Ishra FF||A Contract Of Love 7|| Chapter 79 ~ Chapter 93 - Page 44

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Merry Christmas Prabh.

Chapter 84 Recap

However they seemed to have manage all the things that came their way and things seem to going fine, with a few ups and downs along the way on days where Raman was tired, but Ishita needed to watch a romantic movie keeping him up till 12 or when Raman got the wrong flavour of ice cream for her, and then sometimes things were serious when Ishita was in an emotional state and Raman would say something to upset her. But in the end they would make up their small little arguments and life went on.

And finally came the day of Ishita's godh barai...

Chapter 85

He finally stepped down from the step stool once his mother and mother-in-law had finished debating on where exactly he should place the huge garland of flowers. Stepping back, he looked around the whole house. It was more decorated than it had ever been. Gifts that filled the tables sparkled in their brightly lit up home while the aroma of all of Ishita's favourite flowers and foods filled the room. He tried to do everything he ever wanted to, making this day one of the grandest celebrations he had ever thrown.

He couldn't believe that the day his child would in his arms was nearing so quickly yet it was still so far. With every passing day, his anticipation for the baby's arrival grew. And today when he had the chance to tell everyone how happy he was to become a father again, he went all out. Most of his family and friends would be here today and so would hers. It was going to be the perfect way to celebrate the huge arrival in their lives.

His smile faded away when he remembered how much it has taken to convince Ishita to hold his godh barai. She had been adamant on not doing anything special claiming that Ruhi was her first child, so there was no need. She had cried and fussed on about how there was no point in doing this because she considered this baby their second. But he knew the reason was something else. It was only when he pretended to be angry that she spilled out the fact that she didn't want this function worried about what people would say to them. She didn't want their happiness to be ruined or affected by people's taunts and remarks on their situation. He understood what she was saying, but he continued to assure her it doesn't matter what others say since this function was meant to be so they could celebrate with the people who cared for them and were happy when they were. Eventually, after a month of convincing and a lot of compromising on how it would all be like, they had decided to hold his godh barai...

He was brought out of his thoughts by his mother's voice. He saw her and Amma once again disagreeing on something, and sighing he began to walk towards them for another 20 minutes of debates when the doorbell rang. Wondering who was here so early when the function wasn't going to start for a while, he opened the door to Bala, Vandita and Shravan. Pleasantly greeting them with hugs, he welcomed them in and as they sat down, an idea popped into his head.

"Bala! Thank God you are here! Come with me!" He took Bala and Vandita to the two elder women who was busy arguing. Seeing Bala, Santosh greeted him sweetly while Amma looked wondering who he was.

"Amma this is Bala and Vandita. Ma now that they are here, Bala will help you two decorate, right Bala?"

"Of course I will!" He happily offered to help not knowing what he was putting himself into.

"Great!" Raman grinned at him making his friend confused.

"By the way, where's the lady we are all here for, Ishita?! I don't see her anywhere." Vandita looked around for Ishita while everyone else also began to ask him the same.

"She's just getting ready. I'll go check on her." He excused himself to go to his room...

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Entering the silent room, he saw his wife lying fast asleep in his shirt. He had been telling everyone who asked about her that she was busy getting dressed, and let her sleep knowing she was having a lot of difficulty sleeping lately. But now as the guests would start arriving he needed to wake her up, so he locked the door behind him and then walked over to the window opening the curtains. With the bright sunlight shining on her glowing face, she turned over in the bed making him shake his head at her.

He walked over to her sitting on the edge of the bed. Placing one hand on her head and the other on her growing baby bump, he placed a feathery kiss on her forehead. She stirred in place for a bit before laying still making him lean in closer and whisper to her...

"Ishita, wake up baby."

"No!" She frowned still keeping her eyes shut.

"Please, everyone's asking for you. It's already 9."

"I want to sleep..." She mumbled putting her arms around his chest snuggling close to him.

"Then who asked you to drool over Shahrukh till midnight?"

"Admit it Raman, you're jealous of him." She smiled with her eyes closed.

"Anyone would be! You should see the way you get so into the movie when he's on the screen."

"It was a cute scene."

"It was, but now come on get up!" He tried to move her arms away so she would get up, but she wouldn't budge.

"No Raman!"

"Ishita!" He said more sternly this time making her open her eyes and move away from him.

"Just be quiet Raman, I want to sleep!" She yelled at him and threw his pillow at him before she shut her eyes again. Catching the pillow, he shook his head at her behaviour. But then there was nothing he could do right now, so he went to their wardrobe and picked out the saree she was going to wear today. He was going to the bathroom to turn on the geyser for her when he stopped in his tracks hearing her voice...

"Ahh Raman!" He ran over to her sitting next to her. He helped her sit up as she continued to hold her stomach. Seeing she was pain, he placed his hand over hers panicking about what happened all of a sudden.

"What happened?! Does it hurt a lot? See this is why I tell you not to get so mad and hyper. Now-"

"Shh, just feel." She removed her hand from her stomach and let his rest on it. He waited for a moment, but when he felt nothing, he thought it was probably another movement he wasn't going to feel.

"Ishita I told you I can't feel anything. The doctor lied to us, she said the baby would kick soon. It's been 2 months since then and you haven't felt anything. You know I think-"

"Be quiet Raman!" She scolded him and felt another kick in her stomach.

This time he felt the small tiny push on the center of his palm. At first he could barely comprehend what was happening. He had never felt such a soft delicate movement before, and it over took him with numerous emotions. In surprise of actually feeling the tiny kick that he had been waiting for since she described the wonderful feeling, he was about to bring his hand up to his open mouth, but placed it back on her stomach right after. His eyes pooled with tears while a bright smile was on his lips as he could feel the tiny life kicking right under his hand, the very moment he had been robbed of before.

She could see the crazy emotions he was going through from his eyes. He had longed for this tiny sensation from their baby for so long and now he had finally gotten to experience it. The awe on his face when he looked at her bump, the small tears in his eyes, and his huge smile made her happier than when she felt the kick alone, making her pull him into a hug. Holding her close to him for a moment, he pulled back and cupper her face.

"Does it hurt a lot?" He looked concerned and his innocent face melted her so much that she couldn't complain about any pain at all.

"Nope." She lied through her teeth knowing she couldn't ruin this moment for him. The pangs of pain were absolutely tolerable seeing his happiness on being able to witness and experience those kicks.

"But it hurts that the baby is on your team. He only kicks me when I yell at you." She joked around as she realized when the baby decided to kick.

"Then you should scold me all the time." He proudly said making her burst out laughing.

"No way! Why would I scold you?"

"I don't know, but I do know I will start getting mad if you don't get up and dressed now." He got up remembering what he was here to do in the first place.

"I'm up, anyways your naughty child won't let me sleep now." She said getting up and heading to the bathroom while he went back outside to finish up all the preparations...

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Half an hour later, he was playing with Shravan and Ruhi, making the latter crawl after Shravan he received a call from Ishita. Wondering why she was calling when he was right outside their room, he picked up only to hear...

"Come inside NOW!" And she hung up the phone leaving him scared as to what he did to make his moody pregnant wife upset now.

Leaving Vandita to watch the kids especially Ruhi as she was trying to stand in her lehenga, he went to their room only to find it locked. Once he called to her claiming it was him, she opened the door to him the slightest bit and locked it immediately when he was in. As he went inside, he saw her standing in front of him in her blouse and petticoat looking upset.

"Now what happened?"

"Raman I'm so fat!" She complained to him and walked over opening her arms to hug him, but backed off.

"See I can't even hug you." She exclaimed.

"No you're beautiful, now tell me what happened." He cupped her face trying to figure out what made her upset this time.

"I can't put on my saree. It's too hard to put in the pleats since I can't even see beyond my stomach. "

"That's all?! Why are you getting upset over this? I'm here to help!"

"How? You don't know how to drape a saree!"

"I can learn anything if you want me to. Now you tell me what to do and I'll help." He picked up the saree and stood in front of her.

She gave him a relieved smile and took the rose red saree tucking it into her petticoat. Handing it over to him she instructed him to tie it around her. Then he continued to follow what she asked him to do, after wrapping it around her once he bent down to make the pleats. After struggling to understand what to do and then realizing he had to restart since the green border and golden embroidery was on top instead of the bottom, he finally got the hang of it eventually. She watched him concentrate entirely on the task in front of him while she adored how he was helping her so much. He looked up as he finished her pleats to find her staring at him dreamily with a goofy smile on her face. He snapped his fingers to break her trance and showed her the completed pleats.

Then it was his turn to have that silly smile on his face when she asked him to tuck in the pleats. He slowly slid in the perfect pleats he had made and watched the effect his small touch had on her as she looked away while he was doing so. Once he was done, he stood up thinking it was done, but saw the rest of the saree still on the floor. She began to giggle at his confused face making him roll his eyes. Picking up the remaining saree, he asked her what to do next. He began to wrap it around her once again with his eyes fixed on her blushing face when she found him staring at her with that mesmerized look on his face. He finally stopped in front of her after what seemed to be the longest time ever, and finished dressing her as he pin the remainder of the saree of her shoulder letting it fall elegantly over her arm.

He stepped back proud of how he managed to drape the saree while she felt her cheeks burning when he came closer and leaned over to whisper to her...

"Next time I will do the blouse and skirt as well..." He wrapped his arms around her shoulder tracing lines on her back sending goosebumps down her back. She also step forward and looked into his eyes...

"Don't spoil me too much! I might get used to all this."

"I would love to help you. But now let's go outside!" He moved back knowing there would be tons of knocks on their door if they didn't go out soon and more importantly, he knew he would ruin all the work he did by helping her get dress if he lost control.

"I'm almost ready." She rushed over to her vanity where a gold set gifted by Santosh lay. She quickly began to put on the lustrous jewelry adding more radiance to her glowing face. He admired her beauty from a distance until she thought she was ready as she finished off her look with a small red bindi and a pinch of sindoor.

"Not yet madrasan. I got you 2 things I want you to wear." He held her shoulders making her sit down on the stool.

"Raman I'm wearing the saree of your choice, what else do I need?" She looked at the time and cursed herself for sleeping in when she knew this would happen at the last moment. Then she looked at him angrily through the mirror only to get silence in return.

He simply reached into his kurta's pocket pulling out a bundle of jasmine he had gotten her this morning. As she took in the aroma of the lovely flowers, he began to pin the gajra onto her hair. She blushed shyly seeing how delicately he was pinning the flowers onto her loose hair. As he finished by kissing her head, she held his hand that was on her shoulder and kissed it as her way of thanking him. He simply smiled and held her hand carefully helping her up.

"Now can I do one last thing?" He asked as she looked at herself in the mirror.

This time she only nodded with a smile as he walked over to his office work. From there, he brought out a jewelry box which she had been completely unaware of. Opening it up, he showed her the thin golden waistband that matched her jewelry set and saree. Getting down on his knee as she faced the mirror, he put his arms around her waist tying on the band. Doing what he loved to do to tease her, he moved closer to close the hook of the band with his mouth. Feeling what he was doing, she closed her eyes and reminded herself why he was never allowed to put jewelry on her when his warm breath sent a zeal through her body...

When he was finished teasing her, he stood up and made her face him. She opened her eyes and he didn't even need to compliment her or show her the mirror as she saw the effect of her beauty in his eyes filled with desire for her. Knowing she had made it so difficult for him to fulfill his unsaid desires, she nodded giving him the silent permission he wanted before his brought his lips to her. Slowing he went from sucking on her soft smooth lips to mingling their mouths together. But they had to part after they heard a knock on the door as a reminder that there were guests outside waiting for the two of them...

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They walked out hand in hand as all the guests turned to them. Ishita lowered her eyes feeling everyone's gaze on her as he walked her to the center of the room. As she sat in her spot, he asked her if she needed anything ready to help her with anything. She only nodded and before she could say anything else, his aunt came forward to congratulate them. Soon after there were many people waiting to talk to them and everyone got busy with the function.

When all the guests had arrived and the house seemed to be full, Madhvi announced the ceremony was starting. Raman and a few other men that were there went over to the corner watching the rituals happen from afar while the woman gathered near Ishita. Bala slowly explained to Raman what would be happening, while Raman only had his eyes fixed on Ishita.

He knew that even though she had come out their room with a smile, she was very nervous about this whole function. She was very conscious of herself at the moment and he wished there was something he could do to help her right now. As if God had listened to him, she looked up his way and taking the chance he had, he assured her it would be okay with his eyes and asked her to smile with his hands.

Seeing him give an assuring smile, she felt her furiously fast heartbeat calm down and she took on the same happiness he had. That's when she finally looked around the house seeing all that he had done for her. Her favourite flowers were hung everywhere while there were many pictures of her placed all over the house. She flashed a bright smile when she saw a candid picture of her and Ruhi sleeping where Ruhi slept on her chest peacefully. Looking back at him, she smiled and mouthed a thank you before she paid attention to her Amma who put a garland around her neck and handed her a baby doll.

She smiled as her mother blessed her slipping the red bangles onto her hand while he looked on. Following her, Santosh went ahead to bless Ishita and slip on some gold color bangles onto her arms. While the ritual was going on, her Amma started to walk back to her spot, she couldn't help but go over to him with tears in her eyes.

"Amma, why are crying? Is something wrong?" He asked looking over at Ishita and then looked around wondering if anyone had said something about Ishita again to upset Amma.

"It's nothing. I just wanted to thank you beta. Ishita has never been happier in her life and it's all because of you. You took care of her baby like your own so much that you held this ceremony for her even though she didn't want it. It's been my dream to see my daughter like this and only you were able to bring my dream to life. And it's not something just anyone can do." She fondly ran her hand over Raman's head thanking Murugan for bringing happiness into her daughter's life through him.

"That's all? Amma I have told everyone so many times that this is my baby. Don't make it seem like I did something so big by doing this for my wife and my baby. And anyways leave all this, you should go see if things are going fine. If anything is needed, just tell me." He smiled at his mother-in-law as she walked off blessing him once again with a smile this time seeing how he would never make it seem like he did anything for anyone when he did so much...

Meanwhile he looked back Ishita whose arms were filled with the colorful bangles and her forehead where her bindi had been now had kumkum on it. He watched her gleaming face as she laughed along with Mihika, the glee on her face was worth capturing. So pulling out his camera, he took a picture of her candid moment. He walked closer to her and was asked by his mother-in-law to join in the ritual. Hesitantly and conscious of the everyone's eyes on them, he sat down next to her taking a set of blue bangles placed in the tray in front of them. Taking her hands into his, she lowered her eyes trying to hide her flushed face as he slipped the glass bangles onto her soft hands. Before he got up, he quickly caressed her stomach and looked up at her whispering a thank you. Seeing the both of them blushing and feeling shy with everyone looking at them, Mihika asked the photographer to get the moment on camera...

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An few hours later, when everything was going to be wrapped up and the guests were slowing leaving, he noticed Ishita had just finished eating and was walking around holding her back. Slowly he asked Mihika to attend to any guests that needed to be taken care of as he walked to Ishita. Holding her shoulder with one hand, she let go of her back and placed her hand in his other one.

Walking her to the room, he helped her sit down on their bed. She began to remove the jewelry she had on while he pulled out her night clothes and vitamins & handed them to her with water.

"My back and feet hurt so much!" She exclaimed as she lay down after taking her vitamins and changing her clothes. And all he did was simply leave the room after covering her with their duvet. She wanted to be angry at him, but knew there was little he could do to stop her pain, so trying to deal with her pain she tried to close her eyes and forget about the pain...

A few minutes later, he came back into the room with his hands full. Placing the hot water bottle and the bowl of warm oil on the night table, he tapped her gently in case she was sleeping. When she opened her eyes, he asked to sit up.

Lazily she got up and saw what he brought for her. Before she could even say anything to her, he asked her to sit up straight while he went ahead and place the hot water bottle between her back and the pillow. She came forward kissing his tired eyes as he smiled at her before he got up. Picking up the warm oil, he sat on the bed again, this time by her feet. Placing her swollen ankles on his lap, he slowly dipped his hand into the oil and began to massage her feet. She felt much lighter as he continued to take away her pain with his gentle touches, and he continued to do so until he saw the relief visible on her tired face.

Then he went to change himself and wash his hands. When he came back, she was in the same position sitting on the bed with closed eyes. Sitting by her, he stroked her hair softly making her over her head onto his shoulder. Patting her head with one hand, he carefully patted her tummy feeling kicks underneath his palm again...

"Baby, did you enjoy today? You know everyone was celebrating the fact that you are going to come to us soon. If you heard all the wishes everyone gave for you and your mumma, you would know how excited everyone is for your arrival. But baby, don't be too excited now because mumma is very tired and she needs to sleep. So how about you get this excited when I show you and Mumma your nursey soon? Now be my sweet angel and sleep now." He whispered to his child, then took his hand off her bump, kissed it and placed it back on her bump making sure not to disturbed her the entire time.

Once sure she was fast asleep, he carefully laid her to her side like her doctor had recommended and then went outside to help clean up after the mess the house had been made into only to see Bala-Vandita and Mihir-Mihika had already done the same for him. Vandita came over handing over Ruhi to home as he gratefully thanked them for doing so much for them. As the couples bid good bye to Raman, only Mihir was left behind...

"Bhai, thanks for inviting me." They shook hands and Mihir pinched Ruhi's cheeks.

"It's nothing. Ishita wanted this and Mihika did as well."

"Did you want the same?" Mihir questioned wondering if these past few months had changed Raman's opinion about him.

"I just wanted anyone who was happy seeing my family happy there."

"Of course, and I'm very happy for you and Ishitaji. I don't what's exactly happened, but it's been great for you and Ruhi. I'm very happy for you two and now Ishitaji and your new arrival."

"Then why don't you continue calling her Bhabhi...I mean you call me Bhai, so..." Mihir smiled at him as Raman wondered if he seemed too nice all of a sudden.

"I should go now Bhai. Once again congrats to you and Bhabhi." He kissed Ruhi once again and then bid Raman goodbye as well before he left leaving Raman to wonder if this change in Mihir was permanent or just something to earn his forgiveness...

Ignoring the conversation that just took place, he took his daughter to his room and exhausted from the hectic day, he quickly feed Ruhi some milk and put her to sleep soon after. Soon he finished up his office work that he had left to arrange today's function and went to bed next to Ishita earlier than usual considering how tired he had been all day...

Precap: Another small leap?

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That was all for now! Please do like and leave your feedback! Looking forward to it!

And also in case I won't be able to update tomorrow, Merry Christmas to anyone who celebrates! Hope you all will have a great time!🤗

I love it so much :) bravo!

I know I have said this many a times but can't help without repeating. I absolutely love Raman in you story. He has his own issues but all of them take a setback when it comes to Biwi and the family. What an adorable Puttar!! And, from the story perspective, loved how you included little tit-bits of the pregnancy and baby movements!

Awesome update

Nice one Prabh..

awesome update

thanks dr for daily updates.it's awesome update prabh.all function went very well without any problems. i loved how raman took care of ishita after function. he is a sooo loving and caring husband. continue soon dr.thanks for the pm.

it was amazing dear

...MERRY CHRISTMAS...
PRABH



Wow ! Wow ! Wow ! Beautiful update...
Loved the entire part ...the way you
described their emotions during this
pregnancy period was just amazing...
Hats off to you Prabh !
loved Toshi ji and Amma's never ending
argument...poor bala...heehee...
Loved that scene where he felt baby's kick
Puttar helping Biwi in getting dressed...
Haayyeee...so romantic and beautiful...
Loved the godh bharai scene...
Amma and Raman convo was really nice
and heart touching...
Loved the way how he soothed her pain ...
Awww...so nice of him...loved his talk with
their unborn baby...
Loving this Raman to the core yaar...he is
such a sweet heart...
Mihir and Raman's convo was nice...
Thank you for this regular update dear...
Waiting for another leap !!