Robert's POV " This man is just too much. He went to meet my sister and threatened her. " I clenched my fist and got up abruptly as I was getting too angry now. I had to leave the room as kids may come to have breakfast anytime now. "According to his petition, he wants to be with his children as their mother is not capable of taking care of them as she is not in the right frame of mind. Hence they should be living with their father as no one can take care of his kids better than him. Their uncle is a bachelor, always busy with his work and he has just hired a governess for them and left the kids with servants." He said. My blood had started to boil by now. " I will kill him sometime very soon. He is trying my patience. How dare he?? " " Calm down, Mr Taylor!! He is doing all this to instigate you. So that you get irritated and do something outrageous. He will use it against you and will prove that you are just an irresponsible bachelor. And as you have no experience and you are
Robert's POVI called the security agency and increased the security at my place. After some time, I went out and saw that the kids were there eating breakfast. Avni was in the dining room only. They hugged me and an instant smile came on my face. I had always loved them but now, I was getting even more attached to them. Avni asked me what happened, but I shook my head and went to my room. I was pacing in my room when Avni knocked on the door of my study. " Yes?? " I knew why was she here. " What happened?? " She was looking concerned. " Nothing. " I ignored her. " It didn't seem like nothing. You did not even finish your breakfast. " She came near and asked me. " I am not hungry. " I avoided looking at her. " You were tensed as hell after that call. You were talking about Mike. Right? Tell me what happened? Please! " She was getting tensed with each passing second. " Please, leave me alone. It is my problem. I will solve it. " I said turning my back towards her. She
Avni's POVHe had kept himself busy with something or the other since I went to talk to him in his room yesterday. He didn't even come out for lunch. Mrs Ghomes said that she served him to lunch in his room. But why was he behaving like that? I felt very bad for him but I could not marry him. It would create another problem. I was not even over the guilt that I married John. I should not have married him. I could not marry Robert and let him suffer forever. I didn't want to spoil his life too. He would never be happy with me. He does not deserve such a punishment for his life. I tried to keep myself busy with kids. I was concentrating on making them learning to speak Hindi. I have been introducing new words to them every day. I told them the meaning and how to use them. Bill was interested in learning languages so he learnt with enthusiasm. He was asking for more and more words of Hindi. He even maintained a pocket diary with basic words and how to pronounce them in Hindi.He ha
Avni's POVI went to the kids' room and after telling them bedtime stories and tucking them in bed, came back to my room.I could not contain my tears anymore and threw myself on my bed and cried to my heart's content. How could I tell him that it was not because of John? Even before John, men swarmed around me, but I never felt anything. It hadn't been all that difficult to avoid becoming involved with any of them. John was a friend... We never had that kind of relationship. When he proposed to me, I was shocked. I couldn't say no to him as he was a good friend of mine. In fact, he was my only friend. But that changed... Oh, God!! I didn't know, what happened... But he changed. I kept thinking about John and what happened and cried even more, till I slept. *** It was morning, and as usual, I went to the stables and gave an apple to each horse and rubbed their necks. I wanted to be away from Robert, and as It was Sunday and the kids had a leisurely morning, I didn't have to go
Avni's POVHe pulled me in his arms roughly grinding me against the hardness of his chest. I should have felt repulsion, I should have been cold in his arms, but to my surprise, I felt an uncoiling physical response in the pit of my stomach. To my shock, I felt some kind of current flowing in my body. I had never felt like that. He was looking angry and was holding me so roughly, and still,, I was not scared. This was strange... If anyone else would have held me like that, I would have panicked. I didn't understand... could not comprehend my reaction to his brutality. I should have hated it. But I was feeling something different. His face bent towards me and I turned my face as it seemed that he was going to kiss my lips as he was looking at them. His lips landed on my ear. I took in a deep breath. " Robert, please leave me... " She said pushing me on my chest. But her soft hands on my chest seemed to excite me more. " I don't want to... I want you... " I said to her looki
Avni's POV " Uncle! Aunt! Good morning. "" Good morning my little pumpkins. "" Uncle !! Please I don't like to be called a pumpkin. " Bill said pouting. " Me too... " Lara imitated her brother. " " Aww... Ok, a young man and my little doll?? " Robert asked." This is good. What do you call Aunt Avni?? " Lara asked." Hmmm ?? " He was confused. "Like you call me as my little doll... " Lara asked. " Avni only. "" No !! Give her a name, too. " She said. " Ok! How about Beautiful?? Angel??" He asked them but was looking at me. " Avni is fine. " I said. " No, Aunt Avni, it is so cool when Uncle calls us with different names. "" So Angel is fine?? " Robert asked Lara and she nodded. " Can we all go swimming today? Please!! " Lara asked. " Why not? It is a bright day. We can use it. So we will swim at about half past eleven. " He looked at me and I don't know why, but just that look sent shivers to my body. Mrs Ghomes served the breakfast. Though it was a bit too late to ha
Avni's POV Somewhere deep inside me, the pain grew and spread, crying out a silent denial. My whole body shuddered with reaction and shock. " Hey, are you all right?? " Mrs Ghomes asked me with concern. " Yeah, it's just the heat that made me feel dizzy that's all. " " Are you sure?? " she asked out of concern. " Yes, of course. Rest assured Mrs Ghomes, I am absolutely fine. " I nodded and smiled to assure her. " Aunt Avni, are you not going to join us?? " Bill called for me. " Yeah, I am coming in a moment. " I said feeling nervous. Mrs Ghomes excused herself and went in. I walked towards the pool, and I could feel a pair of eyes raking over my body, making me even more conscious. But I had to overcome that, so I took a quick dive, hoping the water would cover me from his heated gaze. But all in vain... The moment I straightened to stand in the pool and wiped my face, I saw that he was standing way too close to me. I panicked and took a hasty step back. I lost my balance, bu
Avni's POVDespite that tension between us, we all were enjoying our time in the pool. Just then, we saw a tall, beautiful, and sophisticated woman walk towards us. " Tina ?? What areyou doing here? " Robert asked her. " Hi, Robert!!! There are a few things that need your attention, and since you were not planning to come to Delhi, I thought of coming here. We need to finish working on that project. " She replied calmly. " That's very thoughtful of you, Tina. I am glad you came. Enjoy the good weather in Ranikhet while you help me in sorting things out. " He said politely. " Thanks, Robert... it is nice to see you enjoying yourself here with the lovely kids. I am really tempted to join all of you." She said with a wistful smile. " Well, you may, if you want. " Robert said with a casual smile. Her face lit up and she said, " Oh, great !! I will be back very soon. " She went in and came back in less than five minutes. I was shocked to see her swimsuit. It was a two-piece bikini
Robert's POV I was still trying to figure out when Aman called me. " Hey, man!! How are you?? Any developments regarding Avni ?? Did she get jealous?? " He asked me. " Aman, mike... " I was so tense at that time that I didn't know what to say. " Mike?? What happened?? " He asked. " Mike abducted kids and Avni today outside the school. Now he will try to negotiate with us regarding divorce settlement. " I told him. " What the hell ?? How?? " He asked and I told him. " Oh, I am coming... Don't worry, we will find them..." He said immediately. I also wanted mental strength right now. " Yeah come... " I said. ******" Tom!! Tell me everything... " Aman was also there and he asked Tom. " I got her call, and she said- Tom, there seems to be some kind of problem, I think; I just saw Mike in the school... " he said." And then I said- I am coming there in 10 minutes. Take care. Don't let him come near them. Don't worry, I am coming." He told us with a sad face. " That scoundre
Avni's POVLara was still upset she was crying for her mom. One of the men came into the room and offered food to us but she kept crying. Even Bill refused to eat the food he brought. The man said that it was all we were going to get. But Bill and Lara refused to eat it. Bill said that he wanted a pizza or burger with fries from his favorite outlet. The man shook his head and went out. By chance, the children were still carrying their bags on their backs. Mrs Ghomes had this habit of giving some extra help to children so that they could share and still have enough to eat. I opened their boxes, and there were sandwiches and cookies; I made them eat those. The man came back in about 3 hours to check on us and saw that the food he left there for us was still untouched. He tried to threaten him but Bill said he would rather remain hungry than eat that food. He called Mike and told him that the kids were not eating or drinking anything. Mike told him to get the food they wanted. The
Avni's POV Lara clung to me like anything, she was crying bitterly. " Take this girl with you too. We can't leave her behind. Now hurry up. And if she creates a problem, kill her, I don't care. I just want the children." He shouted at his men. I tried to resist when he made us sit in the car, but I had only two options: to be killed here and let the children go along with them or go with them. So I decided to go with them. I could not leave them alone with them. So, I kept holding the children and went away with them. Mike went his own way and the goons took us in another direction. I saw Tom coming from another side as I recognized the vehicle. But there was no way I could indicate to him that we were in this car as one of the goons was holding a knife against Bill's body. I turned to see the car, but Tom was too tense about reaching the school as soon as possible and looking for us that he would not have imagined that we were in that car. I wish he had come just a few minutes
58Avni's POV" Don't waste time... We are busy. He can't talk, whatever it is, manage it on your own. " She said. " Tell him Mike is here in school. " I said in desperation. But the stubborn woman didn't give up and disconnected the call. I wanted to slap her hard. But there was no point in wasting time. So I called Tom. " Hello? " Tom picked up the phone on the second ring. " Tom, there seems to be some kind of problem, I think, I just saw Mike in the school. " I said. " What?? Oh god !!! I am coming there in 10 minutes. Take care. Don't let him come near them. Don't worry, I am coming." He said hurriedly. Just then, I saw Mike coming towards us. I caught their hands and ran towards our car, making them sit in the car. But before I could lock it, Mike reached us. So I got panicked, and I started the car and drove home. I didn't want him anywhere near the children. But he was still following me now. And at one point he overtook me and stopped his car in a slating position. I
Robert's POVWe were working on my study as we really had a lot of work this week. But I had decided not to go away from the kids. But Tina said one of the companies was insisting that we should have a meeting with them. I told her my decision was that I would not go to Delhi or Mumbai. She talked to them and persuaded them to come to Ranikhet, but they said that they would prefer Nainital as they had a few meetings there. Since Nainital was very near to our Ranikhet, I agreed to meet them. We were supposed to meet them at around two in the afternoon. We were working on the deal. I wanted all the clauses of the deal to preserve youth. Before the meeting, they had already sent us their proposal, and I wanted to change a few of the clauses. We were still working when there was a knock on the door of my study. Tina went to see it and I saw Avni coming towards me. It was a pleasure to see her in front of me as I was missing her already. I saw her at breakfast time, but that was for a
Avni's POV" Please don't bother so much, Robert, what we are doing is very important. I think she is capable of doing that much on her own. Won't you, Ms Avni." Tina said. I got annoyed at her. Who gave her permission to interrupt our conversation?? She was really annoying. " Certainly, Ms Tina. Rest assured sir, I can manage that on my own. You don't need to come with me, please continue with your work. I didn't want to disturb you but yesterday you insisted that I must tell you before going anywhere, so I am here." I said politely though I was annoyed as hell. How can he marry someone so fake and rude? " Yes, I appreciate that you informed me. I could still accompany you in a few hours. " He said." No, I will be fine. As it is, Ms Tina has come here to work, all the way from New Delhi. It must be important... so please continue with your work. " I said and was going out of the study when Tina called my name. " Ms Avni, Please get us coffee. " She ordered me. " Ok!! "
Avni's POVI felt as if I was torn into two parts. One said that I must say yes and agree to help Robert. While another part was really scary and did not let me do it. I was not sure what I should do. We were still thinking about all this when the children came back, rushing to show their drawings to their uncle. He was so impressed with Bill and praised him a lot, but when he saw Lara's drawing, he got emotional too. He picked her up in his arms and held her against his chest. " I promise you, princess, Your mom will be back very soon with you and will not leave you alone. You will never have to miss her. " He said and placed a kiss on her forehead. It was time for supper and we all went towards the dining room. Just then Ms Tina also walked in to have dinner. She gave a seductive smile to him and he smiled back. Then she gave a very broad but fake smile to the kids, but they did not respond to her. She tried to start some conversation with the children but they just gave unfr
Robert's POVI wanted to spend some time with the kids so I went to meet them. But they were not in the room.I went looking for them and found them in the garden. Three of them were playing and enjoying themselves. I saw that Bill was blindfolded and was being teased by Avni and Lara. They were touching him and running away from him before he could catch any of them. Finally, he touched Avni. Bill removed the blindfold and tied it to Avni's eyes. Lara was jumping while clapping and Avni was laughing like a small girl. They were enjoying themselves so much that I could not control myself. Bill caught her hand and turned her once, and then whenever her back was towards them, they touched her. She kept trying to catch them, but they seemed to be experts in the game. I had reached them by now, and the kids saw me and were about to shout for me, but I put a finger on my lips, telling them to be quiet. Lara placed a hand on her mouth and laughed and Bill just smiled and nodded. They
Robert's POVI came back downstairs after talking to her. She said that she was not well. I spoilt everything... I should not have talked to her like that, the day before. She was concerned about me and, most of all, about kids. She has been avoiding me since then. It was not her fault if she did not feel the same way for me. I can persuade her to marry me but not pressure her. She had every right to make decisions about her life. But I was drunk... I was stressed out because of Mike and this case. I hope Samantha is doing well. I decided to call Aman to ask about her. I also wanted to talk to someone.I called him and he picked up the call. " Hello, Rob!!! How are you? " " Fine, how are you? What was Sam like, when you met her?? " " I am good, Sam is doing good. Though she was getting panicked, I made her understand that we would not let Mike have the children. I told her how worried you were about her and that you were taking very good care of the children. I also tried to m