"Who would want to listen to my conversations?" Ruhi repeated it a second time, now more to herself, wondering if that unknown infiltrator heard her talk to Lisa about her pregnancy.
There were many nights she spent wide awake, yearning for the feel of Rafael's body next to her. The thought of someone hearing on her private times when she imagined him touching her while she moaned his name, made her feel embarrassed and pissed at the same time.
The chief security officer was in the room within minutes and took care of the bug while talking to someone on the phone. More men arrived with devices that could detect radio frequencies.
"How long has this plant been here?" Rafael caressed Ruhi's cheek and placed his hands on her shoulders to calm her down.
"It's been a while. It was there when we had sex for the first time."
"Same pot?"
"Yes. I was decorating your dad's living room for over two days before I s
"I think she's currently either working alone or with her mother-in-law, but she's not innocent as your parents think. Her husband is harmless and incompetent. And yet, their business is flourishing even when they suffered a major setback following her father-in-law's death.""You think she was behind this bug thing and stealing documents?""I think so.She must have found out from your mom that you were looking to hire a new cook. Her father-in-law wanted to take my son and heir away. He had tried to harm Anna too. Adira learned the ropes from him and runs the business just like him. She's greedy and ambitious. And after her cunning mentor got murdered, she turned to Lucas de Mello."Ruhi gasped, "So she wanted Rafael dead whenwe were at the beach?""The attack at the beach was to get you killed. Lucas de Mello and Adira, both wanted you dead. I think she still does."Antonio's words were hard to digest for Ruhi. Her sister was nasty an
"Oh, no! What are you doing?" Ruhi reached for Rafael's phone to stop him from calling the doctor."It's just the stench in here. I'll be fine if we go back up and get some fresh air." She looked atRafael and Antonio who both had one eyebrow raised in suspicion about her tense behavior."Is everything all right with you, Ruhi?" Antonio asked her softly."Of-of course! Why would you think it's not? I-I'm just not, you know, not used to all this. That man's lip is cut so badly I can't not have my stomach turn.""Are you done with your course of medication?" Antonio asked her."Medication for what?" Rafael asked his dad."Ruhi was clinically diagnosed with anxiety before getting discharged from the hospital. The doctor told her parents it was because of the trauma from what happened at the beach. Her dad told me to keep an eye on her for this kind of erratic stuttering and shaky hands.""I'm completely fine." She showed them her st
Oreo came out running to her from the kitchen door, thinking she was going to take him out for a walk as she did on days when she wasn't at work. "Oreo! My cutie pie. I'll miss you a LOT! Come to FaceTime when grandma talks to me, okay?" He woofed and scampered around her car and ran back to her with another woof. "Good boy! Say bye to that lazy bum brother of yours too. He must also be sulking like Rafael." More people appeared to emerge out from the sky when she was about to open her car door. "Who are all these people?" Ruhi asked Antonio when she saw almosthalf a dozen women. "Two maids, one gardener, a cook, and a housekeeper to overlook the rest and to go get groceries." "I think only one person can do that all, dad. My place is really small, and I'd like to do my own cooking and gardening." "They won't be in your way. They all have a place there. One of the two maids will only show up
Rafael stuck to his word and didn't ask her again about coming back. He texted her only once the next day to ask if she was doing okay. She waited until midnight to see if he would call her.'What was I even expecting? He would rather die than call me. Maybe I should call andsee if he's awake and thinking about me.'She checked her phone for the hundredth time and finally wrote a text. But she stopped before hitting send. She thought it would look desperate if he wasn't actually thinking about her. If he already went to bed and she was the only one tossing and turning, sending textsat 12.30 AM, it would be terrible.'I'd also rather die than call or text him. Why can't I sleep if he can?' She put her phone away and closed her eyes forcefully.Hearing a beep, she jumped out of her bed to reach for the phone at lightning speed, hoping it wasn't one of her cousins from India. It wasn't. It was from Rafael just as she prayed. The air of loneliness
He couldn'tstop kissing her and was amazed at how her body responded to his touch. She melted into his arms, and when his hands reached under her shirt,he could feel her breasts swelling in anticipation of his caressing mouth. Her nipples were so sensitive to his touch, he turned hardwhile feeling them between his fingers.She pulled at his tie, struggling to undo it because his hands weren't letting her focus. Hehelped her loosen the knot and slipped his hand down below her belly as she started unbuttoning his shirt.The moment she rubbed his boner over his pants, he picked her up and carried her to the bedroom. Restraining her hands with his, he led a trail of kissesdown to her thighs and pressedthe tip of his tongue against her nub from over her moist panties.Pleasure flooded her veins instantly, and her moans made him stop licking her and pull her panties down and out of the way before resuming thewicked
"Why is he like this, dad? I thought we were doing fine... we were doing fantastic actually. I was waiting for him to ask me to move back to the mansion. Then why... why would he go look for his Kimmienow?" "That's not the case, Ruhi. He didn't go around looking for her today. He has been looking for her for years. Today happens to be the day the men we hired found her." "Does he... he---" Ruhi started sobbing. "They found her with the kid, didn't they? So now Rafael doesn't want me anymore." "She was a few weekspregnant when she ran away, so yes, they found her with the kid. We weren't sure she would keep the baby, but she did.But that doesn't and shouldn't change things between you and Rafael." Ruhi dropped the car keys on the ground and left the door open absent mindedly. "I guess he doesn't want to see me anymore. So he just decided to ignore my texts and calls. How is that fair to me?" "Stop using this 
"So when was the last visit?""Tuesday," Harry replied as he started his car to follow Ruhi and the others.'Oh shit!' Rafael realized she wanted him to go with her to the gynecologist's office when she asked him to free his 3 PM on Friday. 'For a surprise.'A rush of excitement surged through him instantly. Running to the elevator and pushing three employees out of there, he used the master key to go straight to the basement leading to his private garage and was out on the road in a few minutes. It was already 2.40 PM and Ruhi chose a gynecologist quite far from his downtown office.By the time he veered through the heavy, bumper to bumper traffic and got out of the city center, it was 3 PM. For the first time, he felt his fastest car wasn't fast enough.Pulling into the parking lot ten minutes later, hecalled Ruhi.'She must bewith the doctor.' He dropped the idea of calling Harry and dashedthrough the buildi
"Ruhi, your mom's been calling you while we were asleep." Rafael checked the time and woke her up. He couldn't believe he fell asleep in the middle of a busy Friday afternoon without notifying his PA.With half-opened eyes, Ruhireached for her phone and switched it off."Your mommust be worried. Don't ignore her calls. Didshe already know you were going for the checkup today?"Ruhi didn't care to answer him. She wasn't prepared to relay the bad news to her mom and cry some more.Rafael knew he would do anything to have his mom call him, even if only for thirty seconds. He didn't have her around for long enough to take her existence for granted. A tight feeling grew in his chest as he watchedRuhi turn her face away and look out of the window at the setting sun.It wasn't too long ago when she was in his room wearing this same whiteshirt, giggling and wrestling with him when he got mad at her for sleeping in his room. Th