Chapter 3

Adwitiya stepped inside his bedroom and found it in a total mess—rose petals, broken candles, and bedsheets on the ground, with broken glass on one side.

"It's been like 30 minutes since I told you to clean my room, and you haven't even started. My friends are coming in a few minutes." She yelled at the maid who was sick but still went to work.

"Sorry Adwi..tiya ma'am, I will clean it now, just give me a few minutes," the sick maid meekly said.

"I told you to clean it 30 minutes ago. What were you doing at that time?" She yelled again, getting annoyed at the maid, "I was working only, mam." The maid answered.

"No, you weren't working, you were resting in the kitchen. I saw it." Though she was sitting there, it was just for 5 minutes as she was sick and taking a little break.

"You want to rest, huh?" Then leave this job and take a rest in your house." The maid slumped down in front of her and held her leg, begging her not to throw her out.

Flashback end.

She thought, then sighed out loud, "Karma is indeed a bitch." She picked up the broom and started cleaning his room properly. This was the first time she had been doing something she wasn't used to, but she had to.

When she tried to pick up the broken glass, it pierced her finger, which made her cry in pain. "Ouchh." Her eyes widened when it started bleeding. Her whole body started shaking. Something flashed in front of her eyes, and she started hallucinating blood. She could see blood all over.

Shutting her eyes tightly, she curled herself like a ball. "No, no, no," she muttered, sweating profusely.

Adhyansh walked inside his bedroom and was shocked to see her state; she was shivering and curling herself. "OK, Adwitiya, now stop your acting and complete your work; you have to make lunch for me, too." She didn't respond and murmured something to herself.

"Adwitiya," He shook her shoulder, leaning in front of her. "Adwitiya, stop it now!" He yelled, making her more scared. "The..re is blood..blood ever..there it's red all red." She muttered and looked up, staring at him.

"It wasn't a drama; she is getting some attacks." He thought. "Sssh, calm down," he softly said, caressing her head.

"You are hallucinating." Adwitiya, open your eyes and see there isn't even a drop of blood. He wiped the few drops of blood that were there on the floor.

"On my finger and on the floor there was a lot of blood," she said, still shaking in fear. "Sssh, calm down. It was just your hallucinations." He pulled her in his arms, distracting her as there was a little drop of blood on her finger.

"Everything is fine," he whispered.



(Just giving a little gyaan. To all those who have hemophobia (fear of blood), aren't scared of period blood.

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"You okay? "I got to know you suffered from some attacks." Adwitiya turned to find Tripti walking inside the kitchen.

"You're okay after knowing that I had sex with your husband the previous night," Adwitiya snapped back, making her amused.

"Well, if he is happy fucking you, then I am happy after all his happiness matters to me," Tripti said, trying to control her laugh by seeing Adwitiya's face.

"Girl, you need treatment." Tripti laughed at her words. "Tripti, what are you doing here?" Adhyansh walked in.

"Nothing, man, just trying to have some conversation with your new wife." Tripti chuckled, and Adwitiya huffed.

"And I am not interested in talking with a psycho--" Her sentence was cut short by Adhyansh's roar, "Adwitiya, mind your tongue."

"Sorry, sir," she uttered, and continued washing the dishes.

"It feels so good to see you working like this, Adwitiya." He patted her head while she cursed him under her breath.

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"No, I don't like it, and I don't want to have it," she said, seeing the tortilla, potatoes, curry, and rice. "You have to have this only, Adwitiya," he said while feeding his little munchkins.

"I forced myself to have the same thing for lunch, but now I won't have it." She yelled while the little twins made faces hearing her shout.

"Now you both go to bed with Mamma, okay?" Adhyansh softly said to them, and they nodded and went to their bedroom after kissing his cheeks.

"Bhikari toh ho nahi aap?" "You earned enough after all. You got the CEO's position in my dad's face, and you are making me eat this." He chuckled at her words.

"If you want to have it, then have it; otherwise, go and sleep, and yes, black coffee at 7.30 in the morning on my bed." After ordering, he went upstairs to his bedroom.

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"Dad, change this mattress; it's not at all soft." She whined, pouting. "I want a new one. This is not at all comfortable." She further added:

"Anything for you, princess." Jaiyush lovingly kissed her forehead and dialed a number, ordering a new mattress for his princess.

Adwitiya sighed and drank the water, then laid down on the tiled floor of the kitchen without any pillow or duvet. It was uncomfortable to sleep like that, and she was also getting scared as it was dark all around.

She tossed and turned, not getting any sleep, and after 2 hours, her stomach growled in hunger.

"Dad, I want biryani in 5 minutes. I am so hungry," she said hastily. "Just a few more minutes, baby, and I will make it," Jaiyush said and continued.

"Now, now, now." She said she was not able to control her hunger: "It's here, Baccha, it's here, come on, I'll feed you with my hands." Jaiyush said, serving her.

It was only a day, and she was missing her dad so much that after wiping the drop of tear that rolled down from her cheeks, she got up and took out the tortillas and potato curry from the refrigerator and started having them quickly without even heating them as she was so hungry.

Adhyansh looked at her hiding behind the kitchen door and smiled, but his smile changed to a scowl when he saw her walking out of the kitchen and making her way toward the telephone. The little kitten was indeed dangerous; that's what he thought.

Adwitiya didn't notice Adhyansh hiding there and grabbed the telephone, dialing her dad's number. "You are such a dangerous kitten." He snatched the phone from her hand, and she moved back, seeing the Devil in Disguise.

"You deserve punishment." He held her hand and dragged her to the guest room, closing the door behind her.

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