Boss Punishes Husband Ch. 01

Rajesh and Priyanka

With heavy heart Rajesh and Priyanka entered Shaina's house. They knew they were in trouble. Rajesh had committed the most foolish crime of trying to embezzle some money from his office by trying some forgery. Shaina, his boss, had caught him red handed and wanted to hand him over to police immediately. But somehow, after much pleading and begging, Rajesh had convinced Shaina to wait for a couple of days as he promised to pay all the money back to her in a month.

A month had passed and Rajesh was nowhere near to making good on his promise. In the meantime Shaina had met Rajesh's wife Priyanka too. Priyanka had also gone to Shaina to plead her husband's case. She had told Shaina that if Rajesh goes to jail there was nobody else to take care of her, so she would also be in deep trouble. Shaina felt bad for Priyanka. She didn't want to punish Priyanka for Rajesh's mistake but at the same time she could not let Rajesh's mistake go unpunished.

That's when a thought crossed Shaina's mind. She decided that the best way to punish Rajesh, and not hurt Priyanka, was to break their marriage. She wanted Priyanka to walk away from Rajesh willingly and she wanted Rajesh to suffer the humiliation of seeing his wife get involved with another man.

So that rainy day when Shaina called Rajesh and Priyanka to her home she told them that she was ready to consider dropping police case against Rajesh, if and only if, both of them agreed to do everything that she would ask them to do. Shaina also dropped them some hints that if they agree to her proposal then they may not be able to live apart from each other for a few days.

As they both walk into Shaina's house they are ushered into his living room.

Shaina turns to Rajesh and says, "You know you are in deep trouble, don't you!"

Rajesh, in an extremely apologetic manner says, "I am extremely sorry ma'am. I will do anything that you want if you withdraw the case against me."

"What were you thinking you idiot. You thought nobody will be able to catch you!" thundered Shaina.

"I have all the evidence against you. If I want, I can send you to jail for 10 years."

Both Rajesh and Priyanka were in tears by now. They knew Shaina was not bluffing, and she really could send Rajesh to jail, if she wanted.

"Ma'am, we are extremely sorry. We will do anything that you want," Priyanka said while pleading with folded hands.

Shaina's tone immediately became soft and she said, "It's not your fault Priyanka. You have done nothing wrong. But this idiot husband of yours has got you also in lot of trouble."

"Please ma'am, do not send him to jail. Our life will be ruined if Rajesh goes to jail."

Shaina gets up and paces slowly to the window and looks out at the beautiful view of the city. Rajesh and Priyanka wait for her to say something. She finally turns to them and says, "As I told you earlier that I have a proposal for you." She stops for a while and then says, "It involves both of you and your marriage."

"I will tell you the full details if both of you agree to suspend your marriage for at least a year."

Priyanka and Rajesh were both looking at him, not quite able to comprehend what she was suggesting.

"What does suspension of marriage involve, ma'am," Priyanka finally spoke.

"Well, it involves you not living together, it involves punishing this foolish husband of yours - but without sending him to jail, and it involves giving you a good life that a beautiful girl like you deserve."

"Ma'am, I am not sure I understand fully," Priyanka said with a trembling voice, though she was getting some inkling about the direction this was headed.

"I will tell you more if both of you tell me that you agree with the proposal so far."

Both of them remained silently staring at each other now knowing what to say.

Priyanka finally spoke, "Ma'am we agree to your proposal. Now can you tell us what exactly does it involve?"

"Excellent decision! Now to make sure you are not bluffing, I want both of you to remove your wedding rings, and hand them over to me."

Again there was silence for few moments, as Rajesh and Priyanka looked at each other. Both of them didn't know how to react to what Shaina was asking them to do. Finally it was Priyanka who broke out of the trance, and slowly started removing her wedding ring but Rajesh just sat there motionless.

"Thank you dear for making the right choice," Shaina addressed Priyanka. "There is something more I need you to do while I convince your idiot husband of yours to remove his ring. Please remove your mangalsutra also, and then go to the washroom and wash away the sindoor from you hair. You are not going to need it for a long time now."

Priyanka removed her mangalsutra and quietly walked away to the washroom.

Rajesh was just dumbfounded by what was going on. He simply could not believe Priyanka had dumped him so easily.

After Priyanka had gone to the washroom Shaina spoke to Rajesh in a stern tone, "If you are finding it difficult to decide, then let me help you make the decision. You have only two choices - first is that you agree to my proposal, and second is that you go to jail for 10 years."

Rajesh was shocked to hear about his options in such stark terms but he knew it was a reality. If Rajesh did not want to go to jail then he had to agree to Shaina's proposal. He quietly removed his wedding ring and handed it over to Shaina.

Priyanka came back from the wash room after having washed away her sindoor. Shaina got up and held Priyanka's hand and led her to a sofa closer to herself. She and Priyanka were now sitting on one side of the room and Rajesh was sitting on the other side.

So now that both of you have agreed to my proposal, I will tell you exactly what you need to do," Shaina said as he settled in his chair.

"Both of you need to file for a trial separation in court. That means you will be giving a signed affidavit in court saying that your marriage is not working out therefore you want to live away from each for a while. For the duration of separation each one of you will be able to pursue his/her life as he/she chooses. Your spouse will not have any say during the period of your separation."

"I will give both of you new jobs and new identities. If either of you ever disclosed to anyone that you are related to each other in any way I will immediately cancel this arrangement and send Rajesh to jail."

Rajesh and Priyanka were listening to Shaina in rapt attention. After all she was talking about changing the course of their lives.

"The new jobs that I have in mind for both of you will require some life style changes for both of you. Both of you will do exactly as I say and will never disobey me."

Shaina turned to Priyanka and said, "But I would like to assure you that I will never force you to do anything against your will. I may recommend a few things to you but ultimately it will be your decision whether you want to do them or not."

Priyanka was slightly reassured to hear this. Also, she felt a strange feeling of gratefulness towards Shaina for treating her so gently in spite of knowing she is the wife of the man who had caused so much financial loss to her.

"Once the one year period is over I will release both of you, and you will be free to lead your life in any way you want."

Rajesh and Priyanka both looked at each other, and appeared to be relieved to hear that their ordeal will be over after one year.

"Coming back to your jobs, as I said earlier that Rajesh has to undergo his punishment for one year, so your new duties will be such that you will be constantly reminded of the foolishness that you have committed. You will be working as a chauffeur in my office."

Rajesh was almost in tears on hearing this. It was unimaginable for him that a well-qualified person like him will be working as a chauffeur. But as Shaina had made amply clear to him that he really had no other choice. Going to jail would have been a far worse punishment than being a chauffeur.

"As for you Priyanka, you will be working as my one of my personal assistant. Your responsibilities would include looking after my calendar, scheduling my meetings, arranging my travels, accompanying me wherever required and taking care of any of my personal needs."

Priyanka could hardly believe what she was hearing. This sounded more like a dream job to her rather than a punishment. She didn't quite know if she should feel happy for herself or feel sad for Rajesh, who would have to go through absolute humiliation of driving people around.

"From now on both of you will have to adopt new names that will be more befitting your responsibilities. You Priyanka, will be known as Sara, and Rajesh, you will be known as Ganpat."

Priyanka couldn't help suppress a smile when she heard Rajesh's new name. At any other occasion she would have been in splits on hearing such a joke.

"Priyanka you will address Rajesh as Ganpat. And Rajesh, you will address your wife as ma'am or Sara ma'am."

Shaina waited for few moments to let everything sink in.

"Are both of you clear about what you need to do and what your new roles are in my office?"

Both of them nodded slowly, though Priyanka was bit more energetic than Rajesh.

Shaina turned to Priyanka and said, "Your new life starts from this moment." Pointing towards Rajesh she continued, "He is no longer your husband from now on and you cannot stay with him. I have arranged accommodation for you my service apartment. You can stay there for as long as you are working for me."

There was a brief pause in the room while everyone waited for someone to say something. Finally it was Shaina who spoke to Rajesh, "Ganpat," purposely addressing Rajesh with his new name, "Your job also starts from now. I want you to go downstairs, get the car keys from my watchman, and drive both of us to Sara's new home." Priyanka felt bit strange being addressed as Sara but she thought that somehow Sara sounded much better than Priyanka.

Nobody moved in the room. Rajesh and Priyanka both did not know what do to.

After few moments Shaina said, "Sara dear, looks like our new chauffeur has not heard what I said. Why don't you tell him what he needs to do? And remember our chauffeur's name is Ganpat?"

Priyanka hesitated for a few moments, but then finally said, "Ganpat, go and get the car."

Shaina felt elated to hear Priyanka say that sentence. She knew that with that sentence Priyanka had given a clear indication to Rajesh that she was ready to move on into her new life. This was exactly what Shaina had hoped for.

Rajesh was still sitting there in trance. He was already broken with that had happened to him, but now with his own wife calling him as Ganpat and ordering him to do menial tasks was absolutely earth shattering for him.

Shaina said to Rajesh, "Well Ganpat, Sara has ordered you to do something. How are you going to respond? Never forget that I always have an option of sending you to jail if you do not perform your duties well enough."

Being reminded of jail was enough for Rajesh to break out of his trance. He said in a shaking voice, "Okay, I will get the car and drop Priyanka to her new house"

Shaina almost shouted at him, "Stop there Ganpat! What did I say about how you will address Sara?"

Rajesh was shaken to hear the angry tone in Shaina's words. He replied feebly, "Sorry. I will get the car and drop Sara ma'am to her new house."

"That's much better," Shaina said. Shaina was enjoying the utter humiliation that Rajesh was going through, although she was aware that Priyanka was feeling uncomfortable seeing her husband treated like this. She knew that humiliating Rajesh was one the best way to convince Priyanka to break the bond with Rajesh. But she didn't want to push Priyanka too hard and too soon.

Tears welled up in Priyanka's eyes as Rajesh stepped out of Shaina's house.

"Come here darling," Shaina gently told Priyanka. As soon as Priyanka sat on the couch near Shaina, Shaina placed her hand on Priyanka's shoulder and gently embraced her. "I know this is all very difficult for you," she spoke in a soothing tone, "but trust me, there are some lessons in life that Rajesh badly needs to learn. He could have ended in a far more dangerous situation if I had not stopped him right now."

In some corner of her heart Priyanka knew Shaina was speaking the truth, and Rajesh deserved the punishment that he was getting.

"Mind you all this is just for one year. After that both you and Rajesh will be absolutely free to do anything that you like with your life."

Priyanka placed her head on Shaina's shoulder and continued to sob for few more minutes. Both of them did not say anything.

Shaina knew well that after a year there wasn't any chance that Priyanka would go back to Rajesh. And that was the ultimate punishment that she wanted to inflict on Rajesh.

Their embrace was broken when the intercom in Shaina's house buzzed. Shaina answered the phone.

It was the watchman from ground floor, "Ma'am there is someone named Rajesh who wants to take your car keys."

"I do not know any Rajesh. Ask him if his real name is Rajesh or Ganpat," Shaina was back in her elements.

She heard some conversation in the background.

"Ma'am he says his name is Ganpat," watchman said.

"Good, ask him if he is meant to be my new chauffeur," now Shaina was really rubbing it in. Again after some conversation watchman came back on line and said, "Yes ma'am, he says he is your new chauffeur."

"Ok, ask him to clean the car properly. I will come down in a few moments," Shaina ended the call.

As Priyanka and Shaina sat on the backseat of the car, it only took 5 minutes for Rajesh to drive them to Priyanka's new house. It was located in a posh apartment in an up market area. Shaina called the facility manager of the apartment and told him that Priyanka would be living in her service apartment. Of course she introduced Priyanka as Sara. She also told him about his new chauffeur Ganpat, and asked him to wait for her.

It was a beautiful studio apartment. As Shaina showed her around the apartment, Priyanka couldn't believe her luck that she would be living in such a posh house. Shaina said, "This will be your home for next one year. There are some basic things in the house to get you started. There are few toiletries and some food in the kitchen. There are also some basic clothes in the wardrobe but you will certainly need more. I will help you pick up some appropriate clothes but I will tell you that they will be different from what you have been wearing till now. "

Shaina then walked up to the wardrobe and pulled out some clothes and laid them over on the bed. She then turned towards Priyanka and said, "It will take me a couple of days to arrange all the legal documents. Until then I want you to stay in the house, and not talk to anyone. You will be completely comfortable in the house but I need to make sure that you do not leave the house," Priyanka was confused where this was headed.

Shaina continued, "Please remove all your clothes, hand them over to me, and wear these clothes." Priyanka was quite dumbfounded by what Shaina was asking her to do. The clothes that Shaina had selected for her consisted of a loose satin sleep shorts and a camisole with thin shoulder straps. Priyanka could not even imagine wearing these kinds of clothes even if she was all alone.

Sensing her reluctance and discomfort Shaina said, "Look Priyanka, I know this is a bit of a change for you but, first of all, I need to make sure that you not leave this house until I have worked out legal formalities, and secondly there is no one here in the house other than me, so you have nothing to be worried about."

Very reluctantly and slowly Priyanka picked up the clothes and went into the washroom. She slowly removed her salwar-kurta, and slipped into the camisole and the shorts. The shorts were very comfortable and ended just above her knee. The camisole was also very comfortable, but the thin shoulder straps meant that her bra was sticking out like a sore thumb. After thinking about it for few minutes she decided to remove her bra. As she wore the camisole again after removing her bra she could clearly see the impression of her nipples. She admired herself in the full length mirror and thought that Rajesh would have burst in his pants if he had seen her dressed like this. She smiled a bit as this thought crossed her mind.

"Wow! You look amazing dear," Shaina said admiringly as Priyanka came out. "Remember you are no longer Priyanka now. You are Sara, and Sara is a confident and sexy girl. She is nobody's wife, she is nobody's girlfriend, and she will do whatever she wants with her life."

"Although you may want to change the bit about girlfriend pretty soon," Shaina said with a mischievous smile.

Priyanka felt slightly hurt and embarrassed when she heard Shaina talk about being somebody's girlfriend, "No ma'am, I am Rajesh's wife, and I don't think I would like to become anybody's girlfriend."

"Ha ha ha, I am not saying you have to become somebody's girlfriend, but all I am saying is that keep an open mind. For next one year you are a single girl, and I can assure you, you will get plenty of chances to mingle with some pretty hot guys in the office," Shaina replied.

Priyanka couldn't quite understand why Shaina was trying to fix her up with some random guy. She was very upset with Rajesh and wanted him to be punished but she still loved him. She was looking at this one period only as a temporary arrangement, and was determined to go back to Rajesh once his punishment was over.

Little did she Shaina was equally determined to stop Priyanka from going back to Rajesh. Breaking Priyanka and Rajesh's marriage was the ultimate punishment that she wanted to inflict on Rajesh. Shaina not only wanted Priyanka to get involved with some guys in office but also wanted Rajesh to witness the infidelity of her wife. In fact she already had a prime candidate in her mind for Priyanka.

It was Imran - her other personal assistant. She thought that Priyanka and Imran will make a nice team and it will be fun watch them work together. Knowing Imran, Shaina was quite sure that he would be leave no opportunity to flirt with Priyanka, and before long Priyanka could find herself in his sack. Shaina was looking forward to see all the fun and was determined to create opportunities to bring Imran and Priyanka close to each other.

Shaina settled into a sofa and called Priyanka to join her. "Do you smoke," she asked Priyanka as she lit up a cigarette.

"No," was Priyanka's short reply. Both of them sat quietly as Shaina continued to puff away her cigarette.

"Would you like to drink anything," Shaina asked, "Perhaps some wine?"

Having already refused the cigarette, Priyanka didn't have the courage to refuse again.

"Wine would be nice," said Priyanka.

Shaina poured two glasses of wine and both of them again settled down.

"Let me now tell you more about the office and what you would be expected to do," Shaina said.

"As I told you earlier you will be working as part of my personal assistant. Other than you I have one more assistant - Imran. In beginning you will be working very closely with Imran who will be your buddy and mentor in the office. Sometimes you may also have to travel with him for work. I would really like you to get to know Imran well so that the two of you can gel and work as a team."

Priyanka was listening attentively to what Shaina was saying.

Shaina continued, "Since you are new to world of fashion, I am also going to ask Imran to help you to adjust to our world. He has quite a good taste in clothes so I will ask him to take you shopping and help you pick up new clothes."

Priyanka felt slightly strange hearing that this guy, whom she had never met, was going to advise her about what clothes to buy and what clothes to wear.