Gauri was trying to read the conversation of Mr. Darcy and Miss Bennet in between the lines when Rudra knocked the door of her room.
"Chulbul bhabhi ... aap yaha akele kyon baithe ho? Chalo naa ... dinner serve ho gaya hai ... aaj mom ne butter chicken banaya hai ... Rudra spoke.
"Humme bhook nahi lagi Rudra ... tum jaao khana khaa lo ... Hum yeh kitaab padh rahe hai. Gauri said to him.
"Arre bhabhi aise kaise bhook nahi lagi ... aap ne aaj poora din O ka studio saaf kiya hai ... aap kitna thhak Gaye ho ... chalo. Rudra tried to behave strict.
"Humara bilkul Mann nahi hai Rudra ... tum jaao ... Gauri requested.
"Bhabhi aap aise bhooke rahoge toh aapki tabiyat kharaab ho jaaegi ... Rudra warned.
"Rudra hum khana khaa lenge ... Om ko office se waapas aa jaane do ... unhi ke saath khaa lenge. Gauri had to tell him.
"Par O toh kisi meeting mein hain naa ... shaayad zyada late ho jaaye ... Rudra thought.
"Hum unka intezaar Karna chahte hai ...
"Theek hai bhabhi jaisa aapko sahi lage. Rudra left the room.
Gauri tried to resume her reading but then she could not stop thinking about her husband ...
She had tried calling him but then she knew that his phone must have been silenced. He can indeed be a very busy man ...
"Om ... She took his name with a beautiful smile.
"Shaayad hum aapko miss kar rahe hai ... lekin miss toh ek chhota shabd hai unn saare ehsaason ke liye jo hum aapke liye mehsoos karne lage hai ...
"Aap humesha humse poochte hai naa ... ke humme aapki kaunsi baat sabse zyada pasand hai ... hum aapse yeh kaise kahe ke humme aapki kaunsi baat pasand nahi hai ... aap toh humaari zindagi ke maaine bante jaa rahe hai.
"Aapka humesha humaare ird gird ghumna ... humara dhyaan rakhna ...
"Humaare wajood se naa hatne waali aapki gehri bolti nazrein.
"Humpar jaan chhidakne wala aapka harr andaaz ...
"Jab aap humse beintehaan mohhobat karte hai ... hum aapke saamne jhukne lagte hai ...
"Aapke alawa ... humaare baare mein hum soch nahi sakte ...
"Humme lagta hai ... aap shaayad samajh sakte hai ... ke aapke bina humaari zindagi ... shaayad ... ek khoobsurat nazm banke khatam ho jaaegi ...
"Bohot bada maslaa ho jaaega.
Still having a conversation with her heart ... she did not realize when she drifted off to sleep...
An hour later ...
Omkara entered the room ... and saw Gauri sleeping on the couch in a very awkward pose ... her neck is going to ache tommorow for sure ... he walked to her and took away the book from her chest to lift her up and tuck her in bed.
"Om Jahnvi came to call him.
"Tum jaldi fresh ho jaao ... main khana lagwaati hoon.
"Mom ... main dinner karke aayaa hoon.
"Toh phone karke bata dena chahiye thha naa ... Gauri tumhara hi wait kar rahi thhi ... dekho ... bhooke pet so gayi ...
Omkara looked at Gauri ... feeling guilty ... he knew she is going to sleep through the night now ...
"Sorry mom
"Mujhse nahi Gauri se maafi mangnaa ... Saying Jahnvi left the room and Om sat beside her on the bed.
"Meri itni parwah kyon karti ho Gauri ... He kissed her forehead.
"Jatadhaari ke Baal katenge ... She murmured in her sleep.
"Huhn?!? Omkara knotted his brows.
"Kaichi se Baal katenge! She again murmured after five minutes ...
He could not help but chuckle ... she wants him to trim his hair ... and has kept telling him so for more than a week ... she indeed cares for him a lot.