At night

Rajeev's room

As Rajeev breathed relaxing on his side of the bed, waiting for his wife to snuggle to him after her brief after wash. Mrunal was just laughing at the way he wore his t-shirt backside front; to get swept off her feet to satisfy his aroused self.

Rajeev was going crazy day by day with her sweet and soft self in his vicinity and the way she was pouring herself out to the family's each and every needs.

"...have you changed your perfume?!!..." Rajeev asked Mrunal who was applying some moisturisers on her hands and legs while smirking to him.

"...No..." saying so she removed her robe with only the long camisole on her soft afterglow self, making him arouse again.

But he knew the ordeal she would face the next day for the wedding with his all night pamper on her.

"...I am using a different bath oil...is it...that good?!.... *chuckles*..." she then snuggled in his arms as his strong arms pulled her nearer to him.

"...it's really good!!!...*laughs*..." Rajeev then tried to sleep but...

"...so, what happened in Pune when you went to investigate for Ronnie...um...Robby...what was it?!!.." Mrunal pouted with not remembering the name that he had left in his last story telling session.

"...um...Ronny?!...oh...yes...well..." Rajeev tried to recollect their final chapter on the Papi story and continued.

Mrunal was wide mouthed when she came to know that Ronny was working for the then Papi and wanted to sell off Sonia to the highest bidder in the process.

As Rajeev told the brave story of his father and grandfather fighting off the perpetuators to save their Sonia mom, Mrunal felt proud to be a part of the valiant family.

"...So...Why did Ramya...who knew about Ronny...should have told her Dad and clarify her mother's innocence to her father?...I mean wasn't that the virtuous way to do it...and moreover, they would have come to know the real deal of killing Ronny...this all could have halted there itself...wouldn't it?...." Mrunal sat on the bed and asked him who nodded in agreement.

"...It would...but they were already in the deep pit of Papi...who would convince them on the benefits of being a part of his team...and earn easy money...good evil money...losing their virtuous nature...in all..." Rajeev tried to tell her the consequences of being fallen prey in the hands of the fake Papi generosity.

"...and then?...how did Akash fell for the Papi...and what is his connection in Trivandrum?..." Mrunal was softly pulled on him who moved her stray hairs from her face and smiled answering.

"...hm...well...I could only find that Ramya had befriended Akash aka Rakesh in one of her drug dealings in one of the colleges in Trivandrum...and then both just ticked it off...with casual meeting...then casual everything...If you know what I mean...*scoff*..." Rajeev raised his brows as he told about the bad vibes that Ramya would give him from the reveal of her being caught in the community parking lot.

"...and then it was a race against who gets the most red in their ledger for the next position as the..."

"...Papi?!!...God!!...so, all that they did was for a position?!!...I mean what good was being a Papi...that's like...I can't even imagine the amount of innocent blood they would have spilled in the process..." Mrunal was finding it difficult to take in the new verdicts about the people involved in the Papi business.

"...Even your Komal for that matter too...she was the most difficult one to crack...she had learned the hard way I guess...to deal with her captors...and even more harder way to reach on the top of that position...but no one can escape from the torturous clutches of our Nibbler and even Duster at times...I was so indebted to them...they really had a tough time...

...but at the end Komal aka your Devi confessed that she had ultimately convinced Akash that she would befriend you and take you to the Sheikh her style with caution and not letting you realise that when you were taking the van with the captives?!...were actually being transported to the harbour...for their next shipment..." Rajeev spelled out the aftermath of her kidnapping by Akash with the other captives.

"...Hm...that's disgusting!!!...but I guess...that was normal for them...I mean...they were raised in such an environment...right?!!..." Mrunal suddenly felt bad on how the society changes a girl's entire existence with their wants and demands.

"...*tsk*...honey...you can't always blame the society for it...I mean...it is up to the individual too...they would have got a lot of opportunities to come out of this pit...but they opted not to..." Rajeev corrected her on how not just the society even the individual should take up the responsibility of becoming a good human.

"...Hm?...and then what about..." as the perky listener wanted to proceed with the story telling, Rajeev interrupted her

"...mon cœur*?...its late now...and you need to get up early tomorrow...for our temple wedding...hm...we can proceed after tomorrow...hm...with the remainder of your part and version of the story...ok?!!...'

(*mon cœur – My heart in French)

".... Ok!!..." a pouty sad Mrunal rubbed his bare chest who pecked her forehead and pulled her to make her sleep before the next day's fast track wedding; alongwith the Lord in the house.

At around 2 am, his phone blinked with the red light making him get dressed for an urgent meeting.

The temple

Prisha took Preethi's hand and walked towards the temple entrance with the flower and prasadam basket in her other hand.

Sanal and Xavier were carrying the wedding garland along with talking about the arrangements back in the mansion for the limited guest.

Niti was giggling like a school kid talking to her Reena mom who caught hold of her wrist to help her in her saree. 

Mrunal was adjusting Niti's attire walking behind her as she was worried about the way the girl was complaining when wearing the contraption.

"...Niti!...don't walk briskly!...you will pull the pleats apart!...walk little slow!...this girl!..." Veena softly scolded the girl who chuckled at the way the elder pinched her waist.

Mrunal looked behind to check her Meera bouncing on Rajeev's hand while babbling loudly. 

Rajeev winked at her while discussing with Vineeth on the rituals which the lad was not privy of. 

Vinay and Sameer kept a close watch on the Lord who was royally striding in front of them with his array of bodyguards.

The felines had the advantage of the Lord being equipped with few bodyguards to protect him. As the Lord had only thought to get his stubborn kid who would rather stay with the humble family than her killer father.

After Niti's request to not have her father in the wedding, Vinay had gone to inform the same to the Lord.

But alas.

One cannot argue with the stubborn father who explained his forceful invite in his daughter's wedding with a warning snicker to El Rey.

In normal case if it was someone else, Vinay would not think twice to take down the offender's neck.

But this was Niti's father. It would ultimately break the poor soul's fragile heart, which was not in the books of the humble Mafia.

At the centre of the temple premises, the priest was chanting the holy mantras to bind the couple in holy matrimony.

Vineeth was seated on his place for the rituals to begin, waiting for his Niti.

In the changing room, Prisha was wide eyed after listening to one of her agents warn her.

With shivering hands, she kept the call and looked over the crowd to find someone who could convey her message to either of the mafia members, specifically the String-Breaker.

"...Chech!...um...have you seen the Nethi Chutti (forehead jewellery)?...I think I must have forgotten in Niti's room...*tsk*...now what will we do?!!...Chech?!!" Mrunal came to Prisha and got worried seeing the Mafia associate terrified.

"...um...I...*breathing heavily*...I...*gulps*...the Nethi...Chutti...its...in Rajeev's pocket with the ticking watch being kept on 15 minutes...time lag...2 minutes to shut it down...or else...smithereens!!..." Prisha tried to convey the crucial message to a confused Mrunal, who suddenly felt Prisha's wrist watch on her hand.

Prisha hugged her whispering "...Boom...Blast...15 minutes...String...help...Go!..." and backed with a hopeful look from the non-Mafia.

Mrunal was terrified on slightly understanding but not fully the context. She saw the way Prisha nodded her head to deliver the message asap to the String.

Mrunal backed a little and tried to rush out from the moving crowd to reach her Raj on time.

On the way, she searched for her love with her tensed eyes and even asking people in between who only replied in negation.

In the entrance, Rajeev was sitting on the temple verandha getting the cool breeze onto their faces.

Meera was as usual frizzy with the crowd and wanted some fresh air, urging her father to take her away from the gathering.

"...Raj!?..." Mrunal voiced from a distance, looking perplexed and glanced on her surroundings.

"...What is it, hm!?..." Rajeev cradled Meera in her hold who bounced happily seeing her mother.

Mrunal was in a fix but she gave him Prisha's wrist watch and conveyed the message to him.

'....in Rajeev's pocket with the ticking watch being kept on 15 minutes...time lag...2 minutes to shut it down...or else...smithereens!!...'

Rajeev took a second to understand the message then his eyes widen and he asked her the nuances of Prisha's action.

Mrunal was not able to take in why Prisha's facial twitches were concerned here. Rajeev told her that it was, to which she tried to remember and spelled.

Shivering hands, quivering lips, raised brows, fumbling...

Rajeev's mind then moved to the action – raised brows meaning protect mode on but...that they were since a long time.

"...Did Chech purse her lips...or nodded or blinked...or...um...anything...please remember, Buji!..." Rajeev pleaded her by holding her shoulders as Mrunal lightly bounced Meera in her hold.

She shaked her head in no, making Rajeev tsk at not able to decipher the code.

"...Um...Chech...was continuously blinking her eyes...like rigorously...but why?!..." a tensed Mrunal saw Rajeev scanning the area to look for his aces and found the one...but unfortunately it was the groom.

"...Buji!...I want you to take Meera and go sit in the van outside with Rosé ...ok...and I will send the other ladies...one by one...and don't call anyone...ok...don't make any contact with them whatsoever...ok...don't worry...hm?!!...." Rajeev patted her cheeks to console on not to panic and keep her grounded.

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