I stood still, frozen, zapped in that moment. It was him. HIM. He was standing there behind me, holding me. I couldn't get control of myself, everything went still for me. "Are.. You..? You.. For real?" I literally stammered while I said that. My brain was fighting my heart.. 'Should I cry? Should I be happy? Should I kiss him? Should I slap him?' I wasn't in my control anymore, all I could do was just stare at the mirror at the person behind me. It was him. He was here. Was I hallucinating?

He turned me around and grabbed my waist even tighter like he would never leave it again. "I've missed you so much." He whispered in my ears. My brain was instructing me to get away from his touch but I was frozen there.

Silent tears came trembling down my cheeks. I was just looking at his face. Oh, how I had missed those eyes looking back at me, that smile, those lips. The only thing I could feel was his proximity and his hand on my waist. The other hand he used to wipe off my flowing tears but would they stop!? His arms around me, holding me like they did. "Am I dreaming?" I said again. I wasn't still able to believe whether it was him or not. I thought I was hallucinating. I had been sleep deprived, weak, mentally and physically and I thought it was my imagination! But why all of a sudden? Why now? Why this day? My mind was busy having a quiz with my heart.

"I am here. For real. For the both of you." As he said that his hand moved from my waist and touched my belly. "For my princess and her mommy." His eyes lightened up and his smile was gentle. I couldn't move my eyes from him. It had been two weeks almost and I hadn't seen him once, I wanted to just keep looking at him and lock his face in my eyes forever.
He then bent down and held my waist with both his hands. "Did you miss your daddy princess?" He was talking to the baby! A faint smile took over on my lips. "Well daddy you missed a lot! I'm sorry to keep you waiting baby.." I didn't know what I was doing but my hands moved from my side and cupped his face. He looked back at me, smiling and I smiled back. It was like I wanted the time to stop. I wanted to seal this moment forever. I didn't want for my brain to work anymore. Whatever my heart was doing, felt so good. Tears didn't stop flowing even for a moment. He then looked back at my belly, and touched it with his lips, dropping a light kiss. "Daddy won't ever leave you again princess. Not you, not your mommy."saying that he stood up again, my personal Eiffel Tower.

"Why are you still crying? I'm here now. I'm here for real!" He said. Cupping my face, he wiped the tears away but they were replaced by the Niagara falls in my eyes.

"You're here?" I was suddenly brought back to my senses (thanks brain). He was here. But why? After all he did he still had the guts to come back!? And why after two bloody weeks!

"Niti I kn.." I stepped back removing his hands from my face and wiped my tears away.

"Why are you here?" Well my brain was back in action and I was reminded that how much I hated him. I crossed my arms across my chest and turned away so that I wouldn't have to see his face.

"Like seriously? Tum yaha ho toh main bhi yehi rahunga na.. Where are your brains?" He said in a dramatic playful way. But, I wasn't up for play or drama here.

"Parth just.." I turned to look at him when suddenly the door of my room was banged hard.

"Nitiii! What are you doing! They are here! Get ready soon I'll send your sister for you." It was my mother banging the door. Tushar and his family had reached and I had to go downstairs.

"Haan mumma okay!" I said and waited till I heard her go down the stairs.

I looked back at Parth who was actually checking me out. It was then when I realized that I was standing in front that jerk all this while wearing a half draped sari. He really had the power to stop my brain from functioning. UGH. I bent down and picked up the other half of the sari that was on the floor and covered my self up, though it wasn't yet a 'draped' sari but at least it covered my body that was earlier exposed to him.

"Nah don't do that! You look sexy that way, I mean I'd like you dressed like that.." He winked at me and gave his cheeky grin.

"Parth what the hell are you doing here!?" I couldn't possibly shout at him at that time so I gritted my teeth tight and whispered.

"I came here all the way to just see you struggle with a sari." He said giving me a 'straight face' expression. "Like seriously!? I just said why I came here." He again put his hand on my waist and pulled me closer. "For you." He kissed my cheek and giggled shamelessly.

"Leave me!" I struggled to get out of his grip but he was too strong for me. "Parth I said leave me!" I shouted in anger not caring about the world outside.

"Ummm.. Nope." He smiled at my face. I tried to get out his grip but he didn't free me. "Parth you'll hurt the baby!" Although he wasn't hurting the baby but I wanted to get out of his arms so I had to trick him. And the trick worked. He left me instantly!

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" He said bending down and again talking to my belly. "Sorry baby, daddy didn't want to hurt you." He looked so adorable when he talked like that in an apologetic tone.

"Yes baby, you're 'daddy' didn't want to hurt you for sure but he did intend to hurt your mommy!" I was fuming with anger inside. Looking at him now brought back those painful days to me.

"Niti, I'm..."

"Shut up Parth. And leave." I didn't let him complete his words and pointed towards the door.

"I am not leaving! I'm here for my princess and her mommy!" He grabbed my hand and again pulled me close.

"Parth! I don't want to see your face! Just leave!" I screamed in anger.

"But weren't you staring at me with those teary eyes 5 minutes ago?" I was literally amazed at how shameless could he be! After all that happened, after all he did, that man still had the guts to stand in front of me, grab me in his arms forcefully and smile and wink at me!

"I'm comingggg!" I heard my sisters voice as she dashed in even without knocking the door! Like where were her manners!?

"Oops! Did I really disturb you guys?" She winked at Parth and he smiled back. He was still holding me close, his grip tighter than before.

"What is happening here?" I was confused. My sister just 'winked' at the guy whom I hated like hell! And they were exchanging smiles. "Di what the hell?" I was still struggling to get out of his arms while I tried talking to my sister.

"Whaaaat? Maine kaha tha na, aayega Parth, dekh aa gaya. Now thank me later abhi jaldi neeche chal I'm going downstairs. Vaise toh mom sent me to get you, but I'll let you have some more fun" she winked again "tab tak I'll handle the 'douchebag parivaar' bye!"saying that she left the room and closed the door without even waiting for me to answer or question!
"How have you got my sister on your side?"he was smiling at the door when I brought back his attention. Well, the question that I asked was actually a wrong one. My sister had always been on his side even after whatever he had done to me. She seemed like those stupid fangirls who, no matter what Parth did, supported him. I wondered if some day he murders someone would they still support him? Well, yes. Blind idiots.

"Well she believes in 'pyaar ki jeet hamesha hoti hai' unlike some people." Pyaar ki jeet my foot! I sometimes wondered was my sister born in the wrong house? She should have been Parth's sister instead!

"Pyaar my foot!" I pushed him with all the power left inside me but I wouldn't have been able to get away from him if he hadn't loosened his grip. "Let me just get ready!"

"What for are you getting ready?"he sat on my bed, rather lay down on my bed and watched me get ready. I wanted to throw him off the balcony but I had a bigger problem right now, the sari.

"Tch, tch, tch, tch... You don't learn anything from your mistakes, do you?" He taunted me for god knows what. One thing I learnt from my mistake was never to fall in love. "You still don't know how to drape that sari tch, tch, tch.."he was taunting me for that? Like really had he become an expert in two weeks? Had he been wearing a sari himself daily!? I felt like punching his nose but I had more important work to do.

"Shut up." I didn't have the time to fight with him so I ignored him. I indulged into figuring a way out to drape that sari on my body when I suddenly felt his touch on my waist again.

"PARTH!" I shouted in anger and turned back only to find him sitting down on the floor behind me.

"Well, miss to be mommy, I do learn from my mistakes. I googled 'how to wear a sari' and saw thousands of tutorials on it. I wanted to be prepared for a day like this." He took the sari cloth from my hands and started draping it for me.

"Parth.. Leave me." I put my hands on his shoulders and tried to push him away.

"Shhushh! I don't mind seeing you like this in half clothes, in fact I love you like this but for some reason.. You have to go.. So keep shut and let the expert do this work!" He smiled and winked again. Though he looked really cute that way I felt like smashing his face! I don't know what made me give in and I let him drape that sari for me.

He started his work. He turned me around a few times and draped half of the cloth over my underskirt and then made pleated out of the rest. He put in fingers around my waist to tuck the pleated inside the underskirt. His fingers too touched the hidden part of my stomach when he tucked the pleats inside. Shivers ran from head to toe in my body. His touch was still so electrifying. It wasn't like he was draping that sari but he was trying to seduce me. The goosebumps on my body were the reply to his touches.

He finally stood up when he was done with draping the lower part of the sari. He held my waist with one hand and with the other he settled the sari on my one shoulder. I didn't move for a second. I didn't respond to any of his touches. My body was doing it for itself. He pulled me close and taking his arms around me pinned the sari with my blouse. Then his hands reached for my hair, that were tied in a bun and he removed the clip from my hair. My hair came falling down, long and straight, just the way he loved them.

"Perfect." He said as he moved a step back and looked at me head to toe. I was standing still while he did his work. "So miss beautiful, you're ready to go." He smiled at me admiring the work he had done. I turned back to face the mirror and look at myself. Red was his favorite, exactly what I had been wearing. He had actually learnt how to drape a sari. It was perfect.

"See its so easy! Now don't thank me okay? See I have a brilliant idea! Tum kabhi sari pehnna mat dekhna okay? Like I'll dress you up whenever you want to wear a sari. Okay?" I didn't reply. I didn't want to. I was angry at him. I had to hate him! But my brain just didn't coordinate with me when it had to. "Okay." He answered himself.

"Love birdsssss? Main aa jau??" I heard di's voice again and she opened the door. Like seriously she had just asked to come in and I didn't even say yes yet she walked into my room. She definitely was not my sister.

"Wow! Main toh bhool he gayi thi tujhe sari pehnana.. Kaise pehna!?"she looked at me in amazement but I didn't bother to reply back.

"Maine kiya, the expert!" He said patting himself on his shoulder. Like how self obsessed could one be!? Ugh.

"Accha abhi chal" she held my hand and pulled me "save some choochie coo for later." She giggled and turned to Parth "You're not leaving this room." Saying that we left leaving that monstrous mad man inside my room.

I stopped my sister outside the room.

"I know, I know, I'll explain it all but for now please chal mumma will eat me up!" She knew I demanded answers. I needed answers.

"Wait, one thing." I stopped her as she rushed me down the stairs. "Does he know..? Tushh..?" I wondered if Parth really knew why I was getting dressed up? He himself had got me dressed for a meeting with Tushar and his family. He couldn't possible be so calm if he knew this.

"No, but he will, I'll tell him, or you." She said.

"Does mom know he's here?"

"Are you stupid!? No! Let's just go I will explain it all later."

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Okay so this is it, no hallucinations, he's for real. And with that 'fangirl' thing I didn't intend to hurt anyone it is a pure work of fiction.
One more thing,
I had been giving fast updates these days but now I am going to be busy for a long time so updates would take time. Please be patient and cooperate with me. Thank you :) !