( Max's POV )
Max stared at the beautiful starry sky of Dombivli City as Asiva slept naked in his arms.
Although he did not particularly like Will Kingsman at all, he had to appreciate his taste for bedroom architecture, having a beautiful glass opening in the ceiling just above his bed, that allowed him to see the starry sky at night from the comfort of his own mattress.
After an especially hectic week, this was the first time he and Asiva had the chance to spend quality time together as the passion in the bed today was unreal as a result.
While Max's mind was rejuvenated and empty after the intense session, the tired Asiva's mind worked in overdrive as it worried about a hundred small things.
" Max- " Asiva said softly as she snuggled deeper into his arms, rubbing her nose against his chest as she tried to find comfort in his strong body frame.
Max only smiled as he pulled her in for a tight cuddle, but did not say anything.
" Marry me Max " Asiva murmured as she hid her face completely, half expecting Max to hear it and react positively, while hoping that he would not respond at all and pretend like he never heard her say it if he wished to respond negatively.
" Err sure… when? " Max said as he chuckled, making a joke out of the situation.
" I'm serious - " Asiva said, as she looked into his eyes with a teary look as Max realised that this time she was absolutely serious.
" Ayy, ayy, what happened to you today? Why so emotional all of a sudden? " Max asked Asiva as he did not understand the reason behind her sudden outburst of emotions, nor did he realise her sudden insistence on getting married.
Max had long promised Asiva that the two of them will marry one day, but it was a promise for the future and not something he had planned in the foreseeable months.
Asiva heard Max's question, as her heart bled to reply to him as she had no way to justify her insecurity without appearing clingy, but she also felt like if she did not express herself then it would gnaw her from the inside out.
Biting her lips she said " I see the way Anna looks at you, I see the way Mira looks at you, I'm not dumb Max, if it were up to me I'd never share you with any woman. But these days I feel it's becoming more and more impossible for me to expect monogamy from you.
Your brother was not monogamous, he had two wives and they seem to be reasonably happy with each other.
Anna and Mira mean a lot to you, and they do a lot for you, so even though it'll piss me off, I can accept them as your partners given enough time.
The only thing I can't accept however will be if you marry one of them before me.
I have to be the first wife, the favourite one, always!
Otherwise you can have meaningful side chicks ".
Max heard Asiva's words patiently as he felt a lot relieved after hearing them but at the same time he could not understand why he was being told such things, he did not see Anna or Mira as a potential mate.
" Anna's a friend, Mira's a child- you worry too much " Max said as he gently kissed Asiva on her forehead but Asiva was not convinced by his words at all.
" Do this much for me, please? " Asiva said softly as she pleaded with Max to give in to her request.
Max looked at Asiva's naked body, and then at the starry sky and after a minute of contemplation he decided that if it meant so much to Asiva then he could at least do so much if it gave her mental peace.
" Okay- " Max said with a smile as Asiva's eyes widened at his reply
" You sure? " Asiva asked with a cheery voice as Max nodded and said " I'm sure, it had to be done someday, so why not this year itself.
My only request to you is we do it the traditional earth way, in a church "
Asiva flew in for a passionate kiss as Max said this, as streams of tears flew down her eyes.
Just the fact that Max agreed to such a big request without too much thought proved to her that her position in his heart was definitely very high.
For her this much was enough, she was not greedy for more.
With this promise, she became the happiest woman in the world.
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( Meanwhile, Severus and Sebastian )
Max had entrusted the extremely important job of thinking about the new clan name to Severus and Sebastian.
The Kingsman clan was no more and to continue addressing the rebel army as rebels was unappropriated now that Max had ascended to the throne.
' Rajput Clan ' was out of the question, since Ravan's identity was separate from Max Rajput and Kingsman clan could not be continued to be used for obvious reasons.
This left the ever important job of coming up with a suitable name on the shoulders of the two clueless geniuses who Max trusted the most in the world and the names they had came up so far sounded like this
' The Cleanest Clan '
' The Tallmen Clan '
' The OP clan '
' The Strongest Clan '
' The Captains Clan '
' The Spotless Clan '
' The bloodless clan '
Every one of these names was absolutely trash and the two men brainstorming them knew it very well.
A clan name was a very important tool of intimidation which needed to match with a clans prestige and status.
The universe trembled at the mention of the Aurelius clan or the Won Knight clan, and Max's new clan needed to live up to such hype.
But what could the perfect name for this clan be?
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/// A/N - Chapter 40/40, WE DID IT! We actually did it!
Hahaha
Thank You everyone who pushed me to reach this goal, to be honest I had committed to this on a whim and never thought I'd be able to complete it, but your comments and support ensured that I pushed to the finish line.
Once again, thank you all ///