Riddhima opened her eyes feeling movements beside her and looked into her armaan's blue eyes. He smiled at her and whispered "Good morning basket" kissing her forehead. "Good morning armaan" she whispered back to him kissing his cheek. He softly tucked her hair behind her ear and traced her face with his fingers lovingly, admiring her. She closed her eyes smiling. "You are beautiful Riddhima Basket" he whispered above her lips moving his face closer to hers and saw her pink cheeks becoming red. He kissed her eyes making her open them. Opening her eyes, she lowered her lids. He smiled and made her face him softly holding her cheek. "Look at me basket" he whispered huskily. She slowly looked up into his eyes and was lost in his blue ocean and he was lost in her green eyes. After several minutes, he hugged her tight and she hugged him back, burying her face in his neck. "This is my world armaan. I belong here" she whispered against his neck. He smiled wide and caressing her hair and back kissing her head. "And I belong here" he said hugging her more tight if possible. They stayed like that for sometime feeling content.
After a while, she looked at the wall clock which showed 6.05AM. "Lets go to the lawn armaan..our family must be waiting for us" she whispered and tried to get out of his hold. "We will go basket. But I want my morning kiss first" he said and captured her lips. She smiled between their kiss and pulled back in few seconds before they lose their control. He frowned and pulled her to him again and she shook her head in "no". "Why basket?" "Armaan we need to go down now and I don't want swollen lips in the morning itself" she whispered blushing, not looking into his eyes. He grinned hearing her. "Okay basket. But I want my proper good morning kiss later in the morning" he said naughtily. She nodded shyly. They got down the bed and she gasped aloud seeing his naked upper body. He chuckled and said naughtily "Get used to seeing me like this basket. Now I am going to sleep like this only every night and after our wedding.." she ran out of his room blushing crimson, before he could complete his sentence. He laughed seeing her and walked towards the bathroom.
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"Good morning everyone" armaan said cheerfully as he walked towards his family who were sitting in the lawn. "Good morning Ammy/buddy/armaan" they wished him back. He embraced his mom in a side hug and kissed her cheek. She kissed his cheek and smiled at him with moist eyes. It's been years she saw him So Happy. He sat on the chair beside her. Before they could ask him anything, he felt the cool morning breeze caressing his face. He knew his basket is coming. He turned and stared at her mesmerized, as she walked towards them wearing a green salwar kameez. She tucked her slightly wet strands behind her ear blushing, feeling his intense gaze on her. She looked up at him and he winked at her making her already red cheeks redder. "Good morning everyone" she wished her family and friends as she sat beside her bhaiya. They wished her back smiling at her. She looked at muskaan, who looked at armaan and winked at her. She looked down blushing. Armaan saw this and grinned. Ananya gave her and armaan their coffee cups. "Thanks aunty" she said and ananya nodded thinking something. She looked at billy and he nodded at her. The family had their morning coffee with their usual chit chats along with teasing armaan and riddhima. "Girls, its Karva Chauth tomorrow. So leave early from the office and do your shopping" ananya said. "Yes mom/Aunty" they said and riddhima asked her. "You are not coming with us aunty?" "No riddhi. I have some work and I can't come today. I will go with you next time" "Okay aunty". Muskaan and anjali kept on teasing armaan and riddhima. When riddhima couldn't take their teasing anymore, she excused herself and almost ran from there. Others laughed seeing her and armaan smiled with moist eyes looking at his loving family. He had missed them as much as he missed his basket. Billy looked at his son and embraced him in a side hug.
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Riddhima was in the kitchen helping anjali in making breakfast. Her phone buzzed and she took it. "Come to your room basket" armaan had texted her. "Armaan I am in the kitchen with bhabhi. I will come later". In the next few seconds, armaan was in the kitchen. She felt his presence and turned. He gestured her to keep quiet and she did. He slowly walked towards anjali who was chopping the vegetables. He suddenly lifted her off her feet and twirled her. Anjali was shocked. "What are you doing ammy? Put me down" she said laughing coming out of her shocked state. After few seconds, he put her down. They both laughed looking at the other. "I missed you so much ammy" "I missed you too anji" he said embracing her and kissing her forehead. Riddhima smiled wide looking at them. She came out of his embrace kissing his cheek and started chopping the vegetables again. He moved closer to riddhima. "I will be in your room basket. Make some excuse and come" he whispered in her ear biting her ear lobe, making her shiver and went out. Blood rushed to her cheeks when anjali winked at her. She looked down blushing crimson. "I will come in few minutes bhabhi" she said and went out leaving a laughing anjali.
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Riddhima heard armaan and muskaan laughing when she neared her room. "Why are you so interested in embarrassing me armaan?" she asked him angrily entering the room. Armaan understood what she was saying and muskaan looked at her questioningly. "Maine kya kiya? I didn't do anything" he said acting innocent. "Armaan tum.." "wait wait..someone tell me what happened and continue your kiddish fights" muskaan said interrupting her. "I don't know muskaan. You ask your friend" armaan said winking at riddhima. "What happened ridz?" "He came to the kitchen and b.." she stopped realizing what she was going to say to her friend. Armaan smirked looking at her. "Nothing muski. Woh.." "What nothing ridz?" muskaan asked with a teasing smile. She looked down embarrassed. Armaan moved towards riddhima and stood behind her, "it is not a big thing muskaan. I did this" armaan said and hugged riddhima from behind. Before he could again do what he did infront of anjali in the kitchen, she pushed him glaring at him. Muskaan laughed looking at them.
Armaan pulled riddhima closer to him by her waist. Muskaan silently went out of the room closing the door. "I am not talking to you" she said struggling to come out of his hold. "Kya yaar basket. i.." "Why do you embarrass me armaan?" she whined. "My innocent basket..get used to my PDA. This is our family basket. You don't need to be embarrassed. I know all this is new for you and this is new for me too basket. I understand you feel embarrassed when I show my love for you infront of our family and friends, but how long you will be like this? We are going to live our entire life together and I am not going to stop my pda ever. So get used to it" he said lovingly pecking her cheek. She shook her head understanding she should get used to this now. She smiled at him nodding and he pulled her more closer to him. He took her duppatta and threw it aside. He nuzzled her hair and neck, breathing her fragrance which was arousing him. She shivered feeling his lips on her skin and held him tight. Tracing her neck and throat with his lips, he moved up kissing her chin and pressed his lips on hers. She responded to him immediately wrapping her arms around his neck. He kissed her hard pushing her back till she hit the wall behind. He licked her lips sensuously making her go weak in her knees. She opened her mouth giving him more access to her. He pressed his body on hers making her gasp into his mouth. His hand moved to her back inside her kameez and traced her bare skin. She cupped his face in her one palm and other hands fingers rubbed his scalp arousing him. They kissed passionately for more minutes till they were out of breath.
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"Riddhi, call armaan for breakfast" ananya said to riddhima arranging the table. She nodded at her and went to his room. When she went upstairs, she saw him coming out of his room and walked towards him. She stared at him who was looking hot and handsome in his black formal suit. He stared at her with his intense passionate gaze, who was wearing a formal full sleeves white shirt, black trousers and black blazer, with kohl in her eyes and lip gloss on her rosy lips, ready to go to office. She blushed crimson understanding the meaning of his look. "Aunty is calling you for breakfast" she said and rushed downstairs before he could catch her. He followed her smiling and sat on the chair. She served him. He ate quietly and she was confused why he didn't ask her to feed him. She sat on the chair beside him and started eating. She kept looking at him while eating and he smiled knowing what is going on in her mind.
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In the office, everyone was engrossed neck deep in their work. As there was three days leave because of the storm, there was lots of work for everyone. Armaan and riddhima both missed each other badly. They had hard time concentrating on their work. They both were restless. In the mid-morning, riddhima opened her cabin door to go to his cabin. He came in as she opened the door. She hugged him as soon as she saw him. He hugged her back with equal fervour. They parted after a few minutes and he held her closer by her waist and kissed her lips. She encircled her arms around his neck and pulled him closer to her kissing him hard. He pulled back in a few moments before the kiss could turn more passionate. She frowned and pressed her lips on his again. He gave a short kiss to her and pulled back again. She looked at him questioningly with a frown. "I am going out with rahul basket, to check the materials for our new apartment project. I will come back late afternoon. You don't wait for me and eat your lunch" he said kissing her forehead. Someone knocked the door. They parted and she said "come in". Rahul came in. "Shall we leave armaan?" he asked him. "Yeah" he said. She held armaan's hand and went out with him. Everyone in the office looked at them surprised, some of them with a smile, some of them frowning and with envy, but with the same thought in their mind "They Look Made for Each Other". Reaching down, they saw muskaan standing with rahul and smiled at them. "Bye basket" he said kissing her forehead making her smile. "Bye armaan" she said pecking his cheek. Muskaan whistled and rahul smiled looking at them. "Oye.. why are you whistling? I saw you kissing rahul in your cabin this morning. Stop embarrassing my basket" armaan said, making muskaan blush red. The other three laughed and muskaan hid herself behind riddhima. "Oh my god! I never knew even you could blush muskaan" Rahul said hi-fiving with armaan. "Stop embarrassing my friend you two" riddhima said smacking rahul and armaan's arms. Muskaan gave a rahul murderous glare and he gulped. Armaan and riddhima chuckled. "lets go armaan" rahul said opening the car door. Armaan sat in waving bye to riddhima and muskaan. They waved back to him smiling.
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Riddhima's phone buzzed. She took it and read the message. "I will be there in half an hour basket. Did you eat your lunch?" she gulped reading it and texted him back "No. I am waiting for you". Armaan got angry reading her reply and didn't text her back. She knew he will be angry and ordered food for both of them from the office caf. Reaching office, armaan straightaway went to riddhima's cabin angrily and opened the door without knocking. He closed the door and she stood up seeing him. "I told you to eat your lunch and don't wait for me riddhima. Its 3.15 now and you have not eaten anything yet. Why are you so careless about yourself?" he scolded her walking towards her. "I know you will forget about yourself when you are engrossed in your work. How can I eat when I know you wouldn't have eaten anything? Aur I can't eat without you. I didn't feed you in the morning too and I want to eat with your hands armaan" she said looking down, in a low voice. Armaan sighed and lifted her chin to face him. He kissed her forehead and eyes, sucking her tears which rolled out when she closed them. He hugged her tight burying his face in her neck and she hugged him back.
After few moments, they parted a little from the hug. "I am sorry basket. Woh..i was engrossed in work and didn't know how the time passed. That is why I didn't eat. I am sorry" he said. "You scolded me that i am careless. What are you doing armaan? You are careless about yourself too. I know work is important, but your health is Much More Important than everything. Please armaan, just change this one habit of yours for me. You engrossed yourself in work all these years to keep yourself busy. But not anymore. Please armaan" she said with moist eyes holding his cheek in her palm. "I am sorry basket. I will be careful from now. And as you said, I don't need to keep myself busy in work. I won't do this carelessness again" he said tilting his face a little and kissing her palm which was on his cheek. She nodded smiling wide kissing his forehead. "Now I have you with me to keep myself busy with much more important works" he said winking at her. She smacked his shoulder understanding his meaning and hugged him blushing saying, "i missed you armaan" "i missed you too basket" he whispered hugging her more tight. They fed each other the food talking about anything and everything. "Lets go home armaan. Muskaan, bhaiya and bhabhi had already left" she said finishing the food, excited to go shopping with him "They left already?" he asked. "Haan.. uncle told them to leave coz we have to go for shopping and he will take care here. He smiled at her and said, "I will talk to dad and come with rahul. You go down and wait for me. I will come in a few minutes" he said kissing her cheek and she nodded at him smiling.
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Reaching home, armaan went with riddhima to her room telling her he has an important work there. They entered her room and he locked the door saying, "Basket, I want to see your wardrobe" "My wardrobe? Why?" "Coz I want to check something" "No armaan. I can't let you in" "Why basket?" "Armaan it's a girl's wardrobe. I can't let you in" "But the girl is My Basket and I have the right to look at it" he said lovingly and walked past her to the wardrobe. She followed him not saying anything. She knows what he said was right and she doesn't have any answer to it. He opened her wardrobe and took a quick look at the clothes hanging neatly on the hangers and the folded clothes. "I was right" he mumbled and turned to see her, who was looking down. She understood what he was looking for. "I stopped wearing red colour" she said and he hugged her tight. She had stopped wearing red colour clothes because it is his favourite colour and he loved seeing her in it. She doesn't feel like wearing the colour when he was not there to admire her and stopped wearing it. They parted a little from the hug and looked at each other with moist eyes. "Red is one of your favourite colours too basket. You love to wear red clothes" "When you entered my life, what You like and love is my first priority armaan. Mine is second" "Why do you love me so much basket?" "Why do you love me so much armaan?" "Because you are My Basket" "Same here. Because you are My Armaan" she said smiling at him and he took her in a rib crushing passionate hug. She hugged him back with equal fervour. After few moments he opened his eyes and saw something in her wardrobe. He parted a little from her and took it out which was hidden between her folded clothes. It was his brown jacket which he gave her to protect her from the cold when they were in the beach on a full moon night, when they were together before. He looked at it and at her. "I wear this when I miss you too much and I feel like I want to be in your embrace armaan" she said in a low voice as tears rolled out of her eyes. He sucked her tears kissing her eyes and said, "Now you can hug me all our life basket. I am all yours" and pressed his lips on hers kissing her hard with all his love for her. She responded to him with equal love. They came out of the kiss in lack of oxygen after long minutes. "I love you" they whispered with moist eyes hugging each other as tight as they could.
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Muskaan looked at riddhima as if she was seeing her for the first time. Yes, this riddhima was new for her. This is not the riddhima she knew from four and a half years. She had not seen her smiling like this, the smile which came from her friend's heart and reached her green eyes, the eyes which were shining with love and happiness now. She was used to see her innocent green eyes blank all these years. But now, she understood her friend has a pair of expressive green eyes, which speaks more than her mouth. Her beautiful face is glowing. Riddhima who was busy checking her wardrobe thinking what to wear, turned to see muskaan and was worried seeing the tear rolling down her cheek. She immediately walked closer to her and wiped her tear, embracing her in a hug. "Why are you crying muski?" "I am crying of happiness ridzi. I have never seen you So Full of Life and Happy like this. I am very close to you and lived every moment with you in the past four and a half years. But I have never seen this Riddhima Joshi. I am seeing a new ridzi from yesterday. Always be happy and smiling like this ridzi" she said with moist eyes and riddhima hugged her tight, with tears. "I will always be like this muski. When I have my armaan, you and my family with me, I will always be smiling and happy. What else do I want other than you all beside me muski? I am not going to cry anymore when you all are with me and you should not cry too. okay?" riddhima said with moist eyes wiping muskaan tears. "I won't cry and I won't let my friends and family cry too" muskaan said. "I will not leave that Padma gupta for making you and armaan cry all these years ridz. She not only made you and armaan suffer, because of her bhaiya, bhabhi, uncle and aunty everyone suffered. She will be punished for this" muskaan thought in her heart, wiping her friends' tears.
"Now get ready madam. Your hero will be coming here any second" muskaan said with a teasing smile. "Aur...so you both were sleeping in the same room and bed from the day you confessed again few days ago. Hai na?" muskaan asked seriously and riddhima nodded. "So you both did it? you know.." muskaan stopped with a meaningful cheeky smile. "Muski.." riddhima said embarrassed and blushing crimson. "Tell me ridz. You both did it?" muskaan again asked her grinning. Riddhima shook her head in "no". "Why?" muskaan asked her acting like she was shocked. "Muski tum..you are shameless" "Not more than your hero" muskaan said laughing and ran out when riddhima smacked her arm. Riddhima chased her out and stopped seeing armaan coming. "We will talk about this later" muskaan said and went out grinning at her friends. Riddhima looked at armaan blushing more crimson, if possible. He looked at her red face and understood muskaan must have teased her. She walked towards her wardrobe. He followed her asking "What are you and muskaan going to talk later basket?" "Nothing armaan" she whispered and he nodded looking at her with a naughty smile. "I will select a dress for you" he said and she nodded. He looked through her wardrobe carefully and took out a plain black top and jeans. He gave it to her kissing her forehead and she smiled. "You don't wear low waist jeans basket?" he asked with a shameless naughty smile and she shook her head in "no" shyly. "No probs. We will purchase few of them today" he said winking at her and she pushed him out blushing. He laughed aloud when she closed the door.
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Armaan and riddhima were just walking in the garden after getting ready to go for shopping. She had her head leaned on his shoulder and their arms were wrapped around each other, as they walked in the garden enjoying the pleasant weather and their togetherness. Others were not ready yet and they were waiting for them. "Basket" "hmm" "What are you going to wear for karva chauth tomorrow? Saree or lehenga?" "I will wear Lehenga" "okay. The lehenga should be given from your sasural, right?" "haan" "So I will buy the lehenga for you and i will show it to you tomorrow" he said and she looked up at him parting from him a little. "Tomorrow? Why armaan? I want to see it today" she said pouting and he pecked her pouted lips. "Your lehenga will be special basket. I will give you tomorrow" he said as they stopped walking. "Whatever you do for me is special for me armaan. I will wait" she said smiling. He took her hands and kissed her fingers smiling and said "What else do you want?" "I never wore a saree before. So I want sarees, especially.." he interrupted her and continued "red, white, black, purple colour sarees and not to forget pastel colours" he finished and she smiled wide at him saying "You know me better than I know myself" and pecked his cheek making his smile deepen. "Aur we will buy you some long skirts with matching tops for them, salwars, formals, party wears, some dresses.." he paused and said with a naughty smile "low waist jeans". She smacked him on his arms blushing and he laughed hugging her from behind and pecking her cheek. After a few moments she said, "Armaan no need to buy skirts. I have enough of them for now" "Basket, I want to buy them for you" he said turning her to face him.
Riddhima understood what he was feeling and nodded at him saying, "You are going to spoil me with your pampering" "I intend to do that basket. Who else I am going to pamper other than you till we have our babies?" he said moving her strands behind her ear making her shiver and smile shyly. She lowered her lids and he kissed her forehead. The words "our babies" gave them an unknown feeling of immense happiness. "So that means you will stop pampering me once we have our babies?" she asked him in a low shy voice, playing with his shirt buttons, not looking into his eyes. He cupped her cheek in his palms making her look into his eyes and asked her "Will you ever stop loving me and pampering me?" She shook her head in "no". "So than how will I stop? You are my first baby and I will pamper you and love you till our last breath" he said looking into her eyes, with all the love he possessfor her. Her eyes turned moist and she hugged him tight mumbling "I love you armaan. I love So Very Much" against his chest. "I Love You 2, 3, 4 rise to infinity" he whispered embracing her as close he can in his arms. They stayed like that forgetting the world. Their moment was disturbed by anjali, who came and patted armaan's shoulder. They broke their hug and she moved towards anjali blushing. "Come on love birds, lets go. Continue your romance later" she said winking at them and riddhima looked down not meeting her eyes. "Anji, talking of romance, what were you and champ doing in your room all this time? You guys came home before us and you got ready after us. Were you both getting ready or.." before he says anything shameless, riddhima stopped him by slapping his arm. Atul and anjali laughed. "Stop embarrassing my wife armaan" atul said with a smile and pulled armaan along with him and the girls followed them smiling happily.
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In the shopping mall,
Armaan and riddhima smiled wide entering the shopping mall holding hands. Others smiled understanding the reason for their smile. "Lets go to the same elevator where you met for the first time" atul said. Riddhima nodded looking at armaan who was smiling with his dimples showing. The three couples entered the lift holding hands. The first time they saw each other flashed in armaanriddhima's heart. Their heart gushed with happiness making their lips curve more, deepening their smiles. They looked at each other with moist eyes and she leaned onto his shoulder and he circled his arm around her. It may be just another lift in a mall for others, but for them, it means a Lot. All six of them came out of the lift and walked around the mall. Anjali led everyone to a saree boutique. "Basket you go with anji and muskaan. I will come in few minutes" "Where are you going armaan?" "I will tell you later basket. Now go" "Armaan..i want you to select sarees for me. Come with me na" "I will come back and select sarees for you basket" he said kissing her fingers and she nodded disappointed. "I love you" he said making her smile. "I love you too" she said smiling back at him and went with her bhabhi and muski.
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Riddhima kept looking at the entrance of the shop if armaan is coming. It was half an hour he had gone and he didn't come back yet. Sighing, she took her phone to call him when she felt his presence. She smiled wide seeing him and he went towards her smiling back at her. He stood beside her holding her hands and they started seeing sarees for her. Armaan saw a red saree and told the salesperson to take it. "Now you will wear lots red colour" he said and she nodded happily. They came a little away from the others to the simple sarees section. Her eyes caught a white saree with red roses printed on it. Without her saying anything he took the saree for her. They purchased few more sarees in different colours and designs as they like. While on the other side rahul was looking at armaan and atul amazed how they are being so patient with the girls' shopping. When riddhima moved to anjali and muskaan, rahul went near armaan. "Man, how are you are being so patient? I mean..look at the girls, they are so picky when it comes to their clothes and you are being so patient" "I understand what you are saying rahul. I used to go with mom and anji in my childhood for shopping with them. I loved it when I see mom taking out colourful sarees and keeps it on herself and asks me if it is good on her. She looks Beautiful in anything she wears and I select sarees for her. Anji is very picky from her childhood. Mom will have hard time selecting clothes for her. I will help her in selecting the dresses which suits her. Like that I got comfortable in shopping and learned to be patient. Actually its fun if you learn to be patient. And my basket is not very picky. I know her taste. So its easy for me" armaan said smiling and rahul stared at him kind of surprised.
They then moved to another shops to purchase some casual wears. Again, armaan selected the dresses for riddhima and she stood with him, admiring him, whose expressions where changing while he was selecting the clothes for her. Suddenly she moved more closer to him and entwined her arm with his. He looked at her and saw her shooting Dangerous Murderous Glares to some girls who were ogling at him. He smiled and encircled his arm around her waist puling her closer to him, showing the girls that he is committed. The girls who were already scared coz of riddhima's glares, walked away disappointed looking at him. The other four smiled teasingly at riddhima and she lowered her lids blushing. "Buddy, I never knew my sister could glare like this. Today I came to know she has fire in her innocent green eyes" atul said hi-fiving with muskaan. "Bhaiya.. you too" riddhima whined. "Sorry princess" he said holding his ears, laughing and she smiled hugging him. After purchasing clothes for the girls, they went to the men's section and riddhima selected clothes for her armaan. As much he knows her, she knows him too. He angrily shot Daggers at the men who were looking at his basket and she giggled looking at him. He smiled seeing her do that and pecked her cheek. She glared at him but he winked at her and she shook her head smiling at her naughty armaan. All of them selected clothes for each other, teasing, pulling each other's leg, laughing and smiling, having a gala time.
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"Armaan go now" she said glaring at him who shook his head in "no". "This is not fair basket. I selected all the clothes for you. So I should be selecting this one too" "Armaan tum..you are disgusting" "Oye, what is disgusting in this? come on yaar, I am your armaan. Don't I have the right to.." "Armaan just shut up. You are not coming with me" she said angrily embarrassed and joined anjali and muskaan to go to the lingerie shop. Armaan grinned and went away with atul and rahul.
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Ananya, riddhima, anjali and muskaan sat for mehndi. The girls were having a fun time applying mehndi on their hands. Riddhima kept on looking at the entrance of the house waiting for armaan. It's a couple of hours they had come back home. Armaan had gone out for some work and he is not back yet. Soon it was riddhima's turn for mehndi and she showed her hands. "What name should I write in your mehndi?" the girl who was applying the mehndi asked. She felt his presence and his name automatically came out of her mouth, "Armaan". Anjali and muskaan hooted making her blush. "Anji stop embarrassing my basket" armaan said coming towards them. "We can embarrass her only like this ammy" muskaan said teasingly and anjali continued "But you can embarrass her in more ways like you did in the kitchen this morning". Riddhima looked down in her lap blushing profusely and armaan grinned shamelessly. Others laughed looking at them. He sat there with riddhima looking at her lovingly. His intense gaze was making her shiver. She signalled him to go but he sat there stubbornly, admiring her and she had her eyes lowered not looking at him.
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After few hours,
Others have retired to their rooms wishing good night to one another after dinner, which was fed by the men to the women, as they all had mehndi in their hands. Armaan sat in the swing in the garden with riddhima in his lap. He took her hands and saw the mehndi was completely dry now. "Remove your mehndi basket. Its dry now" "hmm" she said standing up from his lap and he followed her. "Where are you coming armaan?" "With you. I will remove your mehndi" "okay" she said and they went to the bathroom. He helped her in removing the mehndi. They saw the mehndi was So Very Deep Maroon that it looked like black. They smiled at each other meaningfully and he kissed her palms. She closed her eyes feeling his love. He smiled looking at her and kissed her eyes making her open them. "I will change and come armaan. You go now" she said. "I will help you in changing too" he said grinning and she turned red in her cheeks. She pushed him out and he went out laughing.
Coming out, she saw him sitting on the bed comfortably, his legs outstretched. She climbed the bed and sat between legs and leaned on his chest. He circled his arms around her. He took her hands and started looking for his name in her palm. After a minute, he smiled naughtily and said "Okay basket. I found my name. So now.." he saidand leaned onto kiss her. "Armaan this is not our wedding night that you are.." she bit her lip realizing what she said and her cheeks turned crimson. She lowered her lids blushing. He laughed making her face him holding her cheek in his palm and huskily said above her lips "I know this is not our wedding night basket. I know we have to wait for that till we get married" he said sighing and continued. "Do you how hard it is for me to control my desires around you? I just want to embrace you in my arms and love you all our life. And on top, I had much more hard time today seeing you in formals. You look Too Hot and Sexy in formals and.." riddhima kept her palm on his lips stopping him. His words were making her shudder. Her face had turned red like a fresh strawberry. Armaan smiled and kissed her palm and she took it away from his mouth. He kissed her every inch of her both arms, arousing goosebumps in her skin. He made her turn fully and face him. He pulled her more into him by her waist. He traced her arms with his fingers and nuzzled his nose on her cheek. She quivered in his hold. He planted wet kisses on her chin and moved up kissing her lips. She responded to him with equal fervour, wrapping her arms around his neck. He leaned back on the bed lying on his back with her on top of him. While his mouth was kissing hers, his hands played havoc inside her shirt on her tummy and back. She broke the kiss breathless after long minutes. She stayed on top of him breathing heavily. "Sweet Dreams" they whispered to each other and drifted to sleep with a smile, awaiting their first karva chauth.
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Riddhima woke up hearing the alarm. She rolled off him and extended her hand stopping the alarm. She snuggled closer to armaan and just lied on his chest for a minute, wrapping her arm around him. Then she moved upto his face and stared at him with love. "He looks so cute while sleeping" she thought moving his soft silky hair which fell on his of forehead. "I Love You Armaan" she whispered kissing his forehead. "I Love You Too Basket" he whispered with closed eyes making her smile wide. He smiled at her opening his eyes and hugged her burying his face in her hair. She hugged him back and they stayed like that for few moments. She parted a little from him and kissed him on his lips suddenly and he kissed her back with the same love as her. After catching their breath, they looked at her hand. The mehndi was completely black now.
They smiled wide and he kissed her forehead. "Armaan I am going to freshen up. I will eat the sargi and come back. Till then you sleep" she said caressing his face. "No basket. I have to eat the sargi too" he said and she stared at him surprised. "Armaan you.." "Haan basket I am fasting for you" he said looking into her eyes. "You don't need to do that armaan" "Why basket? You are fasting for me. So I am doing the same for you" "Armaan it is not easy. You cannot eat anything till night. How will you stay hungry all day? No armaan please don't do this" "Basket, you are not going to eat anything till night too. If you can do it for me, I will do it for you" "Armaan but.." "No more talks on this. Go and freshen up. We are getting late" he said kissing her forehead. She stared at him with moist eyes and they sat up. "I love you armaan" she whispered giving him tight kiss on his cheek. "I love you too" he said pecking her lips.
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Riddhima went to armaan's house after freshening up where others were there. She went to the dining room and saw everyone was there. "Good morning everyone" she said surprised to see her bhaiya, uncle and rahul there. Atul understood what she was thinking looking at her surprised expression. "We are fasting riddhi" he said smiling at her. "Yes riddhi. You ladies are fasting for us and we are doing the same for you" billy said and she nodded with a broad smile. She sat beside armaan, who winked at her grinning. She shook her head and sat on the chair beside him. They all started eating. Riddhima ate the sargi which atul and anjali gave her from her mother's house. All of them fed one another and had a fun time in the early morning. They retired to their rooms after eating and took rest. Few hours later, they got ready and went to office.
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Armaan went to riddhima's cabin and saw her talking on the phone. He waited till she finishes the call and pulled her up making her stand. "I miss you basket" he said hugging her. "I miss you too armaan" she said hugging him back. After few moments, he started nuzzling on her hair and neck. She parted from him and said "Armaan no naughtiness today. We are fasting" "I don't think there is any rule like that. Who said we cannot romance when we are fasting?" "No one" "Then?" "Armaan.." he captured her lips before she could say anything. She stood not responding to him. He moved his hand which was on her waist to her lower back and grabbed her, making her gasp. He smiled between the kiss and entered her mouth taking the chance. She lost her senses as his tongue touched hers and kissed him back with equal passion. They parted for breath after ten minutes. They leaned their foreheads on each others' catching their breath. He smirked at her opening his eyes and she hid her face in chest hitting his shoulder. "You are stubborn" she whispered against his chest. He laughed hugging her tight.
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In the evening at home,
Riddhima took ananya's blessings and stood up. Ananya forwarded the shagun thall to her. She looked at armaan and atul with moist eyes and they nodded at her smiling. Ananya understood the reason for it and caressed her head and kissed her forehead. "You should not cry anymore" she said wiping her tears. Nodding, riddhima took the thall from her smiling one of her best smiles.
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Armaan and riddhima went to her room. She kept the thall on the bed and stared at it as tears flowed out of her eyes. Armaan took her in his arms understanding what she is going through. He caressed her back comforting her as her grip on him tightened with every second. She caressed his back soothing him as she felt him crying too. They don't need words to understand each other. Their silence said it all, more than words can say. Their sobs subsided after several minutes and they parted a little. They kissed away each other's tears and looked into each other's eyes, which showed them how much Elated they are now. They thought these moments of happiness and togetherness will never come in their life. But God had different plans for them and here they are today, together for All their life. They kissed smiling, showing their happiness.
Few minutes later, they parted and armaan took her lehenga choli from the thall. It was a green lehenga choli with red net duppatta. It was a not a very grand heavy one. It was simple lehenga just as she likes, yet it was Special. Because its a Bridal Lehenga.
Armaan hugged her from behind keeping his chin on her shoulder. She smiled leaning onto his chest. "You like it basket?" "I love it armaan. Its Beautiful" "Not more than you" he said kissing her neck. She smiled shyly and said turning and facing him "Armaan this is a bridal lehenga Aur.." "So what basket? Its our first karva chauth and You Are My Bride. So I want you to wear this" he said looking into her green eyes, cupping her face in his palms, with all the love and she just nodded smiling wide at him with moist eyes. Kissing his cheek, she led him to his room through thebalconies and he saw a teal green maroon kurta was lying on his bed.
He took it from the bed and looked at it. "You like it armaan" she asked him and he just gave her his deep dimple smile and hugged her. "When did you buy this?" "When you went with bhaiya and rahul" she said. "You mean when you went to the lingerie shop?" he asked with naughty smile and she smacked him blushing red. "I am going to get ready" she said and he laughed seeing her red cheeks. "first answer my question basket" "Armaan..haan I went there after buying this for you. Okay? Now let me go. I have to get ready" she said not looking at him and loosened his hold on her. He smiled and bit her red cheeks. "Come soon basket. I will be waiting for My Bride" he said pecking her lips and she nodded shyly, kissing his cheek and went to her room.
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Armaan sat disappointed in the living room couch. His basket was in anji's room and he couldn't go there, as they the girls were getting ready there. He can't wait to see her. Atul, rahul and billy who were controlling their laugh till now, burst out laughing seeing him muttering to himself which was not audible to them. "Why are you laughing?" he asked them irritated and glaring at them. Which made them laugh more and he kicked rahul's feet, who winced in pain. Suddenly he felt his basket's presence and looked towards the stairs.
There she was, descending down the stairs with slow careful steps, her eyelids lowered, elegantly carrying the bridal lehengawith a shy smile on her glossed lips. His heart skipped beats seeing her and he automatically stood up. Her heart was beating rapidly. Wearing the bridal lehenga given by him raised an unknown happy feeling in her. Also, this was the first time she was wearing something which reveals her midriff to him. She was nervous if he would like this on her. She felt like thousand butterflies are in her stomach. She slowly lifted up her lids and looked at him feeling his intense gaze on her and her cheeks turned crimson. She stared at him who looked Breathtakingly Handsome. They walked towards each other lost in one another's eyes. He stopped few inches away from her and she too stopped and lowered her lids. He smiled and lifted her chin making her face him and kissed her forehead, lingering his lips there for a minute. She closed her eyes with a smile and a tear rolled down her cheek. He sucked the tear kissing her cheek, making her open her eyes. "You Are My Beautiful Bride" he whispered looking into her eyes, pulling her closer to him to by her bare waist. She shivered and held his shoulder. She hugged him and he hugged her back. He felt her shuddering when he touched her bare back below her choli. He smiled and kissed her head. They stayed hugging each other quietly, letting their heart speak its own love language.
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