.

Ravi watched her fingers circle the rim of her cup

The way her eyes softened when she looked out toward the balcony

And he wondered

How much of her was still unspoken?

He didn’t want to ask. Not yet.

But he wanted to be around long enough to know.

“You make very good tea,” he said softly.


She looked at him. And this time, she didn’t smile.

She just held his gaze for a second longer than usual.

And then, as if snapping out of it, she stood up.

“Back to work, Mr. Remote Employee.”


“Yes, Priya Didi,” he said, rising slowly.


He walked back to his room. 

But her voice, and that long, silent look, stayed behind in his mind.


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