3. Apology!

Author's POV 

Mira's feet dangled in the air as he tightened his hold and she couldn't breathe. Her face turned red as she struggled and scratched his hand to set herself free.

"Damon!"

Yang came rushing towards them when he saw him choking her. 

"Leave her, she will die!"

He tried to pull him back. 

"Mira!"

Maya saw the scene when Yang's scream grabbed her attention and she rushed towards them. 

Damon frowned when he heard her name, his hold loosened and she fell on the ground with blurry vision and sore throat. She coughed her heart out and tried to suck in breath. 

"Mira"

Maya knelt beside her worried and rubbed her back.

Damon was still furious but he understood that she was the missing member of the house about whom Madhan didn't inform him. Mira, the youngest daughter of Pratap Thakur. 

"What were you doing you, Damon?"

Yang looked at him in disbelief.

"She is a woman!"

Damon closed his eyes trying to control his anger and Yang's jaw dropped when he saw handprints on Damon's cheek. It was red. 

Mira gritted her jaw in anger and her fist tightened. She got up in rage and grabbed Damon's collar. His eyes snapped towards her as her delicate, angry hands clutched his ego. 

Damon glared at her as her eyes threw fire at him.

"If you have the audacity to touch a stranger woman then you should also be ready for the reaction..."

She spat at him angrily. 

Damon thought the fire in her eyes would disappear after he choked her but instead it fuelled. He has never seen a girl who gets more angry when she is hurt, till now he has only seen women who were scared of his anger. 

She was definitely different from the women he has met. 

Her fists were still challenging and threatening on his collar as they glared at each other. 

"मीरा, उसे छोड़ दो... तुम्हें नहीं पता कि वह कौन है!" (Mira, leave him... You have no idea who he is!)

Maya pleaded while trying to pull her back.

"MIRA!"

Yashraaj growled angrily and his voice made Mira snap out of her bubble and step back from Damon in disguise. 

Maya closed her eyes knowing that now it's going to be difficult for everyone. 

The old man walked towards them in anger and glared at Mira. 

"What are you doing, is this a way to treat guests?... And why are you so close to a stranger man?"

He looked at Damon apologetically. 

Mira didn't look him in the eyes but she was boiling in anger. 

"He touched me!"

She replied while closing her eyes and trying to control her anger. 

He frowned at Damon.

"Mr. Damon?"

"It was an misunderstanding..."

Damon replied glaring at Mira.

"She was quick to make assumptions"

"Misunderstanding?"

She spat at him. 

"You ___"

"Mira, enough!"

She flinched when the old man yelled at her. 

"You and your stupid doings... Why don't you just___"

"Baba!"

Maya shook her head at him pleadingly. 

Mira looked down embarrassed and in anger. 

"Apologies to him, Mira. Now!"

He ordered. 

She looked at him in disbelief. 

"लेकिन उसने पहले मुझे छुआ!" (But he touched me first!)

"गलती तुम्हारी है, जिम्मेदारी तुम्हारी है कि तुम किसी आदमी के पास मत जाओ... वो नया है यहाँ" (Fault is yours, you should be careful that you don't go near any man... He is new here.)

He glared at her. 

"अब ये बात खत्म करो और उससे माफ़ी मांगो... अगर तुम्हारी वजह से ये deal बर्बाद हुई तो मुझसे बुरा कोई नहीं..." (Now, put an end to this and apologize to him... If this deal is ruined because of you then no one can save you from me...)

"मीरा, माफ़ी मांगो और चलो यहाँ से" (Mira, say sorry and let's go from here...)

Maya tried to make her understand. 

"I am sorry"

She glared at Damon who was smirking at her. She turned around furiously and her long hair slapped his face as she walked away.

"इस बदतमीज़ लड़की को संभालो, इससे पहले कि मैं संभालूँ" (Handle this rude girl, before I do)

The old man warned Maya, she nodded scared and walked away. 

He looked at Damon with a worried face.

"I am extremely sorry for whatever happened, Mr. Damon!"

Damon looked at firmly.

"I am tired, Mr. Thakur... Let's talk in the morning"

He stated and walked away.

Mira stormed towards her room and slammed the door shut. 

She grabbed the showpieces from the counter and threw it on the floor and shattered it into pieces. 

Damon was walking towards his room and heard it. 

He stopped and looked at the room in anger.

"Maa, Mira?"

Durga came out of her room when she heard a shattering sound and looked at Maya who was standing in the hallway. 

"Nothing, you just go to your room"

Maya dismissed her. 

Durga looked at Damon awkwardly and walked back to her room. 

Damon frowned at Maya as she looked worried. Maya looked at Damon and smiled awkwardly. 

He was about to leave but waited when he noticed that she wanted to say something and there was hesitation in her behaviour. 

She finally came towards him.

"Please don't cancel the deal because of this... It will land Mira in huge trouble and you can't even imagine it... She can lose her life..."

She pleaded and walked away before anyone could see her with Damon. 

Damon frowned, not understanding what she meant by it and went to his room. 

"Fuck!"

He checked his cheek and cursed when he saw handprints on it.

"Looks delicate but she is crazy."

He sighed and rubbed his head. She is the first woman who he has hurt. He just couldn't control his anger when she slapped him. 

The urge to hurt her back like she did was too strong. 

He was still boiling in anger even after trying to control it. She is probably the first one to slap him and get away with intact hands. 

"Death is too easy, Mira... You just wait for how I make your life hell..."

He gritted.

"Come in!"

He growled when someone knocked on the door. 

"Mr. Damon!"

Madhan entered.

"I just came to check on you... Dinner is ready, by the way!"

He was scared and it was clear. 

"You want me to eat after whatever happened?"

He glared at him. 

He flinched at his tone.

"I am sorry... We are extremely sorry for whatever happened..."

He apologized.

"Mira has temper issues and... It's just... She is like this, always!... We are sorry for whatever happened!"

Damon frowned.

"Who the fuck is this Mira?"

Madhan gulped.

"She is the youngest daughter of Pratap Thakur."

"And why the fuck you didn't tell me this when you were telling me about the family."

He gritted. 

"Because she is almost forgotten by the family."

He informed and Damon frowned. 

"I didn't even remember her when I was telling you about Thakurs"

"Come inside... I want to know everything about her..."

He ordered. 

Madhan entered inside. 

"There was a time when she was most loved by the family,  everyone was in awe of her and she was the princess of the Thakurs.."

Damon stood by the window and stared at the place where she slapped him. 

"Mr. Pratap gave her all freedom and she did whatever she wanted. No one ever stopped her but she fell in love with the man who was not up to the status of Thakurs... He was not poor either, he belonged to a good, well settled family but of course not as per the status of Thakurs... Everyone was against it, they didn't want her to marry that man but Mira was always stubborn. 

She was crazily in love with the man and she fought with everyone for him, even with her own father who loved her very much... Mr. Yashraaj, was completely against it but she didn't listen to him either... He even threatened her that he will not give her the share of his property but still she didn't listen... Mr. Pratap gave up in front of her and agreed to their marriage before Mira could do anything out of anger... She married the man of her love and was living happily but Thakurs were already hurt by her doings, everyone's favourite Mira lost her place in everyone's heart... Mr. Pratap used to stay sick all the time because of her concern and everyone blamed Mira for that... One day we got the news that Mira's house caught fire, she survived but the man she loved died in the fire... It was a shock to everyone, especially Mira... It was the same time when Mr. Pratap got into the accident..."

Damon kept staring at the place where he saw her for the first time. 

"She is a widow!"

He mumbled. 

"Yes, Mira is a widow now and I don't know if you are aware of it or not but widows are treated well in this family... And not to mention that Mira had already hurt everyone, she is not really in good books of the family... She had nowhere to go when her husband died, her in-laws refused to take her... So to protect their reputation, Thakurs brought her back to but as you know that they are orthodox so Mira had to live a life of widow with them... She can't wear colorful clothes, she can't participate in auspicious things, she can't participate in anything and there are many things... She has become alone and everyone in the family has almost forgotten her existence... 

Maybe that's what hurt her the most and she loses her temper every time. People around her try to control the smallest thing of her life, even the way she should laugh and it's very difficult for the girl to live like that who has been living like a princess her whole life... 

She is still young, Mr. Damon and she is already in pain so I request you to not go hard on her... If you cancel the deal then Mr. Yashraaj will get the reason to kill her... He is already very upset about whatever she did in the past, not to mention that he still blames her for her father's accident..."

"How old is she?"

He asked. 

"Twenty three!"

He answered. 

Damon closed eyes and shook his head.

"Let's go for dinner, Mr. Madhan... I am hungry!"

He smirked. 

Madhan frowned at him.

"You are not angry anymore?"

Damon turned around and smiled at him. 

"Have you seen a crying child?"

Madhan looked at him confused but nodded.

"What do you do when you want to stop him?"

Damon asked mischievously. 

"We give a toy?"

He answered confused. 

"Smart!"

Damon chuckled while walking out of the room. 

"Kid has found his toy to play and break!"

He smirked evilly.