radhika woke up to an adorable sight, Arjun slept on his back with Anya sleeping on his chest , his arm around her protectively. While Anusha who had been wanting to sleep with her mother had now crawled to her father, sleeping peacefully on his extended arm, which had cocooned her. She smiled, 5 years she had imagined this and now it turned into a reality. Slowly leaving the bed, she covered them with a thin duvet, closing the door behind her.

Arjun stirred when he heard faint sound outside the room, he opened his eyes to realize to was morning already. He smiled at the two girls who slept soundly clinging to him, they had an off and he decided to let them sleep more. Slowly removing his hand from under Anusha's head, he gently moved to place Anya back on the bed, the girl opened her eyes and looked at him all sleepy. She then closed them again and patted him, ''Sleep daddy, sleep.'' He chuckled and placed on the bed moving out slowly, ''You are up!'' Radhika smiled . Arjun walked to her and wrapped his arms around her, ''Good morning Panoti!''

''Call me that and I will spank you.'' She warned. He smiled and pecked her cheek, ''I believe you  so just call it truce.''

''I will wake the girls up.'' She tried moving out of his arms

''Let them sleep, they must be tiered.'' 

''Doing what? If you grow lenient on them they will dance on your head.'' She adviced

''They are just babies and I am ready to let them dance all over me.'' he replied affectionately, she grinned wide and Arjun found himself falling in love with her all over again. He leaned and captured her lips with his, it felt as if the pain of years had started leaving his body. 

Radhika felt as if someone has just given back the missing piece of her life. Lost in the moment they forgot about the two trouble makers. ''Anusha ...Daddy  Mommy Kissed...like in TV.''Arjun Radhika pulled apart hearing the excited voice of their daughter, who ran back into the room to share the breaking news with her still sleeping sister,  ''I really need to know which TV she watches.'' he groaned

''First go and handle her or whole Singapore will know that we kissed.'' She pushed him to the room, too reluctant to deal with Anya's interrogation herself. After a minute she peeped in to find her husband answering all weird question of one sleeply and other alert moral police. She clicked a picture and messaged it to Nandini, like many others she had been doing since Arjun landed.

Nandini Smiled as she scrolled at the set of pictures, they were adorable. Radhika and Arjun both had been filling her inbox with pictures. She grinned wide to herself, ''What makes you this happy?'' Rana asked walking into her room 

''I am pitying the future boy friends of my little girls. Arjun won't approve any of them.''

''He isn't a Hitler.'' Rana supported Arjun.

''No kaka he isn't but just have a look at these pictures. He looks so possessive about them, I don't think the almighty has made a man that he would find suitable for his girls.''

''Now you are over reacting.'' Rana chuckled ''By the way he called me, he wanted few changes in girls room.''

Nandini who had been smiling till now frowned, ''Ask him to go to hell, I worked on that room for 4 yrs . That is for my girls and no one touches it.''

Rana blinked, ''RIP future boyfriends, the girls have a possessive aunt too.'' He made fun as he walked out of her room. She just smiled once, her phone pinged indicating a new message. She frowned a bit finding a message from someone unexpected, but the contents made her smile. She quickly responded and made her way out to instruct the staff about the evening.

***

Sam had been restless since Neil's little stunt. It was the day of hearing and now she was turning cold feet. She had been desperate to end the relation for days and now when the day of her freedom was finally here , she seemed to panicked. 

The sound of door bell made her jump. Rubbing her sweaty palms on her dress she moved forward to answer the door. Her eyes went wide when she found Prerna on the other side, her heart started pumping in nervousness  trying to prepare her body for new sets of taunts and allegations. She moved away giving Prerna way to walk in, ''Have a seat Sam, I will just take 10 mins of yours.''

Sam fidgeted nervously, for past years she had grown so use to Prerna's dislike that now her calm words surprised her. ''I don't want you guys to divorce.'' Sam gaped at the older lady and then laughed as if she uttered some joke. 

''Pardon me but this is the funniest thing I have heard in years.'' She couldn't hide the bitterness

''I guess I deserve your anger.  I am not here to justify my actions or behavior in past because its done and no one can change that. I have lost Neil for ever and if you guys divorce , he will leave the country never to return. He has already booked his tickets for tonight. I know you would say it doesn't matter anymore, but it does to me. I know if Neil leaves today, none of us will ever be able to see him again in our lives. Chose wisely Sam, I have lived my life. You have a whole ahead of you.'' Prerna left without a glance. Sam crashed on the couch, the nervousness which had been piling up for days now reached at its peak. 

'if Neil leaves today, none of us will ever be able to see him again in our lives.'  The words echoed her ears. She had decided to move away but had never thought of not seeing Neil ever again. Was she ready to let go one person whom she loved beyond the lives and the one who stood by her like a rock. Sam shook her head violently in denial, she couldn't imagine the air without Neil and his smiles. Her phone pinged, it was a message from her lawyer asking her to be on time. She switched it off all irritated, switching on her laptop she quickly booked the tickets of earliest available flight to Singapore, putting an out of office mail for her colleagues.

She had initially decided not to visit Radhika to give her and Arjun some me time, but now she needed to get away from everything. Quickly dumping the necessary things in her bag, she booked a cab for airport. Though her flight was in evening , she decided to go untraceable for sometime. May be, away from all she could think how to handle the mess of her brain.

***

Neil impatiently stared at his watch. Their case number had been called and now seated opposite to the judge, everyone was waiting for Sam. ''Where is your client?'' The judge asked Sam's lawyer stood up, ''She will be here any minute.''

''Any minute? That means you aren't aware about the whereabouts of your client.'' Judge's words made the lawyer pale. he quickly accused himself and ran out to make a call. he walked in after a minute, ''I am extremely sorry Your Honour'   , my client has suddenly taken ill. She won't be able to attend the hearing.''

The judge looked through his glasses, a smiled played on his lips. He scribbled something on the file, ''FIne, if she doesn't show up next time this case is closed. And, I know she didn't answer your call.'' With that he dismissed everyone.

Neil walked out looking thoughtful, this morning Sam had messaged him asking to be on time as she wanted to close everything soon. He had given up on his hope then, he came for the hearing with the mind made up to free her. Her absence now surprised him.

He had planned to leave for Singapore to see Arjun Radhika once before moving away from everyone. Now with her not showing up, the hearing got extended for a month. He anyways decided to take a trip to Singapore, he wanted to clear things with Radhika and regain her friendship, even if meant not seeing her again.

Pulling out his phone he dialled Sam once with shaking fingers, her phone was switched off. Neil huffed, ''Now what game you are upto Sam.'' Whispering the same he walked off, he had decided to take a short trip to Singapore and his flight was in the night.

***

Anya squealed as the giant wave passed over her. She held on to her father tightly little scared of the adventure, ''Like it.'' She nodded. Arjun pecked her cheek and let go of her calling out for Anusha. The other one ran to him her arms open wide. He had taken his family out for a picnic on a beach, the main motive was to divert his over curious kid away from the kiss.

''Daddy one more.'' Anusha squealed happily. Arjun smiled , pulling her to his chest he dramatically said, ''And here comes the big bad wave, ready to fight Anusha and Daddy. Will we get defeated?''

''NO'' She declared. They both rejoiced as the wave passed over them. He then walked back to the place where radhika sat, ''What are you making?''

''A castle your daughter asked for, and she doesn't like it.'' Radhika said as annoyed Anya marched to Arjun with her toy equipments demanding him to make one her.He smiled agreeing readily. Radhika watched as he started building a castle narrating some story dramatically to girls. Someone who knew Arjun as ruthless would be surprised to see this side of him, but she had witnessed the soft side of his. She knew the girls would love the outcome as he had smartly engaged them in a thrilling story of 2 warrior Princesses by name Anya , Anusha who fought the bad boy Neil to rescue their dear friend Sammy.

''Poor Neil, he will be killed next time they see him.'' Radhika whispered

''Will think of something to save him then, for now I don't want any more questions or discussion about morning.'' He replied as his hands worked on a beautiful castle. The kids looked so pumped up after the story that Radhika feared what would happen if Neil crossed their path.

''What did you tell them?'' She asked curious

''Many things, but above all I convinced them not to talk about it to anyone outside the house.'' he replied with a smile. Radhika felt relieved, knowing her kids she was sure it won't take a minute for them to spread the word around. Little did she know that kids were about to trap  parents in their own web. For now, the sea looked calm. 

''Mommy I am hungry!'' Anusha jumped into Radhika's lap. She made a face when Radhika pulled out a sandwich from the box, ''Can I get some noodles?'' She gave a puppy look to Radhika, before she could convince one the other started, ''I want pasta.''

She was about to lecture them on health hazards of these foods when her mobile pinged with an incoming message. She frowned, ''Sam is on the way to our house'

Arjun blinked, before he could respond his phone too pinged. The message was from neil, ''Neil is ín Singapore.'' They both were too shocked to react, not able to comprehend how to stop the world war approaching them

''Now what?'' Radhika asked, they both were aware that Sam Neil were running away from each other. ''Suggest Neil some hotel''

''He already has the address, if I am not wrong they both are sitting outside our apartment.'' Arjun replied rubbing his head. They both froze, ''We should run.'' With that they picked the kids and ran towards the vehicle, preparing their minds to be the referee between the two dear friends.

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