Bound By Love [Completed]

shot 33

"She is a twin??" Aadesh asked still dazed after what he heard from his brother

He had been away for a day and he had come home to receive a shock

"Yes. A twin" Armaan confirmed

"And she is not Advi's mother??"

"No.Not biologically"

"And you are not angry at her???" Aadesh asked

"I was really angry when I came to know the truth. Then when I thought with a calm mind I realized she did it for Advi."

"Wow. Love really does change people doesn't it??" Aadesh asked and Armaan looked at him in shock

"What?? Don't look so shocked. You might have started seeing me only when you were five ,but I have known you since I was born. I know you very well" Aadesh said grinning

"Shut up Addy" Armaan chided at his brother's lame joke

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Janani walked towards Armaan's study after putting the children to bed that night

"Armaan"

"Janani. You are still awake??"

"Um...can we talk???" Janani asked hesitantly

"Ofcourse" he said and led her to the terrace

There at the corner was a shaded area with two couches and a tea table. Janani had never come up to the terrace so she had never seen in before

"This is Addy's special place. He sometimes like to sit here and stargaze" Armaan said and he led her over to the couch

"Armaan... I..I want to apologise for my earlier behaviour. I know it was not fair of me. And I also apologise for lying to you.It was not my intention to deceive you. All I could think about was holding on to Advi as long as I could. I simply couldn't think past that. And when yesterday you implied that I would sell him for money ,I couldn't bear it. I know you have every right to be angry on me. I hope you will understand why I did what I did" Janani said in a breath

"I understand" Armaan said as he turned around to stare at the unseeing scenery of the night

"So what next??" She asked in the pulsing silence

"That's what we have to decide."

He was using the royal 'we'; she didn't think she would have much actual input into what happened next.

"Tell me how your sister got hold of your passport" he invited, startling her with that request.

"It happened by accident. The first time we met she showed me her passport because she had worn her hair long then too, and I got out mine and we were laughing and somehow our passports got mixed up"

"And??" Armaan prompted

"Saanvi only realised she had my passport when she was flying out somewhere abroad and she travelled on it because she didn't want to miss her flight."

"She lied" Armaan murmured without any expression at all. "She had already used your passport in her application to be the surrogate I hired. And the reason she lied was that she had several criminal convictions in her own name. She probably tracked you down quite deliberately. She set you up to steal your identity,Janani. Accept that."

Janani paled. She was remembering laughing with her sister as they compared unflattering passport photos.

"It was months before I found out about the...er...exchange and when I contacted her about it, she said she'd give it back when she returned"