Unexpected

Secrets

Aryan's POV:

Noor and I were rudely woken up by relentless knocking on the door. Noor was sleeping under me and I had my arm protectively covering her.

I groaned when I heard Suhana's voice, "Bhai please wake up! This is really important" I ignored her because her emergencies are never actual emergencies.

Noor shifted in her sleep, "Aryan go check it might be important" I snuggled into her neck refusing to get out of bed.

"Aryan get up" Noor and I jerked up at my father's voice. "Baba would never disturb us if it wasn't important" I nodded at Noor and replied, "Okay okay two minutes"

My father told us they'll wait for us downstairs. "What do you think happened?" Noor asked as we freshened up. I shrugged and opened the door for us.

It was early in the morning and everyone except for AbRam was downstairs. And when I say everyone I mean including my father's manager, Pooja and a couple of members from his team.

"What happened?" Knowing something terribly wrong did occur. "Sit you two" We sat down on one of the sofas. We hadn't even bothered changing from our night clothes.

My father's manager spoke up, "Aryan, today's news wrote that your marriage with Noor was a publicity stunt" I shut my eyes, I couldn't believe another scandal was happening.

"We think someone in the house leaked the news because no one else knew" She explained. I brought my hand to my forehead and stayed there for a minute.

"Ary did you tell anyone?" I shook my head, "Of course not. Not even my closest friends know" My mother nodded at my response. "What should we do now?" Everyone exchanged looks and waited for someone to answer.

AbRam walked downstairs, "Good morning" The little guy had no clue and I prayed he would never have to go through anything of this sort. "What's going on?"

My father hesitated and told him, "We were just discussing some news about Bhai and Bhabhi" AbRam excitedly said, "Are they having a baby?"

I stopped AbRam, "No buddy it's not that" His smile dropped, "Oh oops" Suhana interjected in attempt to take AbRam away from the situation.

"Come Abi let's get some breakfast" AbRam hopped out of our father's lap and followed Suhana to the kitchen.

"That's not a bad idea" I looked around to see what our manager was talking about. "But no one said any ideas" My mother pointed out and we all agreed.

"AbRam's idea...about the baby?" Noor and I were dumbfounded by that statement and we both shouted, "What?!"

Noor finally spoke up after a long time, "I am NOT having a baby just to prove the media wrong"

I agreed with her completely. "If we aren't ready for one we shouldn't have one" Everyone sighed and our parents agreed.

"Okay okay let's just press pause" My father said. "Look you two are obviously getting along just fine so it's safe to say your marriage is going well?" My mother asked.

Noor and I smiled at each other and nodded at my mother. "Well then just act normal and maybe go out a little more"

We all stood up after that long discussion and decided to get some breakfast. Noor looked at me with concern and I kissed the top of her head for reassurance.

I walked into the home library to find my father. I shook my head when I found him buried in his scripts. "Not tired Baba?" He shook his head, "Never"

I took a seat next to him when his phone rang. "Here" I picked it up from the table and handed it to him. I waited for him to end his call, "Found him? Good...no no...you know what to do...thank you, goodbye"

I looked at him strangely. "Who was that?" I took his phone from his hand and placed it back on the table. "They found the servant that leaked the news"

My eyes widened, "And?" My father put away his script, "He won't be a problem anymore" I looked at him with concern, "Did you kill him?!"

He rolled up his script and hit my head, "No idiot" I rubbed my head, "Ouch" He laughed at me and said, "It's so late shouldn't you be with your wife?" I smirked at him, "Shouldn't you be with yours?"

He hit me with his script again. "Ow Baba" He finally put down the script, "She's sleeping" I rubbed my head, "So is mine"

He got up and said, "Smoke?" I followed him to the lawn. He offered me a cigarette and I watched him light his up before giving me the lighter.

He took a puff and stared at the sky. "You know you're a really cool Baba" He looked at me with surprise, "What?" I took a puff, "I'm not repeating" He laughed at me and shook his head.

We sat in a comfortable silence. I hesitated at first but I managed to speak up, "Baba, I wanted to tell you something" He looked over at me, "Kya hua?" [what happened?]

I took a deep breath before I mustered up the courage to tell him, "I actually really wanted a baby" He looked at me with a mix of surprise and concern.

"But I don't want Noor to think it's just because of the news" He sighed and took a moment before answering.

"Aryan, if you want a child you should have a child, just talk to your wife about it and come to a decision together" I nodded but it sounded easier than it actually was.