Maya's POV

I decided to explore the humongous mansion after I knew Vedya was asleep. I knew this would be a very bad idea because I could bump into Ved anywhere but I might as well get familiar with the place if I am going to be stuck here for the next six months right?

I first decided to explore the rooms next to Vedya's nursery. My room was right next to the nursery so I decided to explore the depths of my room first. I briefly got to see how it looked when Ved showed it to me but I wanted to explore it further. But first, I decided to clip the baby monitor to the waistband of my leggings. After doing that, I sat on the bed.

It was fluffy and soft. I decided to just lie down for a bit. Besides, I didn't get any sleep last night so what was wrong in savoring this comfortable bed? Then slowly, without my knowledge, my eyes closed and I was whisked away to the world of dreams.

I am inside the kitchen cooking. Suddenly a pair of hands wrap around my waist as I saute the vegetable curry for dinner. I look up and there he stands. His face isn't clear but he presses a kiss on my cheek.

"You are early today?" I ask him, questioningly.

"I was missing you and baby." he says, placing a soft hand on my baby bump. I put my hand over his and smiled at him.

"So what did baby do today?" he asks, resting his head on my shoulder as he looked at me.

"Well, baby and mommy did some yoga and then watched some movies. Mommy read some books to baby and then baby and mommy took a long nap. After they woke up, Mommy got hungry so she decided to cook herself and Daddy something." I tell him, chuckling.

"I got you strawberries. You told me you were craving them." he tells me.

"Thank you honey." I say, pressing a kiss on his cheek, well more like his stubble.

"Honey, is something burning? Because something is beeping." my mysterious man asks, questioningly.

"Ignore it." I tell him as I gaze into his eyes. But the beeping grew louder and louder....

"Ved!" I said gasping, as I sat up. It was my baby monitor that was beeping.

"Oh no, there is something wrong in the nursery!" I said and sat up. Damn Maya, why did you fall asleep!

I ran to the nursery, the dream forgotten. But I stopped myself in the doorway as I took in the emotional sight in front of me.

Ved was holding Vedya as Vedya wailed into his suit. He shushed her and rocked her back and forth, trying to ease her. I put a hand on my mouth because the dream came back to me. The man was Ved and I was pregnant with his baby in the dream. I steadied myself, holding the wall next to me. The impact of the dream had finally hit me.

I looked up as Ved turned around with the baby in his eyes. His eyes held the unspoken affection from earlier.

"Let me take her." I said, holding my hands out. He passed Vedya to me carefully, a hard look in his eyes and I held her close to me as she finally quietened down and fell asleep. I put her carefully down in her crib. Ved watched me carefully the entire time. After I set her down, I faced Ved, regret in my eyes. He simply grabbed my hand and pulled me out of the room and closed the door.

"Where were you!" he thundered in the hallway after we reached a safe distance away from the nursery.

"Ved, I am-"

"Maya, for god's sake, your room is right next to the nursery! It's to make sure you can reach Vedya ASAP! You messed up on the first day, I don't know how you are going to do for the next few months!" Ved said.

"Ved, I am extremely sorry. I didn't really get a lot of sle-" I stopped as I realize what I was going to say. Ved looked up at me, his own set of tired eyes meeting mine. I looked away, my bangs covering my eyes.

"Just...just don't let it happen again." he said and walked away. I watched him as he took a key out of his pocket and unlocked a door and went inside, locking himself in. I wondered what was in the room but it was best not to pry. It would just lead to more and more confusion.

I decided to go back to the mission at hand. After making sure Vedya was fast asleep, I resumed my self tour of the house. I looked into the room that was across of the nursery. It looked to be masculine and there was a small photo of Inayah and Ved on the wall. They were both laughing. They looked like a sweet couple. Inayah mentioned that they were friends but I felt like there was something more to their relationship.

But then the realization hit me. I was in Ved's room! If he found out then I would be dead. I looked at the blue bedspread. But Ved didn't even like blue that much, that was always my favorite color. Maybe Inayah designed this room? On the bedside table, there was a framed photo on it. I picked it up, hoping that it would give me a clue as to who Ved's ex-wife was. But I looked at the picture in disbelief instead.

It was a picture of me rolling my eyes when Ved was above my head, smiling in the background as he put two 'horns' on my head with his fingers. I didn't remember taking this picture at all though?

But there was no time to ask questions. I had to leave from there ASAP and that's what I did. Phew, he didn't notice. Then I explored the rest of the rooms on the first floor. There was another two guest rooms and a huge balcony and laundry room on the first floor. The laundry room had a dumbwaiter elevator that passed down clothes from the third floor.. I walked up to the third floor and there was a huge home theater with couches and beanbags. The TV was easily 90 inches and had a surround system with speakers strategically placed around the room. I would have to watch a movie in here sometime!

Then I walked to the next room. It was a mini library. There was a bookshelf filled with classic children's books along with new ones. Then there was a bookshelf full of romance novels and behind that, one filled with mysteries and action books. Both of them had 'Inayah's Corner' carved on the edge of the shelf. Then there was a book filled with Sci-Fi novels and that had 'Ved's Corner' carved onto it. The last two bookshelfs had Ved's old college accounting textbooks and informational books for his business work and had yearbooks and scrapbooks everywhere.

I went to the section which had scrapbooks on it and found the one I was looking for. It was covered in dust and I coughed as I aired it out for a bit. Then, I opened it and I was yet again whisked into the world of memories.

"Vikky, what are we going to do for the art project due next class?" Priyanka whined as we walked out of our last class.

"Pri, I have no idea!" Vikram complained.

"Ok, what project is it? Perhaps I can help." I said.

"So we can be creative and do anything pretty much, but we can't just paint a picture and turn it in." Priyanka said.

"What if you guys made a scrapbook? You could combine paintings and photographs." Ved piped up suddenly, as he walked beside me towards the cafeteria.

"That's actually a good idea! I could work with photoshop in AP Computer Science, after all I finished the App already so I have free time on my hands." I said.

"Ved, you are a lifesaver!" Priyanka said, giving him a high five. Vikram held her possessively close to him.

"Thank you Ved. I think that should work." Vikram said.

In the next week, Ved and I selected and edited pictures of Vikram, Priyanka, him and I. It was a scrapbook dedicated to friendship and Vikram was working on a portrait and poem for Priyanka in secret while Priyanka was drawing a group picture of all of us.

The scrapbook ended up looking beautiful (A/N: Not really LOL)

I touched the cover with the glossy pictures. Priyanka and Vikram had gifted the scrapbook to Ved after the project was completed. Suddenly I felt someone behind me.

"I haven't opened that in years." his husky voice said. I dropped the book, startled. Ved reached over from behind me and picked it up. He flipped to a random page. It was a picture of us during the diversity assembly, when Ved had caught me from slipping on a banana peel.

"What happened to us Maya?" Ved asked me. I looked up at him, my eyes glassy and ready to shatter.

"It was never us Ved. It was you, always you."

A/N: Hey Guys, sorry for the really late update! Unfortunately, this is probably how my updates are going to be. I have work, school, volunteering and music to juggle and it is quite a handful. And also, I can't help but mention the load of standardized tests I have to take this year.

This chapter is dedicated to the cover guru and awesome dost @Krazy_Kiran who has finally come back on Wattpad after so long. I have missed you so much Kiri and guys, she is so good at making covers, the cover for this book is made by her.

Also my writing may be slightly mediocre and this chapter also a bit boring but I sincerely promise things will pick up in the next chapter! Also, please check out my latest book 22 Hours, I am sure you guys will love it!

With much love and until next time, bye!