Hello, Mr. Major General (1)

Chapter 10: You Are My Medicine (7)

Sensing her uncontained impatience, Sidharth paused. His voice was low, carrying a tinge of emotion and
raspiness he failed to detect in himself. “Darling, be patient, I’ll give it to you right away, just hold on a bit longer.”

This time he used neither his hands, nor his kisses.

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C City was still very cold during the evenings in the end of March.

Sidharth’s house was set to a mild temperature all year long and had a central air conditioning, so it didn’t feel too cold or hot.

However he had just experienced an unprecedented and intense “workout,” so he was feeling mixed emotions and
needed so refresh himself with cold water.

The cold water sloshed over his head like a bucket of a cold water. He felt his mixed emotions slightly subside.

I’ll pretend this was just a mission, like the hundreds and thousands before.

Although this mission was more erotic and had less difficulty, it was just a mission nevertheless.

There was no other meaning. But, before he completely erased the memory, he wanted to savour it once again.

Standing underneath the shower, Sidharth leaned against the wall with one arm. He closed his eyes to enjoy
the cool water rinsing over him and the severe expression on his face finally eased.

After showering, he draped a towel around his neck and strode out of the bathroom with his powerful and long legs.

The corners of his mouth twitched as he smelled the heavy musk in the room. He found the remote and turned on the ventilator again to change the air in the room.

Afterwards, he sat down on the white hardwood sofa and poised to have the fabled “cigarette after s*x.”

He watched Shehnaaz take great gasps, heart rate stabilizing but face extremely pale. He pursed his lips,
emotions mixed as enshrouded before him were thoughts he didn’t want to acknowledge.

Shehnaaz was dead asleep.

It was unlike the previous times she had lost consciousness and passed out.

Sidharth picked her up and placed on her the bed with fresh sheets, then covered her with a thin blanket.He Hesitated for a second; he had not yet removed the silk scarf blindfolding her.

Once she was deep asleep, he rushed back to the bathroom to clean himself again and change into a crew neck black t- shirt and military camo pants.

Opening the French windows in the bedroom, he went out to the balcony and finally lit a “cigarette after sex” to smoke in relaxation. Crossing arms and standing on the balcony, his eyes were dark as he looked at the mountains in the distance. He
appeared as if he had troubled thoughts or could be thinking
of nothing at all.

Lavender mist snaked between the mountains. The sun had just risen and a sliver of light revealed itself from behind the mountains, almost about to break out completely.

At that moment, the wake up call sounded in the base, stirring the previously serene paradise.

Sidharth watched the familiar scene and blew out a puff of smoke. He raised his hand and threw the butt with a beautiful arc, which landed in the garbage can in the corner of the balcony.

He took a deep breath of the fresh
morning air and turned back to the room.

Closing the French windows and drawing the blackout and sound proof gold velvet curtains, he glanced at Shehnaaz on the bed.

She’s still fast asleep and unmoving. She must be exhausted, Sid noted.

The corners of Sidharth’s lips turned slightly and he exited the room in good spirits.

As soon as he opened the bedroom door, he heard a thud. A chubby silhouette lurched inside, its round head hitting the ground with a thud.

Sidharth’s brows twitched and his voice was deep. “Sandeep!”

Naturally, the person who had waited outside all night and fell in was the most highly skilled physician in the country, Sandeep.

Rubbing the back of his head and grasping the door frame to stand up, he looked at Sidharth incredulously, “You, you, you…finished it all?!”

“What?” Sidharth’s expression was cold enough to glean Arctic ice from. “Who allowed you to sit in front of my
door?”

“I was worried about you!” Sandeep chattered and snuck a glance at Sidharth like a thief. “How many times did you do it?”

Sidharth didn’t answer and waved his hand with no change in expression.“Go and see if she’s any better.”

“What? Really?” Sandeep rushed into the living room to retrieve his medical box that could easily double as a field
hospital. He was so excited that he was stuttering, “It– it– it– it was all done?”

Sidharth completely ignored his questions and lowered his head to take out a pack of of cigarettes from his
camo pants. He lit one and inhaled deeply.

He watched Sandeep open the medical box to take out a needle and draw blood from Shehnaaz’s arm.

Shehnaaz remained deep asleep, an arm like white jade resting on a pillow, her face devoid of color.

The violet silk scarf covering her eyes remained.

Sidharth took a glance and felt a bit feverish. He lowered his gaze and inhaled the cigarette fiercely, twice.

Taking the opportunity while Sandeep was completing the blood work analysis, he walked over and nudged his shoulder, “Come outside for a talk.” Sandeep didn’t leave the bedroom with Sidharth until he finished preparing the equipment to await for results.

Sidharth peered his head into the room to ensure Shehnaaz was still deep asleep and closed the door gently. He
spread his palms at Sandeep. “Give it.”

“Give what? Huh, what do you want? What do I owe you?”

Sandeep squinted his eyes at Sidharth  like a fox. “I’m severely myopic so I can’t see clearly. Don’t deceive me.”

Sidharth glanced at him and pursed his lips, “The drug, you said you had something to make people forget
things.”

“Huh?” Sandeep froze, “Forget what?”
“Don’t play dumb.” Sidharth’s voice was deep and icy, his piercing gaze directed at Sandeep trapped him like a lobbed knife. “Didn’t you say you would find someone to help, earlier, and guaranteed that they wouldn’t remember anything after? How would you have guaranteed they didn’t remember?”

“Huh? Oh!” Sandeep finally
remembered, his expression fluctuating in an instant. After a long pause he rubbed the back of his head and said, in shock, “That drug, you want to take it too? You’re not an outsider though.”

Sidharth glanced at him and continued to spread his palms, “Cut the cr*p, where is it?” Sandeep truly never thought Sidharth would need the
drug to help him forget. His round mouth gasped and after a long pause he said morosely, “Well, Major Shukla, the thing is, that drug only guarantees forgetting if you take it before doing the deed.
Just like Sana, look at her, I guarantee she won’t remember a thing when she wakes up.” That’s to say it would cause a person to enter a clouded
state and only act on biological instinct to do the deed,
Sidharth’s thoughts clicked with this realisation.

Sidharth’s heart thudded, and he
cursed to himself.

Sandeep shrunk back and desperately wanted to hide his round body in a hole as he stuttered, “It won’t do anything if you take it after it happens. Major Shukla, it’s too late for you
to ask for the drug that allows you to to forget partial memories now.”

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