" I will love you as long as the sun burns in the sky, as long as the moon shines its light into the dark night, until the raging blue oceans become calm and run dry. I will love you until the end of time."

---Christy Ann Martine

      Abhinav was as usually out of the office at 5pm on time. But he has not gone out after finishing his work in advance. He has been waiting for his wife.

Also in Abhinav's office, there are Arjun and Ravi. The two should have gone after work already but Arjun wanted to meet his sister in law, and Ravi decided to wait with him.

Since it was the peak period of work, there was traffic jam on the road. Aaradhya took about 45 minutes after she left University and reached downstairs to The A&A Groups . However, in order to save time Aaradhya did not go upstairs but directly called Abhinav so he could come down.

When Abhinav went downstairs, he is followed by two big tails. Ravi looked at the place where Abhi was heading to.. He saw Aaradhya and he couldn't help but joke: "Abhi.. no wonder, you are in hurry to go home!"

Abhinav laughed and walked over and held on to Aaradhya's waist naturally.

Arjun greeted his sister in law and Ravi looked at Abhinav slyly. "There is still some time before we have to go back. Ah...Abhi are you coming with us?" (A/N: So here comes the best third wheel of the novel, Ravi (◠‿◕))

"Are you talking nonsense?" Arjun pushed him. (A/N: Arjun, the best wingman of A&A cp)

Aaradhya smiled and watched the two men walking away with a smile.

Abhinav grabbed Aaradhya's hand and said casually: "Grandpa is back in town. Let's have dinner with him."

Abhinav took the driver's seat and Aaradhya took the co-driver. Their car stopped at the villa. Abhinav led her out of the car. The few people waiting at the door immediately greeted them.

Housekeeper greeted Abhinav and said: “Sir heard that you are going to bring his grand daughter in law over, he has been waiting in the house all evening and told us to come out and wait…”

Abhinav's grandfather is an ex army chief and he was now over 80 years old, but he was still very active. Except for his white hair, person looked very vigorous and healthy, just like a young man.

Aaradhya called out to him: “Grandpa"

Grandpa turned and waved at her: "Little one, come here."

Aaradhya finally got a clear view of Abhi's grandpa opposite her, and subconsciously glanced at Abhinav.

That standard high nose, onyx eyes, and broad shoulders….. Abhinav was obviously the younger version of his grandfather.

Aaradhya sped towards him despite Abhinav's "Carefull ..." and took blessings from Grandpa.

Hearing the word “Grandpa” put a large grin on his face. He asked her all sorts of questions, almost forgetting his grandson.

She didn’t know if it was because of this face that Aaradhya suddenly felt familiar with the old man in front of her and was able to talk with Grandpa without any pressure.

Abhinav and Aaradhya sat down with their Grandpa in the garden for a while. Naturally, the two were asked some questions about work, study and life.

Most of the questions were from the perspective of concern for them. Abhinav answered whatever he was asked.  When it’s Aaradhya’s turn to answer the questions, she would say as much as she could and describe it vividly to make him happy.

Grandpa chatted with Aaradhya about the mischievous things Abhi did in his childhood.

As the protagonist of the topic, Abhinav looked very calm, as if he didn’t mind the disclosure of his own affairs.

He just sat quietly, listening to his grandfather and his wife talking about himself, his eyes looking at her smiling with full of indulgence.

As the housekeeper had previously said, Grandpa had been waiting for them for a long time. The food was ready and it was obviously carefully prepared. Each dish was prepared with a lot of thought and the taste was quite good. After happily eating a meal together, Abhinav and Aaradhya bid their farewell and left from there.

That night, when Abhinav and Aaradhya were returning from their grandpa's home, Aaradhya hugged Abhi and said "Grandpa is very lonely, we ought to come back more often to accompany him."

Abhinav agreed with an En.

All of a sudden she felt like crying, Aaradhya hugged him tight and said, "I won't leave you.."

She is afraid, because the one who suffers most isn't the one who leaves, but the one who is left behind. She can't bear for him to be unhappy, not even the slightest bit.

Abhinav said that she is overthinking things, but he doesn't realize that in actuality, the person who made her feel this way is him and him alone.

Although love arms one with an armor, it simultaneously causes one to have a weakness.

The next day, after a full day of being busy, Aaradhya's cell phone rang.

It was the incoming call ringtone.

The incoming call information on the screen showed that it was from [Forever].

This was obviously just a name, but when Aaradhya saw these one word, a tall and slender figure was automatically reflected in Aaradhya’s mind, as well as a pair of onyx orbs.

She couldn’t describe this feeling, Aaradhya’s heart seemed to be shaken a little. She felt a little relaxed and her heart also felt lighter.　

“Hello?” Aaradhya answered the phone.

“Precious, are you asleep?” Abhinav’s voice faintly came from the phone, “Is it convenient to meet? I’m downstairs of your dormitory.”

“…….”
　　
Aaradhya glanced at the time when she answered the phone, it was 09:55 pm.

It was this late……

Aaradhya’s tone rose slightly, revealing a little disbelief“ You are downstairs of our dormitory?”

Abhinav said, “En.”

How come……

“Then you wait at the door, I’ll go down immediately.”

Without saying much, Aaradhya ran out of the bedroom while holding her phone. She didn’t have time to change her clothes, so she walked downstairs directly in her pajama's.
　　
“Abhi, why are you here suddenly?”

“Come over to give you something.”

“Huh? ?”

Aaradhya took the paper bag that Abhinav gave her.

“What is this?”
　　
The bag was not big, Aaradhya opened it and took a look, and found that there was something else inside. It contained a box of cookies and beautifully packaged dessert boxes.

Aaradhya: “…….”

Abhinav: “I bought it at the cafe we went yesterday, you seem to like it.”

Although, the taste was pretty good but...

"Thank you." Aaradhya said with a doting smile towards Abhinav, and said: "Next time you can tell them to deliver it, you...why did you come all the way here at this time, it's too much trouble."

"Mn." Abhinav didn't say anything, just responded softly, and then said "I'm going on business trip for a few days, or maybe I will go for many days."

"Huhh.."

Aaradhya subconsciously squeezed the bag in her hand, her mood suddenly became a little bit complicated.

She thought the other party was here to give her small desserts. But it turned out that it was to say goodbye to her?

After dazedly blinking twice, Aaradhya asked, "Are you going on a business trip? How many days you are going for...Uh, I mean, when will you leave and when will you come back?"

Abhinav answered one by one: "Go to Mumbai first, and then maybe stay in Delhi for a few days. I'll leave now, maybe I'll be back in a week at the latest."

Aaradhya: "Oh."

He left for so long ah.  That’s not right…

Leaving now? !

It's already tiring enough to fly from here to Mumbai, after full day of work without any rest. Then why did Abhinav deliberately come here at this late hour??

"Abhi, let's go quickly.. take a good rest on the way." Her tone suddenly became urgent, and somewhat in a hurry.

But her clear eyes really reflected her concern.

Abhinav's throat suddenly rolled and he responded: "Okay."

But he had no intention to leave, he then said: "This time Arjun and Ravi will go with me. There is also another assistant who will stay here, and I will send his phone number to you later. You can find him for anything."

Aaradhya responded repeatedly, and she looked unbelievably well-behaved.

Aaradhya suddenly felt the warmth on her shoulders and was engulfed in a warm embrace, a very light smell of sandalwood infiltrated her nose.

She craned her neck, the suit jacket that had just been taken off was covering her and Abhinav's intoxicating voice once again sounded in her ears: “I’m leaving.”.

What happened?

Aaradhya returned the hug and pecked Abhinav on his cheek, "Come back soon, I will miss you."

So as to not delay Abhi’s itinerary, Aaradhya soon separated from the other.

Then it was time for Abhinav to leave, then she went back to the dormitory first under the other party’s sight.

Of course, at the end she returned to the dormitory wearing his suit.

While no one of her roommate's noticed, Aaradhya quietly smoothed out the wrinkles on the jacket and then hung them in her cabinet.

Originally, it was all normal, but when she thought of Abhi’s jacket hanging in the cabinet.. somehow, she had a different feeling.

It felt like she was not alone anymore.

Because in that cabinet, there were two people’s clothes.

01/01/2022

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