(Please play the song on loop while reading this last chapter and feel it!!)

The study which had become a mess and a dark room for him during these years lit up again with bright lights. The windows opened again after years making the bright sunlight reach his study and his life too.

He was trying hard to be back to that old chirpy Anirudh but he had already changed a lot after Bondita's fake demise and now it was difficult for him to get moulded into that same old Anirudh.

The light transparent curtains of the window flickered with the breeze and the sound of the dancing trees outside brought a slight smile on his charming face as he was sitting on his desk holding a huge fat book which was actually an album filled with their beautiful memories and which had the copy of those same photographs that Batuk Som and Veer used to make posters on their anniversary which was the best and most memorable day of their life. Their first happy anniversary.

His smile grew a little with happy tears forming in his eyes when he traced his fingers on the photo of their second marriage where he was holding little Bondita's hands from back and were smiling to each other while offering puffed rice to the holy fire happily completing another ritual of their second and happy marriage.

He wasn't guilty that he did child marriage again because this time, it was with both of their own consents and he found no other option to save his Bondita. He closed his eyes with a content smile on his face as he recalled that day when he asked for the marriage once again.

After their marriage annulment, Anirudh secretly reached Dalhousie with Bondita to admit her to the hostel so that she can stay safe there far from that narrow-minded society who was running behind her to punish her for daring to go against society with her ex-husband and annul the sacred bond of marriage so easily taking 'ulta pheras' and becoming a 'chodi hui aurat' once again!!

But they didn't back off and reached there too with more rage in their eyes and determined to hang her head on the crossway.

She even got attacked by them several times. Her life was at stake because of his revolution. But he was done keeping her life and happiness at stake every time due to his revolution and the determination to change society.

Thus, he took a step back to save her life as everything was going out of his hands.

He cupped her small face in his hands and asked with all love and respect he had for that little girl,

"Shaadi karogi firse mujhse?? Sakha Babu se Pati Babu banaogi mujhe??"

She looked at him with her eyes wide opened and held his hands on her cheeks stammering while asking,

"Pr...pr humne to samaaj ke liye apni shaadi..."

"Samaaj ke liye apni Bondita ki jaan khatre mein nahi daal sakta!! Tum firse meri patni ban jaao.... shaadi krke tumhe London bhej dunga... khoob padhna... khoob badhna... humaara sapna poora karna....Barrister Babu Bondita banna!! Uske baad agar tum chaho to kisi or se..."

"ahaan..." She cut him off, keeping her palm on his lips in order to stop him from saying further as she shook her head slowly and emotionally in front of him.

"Jab jab zindagi mujhe aapko chunne ka mauka degi... tab tab ye Bondita aapko hi apne pati babu banana chahegi!! Humesha!!" she smilingly said, her voice held full confidence.

He smiled at her widely and nodded in agreement.

"Or haan....Barrister Babu Bondita nahi.... Biristra Babu Bondita Anirudh Roy Chaudhary banna h mujhe.... hone waale pati babu!!"

She giggled shyly looking down while he smiled amusingly and laughed a little seeing that little girl blushing.

"Accha hone waali patni devi!!" he teasingly said, making her blush more and she covered her face behind her palms.

A sudden soft chuckle escaped his lips as those flashes crossed his mind and he opened his eyes slowly to look back at his little Princess who had grown up too much now that she herself was a mother of a little Prince and Princess.

He flipped the page of the album as his lips curved upwards more when he saw his little Angel hiding in his arms and Bondita was scolding her over something.

This is what his Angel always used to do. Hide in her Dadda's arms whenever her Mumma used to run behind her after her little mischiefs.

"Isn't Baba a little old fashion??"

"Ok then, may I call you Dadda??"

"Yeah!! Angel's dadda!!"

Tears trickled down his eyes as he remembered how that little Angel entered their lives and made it more beautiful and gave them a second birth as proud parents.

"Dadda!!"

A sudden sound from the study's door made him wipe off his tears immediately as he shut the album, immediately sliding it down the table.

He looked up, masking up all his emotions behind that beautiful smile of his.

Mini came to him looking at him with a confused smile and asked, "Dadda, aap ro rahe the??"

He shook his head immediately and stood up to move towards her.

"No My Angel, mein kyun rounga??' he asked, smiling softly at her and held her hand leading her to the couch and made her sit there before adjusting himself too over there.

"You still hide things from me, right Dadda??" Mini asked, chuckling a little and looked away.

Anirudh again shook his head as his smile dropped when he realised he hurt her again.

He immediately held her hands in his hand again and said, "I never hid anything from you Angel!!"

Mini smiled nodded remembering those days when he used to secretly cry, secretly used to vent out his pain alone in this study, used to smoke, used to drink a lot, but even in his drunken state, he used to smile in front of her so that she doesn't get to know that he was in pain, he was alone.

Tears formed in her eyes remembering those days but in all these years, Mini Roy Chaudhary had already learnt to mask her emotions very well. Thus, swallowed back her tears and kept smiling at him putting her other hand over his and asked, "So you weren't crying??"

Anirudh shook his head in denial with a smile.

Mini chuckled and brought her finger to the corner of his eyes as she swiped a single drop of tear which was left there by mistake.

She brought her finger in front of his eyes and asked, "Then what is this?? Were you drinking water through your eyes??"

Anirudh laughed softly looking down and realised that he was caught again, thus, said, "I wasn't crying, Mini!! These are happy tears!!"

Mini frowned and pulled her hands back from his grip as she folded her arms across her chest like old times and glared at him saying, "Do I look so bad that everyone cries seeing me?? Everyone!! From the day I entered this house.. Dadu, Kaka Dadu, Manu maasi, Dida... everyone... even you cried when you saw me first!!"

Anirudh laughed looking at his Angel's old cute antics and listening to her cute talks again. It seemed like she wasn't that grown up 16 year old Mini, she became that 5 year old Mini again to whom he met in London with that cute toy gun in her hand to protect her Mumma from that unknown man.

"Didn't your Mumma told you that we doesn't cry... these are..."

"Happy tears, I know!!" Mini sarcastically mimicked him looking away, puffing her cheeks like her mother.

This was making him more and more emotional. He brought his fingers to her cheeks and poked her blown up balloon and she immediately looked at him with her eyes and mouth widely opened. She gave the same expression she used to give in her childhood.

Anirudh laughed with tears in his eyes as he looked at her expression and in no time Mini too joined him laughing aloud and straightened herself again.

"What's going on here??" Another sound approaching towards them dragged their attention and their laugh muffled as they noticed Bondita entering looking at both of them suspiciously.

"Kisine koi joke sunaya h kya jo dono baap beti itna has rahe ho??" she asked frowning and keeping her hands on her waist, with her barrister robe hanging on her wrist as she just returned from the court.

"Arrey nahi Mumma..." as Mini was going to answer her question, Anirudh silently pinched her hand causing her to look at him with a start and he winked at her smirking and it took no time for her to understand that her Dadda was again in a mood to tease her Mumma.

"Kuch nahi Bondita!! Baap beti ki baat baap beti ke beech hi rehne do!!" Anirudh said without any expression on his face and this made Bondita glare at him.

"Kyun rehne do?? Beti ki Maa sun legi to kya ho jayega??" she huffed glaring at him.

Anirudh pressed his lips to control his laugh seeing that she was getting angry.

But Bondita caught him laughing inwardly and this angered her more and she angrily asked, "ek...ek minute!! Kahi aap dono mere baare mein baat to nahi kr rahe the??"

"Na..."

Mini was again going to answer when Anirudh again interrupted and said, "Haan haan... bilkul... tumhare baare mein hi baat kr rahe the... ab tumhare baare mein kya baat kr rahe the vo to tumhe nahi bata sakte na..." Anirudh passed another smile to her.

Mini shaked her head slowly seeing her Mumma was getting more and more angry and her Dadda wasn't in a mood to stop.

"Kya baat kar rahe the mere baare mein??' she asked suspiciously.

"Nothing serious!! Your husband was just bad mouthing you!!" Mini simply said, blinking her eyes innocently at her.

"Haan, exactly!!" Anirudh too agreed bluntly without realising what she just said and the moment he realised he looked at Mini with a shocked expression on his face, his jaw hanging down and Mini giggled as she pointed at Bondita causing him to tilt his head towards Bondita who was fuming in anger.

And the very next moment a cushion hit his face tightly causing him to jump down the couch.

"OH GOD!!" Mini gasped laughing at her Mumma's sudden attack on her Dadda.

The moment she blinked her eyes and opened again, her Mumma and Dadda were playing a Tom and Jerry game. Anirudh ran ahead jumping over the chair and table while her Mumma was angrily running behind him throwing cushions on him. How dare he badmouth her for no reason.

"Aap rukiye vahin.... Mein batati hu aapko!!" she yelled, throwing another cushion which he immediately caught and answered back, "Mishti, I swear, I didn't say anything!! Your daughter is lying!!"

And threw the pillow back on her face which she caught again and furiously said, "Accha ji!! Vese meri Angel meri Angel krte rehte h... ab Angel ne aapki shikayat kr di to meri beti ban gayi vo?? Aap...aap na rukiye, mein acche se samjhaati hu aapko!!"

And the next moment she again started running behind him and he started jumping over things throwing some of them backwards to stop her way.

Mini was laughing aloud seeing her parents becoming kids and enjoyed the game too much clapping her hands, sometimes whistling when her Dadda jumped over another table or couch, while sometimes commenting aloud stating their states playfully!!

"Bas bas bas bas!" Mini immediately stood up and ran between them spreading her arms wide and controlling her laugh.

"Bas haan... bohot ho gaya aap dono ka!! Bacche ho aap dono bilkul!!" she laughed, shaking her head to herself, which brought smiles on Anirudh and Bondita's face as they halted and kept staring at her laughing figure.

Not only them, but their daughter also had faced lots of ups and downs in her life. People say, a children's destiny gets tied to their parents, the moment they enter their mother's womb but Mini's destiny got tied with their lives who didn't even give birth to her. Her life got affected badly due to them. She too suffered a lot due to them. And this made her forget her whole childhood and forced her to become much more mature than her age.

She had lost her childhood. She lived in an orphanage without being an orphan, and lived the life which her parents never wanted her to live.

The girl, in whose eyes none of her family members could see a single drop of tear, cried endlessly for don't know how many nights and days alone, just because her Mumma went far away from her, her Dadda was himself not in a good state, how could he handle someone else, and the others too were so drowned in their sorrows that she preferred to lock up all her tears somewhere and just to pass smiles to others so that they could smile.

Anirudh and Bondita smiled tearfully at each other. Their chin wobbled as they felt like crying remembering the sacrifices that little girl made because of their fates. But her laugh was enough for them to gather themselves back and they went near her wrapping their arms around her shoulders and rested their forehead on her head's each side.

Her laugh somehow slowed down and she frowningly wrapped her own hands around their back and asked, "kya hua aap dono ko? Result to bata do kon jeeta h aapke game mein??"

She again laughed and they too chuckled looking at her. They together forwarded their faces to her and lovingly kissed her cheeks from either side and together murmured, "Stay happy, always!!"

Mini's laugh totally calmed down and her eyes teared up realising her parents got emotional for her.

"Ohho Mumma Dadda... why won't I be happy when I have the best parents in the whole world!!" she exclaimed playfully, hugging them more tightly, trying to change their sad minds.

"Hmm... and we got the best daughter in the world!!" they both exclaimed together, parting away from each other.

"Accha Angel, your school is over. So what's next??" Anirudh asked to change the topic.

"Haan, ho gayi padhai Mini ki.... Ab Shaadi krke bhej do ise!!" Bondota teasingly said making Mini glare at her annoyingly.

"I'm just 16 Mumma." she whined pouting.

"So what?? I got remarried to your Dadda when I was 15." Bondita again teased her playfully.

"Whatever!! I don't care!!" Mini rolled her eyes and hugged Anirudh, digging her face on his shoulder and poutingly murmured, "I won't go anywhere leaving my Dadda!!"

Anirudh too wrapped his hands around her, but as Bondita was trying to make the environment light, it didn't set well with him.

Bondita laughingly looked at him but as soon as she looked at him, her laugh muffled when she noticed him glaring at her with rage in his eyes.

"It wasn't a joke, Bondita!!" he hissed, gritting his teeth and tightening his grip over Mini.

Bondita sighed remembering the day of Ishaani's bidaai when Anirudh had told the same thing to her to not to repeat that topic again because he was very serious regarding this topic. He can't afford his daughter going away from him, in any way.

He was neither ready at that time, nor was he ready now to accept that one day like other daughters, his daughter, his Angel too has to go to her husband's house. That time too he was determined to keep her with himself for life time and now that determination has become stronger after losing his daughter for 6-7 years already.

"Sorry!!" she muttered slowly, holding her ear and immediately spoke, "Accha now be serious and tell us what are you thinking, Baby!!" Bondita tried to change the topic and caressed Mini's hair who was still in her Dadda's arms and he was patting her head lovingly.

"I don't know anything Mumma!!" she murmured slowly lifting her face from his shoulder while the two frowned looking at each other confusingly.

"Mini, are you confused about your aim or career??" Bondita asked softly, caressing her hair.

Anirudh too curiously looked at her. Mini shook her head in denial slowly and said, "Not at all Mumma, I've decided what I have to become, years ago!! And I will become, very soon!!"

The determination in her voice made both of them smile proudly and curiously asked, "What do you want to become??"

Mini straightened herself and looked at both of them and said, "Doctor!! I want to be a doctor! Tulsipur's first Indian lady doctor!!"

Both of them smiled proudly seeing that sparkle in her eyes to achieve her goal.

"To fir kabse shuru kr rahi ho apni doctor ki padhaai??" Anirudh curiously asked while Mini chuckled and said, "I came here for that only Dadda!! I came back only to get my documents so that I can leave for Germany for my further studies but fortunately Mumma saw me and we all got back together!!"

This made Anirudh and Bondita look at each other blankly. The day was indeed fateful for all of them that they accidentally met Mini or else she would have left for Germany and would have gone far away from them for forever!!

Anirudh cleared his throat and smiled gently and asked Mini, "So now.. What have you decided? You are staying here.. Or going to Germany?"

Bondita and Mini clearly know that Anirudh doesn't want his Angel to go away from him but still him asking for an opinion filled their hearts.

Mini held Anirudh's hand in hers and said confidently, "I'm not going anywhere Dadda! I'll stay in India and will complete my education. Now I don't want to go away from you, Mumma and Anu! We'll stay together and that's my decision!"

Anirudh and Bondita looked at Mini surprised as they thought she would opt for the Germany option. But to their amazement she wanted to be with them and complete her education and become the first Indian lady doctor of Tulsipur.

"Angel, I'm proud of you! You don't know how happy I'm today! I know my daughter is definitely strong, smart and intelligent but today you proved that above everything your love for your country is more than anything, Mini!" Anirudh said with happy tears rolling down his cheeks.

"I knew my baby was a big girl now but didn't know that she matured to the level where she understood her parents feelings, her responsibilities and duties as a citizen of this country?! Mumma and Dadda are proud of you baby!" Bondita said, side-hugging her. Anirudh also joined the hug.

"Aap log mujhe bhul gaye kya?" a cute baby voice came from the study entrance.

"Arre Baba apne Anu ko kaise bhul sakthe?" Anirudh said standing up from the couch and went to Anay.

He lifted Anay in his arms and went to the couch and sat beside Mini.

"Vese Bondita tumhe pata hai ye janab jo mere godh main bethein hein, woh naa humse ek baat chupa rahe hein?!" Anirudh said with a fake frown.

"Acchaa! Aur woh kya hai zara mujhe bhi batayiye Anu ke baba!!" Bondita said, with the same expression as Anirudh's.

"Haww Anu!!! Tumne kya chupaya hum sab se? Mujhe bhi jaanna hai!" Mini whined.

"Meine? Nahi toh!" Anay said, confused.

"Dadda aap batao!" Mini said getting restless.

"Okay relax I'm telling!" Anirudh said, wrapping his hand around Anay more tightly.

"So... Anu, do you have any wish which is not fulfilled till date? I mean which is really special?" Anirudh asked with a smile and glistening eyes.

"Nahi toh Baba! My only wish was to get your acceptance and that wish was fulfilled in the best way! So now I don't have any unfulfilled wishes! I'm the happiest person now! " Anay said with a wide smile and wrapped his hand around Anirudh's neck.

"Didn't you wish to address me as Dadda?" Anirudh asked him softly.

Anay slowly unwrapped his hands. His wide smile vanished and eyes started to tear up listening to Anirudh. Bondita and Mini looked at each other with a sad sigh.

"Baba.. Mujhe.." Anay choked.

"Mai jaanta hu Anu.. You wanted to call me Dadda but maine.. Tumhe mana kiya.. Kyunki.. Jab bhi tum mujhe Dadda bulate the mujhe tumhari Mini didi ki yaad aati thi...I... know.. I shouldn't have done that! I behaved like a partial father who gave more importance to one child over the other. I.. I'm sorry Anu..!" Anirudh cried, hugging Anay close to him.

"And from today...in fact from this moment you'll also call me Dadda! Okay?" Anirudh told Anay still being in the hug.

Anay immediately broke the hug and asked excitedly, "Shotti... bab... matlab Dadda?"

"Shotti mera baccha!" Anirudh said again, wrapping his hand around Anay.

Bondita and Mini were shedding happy tears seeing them hugging each other and also seeing the bond grow even more stronger. Mini wrapped her hand across Anirudh and Bondita around Mini making it their cute family hug.

°°°

It was evening and everyone returned from their respective workplaces and got freshened up.

"Bondita Bahu!!" Kaka called out.

"Ji kaka sasur ji aayi!" Bondita replied, handling the tray with the beverages for all. Manorama and Ishani followed her with snacks.

"Waah kya baat hai! Aaj sab log hai chai keliye! Bahut badiya!" Kaka exclaimed happily.

"Kaka Dadu!!!!" All the kids came running to Kaka and settled with him on the couch. Adya sat on his lap having the snacks. Anay, Somi and Mini had their choco milk along with their Batuk Chachu.

"Aye Batuk! Ab toh ye peena chod do! Bada hogaya hai tu aur toh aur shaadi karne ka umar hai! Nalayak!" Kaka said with a frown and fed Adya her biscuit.

"Mere choco milk se aapki kya dushmani hai Kaka? Chain se peene bhi nahi dete!" Batuk huffed and continued drinking.

Rest of them chuckled seeing the banter.

"Wese baat toh aapne sahi kaha kaka! Uska shaadi karne ka samay aagaya hai!" Anirudh said, sipping his coffee.

Batuk choked his choco milk when Anirudh spoke about his marriage.

"Aagaya hai? Already bahut der ho chuka hai! Dekho dada hum sab shaadi shuda hai aur humare bacche bhi hai aur ek ise dekho maze se apne life enjoy kar rahe! Ye toh galat baat haina?" Som said in a teasing tone but Ishani threw a glare at him.

"Accha! Aapka kya matlab ki voh apne life enjoy kar rahe? Mai kya aapke sar pe betke nachthi hu?" Ishani asked, frowning.

Batuk giggled at Som and placed the cup on the table.

"Kuch kehna chahte ho Som dada?" Batuk teased Som.

Som threw a glare at Batuk and passed a nervous smile to Ishani.

"Arre Ishu mere kehne ka voh matlab nahi tha! Tum janthe ho na mai tumse kitna Pyaar kartha hu.. Voh toh mai isliye puch raha tha kyunki... kyunki tumhe yaad haina uss din Batuk ne humme apne pyaar ke baareme bathaya tha! Yaad aagaya?" Som asked Ishani nervously and smirked at Batuk.

"Pyaar??" Kaka and Binoy yelled and looked at him with wide eyes.

"Aaj tu toh gaya Batuk Roy Choudhary!" Batuk murmured to himself and tried to get up but Veer immediately pulled and made him sit there and passed a sheepish grin.

"You too Veer da!?" Batuk asked with puppy eyes.

"Yes Beta! You should also experience married life just like how we are handling these iron ladies. Aur tumne toh naam bhi nahi bataya!!" Veer whispered in Batuk's ears. But Manorama heard him.

"Kuch kaha tumne Veer?" Manorama asked Veer, raising her eyebrows.

"Ahmm.. Nahi toh Manu! Kya hua? Tumne kuch... suna kya?" Veer stammered.

"Haan suna maine! Kya kehrade tum? Iron ladies? Ruko tum!" Manorama spoke, frowning.

"Bondita.. Ishani! Tum dono ke dost tum dono ko kuch batana chahte hai.. Zara suno!" Manorama smirked at Veer.

"All the best Veer da! Aaj mujhe lag rahe aapka din hai!" Batuk murmured in Veer's ears and giggled.

"Yes, Veer! Bolo!" Ishani said.

"Ahmm.. Nothing guys! Manu mazak kar rahi thi! Ye Manu bhi naa!!" Veer smiled nervously.

Manorama passed a smirky smile.

"Koyi humme batayega ye ho kya raha h?" Kaka asked, getting irritated.

"Kuch nahi Kaka! Ye Som da aur Veer da apne biwiyon ke saat mazar karne ke mood mein hai...mujhe naa kuch yaad aagaya.. Mai voh karke aata hun!" Batuk said, hurriedly and ran to his room.

All the 6 people laughed seeing Batuk run.

"Abhi bhi baccha hai..!" Kaka said, shaking his head.

"Anu idhar aao beta ye khalo! Anirudh called Anay to him. He made Anay sit on his lap and fed him cookies. Bondita and others admired seeing them like that.

"Mini ye dekho!" Ishani asked Mini, pointing towards the newspaper regarding some important news. Mini came and sat with Ishani and started discussing that.

That was when Bondita noticed Somi sitting there with a pout.

"Somi, beta idhar aao!" Bondita called her softly. Somi came and stood before Bondita. Bondita lifted her and made her sit on her lap and wrapped her hands around her.

"Kya hua aapko? Aise muh banake kyun baithe ho? Gussa ho kisise?" Bondita asked in a baby voice.

"Nahi kaki! Sab busy hai.. Somi ko bhul gayi!" Somi complained with a cute frown.

"Haww.. How dare they ignore my sweet Somi? Abhi sabke khabar leti hu mai!" Bondita said cupping her left cheek and pressed a kiss on Somi's cheek.

"Idhar dekiye sab! Humari Pyaari Somi aap sab se kuch kehna chahti hai! Zara suniye please!" Bondita said, gaining everyone's attention.

"Kya hua beta?" Som asked Somi softly.

"Baba, Kakas, Maa sab mujhe ignore kar rahe! Mai Pyaarisi choti si bachi vahan pe akeli bethi thi aur sirf Bondita Kaki ne mujhe notice kiya aur sab mere pyaare Chachu ko chidane mein busy the! Aisa kyun?" Somi asked everyone with a cute frown.

"Aww mere Pyaarisi chotisi bacchi ko Baba kese ignore kar saktha hun? Idhar aao Baba ke paas! Aao jaldi.. Jaldi aao!" Som said, opening his arms. The next moment Somi ran to Som and he made her sit on his lap. He forwarded a chocolate cookie to her and she ate it happily and smiled at everyone.

Kaka and Binoy exchanged glances with each other.

"Dekha Binoy! Kitna sundar drishya hai! Mera mann aur aankhe dono bhar rahe!" Kaka said with glistening eyes.

"Haan Da! Bahut khush hu mai.. Humare parivar ko wapas itne khush dekhke mera bhi mann bhar gaya!" Binoy said adjusting his specs and smiled with tear eyes.

"Chalo Somi, Adya and Mini Didi! We'll play games!" Anay said excitedly, jumping from Anirudh's lap.

"Zyada bhaagna math.. Suna sab ne!" Bondita warned every kid softly. They nodded and went out to play.

Everyone finished their tea and coffee and left from there happily to their rooms.

It was dinner time and everyone had their meal while laughing, giggling and pulling each other's legs.

Bondita and other Bahus cleared the mess while the men helped them in clearing it fastly. All of them left to their respective rooms except for Anidita.

They both left to the terrace and settled on the swing enjoying the cold breeze and serene atmosphere.

As they sat together on the swing, Anirudh pushed the swing with his leg while Bondita rested her head on his shoulder clutching his shirt with one hand while her other hand was intertwined with his fingers, his other hand wrapped around her shoulder.

They gazed at the dark sky filled with lots of stars and a bright shining moon which were twinkling as if smiling looking at them.

"Pati babu!!" she murmured, breaking the silence of that soothing silent surrounding.

"hmm!!" he hummed, staring at the beautiful sky and feeling his love in his arms.

"This sky is looking so beautiful, right??" she smilingly said.

"hmm..." he hummed again, resting his head over hers and scooting her nearer.

"But the fact is, it doesn't always stay the same!!" she softly said, her voice sounded sad which didn't go unnoticed by him.

He smiled and brought their intertwined hands near his lips as he planted a soft kiss behind her palm while she shifted her gaze from the sky to his face which had a small smile.

"What happened??" she asked slowly and he gazed down at her and planted a soft kiss on her hair.

He took a deep breath and softly said, "Bondita, nothing stays beautiful always and so does the sky. It's indeed looking beautiful with so many stars and moon twinkling in it, right now, but sometimes it has no moon, no stars, but has thunder lightning dangerously which makes it scary."

"Just like our life, haina??" she murmured while playing with his fingers.

He smiled, sighing again and caressed her shoulder lovingly while she continued, "Just as our life has never been always beautiful. It had some most beautiful moments while some moments still shook me to my core. There was a day which had to be the most unfateful day of my life, the day when I was about to die in the name of Sati for the person whom I didn't even marry properly, but the same day turned out to be the most fateful day for me as I got you!!"

"There was a day when I felt like dying for marrying a girl much younger to me who doesn't even knew how to sleep without her Mother's lap and for breaking some other girl's heart who I thought loved me selflessly since childhood, but then there was a day when I realized that the girl I married was meant to be my heartbeats, meant to be the light of my dull life, was meant to fulfill the dreams I saw for my India, was meant to teach me the real meaning of love and was destined with me much earlier than I realized," Anirudh added.

Bondita smiled and slid her head down from his shoulder to his chest and continued, "There was a day when I got remarried to you and that was the most beautiful day for me of my life because there you accepted me as your wife, rightfully and with your whole heart. We were tied together for the next seven lives in a sacred bond, promising to each other in front of that holy fire."

"But then there was a day that kept our promise at stake, which snatched you from me in this first life itself, where I saw death several times in a single day, where I thought I had not only lost my wife, but I had lost my whole life!!"

A drop of tear rolled down his eyes and dropped on their intertwined hands while tears rolled down from the corner of her eyes as well and she just shut her eyes tightly feeling her heart getting pierced.

"There was a day when I got my little Angel and found another reason to live in this world, but one day came when I lost my last ray of hope to stay alive too. Our fate forced that little girl too to run far away." Anirudh quiveringly spoke as tears flowed more and more down his cheeks and their grips on each other tightened more!!

Bondita lifted her hand up to wipe his tears with her palm and smiled through tears as she spoke, "But then a day came where we got her back!! Wasn't that most beautiful together at that moment where we had lost all the hopes to meet our daughter again, ever??"

He smiled nodding his head and whispered, "Indeed it was. I would have died if I hadn't got my Angel that day!! She brought me back to life or else I was all set to..."

"shhh!! Don't... please!!" she whispered looking up at him with her teary eyes.

He smiled and kissed her nose lovingly rubbing her arms to calm her down.

"The day we had to celebrate together, we cried, far from each other when we got what we waited for so long and finally got it, when I found out about having your child brewing in my womb."

"My love had my part in her womb but my fate didn't let me celebrate those nine precious months, neither with my wife nor with my unborn child!!." Anirudh murmured, leaning back on the swing's headrest.

"The child for whom we decided a lot of things before his birth didn't even get his share of happiness since his birth for 8 long years!!" Bondita sniffled, recalling the state of her only son, her Anay!!

"The child whom I loved and talked a lot for nights endlessly over phone calls before he came to this world, didn't even get to listen to his name from my mouth after his birth. Even after having his father with him under the same roof, he never got his love. When that father needed to show the love of both a mother and father, didn't even take the responsibilities of a father!!"

Bondita could hear his voice crackling and she knew he was crying silently and so did she!!

She quickly wiped off her tears and masked a smile on her red painted lips before uplifting her head from his chest as she sat straight holding his hand and wiped off his tears lovingly and said, "But everything is fine now!!"

He too smiled lightly nodding his head and said, "After I found my love in you and got a cute little daughter, our dream was fulfilled. I thought now my life is filled only with all the happiness. Now there are no more griefs, sorrows, or any tension!!"

She chuckled sadly and intertwined their hands once again as he continued, "But later on, I learned that life isn't always a bed of roses. It can't always be filled with happiness!! Just like beautiful and fragrant roses have thorns too, this beautiful sky becomes dark too, everyone's life too has sorrows along with happiness!!"

She smiled at him and nodded, blinking her eyes and said, "I too have learned a lot, pati babu!! I have learned that every time it can't be in our hands to lead our life. It's all the game of our destinies, no matter how hard we try to change it. The thing that is destined to happen will happen for sure!!"

He too smiled back in agreement and added, "I know Mishti. It's all written in our fate which tested our love!!"

"But our love overcame everything!! Our fate crossed our love but our love overpowered our fate too!!" She hugged him tightly, wrapping her arms around his chest.

He too chuckled and said, "Love has always proved itself to be the strongest power on this earth, Mishti!! Things break, bodies turn into ashes but love remains constant. Love is immortal because it is the most powerful thing that exists in this fake world!!"

Bondita shut her eyes with a huge smile on her face as she murmured in his chest, "And our love is sacred!! It has passed all the tests and now..."

She lifted her face from his chest and looked into his eyes as he completed her words, "... and now, it has become so strong that even death can't part our ways!!"

He smiled as he leaned down while she closed her eyes as her breath quickened when she felt his hot breath over her lips .

"I LOVE YOU, MISHTI!!" He murmured before capturing her lips in a soft smooch!!

"I LOVE YOU MORE, AUNU!!" She whispered back as her words muffled into their kiss and her hands reached to grip his nape lovingly and his hands moved to her waist to pull her closer and their lips melted with each other.

The bright moon shone brighter and those stars twinkled more as if giggling shyly seeing the silhouette of those two love birds kissing each other, pouring their love, highlighting more into that shiny night!!

To be continued~~~~~

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So, here was the last and longest chapter of this bitter sweet jourbey of Anidita's love and fate!! Please, asking for the last time, do fill the comments box with loads of comments, mention what you felt during this whole journey!! 

Please do read this end note which has a surprise for all those who are even a little bit sad that this book ended!!

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Hey everyone!

I'm really emotional at this moment. Even though I was not intending to end this book so soon, certain important things came up which cannot be ignored. But I enjoyed this journey along with you all so much that sometimes I cried, laughed and got angry with the situations in the book with you all.

The amount of love that you all showered on this book just left me speechless! Whenever we see that a person voted or commented on the chapter it motivates us to give you more chapters with quality content. Thank you so much my dear readers!

I would like to thank my co-authors who helped me during the times I was unable to write and was caught up with my work. Thank you so much Aurora and Sreelakshmi dii Sreelakshmi_Baburaj for your support that you guys have been lending till the end.

Last but not the least it's time to reveal the surprise to you all!

So the book which got so much love from you all will be having a Sequel!

The name of the book is "Love Till Infinity and Beyond" and this book will be published soon in  Sreelakshmi_Baburajaccount. So don't forget to follow her account so that you can get the update as soon as she post the book!!

I hope you guys are relieved to know that your favourite characters and the story is not going anywhere!

So wait for the book and don't forget to shower the more amount of love love that you guys gave to this book!

Love you all and see you soon❤️

~Samaira Singh✨