"Are you going to ask me to sleep on the couch or maybe on the floor after this?" I asked him and he looked at me from my head to toe as if I was standing in a two-piece swimsuit in front of him.

Please say no. I really love your fluffy bed more than anything.

"Actually yes. I don't have the habit of sharing my bed so you can happily take the couch." He shrugged casually making my eyes go wide.

Sam!!! What kind of son have you raised all these years?

I was cursing my mother-in-law for giving birth to such a mean son in my mind when I saw him walking towards me. My feet automatically started moving backwards and I gulped seeing his fixed stare on my lips.

Is he going to kiss me now? OMG he's going too fast.

I stopped moving when my back touched the wall and my breath hitched when he came closer by placing his palms against the wall on either side of my head. "Wha...what are...you doing?" I asked, sticking my body against the wall like a lizard.

"Breathe." He said more like reminding me and I released the breath I was holding till that. "Can you hear it?" He asked.

"What?" I tried to sound confident but it came out as a whisper.

"Lub dub..lub dub..lub dub. Can you hear it?" He asked huskily, coming closer to me until I could count his beautiful, long eyelashes. "Are you feeling restless now?" He asked again and I shook my head no. "Really?" He raised his eyebrow questioningly and I could see a smirk forming his lips.

Come on, Bani, stopped being restless. You should be confident in front of him. Pretend like the proximity is not affecting you.

"No, I'm not." I told him confidently.

"You shouldn't lie to a doctor, you know that right?"

"I...I'm not ly..." Words stuck in my throat and I gasped when his finger started tracing my face while his eyes were fixed on mine.

"You're not what?"

"I...not..I" I couldn't focus on my words as his finger started moving downwards while slowing tracing my eyes, nose and the corner of my lips. "I'm not lying!" I exclaimed loudly, pushing him away and ran into the washroom.

Oh God, if I stayed there any longer I'm sure my heart would have exploded due to the proximity. That cardiologist is definitely not safe for my poor heart.
I thought, patting my chest to calm myself when I heard him again. "Hey, come out. I don't mind if you take the bed. You don't have to sleep inside the washroom!" He shouted from outside and I could hear him chuckling at me.

I took a deep breath, washed my face and opened the door slowly before peeking out. I couldn't find him anywhere inside the room so I sneakily walked out of the washroom without making any noise.

Where did he go?

I looked for him in the walk-in closet, balcony and even under the bed but he was not there. I went to the door and was about to open it to go out when I gasped in horror, hearing his voice behind me. "Where are you going?" He asked.

I turned back to see him standing the near walk-in closet. "I just came into the closet and you were not there." I frowned but he just shrugged off and went to sit on the bed. "I knew you were not there just now. Did you hide inside the wardrobe?" I asked him accusingly and he looked up at me with a glare.

"Am I looking like a 5-year-old kid to hide inside the wardrobe?" He asked me back in the 'duh' tone of voice.

"But I just checked the.." He cut me off before I could continue.

"Come and sleep. It's going to be 11pm." He said, patting the bed beside him while casually getting inside the quilt.

"Are you guys going to share the same quilt?" I heard a voice and I immediately recognized the owner of it.

Devil!

I turned to see the shameless idiot sitting on the couch while grinning at me.

This idiot really doesn't have any manners. How could she just shamelessly enter into a couple's bedroom? OMG, what if she sees us doing some naughty stuff here?

"Oh come on, you and I both know that it's not going to happen anytime soon so don't worry I will never come here when you guys are doing the naughty stuff you mentioned." She rolled her eyes and I immediately regretted for speaking in my mind as the idiot could hear people's inner voice too.

I was about to reply her when I heard him calling me again. "Why are you staring at the couch? Have you decided to sleep on it?" I snapped my head towards his direction only to see him giving me a teasing smile. I immediately jumped on the bed and laid on my side pulling the quilt till my head as I heard him chuckle. Few seconds later, I slowly peeked out to see his back facing me and I looked at the couch searching for her but she was not there.

I wish I could have the superpowers like her and do whatever I want without being bothered about anything.

Being back to the reality, I gasped in fear as he switched off the lights unexpectedly. "Are you okay?" He turned on the lights again and asked me concernedly.

"Please don't switch off all the lights. I'm an insomniac and it's hard to stay asleep so sometimes I would walk around until I feel sleepy again."

He frowned while being in a deep thought and I waved my hand in front of his eyes to which he blinked his eyes before looking at me. "Since how long you're having this sleep disorder?" He asked me in his deep voice. I just shrugged at him, giving him an awkward smile and he immediately understood my unspoken answer. "Are you taking the sleeping pills everyday?" He asked again.

"Yes. Last week Sam took me to a new doc and he prescribed me the new pills."

"What happened when the last time you did not take the sleeping pills?" He asked me again and I sighed at him.

Why is he asking me too many questions? I thought he's a doctor but I never knew he does a policeman duty too.

"I wasn't able to sleep the whole night and I was tossing and turning all night."

"Did you take the pill today?" He asked again and I was about to roll my eyes at him but something struck me. I realised I forgot to take the pill.

"Oops, I forgot. Thank you so much for reminding me." I gave him a grateful smile and turned to pull the drawer where I kept my medicines when I felt him holding my wrist. I turned to him and he shook his head.

"Don't take it tonight. It is not advisable to take sleeping pills everyday. They have serious side effects too." He said and I pouted at him.

"I can't sleep if I don't take it. I slept only for 4 hours last night and the doc said I need to sleep at least 6 to 8 hours a day."

He shook his head again but this time he looked a bit more serious than before. "I said don't. Try to sleep tonight without taking the pill. I will help you with it."

"Oh, do you know how to make someone fall asleep? I thought cardiologist only knows how to treat the heart." I frowned when he narrowed his eyes at me.

"Girl, you're talking too much. I will switch off the lights and you're going to sleep now." He ordered me and switched off the lights making me gulp in fear. I felt him holding my hand and I immediately clutched his hand tightly. "Don't be afraid. I'm here with you." He patted my hand and helped me to lay down.

"Please at least switch on the dim light. The room is already in black colour and I'm afraid of darkness." I begged him while shivering in fear and he moved closer to me.

"I'm here with you so close your eyes and sleep. Trust me, you will fall asleep soon." He reassured, caressing my hair with the other hand as I was holding his hand tightly. I heaved a sigh and closed my eyes with a smile feeling the soft touch on my forehead.

***********

I squinted my eyes, feeling a bright light flashing on my face. I tried to move to the other side to escape from the brightness but someone held me on my place. "Hey, don't move you're going to fall down." I heard the voice and my eyes instantly flew open recognising the owner of the voice. I gasped seeing the sun rays peeking through the balcony of the room giving a life to the dark room. "Good morning." He wished me when I was looking around the room.

How long did I sleep? Usually it's either I fall asleep just when the sun rises or be awake before it but today I feel like I have slept for long hours.

I was back to the reality hearing him again. "Oye, why are you looking around as if this is the first time you are seeing this room?" He asked in a teasing tone and I turned to him. Only then I realised that he was already in his formals.

"What's the time now?" I asked and he showed his wristwatch to me. My eyes popped out of the socket when I saw the time showing 8:15am. I got up with a jerk and tried getting away from the sheets as my legs were stuck inside. He shook his head with a smile and helped me to take the sheets off me. "Did I really sleep for more than 8 hours last night?" I asked doubtfully.

What if he changed the time to fool me?

Giving him a doubtful look, I turned to see the wall clock expecting it to be either 6 or 6:30am but it was showing the same time again. "You did really sleep for more than 8 hours. See, you had a good sleep without taking the sleeping pills." He reminded me but I just stared at him as I was too shocked to react.

How on earth did I sleep for more than 8 hours without taking the pills? Omg, it's a miracle!! I have to inform this to Sam and Mother Grace immediately.

"From today onwards you are not going to take those sleeping pills again. I want you to sleep like how you did last night." He ordered me in a strict manner and I frowned at him.

Can't he just say this politely? Such a rude man.

"Girl, you are zoning out too much. Go and freshen up first. I'm leaving to the hospital now. Bye." Saying this, he immediately left after taking his belongings without even waiting for my response. I sighed and went to do my morning chores.

I decided to go downstairs after looking at the mirror for one last time to check if I was missing anything. I was walking past the living area to go to the dining room when I saw him standing near the main door with his phone. I smiled and walked faster towards him to bid him bye but stopped in my tracks gasping when he punched the wall furiously.

"Bro, what's wrong?" Roshan, who was about to enter inside after his gym time asked him but in return he just received a death glare from my husband making him gulp in fear."Bad timing, I guess." He gave him a sheepish smile and quickly ran away from my fierce husband who clenched his fists aggressively.

I quickly ran into the dining room to see Sam and Shreya feeding Rey his breakfast. "Sam, your son is angry." I told her and she looked at me with a cool expression.

"Who? Veeranshu?" She asked, rolling her eyes.

"Yes! Go and ask what happened to him." I told her but she narrowed her eyes at me.

"Why should I? He is your husband so you and go ask him what happened to him and what made him angry." She said casually making me groan at her.

I took a deep breath and looked at her pleadingly but being the uncooperative woman as always, she just turned away and started feeding her grandson again. "Sam, please go and talk to him. He punched the wall angrily and even clenched his fists when Roshan asked him what's wrong." I explained her worriedly only to receive a sigh from both of them.

"Bani, Veer is always like that. You don't worry, he will be alright soon. If we go in front of him when he's angry then he would surely bury us alive." Shreya said with her big eyes making me catch my breath in fear.

"Yes, don't bother about him. Come and have your breakfast first." It was Sam this time and I sat there reluctantly.

I hope he's fine.

***********

It was 8 in the evening when I was waiting for him to come back home. Sam said he would usually be late when he had to attend any surgeries so she asked me to have the dinner with them first but I refused as I wanted to wait for him.

I stayed in our room while reading a book when he came back with a stone face. I glanced at the time which showed 12:20am and waited for him to speak but he just walked into the washroom without even sparing a glance at me.

What's wrong with him? Is he angry with me? Did I do something that made him angry?

I snapped my head towards the door when I heard its opening sound. He came out with a towel wrapped around his waist and quickly entered into the walk-in closet without giving me a little more time to admire his half naked body.

Oh God! When did I turn into such a shameless girl?
I shook my head, clearing my dirty thoughts and tried to focus back on the book I was reading.

He came out wearing his sleepwear and I frowned when he walked to the bed ignoring my presence there as if I was not visible to his eyes. I cleared my throat but he just ignored me and started using his phone.

Did I really turn into an invisible person like that devil?

I frowned and cleared my throat again but received no reaction from him. I cleared my throat for the third time and yes!!! He raised his eyes to look at me. I gave him a polite smile but he shifted his eyes back to his phone screen making me lose my cool.

Such an arrogant and rude man! I've been waiting for him without having my dinner but he's not even acknowledging my presence here.

I threw the book I was holding on the table in front of me in a harsh manner producing a loud sound deliberately and laid down on the couch.

I'm not going to sleep on the same bed with that heartless man again.
I promised to myself and turned away from him. Within a few seconds I flinched when he switched off the lights.

No!!! I think I made a mistake by deciding to sleep alone like a brave girl.

I decided to keep my ego aside for that moment and slowly got up from the couch to find my way towards the bed. The room was so dark that I couldn't even find the path that led to the bed. I took small steps while moving my hands in the air to find the objects on my way when something hit my pinky toe. "Ouch!!" I groaned in pain while tears formed my eyes. I sat down holding my foot that was hurt and let the tears to finally flow down my eyes.

I was rubbing my pinky toe while wiping my tears when someone touched my shoulder. I jerked my head to look at the person only to realise that the lights were on and he was crouching beside me. "Are you okay?" He asked concernedly and I could see some sort of pain in his eyes but I was too angry to react for it so I glared at him, jerking off his hand that was on my shoulder. "Why are you walking in the dark? You should've asked me to turn on the lights." He said accusingly and I got up from there, wiping the fresh tears that was flowing down my eyes.

Don't cry, Bani! You should not show your weakness to him.

"Let me check your foot." Saying this, he crouched down again to touch my foot but I moved back and he raised his eyebrow at me.

"Thanks but no thanks. I don't need your help!" I snapped at him with a tight-lipped smile and turned to walk to the bed but he stopped me by holding my wrist. I turned back to meet his eyes that reflected a lot of pain and sorrow in them. My eyes immediately softened and I just stared at him to find out what was bothering him since morning but the next moment he averted his gaze away and left my wrist that he was holding.

Sighing in exasperation, I turned away from him but screamed the next second when my body flew in the air. He scooped me in his arms and I clutched his t-shirt tightly as he walked towards the bed without moving his eyes away from mine.

Another eyelock.

I felt my back touching the fluffy mattress and instantly frowned as it stopped me from feeling the warmth of his body against mine. He sat near my legs, pulling the drawer to take the ointment and I stopped him. "That's okay, it doesn't hurt anymore." I told him but he just ignored my words and started applying the ointment on my pinky toe gently.

"I'm sorry for hurting you." He apologised without looking at me and moved to his side of the bed. He turned to lay down but I stopped him by holding his hand.

"Can I hold your hand like last night?" I asked him with a hopeful look in my eyes and he nodded at me. I smiled, holding his hand closer to my heart and closed my eyes to have another peaceful night.

Hey sweethearts, I know this was a boring chapter so forgive me for that. I'm going to introduce two new characters in the next update so you guys have got to hold your horses till tomorrow 😉