Chapter 13: Chapter 13

A few days later..

Nora opened her eyes and found Zanvil was sitting beside her and staring at her. She cleared her throat and he looked away. She noticed it was dark outside. She slept for too long.

"What is the time?" She asked him while getting up.

"Past 9. I brought your dinner. Go freshen up then eat." He said while looking at her. She nodded and walked towards the washroom.

She came out wearing a simple green nightgown which reached till her knees.

She quickly climbed on the bed and Zanvil brought her dinner in front of her. She quietly started eating while Zanvil kept staring at her.

"Did you have your dinner?" She looked at him while eating.

"No. I'm not hungry." He simply said. But the truth is he wanted to eat with her. But unfortunately she didn't offer him. From the day he had arrived here he was behaving weirdly. He was feeling some unknown emotions. Always craving her presence beside him. Never letting her go out of his sight. He was afraid of his own turn of emotions. It wasn't supposed to happen. He wasn't supposed to like her. But everything went out of his control. He remembered the first time he saw her.

Flashback

Zanvil came to Italy with his friends. He brought his friends to visit his paternal home. When he and friends reached their mansion in Italy he found his Grandma was playing in a garden with a young girl. They were planting some plants while laughing. That girl was really beautiful with the most beautiful smile of the world. That time he felt his heart skipping a beat.

Flashback Ends

"If you want you can eat from here. There is enough food for two." Zanvil came out of his memory lane hearing Nora's hesitant voice. Nora didn't know if he would listen to her or not. But to her surprise he agreed.

"Okay." He said and started eating from her plate. Inside he was very happy.

"Hey, get your own plate. I don't share." She said and slapped his hand away. There was no way she was going to share her food. She was really possessive of her food.

"No, that would be really bothersome. I want to eat from here." He said and shamelessly kept eating from her plate. Nora glared at him. How could he steal her food so shamelessly? It's a crime.

"You are behaving like Enzo. He too steals my food and that's too always." She said pouting. Zanvil looked at her and smiled. His eyes went to her pouty pink lips and the arch to kiss them was eating him. He was debating with himself but then gave into the temptation. He quickly pecked her lips.

Nora's eyes went wide. She looked at him shocked and that bastard just smirked at her. Blush covered her face. She wanted to yell at him for kissing her but she didn't want him to know that he had affected her. So she kept quiet.

For the past few days he had been behaving weirdly. Follow her everywhere. Making her eat food timely. Holding her in sleep. Then kissing her without her knowledge. What had gotten into him? Why did he turn into a caring husband suddenly? Nora found his new behaviors a bit weird. But she kept her thoughts to herself.

After eating her dinner Nora went to the terrace. She wanted to see the stars and the beautiful moon. She knew she was again thinking too much. But she couldn't help but wonder many things.

Why was Zanvil suddenly here? Why was he suddenly so caring towards her? Why had he changed? So many questions but she didn't have any answer. She didn’t want to ask him either. She was afraid of his answers. Meantime, She kept looking at the moon.

"You know baby, your dad loves you now. Really I'm not lying to you anymore. He is here for you. You know right? Mama loves you so much. I promise I won't let you suffer like me. You will get all the love of the whole world. Your mama will always be with you in every step of your life. I hope your Dad also will. But I can't promise. I only can promise you that you will always be good enough no matter what unlike me" She said while caressing her belly. In the past months she kept telling her baby that his dad loved him but honestly she wasn't sure. But now she was sure he loved his baby. Though not her and that made her heart ache.

"It's cold outside. Let's go inside before you catch a cold." Zanvil said while entering the terrace. Nora didn't turn back, instead kept looking at the sky blankly.

She didn't even realise he was standing there from past 15 mins and was listening to her talks with their baby. He felt guilty and sad. He was a horrible dad. He was a horrible husband but he was hurt because of the past event. That's why he didn't want to marry her. That's why he always ignored her. But now he wanted to fix everything. Now he wanted to take the risk. But he didn’t know how to start. He wanted to know her. But didn’t know how to approach. He wanted to hold her but didn't know how she would react. He was afraid of another of her rejection.

"When are you going back?" Nora asked without turning or looking at him.

"We are going after 4 days." he said while standing beside her. He was expecting her to argue with him but she didn't; instead she kept quiet.

Oops. He forgot she never argued. She never talked back. She only stared without any emotion showing on her face. She was like a Shade. Always quiet.

He wanted to ask her what made her like this. He wanted to ask her why she changed so much? She wasn't like this before. What happened to the talkative, bubbly and fun loving girl?

But he knew it wasn't the right time. He will look for his answers himself and that's a promise.