The Price of a Hero
By Novelist Casanova
When the Rain Came Calling
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It had been raining since afternoon. A thick, unrelenting monsoon—the kind that soaks the skin and the soul.
Chennai wore its wetness like a melancholy lover. The street outside our apartment glistened in broken reflections of tube lights. The scent of damp earth mingled with the smell of filter coffee drifting from the kitchen.
I stood at the edge of the balcony, shirtless, watching the storm try to beat down the city.
But my storm was already inside. Inside the house. Inside that yellow saree.
Sudha.
My wife.
She moved through the small living room like a slow melody only I could hear. Her saree—a soft, mustard-yellow cotton silk—was clinging to her skin, kissed by droplets of rain she'd walked into just minutes ago when she went to the temple. It clung lovingly to every curve she carried—each pleat tucked so precisely, so perfectly… and yet falling just below her navel. Deliberately. That was how she always wore it.
I don’t know if she knew what it did to men. To me.
Maybe she did.
The black petticoat beneath peeked out whenever she walked, especially near her ankles, where the saree lifted just slightly with her step. The faint rustle of fabric with every sway of her hips was like a whisper in a silent room.
Her blouse—a yellow sleeveless one, with a deep, round back—was damp where the rain had touched her. It clung to her like skin, the fabric now a little darker in places where it pressed against her curves. The way it held her breasts was sinful, graceful… reverent. I could see the soft outline of her white bra underneath, slightly raised along the side as if teasing me to notice. I did. Every time.
The hook of the blouse strained ever so slightly at her chest whenever she bent to adjust the stove flame. The soft swell of her bosom visible through the sheer angle.
I stood in the hallway, pretending to scroll through my phone, but my eyes were glued to her.
She lifted her arms to tie her braid again—her back arching gently—and that movement pulled her blouse up just a little, revealing a brief strip of her waist, and just for a second, the top lace trim of her white cotton panties, where the petticoat string sat tied in a modest bow. The visual struck me like lightning.
God.
The idea that she wore plain white panties beneath all this silk and seduction made it worse. Not the lingerie shop kind—no frills, no games. Just soft, clean, modest cotton. But somehow, that made it more erotic. Like purity worn over a body built for sin.
She moved toward the sink to rinse the coffee strainer, and I caught the curve of her hips in full view—the saree hugged her backside so tightly I could see the gentle seam of her petticoat pressing underneath. There was nothing flashy about her. No heavy makeup, no deliberate flirting.
But the way her yellow saree clung to her wet blouse, her modest white underthings barely visible, her long braid now damp and sticking to her shoulder... it made her look like a woman born from monsoon dreams.
And she was mine.
Yet, somehow… somehow she always felt just out of reach. Like the kind of beauty you can touch, but never truly hold.
She turned, finally noticing me watching.
“What?” she asked with a soft smile, wiping her hands with the edge of her saree.
“Nothing,” I lied, throat dry.
She blushed faintly. Maybe she knew. Maybe she always knew.
And then, she walked past me. Her bare arm brushed against my chest. My skin burned at the contact.
I closed my eyes, swallowed my breath.
I could hear the whisper of her saree brushing her thighs. The gentle click of her bangles. The subtle bounce of her chest.
Each movement—each second—was unbearable beauty.
But before I could follow her back into the kitchen, there came a loud knock at the door.
A knock that would change everything.
The Knock of Fate
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The second knock came louder, heavier.
Like fate had grown impatient.
Sudha looked up from the stove, her yellow saree catching a gleam from the kitchen tube light. Her eyes met mine briefly. Unknowing. Innocent.
I opened the door.
And there he was.
Director Balu.
Soaked from head to toe, his scarf clung around his thick neck like a snake. His black shirt was glued to his chest, wet enough to reveal the curve of his paunch, the deep shadows of chest hair curling through the fabric. His hair was slick, droplets running down his sideburns and along his wide, smug face.
“Rain caught me,” he muttered. “Auto broke down a street away. I saw your name on the door… figured I’d take shelter here. Hope you don’t mind.”
I stood frozen for a heartbeat, then stepped aside.
“Not at all, sir. Please come in.”
He lumbered inside, water dripping onto the doormat.
“Bloody Chennai weather,” he growled. “No shoot, no scene. Nature writes better drama than we ever can.”
He laughed at his own joke.
And then…
She walked in.
Sudha.
Hair still damp from the temple drizzle.
Her yellow saree hugging her back, slightly more translucent now as the cotton absorbed sweat and rain. The blouse strained gently across her chest, the sleeveless cut letting her fair arms show, smooth and shining in the fluorescent light. She was holding a towel.
“Director sir, shall I—?”
Before she could finish, he turned.
And his eyes fell on her like oil over flame.
He didn’t blink. Didn’t pretend.
He scanned her—openly, slowly—from her wet braid clinging to her shoulder, to her chest rising and falling softly as she breathed, to her waist where the saree tucked in a perfect curve just below her belly button.
His eyes lingered there.
I saw it.
I felt it.
Then slowly, they moved down to her hips, where her petticoat tied in a thick knot, its outline teasing beneath the wrap of her saree. The folds clung tightly to the roundness of her lower back, the briefest dip where her spine curved inward like an invitation.
My jaw clenched.
“Coffee, sir?” she asked, voice still sweet, polite.
He nodded slowly, still staring. “Yes, yes. Very much.”
She disappeared into the kitchen.
He sat on our old three-seater, legs wide, elbows on knees. I stood awkwardly by the window, pretending not to have noticed how long his eyes had stayed on her.
But he noticed me noticing.
He leaned back, smirking. “Beautiful wife you have, Ram.”
I said nothing.
He looked toward the kitchen and licked his bottom lip.
“Very… sensual.”
That word hit me like a slap. Not vulgar. Not crude. Just true.
I should’ve told him to shut up. Should’ve said she was off-limits. Should’ve said I was a man before I was an actor.
But I didn’t.
Because somewhere in my stomach, the dream twisted. Tightened.
This man… this wet, smirking, dangerous man… could be the difference between me being just another face and being a star.
He sipped the coffee when she brought it, his fingers grazing hers just slightly.
She didn’t react, but her eyes flicked up—sharply—for a second.
Then she walked away.
The moment the kitchen door swung shut behind her, Balu leaned forward.
His voice dropped to a purr.
“I’ll give it to you, Ram. A full-length lead. One song, two fights, three emotional scenes. I already have a script. You’ll shine.”
My breath caught. “Really?”
“But,” he said, swirling the coffee, “I want something in return.”
I knew.
I knew what was coming.
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But I let him speak.
“Just one night with your wife. That’s all.”
His voice was soft. No pressure. No threat.
As if he were asking for another cup of coffee.
The words fell like oil into my ears—smooth, burning, inescapable.
I stared at him.
He didn’t blink.
“One night, Ram. In return, you become what you were always meant to be.”
I felt my tongue against the roof of my mouth. Dry. Useless.
“She’s my wife,” I said, voice low.
“And you’re an actor who’s wasted in serials,” he replied, just as calm. “You have talent, face, hunger. But talent doesn’t open doors. Desperation does.”
I couldn’t breathe.
“Your decision,” he said, finishing his coffee and setting it down. “But I know women like her don’t come from nothing. She married you when you had nothing. She believes in you. She might just do this… for you.”
That sentence clung to my spine like a leech.
And before I knew it, my legs moved. Toward the kitchen.
Toward her.
My wife.
My muse.
My offering.
The living room still held the scent of rain, but the air inside me was heavier—drenched with guilt and unspoken desire.
Director Balu sat behind me, casually scrolling through his phone like he hadn’t just offered to buy my soul.
But I… I stood at the edge of the kitchen, where the woman who was my soul—stood humming softly, back turned, stirring sugar into the steel filter coffee pot.
Her saree hugged her, tighter now than it had an hour ago. The yellow blouse—damp along her shoulder blades. Her waist moved with rhythm. The edge of her pallu had slid further down her chest, barely covering the swell of her breasts. Her white bra strap peeked out, just a whisper, just a breath.
I watched the gentle sway of her hips as she reached for the shelf—where the towel slid from her hand, landing on the floor.
She bent to pick it up.
And for just one heartbeat—the curve of her lower back showed, where the blouse lifted and the black petticoat cinched her waist.
I saw the lace edge of her panties peeking above the knot of the drawstring.
God help me.
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I took a deep breath and stepped in.
Closed the kitchen door behind me.
It clicked softly. But she heard it.
She looked up, confused. “Ram? Why’d you shut the door?”
I didn’t answer. I stepped closer. I could feel the steam from the milk pot, but it was nothing compared to the heat rising inside my chest.
She smiled, wiping her hands on the edge of her saree. “Coffee’s almost done. Will he stay for dinner?”
Her smile. That warm, quiet loyalty. That sweetness.
I felt sick. I wanted to turn around. Lie. Let her be untouched by this.
But I didn’t.
My dream was louder.
I cleared my throat. “Sudha…”
She looked at me, sensing something.
I couldn’t meet her eyes.
“He made an offer,” I said, finally. “Balu sir.”
She paused. Spoon in hand.
“What kind of offer?” she asked gently.
I stared at the floor. My voice barely a whisper.
“He said… if I let him spend a night with you…”
I looked up. Her face paled.
“…he’ll give me the lead role.”
The spoon dropped into the vessel with a metallic clatter.
She stared. Blinked. Once. Twice.
“What did you say?” she asked. Her voice was soft. Too soft.
“I didn’t say yes.”
Her gaze sharpened. “But you didn’t say no either.”
I swallowed. “Sudha…”
“You didn’t say no?” she asked again, louder.
“I—I couldn’t.”
“You couldn’t?”
“I—I thought… maybe you’d agree.”
She took a slow step back. Her back hit the kitchen counter. “Agree? Ram, he wants to sleep with me.”
“I know.”
“One night,” she scoffed. “You think it’s only one night? For you it’s a film. For me it’s my body, my dignity, my—my marriage.”
“Sudha… listen to me…”
She looked away, tears already rising. “How long did you take to even consider this?”
“I—”
“I wear this yellow saree because you like it,” she said, voice trembling. “I wear my saree low because you said it makes me look like your ‘dream heroine’. I’ve always wanted you to shine. And now you want to use me to pay for your spotlight?”
“I didn’t mean it like that—”
“Then what did you mean?”
“I meant…” I stepped forward, lowering my voice, taking her hands, “I meant I’m drowning, Sudha. I’ve tried everything. No one sees me. No one cares. This is one door that’s open. But only you can decide if I walk through it.”
She looked down at our fingers.
Her hands were trembling in mine.
“Why do you think he wants me, Ram?” she asked, not lifting her eyes.
“Because you’re…” I hesitated. “You’re beautiful. Real. A woman they don’t see anymore.”
She was silent.
Then, she whispered, “And what if I do it?”
I blinked. “What?”
“If I say yes. If I go in there and give him what he wants,” she looked up now, eyes glassy and burning, “what happens to us, Ram?”
I had no answer.
She shook her head slowly. “You think it’ll end when I close the bedroom door? You think you’ll come back to the same woman after he’s… after he’s touched me?”
Tears slipped down her cheeks now. She didn’t bother wiping them.
“I’ll never be the same,” she whispered. “And neither will you.”
I closed my eyes. “Sudha, I need this.”
She laughed. It broke something in me.
“So do I,” she said. “I need to know what kind of man I married.”
She paused. The silence stretched like agony.
Then she took a deep breath.
“If I do this,” she said finally, “I do it not because I want to… but because I love you.”
I opened my eyes.
“I love you so much it hurts,” she said. “And if this pain… gives you your dream… then let that be my punishment for loving you too much.”
I stepped forward, reaching for her cheek.
She turned away.
“Don’t touch me now, Ram,” she said. “Not now.”
Her voice was soft, broken, but final.
She walked past me, toward the bedroom.
Her pallu fluttered behind her like a yellow flame.
I stood alone, in the kitchen that smelled of burnt milk and regret.
The Living Room Pact
The bedroom door was closed.
But the kitchen door—that was the one I feared most.
I stood there for a long time after she left, alone in the smell of spilled milk and crushed cardamom. The steam had faded, but not the heat in my chest. My fingers still trembled from the weight of her words.
"Don’t touch me now, Ram."
She didn’t slam the door. She didn’t cry out. That would’ve been easier.
She just walked past me like something inside her had died.
And I let her.
I don’t know how long I stood there before I turned toward the living room. My steps were heavy, legs hollow. I walked not like a man—but like a boy dragging his guilt behind him.
Sudha was already there.
She had composed herself—but not entirely. Her lips were tight. Her shoulders rigid. She didn’t look at Balu when we entered.
She didn’t look at me either.
Director Balu was lounging on the sofa like a king awaiting tribute. Legs crossed, fingers drumming lazily on the wooden armrest.
He looked up as we entered.
“Well?” he asked casually. “Is the script greenlit?”
My throat dried. I opened my mouth. But nothing came.
Sudha didn’t speak either.
She walked over to the coffee table, picked up the tray, and cleared the used tumblers like it was any normal evening. Like this wasn’t a moment that would change all three of us forever.
But her silence said it all.
Balu watched her every movement—the way her yellow saree slid across her hips as she leaned, the way the knot of her black petticoat curved just beneath her blouse.
He didn’t hide it. Not anymore.
I looked at him. Then at her.
And finally—I found my voice.
“She’s… agreed,” I said softly.
He tilted his head.
“You sure, Ram?” he asked, with that smirk again. “Because once this begins… there’s no edit. No retake.”
Sudha set the tray down.
Then finally, she looked at him.
Her voice was calm. Too calm.
“I’m doing this because he asked me,” she said. “Not because I want it. Not because I need you. Don’t mistake silence for consent.”
Balu raised an eyebrow. “Oh, I never do.”
She turned away. Sat down quietly on the edge of the divan, straightening her pallu.
He looked at me again.
“You know, Ram,” he said, “I’ve met a lot of hungry actors. Desperate men. But you… you’re interesting. You bring your wife to the table like a queen’s gambit.”
“I didn’t bring her,” I said sharply. “She came for me.”
His smile deepened. “Even better.”
I clenched my fists.
Sudha stood. “If we’re doing this,” she said, voice steady, “then let’s not drag it. You want a night? You’ll get a night.”
She looked at me then.
Just one glance. Not anger. Not affection. Just… distance.
“Ram, show him the room.”
I nodded numbly. “It’s… it’s clean.”
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She walked toward the bedroom.
Her bare feet touched the tiles softly. Her hips swayed not with seduction—but with resignation. Her yellow saree moved like it didn’t want to go either.
When she reached the door, she paused.
Didn’t turn. Didn’t speak.
But something about her stillness felt louder than any scream.
Balu stood and stretched.
He adjusted his shirt. His belt. Then walked past me slowly, his shoulder brushing mine.
“Get ready for the spotlight, Ram,” he whispered.
And then… the door closed behind him.
Softly.
No click. No lock.
Just… closure.
I didn’t plan to look.
But when the silence became louder than thunder, when the door didn’t creak, and no voices echoed, I climbed the stool and looked through the half-curtained window.
I needed to know what I had done.
The dim golden lamp bathed our bedroom in half-light. It looked like a dream—the kind that ends in sweat and guilt.
Sudha sat on the edge of our bed, her back upright, spine tense, hands clasped in her lap.
She looked like a goddess held in a pause between rage and resignation.
Balu stood near the door, taking off his scarf with slow, theatrical calm.
She didn’t look at him.
Not once.
“I don’t want this,” she said softly. Her voice barely carried through the glass, but I could see the tension in her shoulders, the tight purse of her lips.
“I know,” Balu replied, calm as a monk. “But you’re not doing this for you.”
She turned to him then, fire sparking behind her composure.
“I’m not doing it at all.”
He took a step forward, slowly unbuckling his belt.
“You’re doing it for him,” he said. “Your husband. The man who wakes every day dreaming of a life he can never reach… unless you give it to him.”
Sudha’s jaw clenched.
“He could still say no,” she whispered.
Balu tilted his head. “But he didn’t.”
Silence.
And then he spoke again—voice softer now, slower, coaxing her like a priest with a confession.
“He begged me with his eyes. He didn’t have to say it. He wants to be someone, Sudha. Not just a face in a crowd… but the face on the poster. The man who walks into a room and everyone stands.”
She closed her eyes.
I saw her shoulders rise… and fall.
She was breaking.
“If I do this,” she said, her voice cracking, “will you really… make him a hero?”
Balu walked forward, stopping just inches from her.
“I will make him unforgettable.”
His hand reached out—slowly, deliberately—and touched the end of her pallu that had fallen onto the bed. He didn’t pull. Just let his fingers rest there.
“I will make him rich. Respected. The kind of man even you will look at differently. With pride.”
She turned her face away, lips trembling.
“I already look at him with pride,” she said.
He leaned in, whispering now, his voice thick.
“Then let me show him what your pride can buy.”
And slowly… her fingers moved.
To the knot of her saree.
She untucked it from her petticoat, unraveling it slowly, one breath at a time.
The yellow folds slid from her waist… exposing the soft, pale skin of her stomach.
Her navel, once hidden, now showed like a sacred secret.
She didn’t look at him.
She didn’t look at anyone.
She was somewhere between anger and surrender.
Her saree slid off her shoulder, the pleats pooling at her lap like spilled sunlight.
He watched.
So did I.
She reached behind her and unhooked the blouse, trembling hands fumbling at the last clasp.
It fell.
Leaving only the white bra—simple, cotton, soft.
Her breath rose beneath it, her chest heaving.
“You don’t love him,” she whispered, tears trailing her cheek.
“No,” Balu said. “But I believe in him. Enough to pay this price.”
She nodded slowly.
And then, without looking, she pulled her braid over her shoulder and unclasped the back of her bra—slowly, hesitantly—one hook at a time.
I turned away.
Tears stung my eyes.
Not because of what I saw—but because she was doing it for me.
I should’ve walked away.
Closed my eyes.
Let the curtain fall.
But I stood at that little hallway window like a sinner at a shrine.
Watching her.
My Sudha.
Her yellow saree now unwrapped halfway, her body half-veiled in gold and shadow, sitting at the edge of our bed beside a man who spoke with honey and venom.
And she…
She wasn’t crying.
She wasn’t screaming.
She was asking.
“Tell me,” Sudha said softly, not meeting his eyes, “what exactly will you do for my husband?”
Balu smiled.
“Everything,” he whispered.
“That’s not an answer.”
He moved slowly, walking behind her, voice purring near her ear.
“I’ll make him the man women fantasize about. The man who walks into a theatre and makes the audience gasp before he says a word.”
She breathed slowly. Her pallu slipped another inch.
“And what else?” she asked, her voice tight.
“I’ll dress him in designer suits. Sunglasses even at night. Cars will line up outside just to click his photo.”
He gently touched the edge of her remaining saree dbangd over her lap. She didn’t stop him.
“And the money?” she asked, almost bitter.
“More than he can count,” Balu whispered. “New flat. Sea-facing. Not this old two-bedroom you serve tea in.”
Her fingers trembled as she reached across her lap, lifting her pallu slowly, folding it over her own arm. A quiet act of surrender.
“And respect?” she asked, barely audible.
Balu moved to face her again. He crouched, bringing his face closer to hers.
“Producers will fight to sign him. Women will ask for his autograph just to touch his hand. Your sons will say, ‘My father is a star.’”
Her breath caught.
I watched as she slowly stood up, letting the entire yellow saree fall in one elegant, aching slide—pooling at her feet like spilled silk.
She stood now in her black petticoat and White Bra, hair falling loosely over her shoulder.
She was trembling. But not from cold.
“And you can make that happen?” she asked, voice cracking for the first time.
“I already have,” he said.
She stared at him—searching, doubting.
He stepped closer. His hand touched the knot of her black petticoat.
“I do this,” she whispered, “and you promise he’ll never have to beg again?”
“I promise,” he murmured. “This is the last time either of you will kneel.”
Her hands dropped to her sides.
And I watched—heart shattering—as the knot loosened, and the black petticoat slipped down her legs, whispering against her skin until it too lay in a heap beside the saree.
Now she stood—tall, still, and painfully beautiful—in nothing but her white bra and panties.
The fabric plain. Honest. Humble.
Like her.
Her hands trembled at her sides, fists half-clenched.
She looked up at Balu.
“I did this for Ram,” she said. “Don’t ever forget that.”
And I—
I could barely breathe.
Because this was the moment I became what I swore I’d never be.
A man watching his wife… undress not for love, not for lust, but for him.
For a dream.
My hands were shaking.
I gripped the edge of the window frame, knuckles white.
Below me—beyond the thin glass and half-drawn curtain—Sudha stood like a vision I both adored and betrayed. Clad only in her white bra and panties, feet bare on the cool floor, skin glowing in the amber light.
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Her eyes weren’t on Balu.
They were on the future he painted.
And he… moved like a man who’d already won.
Slowly, deliberately, Balu stepped toward her.
He didn’t touch her immediately.
He just looked.
“I’ve never seen a woman like you,” he whispered. “Not in this industry. Not in the crowds. Not even among the rich.”
She didn’t respond. Her arms were still stiff at her sides.
He raised one hand. Gently. And brushed her damp hair back behind her ear.
Her breath caught.
“You know what I see when I look at you?” he asked.
Her lips parted slightly. A question unspoken.
“I see silk sarees from Singapore… gold bangles heavy enough to sing when you walk… cars waiting at the end of your street just to take you shopping at Phoenix Mall. Not from street shops. From Louis Vuitton, Burberry… real luxury.”
She blinked. Swallowed.
He stepped closer. His arms circled around her waist—slowly—until she was held.
He began hugging my wife only in her White Bra and White Panties.
Not just touched… held.
Her body stiffened. Her hands pressed gently against his chest—but not to push. Not fully.
His voice dropped to a murmur against her cheek.
“You’ll walk into a store and buy anything. You won’t ask for the price. They’ll know who you are. ‘Mrs. Ram. Wife of the Hero.’”
She closed her eyes.
He kissed her cheek.
“You’ll no longer wait for the rain to stop. You’ll drive through it in your own car. Designer bags in the trunk. Perfume that smells like power.”
Another kiss—softly on her temple.
She shivered.
“Your boys will go to international college. Your mother will never worry again. And Ram—he’ll be on posters, on screens, in dreams.”
He kissed her other cheek.
She didn’t pull away.
Her hands slid to his shoulders, still hesitant.
He looked into her eyes now, his voice warm, deep.
“All of this… for one night.”
He leaned in… and began enjoying himself kissing my wife’s lips nicely.
It was soft. Testing. Light enough to be broken if she turned her head.
But she didn’t.
She froze.
Her breath hitched.
And then… after a long, trembling pause…
She kissed him back.
Not with hunger. Not with passion.
But with something far more dangerous.
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Conviction.
Her fingers curled lightly around his shirt collar.
The kiss deepened. Slowly. As if each second pushed her a step further from herself—and a step closer to something… irreversible.
I turned from the window.
My heart wasn’t beating anymore.
It was burning.
Sudha stood in front of him—bare, trembling, but not broken.
White cotton hugging her in two places, the rest of her dbangd only in golden lamplight and the echo of our wedding vows.
I had kissed her lips a thousand times.
But never like this.
Not like how she kissed Balu now.
Her lips pressed into his not with desire, but with surrender. Her body arched, one hand sliding around his shoulder, not to pull him closer—but to steady herself.
And still… she kissed him.
Fully.
Like the decision had already been made.
I couldn’t breathe.
I saw her pull away, slowly. Her chest rising, her lips parted. His spit clung to the corner of her mouth, and she wiped it away with the back of her hand like it was a stain she wanted gone.
And then—she asked.
“Why me?”
Her voice was faint through the glass, but sharp enough to pierce my ribs.
“Why not some actress?” she continued. “Some model who wants this? Why choose me?”
Balu smiled.
And I hated him for it.
“Because you’re not trying to be famous,” he said, brushing her hair back like he owned the right. “You’re just… trying to help someone else become it.”
I saw her look away.
“You think I’m noble?” she asked bitterly.
“No,” he said, stepping closer again. “I think you’re real.”
He walked around her now, admiring her like a sculptor circles his marble. His words came slowly, deliberately.
“You’re the kind of woman who makes men forget what they’re chasing. You make ambition look like an afterthought. You wear desire like an accident.”
Sudha closed her eyes. Her shoulders fell just slightly.
“You think I don’t know?” he whispered. “The way men stare at you in that yellow saree. The way you walk past them like you don’t even notice. That modesty—it’s more dangerous than any exposed thigh.”
She didn’t move.
Didn’t respond.
But I saw the way her fingers curled slightly.
“You,” he said, pausing behind her, “are here not because you want to be desired… but because you were never allowed to own it.”
Sudha turned to him, face calm now.
“I’m here,” she said quietly, “because I love my husband.”
He stepped closer.
“And that,” he said, “is why this moment will make him a star.”
I sank to my knees beside the window.
My face pressed to the wall.
I couldn’t look anymore.
Because I had never kissed her like that.
Never held her with that kind of reverence.
And in that moment, I wasn’t sure if I was the one losing her…
…or if I had lost her long ago, the moment I chose fame over her soul.
I hadn’t moved from the floor.
The wall was cold against my back, the window just above eye level now, like a wound I couldn’t stop reopening.
But something inside me—some twisted, hungry thing—forced me back up.
And I looked.
Inside, the light hadn’t changed.
But she had.
Sudha now stood more confidently. Not proud. Not seductive. Just… resolved.
She held her chin higher. Adjusted the strap of her bra calmly.
Then, with slow grace, she reached down and pulled at the waist of her white panties—just slightly. Just enough to center herself.
That small, private gesture…
I had seen her do it a thousand times when no one was watching.
And now I watched it from behind glass, while another man stood inches away from her—beginning to undress.
Balu unbuttoned his shirt slowly. Not with haste.
Each movement was deliberate.
Calculated.
One button. Then another.
The fabric parted down his chest, revealing lean muscle, the shadow of age and experience, a body not young—but confident.
Sudha didn’t look away.
Her arms were still crossed beneath her chest. But her eyes…
They followed him.
Not wide-eyed. Not hungry.
But alert. Intense.
Like she was studying the man she was about to let rewrite her life.
He took off his shirt completely.
Tossed it to the chair beside the bed.
Then his fingers moved to his waistband.
He didn’t speak. Just watched her as he slowly unfastened his belt.
Sudha’s hands dropped to her sides.
And I saw her glance downward—just for a second.
Her body tensed.
Her lips parted.
She adjusted her panties again—just a gentle tug at the sides. Nervous. Natural.
Her eyes flicked up to meet his again.
I couldn’t see her expression clearly.
But I felt it.
Something in her changed.
Like she had crossed an invisible line.
From sacrifice… to submission.
And yet…
She didn’t flinch.
She stood there—nearly bare, fully aware—as Balu stepped out of his trousers.
Not yet naked. But closer than I had ever wanted him to be.
And her gaze… it didn’t drop this time.
She watched.
And I…
I died just a little more.
The yellow chiffon saree now lay pooled on the floor like the last golden light of dusk. Her black petticoat had been pushed aside, her blouse unhooked, kissed off her shoulders by lips that lingered longer than they should have. One layer at a time, she had let go… not out of surrender, but stirred by something warmer—an ache awakened by touch and trust.
My wife now stood in the center of the room, bathed in amber lamplight, wearing only her white cotton bra and white panties. The soft fabric clung to her curves like shy confessions—modest, innocent, yet trembling with promise.
Balu, now naked—his skin warm, breath uneven—held her gently from behind. His arms wrapped around her stomach, his cheek nestled against her shoulder. The feel of her against him, clothed in so little and yet wrapped in so much intimacy, was almost too much to bear.
He nuzzled her, his stubble grazing her skin.
“God, What a Babe…” he murmured, voice ragged, “you feel like rain in a desert.”
She let out a quiet breath, her chest rising with the rhythm of something slow and new—desire not born of haste, but from the pleasure of being seen.
He turned her to face him.
Their eyes met—hers shy, his burning.
Then came the kiss.
He began enjoying himself kissing my wife’s lips.
Not rushed. Not greedy.
As my wife began kissing his lips passionately, his lips pressed to hers, slow and deep, as though tasting her soul. His hand cradled the side of her face, the other slipping down to rest at her lower back, guiding her gently closer. Her hands floated up to his chest, palms spreading over his heartbeat, grounding herself in the softness of his skin and the firmness of his need.
Their lips parted and met again. A pause. A sigh. A deeper kiss.
Her legs brushed his. Her breath caught as his hands caressed the small of her back, dipping just above the elastic of her panties. The kiss deepened—mouths opening, warmth spilling between them like wine.
When he finally broke away, it was only to whisper, forehead to forehead, “My God What a Babe…”
She opened her eyes slowly.
“Take your bra off for me…”
His voice was low, reverent. Not a command. Not a plea.
A request... like a poet asking his muse to show him a verse only she could offer.
She stood still, breathing, feeling the moment tremble between them like a held note.
There was a quiet stillness in the air—thick with heat, with longing, with unsaid words breathing between their lips.
Balu stood before her, eyes locked on hers, waiting. Not rushing. Not even reaching.
Just watching… as if what she was about to do wasn’t for him, but for herself.
My Wife’s fingers hesitated at first—delicate, trembling like petals before the wind. Then, with a slow breath, she slipped her right hand behind her back. A soft click. The clasp of her white cotton bra came undone.
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The straps loosened on her shoulders, sliding down like satin secrets. She held the cups in place for a beat, her chest rising with nervous rhythm, before letting the fabric fall to the floor between them—gentle, silent, final.
She stood now, bare from the waist up—vulnerable, powerful, breathtaking.
Balu didn’t move. He simply looked.
At her.
At the way her breath lifted her soft, dusky Boobs. At the way her nipples had hardened in the cool of the room, the warmth of his gaze.
“You’re…” he began, but the words fell apart. Even a director loses his script in a moment like this.
He stepped forward.
Not hungrily—but reverently.
His hands came to her waist. He kissed her—softly on the lips, then the collarbone, then the space between her Boobs. A kiss for every breath she took. A kiss for every hesitation she had shed.
She moaned softly when his lips circled the curve of her left Boobs. He didn’t rush to take it into his mouth—just brushed it with his lips, warm and teasing, feeling her body grow warmer against his.
His hands slid lower now, along the lines of her waist, until they rested just at the hem of her white panties. His fingers traced the band slowly—once, then again—watching her reaction, feeling her tremble.
Her eyes closed. Her breath caught.
Then—
His right hand slid inside her White Panties and began grabbing my wife’s Pussy.
To Be Continued..