Chapter 30

Diya received a phone call from her mother when they were in the middle of eating their dinner. She excused herself from them and moved away from the kitchen.

"Yes, mom?". "Diya! Tasha said that you're married. She heard it from your father. Is it true?" Mala's voice was full of shock. Diya hesitated to answer her by phone. "Mom, stay calm and wait for me. I'll come to visit you tomorrow in the hospital.". She successfully persuaded Mala after a few tries and went back to continue eating.

Karl looked at her and asked, "Sister-in-law, who was that? Your expression looks a little off.". Ajay stopped eating and looked up at her.

"It's my mom. She asked me about the marriage. Ajay, can you come with me to visit her tomorrow if you're free?". Ajay nodded his head. "But boss, you have a meeting with-". Ajay calmly interrupted him, "Postpone it." and took the dirty dishes to the dishwasher.

Once again, Veer and Karl were amazed by Ajay. They smiled knowingly at each other. 'He postponed an important meeting just to visit sister-in-law's family? He could lose millions if this upsets the other party. He's totally whipped.'.

The next day, Ajay picked up Diya from the kindergarten and drove straight to the hospital. "Diya! Tell me everything now. What did you do?" Mala exclaimed as soon as she saw them entering the wardroom. Ajay saw her giving him an ugly look and retracted from the room; leaving them alone.

"Mom, calm down and listen to me," Diya explained everything that happened the day before yesterday. Mala was crying by the time she was done. "It's not your fault so don't blame yourself.". Mala shook her head; sobbing in Diya's embrace.

"I'm sorry for not being able to give you a peaceful life. Please forgive this impotent mother of yours.". Diya started to cry after hearing Mala's sobs.

Ajay was leaning on the wall when he heard someone causing a scene. He turned to see Balu pushing the nurses aside and race walking to a particular room. Ajay stopped him and signaled the nurses to leave it to him.

Balu glared at him and said, "Who the hell are you? Move away.". He became furious when Ajay made no effort to move away. He raised his hand to strike at him only to get stopped by Diya. "What are you doing?" she stood in front of Ajay protectively; glaring at him.

The two were busy glaring at each other that they didn't notice someone blushing at Diya's action. "This is my husband. Try to give him some respect," Diya said pointing to Ajay. Balu examined Ajay for a full minute and smirked.

"So you caught yourself a big fish, I see. His suit itself would cost a fortune. You're incredible. How many did you sleep with before finding this one? Give me the name of the bar you frequented so I can send your sister to find a big fish too.". Balu's accusation left Diya speechless and disgusted.

Diya felt tears clouding her sight. "Wait in the room, Diya.".