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"Just sit down and relax for a few minutes. " He ordered and I finally sat down.

He used the Telecom and called Amyra in. She entered the cabin within a few seconds with a white envelope.

I tried to match her gaze but she was constantly looking down, not even sparing me a glance.

"Here Miss. Murthy. " He took the envelope from Amyra and gave it to me.

"Open it and sign the papers. " He instructed and I opened it frowning.

"What is this?" I asked hesitatingly and he looked at his laptop.

"Nothing much, it just states that I'll be the legal owner of all your assets from today onwards, which includes, your house, your property in Nasik and yourself. " He told me casually and to be honest I wasn't even shocked or upset. I was expecting this and even though he's torturing me, he's sponsoring my sister's treatment.

Without wasting a second, I signed those papers and forwarded them to him, to find him looking at me in confusion.

He took the papers and checked it thoroughly for my signs and then looked back at me.

"You really signed them without uttering a word? You gave your everything to me. " He said and I looked down.

"You are saving my sister's life, I owe you everything and this is nothing." I told him with a poker face and he looked at me for a moment before nodding.

"Love is the biggest weakness one can have." He mumbled before getting up and I got up as well.

"And hate... " He trailed off before grabbing me by my face and pushing me against the wall with him.

"Is the biggest weapon. " He completed his sentence leaving my face and grabbing my shoulders.

His face was really close to mine and he was digging his nails into my skin causing me pain. I was scared of those eyes and I was fearing his next move.

"And there's one more thing that I wanted to tell you. " He told me leaving my arms.

"We're getting married tomorrow. " He said and my eyes widened.

My world crashed once again at those words. I know I've given up my life to him but I still had this hope that one day Nimmi will be fine and everything will come back to normal but after this, I have lost my one last hope as well.

"You look too shocked Miss. Murthy. " He mocked in a dangerous tone.

"B-but don't you hate me? " I asked trembling in fear.

"You cannot even imagine. " Loathe was dripping from his words and his cold eyes were enough to scare me even more.

Gulping, I looked down before looking at him again.

"Why are you marrying me when y-you hate me? " I asked breathing heavily and his signature devilish smirk crept on his lips.

"To make your life a living hell Nandini, why else? " He asked shrugging causing me to look at him with wide eyes.

"B-but what's my fault? What have I ever done to you? " I asked wiping the tear that had escaped my eyes.

"Your fault? Well, let me think. " He said pretending to think hard.

"Yeah, I know what your fault is. Your fault is, that you are her daughter. And hating you is something I live for. " He said holding my cheeks tightly causing me to close my eyes in pain.

"You want to know more? " He asked through his teeth and I opened my eyes to find him looking at me with just hate and anger.

I shook my head and he left my face.

"Amyra, sanitizer." He asked and his secretary offered him.

He cleaned his hands from it and looked at me again.

"Had to clean my hands after touching a trash. " He said faking a smile and headed out of the room followed by his secretary.

I sat on the floor breathing heavily and closed my eyes thinking about my future, which had just darkness.

"Nandini. " I heard Amyra's voice after sometime and looked up to find her running towards me.

"What's happening? He ordered me to not look at you even once or utter a word so I couldn't do anything but what's going on? " She asked wiping my tears and I broke down hugging her tightly.

"Nandini." She caressed my hair soothingly. "Calm down. "

"And what the hell are you doing here? " We trembled at the angry roar of Mr. Malhtora and looked at him in fear.

"Didn't I ask you to leave? " His question was directed to Amyra and she got up immediately, looking down.

"I'm really sorry Sir. " She apologized and looked at me for the last time before dashing out of the cabin.

"You want to cry more? " He asked me with a poker face and I looked down.

He walked towards me and I was literally trembling.

"Get up. " He made me get up by pulling my arms and I got up, still looking down.

And then he did something, I could have never expected him to do. The perfect proof of him being a bipolar, impossible human being.

He hugged me!

"Hug me back and cry as much as you want to. Only I can see you cry, I am the only one you are going to hug and cry. I don't want anyone else doing that, not even your relatives. " He told me sternly and I was too shocked to react.

What is he even doing? This is so weird.

"Hug me back Dammit! " He yelled causing me to tremble before I wrapped my arms around him and dug my face in his chest.

His grip on my body tightened and I closed my eyes feeling really very awkward in this position.

Who does this? One crazy, cruel, strange, bipolar, impossible and evil human he is.

"Look at me. " He demanded and I looked at him slowly with hesitation.

"Why aren't you crying now? " He asked frowning and even I, myself didn't had the answer to this question. A few minutes ago I was crying my eyes out and now I just can't seem to cry.

May be because I don't want him to see me crying and get the satisfaction of hurting me even more? I don't know!

"Are you dumb? How many times do you want me to repeat my question? " He asked raising his voice a bit.

"I-I don't know. " I answered truthfully and he looked at me frowning.

"What? " He asked and I looked down.

"I don't know why I'm not crying anymore,  I just don't want it. " I told him, looking up again and he looked really disappointed.

"I'm not liking this. " He said through his teeth before pushing me away to the floor.

"Your sister is dying, your life has been ruined and you don't f*cking want to cry? " He yelled again and I still didn't felt tears.

Okay, he was getting frustrated and for a change, I wanted to laugh! Oh God! Am I going crazy? I want to laugh in this situation? What is happening?

"I know she'll be fine, now that you are taking care of it, she'll get the best. And about me, so I was never really concerned about myself, ever. It was always about my family and even today, it's just about Nimmi. If anything happens to her, you'll have nothing to hurt in me anymore. I don't really know how to care about myself,  never learnt that. " I told him getting up and feeling a new confidence in me.

When you have nothing to lose, you are the strongest. After signing those papers, I feel stronger because now Nimmi's health is his concern as well.

He was looking at me with narrowed eyes before grabbing my hand and pulling me out of the office with him.

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Love
Aashi❤