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Swara's POV-

As the evening came by, I was getting ready to go home for 2 days for pagpheras and I was very excited!

" Shona, Vaidehi just called. They all are on their way to Pune because your cousin Amisha went in labor so you will not be going home today." Mom said, coming to the room and told me.

" Ohh, Amisha got married?" I asked, confused. Mom chuckled, nodding.

" So that means, I am making Chinese!" I exclaimed and put my suitcase back.

" Beta, it is very hot. Get changed first if you want to cook or you'll go mad in this saree." Mom suggested and I nodded as she left the room.

Before changing, I went to Preeti and Karan's room to meet Ananya.

" Preeti, may I come in?" I knocked, asking.

" Swara, come on in!" Karan was the one who answered.

" Heyy Karan...what are you doing?" I asked him. He was trying to wrap something.

" I am just trying to wrap this gift for Preeti. Planning to give these earrings to her. Had got them when she was pregnant." He told me, struggling.

" Here, I'll do it for you." I took the wrapping paper and the box.

" Do you mind?" I asked before opening the box.

" Of course not, go ahead." He encouranged and I did open the box. They were a very beautiful pair of diamond earrings.

" These are absolutely beautiful Karan!" I exclaimed and he smiled.

" Why don't you take her out on a date tonight? I mean, which all this house work and taking care of little Ananya and this whole marriage, she totally deserves a break." I suggested him.

" No Swara, Ananya is so little. She'll need Preeti." He said.

" Come on! Preeti will feed this little princess here and then both of you can go. I'll take absolutely good care of her. Trust me! Besides, if I am unable to, then mom is here." I talked to him.

The both of them really could do with sometime together.

" I trust you to take care of Ananya Swara, but I don't think Preeti will agree to this." He replied, sitting down next to the sleeping baby.

" Leave that to me." I smirked, winking at him as I started walking towards the door.

" Swara, admist all of this, don't forget that you got married just yesterday." Karan teased me, laughing.

" Shut up." I muttered, while leaving.

It took good twenty minutes to convince Preeti who finally gave in. FINALLY!

As I sent her to her room to get ready, I walked towards mine to change into something comfortable to go to the kitchen to cook. As usual, I saw Aditya sitting in there with his second and most important wife, his laptop.

" There you are. Where have you been all evening?" He asked as he looked up towards the door and saw me entering the room.

" Doing stuff." I replied vaguely and sat on the bed for a while. He kept his laptop on the table and started walking towards the bed, towards me and sat next to me, undeniably close.

" Umm..." I just shifted a little bit away.

He shifted with me as I widened my eyes and shifted again and he did the same.

" Now if you shift even a little more, you'll fall off the bed." I heard him as he leaned in near me and I closed my eyes. I could feel his soft lips on the nape of my neck and this breath fanning near my earlobe, making me feeling all hot and bothered.

His index finger traced my waist which was exposed to him because I was wearing a saree, and I was just melting right there, in his arms and my knees had turned jelly, thank god I was sitting.

" Mrs. Kapoor, just look at yourself in the mirror, the red on your cheeks just matches the red of your saree." He teased me as he bit my earlobe slightly and a small gasp escaped my lips and I opened my eyes.

But before he could distract me further, I immediately stood up because had I not, dinner would never be done.

" I am gonna just go and change and then go to kitchen where I am going to cook dinner." I talked to no one in particular and then tried to walk away to the closet but Aditya held me, snaking his arms around my waist and buried his face in my neck.

" Swara, enough of this running away now. Stay." I could faintly hear him as I was too busy focusing on not to loose balance and fall down, my legs still jelly.

" I....I am not running away. I promised dad that he and I are going to cook Chinese today!" I exclaimed.

He didn't say anything, just looked up, planted a little kiss on my right temple and left me.

" Fine Mrs. Kapoor, we'll see if you are running away or not this night." He said with something so intense in his eyes that I had to look away, blushing.

" I am off!" I ran away out of the room. I can cook in saree but I really can't go back in there. He is so intimidating sometimes!

Walking in the kitchen, I started chopping the vegetables till dad walked in.

" Soldier, I'll take over the vegetables from here, you go and boil the noodles." He instructed.

" Yes sir." I replied, in the same tone as his and we laughed.

Cooking was fun with dad. He and I chatted a lot, my life in London, his work, mom, Bubbles and everyone else!

" Okay, so the noodles and paneer chilly are done. Dad, you go and sit for a while now and I'll get the man chow soup ready and come in the dining hall in just a while." I asked him.

" Okay beta, I'm going to little Ananya right now." He said and I nodded as and while made the soup.

Within fifteen minutes, I was done with everything and went out to set up the dining table where I saw it was already done. Mom and Aditya were sitting.

" Ohh, you set it up." I remarked and saw them nodding.

" Okay then, I'll just get everything here." I said and walked back to the kitchen and got the food out.

" Beta, you sit down now. I'll serve." Mom said, getting up but I made her sit back.

" You sit mom. I am here." I sang as I started to serve everyone.

" Where is Ananya and Bubbles?" I asked as I sat for dinner myself.

" She is fast asleep in your mom's and my room. Bubbles has gone to sleep too." Dad replied and I nodded.

Everyone liked the dinner and truly, dad and I had done an amazing job at it.

As I was done, I started collecting the dishes when mom interrupted me.

" Shona, we have help for this this. They will do it. Adi, take her to the room. She must be tired doing all that work." Mom addressed Aditya and I panicked because I know what was in his mind today. It's not that I was unsure, I was more hesitant.

" I am not tired at all mom, moreover, I promised Preeti that I'll take care of Ananya tonight." I said, it was true, I had promised to watch over Ananya and she was going to help me.

" Ananya is in perfectly safe hands tonight beta. Adi, take her. Beta, you go and rest. Don't worry about your little princess." She pressed and I couldn't say anything and had to go with Aditya after saying goodnight to both of them.

" Nice try there Swara." He muttered to me, looking amused as we climbed the stairs.

" What try?" I asked, looking at him in the eye very confidently. There's no way he can know!

He just raised an eyebrow and smirked at me without saying as word.

" What has amused you so much? Care to share?" I asked, getting irritated with his know-it-all look.

" You already know." He replied a one liner.

" No I don't." I countered, keeping my hands on my waist as I stopped walking.

" Come on Swara." He said, looking at me.

" Gladly....NOT." I said, still standing and rolled my eyes at his tone.

" You're really having a temper tantrum right now?" He asked, frowning.

" Oh no mister, you didn't just call me a kid." I looked at him, challenging him to tell me otherwise.

" Well, look at how you're acting right now." He replied, exasperated.

" How am I acting? How are you acting! This is so not done." I replied in the same tone as him and folded my arms, tapping my left foot.

" Mrs. Kapoor, are you trying to pick a fight here?" He asked, walking towards me. I stood firm at my place.

" Depends on you, duh." I replied, rolling my eyes.

Of course it depends on him. If he does not want to fight, he can simply apologize to me.

" Really? And how is that?" He asked with a glint of mischief in his eyes. I thought he was annoyed. Does this man have some mood disorder!?

" I would explain you but I don't have time or energy or will." I sassed, looking away.

I win, again. People should really come to me for lessons to win an argument. I will selflessly teach them a trick or two.

Before I could appreciate myself more, I was suddenly picked up and thrown over by a shoulder, obviously Aditya's.

" Now before you scream, remember that mom and dad are still up." He told me very clearly and I hit his back with my fist.

" This does not mean that you win Mr. Kapoor." I shrieked.

" Mrs. Kapoor, just so if you've not noticed, not everything is about winning and loosing." I heard his reply as I rolled my eyes.

As we reached to our room, he put my down on my feet and I stomped out in the balcony.

He did call me a kid, so I got the license to act like one for a while then.

For five minutes, I let the light breeze hit my face, it felt so amazing. It was a sea facing room and I could practically just live here all my life.

" This is so beautiful." I felt words slip out as I looked around. I had never really stayed here at this place except for that one night after we had got married when I was eighteen.

" You are so beautiful." A silky, yet husky voice rang in my ears. I hadn't even realized that he was standing next to me.

" Thank you." I replied, looking at him and then looked back at the vast Arabian sea.

" Do you think there are fireflies out at the beech there right now?" I asked him because I could see some light near the beech. Very faint.

" There are. We can go for a walk tomorrow if you like." He mentioned.

" I'd love that." I told him and hopped on, sitting at the railing. It was side.

" Careful Swara." He steadied me, holding my upper arm.

" Wait a minute, were we not fighting?" I asked him, raising a brow.

" We were." He replied, sighing.

" Who compliments the person while in the midst of a fight and then help them sit properly on the railing? If you are unaware about the fighting rules, let me enlighten you, in fact, I'd be happy to do so. So rule number one, you never accept that you were at fault immediately even if you know that you were. Rule number two, you always, I repeat, always....." I was shut off as Aditya claimed my lips with his all of a sudden. His tongue sneakily slid in my mouth and started exploring every corner as I was stunned. What just happened but then when I realized, I started to kiss him back. He nibbled with my lower lip for a while as his arms wrapped around my waist, tracing patterns, leaving the same feeling as earlier. Feeling a bit breathless, I pulled back a little.

He then picked me up in bridal style and walked us inside the room and placed me on the bed. He tried to take my anklets off but I pulled my legs back.

He then sat behind me, pushed all my hair at one side and started to leave sloppy kisses on the other shoulder as he pulled the blouse strings open. I realized that what just happened and immediately tried to cover my now exposed back from him.

" Do you love me?" He asked, stopping my hands from covering myself.

" Of course I love you!" I replied, too shy to look at him.

" Do you trust me?" He asked another question.

" More than I trust myself." I told him, still unsure to look at him.

He then made me look at him in the eye.

" Then don't." He said, referring to me trying to cover myself.

I then hugged him tightly and he hugged me back.

" Mrs. Swara Aditya Kapoor, I will only ever just want to be with you even if that means I have to wait for you for an eternity. But if you're ready but just hesitant, I want you to know this, you are the most beautiful person inside out and I love you like I've loved no one else." He said, trying to assure me.

Honestly, could I have got a person more gentlemanly than him? Nope.

" I....I am ready." I told him, still hugging.

He caressed my hair, planting small kisses on my face, jaw and neck as I clutched the hem of his shirt.

He then rolled me over on the bed and kissed my bare stomach, leaving a trail of butterflies there and my hands played with his hair as a moan let out of my lips.

Over the night, one thing let to another and we lost ourselves to each other, in complete self.

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The next morning when I woke up, I was completely sore. I sat up, the comforter still wrapped around me.

I felt different. A weird, good different.

" Mrs. Kapoor, good morning." I heard Aditya's voice. He looked all ready.

" Good morning. Where are you going." I asked him.

" Work. There's some emergency." He replied, coming over to me and kissed my forehead.

" You must be sore, roll over, I have an ointment for you." He said, picking up a tube from the nightstand.

" Give it to me. I'll do it myself. You must be getting late." I told him, feeling a shy still.

" Swara, roll over and stop feeling shy now. There is nothing I haven't seen." He replied, smirking.

I gasped and widened my eyes.

" Shut up." I muttered, looking away.

" You are so cute." He said as he did what he had to and then got up from the bed. I wrapped the sheets around myself and got up too.

" Should I come to the office too?" I asked him.

" No, you stay at home and join after two weeks as decided. Besides, you'll be more of a distraction today than help for me." He mocked me.

How dare he!?

" You Aditya, I am very competent at my job, don't you even think about questioning it." I said, narrowing my eyes at him.

" Honestly love, don't you listen to a word I say? What I said that you'll only be a distraction for me today, but if you are really up for some office romance, then be my guest." He replied and I huffed away.

" So do you want to come?" He asked, completely teasing me as my cheeks turned red. Thank god I wasn't facing him.

" No, thank you. Unlike you, I have a lot of work to do so don't waste my time in this mindless chatter." I sassed and walked in the washroom to freshen up and bathe.

" I'll see you in the evening then. And love, if you don't want any questions about what happened last night, you may want to cover that hickey on your neck." I head him say, followed by a chuckle.

I immediately looked at my neck in the mirror and there it was, a bloody hickey!

" How dare you!?" I shrieked, blushing furiously.

" Have a good day Mrs. Kapoor." I called out.

" You have a nonsense day." I sang for him just like I used to do earlier, earning a laugh from him.

" I mean it." I told him seriously.

" Sure." Was his reply and then I switched the shower on. He must have left.

Taking a long, relaxing warm shower was what I needed. I concealed the damn hickey with concealer and foundation and the dupatta, got ready and then went downstairs, greeted by an excited Bubbles.

Swara's Look-

" Good morning my boy!" I petted him as he played with me for a while and then walked out in the lawn.

" Shona, look who is here to meet you." Mom called for me in the hall. I walked in to be greeted by Aryan and Tanya.

" S, good morning." Aryan came over and hugged me.

" No office." I asked him, Aditya has gone and now Aryan works in his company. But then again, he is the CEO.

" It's Sunday. Besides, we are here to talk fun. Why bring up work?" He asked, as he had an evil smile on.

I groaned. Both of them are here to extract information from me. Any information about Aditya and me! I am so not going to hear the end of it like I didn't let them hear it when they were back from their honeymoon!

They are here for revenge, trying their best to serve it cold. Oh god!

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