2 days later.......

Kyra

I immediately fled to London, I checked into The Hamilton.

Where, I subsequently spent the last 1 and a half day rotting in bed. The incident which occurred a few days ago left me malnourished, frightened and exhausted.

I was physically and emotionally drained.

I woke up for food, which I ordered through room service in the morning and nibbled on that throughout the day. I had no motivation to do anything. I was a barely functioning zombie.

In the span of few days, my entire world had shifted from it's axis. I missed the life I had a month ago. The one where I was very happy, comfortable, loved and stable. The one I thought was forever mine. The life, I thought no one could rip from me. But the cruel twists of fate, did me dirty. It gave me a slice of heaven and snatched it away, leaving me in the dark. Nothing would ever be as it was before.

The horrible truth of the past had caught up to me. So, I left. I planned to Rot away in this 5 star suite for the foreseeable future. I had no ambition or desire left in me. I felt like a hollow shell.

Suddenly that night, I woke up with a start. It was still dark out and I peered into my phone, it was 3:30 am. Why the fuck did I wake up, now?

Since, I was awake and I knew I couldn't fall back asleep, I decided to drag myself out of the room and have a drink. I left the light off and made my way to the in-suite bar, in the dark. My instincts made me look to my right, towards the living room area and I saw a silhouette of a man, sitting on the recliner.

My scream was at the base of my throat, ready to burst out. When the vaguely familiar silhouette reminded me of Reyansh and then I knew that it was him. No wonder I hadn't had a panic attack yet. My senses and my body knew it was him and that I was safe.

He turned the lamp on.

Reyansh

I felt like a creep, a predator, a stalker.

I sat in the lounger of Kyra's suite, while she slept in the main bedroom.

My initial plan was to wait till the morning and come meet her like a civilised human being at a reasonable hour. But, no, my baser instincts took over and here I was. Sitting in her suite at 2 am, in the dark with a glass of whiskey in my hand.

The moment I had realised that Kyra fled from Turkey, I wanted to chase after her and bring her back. But I restrained myself and dealt with the mess, I needed to make sure Krish was okay and wrap up my affairs before I met Kyra. Hoping that this would give her some buffer time, to regain control and make peace with the situation, before I would inevitably get her back.

I anticipated that she might hate and despise me. I expected her to be meeting a lawyer to file for divorce or maybe a hitman to put out a hit on me, for all the betrayal and harm she suffered. But that wasn't the case.

I landed here yesterday afternoon and attempted multiple ways of observing her. She was constantly holed up in her room, her food was delivered once a day and no housekeeping was allowed. I decided to give her, one more night before confronting her.

But here I was, waiting in the dark like a stalker. Trying to figure out, how I would convince her or beg her to forgive me and to give me another chance, although my anger was also a significant player in my emotional turmoil. How could she just walk away without giving me an explanation or without giving me a chance to explain and apologise? How could she just waste away and not take care of herself?

I heard a door creak open and out came a zombie looking Kyra, as she headed towards the bar.

In my current mindset, my anger was winning.

Kyra

The light from the lamp highlighted Reyansh in the most sinful of ways. But it also showed me his clenched jaw, his angry eyes, his hand clutching the whiskey glass in a tight grip. His overall persona radiated controlled power, there was something sexily predatory about it. My legs clenched involuntarily, maybe I had really lost my mind.

But why the fuck did he have to look so irresistibly handsome?, I was properly seeing him after a month and he looked more handsome than before. How???

I turned my back and started pouring myself a glass of whiskey, when I said, "What are you doing here Reyansh?, it's the middle of the night. I could have you arrested for breaking and entering."

Reyansh in his deep set voice said, "Do it, I dare you."

I sighed and said, "What do you want from me Reyansh, why are you here?"

He replied with barely concealed anger, "I want to know, why the fuck did 'My Wife' leave me without so much as an explanation?, Why did she not give me a chance to explain?, Why the hell does she look like a Zombie? A relationship is made up of two people, you have no right to break us up."

I whirled around and screamed, "I left so that you wouldn't kick me out, so that you wouldn't break my heart even more than it already is broken. I left because you couldn't possibly still care for me, after everything that happened. I left because, I love you dammit, I love you with all of heart and I know you don't."

Reyansh set his glass on the table, rose in one fluid motion and stalked towards me, he grabbed my upper arms and said, "You love me? I fucking love you. I need you more than I need my next breath. You are my light, my happiness, my love. But you walked away from me, because of some assumption that I don't love you. Why, Kyra, why?

I stood there stunned beyond my wildest dream. Reyansh loved me. But I was a realist, I know there was too much bad blood between our families in the past. I shrugged his hands of me and stepped away.

I said, "Reyansh you may think that you love me, but there is too much ugliness and resentment in our past. We're doomed, unfortunately our story was cursed even before it began. I can't do much except sincerely apologise for all the horrid behaviours, done by my so called family to your's. I am officially going to sign over, all the shares of the Oberoi Empire to you. It may not be much repentance, but it's a start. Though nothing will ever compensate for the injustices of the past."

Reyansh said, "What are you even talking about Kyra? The past mistakes are not your burden to bear, nor is it your responsibility to repent for them. We are not doomed, I will not allow it. I believe our love and it's positivity is much stronger than the negativity and the hate of the past. We get to shape our future, no one else is allowed to. Also, you will not transfer any shares to me. In fact you may not know it, but I currently own 50% of the Oberoi empire. I will be transferring all of that back to you."

I was perplexed at his insistence to give us another chance, I should be the one begging, not him.

I said, "You will do no such thing, the Empire is rightfully yours. My family stole it from yours. I know you planned to complete the circle of revenge by marrying me and taking the business from me. I want you to complete it, you deserve it after all your struggles and trauma. You and your family deserve peace and justice."

Reyansh stepped forward and said, "Kyra, I wanted revenge. But that was in the past. I don't anymore. The month I spent apart from you, made me realise how much I truly loved you and the day I heard you were kidnapped was the worst day of my existence. I didn't know if I'll ever be able to hold you in my arms again or be able to tell you that 'I love you'. The need for vengeance and hate just seeped out of my heart and all that was left, was my love for you. I'm sure, if my grandmother and parent's were alive, they would want me to let go of the past and focus on my bright future with you. They would want me to choose Love & Happiness over Hate & Anger."

I broke down, I was sobbing and I fell on my knees. Reyansh came rushing forward, he tightly wrapped me in his arms and I clung to him.

In between sobs, I said, "How will I face You and Krish?, after knowing the ugly truth, how do you not hate me? If the positions were reversed, I wouldn't be able to tolerate you."

Reyansh gently patted my head and said, "Krish and I, love you Kyra. Both of us know that it isn't your fault. I was wrong in my letter and my past intentions to seek revenge from you, for your family's mistake. Especially when Ryan attacked you because he hated me, I realised how unfair it was to target a loved one of the person you hate and to make them suffer for something that wasn't even their mistake. The past is not your fault. I apologise for making you my target. I apologise for the trauma and also for you getting kidnapped, because of me. I can understand if you hate me and want me to leave."

I quickly grabbed on to him even tighter then before and practically molded myself into him.

I said, "No, don't go. Please don't leave me. You need to cut yourself some slack, Reyansh. Your actions were justified, if I had gone through what you had, then I wouldn't even be sane or alive right now and you would have been dead a long time ago. Also, Ryan was a sociopath and his actions were not your fault."

Reyansh said into my hair, "Princess, you are becoming Morally grey in my presence. Also, don't make me out to be a Saint, because I'm not one. If your grandfather or even uncle were alive, I wouldn't have spared them. But, I won't punish the others for the mistakes of those two."

I didn't say anything to that. I just continued hugging him. He rubbed my back gently, I wasn't crying anymore.

I said eventually, "Let's make a new deal. You retain 50% of the Oberoi Empire and I keep 40% of Katech Inc. that I own due to the new division.

He said, "One correction, I will transfer 10% more of Katech Inc. to you. I want this to be a 50-50 partnership, in all aspects.

Reyansh then told me all about his grandfather and Adrian, and how they were so instrumental in me and Krish being saved. He promised his grandpa that we would all go meet him once. I was actually looking forward to that, I always got good grandfatherly vibes from Mr. Alexander. Who knew I was going to be related to the elusive Billionaire. I couldn't believe Reyansh was his grandson.

He then said, "Before I forget, I want to thank you for saving Krish's life, if you hadn't shot Ryan and injured him. I wouldn't have been able to kill him and Krish wouldn't be alive today."

Initially I said, seriously then jokingly, "You don't need to thank me, Krish is my brother as well. Also, you've been the hero way too many times, I wanted to be superwoman this time. Girl power and feminism, you know."

He laughed deeply and I snuggled into him.

Reyansh then broke the silence in a few minutes and said, "So, just to clarify. Did you leave me, because you thought that I would always hate and blame you for the past? And not because you were angry about my revenge, my anger and me being the reason you were kidnapped?"

I wiped my nose on his sleeve and got out of his embrace, looked up at him and said, "Yeah. I thought that was very clear."

He scrunched up his face and said, "Eww Princess, that is gross. Also, no, that wasn't clear, at all. You truly are.....unique."

I swatted him playfully and said, "That's mean, you made it sound like an insult of sorts. I prefer to refer to myself as 'limited edition' or 'one in a billion'."

Reyansh laughed and said with a smirk, "Sure, Princess."

I gave him the stink eye and got up, I adjusted my clothes, wiped my face and I started picking up my things from the living room, when Reyansh also got up and asked, "What are you doing?"

I said, "I'm packing my stuff, Don't you want to go back home? Isn't that the reason why you came here, to take me back with you? Also, I want to see how Krish is doing and our Kittens must also be missing us."

He stalked towards me and his gorgeous blue eyes were full of passion and desire now, he took the things from my hand and threw them on the floor. He said, "Everyone is fine. Don't be such a good little girl and worry about everyone and everything. There's a more important matter that we need to attend to. We have the rest of our lives to worry about mundane things."

He then picked me up and threw me over his shoulder.

I mock screamed and pretended to thrash around, he quickly put an arm around my legs and held me in place, I said playfully, "Where are you taking me? Your intentions don't seem pure and innocent, let me go."

He said with an indulgent laugh and I'm sure he had his signature smirk on his face, "Oh, be rest assured, Princess. My intentions are far from pure, in fact they border on extremely unholy and sinful. But I can guarantee that you'll enjoy every second of it. What do you say, shall we?"

I said sarcastically, "It's been long overdue, I never thought you'll make the first move. I figured you must be shy or nervous, you poor thing."

His demeanour changed and he let out a laugh, "Princess, you've poked the bear now. You are seriously going to regret saying that. I'll have to go the extra mile to prove you wrong, so brace yourself and don't tell me, that I didn't warn you."

Goosebumps covered my skin and butterflies were fluttering in my stomach. I was nervous, yet excited and I couldn't keep the giant smile off my face. Plus, I loved the view of his tight and juicy butt. Everything was great and amazing, too perfect. I couldn't wait to start afresh the rest off our lives, and there is no better way to start off, than with a long overdue celebration.

With me on his shoulder, he headed to the bar and picked up a bottle of Champagne, he then took us to the kitchen and he placed the Champagne bottle in an ice bucket from the fridge and he also removed a bowl of chocolate sauce and strawberries, which he placed in the ice bucket. He then carried the ice bucket and me, and started heading towards the bedroom.

I had no idea when he brought all these things, but I sure was looking forward to using them and our night ahead.

That night, two lovers merged as one and created a beautiful symphony. Their love proved that True love can withstand the trials and tribulations, of fate and time. They defied all odds and chose to be together and in doing so they found Happiness, Peace, Solace, Safety, Light and ever lasting Love in each other.