Chapter 47

  I stirred in my sleep. The memories of the night before came rushing back. I didn't feel his presence so I turned around to check if he was gone. But there he was staring at me, with a smile on his face. His cheek was resting on his left hand.

  "I love you, Nina", he pecked my lips.

  I smiled. "Good morning, Amar."

  "Morning, merge Khushee", he smiled.

  That was what he used to call me even after returning to India. But he stopped calling me the moment Lakshmi took in. I didn't know but I figured it out on the day of Damien's 10th birthday when he was supposed to come to America and he didn't.

  When he called to apologize and told me Lakshmi went into labor, I did some calculations and I figured out he stopped calling me his happiness after copulating with Lakshmi. It was exactly 9 months since the last time he called me that and it broke my heart.