IMPORTANT:

I am aware of the fact that I am a very slow writer and the story too goes at a tortoise speed but honestly guys I am helpless in this matter

Because what I honestly feel is...the pace of the story is the beauty of Arjun-Sona's journey

And trust me neither I am dragging the story with some unnecessary stuff nor will do further...

All I want to say is...its a quite big book and the dairy part is the main essence of the story and hope you will enjoy this essence

Also, heartfelt apologies if you felt something wrong with my words...no hurtful intentions from my side🤗🤗

Happy reading❤

Note: Long chapter ahead with loads of drama and a bit of Arjun-Sona (ArNa) moments❤

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Ok, so dear diary... today I got promoted...

I am a married man now...

Which means there is no need to hide my face with any hanky or hoodie cap...I can shamelessly and openly stare at her whenever I want and how much I want...no one can stop me

Now...She is officially mine❤️

The butterfly can roam around his flower without any hesitation

She is going to be with me in my house...her presence next to me is so peaceful and what else my poor heart wants

Her presence in my life is the only thing I have always craved for and I am going to cherish each and every moment with her...

Through all these moments I will live my life to the fullest

Badimaa kissed my forehead and asked me how am I feeling marrying the love of my life...my Jasmine❤

Your badimaa was least bothered about her own daughter😏

Mentally I was squealing and jumping at my own excitement but at a certain moment my eyes brimmed up with tears...

I wish Maa-Baba could be here with me to celebrate this moment but somehow I blinked back my tears thinking that Maa must be watching me from heaven

Closing my eyes I recalled Maa and asked her to bless me and when I opened my eyes my heart stopped beating witnessing something that I have always dreamt of...

Sona descending the stairs in the bridal attire...

I have no words to describe her beauty...

How much I have dreamt of this moment...Sona being my bride❤

And unknowingly the tears that I was holding back made their way down to my cheeks...wiping my tears Badimaa said that Maa has blessed me in the form of Sona

Indeed Sona is Maa's blessing to me❤

And for me, nothing is important than my Maa's blessings....

Though I have seen her as my wife ever since she was the size of a watermelon but today I have become her official husband...

I had to catch my breath to believe whether it was real...I married my Jasmine...the only girl I ever desired

But all the while during the rituals I noticed her fidgeting her fingers in extreme nervousness...

Seeing her being nervous like hell was pricking me...holding her hand I wanted to assure so many things to her but not even once she tried to look at me...

And finally when I was tightening the nuptial chain around her neck...my fingers brushed her neck and that's when she lifted her lashes...

With her beautiful big deer eyes, she was asking many unsaid questions to me...

And to calm the havoc she was going through I just blinked my eyes and admitted...I WILL NEVER HURT YOU

I know baby

I just hope she got my assurance

Yes I got it

While we were leaving Abu hugged me whispered in my ears that Aladdin has finally got his Jasmine and I gave him a victory smirk...

I wanted to hug back that monkey but I masked up my emotions

While we were back on the way home it was complete silence...we both sat in the corners... she was looking outside the window and as always I was stealing glances at my favourite flower...

And after a while, I saw her tilting her head struggling to sleep...

In no time my poor heart lead me to move closer to her and my shoulder brushed with hers and sensing support she leaned her head on my shoulder comfortably...she was so sleepy and I guess she must have felt my shoulder as a pillow...

Yes, it is my favourite pillow...do you have any problem😠

While I was smiling like a maniac her palm landed on my thigh and I got mixed knots in my stomach

Controlling the new sensations slowly I took her hand off my thigh a little and placed my hand below hers such that the back of my palm rested on my thigh while her palm was resting on mine

But something was wrong with me...I felt like my fingers were itching to get entangled with her soft ones...

While my strong mind said a big NO my poor heart screamed the biggest YES...

As ever I lost to my heart

And finally, I locked my fingers with hers...

The feeling of her soft fingers against my hard ones was so peaceful...it was like the lost puzzle has finally been completed as the broken piece found its companion

Hands locked...with her head leaned on my shoulder was such a beautiful moment.. it was so serene that I wished it to last till eternity

As I was enjoying adoring my sleeping beauty some hair strands escaped her ear and fell on her cheek...

Lifting my free hand I was moving her hair back to her ears and she made a slight movement with her head ...and I was stilled at that moment...

What if she wakes up and discovers our cozy posture

My fingertips still touching her cheek...and my heart picked up its pace

Thankfully she didn't wake up

But what the sleepy Sona did next...the temperature of my body was raised abruptly...and I felt tiny sweat beads forming on my forehead....with the speed the blood through my veins was rushing to my cheeks I am sure it would break the Olympic record easily

Coward😂😂😂

And my closest enemy..my heart was beating vigorously making a huge dhad-dhad sound...what if it reaches her ears and she wakes up...I was so so nervous

She snuggled more on my shoulder while her free hand hugged my stomach...

She is a cute cuddler

My cheeks were turning to the next shade of pink with every passing second while my Jasmine was sleeping peacefully

She was hell tired and I didn't want to disturb her in any way because somewhere the shameless me wanted to take full advantage of the situation...so I ordered the driver to take a long route and lessen the speed of the car

I don't have words to describe how shameless you are

I wanted to cherish the peace I was getting at that moment so I stayed still in that position and my eyes fell on the nuptial chain on her chest...and willingly a 360-degree smile crinkled my lips as I recalled the most beautiful moment of my life...

The moment when I secretly married my Sona...

What😳😳

Yes, we have been married before this day and will always be...

When😳😳are you kidding Arjun?????

Initially, I was never into this marriage things...neither I wanted to marry her nor wanted to name the feeling that I have for her because my love for her is pure and divine and according to me if you love a person wholeheartedly then there is no need to name that feeling as any particular relationship

Any mere word cannot measure or define my love...My heart and soul totally belongs to her

So the terms called marriage...husband-wife meant nothing to me

But when Abu was getting married all my beliefs took a U-turn...when Abu was taking vows around the sacred fire and the priest was explaining the meaning of each phera and the vow...suddenly I started to like all those rituals and I got a strong urge to marry Sona right then and there

I wished to take those vows with her...

But in my style😉

I gathered the required information from the priest and began preparing for my secret marriage

As the next day, Abu Siya had to perform the Satyanarayan Pooja...Post all the rituals everyone was retiring to their allotted rooms in Abu's house

Badimaa's (Raghav's mother) room was next to the one that was allotted to Sona which had a common balcony...I asked Badimaa for a room exchange and she immediately agreed as she was happy that I agreed to stay at least for a hight and also collected spare keys from Abu

And guess what when Abu asked the reason for a set of spare keys I told him that I need to organise a special room for his first night and being so excited my monkey blushed and gave it happily

Badimaa and Abu were surprised to see me staying at their place...According to my family...Arjun is an innocent guy...but the fact is...I am not😉

Even I thought you are truly an innocent guy...when Baba introduced you to me as his friend's son...you literally stammered to say a single hii...and all the while during the wedding you ignored me as if I was a virus and whenever I came across you were running from me as if I was a predator

But now my dear husband...the statement Arjun is innocent... will be the biggest lie on this earth

I asked Badimaa (Sona's mother) for almond milk and she immediately served it in glasses for everyone while my bride to be was busy taking a shower

Badimaa carried the glass to her room and she drank it happily

Little did my poor to be wife know that her to be husband had added a sleeping pill to her glass...

What😳

Idiot, you are gone now...

when I was having the milk I complained of slight odd taste for which Maa snapped me saying except pani puri everything tastes odd to me...better gulp it fast and sleep early as I was a lazy star and the next day I was on the urge of crying because Maa scoffed me to the hell for sleeping till noon

Just for once you get up from this bed and get ready for the war Mr Arjun...Ill be ready with my broom and pillows to smash you hard and I guess you are very much familiar with my punches and slaps and trust me you'll beg me to stop the war but I will not show any mercy towards you...

I set the alarm and was waiting for the altar...exactly at 3:30 am using the spare key collected from Abu I barged into her room through the balcony door with the required material

Entering the room I found my love sleeping soundly on the bed...thanks to the sleeping pill...I knew she was a heavy sleeper but I didn't want to take any risk...

I kneeled in front of her

The morning dawn was peeping into the room through the window and falling on the face of my sleeping beauty...she looked so innocent

Slowly I slid my palm under her head and lifted it a little and covered her head with a red bridal chunar (dupatta) and wrapped one end of the chunar to her chest...I held her right hand with my right one and took the first vow

1. My life is forever entangled with you since the day I felt your tiny touch against my soft palms...and that day itself the little me made a promise to myself that no matter what I'll protect my Jasmine from all the evil powers...so today once again I promise to stand by your side in every thick and thin and to protect you by all means❤

Taking the free end of the chunar I tied it to one end of the pink shawl around my neck into a knot and continued the same for the next vows

2. When I am with you...every single tint of darkness fades away and my soul shines brighter...You are the divine blessing that I ever got and I promise to value you as my most precious gift❤

3. You are the first person I want to see when my eyes open and welcome a new day and the last one when my eyes close to drown in your dreams...I promise that my love for you shall become more strong with the every passing day❤

4. Your smile gives me satisfaction...your presence gives me peace...you are the strength I need to endure the agony...you are everything that makes me...so I promise myself to you completely❤

5. My love for you is divine and I promise my devotion to you forever and ever❤

6. I love you with my heart and soul...you are the person I want to grow old with...you are the person I want to hold till eternity...you are my today tomorrow and everyday...so I promise to protect you as my baby...respect you as my mother...pamper you as my girlfriend...hold you as my breath...and love you as my life❤

7. You are everything that I always dreamed of and everything that I ever need..so I promise that not only for this moment but I will always love you the every moment my heart beats with an echo of your name and my soul breaths the cool breeze of your blissful existence❤

In this way, I took 7 vows and tied 7 knots...

And finally, it was time for the pinky promise...holding her pinky finger with mine I gave her the final promise

(Photo in the diary)

My love for you and your existence in my life is not sufficient for one lifetime...so with the 7 vows I have tied these 7 knots... so now you are mine for the 7 lifetimes...

Even if we are not married in the future...you will always be my wife because our souls have been always united...we are one for the 7 lifetimes...and I promise to hold our love as an everlasting love❤

And exactly at 3:45 am I lifted our hands and pointed towards the window and glanced at the sky just as the priest told...

And in this way, the Arundhati Nakshatra witnessed our union❤

As it was Maa's name plus the little me had heard that when our loved ones leave us they become stars...I believed that my Maa is witnessing our union

I wished to seal the lifetime deal with my lips on her forehead but I knew my limits...

So bending my face close to her forehead I positioned my lips just a mere inch off her forehead and lingered for a moment feeling the bliss of our union

Tears flowed effortlessly through my eyes as I read the each vow taken by him...my tears spoke all my inexpressible emotions...

I was trying to pull the words out of my throat but my hiccups were not helping me instead they were making it even more difficult for me

I pour my heart out till I felt a little better and wiping my tears I bent to his face and left a soft kiss on his lips and continued

Though we took a long route we reached home early and I was irritated...why the hell there was no traffic today

I laughed with teary eyes

Unlocking our fingers I removed her hand off my stomach and woke her up...lifting her head she looked into my eyes for a brief moment as if she was trying to search for something...but when she realised our positions I noticed a pink shade on her cheeks and I loved it

Later I asked her to get into the room and entering the study I was trying to calm my poor heart that was racing so badly...I am still unable to digest that she is going to stay here with me...

Reaching my room I took a deep breath and told myself 100 times not to open up my heart to her...the only one who will be leading me is my mind

I entered the room and ignoring her I began doing my chores...and while I was combing I noticed her staring at me without any eye blink and I smiled in my lips...

My wife is staring at me ...I felt proud of myself...and realised that I leave an effect on her...

I was helpless as my husband is a handsome hunk and I always fall for his charm

Before she could eat me with her eyes I made myself ready with the Akdu mode...

In a serious tone, I asked her to take the bed and the credit card...

She was hesitant to take the credit card but I wanted her to take it because she is my family and the every single penny I earn is for my family's comfort and needs...but she took me in the wrong way😞so I snapped her to throw it in the dustbin and left the room

Late-night when I gathered some courage and re-entered my room I was enticed to see her sleeping peacefully on my bed

I never thought she would be in my room...covered with my quilt...sleeping on my bed as my wife

Hopelessly I walked to her and got down on my knees...her silky lush scattered all over my pillow and once again I recalled the moment how she was cuddling my stomach as if she was hugging a pillow

And what about your cuddling habit...you literally squeeze my waist

As I was admiring her sudden self-doubt evolved within me...actually according to my previous plan to control my overflowing heart
I was supposed to organise her stay in the guest room but when the moment she was sleeping peacefully on my shoulder I ditched all my plans and immediately called Amma and asked her to vacant one side of the compartment of the wardrobe of my room

And when after the welcoming ceremony when I ordered Amma to take Sona to the room she gave me a teasing smile as I changed everything in the 11th hour

Oh, my poor cheater cock...on that day you said that I don't want others to gossip about us so will be staying together in one room😂😂😂

It's going to be very tough...I need to control myself

But when she is around me I lose myself and hopelessly my body take baby steps towards her...and that's what happened next

My hands trailed to her head and began caressing her hair while my heart said

This ones for you my wife,

It's the time when the river cuddles and sleep in the lap of the sea💕

It's the time when eyes welcome the dreams💕

The moon has arrived along with the stars to doz us off but you have stolen the sleep off my eyes and drizzled new desires over me💕

My heart is filled with many untold feelings...but it goes silent when I am with you💕

So my love...listening to my untold feelings...rest in my heart peacefully💕

Good night my love❤

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To be continued...

Dearest readers❤

Extremely sorry for keeping you all waiting❤

Actually, the chapter was written before 3 days but when I read it I was not at all satisfied with it so I deleted the whole chapter

And as I always say whenever it's something special for Arjun-Sona...all the efforts that I put in is to bring up a beautiful chapter for the cutest couple❤

Hope I was able to do justice to the chapter

And also I hope you guys enjoyed it❤

Last one🤗

As per the famous quote

Everyone is a teacher and everyone is a learner❤

Each one of you has played a part of a teacher in my writing journey and as a learner, I have learnt so much from you guys❤

I am thankful to you all for supporting me....encouraging me... throughout this journey of an immature slowest writer❤

Happy teachers day❤