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Maya's

I slowly opened my eyes and blinked them to adjust to the light. I looked around, and realized that I had slept in Aashi's room. I slowly sat on the bed and lost myself in my world.

He didn't even come to meet me. Let it be. It's not my fault. He was the one who shouted at me unnecessarily and didn't even give me a chance to speak.

"Little man, remember we are angry at your nanna. Don't try to make me melt easily, understand," I said, caressing my little bump.

Just then, Aashi entered the room. She was sweating badly. She must be coming back from the gym.

"Good morning, boyfriend," she greeted me.

"Good morning," I said back as I slid out of bed.

I totally forgot that I didn't have my clothes here. So, I didn't have any option other than going to our room, huff.

"Bhaiyya left for the office", she said, as if reading my thoughts.

He left, just like that. What happened to him? Is he still mad at me?

Shrugging my thoughts, I moved to our room. I unlocked the door and moved towards our bed. Picking up his pillow and hugging it, I closed my eyes and breathed deeply, enjoying the scent of his cologne. A few tears left my eyes, unknowingly.

I curled up in a ball, hugging my knees close to my chest, and burst into tears. Couldn't he just come and talk to me? I closed my eyes and hugged his pillow close to my heart when I felt someone caressing my head.

"Don't cry, Ammu, it's not good for you and the baby" I heard, attayya telling me.

But I couldn't help it. I turned around and hugged her stomach and burst into tears.

"Shh, Ammu, please stop crying, kanna", she said, caressing my head.

"I hate your son, atta. He yelled at me and made me cry," I said, sniffing.

"Your attayya slapped him already for shouting at her DIL," I heard mavayya.

I sat on the bed with a jerk, listening to him.

"Attayya, did you really slap him?" I asked, looking at her.

"Haa, so what? He yelled at you without knowing the truth. That's why I had slapped him. At least then his brain would work. I saw everything on the CCTV," she said.

"Okay, now go and freshen up. Everyone is waiting for you at the dining table," said Mavayya.

I nodded my head, and moved to the washroom to freshen-up. I came out after doing my morning chores and having a hot, soothing shower.

I picked up some comfy clothes and braided my hair. I put my mobile on charge and moved down.

I greeted everyone and sat down on my place. They greeted me back, and we had our breakfast silently.

After breakfast, everyone left for their respective offices. I moved to our room and had my meds. I sat on my bed and opened my laptop and started doing my work.

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Soon, the day passed in a jiffy. He didn't even message me. How rude?

It's around 10 o'clock in the night, and this boy didn't come back till now. Everyone retired to their respective rooms after having their dinner.

I am sitting in the living room waiting for him, while reading a book. I leaned my head back and dozed off with the book on my chest. I opened my eyes as I heard the door bell. I moved towards the door and unlocked it. I saw Avi's personal bodyguard, handling a drunk Avi. I thanked him and dragged Avi with me, with lots of difficulty.

I made him lie on the bed and removed his coat and shoes.

"Did you have your dinner?" I asked him sternly.

He shook his head negatively, making a cute pout.

"You sit here calmly, I'll go and bring food for you", I told him, to which he bobbed his head cutely.

I was about to go when he held my hand. I turned around and looked at him, raising my eyebrows.

He held the hem of my t-shirt, and followed me like a lost puppy. He hopped on the kitchen counter, while I fed him. I'm trying hard to control my laughter, as he was making cute faces.

I put the dirty dishes in the sink and washed my hands and cleaned his mouth. While he was playing with the spoon and fork.

I glared at him, as someone would wake up due to the sounds.

He grabbed my hand and said, "I want mua, mua here," pointing at his forehead.

"Aww, why does he have to be so cute? Control, Mayu, you are angry on him. So, maintain that stern face of yours," I thought in my mind.

"I'm sorry, bunny", he said, holding his ears.

"Avi, it's getting late, come on, we will sleep," I told him, with a poker face.

"No, first look at me," he said, stomping his feet, like a stubborn kid.

"Argh, this boy is making it difficult for me," I thought in my mind.

"Fine, do whatever you want. I'm leaving," I said, turning around.

"Wait, bunny. I'll also come with you," he said. He again held the hem of my t-shirt and followed me silently.

I locked our room door and moved to the closet and to grab his nightwear.

"Go and change your dress," I told him, handing him his nightwear.

"Bunny, you make me change, na" he said, coming close to me.

I widened my eyes, listening to his stupid wish.

"What the hell does he think of himself? Wait until tomorrow, Mr. Avinav Krishna. I'll show you the power of Mrs. Avinav Krishna," I thought to myself.

"If you want to change, then change it by yourself. Goodnight, I'm getting sleep," saying that, I lied down on my side of the bed and covered myself with the quilt.

After some time, I felt his hands encircling my waist. He pulled me close to him and muttered, "Goodnight, bunny," and kissed my forehead.

I turned towards him and saw him sleeping peacefully. This boy didn't change his clothes. I sighed and snuggled into him. I missed his warm embrace and his body against mine.

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I opened my eyes and sat on the bed, holding my head. Damn, I feel like someone is banging my head with a hammer. I looked around and found the other side of the bed empty. I sighed.

I got down off the bed and moved to the bathroom to have a hot shower to calm my nerves.

I stood under the shower, while my thoughts drifted to the happenings of the last day.

I shouldn't have shouted at her. I know, it's my mistake, and I have realized it lately.

Flashback:

"Damn, how could this happen?" I said, banging my hand on my table.

Actually, there is an important meeting in the afternoon. And now we have come to know that our designs are stolen by our rivals. Though we have a backup, I'm thinking about that black sheep who leaked our designs.

I looked at my PA, who was quivering, looking at me.

"Shyam, I want all our design team members who are working on the new project in the meeting room within ten minutes. And all their mobiles must be on the table during the whole meeting", I told him.

"Alright, sir," he said, and walked out of my cabin.

I moved to the meeting room after ten minutes and saw the whole design team sitting in their places and their mobiles were on the table.

"Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. I hope you have understood problem. So now all we to do is present our new designs to them. I've already mailed Mr. Bhatt our new designs, so in the evening we have to give him a detailed explanation of those designs," I told them.

I gestured to Shyam to start the presentation, and I sat down in my chair. But my whole concentration was on the team. Definitely, it's one of them who has leaked the information.

"Sir, Miss Vandana, will proceed further", said Shyam.

With that, she continued the presentation. Hmm, she is explaining everything in detail, but she is making some mistakes in between.

Shyam pointed out her mistakes and told her to correct them.

"Sir, can I go and bring my laptop?" She asked me, to which I nodded my head.

After the completion of the presentation, we sat there discussing about the corrections, when Vandana came inside, crying and behind her our manager came.

"What happened?" I asked them.

"Sir, Maya madam told to fire Vandana" Manager told me.

"For what?" I asked sternly.

But that girl kept on crying without speaking anything, making me irritate. I looked at manager, and he said that he didn't know. Oh God! I ran my hand through my hair with frustration.

"Where is Maya?" I asked the manager.

He told ,"In the madam's cabin."

"Shyam, I'll just come in a minute, handle everything until then", I told and walked out of the meeting room.

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And you know what happened after that, right?

I was already annoyed about that issue, so I got more frustrated due to that and yelled at her. Nandu, for the first time, raised his voice at me.

I left mom's cabin immediately as Shyam told me that we were getting late as we had to leave for Mr. Bhatt's office. Finally, we got the deal, and my rival's face was worth watching.

By the time I solved all the mess and came back home, I totally forgot about what happened in the office.

Flashback:

As soon as I entered the home, I was rewarded with a strong punch in my stomach. God, this boy's punches didn't change even a bit.

"Why the hell did you punch me, idiot?" I asked Arjun, who was busy glaring at me.

"How dare you yell at my sisters and make them cry?" He said.

That's when I remembered that I shouted at Bunny and Siri in the office.

"Shit", I muttered under my breath.

I looked around and saw everyone glaring at me. I gave them a nervous smile.

Arjun was about to punch me again when bunny dragged him from there.

I was about to follow them when amma stopped me and slapped me.

"Is that how you behave with your wife, Avinav?" She yelled at me.

"Amma, I know, I shouldn't have shouted at her like that."

Before I could speak more, she cut me off and said, "That girl insulted Maya. She said that Ammu doesn't match your standards and told her that she has trapped you. That's why, Maya got angry and told the manager to fire her. If she could behave like that with her boss's wife, then how would she behave with her colleagues? I told you many times to control your anger, didn't I? And you listened to that girl's explanation, but didn't even try to know what happened exactly."

I looked down. Damn it, I guess I have messed up badly.

"Now go and freshen-up and come for dinner", she said.

I silently moved to our room and found it empty. I sighed and moved to have a shower.

I came down and saw everyone waiting for me on the dining table, except bunny.

Diya told me, "She already had her dinner and is in Aashi's room."

I nodded my head listening to her and sat there playing with my food.

"Stop playing with the food and eat properly," Nanna said sternly.

But I didn't have the mood to eat it. After having my dinner, I waited for her in our room.

After a while , I knocked on Aashi's door. Aashi opened the door and said she was sleeping. I moved inside and pecked her head and moved out, wishing Aashi "good night."

The next morning, I left for the office quickly as I had a meeting. Mr. Bhatt called me and invited me to the party as we had signed the deal.

I told Shyam to get me yesterday's CCTV footage. My blood boiled listening to her. I told him to call Vandana to my cabin.

"Shekar sir has already fired her sir", Shyam informed me.

I muttered an "okay." With that, I got busy with my work.

In the evening, I left for the party, though I was not in a good mood.

Looking at the couples at the party, I started missing my bunny badly.

I began guzzling vodka shots one after the other, thinking about my behavior.

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I stepped out of the closet and saw Maya sitting on the bed.

"Here have this", she said, handing me lemonade and an aspirin.

I gulped the tablet and drank the lemonade. I didn't understand how to start the talk.

I was thinking of how to talk to her when I saw her packing her clothes in a bag.

"Are you going somewhere?" I asked, clearing my throat.

"To my maternal home," she said, without looking at me.

I looked at her shocked and asked, "Why?"

"Why means? I wanted to go, that's it", she said.

I sat on the bed and snatched the clothes from her and asked, "Are you really going?"

"Yes, do you have any problem?" She asked me.

"No. But won't you miss me?" I asked her, taking her hand into mine.

She took her hand back and said, "No."

"Bunny, I'm sorry", I told her.

She said, "Don't talk with me."

"I'm really sorry, bunny. I know, I made a mistake, but that doesn't mean you'll leave like that", I told her.

"Who told you that I'm leaving because of what happened in the office? I'm going there, because I am missing my parents", she said, packing her clothes.

I sighed and helped her with the packing. From the time, we got married she never went to her house. And I know, how much she misses them though she doesn't voice it out.

I pulled her into my lap and kissed her forehead and said, "I love you, bunny."

She stayed mum, but sat silently without protesting.

A few tears rolled down our cheeks.

"Gosh, I'll miss them badly", I thought I my mind.

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