Chapter 207 - A Condition To Marry Esther

Ch-206 

Esther realized her mistake and decided to mend it. She turned back and kept the bag she packed in the car trunk along with Little Reggie's bag and the documents gifted by Cyrus. 

She drove directly to Vritra's mansion. The butler and the other servants were shocked by her sudden entry. No one knew why she came. But when they saw her coming inside with her luggage, they turned speechless. In fact… They wanted to stop her but they remembered the warning of Little Reggie. He said that she would be their future queen. 

Esther threw her luggage in Cyrus's room along with the documents and Reggie's suitcase in his room. She asked the maids to clean them. The evergreen fan maids of Cyrus… Jessie, Rosy, and Julia. Excitedly fought to arrange her stuff in his room. 

Esther drove to the hospital where Cyrus was admitted. The doctors were trying to check him again. They found nothing wrong with his chest, but they wanted to run the checks again more carefully and properly than before. 

Esther came into the ward but was stopped by the angry Reggie and her family. "What?" she felt annoyed when they stopped her. 

"You don't deserve to go in after you broke his heart," Lia said as she berated her heart. 

"And how exactly did I break his heart?" Esther asked in her dangerous tone. Esther was sure that her eye color started changing color from brown to gold and then to red. She wanted to control it and hide it from Little Reggie but she can't hide him from her appearance for life long. She decided to let him get used to this appearance. 

"Didn't you try to leave?" Lia said. 

"MOM!! For god sake! Could you ask me before informing everyone that I am running away and made Cyrus a villain!? I never planned to run away!" she said exasperatedly. 

"Then you packed bags!?" Lia asked without holding back. 

"Mom! Why didn't you become a writer? Huh? Just because I packed because I want to move in with Cyrus and Reggie!" Esther said. She was literally pulling her hair now. She couldn't even understand how they got this idea. 

"Mom… You didn't want to leave dad?" Reggie asked as he walked towards her like a scared cat. 

"Yes!" she replied firmly. 

"Then why didn't you say anything?" he asked. 

"Did you guys give me a chance? You all are accusing me as if I stole your chocolates!" Esther said. 

"For real?" he asked with disbelief. 

"Yes! I took my luggage and your luggage to the Vritra mansion. I even asked the maids to arrange them. You can ask if you doubt me," she said. 

Reggie was in disbelief. He asked Ben to verify her words. Esther felt a prickle in her heart but what she did was beyond that. So, she said nothing and kept mum while the little detective did his investigation. 

After confirming what Esther said was true. Reggie heaved a sigh of relief. "Can I see dad?" she asked. 

Reggie contemplated as he looked at her warily. "You have red eyes. Just like a big bad wolf," he said suddenly. 

"Why?" he added, making her frown. 

"I don't know why they are turning like that. Even your eyes which used to be dark brown color changed into gold color," Esther pointed. 

She is saying to him your color also changed and my eyes color also changed maybe we both are different. 

"Why did your eyes change color?" she asked just like him. 

The little guy thought for a while contemplating the reason, but he couldn't find a single reason for it. "I don't know," he said to her. 

"Momma also doesn't know why her eye color changed," he said just like him. 

"Mom! We are ill!" Reggie shouted  if he realized something big. 

"Really? Shall we get checked here?" she asked, blinking her eyes innocently while showing her red eyes to the guy. Esther hid a smile as she said at her innocent son. 

"You look beautiful in red eyes," he said as he blushed. 

"My baby boy looks handsome in his golden eyes. He is as handsome as his father," Esther said. She forgot that she praised Cyrus here. 

"Can I see your father?" she asked. 

Reggie thought hard as if he was contemplating whether he should send her or not. 

"I have a condition," he said as he started playing his cards at once. 

"What is it?" Esther asked as she tried to be patient. She realized she lost her patience after the soul merging thing. 

"You should never leave me and dad," he said. 

Esther has to appreciate the IQ of her son. He knew how to play the cards at the right time. She wondered if he was turning into a businessman because of Cyrus. 

Meanwhile… 

The doctors couldn't find any problems even after the test results. So.. they decided to test him again. But suddenly the doctors felt they had inhaled the chloroform. At that Shakti came in her green saree looking stern. She stepped forward and took a pill and placed it on her forehead. Light started emitting and the energy started flowing through his body and his body started gleaming with golden light. All the blood rushed to his heart. Cyrus even though he was in his deep sleep he felt someone was opening the lock in his heart, but he knew it wasn't complete but only half. He was too tired and fell asleep. Shakti who saw his condition was better now and only exhausted sighed a heave. Her brother Ben almost returned to Atlantis without his body. So, she came and cured him with the help of his Clan MAster. Only after seeing him fine, she left him. 

After some time, when he woke up he saw a white room, with Esther on his side squeezed in his bed and hugging him from the left. While Reggie was on his right. He wondered how and when Esther came to the hospital. He heard Reggie's accusations towards her. He felt bad for her and wanted to defend her but he failed as he was not in condition. Cyrus wanted to take one of his hands and ruffle his hair but they were too busy to use. His hands became pillows to two little beings. He slept helplessly. After ten minutes, Cyrus saw Esther was stuttering her lashes as she stirred in her sleep. Cyrus realized she was going to wake up. But he closed his eyes and tried to pretend as if he was sleeping by closing his eyes. 

Esther opened her eyes and looked at her beside. The moment she opened her eyes, Cyrus's handsome face came into her view. She felt peaceful looking at his facial features. [I wish to see this scene every time I wake up.] she thought. But unfortunately, her thoughts were heard by him. If not for his 'sleep', Cyrus would have smiled widely. So… he held it. Esther traced his lashes, nose and when her finger was about to move further she stopped. 

"Such a waste. This handsome man who is said to be the CEO Vritra and the King of Basilisk… doesn't even know my thoughts even after hearing my thoughts," she said aloud. 

"Such an idiot he is. Maybe I will turn into a husband while he is a wife after we get married," she said. 

Again Esther was thinking. "Maybe my wife will be earning for me," she said with a giggle. 

"Hmm… His idiocy ruined my day. I wanted to shift into his villa peacefully, but everything was ruined. Idiot!" Esther almost yelled but a whisper came out. 

"Reggie has a better IQ and EQ than you. I wonder how you become a king," Esther said. 

"Sigh...I shall take better care of him. He is such a baby." she said as she traced her fingers on his lips. 

Suddenly, she let out a small yelp. She looked down and noticed that Cyrus was biting her finger while still closing his eyes. Esther's eyes widened in shock at the realization of him being awake but acting as if he was asleep. She tried to retract her finger, but Cyrus caught her hand with his left hand, shocking her further. 

"If you have these many thoughts… then why don't you tell them to me?" he asked her, opening his eyes. 

"You cheated me!" she shrieked out. 

"Where? When? And how?" he asked. 

"Now! You cheated by acting as if you were sleeping!" she pointed. 

"You still didn't answer my question," he pointed out to her. 

"I am afraid… you could even hear my thoughts. I am an open book to you. You saw the past me and the present me. I felt I  am not good enough for you and deserve someone better than me." Esther said as she fiddled with her fingers while looking down. 

"So… this is the reason that you didn't accept me?" he asked. 

"I thought you would leave me if I was harsh and cruel. But when you left today… I couldn't take it. I felt hurt and realized I could be happy with you only. We can get married today itself, if you have energy," she said, shocking him. 

"I am ready!" he said. 

"But…" Esther trailed her words looking at him with a troubled expression. 

"But?" he repeated. 

"I have a condition," she said, making him frown. 

"What is it?" he asked. 

"Promise me… you will not listen to my thoughts," she said, throwing a stone on him. 

To Cyrus this was one of the hardest things.