I tapped my foot as sweat formed on my head. Watching my wife perform major surgery on her own has gotten me tensed, excited, partially horny. She did not move her eyes and the amount of concentration she has been showing since 2hrs made everyone hook to the procedure. As soon as the difficult is over she clapped her hands which then made our staff play music. Winking at me, she stepped away for neurosurgeon to take over the case.

"Why were you tapping?" She asked nudging my arm.

"Practising tap dance." I replied winking at her. Her expressive eyes got me weak in my knees. We have been married for 7 years now with a beautiful kid of our own. When Dhruv learned about the cause of my death, as a friend he hugged me and said
" He left you with someone as amazing as him. Always be glad for his contribution to your life. He might have died trying to be a doctor but as a father, he chose you to be Yug's brother and husband for Anagha. Something to be proud about."

In that moment, I felt happiness spread through me, I forgot what all I faced. I was chosen to be with these two amazing humans and he atleast realised that I am not what he wants me to be. Suddenly a moment of relief and peace filled up my body.
Anagha has always been my backbone. She made sure to make me stand on my toes rather than  find emotional support in her. At times my wife can be a baby but who am I to complain? I like taking care of my own personal never ever growing up baby!

"Meet me up when we are done with this." She whispered and I nodded my head. After 2.5hrs, we finally scrubbed out to see eachother. As soon as I entered her cabin, I kissed her hard. It's been 3 days since I touched her. Our son doesn't allow us to be together, he's at a stage where his possessiveness towards Anagha is more compared to his love for me.

"Why don't we sleep here?" I whispered holding her close to me.

"Who's going to look after our kid?" She asked.

"Yug? Mom? Your parents? I want you now!" I whined making her sit on my lap.

"First of all, no romance in the hospital. Although it's your dad's, I don't like this. It's unprofessional. We are not in a movie. Let me go." She said moving away from me.

"Fine, I won't ask you anything. Do whatever you want. I am going back home to look after MY son." I said angrily walking out of the room. Anagha as usual did not follow me back and that's what I wanted. Getting into my car, I parked it at the venue where her friends were waiting for me.

" Sir! We have prepared your surprise!" Jaidev jumped in his place. I smiled at them. My dad owns a small nursing home in the outskirts of the city.  Apart from having share in present hospital, he also invested in this. Kasturb and Jaidev decided to be part of this which I will be gifting to my wife.

"She will definitely get suspicious if you fought with her like that. We all know, you can't stay away from Anagha nor be mad at her. Truth to be told, Dr Amogh, you are like a lost puppy in her life." Kasturb snickered which made me hit his head.

"Don't get too comfortable with me." I warned him. He kept his tongue out making fun of me. Anger bubbled in my body, two weeks ago when I called her friends, Kasturb confessed he had crush on my wife since day one. I always doubted Jai but turns out the silent ones are always dangerous.

"You can't do anything to me. I am more precious to Anagha after her son." He playfully jumped around me like a kid.

"Amogh, he's harmless. Don't think about it.  Varna is bringing Anagha in an hour. Let us check everything and settled down ok?" Dhruv asked me. I nodded my head glaring at her stupid friend's. Samridh stood in a corner with Akira silently looking at our banter. Anagha has been popular her whole life which she realised after joining our hospital. Samridh likes her but he chose to stay silent. Sometimes, men do understand what men think.

"Thank you. " I said shaking hands with Samridh.

"I should thank you,  you chose me and Akira to head this nursing home. I have asked one of my friends to join here as gynecologist. Hopefully we will be able to help villages around this place." He said.

"Yeah, until patients flow picks up.  You are welcome to work at our hospital. I am sure you will not say no to this. " I said.

"Thank you. Let's think about it. " He replied. Akira went to meet Dhruv and I stood silently with Sam.

"You know, when Anu joined senior residency, I knew she had someone in her life. When I found out about you, I was jealous about it. Anagha sure has lots of patience and love to give you.  You are very lucky. " He commented.

"I am lucky." I whispered.

"She's coming! Oh god! Varna fooled us! She has come!." Jai panicked as I switched off lights and stood at entrance. Anagha had confusion on her face, she looked around and inspected the building which is still under construction. Varna smiled at me before giving us some privacy.

"What is this Amogh?" She asked.

"Our second baby?" I replied.

"Baby? Amogh!" She exclaimed hitting my chest.

Placing my hands around her, I hugged my wife. Anagha has been my support since the moment I chose to marry her. She made me realise that love need not be physical and at times it can take a back seat for an individual to grow out of his insecurities and traumas.

"What is this baby?" She used the endearment.

"You know, I don't lie to you nor can resist when you call me baby." I said pouting at her. She laughed and hit my chest again.

"Come let's go inside. I want to show you something." I said pulling her with me. Varna followed us closely and Anagha asked her what is it.  As soon as I opened door for her, everyone shouted surprise! Anagha couldn't believe what she's seeing. Rather than asking me what this building is for, she straight away jumped into arms of her friends Jai and Kasturb who together lifted her off the floor.

"What are you guys doing here!??????" She shouted still hugging them close. Her bond with them strengthen over the time and they literally stood in OT when she was giving birth to our son.

"I thought you missed me too." Sam spoke and she looked at him with wide eyes. Leaving the two men, she walked to Sam and hugged him followed by Akira. My friend Dhruv patted her head when she jumped in place with excitement.

"You all are here! I am so happy to see you. It's like a dream!." She exclaimed holding on to Kasturb hand. My jealous personality came out and I pulled her towards me.

" Anu, this building its for you. Dad built this as nursing home but we never got to renovate or open it. I have been completing paper work for past one year and today on occasion of our wedding anniversary,  I am gifting it to you. Happy anniversary baby." I whispered as all my friends looked at us with awe. Anagha teared up and hugged me thanking everyone for being present here on this important day.

"He's not only gifting this building but people in it too." Jai spoke as she looked at him with confusion. Everyone bent their upper body as sign of respect and Kasturb walked towards my wife with bunch of tulips.

"We are at your service ma'am. " He spoke winking at her. I was as surprised as her after they pulled out this stunt.

"What do you mean by that?" She asked me turning around.

"That means, we will be with you day in and day out.  To serve you, my head of the nursing home." He announced as Akira winked at me. With tears flowing from her eyes,  she looked around not able to believe that her friends are really here and she now owns this building!

"I am speechless. This is the best gift I have ever received in my life. Thank you so much. " She said jumping on me and kissing me right infront of everyone. All our friends looked away and Akira coughed loudly trying to ease the moment. We all sat down, opened the food I got from my friends restaurant. Ate heartily while my wife catched up with her friends. Looking at the picture of my dad which I hung at the entrance, I thanked him for this moment. No matter what kind of father, I thought he was. I can never imagine how many hardships he went through to build something this big and be in the position he was all those years. Slowly all our friends left as it was midnight and they had duties early in the morning.

"So my dear husband.." Anagha trailed sitting close to me.

"Hmmm?" I replied smiling at her.

"I thought you never give wedding anniversary gifts.  This is a huge surprise." She smiled flicking my nose.

"I had to compensate for all these years." I said holding her waist. She crawled into my lap and sat on it, playing with my hair.

"I love you." She confessed kissing my cheek. My smile grew wide with her confession. Everytime she does, it feels as if I am hearing it for the first time. We have come a long way and I am glad the journey was with her. Anagha has been the best thing that has happened to me, without her I wouldn't be the husband I am or the father of our child. Mom was right when she said, right woman do make a difference and they will stand silently infront of you trying to show how different you are to them no matter what the world accuses you of.

"Love you too Anagha." I said as she smiled into our kiss.

Do I need to believe that destiny played a role or do I need to agree that fate has been on my side since the moment I came in contact with her? How can I define the kind of intimate love I felt for her when she saw all the unlovable parts of me, peeled every single layer of trauma from my body yet did not waver looking at the scars left behind them! How can I call her my angel when in reality even they don't define what she has been and still is in my life.

Perhaps Strings of Heart have pulled and intertwined our fates forever in a beautiful way!

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The song I added in media section is exactly what Amogh might have felt after finally coming out of his insecurities and accepting Anagha! Don't you think?

I had tears in my eyes when I wrote this. I was feeling what he felt, even  though I created his character, it's as if someone is speaking to me what he felt. This book has been emotional support for me. I started this when I was low, indecisive, cramped up with lots of pressure. I am really glad, I could bring out such a beautiful story!

Do let me know what you think about it? How do you feel about this each character?

I have this immense sense of satisfaction and gratitude with the way my book has turned out.  I am happy to thank all my readers both silent and active ones. Thank you for taking time out to read my book and chose to spend time with it.

I personally loved how flawed main characters was, something everyone can connect to. I hope we all learn to love and accept change just like Amogh who did not have clear way to lead this life. Life is not about getting absorbed in self sabotage, it's about accepting what we have and be grateful for it.  Isn't?

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