Page 71 of Love Locked
“Nitya, if you’re here to sass me, get out of my house because I have the mother of all hangoversand am in no mood to take your shit.” Kabirrubbed his forehead.
“You’re not that lucky. We’re not leaving this place till you hear us out.” Mira and Ruhi followed her and walked straight into the kitchen to start the coffee machine.
Kabir blinked his eyes at Mira and Ruhi taking over his kitchen. Adil and Vaayu stood beside him, obviously ogling at their wives. The women seemed to have some magic touch that had converted his brothers into love-sick fools.
Just yesterday, you were the same as them, he scoffed mentally.
“What’s with you and your wives invading my house all the time?” Kabir complained.
“Dude. Your house should be the least of your worries now. BTW, you stink. What did you do? Took a dip in the pool of whiskey?” Vaayu asked.
“I wish,” Kabir grumbled.
“V is right. You are stinking. Go and shower first.” Adil ordered.
“Fuck off. You’re not my Mom.” Kabir was furious. “Will someone tell me what the hell is going on?”
“Happily. We know Kyra broke up with you last night.” Adil glared at him.
“Just what I wanted. Fucking great. The word travels fast.”
“Ooh, I’m feeling a sense ofdéjà vu.” Vaayu snickered.
“Listen, you guys better leave with your wives because I’m not interested in discussing anything. Right now, I am furious. And I really don’t want to bad mouth Kyra in front of her sisters.”
“You need to calm the fuck down and listen to what I’m saying carefully,” Adil replied calmly as he held his shoulders. “You are going to go and freshen up and then sit with us with a cool head. We have something to tell you. And you’re not gonna like it one bit.”
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Kabir listened in stunned silence as Mira narrated the entire story to him. She told him how her mom called her last night to tell her Kyra was leaving India and how she came across the accidental recording.
“You’re joking.” Kabir snapped.
“No, I’m not. Raina threatened Kyra to break up with you by telling her she was pregnant. And she also blackmailed her about Nitya’s sex tape. That’s the reason Kyra broke up with you last night.”Mira told him sympathetically.
“I want to listen to the recording,” Kabir demanded.
“Sure. Here it is. Play it so we all can listen.” Ruhi gave him the phone.
The recording played, and Kabir felt his temper rise by a notch. He fisted his hands and clenched his jaw as he came to the part where Raina shrewdly lied about the baby and told Kyra he would always choose his duty, his baby, over her. He wanted to smash something. He had never experienced such anger that bordered on violence. Not knowing what he would do, he shot up to his feet and went to the nearby window. Woofer sensed his uneasiness and ran towards him, standing beside him to give him company.
“Bira, you okay?” Vaayu stood by his side with Adil.
“I don’t know anymore. Kyra was so convincing when she told me she didn’t want to be with me. I could see it in her eyes. I hated her when she threw our age difference at me. Now I know why she did it.”He swallowed hard when the dots connected in his mind and cursed aloud.“Fuck. She knew I was sensitive about our age difference; that’s precisely why she mentioned that. I should have never believed her.”
“Well, you didn’t know she was making shit up.” Vaayu consoled him.
Kabir stared at him. “That doesn’t change the fact that I thought the worst of her and told her I hate her.”
“You did what?” Adil snapped.
“I told her that I hate her.”
“How could you be so stupid?” Adil shook his head. “You are the intelligent one among us, right?”
“Clearly, that’s just on the paper, Adi. This guy has just proved himself to be a dumbass.” Vaayu shook his head. “You’re a fucking idiot.”
“I knew something was off when Raina continually called and texted me. But I never anticipated this.”
