Chapter 5

Bhavika's p.o.v

After a few minutes, I reached home where Amaya was waiting for me.

As I entered the door,I saw Amaya sitting in her grandmother's lap,playing happily.

Seeing me coming, Amaya starts jumping happily, wanting to come to me.

With a smile, I took her in my arms, giving her a kiss on her forehead.

Seeing her innocent face,I felt my eyes welling up.

I somehow controlled my emotions and took her inside the room.

As soon as I entered the room,tears started rolling down my cheeks.

“ I will not let anything happen to you”, I mumbled, holding her closer to my chest.

Soon she fell asleep in my lap. I make her lay down on the bed, covering her small body.

I sit beside her, admiring her cute face.

She looks so adorable while sleeping just like her father. Keeyan was also like her, so charming and innocent.

Remembering him, I was transported back to the past memories.

It was the time when I had just finished my college and joined a job.

My grandmother, who was worried about me,started pressuring me for marriage. But after seeing my parents’ failed marriage, I don't want to marry anyone.

One day, I was sitting in the cafe, waiting for him to come.

“ What happened?”Keeyan asked me, sitting in front of me.

“ You know how my grandmother is. She is pressuring me to get married but I don't want to. But she had done so much for me and now I can't hurt her denying her wish”, I told him sadly.

“ I can completely understand you. You already know my situation and here my family wants to marry me. They had already fixed my marriage with their friend's daughter. I can't even deny them because they have many hopes from me after my elder brother had decided to never get married. But I can't marry. I don't know what to do”, Keeyan said sadly.

Both of us were stuck in such a bad situation.

Suddenly,I saw Keeyan's eyes sparkling, which means he had gotten some kind of crazy idea.

“ What's running in your mind?” I asked, raising my eyebrows.

“ What if we both get married?”, he said, making me choke in my drink.

“ What the hell are you saying? Don't joke”, I said, wiping my lips.

“ I am not joking. If we both get married then both of our problems will be solved”, he said looking at me keenly.

“ But marriage is not a joke. It's a sacred bond”, I said, arguing.

And just like that, one day we stood in front of my grandmother, taking her blessings in bridal dresses.

After my grandmother, we went to his house where everyone was literally shocked learning about his sudden marriage with me.

Before I could get more lost in my memories, I heard Amaya crying.

She had woken up from her sleep and started crying to gain my attention.

I wiped my tears before taking her in my arms.

Next day,

I sneaked outside with Amaya early in the morning without telling anyone and took her to the hospital.Amaya was looking here and there with curious eyes.

Dr Mishra did her checkup and ran some tests. Amaya starts crying when they are running the tests. Seeing her tears, I felt like someone was squeezing my heart.

After crying for a few minutes,she fell asleep in my arms,after getting tired.

“ How is she doctor?”, I asked him,with a shivering voice.

“ She is fine right now but we don't know for how long. We need to find the solution as soon as possible before her situation starts getting worse. Since she is small, we can't start chemotherapy. I am prescribing some medicines. Remember to give her these on time. If there is any problem, don't hesitate to call me” He said, giving me an assuring smile.

“ Thank you doctor”, I said,with tearful eyes.

I hurriedly took Amaya back. As soon as I entered the house, I saw everyone in the hall, looking worried.

Seeing me entering the hall, Jeevika Aunty came running towards me and snatched Amaya from my hands.

“ You have already snatched Keeyan from us and now you want to snatch our Amaya from us also. I will never let this happen” She said angrily, making me startled.

“ Where have you been?”, I heard Vidyut ask in his stern voice.

“ I went outside to get some fresh air”, I told him a lie.

“ If you want to go, you can. No one will question you but don't think about taking Amaya with you without informing us and without any security. We have already lost Keeyan and can't let anything happen to Amaya”, he said in an angry tone, making me gulp my saliva.

I nodded my head before running away to my room.

As soon as I entered the room, I sat down on the bed trying to control my emotions.

Vidyut Singhania is known for his ruthless personality and today I have seen it with my own eyes.

The way he was looking at me angrily,I felt my soul was going to leave my body.

“ It's going to be very tough to hide the truth from them. But I will do this, for Amaya, for the Singhania family”, I mumbled with determination.

After losing my grandmother last year, Keeyan had been my family along with Amaya. Now Keeyan and Amaya’s family is my family. I will do everything to keep this family happy.

In the night, I somehow make Amaya eat her medicines.

Since the medicine was bitter,she started crying in protest,not wanting to eat them. But I was forced to make her eat those medicines,to keep her safe.

Whenever I think about such a small child having the life threatening disease, my heart starts wiping in sadness.