My Bodyguard

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Aarav POV

I glanced at my watch, thinking about Ira if she's done with work.

It's her first day working and she was nervous. She never worked or interacted with others but I am proud.

I'm proud on how far she has come.

She's been much better, talking to me every day and smiling at me.

I like seeing her smile happily and get excited. She always shows me pictures she take. It's always the clouds or something that she saw.

It makes me angry whenever she talks about her sisters or father.

I don't like any of them.

And she always- always flinches when I accidentally raise my voice. She immediately puts her head down and apologises.

At times, she looks like a child asking for forgiveness when it's never her fault. I never gotten angry at her.

And I need to control my voice. That's why I talk less. I don't want her to be scared of me.

She doesn't need to.

I clocked out the moment the clock hits 5pm.

I want to go home early. I want to listen to her rambles on what she did today.

"You're clocking out an hour early."

"I came early." I mumbled, glancing at my colleague.

"You've been different since getting married. How is Sir's daughter?" I stared at him, getting pissed.

"My wife. She's my wife." I spatted because no- she's not going to be called as anyone's daughter. She's my wife.

Only, my wife.

"Cool down, man." He said giving me a look and I just walked to my car.

The reason I'm still staying here is because I'm saving money. The pay is really good and I want to save money for us.

For me and Ira.

I want to buy us a proper house, start my own business and I want to stay home with her, build a family if she wants.

Or just stay the both of us.

I want her to be free and calm like now. I want her to be happy, more importantly happy with me.

I decided to drop by the cafe, seeing if she's still there.

I went in, looking around and I found the man, Joe. I stared at him from afar and he looked pretty young. He looks just a year or two older than Ira.

Ira and I are 5 years apart.

"Thank you for today, Ira! You did a good job." I heard him saying and I looked at Ira that was looking proud.

"Thanks Joe. I'm going home! My husband must be on his way, see you!" She said grabbing her sling bag and I felt something.

I felt something deep when she said my husband and home.

I never heard that before.

Then, she found me, making her crack a big smile. How does that not make me happy?

"You came here? I was just about to head home." She said hugging me tightly and I cracked a smile, looking at her until the middle of my chest.

She's so small.

"I wanted to drop by." I said hugging her back and she pulled away, holding my arm.

"Joe, meet my husband, Aarav." She pulled me near the counter and Joe looked at me, smiling and jerking his hand at me.

I gave a curt nod, shaking his hand for the sake of Ira that was excitedly introducing me.

"And those are my co-workers, Sugar and Henry." She pointed at them and I just gave a curt nod, glancing at her that was being excited.

"Hi Ira's husband!" All these humans are very nice for some reason.

We walked home and she was gripping on my arm, telling me what she did today. I listened to her talk, making me nod and hum.

"Is working always fun? I like it and thank you for coming there." She said smiling at me appreciatively and I pulled her to me, wanting to kiss her so bad.

But I know she's still not comfortable.

"You were nervous in the morning."

"I was but once I got a hang of it, it went smooth and Joe gave me my first salary! I got a 100 dollars!" She excitedly showed me the 100 buck note, tip toeing to me.

Ira is so god damn innocent. She's really a gem- a rare diamond that I'm lucky to get.

"And I want to give it to you because you gave me so much and I don't have anything to offer. I think it's not a lot but I want to help you with our household things. I don't want you to work alone." I stared at the 100 buck she gave, making me feel..

I felt appreciated?

She's definitely been doing something to me and I never felt my heart thumping this loud.

I feel cared for. I never felt this.

"You don't need to."

"I want to. You work so hard for us, this is the least I could do." I looked at her and she was being selfless.

After all the things she went through, all those months she struggled so hard, not knowing a freaking grocery store existed- she still wants to help me.

I pulled her, wrapping my arms around her and kissed her lips. I can feel her freezing up but she clutches on my arm, moving her lips back slowly.

I wanted to pull away, afraid that she might not be comfortable but she pressed herself closer to me, clinging around my neck.

She was kissing me, tilting her head and I couldn't help to kiss her back deeply, wanting to show everything I feel for her.

She made me so different. She changed my life.