KriYaansh FF: The accidental association

Prologue

"Doctor, this can't be possible, I'm sure there is a mistake... please check once more..."
"I'm sorry mr singhania but this is what the reports are saying, your wife has lung cancer third stage and she has not much time left with her... though we can give her targeted and chemotherapy to improve her survival by maximum 2-3 years..."
"But there has to be some treatment or medicine available... a doctor's job is to give people hope and not frighten them by snatching away their hopes... and if it is money that u are bothered about, I'm willing to spend whatever it takes... there has to be some specialist or hospital for cancer patients, if not here maybe outside India..."
"I know that money is not an issue for u n I would have definitely  recommended any such hospital or a specialist but now nothing is possible, I wish I could help, had we detected this earlier, there would have been still something we could have done for her. I don't want to mislead u by giving u any false hopes... right now, u have to be strong for your wife n keep her happy for the little time she has..." the doctor said giving me a sympathetic look. I stood up to leave n decided to get a second opinion before breaking this news to her. She cannot leave me like this... I will not let her... I will consult a better doctor who is a specialist in dealing with such cases, send these reports to the top hospitals... there has to be a way.
**********************
I looked at my phone ringing for the third time n chose to ignore it again, I need some time to take in this development. I'm not strong enough to tell her about her condition n maybe there is still some hope, I don't want to scare her by this news. I reached home later than usual because I won't be able to face her, what am I supposed to say to her? I know I cannot to lie to her but for her sake, I will have to...
I entered the house using the spare key, I don't want to disturb her if she's asleep. "Rey.." I heard her voice, but I know better, she would never sleep till I return home even if it was past 3 at night. "Rey.." she called out again n kept her hand on my shoulder. I turned towards her n tried to cover up as best as I could. "Why didn't u sleep?" I asked her knowing very well what her answer would be. She ignored my question n asked me to freshen up while she serves my dinner. I followed n was coming to the dining table when she asked me, "Rey did u get my reports from the hospital?" I nearly stumbled at that, I thought she must have forgotten about it. "No..." I tried to sound confident so that she does not catch my lie. "I had an urgent meeting come up at the office n was caught up because of it so I could not make it to the hospital in time, I came home directly from the office but don't worry, I'll go there in the morning first n collect it.." She stayed silent n started pouring water into my glass making me think she bought my lie. I started eating even though I didn't want to n was about to have a morsel of my food when she spoke, "I called up at the office.." I froze hearing that, "they said u left three hours ago..." I gulped to wet my dry throat, she caught my lie, "Yes I did.. because the meeting was at the client's workplace.. besides why did u call at the office?" I tried my best not to give in though I knew I was trying to win a lost battle. "I had to because u weren't answering my calls..."
"Yes because I told u, I was in a meeting.."
"Dr awasthy called..." shit! Why did he have to call at home!? What if he's told her everything?! No... maybe not... else she wouldn't be this calm n composed, I tried to reason with myself... I took a deep breath n asked her, " and?"
"Rey, there's no use hiding from me, Dr awasthy has told me everything n I also know there was no meeting today, u did go to the hospital to collect my reports right? Please don't lie to me, I know u wanted to hide it from me because u weren't prepared to tell me n also because u feared about my reaction on learning the truth, but... we both know that this fact cannot be changed.. I'm going to die n there is nothing we can do..." I kept my finger on her lips n didn't let her complete her sentence. "I will not let u die, u are not going anywhere.. understood? I'm not going to allow u to leave me... get that?" She removed my finger, "Rey, pls face the truth, I will be going away from u, forever, but before that, I want to be happy n enjoy my life to the fullest in whatever little time I have with me so that I don't have any regrets n can die peacefully.." she said as tears trickled down her face. I wiped away those tears n engulfed her in my embrace, "we will consult a specialist, I'm sure there must be a solution... some doctors just try to scare u by saying such things.. okay.. u are going to be alright.. absolutely fit n fine.."
"Rey..." she broke the hug, "some things are not in our hands n it is best that we accept it that way, as soon as we can, so that it does not hurt too much later on.." I was going to counter her when she kept her finger on my lips, "I want to stay happy for the rest of the time I have, can u do that for me?" I just nodded not knowing whether I should console her or myself. "And I want something else too, will u promise to give me?" she asked with tears glistening her eyes. I nodded again, I could even get the moon n stars for her, if she asked for. "I want a baby.." she looked at me expectantly. I would love to give her a baby, our baby.. but right now her condition is not such that she can bear a baby. I tried to reason with her about the same, "I would love to give u one, but given your health condition, I won't let u risk your life doing any such thing n u are not going to argue with me over this because my decision is final n I won't change it whether u like it or not.." I declared in an authoritative tone. "I knew u wouldn't allow me to do this n therefore I already had something else in my mind.." she said nervously. I gave her a suspicious look n raised my brow, "Rey, trust me, I thought about this a lot before deciding to tell u.. I even went through all the options possible n concluded that this is the best.." I couldn't figure out what was cooking in her head so I interrupted her not having anymore patience in me, "what are u thinking about?" she took in a sharp breath of air before letting out, "Rey, let's go for surrogacy..."