Forgive Her
“Eden is just like you.” She said, with tears flowing down her cheeks. He removed his hands from her shoulders. “I don’t want to talk to you.”
He left the dining room. He looked at Sakshi, who was coming in his direction. “Mom, I am going to work.”
Sakshi tried to stop him. “But you haven’t had breakfast yet.”
“I am not hungry.” He left the house, and Sakshi held her forehead. She was worried for both of them.
“Sakshi, Is the breakfast ready?” Aakash came to her with Eden following him.
“Yes.” She replied in a low voice.
“Okay, bring it then. Daksh and I have to leave for work. There’s an important meeting today.” He turned to say something to Eden when Sakshi informed him. “Daksh has already left for work.”
He furrowed his eyebrows but stayed silent. He smiled, looking at Eden. “Let’s go and have breakfast, Son. You must be tired from the journey. You can rest after that.”
Eden nodded with a smile, and they entered the dining room, but their smiles disappeared as they saw Lavanya. She was wiping her tears.
Eden quickly went to her and wiped her tears, holding her in his arms. “What did brother say to you?”
She released herself from his hold. “Nothing.”
Aakash sensed the tension in the room, so he said to change the topic, “Princess, have breakfast and go to your room with Eden to take some rest. He is also looking tired.”
She nodded and sat down on the chair with Eden. They were having breakfast when Jai entered the room. His face paled, seeing Lavanya and Eden in front of him.
Lavanya clutched the fork in her hand tightly, keeping her eyes on Jai because somehow, he too was a reason behind Daksh not talking to her while Eden was looking at him with a smirk on his face because he knew Jai was shocked and a little scared by their sudden presence which was totally unexpected by him.
Lavanya pretended to be normal in front of Aakash and Sakshi and stood up to meet Jai. “Dadu (Grandfather).
Jai was standing there like a statue, too shocked to react. Lavanya looked back at Eden, who was smirking. Noticing that Jai wasn’t saying anything, Aakash went near him. “Dad, She is waiting for your blessing.”
Jai looked at Lavanya and blessed her. Aakash took him near Eden, who stood up to meet Jai. “He is our Son-in-law, Eden.”
Eden bent down to touch his feet, and Jai blessed him. Lavanya felt suffocated in that room with Jai’s presence, so she said, “Mom, I am going to rest for a while in my room.”
She stood up and looked at Eden. “Come, Eden.”
Aakash gestured for Lavanya to come near him. “Don’t worry about Daksh. I will talk to him in the office.” He whispered in her ears, and she nodded.
She held Eden’s hand to leave. As they were leaving the room, Eden turned around to look at Jai and smiled.
Lavanya happily entered her room with Eden. She sat on her bed while Eden looked around her room, and his eyes stopped at Lavanya’s photo, which was hung on the wall above her bed. She was eating chocolate in that photo. “You’re really very cute, Mrs. Richards.”
He moved closer to her and kissed her on the lips. She broke the kiss. “We should rest for a while.”
They both changed into comfortable clothes, and laid down on the bed. She placed her head on his shoulder, kissing his cheek. They fell asleep as they both were really tired.Content property of NôvelDra/ma.Org.
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Aakash entered Daksh’s cabin. Daksh knew that he was here to talk to him about Lavanya. “Dad, if you’re here to talk about Lavanya. I am really not up for it.”
Aakash sat on the chair across from him. “I am here to talk about you.”
Daksh furrowed his eyebrows. “I didn’t do anything, dad.”
Aakash chuckled. “You didn’t do anything now, but you did it when you were a teenager. I don’t think you remember it.”
“What did I do?” His words were confusing Daksh.
“You really don’t remember.” Aakash placed his hands on the table, leaning forward. “You stayed at your friend’s home for a whole night, and we didn’t even know about it. You were so irresponsible that you didn’t even feel the need to inform me. At that time, I was very angry with you, and I wasn’t going to forgive you, but Lavanya came to me and asked me to forgive you. She even asked me not to scold you.”
Daksh remembered this incident. “You forgave me because of Lavanya.”
Aakash shook his head. “I just want to tell you that she cares about you so much. I was going to forgive you after a little scolding, so you don’t make the same mistake again, but she loves you so much that she couldn’t see you getting scolded.”
He went to him. “Whatever reasons she had to stay with Eden, it’s her choice if she wants to tell us or not. Just accept her with him, and forgive her. If she wanted, she should have never come back, but she came back for us.”
Daksh looked up at him. “Dad, I just want to know why she decided to stay with him and marry him?”
“I already told you, if she wants, she will tell us. When you made a mistake, I forgave you, my child. You’re her elder brother. She is a child for you. Forgive her.” Aakash ruffled his hair and left.
Daksh wasn’t able to concentrate on work after his conversation with Aakash. He wanted to forgive Lavanya, but after knowing the reason why did she decided to live with Eden? “I think dad is right. I should forgive her. She will tell the reason when she wants.”
He decided to go home. He entered inside and found Lavanya sitting with Sakshi in the living room. He asked a servant about Eden.
“He went to Garden” The servant replied.
“Okay, Go back to work.” He went to the garden and found Eden looking at the sunset. He stood beside him.
“I want to talk to you, Eden.” He said, and Eden looked at him without any expression on his face as if he was trying to read his mind.
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At midnight, Daksh went in front of Lavanya’s room. He lightly knocked on the door, and Eden opened the door. They looked at each other for a while saying nothing. Eden looked at Daksh’s hand, and they both smiled at each other.