Yulian came out of the room.
He saw Virsa holding her clothes wrapped in sheets.
The room was opened.
"Why are you leaving your rooms?" he said in a raspy voice.
"I don't need those things. Besides, they were out of pity, not love," she said, her eyes still red.
"Riri…" he whispered.
She held her clothes bag tightly.
"Don't call me that," she said while sniffing and having hiccups.
He stepped closer.
"Please don't leave the room," he said.
Virsa pushed him aside, running.
"RIRI!" he said.
She ran to her sister's room.
"Fuck!" Yulian said.
Meanwhile—
"I back!" Mila said as she waddled in.
"Hi, sweetie," Galina said, hugging her.
"Mama and Dada are on their way, baby," Taran (Massimo) said.
"Here are your flowers for your parents, sweetie," Rima said.
"Tank ooo pwetty," Ria Mila said.
"Let's go, baby," Caspian said.
She pouted.
"Come on, I said sorry 70 times," he said.
"What happened?" Sarbina said.
"Cappy is gonna marry my Chocwate Auntie. He gonna leave her there and go away. That mean…" Mila said, pouting.
"Baby, it's an arranged marriage and she rejected the offer I gave her. It's not my fault," he said.
"Come on. You chose her over her sister and you plan after a year to divorce her and give her money," Kenan said.
"I tell Mama," Mila said.
"You no love me no more?" Caspian said.
Mila kissed his cheeks.
"I mad and I wuv you bigggggggg," she said.
"Alright, baby. Let's go!" he said as he lifted her and placed her around his neck.
Everyone left home to the airport.
On the plane, in first class, Nikolai woke up.
"Baby, come on. We about to land," he whispered in Lilith's ear.
She smiled at him.
"Good morning, Nikki," she said.
"Good morning, Bambi," he said.
She wore a diamond mangalsutra and Sapphire blue Anarkali and a black koka nose ring.
Touchdown in Russia.
Lily wore a mask as they walked into the airport.
Mila was waiting.
Her Mama and Dada.
Reporters were all over.
Mila was sucking her pacifier.
As Lilith entered, Mila smiled against her pacifier.
She held the flowers.
Mila waddled to her.
"Hi, baby."
"Hello, my sweet baby girl. I missed you so much!!!!" Lily said, hugging her.
"Mama!" Mila said.
Cameras clicked.
Mila looked around.
"Dada?" she said.
"Come, come, come," Lilith said.
As Mila sadly waddled back.
"Welcome Home, Mihu," Urlima said as they all hugged.
"I missed everyone andddddddddd I did a lot of shopping for Everyone!!" Lily said.
They cheered.
Mila kept looking outside sadly.
"What we looking at, sweetheart?" the monstrous Beast said.
"My Dada," Mila said, pointing and making grabbing hands at the glass door.
She looked extremely adorable.
"Me?" he said as Mila looked at him.
Nikolai smiled at her.
"Hello, my beautiful little girl," he said.
"DADA!!!!!!" Mila said, jumping up and down.
She hugged him, making him fall down.
He laughed, holding her.
"Oh my darling baby, Papa missed you so much!" Nikolai said as he held her.
She kissed his nose.
"Hewe for my dada!" she said.
As he took the flowers, his favorites.
"Aww, baby. Dada flowers?" he said.
She nodded as he hugged her.
"Dada home," Mila said.
He rubbed her back gently and wiped his tears.
In the car, Mila happily blabbered to both her parents.
"That what Cappy said. I mad at him!" she said, pouting.
Lily smiled and rubbed her hair.
Nikolai placed his head on hers.
Mila continued yapping while her parents stared at her with so much love.
After 10 minutes, they arrived home.
Nikolai came down and held Lilith's hand.
They both walked in.
Meghna did the welcoming ritual for them.
Lily stepped into her home with her right leg as they walked in.
"Welcome home," Daria said.
Nikolai held his daughter.
"Boss!" both groups said as they bowed.
"Hi, Dammy!" Lily said.
As Leonid whispered into her ear, her face fell.
"Why didn't you guys call me?" she said.
"He said he didn't want to bother you," Leonid said.
"Kishu, come here," she said.
As Kistore walked to her.
"Amma," he said.
"Sit, my child. Why didn't you call me? I will always pick immediately for all my children. You guys mean a lot. You all are my life, so please don't ever hide anything from me, baby," she said.
He sobbed, hugging her.
"Oh, my baby," she said again.
"Atharva, smile."
Nikolai stood as they explained everything Yulian did.
He rubbed his face.
"Let's have lunch and we will discuss this. All family meeting after lunch," Nikolai announced.
They nodded.
While eating, Nikolai and Lilith fed Mila.
"Hiiii fucker!" Kieran said as he entered.
"Wow, this place is cooked," he said.
"Hi, Funny Unca!" Mila said.
"Oh, Mimi, my sweet, sweet baby," he said, hugging her.
Nikolai rolled his eyes.
Kieran held Mila as they watched the game.
Lilith sat as Nikolai dropped the bag.
Yulian's head remained low.
Virsa hid behind the wall, watching.
"What is this, Yulian?" Nikolai said.
Lily looked worried.
"I…i…it…" Yulian said.
"Answer me!" Nikolai said.
"Drugs and weeds, brother," Yulian said.
"And where did you get them from? Who did you buy these shit from?" he said.
"S…school. I…I got them from school," Yulian said.
"Explain yourself now," Taran (Massimo) said.
Yulian explained how he got humiliated and how his ex dumped him in school.
"Why didn't you say anything? You don't trust us?" Daria said.
"Everyone is busy with their lives. I just didn't know where to go," Yulian said.
"How did you get these?" Nikolai said while he held the tip of his nose.
"M…My friend Mark brought it from the black market and I…I…got it when he said it takes sorrow away and I j…just one, then another and another and another," he said.
"It felt so good and I brought more," Yulian said.
Nikolai was angry.
"Nimra," Nikolai said.
"Yes, boss," she said.
"Crash the black market site. Wipe them out," he said.
"B…But where will I get—" Yulian said.
"Get what!?" Nikolai said, standing up.
Yulian moved back.
"Nick, he has some in his room," Salavtore said.
Yulian looked nervous.
"No, it not," he said.
"Hold him down," Nikolai said.
As Nathan and Enzo pinned Yulian, they took him to his room.
"Daphne, search," Lilith said.
"Yes, boss," she said.
Yulian was scared.
Virsa was watching, her heart broken seeing him in this situation even though he broke her heart.
Meanwhile—
Deillah was asleep in the hospital as Mrs. Paula entered the VIP room.
She saw her daughter's oxygen mask on her face.
"What the hell?" she said.
Mr. Thiago entered.
The same thing too.
The doctor entered.
"Who are you?" he said.
"We are her parents," Mrs. Paula said.
"Oh, I thought it was only her husband who dropped her off here. Well, her condition is very critical. Severe stress and internal bleeding. Her liver is weak, which led to her asthma attack. She is too young to have these marks on her body. That is the form of domestic violence. She is having a very bad heart condition too. So, for now, she is under observation for 72 hours. No noise. She needs rest," he said.
"Thank you," Mr. Thiago said.
As Deillah was deep asleep.
Meanwhile—
In Yulian's room, about 50 bags were brought out.
Nikolai's eyes never left the bags.
Yulian was still pinned.
Virsa was sitting in her sister's room, nervous.
"Are you worried about him?" Wazir said.
"No, I'm not," she said softly.
Nikolai stood up and took Yulian to Lily's hall.
She was having tea.
"Lian," she said.
He lowered his eyes.
"VIRSA!!!!" she said.
As Virsa came down.
"Ji, madam," she said.
As their eyes met, she looked away.
"Now, can you both explain this picture that was sent by your secretary, Yulian?" Lily said.
They watched.
"I…I asked her to feed me," he said.
"On your lap?" Lilith said.
"I was teasing her. I was developing..." he said.
"Developing what?" she said.
While Catalina dropped the kettle.
Something he said.
"Hmm. And when you called her uneducated, giving her things out of pity, insulted her and pushed her to the wall, and when she saved you from the club, you kicked her out of your room in the middle of the night and she lied on your behalf.
"And what the hell is your secretary wearing every single day to get your attention, to sleep with her, also not the fact that you hurt Virsa's feelings without checking, without listening to her, without thinking?
"Or is it that the damn drugs got to your brains!?" Lilith said.
Virsa gripped her veil, holding her fingers.
Yulian tried to speak, but nothing came out.
The man who attempted to kill Yulian was dragged in by Ethan.
"Oh, Zorina," Lily said.
As Nikolai was burning the drugs.
"Yes, boss!" Zorina said.
"Make him speak," she said.
As Zorina took the burning coal and placed it on his wounds.
The man screamed.
"Speak," Ethan said.
"Never," he said.
"Ugh, goodness," Lilith said.
As she took a fire gun and smiled at him.
His eyes widened.
She then turned it on and burned his wounds.
He screamed.
"It was from the Iron Jaguar Brotherhood. They got a deal on your brother from an unknown man who wants him killed," he said.
"Why?" Yulian said.
"They said you stole a deal from them!" he said.
Yulian remembered when he was about to hit his company big.
His friend Mark didn't make it, and Yulian got it.
"Marks..." he said in disbelief and shock.
His own best friend was going to kill him.
"Isn't that your best friend?" Arina said.
Yulian's phone rang.
And it was him.
"Close his mouth," Lily said.
As Yulian put the phone on speaker.
"Hey, bro. Where are you? Huh, you just left the party last night," Mark said.
Yulian didn't know what to say.
"Well, I got to run. Brother came home," he said.
"Ohhhhh, well, I'm having a party tonight. I got good stuffs. Dad's men got them fresh, so!?" Mark said.
"Hmm, okay," Yulian said.
As the call ended.
It wasn't even up to a minute.
The assassin's phone rang.
"It him," Catalina said.
As they picked.
"Listen. He is coming tonight. You better do your job properly or else I will kill you and find someone else. Do you understand me!?" Mark said.
As the call ended.
Yulian's heart shattered.
Virsa looked at him.
"Nikki, you handled it," Lilith said.
Nikolai sat, his eyes burning with anger.
"Lock him up," Nikolai said.
"What!?" they said.
"Lock Lian up for 6 days as his punishment and Leonid will be detoxifying him before we leave," he said.
"B…but it not his fault, Kaal…" Virsa said.
"It is. He didn't tell anyone about what he was going through. He started taking drugs under my roof, my care. I took care of him since he was a baby and now he is fucking 22 and still behaving like a child!?" Nikolai said.
"Please don't lock him up. At least just de…de…" Virsa said.
"Uhmm," Virsa said.
"Detoxify?" Nora said.
"Yes, that word. On him. It not his fault. It's that man from the party house," she said softly.
Everyone looked at each other.
"Eh, ajeeb hai. Usne tera dil tor ditta te phir vi tu ohde agge benati kar rahi ae. Tu ohnu bachaya, ohne teri beizzati kiti, phir vi tu ohde agge benati kar rahi ae."
(It's strange. He broke your heart and you are still pleading with him. You saved him, he insulted you, and yet you still plead with him.)
Nikolai said.
"HUH!?" Vishal, Rohan, Urlima, Rima, Hammed, Damian, and everyone said in shock.
"What? I spoke Punjabi. Great Grandma taught me," he said.
As Virsa lowered her head.
"Well, fine. Just keep him in a new room. Remove all his things and take him to the 6th floor. He will be staying there for now," he said.
As Yulian was taken away.
"Caspian, sit," Lily said.
As he sat.
"You announced your marriage in front of people and told her in private that you will leave her to stay with your mother for a whole year and pay her 3 billion after the divorce.
"Now, does that thrash sound right to you?" she said.
"No, Maa. But it's an arranged marriage and she's not bad. They abuse her and I tested her too, but I don't feel anything for her," he said.
"Just like your dad to your mom, hm?" Lilith said.
Those words hit him unexpectedly.
Then he sighed.
"You both will get married, and if you don't feel anything for her during the years between you two, then I will approve the divorce. So now you both will get married. Is that clear, or am I forcing you?" she said.
"No, Maa," he said.
"Good. Well then, get ready for your wedding," she said.
He nodded and left.
Caspian entered the hospital room.
"How is she, doctor?" he said.
"Cancer. She has stomach cancer. It's called gastric cancer. It's growing. She is slowly dying. It wasn't treated earlier. It was growing, but she can still get a surgery done," the doctor said.
Caspian stood there frozen.
"C…Cancer?" he said.
"Yes. It's extremely bad. She's vomiting black color. Her body is exhausted. No care, no food. She has insomnia. Her brain levels high, blood pressure low," the doctor said.
"Thank you. When can she be discharged?" he said.
As the doctor checked her paperwork.
"Tomorrow evening," he said.
"Thanks," Caspian said.
As the doctors left, he made a call.
"Yes, baby?" his mother said.
"The wedding is in 5 days, not 8 anymore, Mama. So please, in 2 days, I want the grand wedding to happen," he said.
"Of course, love," she said.
As the call ended, he sat beside her, looking at her as he made a call.
"Yes, boss?" the female guards said.
He gave instructions.
"Yes, boss," she said.
As he waited for Deillah to wake up.
It was morning.
Caspian slept in the hospital as Deillah slowly woke up.
She weakly tapped his hair.
As he looked up.
"Hey," he said.
She tapped her tummy.
"It hurts?" he said.
As he touched her belly, he felt her tummy growling.
"Oh, food," he said.
She nodded.
As a nurse came to check her, he ordered some food.
Deillah was checked by the nurse.
After 4 minutes, Caspian arranged the food.
The mask was off.
"My tummy hurts," she cried.
He dropped the food.
And she looked at her.
"What?" he said.
"Water?" she said.
He rolled his eyes.
"Why are you so mean to me!?" she said again.
She began crying.
"Oh lord, I'm sorry, okay? Don't cry. I will go get water for you," he said.
As he took 3 bottles and left.
He fetched all bottles and went back.
"I got———the water…," Caspian said.
As Deillah's tray was clear.
Her mouth was stained as she licked her fingers.
"Water," she said.
"Huh!?" he said while looking around.
"Did you eat with someone?" he said.
She shook her head.
"Then where is the food I got you, girl!?" he said.
"In here," she said, pointing at her tummy.
He bent over.
Under the bed, nobody.
In the toilet, nobody.
She took two bottles of water and at the same time she drank it.
Caspian bent his head to the right.
The whole bottles were gone.
She burped loudly.
"Jesus Christ," he said.
"Sorry, sir," she said.
He blinked at her and sat back with shock.
Then burst into laughter.
"What the hell!?" he said.
Deillah licked her fingers.
Six days later—
Nikolai worked non-stop and also paid all his workers across the world.
Then he was going for an interview with the biggest business news channel.
"Welcome, sir," the manager said as he shook his hands.
Then they sat.
"We are live in 3…2…1!" the manager said.
"Good afternoon, everyone. Today we are live with the biggest hit businessman in Russia who has crossed over trillions of dollars, Mr. Nikolai Devereaux. Thank you for joining us," the journalist said.
"Pleasure is all mine," Nikolai said.
"Look, Lily, it's your hubby!" Nino said while they were shopping for bags and jewelries.
Sohan and Riyana were on the private island watching him on TV.
"Look, it's Kaal!" Pratap said as the India family watched him.
"So how did you do it?" the journalist said.
"Hard work pays off. That's all it is. It's not only me but my teams and I working non-stop, hitting our points. And we fight sometimes, but still work with that anger and frustration too," Nikolai said.
As they asked him a few questions, he answered.
And they got over 50 billion views.
"What about your younger brother, Yulian? You didn't help him in building his company?" she said.
"No. While growing up and taking care of him, he saw how I work day and nights for them. When he was in his first year, he was building his own career by observing what people needed the most. He worked in other companies, learning, and then my sister asked me if I can help him in his company.
"He said no to my face," Nikolai said.
She laughed.
"Yeah, he literally said no. He wants to build a name for himself and not because he's my brother. No, just something he wants, and that he worked for. Days, nights. Sometimes I correct his mistakes or let him do it himself.
"So yeah, he became the man he is today," Nikolai said.
The journalist nodded.
After 20 minutes, the show ended.
Everybody clapped.
Nikolai smiled and nodded.
He checked his phone.
"I am so so so so proud of you, Nikki," he read the message from Lily.
She put many hearts emojis.
He smiled.
Lilith came home.
She saw her husband playing games on his game station.
"Hi, my handsome baby," she said.
"Hey, my sexy mama," he said.
As she kissed him.
"Here, the latest," she said.
As he opened it and saw 4 phones.
Samsung Fold 9 and S26.
Google Pixel 11 Pro XL.
iPhone 18 Pro Max.
He grinned at her.
"Why many phones?" he said.
"Wellllll, because you deserve to be spoiled, and I also got these too!!" she said.
And gave him some boxes.
He opened the boxes and looked at her.
"Baby…..how much did you spend?" he said.
His eyes red.
"Wellll, I got from my wedding money. That over ₽7 million," she said.
"Andddd I spent shopping for you over ₽30 million! I packed our bags for the trips!" she said.
He looked down, tears rolling down his cheeks.
"Baby, it's too much," he said.
"Never for you. And I also got something I wanted to tell you," Lilith said.
"What's that?" Nikolai said.
"I got...…my very first…" she said.
He raised his eyebrows.
"My first shop," she said.
"What?" Nikolai said.
"My first shop, Nikki," she said.
He looked.
As he saw pictures of a bigger, large shop.
"I got it for ₽500k and I got it when I was writing my exams and I wanted to surprise you," she said.
"Oh baby. I got a big shop for you when you were childish as your Bengal dowry, baby, and now you got this. I am so so so extremely proud of you, sweetheart," Nikolai said, hugging her.
She hugged him tightly.
She kissed him.
Mila was sleeping.
Lilith packed her bags.
Yulian never came out of his new room.
A maid dropped food.
"Listen. You know the door that is facing my old room?" he said.
"Yes, sir," she said.
"You and 6 maids should all go there and pack the clothes, shoes, and jewelries and the new boxes filled. Pack them all nearly and organize too, then join them with my suitcases. Understood?" he said.
"Yes, sir. Right away," she said.
As she left and gathered the maids, they began packing.
He lay on the bed.
Tears rolled down his cheeks.
Meanwhile, Virsa stared at the window.
Tears rolled down her cheeks too.