“Dad, then you were just…”
“Or what did you think? Of course, I accept him. Your mom told me everything. Even if he would not come, we would stop the wedding. But he came like a hero. How can I dislike him.” Hearing her dad say so, Sanaya hugged her dad. “Thanks, Dad, I thought you…”
“Virat is very cunning. He manipulated her but thankfully, it didn’t work. Your mom told me everything and later, I told her to do what he told her to do but we had plan b…”
“He even dared to manipulate grandpa.”
Hearing her, her dad as if fell from the up sky. He stared at her confused, “Your grandpa too?”
“Yeah, yesterday I got to know that grandpa never told him to kill Nick. It was all Virat’s plan all along. He threatened me with Nick and said that grandpa was behind it. He said grandpa wanted me to divorce him or he would make sure that Nick would be killed so I had to fake the divorce thingy... I thought maybe…now I know we should always talk it out rather than believe in what we see. Sometimes what we see is just masked truth, there’s more than what it seems to be.” Sanaya explained. She learned a lesson.
From the time she left home till now, she learned new things and good lessons. When she first ran away from home, she did not think things would be like this but she was happy it turned out this way.
After talking to her dad when she was walking towards the gate that felt somehow like it would take a decade to reach there, she could see Nick standing there. His eyes were glued to hers. Sanaya smiled at him and ran to his arms.
Stretching out his arms he took her in his arms. He had long been awaited for this moment. Two months past since she left. He somehow held it back and finally when he woke up, coming back from death all he wanted was to take her in his arms. The first person he wanted to see was her.
“Maa, Baba accepted you. Nick, they invited you to our home Nick.” She mumbled with a smile.
Putting her down Nick asked in excitement, “Really?” he smiled at her.
She nodded her head and giggled back at him. “Hmm.”
When they were smiling, Sanaya suddenly declared, “I have a surprise for you.”
“For me?”
She bobbed her head and put her hands over his eyes and whispered, “Close your eyes.”
Nick closed his eyes, waiting for her. Finally, that moment came, she held something before his eyes, and as she asserted, “Open your eyes.”
He opened his eyes, he saw it… Looking at the pregnancy test kit he lifted her, wrapping his arms around her waist, and then screamed in a thrill while prowling around, "I am gonna be a dad. Yeh…. Yeh… This is the best surprise I have ever got in my life.”
"Are you happy?"
"Yes, I am over the top."
"Hehe."
"Mwah, mwah, mwah..."
"Wait, put me down first."
"No, today I am so happy. I am not putting you down. I want to keep kissing my wife, and also our baby. Mwah..."
"Huhu. You are so cute today. No, the cutest husband in the world..."
"I am the cutest husband of my wife who is the cutest wifey in the universe. Mwah..."
***
One month passed since they were here in India. Nick had been taking care of his company works from here and also trying his best so the old man would accept him. Back then though some members did accept him the old man showed him a red flag. Nick needed to make him accept him so since that day he had been working on it. Now, excluding the old man, every member of the family was so happy with having him as a family member.
“Good morning, babe.” Sanaya was still sleeping when Nick sauntered into the room. He placed the cup of tea on the bedside table and kissed her forehead.
From inside the blanket, she mumbled, “Good morning.”
Apart from being a powerful businessman who could think that he would be such a great husband, the best husband in the world she assumed. After knowing that she was pregnant, he didn’t let her keep her feet on the ground. Seeing she was not determined to get up, Nick pulled the sheet over his head, and leaning closer he whispered and brushed his lips against her arm, “Get up, my queen.”
“Let me sleep for five minutes more.” She murmured. Nick smooched her shoulder and she turned her head towards him.
“If you don’t get up then I will take you in my arms and we will reach back to the USA like this. You are ok with that?”
“Yeah…” as she said so he suddenly took her in his arms and feeling like she was being carried, she immediately opened her eyes. To her surprise as she found herself in his arms, Sanaya quickly enclosed her arms around his neck and requested him smiling, “I wake up, I am waking up now. Put me down.”
“But my wife told me a while ago that she would not wake up.”
“No, she will. She will wake up right away once her husband put her down.” Sanaya said so.
“Are you sure?” when he asked so she quickly nodded her head in agreement and he narrowed his eyebrows, “Then… How can she prove that? You know her husband…”
Before he would say something she pressed her lips against his.
It was afternoon when Sanaya was sitting on the sofa and watching tv. Nowadays, all she needed to do was to take care of herself well and that’s all. When she saw Nick coming to her, she ut the remote on the couch. Sanaya turned her head to her left, ready to leave but then Nick grabbed her hand and pulled her in his lap.
“I will be back soon. I…”
Cutting her off he held a slice of fruit before her mouth and asserted, “Say ahh.”
“I am full. I don’t want to eat.” She protested and turned her head to her left as she didn’t want to eat.
“I see…” Just when she thought that he was going to let her go, he suddenly did the opposite. “Maa, see Sanaya is not eating.”
Seeing her mom she quickly ate the fruit and announced, “No mom, I am eating. Nom, nom, I am eating.”
“You have lost weight. Look at yourself, how skinny you have become. You should eat more, I don’t want to see my grandson suffer. Nick, son. You just tell me if she doesn’t listen to you, I will see the rest.” She would not dare not listen to her mom. No way, she didn’t want to get scolded.
“That’s my good wifey.” Nick smiled at her. Seeing how she would not dare say no as she was afraid her mom would find out, he could barely manage to control his laughter. “Why are you laughing? Having fun bullying me?” with a poker face she gaped at him. Nick stopped laughing and replied while wiping off her mouth, “How can I bully my wife? I wouldn’t dare to…”
“You did. You forced me to eat when I don’t want to. Do you want to see me turning into a piggy? See, I have gained weight, I...”
“Don’t worry. If you would turn into a piggy then I will eat more so I will be able to take the cutest piggy on my back.” As he said so while laughing Sanaya pointed her finger at him, “You…” But then he grabbed her finger and kissed her.
From upstairs, her mom and dad were watching them. They were happy to see her being delighted and they were especially happy because Nick was not a bad choice. “We are blessed to have such a son-in-law.”
“I bet we would not be able to find such a good husband for our daughter. Thank you, god, you have chosen the best for her.”
“Before I thought I would miss my daughter once she would go back to the USA but now I feel like I am sadder to send them away because of my son-in-law. He is like my own son, I will miss him.” Her dad spoke his mind. These past days, Nick spent time with him, his calling him dad and taking care of him was what he less expected from him.
“Me too. I will miss him also. Tomorrow, they will leave for the USA. This house will feel empty again.” Sanaya’s mom let out a sigh of despair as soon as she said so.
“Yeah…”
Nick wanted to stay here but because of work he have to go back and Sanaya didn’t want to stay here without him so she would be going back with him too.