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I nod. “I came to collect my dad’s report and need the doctor to have a look at it,” I answer, holding up the file in my hands.
“Give me the reports. I will get them checked and send the file home,” he offers, holding out his hand to me.
I narrow my eyes on his bossiness. I tilt my chin up, tighten my grip on the file, and clench my jaws as I respond in a barely controlled voice, “I can handle this.”
“Daddy, isn’t she your friend who was at home the other day?” Mili chimes in.
“That’s right, Princess, she is the one.” He faces her and nods with a smile.
“I lovvvved the chocolate cake you made.” Her eyes sparkle as she says that. She reaches over and moves her hands lightly over my cheek as she beams, “You are very pretty.”
“You, too, are pretty, just like Sofia, the Disney princess.” I grin at her.
“Thank you, she is my favourite.” A shy smile sneaks across her face while Ranveer stands and gently holds my upper arm to help me up. Once we are on our feet, he doesn’t let go of his hold on my arm. I wonder if it is because he is worried that I will flee at the first opportunity.
Mili looks between Ranveer and me. “Why haven’t you come again to Daddy’s house to make the chocolate cake?”
“Actually…”
“She has been busy, Baby. And that’s her house too, Princess,” Ranveer tells her, cutting me off.
I swear it feels like my heart is going to thump out of my chest. Why is he clarifying that to her? Or is it more for my ears?
“Oh!” she says and then looks at me. “That means you will come home with us?”
I shake my head. “No, Baby, I am staying with my parents.”
Without probing into this further, she shoots me with her next question. “Do you like to do puzzles?”
“Hmmmm…. When I was your age, I would solve them for hours. In fact, my mom glued them and kept all my jigsaw puzzles safely.” I smile at her, not sure why she asked me that question out of the blue.
“Daddy doesn’t know how to solve them. He is not even good at sorting the pieces. He is kind of horrible at it.” Mili rolls her eyes and informs me as she shrugs her shoulders. I bite my inner cheek to keep myself from laughing as I gaze at her adorable face.
Ranveer’s hand leaves my arm and pokes her tummy with a finger, making her giggle. “Are you making fun of me?”
“That’s true.” She gets into a fit as she puts her head back and looks at him with twinkling eyes, her face a study of laughter. Her mirth gets on to me and I can’t help but join and break into a peal of laughter. Hearing my chuckle, his head jerks towards me.
“I have tried to get her to play on the PlayStation, but this girl refuses to listen,” he grumbles, his eyes not leaving mine.
“That’s boring. Puzzles are more fun, and they don’t spoil your eyes too,” she frowns at him as she retorts in her firm baby voice.
“You have a point there. I agree with you.” I smile at her, and she returns the smile in self-applaud as she gazes at Ranveer.
“Now that you two share the same opinion, I have an idea. Why don’t you come and help her solve her puzzle?”
“M…. meeee?” I fumble.
He smirks. “Unless you have plans to hightail on me.”
“What does that mean?” Mili asks me, looking adorably confused. “You have a tail, Aunty?”
I glare at Ranveer and then turn to look at Mili. “It means to hmmm… to leave.”
Mili blinks her eyes for a couple of seconds, trying to understand the meaning. “You won’t do that, right, Aunty?”
“She is good at it,” Ranveer mutters.
I bite my bottom lip and lower my gaze, knowing well that Ranveer has put me in a tight spot. Checkmate. “I won’t.”
