We had lunch, with Vidya taking particular care of Gaurav. She would listen to everything he had to say as if she was fascinated, and often complimented him with “that’s so funny, Gauravji.”
“Oh, don’t call me Gauravji.” Gaurav told her, flustered. We Indians add ‘ji’ to someone as a mark of respect. “I am here as a friend; there should be no formalities.”
“But you are my husband’s boss,” Vidya replied in her innocent voice. “You are his superior. He obeys you and answers to you. I have to call you ji.”
After lunch, I was helping Vidya clean up in the kitchen while Gaurav watch the TV in the living room. I asked her if she was still willing to go through with it.
“Oh, absolutely.” She gave me a quick kiss on the lips. “When he put the necklace on me, did you see him trying to cop a feel of my tits? He was as hard as a rock, I could feel him against my buttocks.”
“I see,” I answered helplessly. “Anything I can do, dear?”
Vidya smiled.
“Nope, darling. You do what I instructed you to do. Just get out of here quickly and let me handle the sex part.”
There was still some time left for the start of the match, so Vidya and I joined Gaurav on the sofa in the living room. My boss by this time was quite besotted with Vidya. He complimented her on her cooking, he complimented her looks and her fashion sense and the decoration of the house, and Vidya was lapping it up.
She brought some sweets and drinks and placed it on the table in front of the sofa. She was careful to lean in front of Gaurav when she served him, giving him a good look at her barely covered assets. She then sat down on the sofa beside us. In the order of seating it was me, Gaurav and Vidya. Gaurav’s eyes went back to Vidya’s bust, as she heaved her bosom from being tired from the kitchen work. Once again he complimented her on keeping herself fit, and Vidya smiled and replied as a wife that was her basic duty — to look good for her husband.
Just then, my cell phone rang.
It was all planned, of course. I had set it on a timer, and it just played a tune. To someone not in the know, it would appear that my phone was ringing. I “picked it up” and pretended to have a conversation with someone on the other end.
“Bad news, Sir,” I told him, “ending” my phone call. “I’m needed at the office right away. A new shipment has come from Korea, and they again have quality issues. I have to go take a look immediately.”
“Oh, I’ll come with you.” Gaurav also stood up.
“I … I …” I was frozen in panic. Our jig was up. There was no call, there was no shipment.
It was Vidya’s quick thinking that saved the day.
“Rajesh, is the problem an engineering one?” She asked me.
“Yes, dear.”
“Then you should be able to handle it on your own without your boss being present, right?” When I nodded in the affirmative she continued, “After all, Gauravji is our guest here, and it is our duty to entertain him properly. Also, I need someone to explain all these complicated cricket rules to me.”
“That’s right,” I told Gaurav. “It’s a simple thing to take care of, Sir. I will go, and I should be back in a couple of hours. Besides, Sir, you can give my wife company.”