CHAPTER 99

FLASHBACK CONTINUES

I stiffened in his arms the moment I heard his question.

Will I ever leave him?

Of course, this was a question whose answer I already had in my mind.

A year.

I'll leave after a year which now might have already been reduced to a few months.

But how can I tell him that?

So, instead of answering, t tried to change the subject.

"You...Why are you so...good at speaking Hindi?"

Even though what I wanted to ask was "why are you so good to me?".

He tightened his arms around me and answered.

"I'm not."

"Hmm?"

"I wanted to surprise you so I learned that sentence specially for that moment." He voice went low as he spoke the last few words.

I could almost feel his breath spraying on my earlobe.

"Ohh." I nodded in response.

"I thought you knew Hindu." Chuckling at my own assumption, I turned around.

"Tell me about you." I said to him, looking straight into his eyes.

I wanted to know more about him. Just know, he talked about his mother. I've never heard of her before so I am c