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Aftr dinner, the three of thm strolled in the garden for a while and later as thy sat by the pond and her mom went in to bring some hot coffee for thm, Nishu bombarded Ashutosh with all the embarrassing questions abt luv and romance! "tell me.. dadaaa.. how does it feel wen u kiss someone for the first time?"she asked. Her dad looked at her,"don't tell me.. u still haven't!" She replied shyly,"dad obviously not tht way!" Ashutosh watched his daughter's cheeks turning cherry red and cried frankly,"Sweets,don't u think its such uncomfortable topic to discuss with one's dad!" "bt u promised daddaaa.. tht u wud give me all the right advice tht I needed on this topic like a responsible parent!" "uhh..Sweets.. bt somewer I m still of old thots and I m ur father..it feels awkward sometimes.. u have grown up!""oh.. dadaaa.. bt u said u wer my best friend daddaaa!" Ashutosh sighed deeply as he gathered his snuggling daughter in his chest! "u shud b discussing this with ur mamma Sweets!" "oh..i m sure she wud luv to scrutinize Adi on this topic instead!"she cried and Ashutosh cudnt help laugh! "yeah.."he uttered as he gazed fondly at the pond and smiled effusively to himself! His Nidhi was still the same. She still luved to bite first before showing any of her luv!"so wen did u realize it was luv?"she asked. He sighed and shrugged,"didn't knew wen it happened bt by the time we realized we wer neck deep into it!" "really!"his daughter cried excitedly,"how romantic!" Ashutosh laughed,"thr was nothing romantic in it Nishu, we fought a lot!""u fought?"she asked disbelievingly, considering the amnt of love thy showered over each other,"u didn't romance!"she asked disappointedly. Ashutosh chuckled and thn a fond side smile played on his lips,"oh..v romanced a lot toobt our style was diffrnt!"

Thr romancing was never devoid of thr fights! Ashutosh remembered thr first evening in thr new house. Nidhi had stepped out from thr bedroom draped in a red saree with a complete look of tht of a newly wedded bride! She had gone into the kitchen and performed thr first housewarming puja in thr new home. And once again, she had filled thr house with tht fine soothing sandalwood scent. And he had lit up whole house as if it was Diwali. It had been a tiresome day for thm, packing-unpacking and setting things into thr new house, bt tht day wen thy sat on the floor of thr new house, on thr dari, in each other's arms, to have some rest, thy had never felt so complete. It was as if thy wer living a dream and he cud see the contentment on her face. He had turned to her and had wanted to kiss her bt she had pushed him away,"Ashutosh we have lot to do..we have no time for this!"she had chided him and had gotten up promptly. He had frowned,"so v don't have even time to romance on the first day in our very own house!" She had turned to him and said a,"No! Not till v r done with our work!" And she had dragged a sulking Ashutosh into the kitchen to prepare thr first meal, a sweet dish, to celebrate thr new beginning in tht house!

Later tht nite, thy had sat by the pool and stared at the greenery tht surrounded thm. The moon had shone brilliantly and it reflected beautifully in the calm waters of the pool. Tht isolated area was further secluded by the high hedges providing thm complete privacy and setting up his wife's mood for a perfect romance! She had inched closer naughtily and he had moved away poutingly! Naughty she had chuckled mischievioulsy and grabbed by his collar to pull him close and give him a sizzlingly luring kiss! He had sighed and with grt difficulty had said a firm No! She had looked cutely hurt! "u didn't want it!"he cried. "I had said not till v r done with our work!"she retorted. "rite and our work aint finished yet!"he had crossed his arms in a huff as he protested! "and Oh.. I was dreaming moonily here abt our.. first..nite..here.."she had blushed and lured him! And he had to muster all his self-control to deny her and without thinking he had jumped into the water of the pool and walked towards the more deeper section. "Wat r u doing!"she cried and jumped in to follow him. "Nothing!"he had cried. She had grabbed his hand,"r u planning to swim wen u don't know how to swim!"she cried. "yes! Any problem!"and he pulled away his arm. She clinged onto him from behind,"don't go!"she had cried. He had laughed at her stupid fear. "I m not going to drown Nidhi!" "shut up!" and she had clinged onto him more tightly and buried her face into his back as she cried overwhelmingly,"please!" He felt deeply moved by her unreasonable fright of losing him! He turned to her,"have u gone mad! Wud I b fool enuf to drown myself in pool water!""thn wat wer u attempting thr!" he shrugged cutely,"I was jst trying to annoy u!" "no u wer trying to run away!"she said mischieviously,"from me!"she added huskily as she pulled him by his wet shirt and pushed him towards the wall of the pool. Her arms went around his neck as her lips settled hungrily on his lips! A breath hitched in his throat as her mouth moved down from his lips to his chin and to his protruding Adam's apple tht she so indulgently devoured and thn lingered into the pulsating groove of his throat as her hands ripped off his shirt from his body and she went down over to his thudding heart to indulge herself into his feast! The cold water had turned hot! And her soft sensuous mouth raked a steaming desire! Her wet gliding body provoked him. His hands quenchlessly ran all over her with an arousing need. "Nidhi'!"he cried hoarsely and pulled her head up from his chest and saw a plain devoted desire in her eyes replacing by a strange shyness as she lowered her eyes ! He pushed off her pallu from her shoulders and pulled her close. He let lose the braid she had made and wiped off the trail of the sindoor tht had smeared on her wet face. He cupped her face and captured her wet hot lips slowly and lifted her in his arms as he walked towards the patio in the water kissing her extravagantly! He placed her on the white tiles of the patio and climbed over her from the pool as water dripped from his wet body and drenched her! Nidhi's flushing wet face glowed brilliantly in the soft lights. Her jet black wet hair splayed wildly on the white tiles, and her body lay in disarray for him and he cudnt stop himself from indulging into her sensuously seductive beauty! She gasped sweetly as he moved over her removing the hindrances of her wet saree and provoking her naughtily to derive deep needy moans. She playfully pushed him away and rolled over to the green lawns as he pulled off the last piece of her tucked saree. She laid with outstretched hands under the blue sky, closed her eyes, and arched herselfas she smiled gratifyingly. Wen she opened her eyes and looked back at him to invite him, for the first time he saw an innocent urge, a shy desire in her eyes! How can she be so innocently seductive and so irresistibly attractive,he didn't know! Bt he cudnt wait any longer to make the love of his life his. She had wisphered into his ears to put off the lawn and pool lights and had welcomed him with a shy smile into her open arms in tht solitude of nite and he had made love to her in the lap of nature under the fine moonlit sky! An unparalled experience it was, as thr heart had raced, sensations had run wild, thr pleasureshad heightened wen thr breaths mingled and bodies merged into each other and jst as tht sky stretched limitlessly into space, he took her beyond the ecstasy of this physical world into an infinite stretch of blissfulness and to a place wer wen she touched him, he didn't seem separate! And she had voiced this innermost private feeling of her to him tht nite and he cudnt stop himself from making love to her many more times tht nite! And still wen he looked at her today, he cudnt stop himself from looking at her with same desiring eyes even at 67 years of age! She had turned 49 and thy mite not want from each other the way thy had wanted wen thy wer younger bt thy still wanted tht touch, tht kiss, tht hug, tht marked thm tht thy belonged to each other!

"oh! daddaaa.. u seemed to have lost in thots of my lovely mammaa!"his daughter cried,"u r supposed to hint me wisely on romancing!" "uhh.. difficult topic Sweets.. bt well, it will happen naturaly!"he said. "bt how can I trust him with myself so blindly!" "if u luv, u wud!""didn't u feel nervous?"she asked curiously! He laughed,"wen u want to love someone abandonedly I guess one forgets to feel nervous or even shy!" "really?"she cried and mused romantically! "u make it sound so pure and sacred..daddaaa!""it is..if u consider it so!" Nishu smiled and hid into her dad's arms again,"u think Adi wud love me as much u luv mamma?" "Sweets, its not how much he will luv u, its how much u will luv him. And frankly, perhaps not or perhaps may b even more thn me! He is not me, Nishu. He is Adi. U look for Adi in him. U luk for Adi's luv and u shower him with Nishu's luv!" Nishu broke the hug and smiled brightly at him. Ashutosh picked his daughter's cheeks. Nishu gave him two deep loving pecks on his cheeks and cried proudly,"u know daddaa.. u r the best papa in this whole world!" Ashutosh laughed,"u sound like ur mammaa.. who says I m the best husband in this whole world!" Nishu giggled,"really mammmaa admitted tht!" Ashutosh beamed,"yeah'!" She rarely expressed her love bt thn her love never needed any words!

"hmm.. I heard my name!"Nidhi chirped as she reappeared, clad in the same red saree, with the coffees. Her eyes met twinkling eyes of Ashutosh and Nidhi cud still see the same spark of love, infatuation, adoration, and crazy attraction for her in his 67-yr-old eyes! How can this man love her so much! She lowered her eyes and sat beside her daughter as she placed the tray on the ground. Nishu looked at her mamma and thn back at her dadda and smiled as she hugged thm dearly,"many many congratulations to my lovely adorable parents for thr silver jubilee of mrg! May ur beautiful illustrative mrg b blessed and ur luv for each other grow stronger and stronger!" "Sweets.. u really sound like our grandma!"Nidhi remarked. Nishu giggled,"oh mammaa' u too r soo cute, I cant help seeking blessings for ur luv!" "Stop buttering and shoot to me straightaway abt ur boyfriend!" Ashutosh laughed,"u cant beat ur mamma Sweets!"he cried to his daughter. "yeah..!" his daughter made a cute face!

His daughter was 24 years of age now and had a steady good boyfriend. She always looked up to thm. Thy wer her ideal couple! Thr love story fascinated her and thr love floored her! She was way different from him or Nidhi. She was bubbly, spirited, lively girl who loved to moon romantically and gesticulate animatedly wen she spoke. She had found her match in a bit serious, reserved, shy and yet a boy of character in Adwitya! Both wer doctors and had met while doing thr internship, bt Ashutosh felt the thing tht appealed his daughter more was tht he was orphan, jst like her mom and dad, and he was a self-made man! He was mild-mannered, extremely humble, very polite. Thy wer of contrasting nature and yet thy complemented each other pretty well. He had approved of him instantlythe moment he stepped into thr house today to wish thm on thr anniversary bt had to run back due an emergency. He sighed. He was a good boy bt as thy knew, Nidhi was going to test him and test him hard in her unique style and she was going to do wat no in-laws wud've ever done! She was going to go on meetings with him to understand him better and he wasn't allowed to date Nishu till she approved. Nishu was aghast at her announcement. She had looked at her dad apprehensively. He had winked at her reassuringly bt had chuckled to himself inwardly. He knew wat his Nidhi was upto!

Wen thy wer alone in thr room, he gathered her from back as was his style while she took out her jwellery. "u liked Adi instantly.. didn't u?"he asked. Nidhi looked at his reflection in the mirror and smiled. He turned her and cried,"I knew it.. u like to keep ur love hidden here in ur heart.."he pointed at her heart,"bt I know u better in 25 yrs of mrg!" He ran a tender hand thru her hair and cried,"Sugar.. u r my Sugar.." he cried lovingly. A slight blush appeared on her cheeks and she lowered her eyes and hid into his chest. He nestled her warmly. His Nidhi was still the same at 25 years into thr mrg, the stable anchor of his life, his biggest supporter, and his guardian angel. His wife had been a feisty fighter and every problem tht wanted to trouble him had to fight its way thru his brave lady! Bt wen she loved him, she loved him like an innocent doll!

One day Mallika had come to visit thm in thr new house. He had wanted to sit and have some nice chat with his old friend aftr Nidhi had informed him of her arrival. Thy had exchanged cordial greetings and Mallika and Nidhi seemed to b getting along well. Thr f'ship had renewed and Mallika seemed to b moving on with her life pretty well. Bt wen he stepped back into the living room after getting refreshed, he was shocked to hear wat Mallika was saying! "oh.. he is realy a gentleman isn't he. I cannot tell u how lucky u r and how stupid I had been to have let him go. He was always such a tender lover. I still remember our first date and the first time he had kissed me'"she had uttered maliciously bt had stopped abruptly seeing him. The innocent gleam in Nidhi's eyes was replaced by pain and her warm gentle smile had disappeared from her lips. She had turned away promptly, bt he cud see the hurt Mallika's words had caused to her. "Jst get out of my house Mallika!"He had silently went up to Nidhi, taken her in his arms, and shouted at Mallika. Mallika was stunned to see his strong reaction, bt he had turned his face away with disgust. Wen she left, he tipped Nidhi's face up and cud see her silent wet eyes expressing the degree of hurt Mallika's words had caused her. And his heart cried in silent pain. Bt she clenched to him tightly as she hid into his chest and asked,"it is normal to feel such jealousy and pain.. isn't it?" He had chuckled and embraced her tightly and thn sighed deeply,"Nidhi..I m sorry.. those..those moments with Mallika wer.." bt his words wer stopped by her gentle fingers,"please' I don't want to hear abt Mallika.. ever!"she had said softly. "Bt Nidhi.." "wat! u want me to go and wrung her neck!"she had cried annoyingly and he cudnt help laugh and give his Nidhi his trademark loving kiss!

"wat r u thinking?"she asked him bringin him out of his thots. She had changed into nightgown and she came to stand beside him by the window. Ashutosh took her hand in his. "time flies Nidhi.. didn't knew wen I became papa of a beautiful grownup daughter!" Nidhi chuckled,"u shud've known ur hair have completely turned gray!" He looked at her and teased,"I wanna c the u wud cry on our daughter's bidaai!""I wont cry!" "really.. I still remember the way u cried taking our newborn Nishu in ur hands! U went to hiccupping!"he teased! Nidhi cuddled into him,"she was so tiny.. so cute and I was soo afraid!" He laughed,"yeah.. the lady braveheart is such softhearted aftrall!""I m not softhearted!" He broke the hug and cupped her face,"yeah.. I m going to cry buckets and u r going to support me like a strong anchor.. as always!""y r u talking abt bidaai..i haven't even given green signal to Adi!" "its jst matter of time.. he is as charming as me!" "huh!" He laughed. "u will feel quite lonely after her bidaai.." Nidhi said. He smiled," Remember the way u wud taunt me for my lonliness and age and I wud want to grab u and kiss u!"he chuckled,"I still have my wife by my side to kill my lonliness!" "huh.. thts very cheesy!"she cried. He laughed and pecked lovingly on her temple. He stared silently in the starry sky. Once he had wished to catch those stars and thn sadly retracted. He still remembered how sad and lonely he had felt staring into the sky and how his heart made him kiss her again tht first day in his dad's house! It had been most soothing kiss for him and her clenching him gently, the way she did, had made his heart go out to her, tho he had not been aware of it at tht time. Those moments with Mallika, he hadn't even remembered, thy had been nothing bt a blur and it was true he had never felt for any woman the way he had felt for Nidhi. He was filled with gratitude the way she trusted him! "Nidhi.. " "hmm'" "why did u support me with dad..!" "y u want to know aftr all these years?" "I always wanted to know!""huh.. u jst want to hear ur praises!" He chuckled,"yeah.. u can say so!"

His thots took him back to the day his dad had again come back to convince him again after he had been out on bail due to lack of substantial evidence against him. "Ashutosh u cant believe this girl. If thr had been any evidence, I wud've been behind the bars!"he had cried. Ashutosh nodded in disgust.At his disregard, Mr. Mathur had continued in anger,"Ashutosh tht girl has brainwashed u completely! I admit I made a mistake with ur mom bt I don't deserve this and u know it! How can I destroy the very thing tht I gifted u with luv!" "thts precisely I want to ask daad!" Ashutosh cried bt thn corrected himself,"Mr. Mathur!" "Ashutosh!" his dad cried,"u know I have always luved u.. even more thn Rohan!" "U jst luved me coz at tht time I was the only person who luved u back unconditionally dad! U didn't see my mom's suffering!""I told u.. I had a misunderstanding!" "really dad u had tht misunderstanding after using all her money tht she had earned trading her flesh for ur dream project! Really dad!" Mr. Mathur averted his eyes! "I wud've never known it had I not been given the share of ur wealth dad! U kept so many things of my mom from me! Its u who brainwashed me dad!""bt I luved u Ashutosh.. I luved u.. I raised u.. I gave u everything.. my love.. my care.. the education tht wud bring u up.. I gave u name so tht u don't feel any inferiority complex of ur origin.. and this is how u pay me back!" Ashutosh laughed contemptusously,"thts wat had always been in ur mind.. wasn't it.. tht how u cud get back the return of investment for the time, the amnt, the money tht u invested in me.. and u talk abt luv? I was merely an investment for u dad.. which u pushed aside for more greener pastures in life! In my those teen growing years, I saw my dad changing from a warmhearted father to a coldhearted business tycoon, whose every relation, every word, every smile sought some profitable bargain in return! Ur ambitions wer too high for my aspiring idolizing heart dad! U brot me to earth and u made me realize tht I was merely a personal property of urs.. sometimes an intellectual property tht u can use to earn those millions.. sometimes a deal tht u break in a successful bargain of profit.. tell me u sincerely tht u ever thot abt my lonliness wen u wer busy living a rich satisfied life with ur wealthy wife and new heir! No u didn't! I was a pawn in ur game, tht u owned, tht u thot u have right to own.. really dad really?" "I admit I had been selfish.. I admit I neglected u all these years.. I admit my mistake Ashutosh.. bt tht doesn't mean i don't care for u.. I care for u as much as I did in those years.. and thts y I want u to lead a comfortable better life tht u deserve! Not with this girl who is ready to ruin ur life. She raked up ur past purposefully for her own means.. she instigated u to consider the gift as ur own property coz she knew it wud enrage me and I wud say those threatening words. U know Ashutosh I cant accept defeat. She knew my weakness and she used it against me. I don't know who burnt down ur lab bt u shud know better Ashutosh!" Ashutosh sighed deeply as he looked up. "jst how low u wanna stoop dad!" he cried painfully. Mr. Mathur was dumbstruck as he stared back at him. "Jst stop it daad! I m not some prize tht u wanna win from Nidhi! He pulled out a pack of CD from a drawer and handed him,"u wanted proof.. this surviellence CD has proof tht ur men put our lab on fire! Don't tell me I cannot recognize ur men! This spite, this rage was out of ur ego and not love of losing me dad! Accept it tht u deserve a son like Rohan and not me or a devoting person like my mom or a forgiving daughter in law like Nidhi! U know the reason she refrained from taking this CD to police becoz inspite of everything I was worried for u. I cud not forget the luv tht u gave me, selfishly as it was, bt I cudnt make myself c u behind bars in those harsh conditions of prison! Daad, she respected my feelings and it wud b shame on me if I don't respect the emotions of those two women of my life. I can forgive u for ur betrayal to me dad, bt I can never forgive u for what u did to my mom and the way u treated my wife! So please leave me and my family alone. U r free. U can go and live in tht big rich bunglow of urs. U can rein ur empire as u like, bt forget tht u everhad a son called Ashutosh. I m sure u wud b able to do tht quite easily! Now tht u will have ur grandchildren soon. Say our regards to to- b-parents Rohan and Ritu. Bye Mr. Mathur!" And he had shown him the door! When he went by the window, he cud hear Nidhi talking to his dad,"I only wish u cud've valued a man like Ashutosh! Bye Mr. Mathur and I think this belongs to u!" And she handed him over the land papers of the lab!

"Mammaa.. y wernt u angry at daddda.. I mean how can he easily forgive a man who did so many wrong things to him, granny and u!" Nishu had asked her curiously the nxt day abt her granddad, aftr seeing the wedding card of Ritu and Rohan's son! Nishu was already aware of her granddad's misdeeds! Nidhi had smiled,"Sweets, tht is wat is ur daddaa's biggest strength, his undying unwavering love for the ppl he truly luves, inspite of everything. Nishu, its easy to take revenge, feel resentment, bt it takes courage and largeheartedness to forgive and keep loving someone who had hurt u so much. It takes a man of pure heart and true soul to do tht! Its no easy Sweets! How can I not support such man!" Bt Ashutosh had kept his words. He had respected Nidhi's and his mom's feelings, tho he never cud really forget his dad. After his father's death, Ritu had tried to mend thr relations and Nidhi to some extent had given in. Nishu smiled widely and beamed proudly,"mammmaa.. u actually luv daddaaa soo much!" Her mom had blushed in embarrassment!,"y do u think I spent 25 years of my life with him!" Nishu laughed,"I guess daddaaa wud b flattered to hear all those words abt him!"she danced her eyes mischeviously and ran to her father's room,"daddaaa daddaaa.. I have breaking news!" Nidhi ran after her,"Nishustop.. he wud b bragging and teasing me.. u know!" Her shout was suppressed in her daughter's giggles and Ashutosh's hearty laughter!

Two months later, Nishu was happily married to Adi and she had shifted to a nearby house! Tht nite, thy sat by the pond, staring into it and nestling into one another underneath a warm shawl. Ashutosh pecked her temple and tightened his embrace,"I luv u sweetheart!" he said softly. Nidhi smiled and clenched at his kurta as she replied,"I luv u tooo!"