Don 3: Heart's Desire

Chapter 58

As soon as Don joined Roma into the car and shut the door behind him, she turned 'Donald D'Souza?'

He smirked 'Better than Donald Duck. Or Donald Trump for that matter'

She giggled 'No, but I like it. It ... suits you, and it makes sense... Donald... Don'

He started the engine and drove off 'Actually I've always found it funny that they named that sloppy duck Donald'

'Why so?'

'Well... it has different meanings in Celtic, Gaelic and Scottish, from "dark danger" to "ruler of the world"'

Roma just blinked at him 'Seriously? And here I was thinking you chose it 'cause it can be abbreviated to "Don"'

Don smirked 'You should know me better by now than to think I do anything without an ulterior, well thought of motive'

Roma frowned slightly. He was right, she figured. He reached out and held her hand 'Tired?'

'Very' she sank into the headreast

'... Just tired?'

She inhaled 'Ok, I'm relieved as well... I really didn't think my uncle would be persuaded so easily. Plus I really didn't know what Anushka had told him about the Paris incident...'

'Oh, he has no idea I was involved'

'How can you be so sure?'

'Because I checked' he smiled at her. "He checked. Go figure" she thought

The next morning Anushka invited Roma for a cup of coffee at a nice terrace. Roma realized just then and there that Anushka wasn't quite happy with the marriage. She realized she had missed that completely the other day

'I was so happy yesterday that I didn't even realize you were so quiet' Roma raised an eyebrow smilingly 'Kya baat hai? You're not happy about this, I can tell'

Anushka sighed 'I'm sorry... I should have at least wished you on your birthday yesterday, but I got so distracted. So did my parents. It was only this morning that we realized'

Roma giggled 'That's ok. But don't change the subject'

Anushka interwined her fingers and exhaled 'I'm really trying my best to stay out of it and not ruin it for you'

Roma frowned questioningly 'Anushka... you're my cousin, you're the only one I told about Don... please, tell me what's on your mind' she said reaching out to squeeze her hand reassuringly

Anushka looked away and tried to make the right call. No matter how Don's glare made her want to keep quiet, she had to let her cousin onto her suspicions 'I just... I have this feeling that something's not right, you know? Everything happened so rapidly... and ... how come he's willing to marry? I mean, wasn't he on the run? Isn't the Interpol out to get him? Something's just not adding up'

Roma sighed. She realized she had to let her cousin know about what had happened.

After parting with Anushka, who was in shock to say the least after hearing what Roma had done for the sake of Don's liberty (bearing in mind that she skipped the part that she had to kill Arjun in the midst of it all), Roma returned to Don's place in London. As soon as she stepped into the luxurious living area she saw Sameer and her face lit up 'Well hello there' she had grown very fond of him lately

'Hey, Roma!' he smiled back at her 'Why don't you come over here and help us out'

She frowned smilingly approaching the coffee table over which the two men were hovering and Don placed a strand of her hair behind her ear tenderly as she sat next to him