CHAPTER 55
Prakram turns and goes back to his plane's room, where Avishka and Aashi are sleeping soundly in each other's arms. He was not getting much sleep today, so he was not able to sleep properly, even though he tried very hard to sleep. The most significant issue was that Avishka's proximity to him triggered an unusual restlessness in him. As a result, he stood up and exited the room, repeatedly glancing back at her, while simultaneously yearning to touch her, as if he were trying to enclose her in his arms.
He is trying to focus on work but has failed. He tries to look outside to distract himself, but his steps automatically turn towards the room again, and he wants to sit there again and watch these two quietly. He opens the door very slowly, comes very silently just to look at her fondly, and while he keeps looking at her, he sits there. He fixes his gaze on Avishka, who is peacefully sleeping with Aashi in her arms. There is a very relaxing expression on her face.
After coming on the plane last night, Aashi did not feel like sleeping at all. Sometimes, it can be challenging to persuade a child to follow through on anything. He has always taken great care of everything about Aashi, especially her sleep and food, because he has read very well in books that good sleep and food help children a lot in their development. He never stops Aashi from playing, due to which even when she gets very tired, she sleeps comfortably, and ever since Avishka has taken care of Aashi, she also tries her best to ensure that Aashi eats well, plays as much as she wants, and gets enough sleep. Because of the long journey, she is enjoying everything and keeps playing. She continued to play until late at night, and despite numerous attempts to lull her to sleep, she was unable to do so. As a result, they were only able to sleep together in the morning. The truth is that Avishka had taken Aashi in her arms, made her sit very close to her, and continuously told her stories. After this, she fell asleep, and for the first time in many days, they slept together. He did not sleep with Avishka and Aashi in his arms, which resulted in him being unable to sleep at all.
Prakram is well aware that Avishka has become more comfortable around him. However, he has begun to feel too comfortable around her, and he wants to keep Avishka close to him. This has led to a peculiar situation in his life. He feels himself in turmoil, as if he is very upset with this situation. He wants to get closer to her with every passing moment, but she looks very far away. His eyes are still checking on her, who is lovingly caressing Aashi many times, even in her sleep. Seeing all this, a slight smile appears on his face, and he begins thinking in his mind without uttering anything.
We have known each other for 6 months; it may be a short period, but it doesn't seem like a short period at all. It is confirmed that there is definitely something about you that attracts me towards you, and I am ready to be attracted to you too. It has been a long time since I have given any place to any girl in my life, but now I don't know what's going to happen next, but it is certain that you are not going anywhere from my life. I want you in my life. I know your ex-husband's family is searching for you, but you are not going anywhere... I must constantly monitor you because I cannot trust you. If I must maintain your presence in my life, I will focus on you, my gaze will follow you relentlessly, and you must make every effort to remain solely mine. Someone who listens to me may think I'm mad that we're husband and wife, but I don't trust you and don't want to, but whatever it is, I'll try to learn about you as soon as possible. I thought that I would know everything about you soon, but I feel that I have to know everything from you only because you can tell me better what happened with you. That is why I have postponed my meeting with Sanjeev Sanyal by one and a half months. And in this one and a half month, I will try my best to learn everything from you because now I have to move towards you. Avishka, open yourself up—for us, for this relationship, for yourself.
Prakram knows very well that there is still a lot of time for the flight to land, so he lies down again. His eyes are fixed on Avishka, at whom he is smiling lightly, and in the meantime, he falls asleep again, drawing closer to these two.
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Aashi is very happy after coming home, and she is playing with her grandparents. Everyone is sitting and eating food together, and Aashi describes everything to them, and Digvijay immediately says this to Prakram while Aashi is sitting on his lap.
“Now do you plan to go somewhere again, or will you stay here for a few days?”
“Yes, there is no plan at all for a few days, especially not for a week or 10 days. After that, we will go to the farm house because it has been a long time. Avishka has also not met her parents. This time, we will stay there for a few days, and I will go to the office from there.”
As soon as she heard from Prakram, Avishka immediately looked at him with a smile. Prakram's eyes were fixed on her, and he became extremely excited as soon as he saw her smile. Digvijay was very happy to see both of them like this. It is happening, and it is immediately revealed to them.
“Very good… As long as you are here, Aashi will sleep with us and stay with us; both of you spend your time with each other.”
Sandhya looks at Digvijay with a slight smile, because she knows very well that he will not give up his habits. Prakram looked at Avishka, who completely ignored everything and started eating quietly with her eyes sloppy down. He doesn't understand why Avishka would ignore something like this, but at the moment, he is more interested in the family dinner.
Soon after having dinner, Digvijay and Prakram go for a walk in the garden, while Sandhya makes Avishka sit near her and starts talking to her. Sandhya has understood very well that, because of Prakram, Avishka somehow has no problem, due to which she is very happy. Aashi runs outside holding the leg of her big doll; Avishka and Sandhya also follow her into the garden so that they too can walk for some time. As soon as Aashi emerges, she carefully places her doll on the chair, approaches her grandfather, and gestures for him to take her into his lap. Digvijay immediately takes her into his lap, kissing her several times with a very happy smile.
"Grandpa, you and Papa kiss me so many times."
"Because I love you so much."
"That means you love my grandmother very much, because you kiss her a lot."
On hearing Aashi's words, Digvijay's eyes get big, and he starts looking at her. Prakram turns his face to the side and starts laughing softly. Sandhya is shocked, and Avishka quickly hides her face by turning it to the opposite side to smile fully, but Aashi responds immediately.
"But Papa does not love Mumma at all, so he does not even give her a kiss."
Both Prakram and Avishka's eyes suddenly turn to Aashi. They quickly share a surprise look with each other, then they start looking at Aashi with their mouths slightly open. Digvijay looks at Prakram, smiling very nicely, and says to Aashi,.
“This is very wrong.”
On hearing Digvijay's words, Prakram starts looking here and there. Simultaneously, Avishka expresses her desire for Prakram to look in all directions, but not at her. She is finding it very hard to look anywhere because this has created a very strange situation where Sandhya is sitting in front and smiling. Prakram is on the other side, where she cannot see, and she is not daring to look anywhere else because all the bodyguards present there are smiling very softly after listening to Aashi. But Aashi continues to complain to her grandfather here.
"Absolutely, this is very wrong; papa neither kisses mumma good morning, nor gives her a good night kiss, nor gives her a goodbye kiss. Papa kisses me so many times while playing, but he does not kiss mumma even once. Mumma would feel bad, I am sure.”
“Of course this is something to feel bad about.”
On hearing Digvijay's answer, Sandhya cannot stop herself and starts laughing. Similarly, Prakram and Avishka's condition is such that they are unable to say anything here or do anything else immediately. Avishka quickly gets up from there and starts going inside. But Aashi continues.
"See how bad Mumma still feels that you did not kiss her even after speaking."
Avishka closes her eyes because Aashi is not keeping quiet at all, and she does not want to stay here at all, so she immediately goes inside, taking long steps. Seeing her go like this, Digvijay and Sandhya start laughing loudly, whereas Aashi starts looking only at her father. Prakram starts going inside, Ashi tells him.
“Are you going to coax Mumma?”
"Yup, kissing her.”
As soon as Aashi poses this question to her father, Digvijay promptly responds, causing Sandhya's laughter to intensify even more. Prakram, who was on his way inside, instead chooses to sit quietly, folding his arms around his chest in deep thought.
Prakram and Digvijay spend a considerable amount of time outside, engaging in extensive discussions. He wanted to go back to the room and stare at her, which is his new hobby, but it was very important to discuss something, due to which he just wanted to end the discussion completely. Aashi, too, is unable to sleep because she woke up very late in the morning, a condition that can also be attributed to jet lag. But when there is more time, everyone goes inside and goes towards their respective rooms. As Prakram enters his room, he notices Avishka dozing off on the couch, causing him to clench his teeth slightly. However, he understands that without Aashi's presence, she will not sleep close to him, so he moves to stand near her after closing the door. Looking at her, it seems that she is in a very deep sleep. He gives her a gentle smile and brushes her hair behind her ears, which are now falling onto her face. He feels immense happiness after seeing Avishka, and he has been sitting near her for a long time. Again and again, he felt like seeing Avishka only meant he wanted to hug her tightly. After some time, he just softly smiled, then went to the closet to change his clothes.