❝Cheers to being in LOVE‌‌❞

Sanya's POV:

I look back at the HR while fumbling with my fingers under the desk. I was waiting outside for my turn for half an hour while she had a meeting with her boss that is the owner and Rehaan's friend Vansh Raisinghania – my latest crush. How do I know that? I heard the receptionist talking to someone in hushed tone. I have a habit of eavesdropping. Bad it is. I know that.

She is looking through my qualifications for 10 minutes after she had taken my interview. Then she looks up at me.

"We will contact you in a while." she says dejectedly. Gone. I'm not getting this job. I know the tone of rejection. So I just tune her out and taking my file, I push my chair back. "You can wait outside."

I nod and knowing she will send the receptionist to tell me. Since, it was just me for the interview.

Closing the door behind me, I sit back in the waiting area. Day by Day with every rejection due to no experience makes me think that I should have stayed in London and taken up that one job offer. But I being a fool wanted to come back to India to stay with my family, friends and obviously with Riddhu di. I had decided to serve my country and will stay her enjoy rest of my life. Have a happy family and then fall in love and everything.

Thinking of her, Slipping my hands through my purse I am about to call her. Just then I hear my phone's ringtone and I see that it's her. My sister. My Soul mate.

The first thing I hear on connecting the call is her worried tone. "Where are you, Sanya? I have being looking around for you and now I am worried."

"I came to give an interview and now I am waiting for them to reject me." I say slowly eyeing at the HR door through my lashes.

"What who has the guts to reject you? Where are you?" I chuckle at her fake angry tone. That was always her way of consoling me, when I was in a bad mood. Just like now.

"VR Corporation." I say and take a deep breath. "And before you say anything, I know it's Mr. Raisinghania's office. Sunil told me. But I wanted to do this job."

For a while, she doesn't say anything. So I call her name again.

"Sanya, you don't know who Vansh is? I mean you don't anything about him." She sounds worried. But why is she worried?

"Di, I want to do a job. I don't think I need to know anything about him for doing a professional job. Right?" I say as in why do someone needs to know anything about their boss other than... "Are his intentions towards women not right?"

"No, No he's not like that. But Sanya, why do you want to work under him? I can ask Rehaan to hire you or he can help you in getting a job." She says tensed and I know my sister. She must be fumbling with her fingers.

"No di, I don't want to take up a job just because I know someone who knows someone else and then I will get the job through the source. This is unfair and wrong. Am I not worthy of getting a job myself?" I say to which she huffs as if I have frustrated her.

"Of course not. I know you are. But... Are you sure? You want to do this job." She says and then I hear the tone as if she has given up.

"Why are we even having this conversation sis? I know they are going to reject me. I heard that tone in her voice." I say softening my tone.

"Don't lose hope. If you won't get this job then may be something else." I hear and feel my mood getting lighten.

"I swear, di. You are my life's biggest motivation." I say and smile knowing time will make everything alright.

Riddhima's POV:

I shouldn't have done that. My heart didn't agree for even a second at what I did minutes ago. Looking down at my baby bump I cover it with my hand, a smile comes back on my face. I still remember the day, I and Rehaan heard our child's heartbeat for the first time. I stopped thinking about my past at that instant. From that point nothing mattered to me, just my family, my handsome husband and my baby. Today, I am standing at the point where it feels like whatever I did. Whatever decision I took, were the best decisions of my life. I know I won't ever regret falling in love with Rehaan.

"I'm sorry we lost one of your sibling." I say and rub my bump. A tear lands on my hand and I recall the moment I heard the worst news of my life. A sad smile hovers over my lips.

A hand lands on my shoulder and I look up only to find Sonalika Ma. "Why wouldn't be grandchild be getting any other sibling?"

A chuckle escapes my lips as I see her round the sofa and come to sit by side. "Ma..." I say feeling shy. But then my eye lands on her hand. "Ice-cream. Oh my God. Ma, I love you!"

Wrapping my hands around her shoulder and with a big smile on my face. I know only they can cheer up my mood. "And we already told you, just tell us the name of that guy. We will show him what the true face of hell is?" I can hear the anger in my tone.

"Ma, Let's enjoy the ice-cream. Hmm..." I say and taking a spoonful of ice-cream I feed my Ma, which make me see the best smile on my face.

I am about to take my first spoon of heaven and just then boom. "Di...," I hear a loud scream, must be from downstairs and within a minute Sanya is inside my room. "Di, Can you believe it? I got the job. Like at last second. The HR herself came and said, I got the job. OH MY GOD!"

That happiness and that constant rambling. I can't even remember the last day I saw her like this. "Really! Congratulations." Ma says hugging her and patting her shoulders. With all the happiness and Sanya's presence in my room, I lose track of time.

Looking at the door, I see Sanya leaving my room. Getting up, I make my way towards the closet. Going through each of my party gowns, I finally pick up a pink one with a long slit from the thighs. This is perfect for the night.

Suddenly, a hand engulfs me from behind and then I feel a warm breath on my neck. "Baby!" Rehaan says in that deep voice, making me feel the shivers running down my spine. A long trail of kisses run down from my neck to shoulder as that hands tighten around my bump.

Turning around in his embrace, I look up at him. His eyes says all about his love for me. But that hint of lust in the middle of that love makes me crave him more. 

Before I can say anything, he tugs me closer as much as can be possible with my bump. His eyes roams around my face, my eyes, my nose and then my lips. Before I can comprehend what's about to happen, his lips lands on mine. 

The dress I was holding falls down on the floor, as my hand goes to hold his biceps and feel him closer. Due to my short height, I'm standing on my toes while he sucks on my lips. I pull him down by his shoulders and start responding to his kiss.

A gasp escapes my lips as I am pushed against the door. Grabbing his hairs, I pull them as he bites on my lip hard. A light tug on my shirt is all I get before I feel his warm hands roaming around my stomach and then moves to my back. Our teeth clash as he sucks on the blood coming from the corner of my lips. 

Rehaan's POV:

I leave my wife's lips in the middle of our kiss and look at her closed eyes. That damn blush on her cheeks are now travelling down to her neck and then to her chest. Wanting to taste her more, I trail my hands closer to her breast. Since, she is wearing a shirt it's easier to unhook her bra which won't be of much use for her in upcoming days of her pregnancy. 

Holding her shirt, I remove the first barrier between us and moves my lips down to her breast. While her bra straps are still hanging from her shoulders. Pulling back, I store the vision my wife is letting me see.

"If this is how hot you are going to look during pregnancy, I want so many more kids." I say making her open her eyes again. Chuckling, she wraps her arms around my neck and eyes me with love.

"You know, you are a threat to increasing population of our country."  She say with a smile on her lips. Going on her toes, she pecks on my lips.

"Am I? No way, others wife looks this hot." I say leaning closer to continue my act only for her to push me back.

"Rehaan. Date Night?" She says and bends to pick up her dress, only for me to stop her in mid and pick it up.

"Damn, I thought to continue this night." I say and tug her closer, making her feel how hard I am for her.

"You promised me." Now it goes on scolding.

"Remind me, Why did I agree for it?" I say and bending a little remove her sweatpants. 

"Because you love me." I hear her say as I lift her bridal style and take her to the bathroom.

"That's a fact." I say and put a kiss on her head.

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Pulling back her chair, I help her sit. I had booked us a table on the rooftop, so that we can reminisce about our past dates and plan our future moments.

"Wow, this looks awesome." Riddhima looks around with wonder and then her eyes comes back on me. "Ain't this the place we came for our first date. But everything looks so beautiful and different."

"Of course it is different. Then you were my fiancée and now you are my wife. And not to forget the would be mother of my child." I say and pass her the menu kept on the table. "Today, anything you want."

She orders dinner for both of us while I just look at her to cover up the moments I couldn't see her when I was in office. As soon as the waiter leaves after taking our order, I take up her hand and kiss the back of it bringing back her smile.

A smile is all I want to see on her face everyday. After everything that happened in her past, the way Vansh's family treated her I have no desire of letting them stay here or anywhere near my wife's presence. I have no doubt one day he will regret losing her. 

"Riddhima, you won't ever leave me right?" The question escapes my mind and heart as soon as that idea came. Oh shit! Why did I have to go ahead and 

"Why would I? What's wrong?" She says and joins our hand. Her eyes that were earlier filled with love and desire for me are now worried, and I did that. "Rehaan, did you do something?"

"No, No. I...I am just worried." For the first time in my life. I am fumbling with words.

"Worried? Why?" That tensed voice is sending cold shiver down my spine.

"Riddhima, what if one day Vansh regrets letting you go. Will you go...?" I am interrupted before I can even complete my question.

"Rehaan, What the hell is wrong with you? I love you and just you. Whatever it was with Vansh, I have no doubt I loved Vansh in the past. But that's just he was - my past. Vansh Raisinghania, is the foremost reason I lost my child. He KILLED my child. He took my everything - my child from me, my identity and you... you gave me everything - a new name, a new life, a family, love, child. Even when you knew everything about my past." Her throaty voice is making me feel guilty. Her wet eyelashes and that past trauma. I did that to our night. "Vansh means nothing to me. He even lost his respect in my eyes. Do you get that? Everyday when I wake up the only thing I regret about was meeting him. But if not for my past, I wouldn't have met you. And I won't ever regret that. If it's my promise you want, to believe I won't ever leave you. Then I promise, I swear. I just love you and I..."

"Riddhima, calm down. I know. Dammit." I say putting a halt to her rambling and holding her cheeks I move a lit forward. "I don't know where that thought came from. I didn't mean to destroy our night together. Let's forget I said anything. No one is leaving anyone and we are for forever. Right?"

She nods and chuckles on my dumb way of cheering her up. My Brave girl. For the first time after years, she didn't let the tears escape her eyes. If that is a way of her forgetting about our past then its for the best.

"So, I want to do something." I say just as waiter leaves after setting our plate on the table. Picking up a fork, I eye her. "As a compensation of me destroying your mood."

"Really, are you going to take me somewhere?" I hear her say and look up as she takes the first bite of her favorite food and moans.

Damn, I am not letting this night end this easily.

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Vansh's POV:

I look up at the man sitting across from me. One of my business partners. Since, the case that was filed against my corporation. My workload has increased. I even have to handle my other businesses and Aryan is of no help. Angre can't handle every business, so it is just me.

"Ok, I'll wait for your quotation." I say to Mr. Khurana and we get up to shake hand. I came to a hotel for this meeting. To get a peace environment and to eat my dinner. I had already skipped my lunch and breakfast.

"Have a Good Night, Mr. Raisinghania." I nod on his parting words and watch him leave. 

I look around while, I wait for the waiter to bring the bill. Just then my eyes land on Riddhima and Rehaan. Looks like they are here for dinner. That smile, I never saw her smile that brightly while she was with me.

'You never gave her a reason to.' A voice comes from my heart and I can feel it in my bones. That's true, the only thing I gave her is regret, pain, hatred. And now when she hates me, I know I deserve it.

I recall the moment today, when I was sitting in my corporation office and the HR came in.

FLASHBACK starts

"Sir, a girl outside came to give the interview as a legal advisor for our company. She has completed her education from abroad and..." Mrs. Sharma says and I raise my hand to stop her mid.

"Experience??" I say because that's what our company needs right now. An experienced person. 

"Sir, she looks hardworking and intelligent. We should give her a..." I again interrupt her.

"Look. I don't want this conversation to go any further. If she is experienced, send her in and if not. You can leave." I say and watch as she is about to say something but then she herself decides not to and nod turning back to leave.

My phone rings reminding me of a message. Picking up, I am shocked to see Riddhima sending me a message.

Riddhima: This is not a blackmailing message, Mr. Raisinghania. But I will accept your sorry on a condition.

Vansh: A condition? What?

Riddhima: There is a girl outside your office who just came to give her interview. Give her that job. 

 I look up as Mrs. Sharma is about to close the door to my office when I call her name. "Mrs. Sharma." She turns and looks up back at me with raised eyebrow and confused look. "Umm...You are right. We should give her a chance. Tell her, we have a meeting tomorrow at 9 pm and she shouldn't be late."

She nods and passes me a professional smile before leaving and closing the door behind me. I have no idea why I did that.

Vansh: Consider it done.

Riddhima: Thank You. But don't go anywhere near that girl and Don't think I have forgotten about our past. I just accepted your sorry with this act as I don't want you to come back to bother me with those words again.

Vansh: I know.

FLASHBACK ends

With the eagerness of agreeing to Riddhima's words. I forgot to ask the HR about that girls name. Must be someone close to Riddhima. 

I look back at them to find Riddhima taking the forwarded spoonful of her favorite dish from Rehaan's hand. I never got to enjoy these beautiful moments with her.

Paying the bill, I make my way to the elevator. The moments they are spending alone is making me regret my past acts. But now I can't do anything. I killed my own child and destroyed my own life. I lost the most beautiful thing of my life - my happiness. I lost them and my everything to a major misunderstandings.

By coming back into their life, I don't want to destroy their happiness. I genuinely wish they'll always have these moments in their life. 

Meanwhile everything that's happening with my companies is a sign that I am going to pay for my sins now. I hope that I do. 

And now it's time to move on. I think I should forget about Riddhima and our past so as not to bother our future.

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Precap: A Harsh Reality

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