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Chapter 64 The next morning she had woken up first due to a wave of nausea which he slept through given the fact he was genuinely tired last night and was in a deep sleep. After a round of throwing up and cursing the side effects of pregnancy, she quietly walked back to their room as he still lay there fast asleep. She slowly walked over to his side and sat down on the edge of the bed. He started to turn in his sleep and she patted his shoulder making him relax in his sleep. As he settled in his sleep, she simply looking at his sleeping figure and started to caress his hair. Running her fingers through his hair, she started to talk about everything that was in her mind since last night...
"You've done a lot for me Raman...you just do a lot for everyone...and never say a word about it. You put so much trust on me and never mentioned it..."
Then she remembered his face falling at the mention of Shagun and she couldn't help look at him sadly...
"Raman why did it happen to you? And why didn't you tell anyone before me? How...how did you keep everything in yourself? I don't know the woman, and I don't want to either. I just know she's caused you pain...even till today..."
She leaned over pecking his forehead gently trying not to wake up him and patted his head as he stirred...
"And now Raman...I want to get rid of it...I know you want me to forget the past...but you haven't forgotten either...and I want you to forget...so now...I want to fill your life with love you deserve...I want to really do this now...for you...and for me...for us Raman..."
She hadn't missed the sadness in his eyes as they had talked yesterday and his casual ways of trying ot hide it, but she saw through him. It hurt to see him trying to act normal when it wasn't okay. And now she simply wanted him to be happy. Last night, her want to be with him grew, her need to give him happiness grew, and her love for him grew along with it...
She snapped out of her thoughts when he opened his eyes and held her hand that was on his head. She looked at him blinking away any tears in her eyes and gave him a faint smile as she pecked his lips leaving him surprised yet happy.
"Hey...who's the sleepyhead now?" She asked softly as he got up stretching and taking her into a hug. He looked at her and seriously said...
"Ruhi!" She smiled as he laughed at his attempted joke and then got up asking him to as well...
"Nice escape, but it's weird she's sleeping till now. Now you go, get ready for work, I'll see what my pumpkin is dreaming about for so long."
As she went off to see Ruhi, he stopped was he was doing for a moment only to look at her. A smile lingered on his face as he watched her gentle tickle Ruhi's feet and hold her tiny hands talking to her and noticed her carefree laugh when she tapped Ruhi's nose and enjoyed her reaction. He got up and walked to the bathroom where he locked the door and stood in front of the mirror only thinking about her. He had woken up to her see smiling at him, but he also noticed her tears that she had simply blinked away on seeing him away. He didn't know why she was crying, but his instant guess was that it could be possible related to her past. And as he walked to the sink to wash his face, he found a note on the mirror asking him to shave now since he was started to grow a beard now. He neatly folded up the note and put it into his pocket as he thought about her...
"Ishita...She deserves every happiness I can give her and maybe even more than that. And never did she deserve to go through what she did. Ishita... now more than anything else I want you to move on only so I won't have to see any hidden tears in your eyes again. I don't want to see the hint of sadness I see now...I want to fill your life with the happiness you should get. More than wanting us to be one, I want you to get rid of all the pain that your past gives you till today. I want to make you happy..."
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He walked out clean shaven for her and clad in a fresh peach colored shirt while she sat at the vanity and gave a huge smile seeing him shaven, but looked away before he could her happy on the same. He chuckled to himself seeing her behaviour again and then walked over to Ruhi who lay awake in her crib now and was busying poking the eyes of a teddy.
He picked her up and walked around the room talking to her and gathering all his things while Ishita was busy getting ready. He noticed she would always spend a good amount of time doing something to her hair, and always wondered what it was and how it made a difference since her long silky hair looked the same every day to him. As she caught him staring at her and asked him what he was looking at her, he brushed away the topic and went back to talking to Ruhi as he placed her on the bed & kissed her cheeks...
"Bye my baby! I promise I'll be home earlier from today...actually no Papa has a meeting today, so from tomorrow onwards. So tomorrow on, Ru and Papa will play together all evening and I'll even feed you dinner! How does that sound?" He earned a loud happy squeal from his daughter which made Ishita get up and walked over to him as he kissed his daughter's forehead now.
"And what about Mumma?" She crossed her arms standing in front of him and he gave her a side hug pecking her head...
"She can feed her biggest child!" He winked at her and she shook her head regretting asking the question in the first place and slowly moved out of his embrace.
"Okay enough kissies, now Ru let's get Papa some breakfast. It's actually not his, but my favourite today!"
"No, I'm getting late, so I'll have something on my way." He looked at his watch realizing the time.
"No please stay with Ruhi for 2 minutes and I'll pack your breakfast." She didn't wait for him to say anything and walked out of the room as he shook his head and sat down next to Ruhi.
"She's so sweet, but so childish!" He told his daughter earning a glare from her and he muttered to himself...
"I can only hope now that the baby will take my side. Cause Ru's is completely Ishita's and even Ma is too! Please let my baby be on my team!" He looked back at Ruhi when she pulled on his sleeve lightly making me look over at her and he picked her up again and walked out of the room just as Ishita finished packing his food for him. She handed him his tiffin and he handed her Ruhi. What he didn't know was that Ruhi had clutched onto the button of his shirt so tightly and refused to let go, that it would fall off when he handed her to Ishita. As she walked away and the button fell, he yelled in frustration...
"Oh God!"
"What happened now?" Ishita turned around and looked at him picking up something from the ground and holding it up.
"She broke the button off." He looked at his shirt and then at the broken button.
"Then change."
"I don't have time!"
"Wait one minute, I'll put it back on." She placed Ruhi on her play rug and they both walked back to the room. He complained about the button and how he was running late while she shook her head at his ramblings. She took out the sewing kit and found a few rolls of thread that seemed to match his shirt. Going through them while he was impatient and asked her to just put any color on.
"No, it has to be just perfect!"
"It's just a thread!"
"No you need to look absolutely proper while going to work! Like my CEO hubby!" She finally found a matching thread and asked for the button.
She started to sew the button back on while he kept on looking at her. She was so engrossed in her task that she didn't see his gaze continuously on her. She moved a step closer to him leaving almost no space between them and he was taken aback by the sudden closeness. He looked away for a moment trying to control himself, but the jasmine fragrance of her hair was surrounding him and as he felt her hair brushing again his chest, he couldn't help, but inch closer to her making her look up at him. She looked at him innocently realizing their closeness and tried to continue doing his button, but the mere desire-filled look from him was enough to put her into a trance, and she didn't realize what she was doing as she could only see that look in his eyes until...
"Ouch!" He shouted and stepped back. She realized she pricked him with the needle and immediately came close to him.
"Ayyo Raman!" She opened a few buttons of his shirts to see if she hurt him badly and rubbed his chest asking him if it was bad. He was lost in his own world looking at her that he didn't reply and she gently blew on chest making him snap out of his thoughts and her breath on him was more than enough for him to encircle her waist. As she felt his hands go around her waist wrapping her closer to him, she was also losing herself in the moment. As his closeness played with her senses, she placed a kiss on his chest which was more than what he could resist and he cupped her face bringing it closer to his...
And he took her into a long passionate kiss. She grabbed his hair and pulled him closer more responding to the kiss with just as much passion. He tightened the grip on her waist as she started to respond to him and they both stayed in the kiss for as long as they could before parting due to the need for air. As they parted they both took each other into a tight hug as they both couldn't comprehend what had just happened. But it had been the wildest kiss they had shared...
As they broke apart the hug, she was lost thinking about their kiss that she couldn't think of anything else while he had been equally shy about the whole thing. It was only when she noticed the fallen needle on the ground that she remembered what she had been doing. She was bending over to reach for the needle when he stopped her by holding her shoulders and she felt goosebumps the instant he touched her again. He let go of her shoulders and picked up the needle handing it to her and with lowered eyes she quickly sewed his button back on trying not to be affected by him again. He also knew staying in the same room with her right now would make him lose control and so as soon as the button was sewed back, he turned to leave...
As he left, she sat down on the bed as she touched her lips while looking at his retreating figure. Was this what it felt like to love someone? Was this just a small bit of what pleasure felt like? Was this just a glimpse of what he could make her feel? If it was, then she wanted this feeling...she really did. And it was just one more reason to want to be with him...
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From that day on, the next 2 weeks went the same way...
They would spend their morning together running around trying to get everything done. It had now become a part of her regular routine for her to set out his clothes and help him get ready for work while in between dressing herself up in her favourite sarees trying to look her best for him while he would always be ready to walk behind her and stand by her side as she continued to experience morning sicknesses and he would try to do small chores while she would get ready. And every morning he would simply smile as she would walk out to have the bed all made and all the clothes properly put away where they needed to be. Except he would get scolded every morning as he would forget about his wet towel left on the bed and in return she would listen to him telling her not to stress over small things and just sit.
Breakfast was her favourite as he would always manage to sneak in a kiss or two for them away from the eyes of Mummyji and Mihika and he was always looking for some to come closer to her and tease her. Little did she know his constant compliments for her, his flirts and all the small kisses and touches he gave her were all his attempts to make her more comfortable with him, to help her move away from her past and to keep her happier...
Their day was a blur as they were both busy. This was the time they though they did their own work, their thoughts would always be on the other. She was always thinking of what to do for him when he comes home and would often either give him a dinner consisting of his favourite foods, listen to his complaints about office work as she would massage his forehead or on days where she was tired herself she would simply leave him a note that would say a simple good night along with his neatly laid out night clothes.
He was no less than her. During the day, he was also always thinking of her and what he could do to bring a smile on her face. There were days were he couldn't do much besides bring a few flowers for her, other days he was able to buy her the foods that she craved and some days he wouldn't be able to bring anything except a shower of hugs and kisses for her. But whatever it was, he tried to live up to the promise he had given her and Ruhi...
He would try to come home early and have more time with her and Ruhi while juggling his work in between. He made sure that she would go on a small walk every day, some days with just him and other days they took Ruhi with them. The three of them would have dinner together with one of them feeding Ruhi while getting fed by the other.
After putting Ruhi to sleep, they managed to keep some time out for themselves. Some nights he would have too much to do and would work out in the living room while others nights she wanted to be with him and they would cuddle together watching a movie or simply fall asleep in each other's arms as talking to each other, and then there were a few nights they just longed for the other and those nights they would try to forget everything and move on...
But there was always something that made her move away or move him away whenever he made a move and tried to come closer to her. And it left them hurt each time. His heart shattered every time she moved away despite loving him so much and he could do nothing about it while she was always taken to the nightmares of her past and the pain of being away from Raman when all she wanted was to be with him...
But all this while, they reassured each other it would be okay soon. They both just hoped that if not today, then tomorrow would be the day they would be able to come together and that hope got them to inch further away from their pasts every day...
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Another regular morning he thought to himself as he got ready in the bathroom. Brushing his hair he was busy going over his plans for the day and remembered he had a party to attend today and would need to tell Ishita about the same. Then he wondered if he should as her to come along with him. He did want to go out with her and the party would be a great excuse to see her dress up to her best and they would get some time with each other too. But then he didn't know if she would be comfortable enough to go out and attend parties with him. He was in a confusion on what to do when...
"Raman!" He heard her yell out to him.
"What?" He yelled back quickly brushing his hair wondering what mood swing she was going through.
"Come out now!"
"Why? What happ-"
"Hurry! Please!" Her tone was serious and now worried him...
Rushing out, he found her standing in front of the mirror simply staring at her own reflection. He ran over to her and looked around to see what happened and everything seemed fine. He asked her what was wrong and she didn't reply. He was scared of her silence and held her shoulder making her face him.
"Ishita..." He looked at the unshed tears in her eyes and cupped her face while she held his hands...
"What are you crying?"
"Raman...look..." She looked back at the mirror while he looked confused until he saw her placing a hand over her tummy. And then he knew why she was crying. She protectively ran her hand over the small visible bump she now had. She had woken up and was trying to decide on a saree by placing it over herself when she had noticed the small bump she was showing now and she could only call out to him after it had sunken in that this was real.
Raman got down on his knees as a smile lingered on his face seeing her baby bump. He caressed her tummy as a lone tear escaped his eye, but he immediately wiped it away as today he wasn't going to cry because it was a very happy moment. He came closer to her and leaned over placing a kiss over her tummy...
"You're so beautiful..." He told his child and as she ran her hand over his head, he looked up at her...
"And so is your mommy..." He got up and got her to sit down on the bed while he sat on the floor in front and looked at her with sparkling eyes. At that moment, she felt as if she had gotten all the happiness she could have possibly gotten from this moment seeing his happiness. And as he placed his head on her lap, he was still amazed by seeing his baby grow...
"She's growing..."
"In me Raman...our baby is growing, in me..." He looked up at her and got up sitting next to her as he took her into a hug.
"She is..." He whispered to her...
"Raman you were right...everything is worth this..." She caressed her tummy again unable to believe this was happening...
"It is...thank you Ishita..."
"For?"
"For calling me to see her..."
"It wouldn't be a complete happiness without you..." And with her words, he placed his hand on her stomach again and she placed her hand on his...
Precap
"Ishita, I'll be late tonight, so don't wait for me."
"Why?"
"Business party."
"Can I come..."
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"Subbu!"
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Edited by smilesforever98 - 9 years ago
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