Reyansh

I had drifted off to sleep and a sudden change in the atmosphere and my instincts, made me aware that someone else was in the room. I opened my eyes and looked at Kyra Oberoi standing in front of me with a solemn expression.

She was dressed in a simple yellow gown with no make up or jewellery on her. She looked equal parts exhausted and angry at having no control in the current situation she was in.

Even though she was standing over me and it was her house, she looked like a vulnerable deer and I the predator.

To help ease her mind, I adjusted back into a relaxed posture, and I broke the silence because it didn't look like she was going to.

I smirked and said sarcastically, "It's creepy to stare at someone while they sleep, Princess. That's some serious Psycho-Stalker behaviour. You almost gave me a heart attack."

She scoffed and replied, "You are one to talk about Psycho-Stalker behaviour, you've done even creepier shit than this. So consider this a small payback and I wish it were true about the Heart Attack."

I laughed and said, "Touché. But if I would've truly died then, who would you have married Princess? Or are you willing to loose the inheritance or 30% of the business to the Singhania's? Whether you admit or not, I'm your best option right now and deep down you know that as well. Also, you can sit if you want, it's your house and I don't bite, unless you want me to."

She glared at me and said, "I know it's my house, I don't need your permission to sit. I'll stand if I damn well want to. Also, You can fulfil your Vampire fantasies elsewhere, I'm not interested."

I laughed heartily at her stubborn expression and said, "We'll see."
She looked so adorable when she was angry, almost like a cute grumpy Kitten.

I said, "So what is your final decision? I have all the time in the world, but unfortunately for you, you don't!!! Time is rapidly running out and you have a few short hours before the deadline. I'm reminding you in case you have forgotten."

She said, " Of course I know, it's my inheritance after all. Why the hell are you so vested in it?"

I said, "Princess don't you know after marriage, what's yours is mine and what's mine is your's. We'll share everything with each other - our lives, our bodies, our finances, our businesses, our families, our happiness, our sadness, a house, and a bed, like I said everything."

She said angrily, "The only thing I'm interested in sharing with you is a temporary marriage contract, so that I'll get my inheritance and as soon as it's legally permitted according to the contract, I'll divorce you and you can take your share and be out of my life. It's going to be a marriage only in name. We will not be sharing anything else. I don't know what scheme or hidden agenda you have, but I will not let you harm me or my family. I know you have a hand in Abhay not showing up for the marriage, you are responsible for the situation I am in. I trusted you at one point Reyansh, but I don't anymore."

Now I was getting angry, I sat up abruptly and she got a little startled and I said,

"If I wanted to hurt you or your family Princess, then trust me that would happen. I could've easily used the footage from the club that day to ruin you and your reputation, which would have automatically nullified your marriage contract and you would have lost your inheritance because your family would've disowned you, but I didn't.
I chose the difficult route rather than the easy route because, I Respect you and didn't want to hurt you. Also Yes, I am responsible for breaking your marriage contract with Abhay Singhania and you'll thank me for that someday.

I paused for a second and looked at her before I continued,

"There are many gruesome secrets about our families shared past that you are unaware of and with time maybe one day, you'll know why I did what I did. It does not justify everything you are going through, but there are always causalities in any war and I will try my best to shield you. But I am still going to fulfil my obligations towards seeking retribution for my family's suffering and trauma.
Not everyone is lucky in this life. Sometimes we need to do bad things for the right reasons, sometimes that is the only way to get even against the atrocities committed on us. I am after all the Villain of this story, I never claimed to be the Hero."

After my monologue, she looked absolutely stunned, I half feared that I might've scared her and she would call off the marriage and as a result I would need to forcibly make her marry me before the deadline.

But she eventually recovered and said, "I hate you, but you are my only option. So let's get married, Now."

Looks like I was wrong about her and Kyra was much more stronger than I gave her credit for. She was brave and courageous and I deeply respected her for that. But I was glad she hated me, I would've too if I was in her position.

After all this was no love match, we were both getting married to each other for our own reasons. It was a true Marriage of Convenience.

But for some reason it felt more significant than a mere contract. As much as I desperately wanted to hate her, I couldn't bring myself to. But I wouldn't necessarily say that I loved her, simply because I didn't think I was capable of that anymore. I felt parental obligation and love for Krish but that was way different than this.

I definitely felt something for Kyra, but I didn't know, what that feeling was called. Maybe with time I would learn it. Because I knew for a fact that if I was ever capable of it in a romantic sense and if I were to allegedly love any woman it would be her, Kyra Oberoi.

My relationship with her, may have started off as pure hatred towards her, then transitioned to a weird obsession with her and now it's transitioned to a whole new unknown feeling. But She was, is and will always remain MINE.

My initial plan had been to marry her, take the business and cast her aside. But now I can't even think or imagine of parting ways, because She belongs to me and always will. She is going to be My Wife - the soon to be Mrs. Kyra Oberoi Kapoor.

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