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Chapter 3 | lesson learned

"You don't trust me with her?"

Heer looked at the bed. It wasn't for the first time that she would be sharing a bed with a man. But she did feel weird about it. She looked up hearing footsteps. He walked in glancing at her. He was really handsome now that she observed him closely. He even managed to look good in track pants and a tee. Well, it could be that she had barely seen any male species with so much attention for quite some time now. But, he definitely got points for his well-maintained physique despite owning one of the five-star restaurants in the city.

"Do you mind? I mean we can find an alternative sleeping arrangement.."

"I am okay." She replied quickly.

He stared at the bed. He hadn't shared the same bed with any woman after his wife's demise. Walking around he busied himself in placing the extra blanket on one side of the bed and then the pillow, in order to avoid his thoughts. Strangely ever since he had mat Heer he found himself time and again reminiscing his life with his wife. "You can take this side." He spoke softly patting the pillow, walking away to the other side. Heer nodded muttering a 'Thanks'. She got on the bed placing the phone on the side table.

He switched off the light lying down on the bed. He slept straight like a soldier, he had placed two pillows between them. Just like he did when he slept with his daughter. So that if his sleeping body decided to do gymnastics it didn't bother the other person. He was glad he chose king size beds for both the rooms. 

"Is Advika's school on?" She asked observing from the corner of her eyes that he was awake. 

"No, it kicks off from the 1st of June." He replied.

"She's going to be in 5th grade right?" 

"Yes." He sighed, "she grew up too fast. I mean it's like just yesterday I was teaching her alphabets and she'd make a sad pouty face at the mention of school. Now, she's just waiting for summer vacation to end so that she can get back to school."

Heer's lips curled up. "I loved going to school too."

Kabir didn't know why she said that, he simply let it pass as a thought spoken aloud.

"Do you teach her at home?"

"Yes, Misha and I used to distribute her subjects among ourselves. I hate science so Misha used to take that for her."

"I can teach her that. Science has always been fun. I can take Geography also. That was my favorite too!" 

"Yeah, we can split the subjects. Her science course is going to get intense since it's middle school."

"Yeah. Does she take part in sports?"

"She took part in running last time. She had tried high jump and it went very badly. She literally had swollen lumps on her thighs for two whole days. Neither did I allow nor did she want to try it again."

Heer heard him out thoughtfully. He definitely was a doting father. His sister Misha had filled her on a lot about him during the days leading up to the marriage. Like he was very particular about a few things namely his kitchen and his daughter. She told him that he was a nice guy just that after his wife's death his world started and ended on his daughter. She wouldn't blame him. It sucked to lose someone you love. In his case, it was his wife!

Heer wanted to know more about his wife and Advika's mother, however, she didn't want to risk bringing up the topic, not as of now.

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