---Kiara's POV---

Future bride. 2 words just those two words and my heart started beating at a million miles per hour.

I heard other people come in but I knew it was too risk for me to go outside at the moment.

Once I was certain she was gone I went outside.

---Shehry's POV ---

I understand nothing that these customers want.

What the hell is their order?

I let them loom around while I went to the binder of orders and tried to figure out what it is that they wanted.

Why is it so complicated? They had a custom order so it made it even more difficult to find it.

Oh, wait I have the wrong binder. I put that one back and picked up the right one. This time I found their order right away.

I was about to call them over when someone hugged me from behind.

Assuming Vishalaya had come back I turned around furious but relaxed in less than a second seeing it was Kiara.

"You aren't going to hug me back?" She asked.

I was a bit suprised at that but did hug her.

"What did she say to you?" She asked.

"Usual stupid stuff," I replied.

"Okay, so need help?" She asked.

I nodded and told her about the customers order.

"Oh. I have that one in the back room. Wait up," she said and left.

I started thinking about what just happen. It was not like Kiara to do something like that.

Even after my confession she told that she can't say she feels the same way.

She came back with the order and the customers soon left.

I told her to close the shop and let's go home.

Once we got home I switched into something more comfortable than the jeans I was in.

I went on my laptop for a while til I heard her calling for dinner. I went downstairs thinking that we already live like a married couple. I seriously wish she felt the same way. I seriously wanted to marry her.

Who knows if she ever will? I bet Hussain will marry before me. Just watch.

I walked into the kitchen to see my favorite food ready.

"Hey, come sit and eat," she said.

I did as told.

"This taste amazing," I said mind blown that it could get better.

"Thank you.  Mom taught me how to make it like that," she said.

"Oh. I'm sorry, " I said.

"You don't have to apologize everytime I bring them up," she said.

"I just...I don't know," I sighed.

We ate in silence after that. It wasn't an awkward silence at least.

After dinner I did the dishes while she cleaned up the kitchen.

She managed to get done before me and was in her room reading. I needed to ask about what happen earlier.

I knocked even though the door was open and she looked at me weird but still said to come in.

She placed the book down, putting her bookmark where she stopped.

"Kiara, what happen earlier? I mean with the hug? That's just not you," I said.

"Ya. I heard you refer to me as your future bride and that's when I realized how much you love me," she said.

She heard that!

"I tell you that I love you all the time and you would reply with that you don't feel the same way," I said.

"I did say that I like you and today I get to say that I love you as well," she said.

That made me look back up at her.

She was looking down and when she looked back up I saw she was blushing.

"It's about damn time," I said.

She laughed at that.

"I thought Hussain would be married before me," I said.

"Okay. Okay relax," she said.

"I love you so much. I've been wanting to hear you say that since forever!" I said.

"I know. But I would remember the past we had and I would be deny the fact that you loved me," she said.

"Babe, wait I can call you babe now right?" I asked and she nodded smiling.

"Good. Babe, our past is our past. I understand that you and I have a past unlike many other couples. But we love each other and we're going to get married," I said.

She leaned forward and hugged me which I returned.

I kissed the top of her head.

"I don't want to lose you. I've lost almost everyone Shehry. My biological parents and my adoption parents. Nayna isn't even with me anymore. I'm scared of losing you," she said.

I wiped her tears away and kissed her gently on her forehead.

"I love you too much to ever let us separate," I said.

"I love you too," she said.