Ishra FF||A Contract Of Love 6|| Chapter 62 ~ Chapter 78 - Page 99

Originally posted by: smilesforever98

No, don't say sorry you weren't rude. I understand what you are trying to say and I won't sat thank you to you anymore, but I do hope you continue to love this story as much as you do now!

Originally posted by: kras

Of course why not

But I am feeling very guilty for talking to u so rudely

See I m holding my ears

Please sorry

I never talked that much rude to anyone

I don't know why did I talk in that way to u

I m really really sorry

Originally posted by: smilesforever98

No, it's not a big deal. You weren't rude at all. So there's no need for a sorry!😊

Originally posted by: kras

Its so sweet of u really

By the way my name is reetika

Originally posted by: smilesforever98

Hey Reetika, it's nice to meet you!

[/QUOTE

Same here

Only once he left, her mind returned to the issue they were talking about, Mihika'a problem, his worry, and the 1 lie told in their marriage that she didn't like at all...

As she walked him drive off, her heart told her he deserved to know the truth and not be kept in the dark for he did genuinely care for her sister so much & this matter involved him, more like revolved around him. But her mind reminded her that this was about Mihika more than her and she was deciding when Raman would be told.

Brushing away her conflict, she quickly went inside to where her sister was a mess trying to feed Ruhi. She took over her job and began to feed her daughter while Mihika sat at the table wiping her hands.

"Mihika, let me tell Raman! He's so concerned for you and he deserved to know."

"Akka, just a few more days and then we will tell Jiju everything."

"You know he cares for you so much? He's been only thinking about how affected you are by something and he's been constantly asking me to talk to you and help you."

"I know he does, but I hope his care doesn't affect his decision. You know how important Jiju's say is."

"I do, and I'm thinking of slowly convincing him."

"Please Akka, just convince him to agree for our relationship and I'll never ask for anything else from him!"

"I will, just don't go all dramatic on me here. It seems like I need to get you out of Ruhi's company." She tried to lighten up the situation seeing her sister's tensed mood.

"No one can beat her nautankis! But Akka, talk to Jiju and if he seems convinced, tell the truth to him right then."

"He's understanding enough Mihika."

"I know he is, but I'm not the one who wants his approval...Akka please help me!" She buried her face in her palms as she stressed about how she would get her brother-in-law's approval and make her own relationship work while Ishita hated seeing her sister's worry.

"Offo, Ruhi your Chitti looks so weird when she stresses. Look at her." She got the attention of both Mihika and Ruhi. Watching Mihika tickle Ruhi as she laughed at her, she hugged her sister and assured her everything would be fine...

~~~~~

In the afternoon, she was forced to sit on the couch to rest when her mother-in-law noticed her lost in her thoughts and continuously pressing on her head. She got Mihika to feed Ruhi her lunch and didn't let her do anything, but walk outside for a bit. She was still thinking about Mihika's problem and Raman's words about her when she heard her phone beep. She sat down on a nearby bench as she opened up his message...

"Hey!"

"What is it?" She furiously typed as the headache and stress was getting to her.

"Oops I should have bothered you, I guess. 😒"

"Don't make such innocent faces!" She smiled imagining his face right now.

"So who made my wifey mad?"

"A headache."

"Maybe I should have let you sleep last night.😉"

"But you didn't!"

"You can't blame me. That robe on you was just ☺️. I couldn't stop myself."

"😡"

"Why are you getting so mad at me?!"

"It's not for you. It's for my head, it's going to burst!"

"Are you in a lot of pain? 😭! I'll come home soon, just rest until I get there."

"No you do your work. I'm fine. I'll just sleep for a bit and it'll be fine."

"You better. I'll be calling Ma and asking her about you. I better hear sleeping!"

"You will! Now do your work and don't go thinking about me in robes again."

"I'll try!😉"

She was smiling at the end of their conversation and as she put her phone back into her pocket, she remembered his expressions on seeing her in that robe last night. She had wanted to give him a surprise last night and kept on thinking of what to do when all she needed to do was put on that robe. With her head feeling slightly better as she remembered their moments from last night, she walked up to take a nap with her daughter...

Only she didn't know he was thinking of whatever she was. He couldn't believe his own eyes when she had stepped out in that robe. Not only did she surprise him, she made him proud to know she was trying to do something for him and trying to spend time with him. Now all he could think about was their previous night and her surprise that had left him stunned even till now...

~~~~~

2 hours later, he walked into his house carrying his pile of work. He couldn't wait to come home at his usual time even after his mother had told him Ishita was fine and Ruhi was being taken care of. So packing up everything quickly, he brought any remaining work home and came home to his wife who had unknowingly given him such a scare.

Putting his things on the couch, he looked around for Ruhi and found her with Mihika in her room. Gently knocking on the door, he immediately got the attention of the two and asked to enter the room. With a slightly nod, Mihika's smile while playing with Ruhi vanish and she quickly handed Ruhi to him leaving her room without another word. He tried to call out to her, but she quickly left through the front door leaving him to wonder what he had done to her and that man that she couldn't even talk to him anymore.

He turned back to Ruhi as she began to pat his cheeks. Smiling at his daughter he animatedly began to talk to her about her day kissing her cheeks and got a lot of her language he couldn't' make anything out of in return. He sat down on the dining table putting Ruhi into her high chair when his mother called him to have some coffee. Sipping his coffee in between, he fed Ruhi her snack while his eyes were only looking around for Ishita.

"She's still sleeping." He felt a hand on his shoulder. Looking up he found his mother smiling at him.

"Ma, I was just looking around-"

"I know you were looking for her. Her headache seemed really bad, so she just ate lunch and then she and Ruhi went to sleep. I heard Ruhi cry and took her from the room. Ishita's still sleeping."

"I'll go see if she's okay." He got up eager to see Ishita now and Santosh sat down in his spot.

"I'll take Ruhi, don't worry about her." She didn't say anything else and continued his job of feeding Ruhi while he rushed to their room...

He opened the door to their silent room. With the breeze blowing through the window, she lay in the cool room fast asleep cuddled. He quietly make his way to her sitting next to her on the edge of the bed. Taking her hand into his, he ran his hand over her head admiring her peaceful sleep.

With the wind coming in, her hair blew back and even in her tired state a radiant glow was brightening up her face. He came out of his trance as she turn in her sleep and held his hand. He placed a soft kiss on her forehead and watched a smile appear on her face. Waiting a few moments to make sure she was still asleep, he moved over and leaned over placing a kiss on her bump.

Getting up to leave, he felt her hand stopping his as her grip tightened on her. Turning around, he found her waking up as she rubbed her eyes and he stood in front of her blocking the bright rays coming from the window. As she slowly adjusted to the light and looked up at him...

"Raman... you're home?" She asked in a hoarse voice as she checked the clock.

"You asked me to be early." He sat down next to her holding her hand and gave her a kiss on her forehead while she pecked his lips in return.

"Right, I forgot." She began to get up while he held her shoulders making her lay back down on the bed...

"Lay down, Mom told me. You ate and only slept after that...does it hurt a lot?" He asked while she only nodded as she lay down holding her head and closing her eyes.

He held her hands and adjusted himself, placing her head on his lap. She looked up at him curiously while he began to press her head without saying anything. She didn't ask him to stop knowing he wouldn't and even she wanted someone to take away the pain, so she closed her eyes as he asked her where it hurt...

"This is why I tell you not to worry about things. And yesterday you just wouldn't stop running around and working. From now on, I don't want you stressing over every small thing."

He tried to scold her, but didn't know she was feeling much better with him pressing on the point where her head pounded that she wasn't even listening to him. She only spoke up when she thought that they were alone and this was the right time to talk to him about Mihika's issue...

"Raman..."

"Hmmm..."

"Can I ask you something?" She opened her eyes as he looked at her curiously wondering what she needed to ask him that her tone completely changed.

"Go ahead." She got up and turned back as he questioned him with her eyes.

"Raman, do you think Mihika is sensible?"

"Of course she is. She is childish at times and makes impulsive mistakes. But you know, she is quite a mature person. I think she is someone who will think before they take any steps."

"So do you trust her decisions?" She leaned back on his chest while he continued to run his fingers through her hair massaging her head while she continued to talk...

"I think she's smart enough to make good decisions for herself. However if I think she's doing anything wrong, I will tell her what I think and I trust her to do what she needs to do after that."

"You really think of her as your sister?"

"She's a bit much to handle at times, but you know she does bring out a brother in me, which I never got before." Ishita simply nodded thinking Raman did find Mihika sensible and knew she wasn't something to make bad decision, so he wouldn't need a lot of convincing to agree to her relationship. She was thinking of how to change the topic into this very conversation when she felt his hands slowing on her head and just rested them on her shoulders...

"Are you getting tired?"

"No, just taking a break. Are you feeling better?" She looked back and saw his tired face. She chided herself for making him do all this when he just came back from work.

"Completely fine." She turned around, caressed his cheek, and kissed his tired eyes while he gave a smile to her.

Then she knew she had to talk to them and took a deep breath looking right at him while he only asked her what happened with his eyes as he could tell she was trying to get somewhere with their conversation. She looked around for a bit trying to think of how to talk about this topic with Raman and he held her hands tightly realizing her uncomfort about something.

"Raman...I..." She tried to begin this tough conversation knowing it would evoke a lot of emotions in him while he was completely unaware and wondered what was worrying her so much as he thought this was what was causing her headache.

He looked at her anxiously waiting for something from her while she only squeezed his hands and opened her mouth only to close it without saying anything. Their conversation ended before it even began when his phone's ringing interrupted them. He got up taking the call while she sigh in relief getting out of the situation as she couldn't think of how to just tell him everything. She began to get up when he ended his call excited and grabbed her arm.

"Listen, come with me."

"What happened?" She asked looking at his sudden excitement. Seeing she was in a tank top and her pyjamas, he quickly covered her with a scarf laying around and took her outside. As they stood outside in the driveway, she asked him what was going on while he asked her to be quiet and wait. In a minute there was a shining white SUV coming towards their driveway. He pointed to it and forwarded her the keys to her new Audi while she was staring at him dumbfounded.

"Raman!" She looked at his forwarded hand while he placed the keys in her hand and signalled the driver to leave who quickly handed Raman the second set of keys and left the place.

"Think of it as your Karvachauth gift." He told her while she just stared at him.

"But I already got my gift yesterday."

"I never gave you anything yesterday."

"You gave me yourself." She hugged him while he tightly held her back.

"I've been yours for a long time. This is a new gift for you." He kissed her head.

"But then why such a big one? I could have done with a smaller car."

"We have a big family Ma'am. You, me, Ma, and the two kids. So a small car is just not enough."

"We could all fit in a car. You just need a reason to get bigger cars." She looked up at him while he pretended to think for a moment.

"Basically that was the reason I got this." He chuckled while she hit chest moving back.

"I hate you!"

"But I love you!" He pulled her back into a hug to which she kissed his chest mumbling a thank you.

He broke the hug apart and asked her to go see her new car. Adjusting the driver seat for her, he had her sit in the car and look around in awe as she saw the car. As he enjoyed telling her all the features of her new car, she stared his excited face and pretended to listen to what he was saying. It was only when Santosh and Mihika carrying Ruhi came out and saw the new car that she stopped staring at her husband...

~~~~~

They all had gone out for a small drive around the neighbourhood in the new SUV that ended quickly as Ruhi threw another tantrum in the car on not being able to sit with her parents and sitting with her grandmother and chitti. As they came back with Ishita pampering Ruhi cutely as Raman kept his arm around Ishita's shoulder, Mrs. Bhalla asked Mihika if she could help her with dinner as she was way too tired today. Raman interrupted even before Mihika could answer...

"Leave it, you all worked so hard yesterday, so take a break from the kitchen."

"Then who you will cook? You?" Santosh began to laugh while Ishita tried to hide her giggling.

"Today I'll take all you lovely ladies out for dinner." He got the biggest reaction from Ruhi who jumped into his arms making him give her an attack of kisses.

"Yes that includes you too!" He told his excited daughter while his mother excused herself...

"Then I'll just quickly change." As she left, Raman and Ishita sat down with Ruhi when Mihika came to them...

"Akka, is it okay if I order out then?"

"But you're coming with us too, right? It's for all of you." Raman asked her while she tried to avoid eye contact with him...

"Thanks Jiju, but I can't come. I have an assignment that needs to be done soon." He saw her avoiding him again and this time it seemed enough. He looked over at Ishita who looked at him worried and then back at Mihika.

"Can I talk to you for a few minutes?" He asked in a stern voice.

"Come on Ruhi, we'll get you all ready. Papa won't even recognize his princess!" Ishita took Ruhi from him and went into their room hoping this wouldn't end up well.

"Sit." He pointed to the couch adjacent to him. Mihika sat down and simply told him...

"Jiju, I can't come."

"That's fine. You should study and focus on you job. But the one thing you shouldn't do is avoid me."

"I'm not avoiding you."

"Mihika I don't know why you're doing this, but I'm sure there is a reason behind it. I guess I'm not someone who can share that reason with and I'm not asking you to. I'm just asking for things to be like the way there were before. Where you would talk to me and we could have a proper conversation."

She looked at him and thought back to how everything was going fine between them even after her rudeness to him back in Mumbai, and now she felt bad for doing all this again when he was still trying to be understanding.

"Things will never change between us. There's just so much happening right now that I don't know what to do and what not to do. So I'm sorry if it looks like I'm avoiding you and don't want things like before because I really do." She told him with a faint smile and got a broad one in return.

"So are you coming with us or going to stay home and do your "assignment" which we all know exists!" He asked hoping for a yes as an answer this time.

"I'll come only if I don't have to babysit Ruhi. You and Akka just go into your romantic mode and forget about your daughter's hate for me." She lightened up the situation trying to joke around like before earning a chuckle from him.

"Done, Ruhi will be handled by me. You and your Akka enjoy!"

"Aww poor you, must be dreading inviting me along. Now you can't have some alone time with Akka." She teased him and felt much better than she had when she had avoided him in the past few days.

"I get a break. She's pretty moody nowadays, so I have to be on my toes when talking to her."

"Is it so?!" They heard Ishita's voice which made him bit his tongue making Mihika giggle. She walked over handing Ruhi to Mihika and glared at Raman.

"I was just trying to lift Mihika's mood by joking." He looked at Ishita nervously.

"I can see that! By making fun of me?!" She crossed her arms.

"I wasn't!"

"Yes you were! It's not my fault I'm pregnant and this baby is influenced by you! Always bothering me!"

"When do I bother you?" He became defensive while Mihika enjoyed their banter.

"When don't you bother me?"

"What did I ever do to you?"

"Like you don't know what you did last-"

"Too much information!" Mihika yelled out covering Ruhi's ears making the two realize that she was still there. They both looked away from each other embarrassed while Mihika laughed at their state.

"You two can argue and make up yourselves, I'm off to get ready. And I'm taking my innocent niece with me!" She walked away with Ruhi while Ishita looked at Raman with a sly smile on her face.

"Thanks." She mumbled to him and he knew why she was thanking him. Pulling her into a side hug, he told her Mihika was his sister as much as hers, and earned himself a kiss as they walked out of the house...

Precap

"Ishita! Look at Mihika, she's with him!"

"Raman, relax I can explain!"

"Explain what?! You knew about this?!"

__________________________________________________________________

That was all for now! Hope you all liked the update and will leave your feedback! Am really looking forward to reading it! And just wanted to thank you all on the overwhelming feedback that you all gave on the previous update! I was extremely surprised to see all the likes and the amount of feedback that I got! Thank you so much for all the love!🤗

Chapter 78 - Page 140