I can do anything in this world if it means keeping you safe in my arms.

-Randhir

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He followed her eyes fearfully looking at him. He sighed removing his belt properly as she started moving away.

"I am not a monster to do something like that. You already think too low about me and I don't blame you for that. It's my fault", he said making her look in his eyes with fear as he caught her hands and tied them with his belt making her frown. Then tying her legs with his tie.

"Why are you doing this to me? I didn't do anything wrong to you", she said as tears escaped her eyes not understanding why she was getting this much tortured.

He smiled caressing her cheek before wiping her tears.

"You never did any wrong. The only thing you did wrong was catching the eyes of a demon and then getting married to him", he told her caressing her wet cheek.

"Papa would not forgive you", she told him which made him smirk.

"You remember Maya, I used to tell you that power is very important for an individual. Your father must be a strong-willed man but he knows he is no better than me. And after knowing the reason why I did this, he can imagine the worse things which could've happened to you if I didn't push you away from me", Randhir spoke making her sniff.

"I don't deserve this", she cried struggling under the bondage.

"You pushed me to do this. You think I like my lioness like this", he asked making her cry.

"You are breaking me more. You are forcing me to hate you more than I already do", she told him as he nodded his head.

"I am okay with that. You already hate me now more or less doesn't matter to me. You are not getting rid of me not in this birth at least", he told her having passion and obsession evident in his eyes.

"Please let me go", she pleaded for the last time with teary eyes.

"I can't stay like this. It seems difficult to even breathe for me like this", she spoke looking around which was filled with their marriage, engagement, and couple pictures.

"Sleep, Maya, I have works to complete. Then you have all my time", he told her covering her with the blanket making her lie on the bed as she looked at him with pleading eyes. He kissed her forehead making her sob softly. 

"No more crying now, Maya", he said sternly making her gulp.

He wiped her tears again before walking to the door closing it softly.

She stared at the pictures in the room. They looked so happy in every picture. What had happened to them? He was forcing her to stay with him while she was looking for an escape. She cried when her eyes fall on their marriage picture where he was helping her walk down the stage holding her hand in a protective grip.

What had happened to them?

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He came back only to find her sleeping. Her face was all red with her continuous crying. He sighed sitting beside her caressing her cheeks as she snuggled more in the warmth of his touch. A small sad smile came upon his lips. She was always so cuddly while sleeping. 

His eyes fall on the marks on her wrist because of the belt. He felt pained seeing the marks on her wrist.

He removed the bondages around her making her let out a breath. He sighed before lying beside her and taking her in his arms feeling her warmth after so long. He doesn't remember the last time when he slept this peacefully since the time she left. 

His hold unknowingly tightens around her making her feel safe.

He felt lonely when he woke up. He frowned opening his eyes looking around to find him lonely on the bed. He pushed his hair back taking a deep breath walking out of the room. 

How could she possibly leave like this? He couldn't be in this deep sleep. But maybe he was because he couldn't sleep properly since the time she left and the moment he came to know she was pregnant, the two or three-hour sleep he was getting also stopped.

He walked downstairs without caring about his bare upper body in the cold weather. He was more worried and furious about his wife. 

"Kimaya", he called loudly again.

"Speak", he heard her from the kitchen. He frowned before walking to the kitchen to find her sitting on the cabinet having chocolate ice cream licking the spoon.

"What are you doing here?", he asked as she looked up at him before looking at her bowl with a boring look.

"I thought you were just dumb enough to not hear my cries to let me go but now you are blind as well", she said licking her chocolate-covered spoon.

"Why are you eating ice cream in this cold weather?", he asked her taking the bowl from her making her glare at him before snatching the bowl from him.

"It's your child, not me", she told him which made him raise his eyebrow.

"Child? Really? You didn't have any cravings till yesterday but now you suddenly started getting cravings now that you know you are pregnant", he asked in a sarcastic way.

"What makes you think I wasn't having any cravings yesterday?", she asked him successfully silencing him.

"I ate two boxes of tamarind three days ago which mama brought in one night only", she informed him making him gape at her face.

"Two boxes?", he asked but she didn't answer it.

"Do you want to have something else?", he asked as she looked at him from top to bottom.

"I don't want to have anything prepared by the man who torture and slap me", she told him making him take a deep breath.

"Are you done? I already said sorry and you know very well I never say sorry to anybody. I was just too caught up with my anger and I am going to take care of that from now on", he told her but she didn't say anything.

"You don't know how to cook", she stated after a few moments making him smile sadly.

"The distance from you taught me a lot of things", he told her reaching to the refrigerator to get the ingredients.

"Liar", Kimaya whispered but he heard her. He shook his head at her lack of trust.

"I couldn't sleep properly at night. I couldn't eat properly without you. So I thought to do something productive instead of lying in bed. I learned cooking", he told her making her look at him before looking away. She was not melting with these things.

"Who will teach you cooking?", she mumbled keeping the empty bowl aside.

"Books. Love", he stated picking up the empty bowl before dipping his head licking the ice cream from the corner of her lips making her gasp. 

"Behave", she shouted at him wiping her lips with the back of her hand.

"I never said I am a good boy who would behave. For that matters, I am not a boy", he said shrugging his shoulders.

"Yeah you don't even have the right to call yourself a man after what you did to me", she told him angrily making his eyes dark as he caged her in between his arms. She leaned back trying to maintain distance seeing the sudden darkness in his hazel eyes.

"Our baby growing inside you is the living proof of me being a man", he told her biting her neck lightly making her shout in pain.

"Silence, Maya. I don't want the guards to have a wrong idea of what we are doing. We are not in our room remember?", he asked making her gulp as he took a few steps away from her.

"You don't have any shame, right? After everything you've done to me, you are acting as nothing has happened between us", she asked him angrily.

"Every couple does have fights, Maya", he spoke as if nothing happened between them. 

"Right, and then the husband pushes his wife out of the house for a stupid drama", Kimaya spoke as he placed the plate of burger in front of her. She picked it up immediately taking a bite of it moaning immediately. She never thought he could cook.

"You can take the recipe from me", he said smirking at her making her glare at him eating her food silently.

"I really thought you ran away", he told her making her scoff.

"I am not somebody who would run from situations. I would trouble you so much that you would drop me at my place yourself and also I the security is too tight. I couldn't even look outside without them knowing", she said the last part in a whisper which he heard easily. His smirk deepened hearing her words.

"You should sleep now", he told her wiping her face with his handkerchief.

"Wait for a second Mr. You have a problem with me having ice cream in winters but you will roam around naked. Is this anywhere fair?", she asked him suddenly realizing him being bare.

"I am stronger than you. And remember I do the gym. These things don't affect me but it surely troubles you", he told her making her shake her head. She walked upstairs with him following closely behind. She put a pillow in between them before lying on her side ready for her sleep.

He didn't say anything about the pillow as he waited for her to fall asleep before taking her in his arms.

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"Bhabhi", she heard a squeal making her look away from her magazine. Her eyes went to the door as Aarush came inside running with a bright smile. Before she can pick him up, Randhir took him in his arms.

"Bhai, leave me. You are bad. I want to go to Bhabhi", Aarush said struggling in his arms.

"No Aaru, Baby. Bhabhi is not going to take you in her arms", Reema said smiling at Kimaya who herself was puzzled why they were not letting her take him.

"Why?", Aarush questioned with a pout making Kimaya pout as well.

"Because she can't pick up heavy things or kids", Randhir said making Kimaya glare at him.

"Yes Baby, Bhabhi is going to give you a little baby to play so she should take a rest", Reema said making Kimaya gape. It is taking her time to register the fact that she is having a baby inside her.

"Baby?", Aarush asked looking at Kimaya who looked deep in her thoughts.

"Yes, Baby", Reema confirmed.

"Can I hug her at least", Aarush spoke opening his arms as Kimaya smiled at him before hugging him. He was still in Randhir's arms so hugging him meant moving closer to Randhir. He loved the proximity staring at her with mischievous eyes.

Aarush kissed her cheek pulling away.

"I missed you, Bhabhi. I promise I didn't speak to Bhai when he behaved like that with you", Aarush said crossing his fingers. Kimaya looked at Randhir who was silent all along.

"We are happy everything is fine between you two now", Reema said caressing Kimaya's cheek.

"Nothing is fine between us. I am just here because he is not letting me leave but I can assure you it's not permanent", Kimaya spoke as Aarush jumped down holding her hands taking her to the couch to tell him what he did in the month without her.

"She is not going to let go of everything easily", Shantanu spoke as Randhir continued looking at her.

"Whatever love you had for her is nothing but lust for her and I don't blame her for that. You are the reason behind her feeling this", Reema said but Randhir didn't answer anything as Kimaya smiled at her little brother-in-law who was animatedly telling her stories.

"I will do every single thing possible to make her believe in my love once again. If it means to learn to portray my feelings, I would learn that too. Whatever I felt for her was no lust but love. I agree whatever happened she is having all the rights to not trust me and she is right as well. As long as she is with me, I can do anything but the moment she leaves I am nothing", he thought looking at her beautiful smile. 

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Kimaya is not one to give up this easily. She knows when to attack and when to act weak.

Whatever happened between her and Randhir, she is now more vocal about her thoughts. She would not play games now. She would do everything by warning him already.

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