Chapter 38

It was Antonio's sixtieth birthday when he returned from Thailand. And Ruhi took up the ginormous task of hosting a party at the mansion.

"Are you really sure about this?" Rafael had asked her a few days back when she jumped at the idea of throwing a party at a short notice. 

The housekeeper was down with flu for almost a week, and Rafael and his dad were about to cancel the party plan.

"I am. My dad will be visiting me from Virginia too. It's perfect timing to celebrate." She said excitedly, ignoring Rafael's doubts about when she called his dad a cold-blooded murderer the day she found out about her sister's father-in-law's death.

She was uncomfortable around his dad, and it didn't go unnoticed by him. He didn't understand why she would want to celebrate his dad's birthday when deep down she had such negative feelings about him.

"It's his big day, and we are all he's got," she told him nonchalantly when he asked.

He had not made peace