（5） I want to see u Naked
Next morning,
Maya slowly opened her eyes, her gaze drifting blankly toward the ceiling.Fragments of the previous night flashed through her mind like broken glass.
Her chest tightened.
With a reluctant breath, she pushed herself up and looked around. Within seconds, she was out of bed-checking the room, the balcony, the bathroom, the closet.
Empty.
There was no sign of Atharva anywhere.
Inside the closet, alongside Atharva's clothes, several new outfits-clearly meant for her-had been neatly arranged.
A quiet breath of relief escaped her lips.
Without wasting another moment, Maya hurried into the bathroom.
After some time, she stepped out, towel-drying her damp hair, water droplets still clinging to her skin. She pulled out a simple outfit from the closet, laid it on the bed, and quickly got ready.
The moment she reached for her phone, her brows furrowed.
Multiple missed calls from Anvi.
Her heart skipped.
Because the phone had been on silent... she hadn't noticed.
Without a second thought, Maya immediately called back.
The call connected instantly.
"Maya! Where are you? Are you okay?" Anvi's panicked voice burst through the phone. "They found out about Kavya di... they've taken her... and her boyfriend too."
Maya froze.
"What?" The word left her in a broken whisper.
"Yes!" Anvi's voice trembled. "I just came to your house... that's when we found out. Your Bade Papa and Papa are already on their way there. Maya... Kavya di's life is in danger."
Maya's grip on the phone tightened.
"No... no... this can't be happening..." Her breathing grew uneven. "I should've thought about this before..."
"Now nothing is in our hands," Anvi said, her voice thick with emotion. "You just take care of yourself, okay? Don't try to get involved. Maya... if something happens to you-"
Her voice broke.
Tears spilled down Maya's cheeks.
"She is my sister, Anvi..." Maya choked. "I can't lose her."
Before Anvi could say anything else, Maya cut the call.
Anvi kept calling her name... again and again.
But the line was already dead.
The phone began ringing repeatedly.
Maya didn't pick up.
Tears streaming down her face, Maya rushed to the door and yanked it open-
It didn't budge.
Locked.
From outside.
Panic slammed into her chest.
She banged on the door repeatedly.
"Hello?! Anyone?! Open the door!"
But from the fourth floor... her voice dissolved into silence.
Breathing hard, Maya rushed to the balcony.
She looked down-
Her heart sank.
Getting down from there was nearly impossible.
Desperation clawed up her throat.
She ran back to the door and started pounding harder, her palms stinging with every hit. Her cheeks were wet, her breathing uneven, panic and sweat mixing on her skin.
Then-
Click.
The door opened.
Nidhi stood there.
Maya, who had collapsed onto the floor, instantly looked up at her with tear-filled eyes.
Nidhi's expression shifted to shock.
"Bhabhi... what happened to you? Why are you in this state?"
Maya scrambled to her feet.
"Nidhi... where is Atharva?"
Nidhi hesitated. "W-wo... I don't know..."
Maya suddenly folded her hands, desperation spilling out of her.
"Please, Nidhi... tell me. Please..." Her voice broke. "She's my sister... I can't lose her... please... I'm begging you..."
Tears kept falling without pause.
"I'll touch your feet if I have to... please tell me..."
As Maya actually started to bend down-
Nidhi quickly stepped forward. "Bhabhi, no-please!"
She swallowed hard.
"...He's at the farmhouse behind the house. But... no one from the family is allowed to go there. That's why I wasn't telling you."
The moment the words left her mouth-
Maya wiped her tears roughly and rushed past her toward the stairs.
Nidhi hurried after her.
"Bhabhi, please! Don't go! Bhai won't like it at all! Even Mama ji isn't allowed there. Please-your life could be at risk too!"
Maya didn't stop.
"I don't care," she said firmly through trembling breaths. "She is my sister too."
Within moments, they reached downstairs.
Maya bolted out of the house and ran toward the farmhouse.
Hearing Nidhi shouting behind her, the rest of the family gathered in the hall.
Veer frowned. "What happened? Why are you screaming this early in the morning?"
Nidhi stood frozen, visibly shaken. "...Bhabhi... farmhouse..."
Her voice trailed off.
Dhruv's eyes widened. "What? Who told her bhai is there?"
Nidhi lowered her head silently.
Rajvendra's face darkened with anger.
"Have you lost your mind?" he snapped. "What have you done? Why did you tell her? You know Atharva hates interruptions in his work."
Nidhi's eyes welled up. "What was I supposed to do, Mama ji...? She was crying so much... and she already knew her sister was there... I had to tell her..."
Rajvendra pressed a hand to his forehead and sank onto the couch heavily.
Suman moved beside him, placing a steadying hand on his shoulder.
Veer exhaled sharply. "Nidhi, you shouldn't have done this. That's exactly why we locked the floor-so she couldn't come out."
Dhruv shook his head. "Why did you even go upstairs? We told you not to go to their floor."
Nidhi stood to the side, small and frightened.
The rest of the family sat in tense silence.
But despite the growing fear in the room...
Not a single one of them had the courage to go to the farmhouse.
"On the other side..."
Maya came running and shoved the farmhouse door open with a loud bang.
Right in front of her, Atharva sat on the couch, one leg crossed over the other, a gun dangling casually from his hand as he absently scratched his temple. The air inside the room was thick - heavy with fear, sweat, and the metallic scent of blood.
A girl and a boy were tied up in front of him, their hands bound tightly behind their backs. Blood trickled down from their foreheads, their bodies drenched in sweat and terror, heads hanging low in helpless defeat. Around Atharva, his bodyguards stood like silent shadows, unmoving and alert.
Maya screamed, "Kavya di!"
Atharva slowly opened his eyes and looked at her.
His jaw clenched.
Without wasting a second, Maya rushed forward and dropped to her knees in front of Kavya. The bodyguards immediately moved toward her - but Atharva lifted a finger slightly, stopping them mid-step.
Maya hurriedly tried to untie Kavya's hands, her fingers trembling.
"I won't let anything happen to you, Kavya di..."
Kavya looked at her in shock and fear. "Maya... yo... you... here...?"
"I'll explain later..." Maya whispered hurriedly, struggling with the rope.
But the rope was pulled so tight that no matter how many times she tried, it wouldn't budge. Panic rose in her chest. Tears streamed down her cheeks as helplessness wrapped around her throat.
Atharva's cold voice cut through the room.
"Biwi. Come here."
Every head turned toward him.
Maya froze, her breath hitching. "Ple... please... let my sister go..."
Atharva slowly tilted his neck, then lowered his crossed leg and leaned forward, elbows resting on his knees - predatory, patient.
"I said... come here."
Fear flickered across Maya's face. She looked once at Kavya and Karan... then silently stood and walked toward Atharva.
The moment she came close, Atharva grabbed her wrist and pulled her down into his lap in one swift motion. His arm slid around her waist, locking her firmly against him.
Possessive. Unyielding.
Looking straight into her frightened eyes, he asked quietly,
"Who told you about this place?"
Maya said nothing. Her silence trembled louder than words.
Atharva's gaze darkened.
"I don't like repeating myself... Just tell me. Who told you?"
The head lowered, the voice barely whispered, Maya replied, "No one... I saw from the balcony... so I came..."
Before Atharva could respond-
"Maya! What is all this?" Kavya's shaken voice broke in. "How are you with him-"
Gunshot.
The sound exploded through the room.
Atharva fired without even looking.
The bullet tore into Kavya's shoulder.
She collapsed to the floor with a piercing scream.
"KAVYA, DI!" Maya and Karan shouted together.
Maya struggled violently in Atharva's hold, trying to run toward her sister. "No! What did you do?! Why did you shoot her?!"
But Atharva's grip around her waist only tightened, iron-strong. She couldn't break free no matter how hard she tried.
His lips curved slightly near her ear.
"You can't get away from me, biwi..."
Kavya's cries of pain filled the room.
Atharva's voice turned dangerously cold. "I'm talking to my wife. Can't you hear?"
Kavya bit her lip hard, forcing her screams down, her body shaking in agony. Beside her, Karan could only watch helplessly, tears streaming down his face.
Atharva's eyes returned to Maya.
"So... biwi. Who told you?"
Maya's voice trembled. "If I tell you... you won't spare them either..."
Atharva gave a faint nod. "True. But if you don't... they'll pay the price."
Maya's hands folded together desperately. "Atharva please... please let them go... don't hurt them anymore... I am begging you... please..."
A crooked smile appeared on his lips.
"Begging?" he murmured. "I didn't want you to beg like this..."
Maya's head dropped lower, tears falling silently.
Atharva's voice hardened.
"Name, biwi."
Slowly, fearfully, Maya looked up into his furious eyes.
A second passed.
Then-
Gunshot.
Karan screamed as the bullet tore into his thigh.
Maya's shriek ripped through the air.
"Nidhi...! Nidhi told me you were here... please... please stop now... please..."
Atharva leaned back slightly, expression unreadable.
"See? If you had told me earlier... maybe I wouldn't have shot."
On the floor, Kavya and Karan writhed in pain, blood pooling beneath them, their breaths ragged and broken.
Something inside Maya snapped.
With sudden fury, she shoved Atharva hard and broke free-
-and ran toward them.
Atharva's voice sliced through the air.
"Biwi... don't even make the mistake of touching them. Or the next bullets might land somewhere worse."
Maya's steps froze midway.
Slowly, she turned back toward him.
Then, with trembling legs, she dropped to her knees in front of him.
"Atharva... please let them go... I am begging you... do whatever you want with me... please just let them go... please..."
Her voice broke.
By the end of it, she was sobbing uncontrollably, her shoulders shaking with every breath.
Atharva watched her.
Silent.
Unreadable.
Then he slowly lowered himself down in front of her, resting on the balls of his feet, his eyes locking onto her tear-streaked face.
"What did you say?" he asked softly.
A dangerous softness.
"Whatever I want?"
Maya lifted her wet lashes toward him... then slowly nodded.
Yes.
A slow, devilish smile spread across Atharva's face.
Maya swallowed hard.
"But first... you have to free them."
For a moment, he just stared at her.
Then - without a word - he lifted his hand and gestured to the bodyguards.
Immediately, they moved forward, lifting Kavya and Karan and carrying them out. Kavya had already fallen unconscious, her body completely limp.
The door shut behind them.
Maya squeezed her eyes shut, silently thanking God... but when she opened them again-
Atharva was still watching her.
Intently.
Her breath faltered.
He spoke calmly, "Don't worry, biwi... I won't forget the condition you just placed."
A pause.
"But before that... I have one more task to finish."
Without warning, he grabbed her wrist and pulled her along toward the house, the gun still loosely held in his other hand.
-
Inside the house, the rest of the family stood gathered - Kabir and Arun among them.
The moment Maya and Atharva entered, every gaze shifted toward them...
...and then to the gun in Atharva's hand.
"Ma-Maya!" Arun stepped forward.
"Beta, are you okay-" Kabir's voice trembled.
Maya looked at them urgently. "Kavya di and Karan bhaiya have been shot... please take them to the hospital right now!"
Kabir and Arun stared at each other in shock.
Arun quickly came closer to Maya. "We'll save them... you're not hurt anywhere, right?"
Before Maya could answer-
Atharva spoke lazily, "She's my wife. Who would dare hurt her?"
As he said it, he casually pressed the gun to his temple and scratched lightly, as if bored.
Maya lowered her gaze.
"Please... go to them. I'm fine... please."
Kabir and Arun's eyes filled with helpless tears.But what could they do?
Within seconds, both men rushed out of the house.
-
Atharva was still holding Maya's hand.
The rest of the family stood frozen in front of him.
His gaze swept across the room... then hardened.
"Nidhi. Where is she?"
Rajvendra tried carefully, "Atharva... let her go, she-"
Atharva's sharp glare snapped toward him.
Rajvendra fell silent instantly.
From the kitchen doorway, Nidhi slowly stepped forward, trembling, her head bowed in fear.
Atharva's voice turned icy.
"How did you even dare to make such a big mistake? Why did you give Maya that address?"
Nidhi couldn't speak.
She just stood there, shaking.
Maya hurriedly stepped in, panic rising again. "Atharva please! It's not her fault... she didn't even want to tell me... I was the one who begged her..."
Atharva turned toward Maya sharply.
"You begged her?"
His eyes darkened.
"Other than me... you don't have permission to beg anyone, biwi."
His voice dropped dangerously low.
"Then how did you make such a big mistake?"
Maya's throat tightened. "Ath... Atharva please... she's just a kid... let her go..."
Atharva suddenly smiled.
A cold, beautiful smile.
"She's not that small that she doesn't know what she's doing."
Then he looked at Veer.
"Veer. Lock her in the basement. Without light. Without food. Without water."
A beat.
"Right now."
Maya's heart dropped.
"Atharva please don't do this... please... she didn't do it intentionally-"
But Atharva was already staring at Veer.
Veer nodded once... then grabbed Nidhi and started dragging her toward the basement.
No one else in the room moved.
No one spoke.
Maya kept pleading... kept shouting... but Atharva didn't listen.
Not once.
And the very next moment-
He grabbed her hand again and started pulling her toward their room.
-
Inside the bedroom, Atharva threw the gun on the couch and dragged her straight into the bathroom.
Before Maya could react-
He shoved her under the shower.
Cold water burst down over her.
Maya gasped.
"What... what are you doing?"
Atharva stepped back slightly, watching her with dark, steady eyes.
"You touched them... didn't you?"
A pause.
"So I'm cleaning you."
Maya just stared at him, stunned.
Slowly... the water began soaking through her clothes.
The fabric clung tighter and tighter to her skin, outlining the soft tremble of her body. Droplets slid down her face as her breathing grew uneven, her head lowering instinctively.
And all the while-
Atharva stood there...
quietly watching her drenched form.
A moment later, Atharva turned the shower off and, gripping Maya's wrist, pulled her toward the closet.
Maya stood there, stunned, trying to understand him.
Atharva pulled out a set of clothes from the closet and casually sat down on the couch. In front of him, Maya stood drenched, water still dripping from her hair and clothes.
"Change your clothes."said Atharva
Maya looked at him in shock. "Wh-what?"
Atharva's gaze hardened. "Change your clothes. Right in front of me."
As he spoke, he held a towel out toward her.
Maya's fingers trembled. "In... in front of you... how can I-"
Atharva leaned back slightly, eyes dark and unyielding.
"Don't you remember what you said downstairs?" His voice dropped. "That I can do whatever I want."
A dangerous pause.
"I want to see you... without clothes, Naked!"
Heat rushed to Maya's face. Her eyes flickered toward him, filled with hesitation and humiliation.
But she had no other choice.
Slowly... with her gaze lowered... she began removing her wet clothes one by one.
Atharva didn't blink.
He just watched.
Every second.
Every movement.
Soon, her outer clothes were gone. She stood there in just her innerwear, frozen, her breathing uneven. Her courage failed her there - she couldn't move further.
Atharva's voice cut through the silence.
"Why did you stop? Go on."
Maya squeezed her eyes tightly shut. With trembling fingers, she lifted her hands to her bra straps...
...but her fingers froze mid-air.
In the next second-
Atharva stood up in one swift motion and unclasped the straps himself.
Maya's fists tightened, eyes still shut, her body going rigid.
Within moments... she stood bare before him. She was standing without any clothes..
Atharva's gaze moved slowly from head to toe, dark and possessive.
A few seconds passed.
Then calmly-
"Wear them."
Maya slowly opened her eyes and looked at his hands.
Her innerwear.
She quickly snatched them, her cheeks burning, and hurriedly dressed. Within moments, she was fully clothed again, though her breathing was still shaky.
Atharva stepped closer.
Very close.
Leaning near her ear, his warm breath brushed her skin.
"I have to say..." he murmured softly, "my wife is a milky white beauty... my juicy orange.I would love to savour it.."
Maya glanced at him faintly, unsettled.
Atharva caught her wrist again, turning her palm upward in his hand.
"Do you want to know how I'm feeling right now?"
Confusion flickered in Maya's eyes as she looked into his.
Without breaking eye contact, Atharva slowly guided her palm... down his chest... to his stomach... and lower-
The moment Maya realized-
She gasped and instantly yanked her hand back, stumbling away from him and rushing out of the room.
Behind her-
Atharva leaned back onto the couch, a faint, satisfied smile on his lips, eyes closing slowly...
...as if still feeling the ghost of her touch.