"What r u thinking..??"Sikky asks him bringing 

him out of his trance.. 

"Aa.. Hmm.. Nothing..!!"he shakes his head.. 

"U may go now, Sikky.. I will call u after checking these files.. "Rk says getting back to his real from & sikky just smiled before leaving...

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Madhu was in the kitchen cutting vegetables when suddenly her phone starts to ring.. Seeing 'Rishab calling' she frowns.. Rishab calling her..??!! That would be the 8th wonder of the world.. She picks up the call shaking her head.. 

"Hello, Rish.. "she calls excitedly.. 

"Happy 1 month anniversary, biwi.. "he says making her eyes pop out of its sockets.. Did he just wish her..??!! She remembered that it's their one month anniversary & she was going to wish him once he gets back to home but never in her wildest dream she thought that he would remember it & wish her first & wait.. Did he just call her biwi..??!

"You there, biwi..?? "he asks not getting any reply from the other side.. 

"Am I talking to Mr. Rishab kundra ..??"she asks confused.. 

"Of course u r talking with me.. "he says trying hard to control his chuckle hearing his wife's reaction..

"U were normal when u were going from here then what happened to u suddenly ..??"she asks him.. 

"Nothing has happened to me but seems like something has happened to u.. "he says teasingly...

"What did u call.. Did u left any of your important files here..?? Do I need to come there..??" Madhu asks him & hears him sighing.. 

"Be ready at 5 pm.. Driver will come to pick u up.. "Rk tells her.. 

"To where..??"Madhu frowns.. 

"Surprise, biwi..."he says & disconnects the call before she could ask or say anything.. 

"What has happened to him..?? Did he really talk to me or I was hallucinating..??"she thought & pinched herself to confirm that she was not daydreaming.. 

As told by him the driver came to pick her up at the time itself.. She was all confused during the journey & kept calling him but his number was unreachable.. Finally after about 45 mins of travel the car halts in front of a farm house ..

"Here..??"Madhu asks confused seeing the unknown place.. 

"Chief told me to bring u here, mam..." the driver says politely.. Madhu nods & opening the door she steps out .. 

"Shall I go mam..??" the driver asks her.. Seeing Rk's car parked in the porch Madhu nods & the car zoomed out of the area.. 

Madhu looks around & finds nothing except the pin drop silent.. 

"Hope he doesn't has any plans to kill me here for annoying him.. "she thought to herself & moved towards the main door.. Standing before the door she picks up her phone & dialed his number but he cuts her call.. She glares at the phone.. When she was about to call him again she gets a message in her phone & opens it.. "U look gorgeous in this wine Red Saree & golden blouse.. Now search under the flower vase, biwi ;)" ..she looks around in wonder but didn't find him.. Wondering what was all these mean she walks up to the flower vase which was kept in the the side of the window.. She finds something under it.. She kneels down & sees a key.. She takes the key & looks at it confused when her phone again beeps..  

"Now got the key hun.. Then waiting for what..??" She reads the message & sighing softly she goes to open the door... The huge door opens with a sound & stepped inside before closing it behind her..

The sunlight which was peeking through the curtains of windows lighted the hall a bit.. Expect for that the hall was dark & silent.. 

**Beep-Beep**

"Climb the stairs.. Turn to right .. Push the door..." She was in the verge of losing her calmness.. Is he playing hide & seek with her..??.. Shaking her head she climbs up the stairs & at the right side she sees a room.. She went near it & pushed the door open without any difficulty.. 

The moment she opened the room she gets welcome by the sight of deep darkness.. She gulped seeing it as she is hell scared of  darkness.. 

"U there, Rish..??"she asks but gets nothing as reply... 

**Beep-Beep**

"Still waiting outside..??".. She rolls her eyes... Sure she is gonna throttle him for this.. She stepped inside slowly.. Once she was inside she tried to turn on the flash light of her mobile but before that she hears a 'Thud'.. The door closes with a thud & the phone falls from her hand as she runs to the door panicked.. 

"Open..!!"she cries.. "Rishab pls.. I'm afraid of darkness.. "she says as she continued to cry when the lights turned on suddenly startling her.. She turns back sees Rk standing there with a smile adoring his lips.. She looks around the whole room in awe.. The room was well decorated with colour lights, flowers & balloons.. There was a glass table in the middle of the room with a huge black forest cake on it.. 

"Happy 1 month anniversary, biwi.. "he says by opening his hands wide..

"Didn't I wake up yet.. ??"Madhu mumbles confused.. It's too much for her to believe..

"U r not dreaming, biwi.. "he says her seeing her looking at him in trance..

"Rish.. What's all these..??"she asks him.. First brought her to a ghostly place, freaked her out & now this.. 

"tsk.. tsk.. I have done all these things to make my wife happy & u don't appreciate it..?? Leaving appreciating, u don't even look happy.. "he says faking sad.. A bright smile breaks on her lips hearing him.. He might be changed.. He might be started to like her.. That's why he had done this for her, to make her happy.. & the single thought made her smile grow more wider... The next moment she was in his arms, hugging him tight ...

"I loved it.. "she whispers & looked up at him in his eyes & his showed some unknown emotion in it.. 

"Happy one month anniversary, Rish.."she says by breaking the hug.. 

"Come let's cut the cake..."Rk says & holds her hand in his.. They happily cuts the cake & feeds each other.. 

"Madhu, I want to say u something.. "Rk started nervous.. He takes in a deep breath before saying it.. "I love you, Madhu.. "

"What..??"she asks as her eyes widen in shock.. 

"I don't know how & when but... "taking a step closer to her "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.. ".. He jerked back with her sudden action.. 

"Madhu..??"he calls her confused.. Hurt was evident in his voice.. 

"Rish.. I.. I.. Pls.. "she stammered in lack of words .. 

"Madhu, I know I did hurt u a lot in the past.. I'm sorry for all that I know sorry is not enough but pls.. I love u.. "his voice choked as his throat closed up.. Unable to see his painful expression she looks away from him.. She can never see him in in pain.. It hurts her to the core ...

"It's not that, Rish.. It's I need some time.. "she manged to say which felt bit convincing.. Even though it did hurt Rk a bit covering up he says "I can understand, Madhu.. I am ready to wait for U, for u to love me back like I do.. " he says with a small smile...

After an hour 

Rishbala were sitting in the car silently, by Rk driving the car carefully & Madhu studying her nails thinking about the incident that took place an hour back.. She still hasn't come out of that trance.. He had said those 3 words which she had been craving to hear from him but when he said it, she was panicked.. The fear of losing him clouded in her mind.. The things that she thought to be hers were never hers.. She didn't want to lose her Rishab also like that..

She can bear his anger, hurtful words but never his hate.. She can't see the hatred for her in his eyes.. It would kill her.. That pain would be million times more that what she had got years before bcoz she loves him.. She loves him with her whole heart.. Her heart accepts that but her brain rejects it.. She prefers to choose logic over emotion.. & she decides to keep her feelings for him with herself, safely locked.. He loves her.. She was on cloud nine when those words left his mouth but it didn't take much time for realization to hit her .. She knows everything about him but does he know anything about her..?? Doesn't he has the right to know about her & her past.. ?? Somewhere deep in her heart she believes that he would understand her.. He will be with her even after knowing everything about her bcoz he is different.. He is not like others.. But somewhere it still scares to reveal the truth to him... Leaving a deep breath she finally decided what to do & she's not to going secede from it in any matter.. 

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Rk was sitting on the bed leaning his back against the headrest with a book in his hand, going through the pages absent minded.. He revived the every moments that he had spend with Madhu.. From the day he saw her first time in her home until now.. Now thinking about the past he feels like thorns are pricking in his heart.. He had taunted her, Accused her of marrying him for money, Took out his frustration on her, even slapped her .. He was very harsh with her even without her mistake then how can he hope her to love him back just like that.. But he knows he's not going to give up on his love.. He will win over her heart.. After all she likes him & cares for him.. If he could go back to past he would have gone & changed their past.. He thought sadly ..

Rk turns his head hearing the opening sound of the washroom door.. He stopped breathing seeing the sight in front of him.. Madhu  was walking towards the dressing table on her pink satin night gown with water flowing down her damp hair .. She stands in front of mirror & started to dry her hair with hairdryer .. He could see her reflection through the mirror & suddenly all his blood started to flowing to south .. He had seen her coming out after her bath before too but never found her this sexy.. Now seeing her like this the only thoughts that occupied his mind is tug on the damned knot of her robe, remove whatever she wears inside it, have his way with her.. The thought itself made him turn on even more.. He shakes his head to get rid of the images which are filling up in his mind.. 

He saw Madhu walking towards the bed & his heart starts to slam against his chest, without a word she gets on the other side of the bed .. Rk turns off the light but keeps a dim light on as Madhu was afraid of darkness.. Rk was trying to calm down his uneven breaths.. Suddenly her presence was affecting him like anything .. Madhu closes her eyes to get some sleep but sleep was far away from her thinking she's going to tell him everything on the very next morning .. What if he decides to leave her after hearing everything..?? He once said he dislikes that girl's behavior then what happens when he come to know that girl is none another than her..?? Finally she made up her mind, if he wants her to leave him after hearing her, she will leave him for him, for his happiness.. But before that she wanted some sweet memories with him.. Memories that will last with her forever.. She wanted it for living the rest of her life.. His love is one kind that she will never get from anyone or anywhere else.. She wanted to be his with her heart, body & soul, bcoz she loves him.. 

"Rish.. "she calls him & it didn't take much time for him to turn towards her as he was wide awake ..

"What's it, Madhu..??"he asks her.. 

"I want to say u something.."

"what..??"

"Not now on morning.. "Madhu says him"But before that.. "she starts & Rk looks at her curiously.. 

"I want u to make love to me.. "Madhu tells him..

"What..??"Rk asks as his eyes widened in shock.. 

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