Mine

Chapter 32

Nidhi couldn't believe Abhimanyu is here, that too for her. She was always afraid of his wrath upon learning the truth, but here he was confessing his feelings. She felt overwhelmed by his presence. Today she was exceptionally missing Abhimanyu since morning and he graced her with his presence. She knows that she has to tell him about the baby, but before that, she has to confess whatever they had in the past months. However, she is still confused about many things. How can he be so calm about the whole fiasco and approach her casually as if nothing big happened? How did he know she was here? Is he going to take the babies and abandon her? Is he here for the babies? What about his parents? Do they know about them? and etc. Suddenly she becomes very protective about her babies. Though she wants him to know about their babies, she is not ready to lose them. What if he takes their babies away? She feels terrified at the thought of losing them. Thence, she started to tremble and mutter incoherent words. She knows her pressure is shooting up, yet, she couldn't help it. 

Seeing her trembling and muttering, Abhimanyu held her close to him protectively. He could only hear, 'I won't give away my babies...' and collapsed in his arms. He was panicked and without thinking much he carried her bridal style, rushed her to the nearby hospital. He understood she is in dilemma and he needs to clear all her fears and doubts. He has to make her trust and understand him. But he needs her fit and fiddle for that. He doesn't want to stress her. All he needs is her forgiveness and her consent to be with him. He knows he is possessive and protective by nature, but he doesn't want to force his decisions on her. He did that once and both paid a very high price for doing so. He really hoped, they could sit and talk like two good civilians. He wants her to believe that he causes no harm. He waited for the doctor to come out from the emergency ward and the moment he saw the doctor, Abhimanyu sprinted towards him asked about his wife's regards. 'Mr Chatterjee, your wife is in dire need of good rest... actually a complete bed rest till delivery and she really needs to check her blood pressure from time to time. Previously, she had her bp shooting up, but since the past week, her bp is rather inconsistent and abnormal. She is experiencing low bp and hp. Iron deficiency shouldn't be taken lightly. She is nearing her third trimester and she needs ample rest and energy to survive during childbirth. If it continues, it will affect her and the babies health tremendously. We could lose either the mother or the babies or worse both. Please take very good care of her.' Saying that the doctor tapped his shoulder and walked away. 

Abhimanyu felt numb listening to the doctor. The proximity and possibility of losing them shuddered him very much. He is determined to bring his wife with him even if she refused. He doesn't want to waste any more minutes procrastinating having her with him. He will make sure she delivers safe and sound and comes back to him in one piece. He can do the confessing and heart pouring later, but right now, his priority is his wife and his unborn children. He went to the doctor and said, 'Doctor, please sedate my wife, so that she could sleep a couple of days and please prepare her discharge sheet so that I could bring my wife back to Dehli. In addition, I need a referral letter from you stating my wife's current condition, so I could admit her and submit this letter to her doctor there.' He uttered those statements full of authority. The doctor was shocked when he asked to sedate his wife, nevertheless, he complied as he too understood his patient will need that rest if she needs to travel.

He called Asfandyaar told him everything that the doctor said. Asfandyaar was rather reluctant to send Nidhi away, but he has understood that his bestie needs proper care and that would only happen if she is with her Abhimanyu. He agreed half-heartedly and gave his consent to bring Nidhi back to Dehli. However, before that, he wanted to talk to Abhimanyu about the terrible occurrences that happened to Nidhi, so he could be more careful about her safety. 'Abhimanyu, can you come to my home... I need to speak to you about Nidhi and her family. It is very important.' Abhimanyu has understood something big had happened to his Pari. He assumed that was the reason why Asfandyaar is reluctant to send her back to Dehli. 'Sure... I will come. Just text me your address and tell me what time should I be there...' 'Okay, will text you in a while and come anytime between 6 to 9 PM.' Abhimanyu was very much eager to know what had happened to his wife, so he immediately agreed. 'I will be there by 7.30 Pm. See you when I see you.' He hung the phone and went inside the ward where his wife is sleeping peacefully under the effect of the sedative. He sat next to her and run his fingers through her free hair. He kept staring at her forgetting the world. How much he missed her and her scent. He scouted near her and kissed her forehead multiple times. He was shedding tears holding onto her hand and feeling home with her presence next to him.

By 6 pm, he left the hospital and went to his car. His driver was waiting for him. They went to a nearby stall to drink a cup of coffee and departed to Asfandyaar's house. As promised by 7.30 pm Abhimanyu reached Asfandyaar's premises. He was greeted into the house by a beautiful woman. He got to know that she is Asfandyaar's wife, Armeena. 'Who are you?' 'I am Abhimanyu... I am here to...' he was cut off by the very excited Armeena. 'OMG! Abhimanyu... Means you are Nidhi's Abhimanyu! I didn't know you'd look smoking hot. No wonder Nidhi is head over heels of you. My... my...!' She exclaimed. Abhimanyu was taken aback first but when she said Nidhi is head over heels of him and flustered a little. Their little conversation was interrupted by Asfandyaar. He introduced his wife to Abhimanyu and said she's always high when it comes to Nidhi's matter which he earned a hard glare from his wife. Abhimanyu instantly liked the couple as they looked cute together. After some time, Asfandyaar called Abhimanyu to his study and tell him about the attempted murder of Nidhi and how he threatened her family to stay out of her issues and also how it is unsafe for her as Nidhi's cousin whom she was supposed to marry keeping grudges on her. Abhimanyu's knuckles turned really white but his face was expressionless. Asfandyaar understood the calm demeanour is just a facade as he is ready to kill any minute. Composing himself, he gave his word to Asfandyaar that he would protect her with his life. 

Asfandyaar has heard about Abhimanyu's possessiveness and obsession through Nidhi. But noticed it during their little conversation. His possessiveness was clearly visible whenever they talk about Nidhi. He had proven his protectiveness when they were in Kerala, as Nidhi always tells about his bravery and how protective he was towards her. Therefore, he didn't worry much as he knows Abhimanyu wouldn't let any harm near her. When the men were done talking, they went to the living room, but the focal point was Armeena cooing to their daughter Haya, trying to calm her. Abhimanyu approached her asked, 'can I hold her?' Armeena looked at her husband who nodded his head in agreement and she passed their daughter to Abhimanyu. When Abhimanyu held her, Haya stopped crying and gave him a smile that melted everybody's heart. Seeing him handling their baby well, they knew he will be an exceptionally great father to his children. Armeena instantly declared him as Haya's godfather which both men gladly accepted.