*Nicole Pov*

"Thanks for your help, James." I said, smiling at him when he finally took out the last box from my home.

"No problem! But these are a lot of stuffs that are getting transported." He commented when I followed him outside.

"Yes! I don't know whether they will be fine until they reach India." I mumbled worriedly.

"Which place in India?" he asked when the delivery guy started loading the boxes into his van.

"Kolkata! You can visit anytime you want and you will love the place." I replied and signed the needed documents.

But the van started moving and immediately stopped. I frowned and glanced before it to see a two people standing before it.

"What's going on?" I mumbled and started walking towards them along with James but got dragged to the side suddenly.

"Hey!" I shouted and paused when I realized who it is.

I stared at him in shock while he is staring back with a blank expression, but I can see him radiating his anger for sure.

"Who are you? Let her go right now." James ordered before pulling me towards him, but he doesn't know that the other grip is too strong.

"I should be the one asking you. Who are you?" Am I being too dramatic or is the ground really shaking with each word he is uttering.

I think I am the one who is shaking finally seeing him after two whole months. And why is he scaring James like this?

"I am her boyfriend. Now let her go." I immediately glanced at James hearing his reply.

"James!" I warned him, but he completely ignored me.

"James?" Ali repeated the name like he knows it.

"Is this the guy you went on a date with?" he asked glancing back at me.

"Yes! Now, will you let the van go. He really looks impatient and they need to be on time to reach the airport." I said, glancing at the driver who seems to be impatient right now.

"Why will I do that when I know you will need your stuff to be actually transported to another place? And there is no need to use these services for that too." What is he even talking about?

"Who the hell are you man?" James seems to be loosing his patience too.

"I am her fiance." Ali's reply definitely made me lose my patience.

"Yeah, right!" I mumbled finally removing my hand from his hold which I was not trying to do from the beginning.

"And that stuff belongs to my friend. So, let the van go." I ordered him and he stared at me for a few seconds in suspicion before nodding at the men standing in front of the van.

I sighed in relief when it finally left and turned to smile at James, who is looking at us in confusion.

"Thank you so much again for this help, James. I will treat you tomorrow." I said, smiling at him.

"There is no need for that. I did this for both of you. But is he really your fiance?" he asked, gesturing Ali and I moved to hug him.

"If I don't kill him today and he will actually ask me instead of announcing to others, then there is a slight chance for that." I whispered in James ear making him laugh.

"Okay! Let me know when it happens." He winked and walked towards his car before driving off.

"What was that?" I ignored Ali and walked back into my home.

He followed me before I can close the door and locked the door himself. He glanced around to see everything is quite empty except for furniture. And there are few more boxes lying around.

"You lied to me? You are actually moving to Kolkata to be with your friend, right?" he asked frowning.

"What gave you that idea?" I asked, staring at him.

"Because you left me and came here." He replied staring back.

"I left you two months back." I mumbled and he immediately glanced away.

"I just found out that you gave your resignation to your company and that you were contacting for delivery services. So, I just..." he trailed off running his hand through his hair in frustration.

"How do you know all that?" I asked him frowning.

"Just because I didn't run towards you immediately doesn't mean I let you go. I tried to know your whereabouts from time to time. If not for that restriction that I can't leave that place, I wouldn't have any need to do all this." He replied walking towards the couch and sat down.

"Is your work over? Was it a success?" I asked and he looked surprised to hear my question.

"Yes! He lost all the power. But how did you know?" he asked with a confused expression.

"I have my ways." I mumbled, sitting beside him.

We sat in silence for how long, I have no idea, but it was complete silence for sure. Was he working too hard all these days? He looks tired and even lost some of his weight.

"Was all of it very hard?" I asked, turning to stare at him.

"The worry that I have lost you was definitely hard." He replied closing his eyes.

"I really had an important work and that's why I left from their house. But then I got called back by my company and had to leave the Palace too. As the work is finished, I took my luggage along with me." I explained.

"Don't lie to me, Nicole. I heard what Harsha told you and I know how those things effect you along with your thoughts on which your decisions depend on. Because of your past experiences, you must have decided to leave me." He said opening his eyes and glanced at me.

I smiled at him and moved my hands to hold his face and turned him towards me. He stared back showing the betrayed look he must be feeling thinking all that.

"Even I thought I know myself, but it seems to be not the case. I realized that I am a very selfish person." He frowned hearing my words.

"I didn't want to part from you after hearing Harsha's words. I didn't want to give up on my happiness. I wanted to be with you and I still want that. However, I know we both do not want to hurt Harsha. So, I was breaking my head during that one week regarding what to do." I explained and he smiled hearing my words.

"I am glad that you are a selfish person." Saying that he pulled me into his arms and hugged me tightly.

"Me too! I realized if I shift completely to your place, then Harsha will not be happy, but if you come here often then it will trouble your work and everything. So, I planned to shuttle between both places along with you. Even though I know it is not a perfect solution, I thought it was better. I even shifted my stuff into one room and decided to give out accommodations." I continued to tell him my plans and he finally chuckled hearing all that.

"There is no..." I cut him off by moving a little to stare at him.

"I know! Harsha and Jhanvi visited me last month and we had a long chat regarding everything." I said smiling.

"Really? Then why didn't you contact me all these days?" he asked frowning.

"Why didn't you?" I asked back.

"I thought you would be angry and hurt and wanted to do everything directly. I didn't want to depend on the phone, but never thought it would take this long. I actually didn't know how to get you back because I can't suddenly demand you to lose all your doubts that grew from the time you were a kid. That would have been a selfish move from my side. So, I was scared and I was a coward." I kissed him hearing those words from him which I never thought I would.

"I am sorry, Ali. At first I was just angry that you didn't come here and then later when I realized what you are working on I didn't want to disturb you. I thought even you need time to get your thoughts together." I explained closing my eyes.

"Maybe we both needed this time. But why did you resign?" he asked, caressing my cheek.

"I am moving to your place. I thought to give you a surprise, but you surprised me by coming here. I am going to rent this house out instead of selling it and I didn't want to leave Neville's stuff so I was delivering them to her place." I replied.

"Really? And I was thinking so many things hearing that the stuff if for Kolkata." He said shaking his head.

"Didn't you feel any doubts hearing Harsha's words that day regarding my lies and all?" he asked staring at me.

"I know he misunderstood but after hearing your confirmation I realized it must be worse than what happened and you were not able to explain that to me. I never doubted that you lied about that incident happening and I tried my best to explain it to others." I replied placing my head on his shoulder.

"Will you marry me?" he immediately asked making me chuckle.

"I want a proper proposal." I whispered.

"You will get a royal wedding." He whispered back.

"Fine! But I will be starting my new job soon in your Kingdom and I will be very busy. You have to do everything regarding the preparations." I ordered moving my head to stare at him.

"You will do nothing?" he asked, raising his eyebrow.

"Come on, Ali! I am giving up my career and moving there. You should do so many things to balance such sacrifice from my side." I teased him smiling.

"Why do I have a feeling that you are shifting there more because of the work you can do instead of for me?" he asked whispering over my lips.

"You never know!" I whispered back and pressed my lips to his.

His past is something that pained him and others and he is trying in present to be happy and keep others happy. I hope I can be a support for him in achieving that along with making our future a place where we can hold on to each other during painful and happy times.

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