The sound of waves splashing hit my ears as I woke up. I stretched her arms out and smiled. Last night had been the best night of my life. I still had to give Manik the news so I jumped out of bed, and quickly got into the shower. I knew Manik would be back from his morning run in a few minutes.

I dressed in a red figure hugging Herve Leger dress and blow dried my hair. I went to the kitchen and whipped up waffles, pancakes,aloo pratha and squeezed out some orange juice. I knew Manik liked to have eggs as well in the morning but I couldn't stand the smell right now.

I heard the door bang open and Manik walked in, out of breath but smiling widely. "Wow...If I knew I'd be coming home to this vision in red, I would have finished up my run earlier," he said, kissing me sweetly.

"Eww, Mani!" I exclaimed. "You're all sweaty. Go take a quick shower while I finish making the chocolate sauce". He mock-saluted me and left to take a shower. I knew Alia and Dhruv were coming over from Rio today, and I wanted to cook a celebratory dinner for them. We hadn't seen them since our joint wedding last month. We had an amazing wedding, with all the romance but none of the stress. It was amazing what eliminating guests from a wedding could do. We had absolutely nothing to worry about except seeing our respective beaus and saying 'I do' at the right moment. Navya and Cabir came, and brought a surprise guest with them. Abhimanyu Thhakar, Manik's tech guy knew about their arrangement, and was a welcome addition to the party with his sunny disposition and sweet nature.He came his girlfriend Mukti.

I was snapped out of my thoughts and brought back to reality when Manik came back from his shower wearing a loose pair of jeans and a grey t-shirt. I loved the way his eyes stood out in his outfit, and couldn't believe I had ever thought they looked like cold, hard shards of ice.

He wrapped his arms around me in a ruse to get to the chocolate I was stirring in my beloved copper pan. "Mani, don't even think about trying that sauce before it's done."

He pouted at me and I grinned back while pouring the sauce over his plate of waffles. I sprinkled some strawberries and icing sugar on top and handed it to him. "So let me get this straight. The sauce wasn't done until u put strawberries and sugar on it?"

I smiled at him and gave him a look that said, "Duhhhh!"

He rolled his eyes but smiled and dug into his waffles.

"So Mani, I was thinking about something today. You know how we thought we were going to convert the third guestroom into a library?"

"Yeah...what about it?" he asked, swallowing another huge bite of waffle while there was still steam coming out of it.

"I was thinking maybe we could use it for a better purpose, like a nursery." I looked up to see his reaction. It was rather comical actually, and I wished I had a camera with me to capture the moment. His eyes were wide, and his mouth was open with the fork poised mid-way to his mouth. I waved a hand in front of his face and called out his name.

The fork clattered onto the plate and he stood up abruptly and came to stand beside me faster than I could imagine possible. "Nandu, are you saying what I think you're saying?" he choked out.

I couldn't contain my excitement any longer. "Yes!" I squeaked out, and handed him the pregnancy test that I took last night. I took 7 other ones just to confirm it but I only kept the 1st one. He grinned at the two blue lines and lifted me up into the air.

"We're having a baby!" he screamed out. I laughed along with him as he twirled me around and hugged me to his chest. "I can't believe it! I'm gonna be a dad!"

I laughed at his reaction and said, "Yes you are! And I'm gonna be a mom! And oooh! Alia is going to be so excited too when she finds out."

"I don't care about how excited Alia is gonna be! I'm gonna be a dad! Wooohooo!" he kissed me tenderly and we began making plans for the baby. A doctor would have to be called in of course, and we needed to get baby stuff. Alia and Dhruv came at around dusk, along with Navya and Cabir. We told them the good news and they were excited as anything for us.

That night, as I lay in Manik's arms, I started thinking about how we had gone from a captor and hostage to a happily married couple with a baby on the way. I smiled at the way life worked sometimes. I thought about Dad, and how hopefully in a few years I could talk to him and tell him I was still alive...let him get to know his grandchildren. There were rumours going around that he was retiring soon, and I was happy about that.

Manik and I had the baby in a hospital in Rio. It was a girl, and we named her Amyra. She was beautiful and had Manik's eyes and my hair. We knew he was going to be a beauty and Manik would have to fend off the boys by threatening them with his old Glock.

Alia and Dhruv had three kids; two girls and a boy. They lived in Rio and came to visit us every weekend.

Cabir and Navya finally had a son after one painful miscarriages and many fertility treatments. They used to live in Hawaii but moved to stay with us.

So guys this is the ending of my first mafia story I hope u liked it 😘😘😘