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I am startled by his brusqueness.
“You seem to be busy.”
“I am in a meeting. Hurry up.”
“Fine. Bye.”
I disconnect and put my phone away. Why did he give me this backup number if he had no time for me? The next moment, my phone rings again. It’s him. I answer.
“Don’t you ever hang up on me,” Vikram snaps.
“Are you in a meeting or not?”
“I was. Now I am dealing with you.”
A sense of relief floods through me. No matter how busy he is, he will still make time for me? Not bad! But then I recall something else and decide to check on that first.
“Yesterday, I called on your mobile. Some woman picked up.”
“A woman? Must be Mom.”
“No, it wasn’t your mother. I know her voice. She sounded younger.”
“Maybe it was Sabrina then.”
Sabrina? I have no clue who that is.
“When I asked her to pass the phone to you, she said it was the wrong number and disconnected the call.”
Yes, she did that to my face, and I was about to do something about it if my client hadn't called and I got busy.
“Sabrina might have played a prank,” Vikram chuckles.
“Prank? A wife wanted to speak to her husband, and she disconnected the line. That’s a prank to you?” I shout.
“Wife?” The way he says that word makes my stomach flutter.
“Who is Sabrina, Vikram?”
“I had a small history with her.”
His reply doesn’t shock me. I don’t think he was sane until he met me and married.
“History? Which you never told me about.”
“Let the past be in the past. You are my future, Mrs. Maahi Singh Grover.”
Damn. I am diverting from the main subject again. I need to talk to him about Devki Estate first!
“Things don’t go well when the past meets the future. I hope you realize this and ask your friend Sabrina never to disconnect my call again, especially when I’m desperate to speak to my husband,” I rebuke.
After a long silence, I hear him gasp. “You were desperate for me?”
“Yes, I was,” I admit, but I don’t let him savor that truth. “I was desperate to speak to you. To know who is coming to Devki Estate tomorrow and why? You left without mentioning that to me.”
Another long silence.
“Devki Estate is as much mine as it is yours,” he replies. “Did I ever ask you who you bring there and why?”
