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

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Deliberate Distance



After the game ended, Vinay and Sandeep had gotten up to debate which pizza place to order from.

Madhavi walked into the balcony to take a call from a cousin.

Shruti and Abhi were briefly left alone near the low table.

Abhi leaned back on his palms, the taste of chai still in his mouth,

The chaos of the evening buzzing around him like background static.

Shruti sat close, not too close, but enough to make her presence felt.

Her eyes scanned the room, then settled on him.

“You really don’t talk much,” she said,

Voice soft now. “Even when the room is full.”

“I talk when there’s something real to say,” he replied.

Shruti looked at him sideways.

“Hmm. You’re not like most guys I’ve met.

Especially not ones who let two women orbit around them and still stay this calm.”

Abhi raised an eyebrow. “Orbit?”

“You know what I mean.” She leaned forward,

dropping her voice. “You and Madhavi have a thing, don’t you?”

Abhi looked away for a moment, then back at her. “We have… understanding.”

Shruti studied him. “She’s different.”

“She is,” he said softly.

Shruti tilted her head. “And she wants you to be with someone else?”

Abhi smiled faintly, shaking his head.

“She wants me to be happy. Even if that happiness doesn’t include her every time.”

There was a silence.


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