"Narayan... HE stood... YOU... up?" I said with a raised eyebrow, glancing at Nora's voluptuous figure, "Are we talking about the same Narayan here? I mean this guy couldn't stop talking about you back in the sauna at the resort, remember..."
She rolled her eyes and nodded, "Yes! Yes. I know I am very... irresistible..." she admitted with a small smile. "But he stood me up! And read this message from him, something is off." Nora replied, showing me a message on her phone from Narayan.
'I'm sorry Mrs. Kapoor. I'm going away for a week for some urgent family emergency. Maybe we can catch later...'
I frowned... 'Family Emergency? What does that mean?' I thought for a moment, while Nora waited expectantly, "Did you try calling him after?"
"Of course I did! But it went straight to his voicemail. He's ignoring me!"
"That's strange... Wait let me check something." I muttered, turning around to my laptop. I booted up the trace software I had put on Ravi's phone and found his chats with Narayan and my face fell, "Oh... Shit."
"What?" Nora asked anxiously, walking over to see what I was looking at.
There in the most recent chats between Ravi and Narayan, Ravi had instructed Narayan to take the next 2 weeks off and break off contact with anyone at the office, including Ravi and Nora! Apparently, the faked quarterly reports were already prepared and he wanted Narayan to disappear so that no one would be able to question him if they suspected anything. The bastard was making sure all his bases were covered.
"Ravi is getting paranoid," I muttered, "Doesn't even trust you and Kishore anymore. He is making Narayan go undercover. That's why he didn't meet you. And look at this message. He's booked Narayan for a single room in the offsite resort for the next week. So that no one can even reach him at his home!"
Nora's eyes widened and she shook her head in frustration, "That bastard. How do we get to Narayan now!".
'How indeed?' I thought it over. Luckily thanks to my spyware I at least knew Narayan's position. But given the strict instructions from Ravi, he was unlikely to fall for Nora, even if she showed up there.
I needed someone just as attractive as Nora to lure this old pig out. Someone we could trust; who he didn't know though, so Pooja and Jhanvi were ruled out. I glanced over at Nora, standing pensively beside me, twirling her hair around her finger, biting her lip nervously while she waited for me to say something.
I smiled slowly. It might work. But it was a big risk...
"Well... You're not going to like it, but I think I have plan..." I told her and laid out my plan. As I expected, she was hesitant and even outright against it initially, but eventually I convinced her that it could work. There was no other way if we wanted to save my family!
***
Next morning...
The entire house was buzzing with excitement for the Karwa Chauth festival celebrations. Everyone was dressed in their finest clothes, with Jhanvi and Didi wearing beautiful red sarees, embroidered with gold lace. However, Nora was in her office attire since she would be there for the Board Meeting with Kishore, Ravi and me.
As the girls saw us off, pretending to be loving wives for Kishore and Ravi, I couldn't help but feel nervous about the day. Not about the board meeting, but the evening after. I knew both Pooja Didi and Jhanvi, they could be stubborn as hell. And I knew they would stick to their word if I didn't come up with something to get rid of their husbands tonight.
***
The Board Meeting went without a hitch. I guess Kishore couldn't pull whatever stunt he had planned with me present there. He was furious at my presence and glared at me throughout most of the meeting, but I didn't care.
By lunchtime, the Directors had left, giving me the opportunity to ponder on what to do next with Kishore and Ravi. I had almost given up hope when Nora strutted into my cabin in her short pencil skirt and tight blouse, showing off her curves.
"What is up with you? You were so tense today all through the meeting." She commented, leaning forward, exposing ample cleavage in my direction, "What happened?"
I sighed and leaned back in my chair. I just couldn't focus, "I am worried about the evening. Didi and Jhanvi have threatened to blow up if I don't keep their husbands away tonight..."
"So, they're keeping the fast for you too..." she smirked eyeing me mischievously.
'You too...' the words hung in the air for a second before I looked back at Nora.
"... Wait! Not you too..." I groaned as incredulously, "Oh come on! It's just a festival, for god's sake! Do none of you get that?"
"I love you too, remember?" Nora said playfully, "I have every reason to keep fast too, don't I? Or does my master not consider me equal to Jhanvi and Pooja?" She said with a teasing glint in her eyes.
"Of course I do. It's just... I am worried. Won't Dad, or anyone else, notice you keeping the fast for ME rather than HIM!"
She giggled and kissed me softly on my lips, "I'm not like the other two to dump you with a problem like that. I'll take care of my 'husband' myself. Your poor father is on so many medicines that he will doze off way before the time comes. Trust me."
"And if he doesn't?"
"Trust me, Master. It's my first Karwa Chauth. I am going to make sure that it's a memorable one for both of us!"
"That still leaves me with two other husbands to get rid of!" I muttered, pressing my fingers against my forehead and leaning back in the chair dejectedly.
"I told you that you had too many wives! But you just wouldn't listen!" Nora laughed and walked behind me, massaging my shoulders, "Maybe you can finally select one of us, hint -- me, and let the others go!"
I chuckled at the thought, "Oh ha ha! I like things just the way they are."
"Mmm... I bet you do!" Nora murmured, her hands massaging my shoulders, "Having three beautiful, sexy women at your beck and call to fulfil your every fantasy? Who wouldn't like that?"
I smirked and relaxed into her hands. "We already had this talk. What I need are some real suggestions?"
She chuckled and bent down over the back of my office chair, her arms resting on my chest while she spoke into my ear seductively, "You're lucky that I love you so much. Not every woman would be happy to share her man with other women!" She nibbled on my earlobe playfully before straightening back up with a laugh.
"Noraaaa... stop teasing. You know how stubborn those two can be. Is there any way I can keep their husbands occupied for the evening?"
Nora grinned and spun me around so that we were facing each other again, her hands running over the buttons of my shirt slowly, "What do I get if I help you?"
I raised an inquisitive eyebrow, "You know how to keep them occupied and away from home?"
Nora nodded, biting her lower lip suggestively. Her fingers continued to trace lines along my muscular body underneath the fabric of my shirt, "And what do you want?"
She leaned in and whispered her plan into my ears, and I couldn't help but laugh. It was perfect! I knew exactly what we needed to do.
***
"Wow, I'm so happy to be blessed with such beautiful bahus!" My father exclaimed, looking over at Jhanvi and Pooja Didi who just walked in from Jhanvi's room.
Both sisters were dressed up in their best sarees, decked in jewellery and makeup, looking absolutely gorgeous. Jhanvi's dark brown hair with her loose curls framed her face beautifully, and her deep brown eyes contrasted perfectly against the ruby red sari draped elegantly around her curvaceous figure.
Beside her, Pooja Didi was stunning in an elegant black-red lehenga, her waistline accentuated further by the thin silver chain wrapped tightly around her midsection, which matched perfectly against the shimmering diamond necklace dangling between her ample tits and her long silky hair flowing freely down past her shoulders.
"Thank you, Babuji!" Jhanvi said with a smile. She glanced towards me with a meaningful look, "I hope my husband appreciates his wife properly tonight!"
"We need to find you a beautiful and sanskari wife soon, Son." Father commented, patting me on the back, "Look how lucky Kishore and Ravi are to have Jhanvi and Pooja! Your mother would have also loved to see you married and settled by now."
"Oh yeah, definitely. I'm working on it." I replied with a smirk as my eyes lingered over Pooja Didi and Jhanvi. I was working on stealing both of these beauties away from their husbands.
"Oh, stop pestering him, Pankaj. He's still young and single, let him enjoy that for some more time!" Nora interrupted cheerfully. She sat beside my father on the couch, looking gorgeous herself in a sultry red saree just like Jhanvi and Didi.
However, unlike my other wives, Nora always loved to dress super sexy, even with Dad around. Her saree hugged her curves tightly, leaving little to imagination, while the skimpy little strapless blouse showed off plenty of cleavage.
My father laughed good-heartedly at her words, "You are right Nora, but a daughter-in-law like Jhanvi has been a blessing for Kishore." He gestured towards Jhanvi, "Speaking of him, where are Kishore and Ravi? Shouldn't they be back from work by now? It's almost sunset."
"Oh, don't worry, Kishore called me and informed me they will be here soon enough?" Nora smirked, exchanging a knowing glance with me before turning to Jhanvi and Pooja Didi. "Why don't the two of you get up the roof and set everything up? I'll send them up once they arrive," She added sweetly.
Pooja Didi's and Jhanvi's faces fell at her words and both looked at me helplessly. They wanted to protest but I shook my head at them silently and mouthed the word 'Sorry' at them. They were probably expecting a last-minute miracle but Nora's words shattered all hope for that now. Both of them scowled at Nora before reluctantly following her directions and heading upstairs to the roof terrace.
***
Pooja's POV
"What do we do now, Didi!" My younger sister Jhanvi asked me anxiously as we waited on the roof, watching the sunset as the twilight approached.
The entire terrace was decorated beautifully in preparation for the evening ceremony. Small diyas (oil lamps) lined the perimeter walls, creating a warm glow that illuminated everything inside the space and candles flickered gently in the gentle breeze. A small table with several trays of delicious food had been arranged at centre stage.
But neither of us felt like enjoying anything right now. Not with Ravi and Kishore arriving any moment now.
"I don't know... I trusted Suraj to figure something," I replied dejectedly. "He promised to keep Ravi away..."
"Maybe he couldn't help it," Jhanvi offered weakly, sliding up next to me and holding my hand. She gave it an encouraging squeeze, but I knew that she was equally disappointed.
"Well, in the worst case scenario, we can just have something to eat by ourselves before anyone notices. At least, our 'husbands' don't get anything from us this year!" I smiled and wrapped my arm around Jhanvi, pulling her close. "It would have been nice to celebrate it with Suraj alone though."
"We will definitely do it next year." Jhanvi smiled and looked up at me with a grin, "And the year after that and the year after that..."
We stood there in silence, enjoying the view as the sun sank beneath the horizon, bathing the skies in its final crimson glow. Our house was in the middle of a big estate, so it offered privacy and a beautiful view of the city skyline.
"Beautiful, isn't it?" I remarked wistfully, watching the lights in the city skyline flicker on below us. "Remember the time when we used to have sleepovers here with Suraj and Karan? Playing games on the roof, late into the night."
"How could I forget! We played cards all the time!" Jhanvi replied, "And Karan always cheated!"
We chatted away for some time. Our stomachs grumbling with hunger as we waited for the inevitable, with a sliver of hope for a miracle. Our stomachs grumbled again, but we didn't touch any of the food, determined to wait till Suraj arrived and saved us. But minutes passed by slowly, bathing the roof with darkness, with just the twinkling lights of the oil lamps and the roof lights providing the only light for us. Fifteen minutes later, there still wasn't any sign of Suraj or Kishore and Ravi. We had almost resigned ourselves to our fate when...
*Ring* *Ring*
Jhanvi's phone buzzed with a call from Kishore. She answered the call, and I watched as her face first fell and then suddenly lit up with a smile again as she ended the call. She turned to look at me with hopeful eyes, "Kishore says that he won't be coming back today. He is stuck at a meeting with his clients. It may go late into the night since the deadline is tomorrow, so he might stay back at the hotel instead of driving back home tonight once he is done?"
"Oh Jhanvi, You're so lucky!" I said with relief, "What about Ravi? Will he be with Kishore too?"
"He didn't say!" Jhanvi shook her head dejectedly and my heart sank again before...
*Ring* *Ring*
Ravi's name popped up on the screen of my cell. My heart skipped with a tiny glimmer of hope as I picked it up to answer. Maybe Kishore had convinced Ravi to stay away. I could only hope.
"Hello, Ravi?" I asked nervously.
"Hi Pooja, sorry for keeping you waiting. But I won't be able to make it home tonight. There is a fuck up at the office with one of our clients and I need to travel to Mumbai to handle the mess. I'm boarding now and I should be there early in the morning tomorrow. Sorry again, but I will make it up to you. Bye." He cut the phone before I could get in a word.
"Did he cancel too?" Jhanvi asked me hopefully.
I nodded slowly, looking at her in disbelief. Was this really happening? "Yup. Something went wrong with his client, and he needs to go to Mumbai tonight!"
"This has to be Suraj's doing. There is no way both of them would cancel at the exact same time!" Jhanvi grinned excitedly, looking around the roof for him.
I too turned around to look for him when suddenly the lights of the roof went out, plunging us into darkness. The only light was the soft twinkling of small diyas around us.
I looked over at Jhanvi who was just as surprised as I was. She looked nervously at me. It was a bit scary being out here alone in the dark and I was about to head over towards the switchboard when someone grabbed both Jhanvi and me, by our bare waists, from behind, startling us both. We gasped in surprise and then relaxed instantly, recognizing the touch of the familiar fingers caressing us.
"You're late!" I whispered, turning to glare playfully at our handsome lover standing behind me. "Any longer, and my sister and I would have started eating all this delicious food by ourselves!"
Suraj grinned sheepishly, "I'm sorry ladies! I wanted to keep this a surprise for the two of you. Watching you suffer through all of this was killing me, but I thought a romantic setting dinner all by ourselves would make it all worthwhile?"
"You are so mean!" My sister complained but leaned over to kiss our handsome prince charming on the cheek, "How did you manage to convince them to cancel tonight?"
"Well, it wasn't all me, you see. I had a bit of help on that. And I have another surprise for the two of you!" He shuffled nervously and turned the two of us around.
I gasped loudly, my jaw dropped with shock as I saw Nora standing beside us, smiling nervously at us, "Hi Jhanvi, hi Pooja."
***
Suraj's POV
I glanced nervously between Pooja Didi and Jhanvi. Both women stared in shock at the third member of my harem, Nora.
"Hiii..." Nora spoke up hesitantly with a weak wave of her hands. "Looks like it's three wives instead of two for Suraj tonight...", she added, looking at me uncertainly, while Pooja Didi and Jhanvi turned their heads and glared daggers at me.
"I can explain..." I started to speak but Pooja Didi cut me.
"W-what are you doing here?" She stammered in disbelief, staring at the beautiful Nora, her expression caught somewhere between rage and surprise.
Nora took half a step forward and smiled at her apologetically, "Look... I know how this looks... and I'm really, really sorry for this surprise", she paused briefly before continuing with a shrug of her shoulders, "Okay, maybe let me get started from the beginning."
It all finally came out then, I had hidden Nora's return to our team after the kidnapping attempt of both of us. And how she was now deeply in love with me and helping me with Narayan and betraying Ravi and Kishore in the process.
Both Jhanvi and Pooja listened to her story intently without saying a word throughout, their faces expressionless, until Nora finished telling her story. Then they turned to look at me.
"It was YOUR idea to seduce her in the first place, Didi." I muttered nervously almost shrinking under her piercing gaze, "You can't blame me that she ended up falling in love with me, can you?!"
I waited for the volcano of Pooja Didi's anger to explode but to my surprise, Pooja rolled her eyes, shaking her head slowly, "No wonder you were always so confident and sure of deceiving Ravi and Kishore at every instance. I should have guessed it!" She looked over at her sister with a sigh, "What do you think Jhanvi? Are you ok with Nora joining our little family?"
Jhanvi looked thoughtfully at her elder sister's question, her eyes narrowing at Nora for several silent long moments before answering with a small smile. "I guess so... It's not like me saying no is going to make you love Suraj any less, is there?" She shrugged her shoulders and looked over at me with an exasperated look on her face, "How many wives will you keep before you are satisfied, anyway! You greedy little man!"
Everyone burst out laughing, including myself, at Jhanvi's comment and I felt a wave of relief wash over me as I saw both Didi and Jhanvi accept my new relationship with Nora. With Pooja Didi and Jhanvi already in my arms, I nodded at Nora, who walked over to us with a smile and embraced the three of us happily.
I looked down at the three gorgeous women in my arms. Each woman was different, yet special, in her own way. Jhanvi, with her girl-next-door charm and innocence. Pooja Didi, with her fiery temperament, strong personality, but a loving heart. Lastly, there was the sexy minx Nora, who came from a broken past but now loved me unconditionally. Each was perfect AND unique in her own way, and I wouldn't give any one up for anything. I was one lucky bastard indeed!
"I love you all!" I told them, planting a soft tender kiss on each of their forehead and wrapping my arms around them. The girls giggled, hugging me back tightly, and whispering their affectionate replies back to me, "We love you too, Master!"
Then, Nora pulled back from the group, looking around the roof with a wide grin, "Now I don't know about you two, but I've fasted for so long before, so if everyone is ok, shall we begin this Karva Chauth celebration?", She asked, looking at Jhanvi and Pooja Didi, "Jhanvi's prepared a feast for us and I'm dying to try everything!"
"Oh god. Me too. Let's get the rituals over with and eat!" Pooja Didi groaned eagerly, her stomach grumbling audibly, eliciting another round of laughter amongst all of us.
Jhanvi quickly ran and got us the items for the ceremony and each girl made a half-circle around me. I sat in the centre as they applied tika on my forehead and then picked up a sieve each. They looked up at the moon with the sieve and then back at me, chanting a small prayer for my wellbeing. It was weird as hell, but who was I to make fun of tradition.
Finally, I picked up a small brass glass full of water and offered each of them a sip. Then I took a bit of sweet ladoo (dessert) and fed a small morsel to each of them to finally finish the elaborate ceremony. All four of us clapped in glee when it ended and immediately rushed over to dig into Jhanvi's delicious food, which was setup on a small table in front of the large couch on the roof.