Ira and Shiv remained calm and silent throughout the entire conversation while Aditya and Aarav were dumbstruck by what their mother was saying.Lady Mia could understand why Shiv remained calm, but Ira"s unusual calmness raised some anxiety within Lady Mia...
The silence in the cave was deafening. Ira finally decided to talk.
"Lady Mia... On what grounds do you want me to believe you..."
Lady Mia perfectly understood that Ira didn"t have the necessity to believe what she said. Lady Mia just wanted to come clean with her from the moment she saw her. She also felt like taking good care of her will reduce some of the sins which she did to her sister.
Lady Mia still blamed herself for the death of her sister and her husband.
After some long and hard thought, she took out a letter and gave it to Ira.
Ira immediately noticed the handwriting and the seal on the letter. It was her brother"s...
Ira had a complicated expression on her face as she handed the letter back to her.
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"Child... I can understand what you are feeling... But please know just one thing, no matter what, I will keep the promise I made to my sister..."
Ira rubbed her chin as she faced down.
"I... I can"t begin to even understand what my brother must have gone through all these years... Since I have never seen my parents before... I don"t know how I should feel... I do feel bad that they were killed, but I feel worse for what my brother has been going through... As they say, ignorance is a bliss... I didn"t know anything, he always kept me in the dark, but now that I think about it... was he ever happy?"
Lady Mia held her hand and gently caressed her head.
"Ira... I believe your brother"s happiness lies with you. Every time we write to each other, there was not a single letter where he didn"t mentioned about you. He wanted to make sure that you were safe. As long as you are happy, he will be the happiest man on earth. And one more thing, don"t forget that I am your mother"s twin sister. We both look exactly the same." Lady Mia smiled at her tenderly as she continued to stroke her head.
Ira blinked at her thrice. Her beautiful eyes grew wide with amazement as her cheeks flushed pink.
She held Lady Mia"s hand and inspected her from all the angles as she nodded her head in understanding.
The three guys including Lady Mia were quite surprised seeing her reaction.
"Hmm... No wonder, me and my brother both are so good looking!"
Her single sentence made the guys skin crawl, while Shiv burst out laughing. Lady Mia flushed pink hearing her comment.
Aarav who couldn"t take it anymore spoke out as he chuckled to himself.
"Then are we not good looking?"
Ira, without batting an eyelid immediately answered him.
"Yes!"
Aarav and Aditya burst out laughing. Shiv nudged Ira from the side.
"What about me? Me? Me?"
"Who are you? I don"t know you! Hmm!"
"Ohh! Are you sure about that? Hmm... hmm...?" Shiv continued to nudge her.
Ira pushed him as she went to her aunt.
"Aunt! Tell me about my parents. I want to know more about them. If I ask my brother, he will definitely not tell me."
Lady Mia smiled to herself as she nodded her head.
"Let"s head back to your room. I will tell you everything. But now I have something I need to discuss with my sons. I will come to your room later."
"Okay!"
Lady Mia pulled her sons out of the cave and made some s.p.a.ce for Shiv and Ira to be alone.
Shiv who was sulking in some corner for being ignored by her earlier didn"t realise that they have all left except for her.
After they all went, Ira approached him.
"How long are you going to sulk?"
Hearing her soft voice made Shiv relaxed as he turned around to face her.
"You are not half... bad..."
Shiv"s unique eyes twinkled like stars after hearing her words.
He went closer to her and held her thin waist as he fixed his eyes onto her"s.
Ira who always pushed him away stayed obedient as she stared into his eyes.
She supported herself in his embrace by placing one hand on his chest while she slowly moved her other hand to his cheeks and caressed them gently.
"Your eyes are so beautiful!"
Shiv could feel his pulse racing as his heart was threatening to jump out from his chest any moment.
He felt hot on the places that was touched by her hands. Unknowingly he tightened the grip on her thin waist.
Ira struggled a little as he tightened his grip. She balled her fists and hit him on his shoulders.
"Hey, loosen the grip! It hurts! I"m not going to run away, okay?"
Shiv who momentarily lost his senses was pulled back to reality and noticed that she was in pain.
"I"m sorry..."
"Thank you... I feel like it"s because I met you, I was able to meet my aunt. I was really uncomfortable, but now I"m not. Thanks."
"Then... does that mean... I can kiss you?"
Before he could dodge, a slap flew right on his face.
"In your dreams!"
She rushed out of the cave without turning back. Her heart was thumping while her face nearly turned bright red.
"This is my second time getting slapped by a girl.. But... she was soooo cuteee!"
Shiv had a sly grin on his face as he hopped his way out of the cave.