88. Man Behind The Shadows!

Author's POV

"Done, guys... Start the work"

Mira placed the signed papers on the desk.

"Make sure the material reaches on time at stores."

"Ohh, he approved it?"

Rowena jumped excited.

"You are awesome, Mira... How did you do this?"

"Nothing, I just went to him, grabbed his collar and threatened him to sign the document."

She replied and everyone laughed.

"You are so funny!"

Sam laughed.

"Yeah, told you... He will approve."

Mira chuckled nervously.

"Sam, make the execution dashboard and circulate among all the stores..."

She started doing her work but couldn't stop smiling after whatever happened inside. She was still smelling like him.

Meanwhile Damon picked up the call.

"Yes, Yang."

"Damon, the old man didn't order the authorities to close the case... He was never involved in the case, Uday had no idea about it either... I investigated."

Yang informed.

Damon frowned.

"If they didn't order then who?... Who's trying to protect Mira?... Neel?"

"Neel belongs to a rich family but he doesn't have the power to bend the law... He didn't do anything... It's someone else."

Yang replied and Damon released a sigh.

"Find out and update me... Who manipulated the case so easily and effortlessly... That person knows what happened with Mira... I want that person Yang."

Damon ordered and disconnected the call.

"Mira!"

He sighed.

"Why can't you just speak about it?"

Mira finished her all work and now it was time to go home. She entered the elevator and turned around to see Damon entering too.

She cleared her throat and stood silently beside him. He turned towards her and she placed a hand on his chest.

"There are cameras in the elevator."

She warned.

Damon frowned.

"Girl, I am not that horny!"

She cleared her throat awkwardly and fixed her hair.

"Then what were you doing?"

"Where do you live?"

He demanded.

"Royal Palms! 18th floor."

She asked suspiciously.

"Why are you asking?"

He smirked.

"Why are you telling me?"

She cleared her throat and looked away while blushing and trying to avoid him.

Damon smirked while shaking his head. He pulled her in a hug and she hide her face in his neck.

"I am missing you, Damon!"

She mumbled.

"Few more days, Mira... I am close!"

He replied and her stomach churned.

She broke the hug and stepped back from him. Damon was looking confident and it was bothering her.

"Fine but let me tell you that no one knows what happened that day!"

She replied unpleased.

The elevator chimed and she stepped out.

"The person who manipulated your case?"

He asked with the smirk and she froze in her place.

"The person can't manipulate it without knowing the truth."

Mira looked at him shocked and walked away from there in rush.

"How did he find out that the case was manipulated?"

She mumbled to herself.

"Does he know about him?"

She shook her thoughts aside and rushed towards her car.

"Ma'am, the car has some technical issues... Please wait for sometime."

Her bodyguard informed her.

Mira noticed Damon coming behind her.

"No, I'll take the cab."

"Ma'am, it's not safe."

The guard requested.

"I'll drop you!"

Damon declared.

Mira shook her head.

"No!"

"Sir, it's not allowed."

The guard requested.

Damon scowled at him.

"I am not going to kidnap her, she is my fucking wife... Her safety is my responsibility and my bodyguards are with me... I am not going eat her, tell your king."

"No, I am not coming with you."

Mira shook her head, scared that he will ask her questions which she doesn't want to answer.

"I'll take the cab"

"Mira!"

Damon turned her towards him while grabbing both of her arms and released an annoyed sigh.

"It's not mandatory to show your extraordinary stubbornness in every situation... You can sweetly say yes sometimes, wife!"

He mocked and she narrowed her eyes at him.

"Look around you, do you see anyone else here... You are mafia's wife and anyone can kidnap you easily. Marinos are looking for a chance to hurt me... It's going to rain soon and you know what happens when it rains..."

He gave her a mocking smile.

"How many reasons do you need?"

Mira looked at him in dilemma.

"But you___"

"I won't ask you anything!"

He promised.

"Nothing is more important than your safety, come with me!"

She looked at him as her heart melted with his words, he led her towards his car and helped her to sit inside. Damon sat beside her and she tried to hide the tears in her eyes because she couldn't feel so lucky to have him.

Her past experience wasn't good, she still remembers that embarrassment.

"Kabir, he is just my colleague. Why are you overreacting?"

Mira exclaimed as she sat inside the car and he started driving.

"Oh please, I know what happens in corporate..."

He looked at her disgusted.

Mira shook her head in disbelief and looked out the window, it was pouring and thunder was roaring in the sky.

"I can't believe you are saying this! You were not like this before marriage. Your typical mentality is bothering me now."

"Oh please, Mira... Stop acting innocent, I saw how you were smiling at him... Is that why you do all the dramas when I try to touch you?"

He accused.

"Kabir, have you gone mad? Are you even listening to yourself?"

Her jaw dropped.

"Why are you acting like I slept with him? He just waved a bye at me while leaving for the home which was clearly professional. He is my team mate, we work together. It was just an innocent bye."

She argued.

"You are acting so weird since I have accepted this job offer... Are you feeling insecure or what?..."

She couldn't believe that it was happening between them.

"I shouldn't have asked you to pick me today."

Kabir stopped the car angrily.

"Right! You shouldn't have called me... Get out of my car!"

He yelled at her.

Mira looked at him stunned.

"Are you fucking serious? It's storming out in the late night, we are in the middle of nowhere and you are asking me to get out of the car... You are my husband, don't you care about my safety?..."

"I don't fucking care, you shouldn't have fucked up my mind..."

He opened the door and pushed her out of the car.

"Go and ask your professional colleague to drop you home..."

Mira stumbled out the car and looked at him shocked while standing under the rain.

"Kabir?"

She couldn't believe that he was really doing it.

"You need a lesson... Now come home by yourself."

He spat madly and drove away before throwing her purse out.

Mira hugged herself and looked around scared. She was in the middle of the forest and the thunder was roaring in the sky. She was drenched in the rain and was hungry too after a long day, she was planning to have a relaxing dinner with her husband.

She sat down in the middle of the road as her feet gave up and burst out in tears not knowing why it was happening to her.

She was sitting in the middle of the road when she noticed the car coming towards her, she blinked her eyes in the harsh lights of headlights.

The car stopped and Neel came out rushing towards her.

"Mira, fuck!"

He quickly helped her to stand and grabbed her purse.

"What happened to you?"

She hugged him and started crying. Neel hugged her back and tried to calm her down.

"Come, I'll drop you home."

He assured.

"I don't want to go home"

She was sobbing.

"Okay, come with me then."

Mira noticed his caring handling but she didn't notice the mischievous in his voice. Neel was happy that Kabir left her like this on the road.

Suddenly the car came to a halt and Damon looked at her.

"See, I didn't torture you to confess."

He chuckled.

Mira looked at him with a heavy heart and hugged him tightly.

"I love you, Damon"

She tried to stop her tears but she couldn't.

Damon quickly gathered her in his arms and took a sigh of relief.

"I love too, my love... I love you."

He pampered her face with kisses.

"I don't know what's stopping you from closing the gap between us but I promise you that this is going to end soon."

Mira just stayed in his arms silently and he didn't say anything.

"If you tell me how you know Hindi then I might take some steps to close the gap...."

She broke the hug and looked at him.

"If you want to close this gap then you have to step towards me too, Damon... We both are hiding things from each other and you know it. If you want to close the gap then we both need to tell each other our secrets."

Damon released a heavy sigh.

"My mother is Indian!"

He declared and Mira looked at him shocked.

"Indian?"

She mumbled.

"That's why you know everything about my culture?"

He nodded.

"Yes!"

"Your mother IS Indian, it means she is alive and you know where she is!"

She asked.

"Why are you hiding her?"

"It can risk her life, I can't tell you that."

He shook his head.

"And you want to know all my secrets about me while you are not ready to share yours?"

She smiled bitterly.

"You shared one part, let me share you one..."

Damon looked at her alert when she said that.

"I never wanted to hide that I killed Kabir."

She stated as her eyes filled with hate for him.

"I deliberately left my blood samples behind along with my broken mangalsutra and signed divorce papers so police could find it... I wanted this world to know that if a woman can sacrifice everything for love then she can also destroy everything when love turns into hate... I wanted everyone to find out that I punished that monster. It was someone else who manipulated the case against my will..."

Damon closed his eyes with a deep breath when he heard her.

"Good, it's late... You should take rest now."

He kissed her forehead and she leaned to his soft touch.

"I never tried to kill you."

Her eyes softened.

"I know, my love... I know!"

He pecked her lips and opened the car door for her.

Mira smiled with tears in her eyes and waved a good bye to him. Damon smiled back and drove away.

Next morning he came back with the intention of picking up Mira for the office.

He was waiting in his car when he caught a glimpse of a man on her balcony.

Damon frowned and got out of the car. He couldn't understand who the man was.

He quickly rushed towards her penthouse and rang the bell.

"Sir, you can't come here... Please, try to understand"

Her bodyguard who was patrolling out requested him.

"Open the fucking door or else I'll kill you before Rafael does."

Damon warned.

Suddenly the door got opened and Damon looked at the man who opened it with the smirk.

"Hello, Damon!"

Damon hardened his face when he saw him.

"Right, how can I miss you?"

He realised that he is the one who manipulated the case.