Chapter 77 Recap "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...
Chapter 78 As they came out and he was about to get into the car, she let go of his hand and went back inside. He called out to her but she said she would be back in a moment. He sat in the car waiting for everyone and in a few minutes, all 4 of them came out.
Ishita came around to him, handing him his jacket before she walked to the back only to be stopped by him as he held her wrist. Pulling her closer, he saw Mihika and Santosh still settling Ruhi in the car...
"Come sit with me..."
"Raman, Ruhi won't stay calm without me. You can't drive peacefully with her tantrums."
"But I won't drive at all if you don't sit with me."
"Don't be a child!" She tried to free her wrist, but he wouldn't let go and was smirking as she struggled to come free of his grip.
"If you sit with me, I'll stop it. Otherwise..." He winked at her as he let go of her wrist getting angry glares from her. But once she saw he had even started the car, she knew he was dead serious.
"Raman I would. But how?"
"That's up to you!" He shrugged while she rolled her eyes at him. Coming forward she pretended to strangle him while he laughed at her actions.
"You know how much I hate you." She squinted her eyes at him while he came close to her leaving no space between them and her looking around to see if anyone was there...
"A little less than how much I love you."
"Stop it! Mummyji and Mihika are here." She moved back and started to head back. Before he could stop her, she turned back and asked him to be patient for a while. She went to the back of the car and stood behind her mother-in-law.
"Mummyji, can you handle Ruhi in the back? I'll sit at the front." She looked at her for an answer.
"But Akka, Ruhi doesn't like it without you. Or are you trying to sit according to someone else's liking?" Mihika interrupted seeing Raman's sudden interest in Ishita's request.
"Shut up Mihika!" Ishita muttered to her sister before she turned to Santosh again who looked hesitantly at her before she finally spoke up...
"Ishita you saw how much Ruhi was crying before, so I don't know how..."
"Please Mummyji, actually I feel uncomfortable in the back. I can sit more freely in the front. But if Ruhi is completely out of control, I can sit in the back." She lied to her and glared at Raman feeling bad that Ruhi might end up crying because of her and she was lying again.
Luckily for her, Santosh agreed and they calmed Ruhi with a pacifier making her half asleep even before they headed out. As Ishita settled in the passenger seat next to him, he tried to grab her hand, but she looked away from him. When asked, she turned the music slightly loude4r before she told him angrily...
"Raman look what you made me do! I had to lie to Mummyji like that! Now I won't listen to you at all tonight!"
"You only think about the night don't you?" He chuckled while she felt like smacking his arm, but saw Mihika's eyes on them and a goofy smile on her face.
"Not funny! I'm very mad!" She turned away while he held her hand tightly.
"Sorry, I'll make up for it later on, after dinner." He said quietly as looking back, he saw Mihika was busy on her phone while his mother as busy with Ruhi.
"How?"
"Any way you like!" He whispered with a wink while she tried to hide her sly smile.
"You know which way I like!'
"Actually I don't. I think you should explain it to me." He feigned innocence while she looked at him shaking her head. Putting up a fake smile, she looked at him...
"Really?! As if you don't know anything! Such an innocent husband I have." They both laughed and saw everyone in the back looking at him curiously as to what they were laughing about. As they calmed down and looked straight at the road, they saw everyone at the back laughing at them. She turned red seeing everyone laugh while he pretended to be serious, but couldn't stop a shy smile from appearing on his face...
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They reached a small restaurant in about an hour which seemed to pass by in a flash even though some moments where he wouldn't stop holding her hand or trying to flirt with her made her nervous about everyone else in the car, and they earned loads of teasing from Mihika and his mother when he turned up the romantic songs on the radio. To her it seems like even Ruhi had joined in since she seemed very calm and happy as she laughed at them along with everyone else in the back.
He got out of the car first, making his way over to her side. As he helped her down, Mihika quickly took Ruhi inside to keep her from the col while Santosh followed. While he held her hand helping her out of the car, he carefully put his cold hands slightly under her kurti on her bare waist. She looked up at him shocked, but then slowly her lips formed a shy smile as he pulled her closer to him. Giving her a quick peck on her cheek, they began to walk inside knowing they would be caught if they stayed any longer...
Dinner was a normal one according to everyone at the table except Ishita. Everyone talked about their day as they ate at the restaurant table. Raman and Ishita ate while taking turns giving Ruhi her food as Mihika and Mrs. Bhalla were busy talking about an event they were both very interested in. Everyone seemed normal, except Ishita. And she only had her husband to thank.
In between dinner, he kept on tapping his feet on hers. At first she ignored him, but after a while he became impossible to ignore. She began to give it back to him only to earn a smirk from him and she soon learned that this was what he wanted from her in the beginning. As she stopped, she had turned into the color of the strawberry desserts in front of her while he was more than happy with her reactions.
Soon as he was rocking Ruhi while she finished up her dessert. Little did she know, she was becoming the dessert he wanted. He only had eyes for her as he watched her slowly eat strawberries happily engrossed in her world while his world was now upside down. He didn't realize his staring was so visible to everyone else that his mother had to nudge his arm to bring him out of his trance. While everyone laughed at the couple's expense, Ishita excused herself to the bathroom embarrassed as he was left to deal with the looks he had gotten...
By the time she had come back from the bathroom, Mihika was missing from the table and Ruhi was fast asleep in her dad's arms who was busy admiring her. He was brushing the hair from her face and smiled as she made faces in her sleep. Quietly sitting at the table, she watched the two of them as a feeling of contentment filled her when Ruhi held onto his shirt in her sleep only to have him bring her closer to himself.
"Raman...should we go now?" She asked him quietly making him look up at her.
"Of course, you take Ruhi to the car quickly, I'll just finish the bill and come."
"Where's Mummyji?" She looked around as she took Ruhi into her arms.
"I asked her to start the car, so the heat would be on for Ruhi."
"Okay, you should also hurry up and where's this Mihika?"
"She said she had a call to take."
"Oh okay, I'll take her and go then." She left as Ruhi began to stir in her sleep...
He quickly cleared the dinner bill and headed out to the car where everyone was still waiting for Mihika. After a good 5 minutes as they waited for her, Ishita offered to go see what was going on, when Raman told her he would go as he had forgotten his phone while paying. She shook her head at him and muttered under her breath...
"And I thought his phone was his life."
"And I always told you that you thought wrong." He told her with a wink as he went back to get his phone.
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He tapped his feet waiting as the staff fetched his phone for him and looked around the place. He wondered where Mihika had actually gone when he was handed his phone. He looked around as he was leaving the restaurant when he heard her voice...
"This was such a sweet surprise! But seriously tell me what are you doing here?" He followed her voice to a small hidden space in the corner and was shocked as he saw her from afar.
"You said you were here." He heard Mihir's voice and looked closer to see him as the man with Mihika.
"I also said Jiju's with us." And he knew everything with that one sentence, or so he thought he did.
"But he won't see us."
"But still, you said you didn't want any trouble before Akka convinced Jiju." He felt so confused as Ishita was mentioned as well and as far as he knew, Ishita also had no clue as to what was going on with Mihika.
"But I was missing you."
"Pagal!" Mihika hugged him and Raman turned around thinking about what he just saw. That's when Ishita came in front of him asking him what's taking everyone so long while they were waiting for him.
"Ishita! Look at Mihika, she's with him!" He pointed out the couple who also saw him now and knowing he would know everything now walked over. Feeling it was all over, they didn't bother to say a word to him, but looked down as they knew they were in a huge mess now. But Ishita saw more than that. She saw that glint of anger on his face which she was worried about the most since the day Mihika told her about Mihir.
"Raman, relax I can explain!" He just looked at her with a blank expression on his face as he tried to take in what she just said. She knew about this whole matter from before...and she didn't bother to tell him once. She knew he had been worried sick about what was the issue Mihika had that he was involved in, but not once did she mentioned she knew anything about it. Finally he managed to ask her once again to make sure his ears weren't ringing...
"Explain what?! You knew about this?!"
"Raman...relax. I said I can explain." He didn't know whether he should be angry or upset, but he simply looked at her almost as if he was amazed at everything going on.
"What else can I do?"
"People are looking at us..." She mumbled looked around seeing people wondering what they were doing.
"Let's go from here." He agreed with her and she hoped it may be that he wasn't not be too upset.
"You're right. We'll talk about it at home."
"This man won't enter our home."
"Jiju-" Mihika tried to say something, but ignoring her he looked at Ishita.
"Ishita, do Amma and Appa know about this?"
"No."
"Then you and Mihika go to Amma and Appa's house. Take him with you. And I better hope that he reaches there before I do."
"Ruhi and Mummyji-"
"They don't need to be a part of this. I'm dropping mom and Ruhi home."
"I'm coming with you."
"I said go with Mihika and him." He looked at her sternly while she was just as adamant as him.
"But I said I'll go with you."
"Do whatever you want. That's what you've been doing so far." He walked off without looking back while Mihika and Mihir looked at Ishita's teary eyes as she tried to call out to him. When he didn't say anything, Ishita went behind him, leaving the couple along feeling guilty about the mess they had created and the beginning of its outcome...
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That was all for now! This was a short and slightly fillerish update, but the next one won't be for sure! So hope you all will like this one and leave your feedback! Looking forward to it!
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Edited by smilesforever98 - 9 years ago
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