Chapter 26

Some months later:

Armaan woke up startled as he heard her whimper in sleep.. Frowning he turned on the lamp to see Shilpa who was trashing around in her sleep..

"Shilpa!! Wake up baby.. " he nudged her gently trying to wake her up..

Her cries softened.. Slowly she opened her eyes and looked at him sadly... " Sorry I ruined your sleep again"

He swore under his breath and took her in his arms.. " I was worried Shona.. Did you see a bad dream again.."

He heard her sigh softly.. " The same old dream of being take by gangsters.. I wonder when I will be able to come out of this misery.."

He smiled down at here.. "Soon.. The very same way I came out of my nightmare of being Steve. "

Suddenly she smiled at him.. He raised his eyebrow as she blushed.. " You may not be Steve anymore, But still you do have some naughtiness which you used to have when you were Steve.. "

He grinned at her as his eyes glittered with desire.. "What to do.. I was bored of being the good guy.. I like being the bad boy.. "

She shook her head and leaned forward to give him a deep kiss.. "You will always be the best guy for me."

Next morning:

"Arav! No ! " Armaan gently instructed his son who was now sitting on the carpet.. Arav sulked as he stared up at his father.. Without giving a ear to his father's instructions he started to crawl again.. This time faster..

Armaan groaned as he finally shut down his laptop and took hold of Arav who was dashing to the door.. "Not so fast Superman ! You still have time left to walk alone out of that door.. "

Arav pouted his lips which made him smile.. "Now don't make faces like your mother. "

Arav started at him and again started to squirm in his arms.. Armaan chuckled and tightened his grip.. "No way buddy.. " He started to tickle him which made Arav laugh..

Shilpa smiled as she saw Armaan who came downstairs holding Arav in his arms.. The sight of her loving husband and precious child always made her smile..

"Good Morning ! " He greeted her with a smile and brushed his lips on hers..

"Morning" She spoke shyly.. She took Arav from his hands and placed him in his baby seat... As usual Arav got frustrated and started to wail..

Armaan laughed as he took his seat beside his son.. " I swear he just want to run around.. Imagine what will happen when he starts to walk.."

Shilpa smiled as she joined them.. " We have to keep running behind him.. " Her eyes grew misty as she stared at her son.. "He is growing so fast.. "

"Now now don't start crying.." Armaan held her hand.. "Even if he grows soon, We can always have a another baby " He winked at her naughtily...

"Oh stop it Armaan.." She blushed

He suddenly grew sober.. "Unfortunate that I have missed Arav grow in first months.. I yearn to see how your body changes in pregnancy.. I want to hold your hands when you give birth to the child.."

She was now in tears.."I regret those moments as much as you do.." She held his hand encouragingly... "But as you said we can always try for a another baby.. "

He gave a big sunny smile.. " I am sure I would enjoy each and every moment.. Let's go and try from now!!" He joked

Shilpa smacked his arm and smiled.. "You are too much !! Oh I forget.. That reminds me Seema called.."She beamed happily.. "She is pregnant.. And Sameer has invited us to a small party they are throwing on Saturday.."

Armaan smiled warmly.. "That's a pretty good news.. I will call Sameer in a while to congratulate myself.. It's been days since we have met.. "

Shilpa frowned.."Among all this.. Where is Raj.. Havent seen him around lately.."

Armaan shook his head.. "Don't ask.. He is busy partying in Paris.. But I think he will comeback running once he hears Sameer is going to be a father.. He wont leave a minute to tease him.." Armaan chuckled..

Shilpa smiled and took Arav in her arms.. "Anyways you have your breakfast.. I will go and wash this little guy.. He has fed pudding to his shirt as usual.."

My Family... He stared at them affectionately... Call him lucky, he was just glad he was blessed with a steady carrier, loving parents, good friends and most importantly a loving wife and child.. He shook his head and took the newspaper in his hand..

The very first headline of the page made him gasp.. He stood up instantly, taking the paper in his hand he dashed inside looking for Shilpa..

"Shilpa ! You have got to see this " Armaan walked inside his room excitedly

"What is it ?" Shilpa frowned seeing his overjoyed face...

Armaan shook his head and set beside her in the bed.. Between them Arav squirmed and started to crawl in his lap.. He gripped his son hard and passed the newspaper to Shilpa..

Shilpa took the paper and read the headline.. She started to laugh... "I cant believe this"

Armaan took her in his arms.. He kissed her forehead as he held his family closer.. "I always knew this boy would do good in his life.. "

"I will be always thankful for him in my life.. Without his help maybe we wouldn't have... "

Armaan interrupted her with a kiss. After kissing for a long minutes he broke the kiss and stared down at her.. "Those days are gone.. Important thing is we are together now.. "

"And always will be forever.. " She completed and hugged him...

With a smile they once again looked at the headline which said...

"The youngest Business man of the year: Devlin Cooper "

Note : WoW ! Finally done with my lovely FF... It was such a good experience to write this one.. Thank you all for loving my work.. I am glad i got beautiful readers like you all.. I have kept the end short and simple just so that i dont ruined the essence of story. Hope you guys loved my work.. Thank you all muah <3 <3