Chapter 25: Ch.24/ I Am Here For You
Alessandro''s POV:-
I can see the pain in Anhuphama''s eyes when her father said that he has onlye to the party
because of the share I have taken from him. I know how eager she was to meet her father but this man
in front of us can not be called a father who doesn''t even acknowledge his daughter. If he thinks that he
has any right to humiliate my wife then I will have to show him his ce.
"How are you, Baba?" Anhuphama''s voice pulls me away from my thoughts making me look at Mr.
Sengupta.
"How do you think he can be after what you have done?" Miss Ganguly replies instead of Mr. Sengupta
who looks unfazed. I feel Anhuphama going stiff in my arms and I am sure she is again ming her for
everything.
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"If I am not wrong then I think Mr. Sengupta is not a disabled person who can not answer by himself." I
tell her with a sarcastic smile.
"She is my niece and she is allowed to reply in my ce." Mr. Sengupta replies arrogantly making me
clench my fist.
"Papa me go y." My princess demands so I give her to Marco who happily takes her in his arms
before disappearing between the crowd of people. When I turn around I notice that Mr. Sengupta''s
eyes linger on my baby as if he wants to hold her but refraining himself from doing it.
"So, you are really ying house with this unwanted woman and his trash of a daughter." Miss Ganguly
comments with a cruel smirk that I want to wipe out of her face but my wife beats me this time.
"That''s our daughter you are talking about Riya so I will advise you to keep your mouth shut if you don''t
want my husband to throw you out of this party." My heart burst with pride hearing Anhuphama''s sharp
reply and I am sure I have a big smile on my face. On the other hand, Mr. Sengupta and his niece are
lookingpletely surprised by my wife''s sudden reply.
"Don''t you dare to talk to me like that. Just because you''re married to Alessandro doesn''t make you
any important person in my eyes. You are still the same worthless and unwanted girl for me." Miss
Ganguly answers with disgust but my wife doesn''t back out this time.
"I don''t care what you think of me but what I care that your attitude is ruining my father''s reputation.
Also, it''s Mr. Bianchi for you not anything else. I hope you havee here to enjoy the party so it will
be better to do that or else the door is open. Let''s go, Mr. Bianchi." Anhuphama replies before she
takes my hand and we get away from there. However, when we reach a secluded area she starts
crying while wrapping her arms around my waist. I get startled but then I hold her tightly before rubbing
her back gently. Her whole body is shaking from the heavy sobs that are leaving from her mouth. My
guts wrench hearing the sound of her crying. So, I take her to a nearby room where I can talk to her in
privacy.
I make her sit on the bed before fetching a ss of water for her. I give her the ss but she shakes
her head so I give her a stern look. Finally, she takes the ss from my hand and drinks a little bit of
water. I sit beside her on the bed and take her left hand in mine. I look at the engagement ring and the
wedding band on her ring finger which she is wearing from the moment I have put them in there. But
today she hasn''t worn the red and white bangles she wears every day.
"What are you looking at?" She asks, her voice is a little horse because of the crying. I look at her eyes
to see that her makeup is a little messed up while there are tear stain on both her cheeks. I take out the
handkerchief from my dress pant''s pocket and wipe her face as gently as I can before kissing her on
the forehead.
"I am very proud of you today for the way you have handled the situation with your father and cousin. I
know it must hurt to hear so terrible words from your family members but I hope now you understand
that being silent can not be the solution for everything." I tell her while fresh tears fall from her eyes.
"Why did you marry me, Alessandro? I am nothing but a burden to everyone." She replies with a
broken expression. Although I am happy to hear her calling me by my name but seeing her so broken
makes me want to kill someone.
"You are not a burdened Cara, not to me at least. You are my wife and mother of our precious daughter
for that I always will be grateful to you. Besides that, you are the strongest women I have seen so far.
Don''t let other people''s nonsense talking get in your mind or head, you are going to face your enemies
by yourself and I will be there to be your backup. I don''t want to be your knight in shining armor
because I believe my wife has the potential to face every hurdle so I will only guide you whenever you
need my help." I tell her in which she nods her head before I hug her close to my chest. Whatever I
have said is true and I will make them happen. No one will be able to make her feel worthless because
she will show them how much capabilities she has in her.
I call Bianca and tell her toe to the room with Olivia because my lovely wife is not ready to get out
of the room with her messed up makeup and tear stain face. I try to tell her that she is looking beautiful
but she replies that I never see any fault in her so I am not telling her the truth. Soon, the girlse
into the room but they don''t ask anything about Anhuphama''s situation and for that, I am very pleased.
They tell me that they will be in the ballroom in a few minutes so I leave them alone and go away from
there.
When I reach the party room many of them giving me nods of acknowledgment. I take a ss of
champagne from one of the waiters before I go in front of Mr. Ganguly who is looking very
ufortable for some reason.
"What happened Mr. Ganguly?" I ask while taking a sip from my drink.
"I think Riya has something dangerous going on her mind because a few minutes ago she came to me
and told me that today she will reveal everything. I don''t know what she is meant by that but I am sure
she will do something bad." He replies with uncertainty.
"Don''t worry I will handle everything." I answer but he is still looking very tensed so I decide to tell him
everything that has happened earlier with his uncle and sister. After hearing what Anhuphama has
done he is ready to jump and dance his hearts out.
"I knew it that our Anu has the guts to stand in front of Riya but she just needed courage which you
have given her. I can not describe in words how much I admire you for the way you treat my sister and
niece with so much care. I didn''t think that you are capable of caring for someone because of the way
you have married her but I am happy for whatever you have done. I am not ashamed to ept you are
the perfect person for my Anu and Advira." I smile at his words before I feel little hands tugging at my
wrist. I chuckle seeing Delh standing there with a smile on her face.
"Yes, how can I help you, Delh?" I ask the sweet girl.
"I want to dance with you Uncle Sandro. Daddy is not here and Uncle Marco is already dancing with
Advira so I don''t have a dancing partner." She replies softly. She has always been a soft-spoken
person who always likes to put a smile on others.
"Of course sweetheart. Let''s go and dance like we always do." I reply and take her hand in mine before
going to the dance floor. I request Mr. Ganguly to join us on the dance floor with his wife and he
epts my request without any problems.
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It''s been half an hour since I have left the girls alone but they are not back yet. I am getting restless so I
tell Delh that I am going to look for her mommy and aunties. I pass her to Uncle Gabriel before
turning around to go in search of my wife. However, I notice that she is alreadying towards me with
a smile on her face. When she stands in front of me I ask her for a dance which she epts.
I will never get bored with having her in my arms. I have my fair share of women in my life but no one is
a little bit simr to my wife who has be the most valuable person in my life. Of course, I am not
forgetting about my princess.
We dance, talk andugh with each other without a care in the world. Every time I see her smile, it
gives me a calming feeling in my heart. I don''t know what she feels about me but I am sure as hell that
I will not let this incredible go away from my life.
"Can I have your attention, please?" Melody calls out to everyone making us look at her to see that she
is standing near a huge cake. She has a microphone in her hands and she tells me and Anhuphama to
go near her.
"What''s this Mama Melody?" Anhuphama asks quietly.
"We cut cake at the reception party after marriage so I want you both to cut the cake together." Melody
replies happily and hands Anhuphama a big knife. But I don''t want to cut the cake without our princess
so I ask Marco to bring her to me. After taking our daughter in my arms I hold Anhuphama''s hand
before we cut the cake while everyone ps. I and Anhuphama feed each other little pieces of cake
before I feed our princess who is getting fussy for not getting her cake.
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Anupama''s POV:-
I am really enjoying the party with everyone. Yes, I was very hurt when Baba didn''t even look at me or
answer me when I asked him how he is. But due to my husband''s encouraging words, I am now having
fun with my new family who had epted me without anyints. Today is the first time that I have
stood up in front of Riya, she doesn''t scare me anymore and if she again insults my daughter or
anyone dear to me I will do the same I have done today.
Suddenly the lights turn off but this time I don''t think much about it because it''s not the first time that the
lights turn off. However, when the lights turn on and I see Riya standing on the stage my heart starts to
beat rapidly because I don''t want her to do anything reckless like she did in Kolkata on the wedding
day. I look at Mr. Bianchi but he is not looking a bit worried. I am now really getting confused with
everything.
"Good eveningdies and gentlemen. I am Riya Ganguly, CEO of The Sengupta Enterprise. However,
today I am here because the host of this grand party is very close to me. Mr. Bianchi''s wife I mean Mrs.
Anupama Bianchi is my favorite cousin and only because of her we get to be business partner with a
businessman like Mr. Bianchi." Riya says with sweetly and gets to say more but suddenly Jasmine di
takes the microphone from her hands.
"Wow, I am very impressed with your lovely speech Riya. I didn''t know that you have so much love in
your heart for our dear Anupama. Although I don''t think you need to say this aloud in front of everyone
but I am sure that you have a very good reason for that." Jasmine di says while Mr. Bianchi gets up
from his ce where he is sitting beside Uncle Gabriel before walking towards the stage. Jasmine di
hands him the microphone which he takes with a smirk making me more confused.
"What''s going on? What is Mr. Bianchi nning to do?" I ask Marco who gives me mischievous smile.
"Just wait and watch sis-inw. Your husband is going to show your dear cousin her ce." He replies.
"Hello again everyone. I am very touched by my sister-inw''s speech so I want to announce
something very special. Just like she has mentioned that we are now a business partner so I would like
to dere that I have decided to open a branch of the ''Sengupta Enterprise'' in LA. I have already
bought 70% share of thepany from my father-inw Mr. Sengupta so I will transfer the 20% of
shares to my brother-inw Mr. Ganguly who is going to be the CEO of the new branch of thepany
and the remaining 50% will be going to be on my wife''s name who will be the chairwoman of the
company from now on." My mouth hangs open after hearing what Mr. Bianchi has just said. What is he
talking about? How can I be a chairwoman when I don''t even know anything about business?
Dadabhai definitely sees the horrific expression on my face because he squeezes my hands and
assures me that I will know everything after the party.
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We are all sitting in the living room of the mansion except the children who are sleeping in my
bedroom. We havee back from the party a few hours back and Baba has asked for a meeting after
everyone freshen up. Riya is so furious with me that she tries to berate me but one look from Baba is
enough to make her shut up. I don''t want to be here knowing my father will me me for everything
when he knows well how I am.
"Who gave you permission to decide about mypany Mr. Bianchi?" Baba asks in a stern voice.
"I don''t need any permission when I have the maximum percent of shares on my hands." Mr. Bianchi
replies in a bored tone as if he is not interested in the conversation.
"You can not make dadabhai CEO because boro mama had fired him from that position. I am the new
CEO of Sengupta Enterprise and I am not going to leave my ce." Riya says angrily in which Bianca
huffs.
"Look here you Barbie doll, I don''t know if you are deaf or not but I think you didn''t hear what
Alessandro has said at the party. He has said that he is going to open a branch of Sengupta Enterprise
here and your brother will be the CEO of that branch." Bianca answers back.
"But that''s still not correct because you have taken those shares by cheating. Also, you have said that if
Anupama gets married to you then you will give them back to us." Baba says but Mr. Bianchi shakes
his head.
"I have changed my mind and also the contract between us. Neither I am giving you back any shares
nor I am going to listen to anything you have to say. So it will be better if you take care of the 30%
shares you have in your name otherwise you will lose that too." Mr. Bianchi replies and stands up from
his ce before offering me his hand.
I look at my father for thest time with a sad smile and take my husband''s hand before going away
from there. Soon, we reach his room and he gets inside the washroom leaving me alone. Iy down on
the bed on the right side because Mr. Bianchi likes to sleep on the left side. After that night, this is the
second time that I am going to sleep with him. Actually, I don''t mind being here every night because I
get better sleep when he sleeps next to me. Soon I hear footsteps and the bed dip making me turn
around to look at my husband. He puts a stray hair away from my face before he begins to caress my
cheeks with his thumb making me shut my eyes.
"I don''t need 50% of Baba''spany. Please give them back to him. He is the one who has built this
company from the start and he doesn''t deserve to be treated like a mere person. I know you care about
me so you are trying to safeguard me but he is my father so you don''t need to protect me from him." I
try to reason with me but he puts his finger on my lip.
"We will talk about it tomorrow. Now, I want you to rx and sleep." He replies before pulling me near
him by wrapping his arm around my waist. I want to oppose but decide not to say anything. He must be
tired after the party so I getfortable in his arms by putting my head on his chest.
"Goodnight Cara." He wishes.
"Goodnight Alessandro," I reply with a smile.