"How can I say u rishab that the friend was none another than ur wife... I don't have the courage to say u the truth.. I don't want to lose u rishab... I want to live with u as long as I live.. U were right rishab.. I shouldn't have done that.. But lost my temper seeing ria in that miserable condition... But I never thought it was leading me to something big.. Pls don't hate me .."she closed her eyes as a drop of tear rolled down her eyes..

After few hours

Madhu was squirming on the bed uncomfortably as she visualized the dreadful memories of her past...

"Pls..I'm.. I'm sorry..pls don't leave me alone.. I have only u.. Pls papa, don't leave me.. I'm sorry.."she mumbled in sleep crying & it disturbed Rk's sleep as he opened his eyes hearing the small weeping voice.. He frowned seeing her weeping in sleep mumbling something..

"Madhu..."he shakes her to wake her up but she kept crying.. This time he shakes her with more force resulting her to wake up with a jerk...

"What happened...??"he asks seeing her sweaty form.. She was sweating badly..

"I..I..Papa...??"she blabbers as she looked at him blankly for a minute as if she doesn't know him...

"What..??"he asks her confused not getting what she's saying..

"I saw a bad dream.. "composing herself she tells him..

"R u ok now..??"he ask her after a moment of silence & she nods her head affirmatively.. He lied back on the bed after getting her nod & she lied back keeping her head on his chest.. He didn't stop her either.. He hated to admit, that being near her gives him an unknown solace... He doesn't know what to name it as..

The night fades away bringing a new morning.. Madhu frowns when the alarm rings disturbing her peaceful slumber.. She slowly stretched her eyes open when he felt something under her head.. She looks up & realizes that she's still snuggling to him.. A small smile crept up on her lips seeing him sleeping so peacefully.. "Usually he wakes up before me then what happened to him today..??"She thought & sits up on the bed..

She gently caresses on his forehead & stops in shock feeling him burning with high temperature...

"Rish.. Rish... Wake up.. "she shakes him to wake him up much to his annoyance & he opened his eyes irritated..

"What..??"he barked..

"U have fever.. "madhu tells him..

"What ..??"he asks confused..

"I said U have fever.. U r running high temperature.. "she tells him again..

"Fever..??"he asks confused & tried to sit up on the bed but falls back on the bed when he felt a hit of nausea..

"What happened...??"she asks concerned as she helped him to sit up..

"Nothing.. I'm ok.. "he says & tried to get up..

"No, sit here.. "she pulled on his wrist & made him sit back on the bed again.. "U were alright until last na.. Then what happened suddenly..??"

"I said u.. It's nothing... I'm alright .. "he says & gets on his feet but suddenly he felt like the whole room swirling & tends to fall but Madhu holds him preventing him from falling down..

"Rish, sit na.. "Madhu says & made him sit back...

"U should take rest now.. "she tells him..

"Do you think that I'm pregnant..??"he asks sarcastically... Madhu looks at him in shock..

"I didn't even touch u then how come u be pregnant with my child.. ??"Madhu asks him faking a horror look & Rk gives her a Are-You-For-Real look ..

"Ok.. Now don't give me those looks.. I will go & get u something light to eat.. U will feel better after having something.. "Madhu says & went out of the room... Rk leans back to the head rest & closed his eyes..

After few minutes Madhu came back with a bowl of vegetable soup in her hand.. She sits near him on the bed..

"Here have this..."Madhu says by forwarding the spoon near to his mouth..

"I didn't brush.. "Rk says by turning his head aside.. Madhu sighed & kept the bowl on the side table & takes him with her to washroom...

Rk washed his mouth after brushing his teeth with Madhu still holding him for support..

"U leave me.. I'm ok now.. It will happen sometimes.. "Rk tells her..

"U look so weak & tired.. I will call doctor.. "Madhu tells..

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"He is ok... This happened due to stress.. "Doctor tells Madhu after checking Rk..

"But Mr. Kundra.. U have to take care of urself.. U r too weak & Ur BP is not normal too.. "doctor tells & Madhu glares at Rk for being so careless about his own health..

"Don't stress urself... Take complete rest for 2 days .."Doctor says to Rk & he nodded..

"Mrs. Kundra, don't give him heavy food for few days.. "doctor tells Madhu..

"Ok, doctor.."Madhu says & the doctor took a leave..

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"U r too much, Rish.. "Madhu says angrily as she feeds him the soup..

"Now what..??"he asks tired..

"Didn't u hear what doctor said...?? U r not taking care of ur health a bit.. How come u..?? U r always before ur darling having eye to eye talk.. Hah.."Madhu spats at him..

"What..??"he asks her confused.. Now who the hell is this darling..??!!

"Ur laptop.. "Madhu tells him by glaring at him.. He shakes his head in disbelief.. She is unbelievable.. Indeed a drama queen.. !!

"Can I ask u something...??"Rk asks her.. Madhu looks at him..

"Have gone mad..??"

"Yes, After marrying u.. Living with the biggest insane man made me insane too.."she tells him.. He wanted to glare at her but his face showed exactly opposite reaction to what he thought of, his lips curved into a small smile.. May be for the first time after all those years, he is smiling for himself.. He keeps looking at her while she keeps blabbering something.. A small hair lock fall over Madhu's eyes covering her beautiful face partially... Rk raised his hand upto her face & gently tucked her hair lock behind her ear & Madhu visibly shivered under his touch.. He wanted to take back his hand but seems like his body didn't want to.. Hmm.. May be his heart too.. He slowly circled his thumb on her soft cheek & looks at her in her eyes with an unfathomable expression .. This feeling is new for him.. No, for them.. Being near her gives him an unknown peace which he never got from anyone.. As much as he is trying to ignore, it's growing more stronger..

Madhu looks at him surprised as her cheeks turned pink.. Rk realized what he was doing & takes off his hand quickly...

"That.. Ur hair.. "he said trying hard to hide his embarrassment & Madhu nods her head shyly making him feel more embarrassed..

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Rk's Pov

It's been 3 days since I'm grounded to this room .. Madhu has strictly prohibited me from stepping outside without her being near me.. I'm a pretty well now if say truth perfectly fine, but she isn't seem to be convinced .. She would be always around me taking care of me as if I am a child.. She is remembering me of something that I had been missing terribly.. My Mom's love.. She used to take care of me like this when I was ill.. After what all happened in my life I distanced myself from my family... Sikky was right I never tried to move on in my life.. All I doing was self pitying & drowning in my grief.. I had fallen sick before too but there was no one to take care of me like she does.. Sikky was there but I never had let him know if I feel weak or ill.. I used to grandly ignore my health problems concentrating only on my works.. Not because I'm a workaholic or money minded, I just wanted to distract me from everything.. From every painful memories but the only thing I never realized that being alone only triggered my pain, it never helped to heal or ease my pain.. But being with her makes me feel happy.. At times I feel like I don't deserve Madhu's love or care .. I was always very harsh with her.. I did hurt her a lot in the past with my words & actions... I would be the only groom who welcomed his new bride with his harsh words on the very first night of our marriage itself.. I never gave her anything that she deserves.. I can't give her love.. I don't know can I ever love someone with my heart again.. Why she is not leaving me after all these things I did to her.. What good I did in my life to get her...??

She is the best wife one could ever get but I'm unable to give her anything as a husband.. How can I be so heartless..?? I can see the love for me in her eyes but can I ever love her back as she does..?? Y can't I.. What's stopping me from loving her..?? I don't know.. I shakes my head to clear out the thoughts which r bothering me...

2 more days passed & it's Friday.. Tmr is Second Saturday so I thought to join back in office on Monday.. I will also get some time to spend with her & get to know about her.. It's been around a month since v married & till now I don't even know a small thing about her.. The fact is that I never tried to know much about her..

I went to hall & saw her sitting upon the couch & watching TV.. Seems like she's engrossed in what she's watching.. I slowly went near & sit beside her.. She looks at me & smiled while I was thinking whether to smile back or not.. Before I come to a conclusion she tear off her gaze from me & fixes it back to the TV .. What she was watching with this much interest..?? I hardly watch TV except for football or cricket match but seeing the way she's staring at the screen I looks at the scene which was going on in that television series .. A guy was tied onto a a tree & a lady was roaming around him with a knife in her hand.. She brings the knife near him.. OMG.. What she's up to..?? I was watching curiously when she suddenly switched on to another channel.. I look at her & she looks scared..

What happened to her suddenly & y did she change the channel...??

"Why did you change the channel..??"I ask her.. I was damn curious to know what was going to happen next..

"She is going to kill him.. "Madhu tells me..

"Why..??"I ask her confused forgetting that it's completely about a television show which I have never done before..

"She kills men who cheat on girls.. "she tells me & I get shocked..

"She kills just like that..??"I ask her ..

"Yes, she's a psycho.. "Madhu replies..

"didn't her crimes come out yet..??"

"No, her husband is helping her.. "

"Her husband too knows.. "I ask shocked..

"Yes & he is helping her to hide her crimes.. U know the female protagonist & antagonist r played by the same actress.. "

"Oh.. How..??"

"She is playing dual role.. One is good & another is the killer.. "

"OMG..!!" then she started to explain me the whole plot.. It's quite interesting.. Then only I realized one thing.. R v just discussing about a serial..?? Me watching serial while I have many other better things to do..?? God did I really become crazy..?? But the way she's telling the story I couldn't help but just listen to her talks..

After 2 days I again went back to my work & I was in office checking on something important files.. Actually not checking I was just staring at the file absent mindedly .. My whole thoughts were occupied by Madhu..

I was thinking how she made me watch the serial & how she told me about the story.. But she got startled seeing some scenes which were not at all scary.. I felt something fishy in that but shrugged it off thinking that she might be afraid of such scenes ..

"Rk... Do u see something interesting in this file.. "I hears sikky asking me & looks up..

"What's it sikky.. When did u come.. "I ask him he gives me a Are-You-A-Dumb look..

"U didn't even realize that I came.. ??I came here to get ur sign on these files but u were staring on these files & smiling as if a goof.."sikky says & then only I realized that I was smiling for no reason..

"What happened to u, Rk..??"sikky asks me..

"Nothing.. "I reply..

"Seriously, something has happened to u.. I can guess what's it.. "he says with a sly smile..

"What..??"I ask him irritated with the way he was looking at me..

"Heart problem.. "he says..

"What..??"I ask him confused..

"OK.. How's your married life going on..??"he asks me & I frown..

"What do u mean by that..??"I ask him..

"Rk, I'm ur friend for years & do u think I would not understand the charges in u.. I never had seen u smiling for urself in these five years but now u r smiling without any specific reason.. What all these things mean ..??"he ask me..

"What r u trying to say..??"I ask him..

"U r in love man..??"sikky says & look at him in shock.. Me in love...?? Now way.. !!

"What nonsense r you talking.. ??"I ask him..

"I'm saying the fact why can't you accept that u r in love with ur wife..?? When I called u 2 days before to ask u about ur health u only had time to talk about Madhu... How she was taking care of u & how she was not letting u to go out of the room.."he says & I looks at him in wonder.. Is he right..?? Am I in love..?? But how come it happen..?? I love dipali then how can I love Madhu..?? This is so confusing..

"I know what u r thinking right.. "I hears sikky saying.. "who the hell in the world said u that one can't fall in love after a love failure..?? U r in love & u can't accept it thinking it would be like betraying dipali.. "he says & then only I realized that was exactly what I was thinking..

"Falling in love is not a fault, Rk... & don't feel like u r cheating dipali, she will be only sad if u live ur life like this, mourning in grief.. "Sikky tells & finally my dumb head realized that I have fallen in love again.. I'm in love with My Wife, My Madhu.. !!

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Precap : "I love u, Madhu.. I love u so much.. "Rk said as he held her by her waist & kissed her on her lips & the next moment he felt a push from her followed by a yell "No, I don't love u.. "

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