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Part 9
Aarti's return to Bhopal was interesting to say the least. She would not have been here if it had not been for the insistence of Prateek and Parihdi. She had been instrumental in getting the Scindiya's to agree to a marriage between the two. She convinced G3 & Suraj that Paridhi will fit into their family just as she had done. She was also not a conventional Indian girl and yet she had managed to keep them happy and they still loved her even though she is not their daughter in law anymore. G3 always got upset when she said that. She had told her once that in her mind she will always be her daughter in law, no matter what.
She had made the decision to try and connect with her mother again. She had called her up and told her that she was coming back to Bhopal and that she wanted stay with her. Her mother was not enthusiastic at all. Nevertheless, she was now there and she was trying her best. Her mother didn't look like her vibrant self anymore. She heard from one of the servants that her mother's health wasn't good. She felt guilty that she had not really been in contact with her enough to know that. She has brought her many gifts. Things that she liked, like jewellery and designer wear etc. That seemed to make her happy for the moment.
Her mother was not pleased that she as going to the Scindiya's. She had not forgiven Yash for divorcing Aaarti. She had tried to convince her mother that her visit had nothing to do with Yash. It was all about the wedding. She was not convinced.
She had visited them the 2nd day that she got there. The intention was to greet them and deliver their gifts and then leave. She had ended up staying the whole day. The family had been very excited to see her. She took the elders' blessing and had to endure the much bigger Vendant and Vedikha jumping on her. She distributed their presents. She knew them so well and she got them each what she knew they would love. The only present that was not personal was the one for Yash. It was a box of chocolates. But she could not leave him out because it would be so obvious.
He was standing in the back ground watching her interaction with his family. A smile played on his lips. She looked so beautiful in the saree that she was wearing. So beautiful that he was imagining taking it off her. She moved towards him with his gift.
"Namaste, Yashji." And offered him the gift.
Yashji, he thought. He recalled how she had called out his name in passion and there was certainly no ji at the end a couple of months ago in Calcutta.
"Namaste Aart-JI" he stressed the Ji.
He took the gift and his hand touched hers as he took the gift. They both felt a reaction.
"Thank you Aarti-JI. I am sure that I will enjoy your gift. You really give good gifts. The last gift you gave me was this watch" he said extending his arm.
"I really enjoyed the gift then and I am looking forwarding enjoying it in the future too."
What the heck was he doing? He cheeks were aflame. Was he trying to give her a heart attack? And why the heck was he looking so gorgeous in this sherwani. She nodded and moved away.
It was as if she was part of the family again. She helped prepare the meals and helped serve as well. It did not feel right to do it any other way. The only thing that bothered her that he was watching her constantly making her uncomfortable.
When it came time for her to go home, he offered to take her home as there were no drivers available. Her nerves were in shards.
He made small talk all the way to her house. He stopped got out of his side and came to open the door for her. He extended his hand to her but she opted not to take it. He walked her to the door. She said
"Good night, Yashji"
He bent his head slowly towards her. His lips coming closer and closer. She closed her eyes in anticipation.
"Good night, Aarti" he said so close to her lips. He smiled and walked back to the car.
She went inside and felt like she was hyperventilating. What had come over him? Was he trying to torture her?
Yash had had an epiphany earlier that day. When she entered his home he knew that it was where she belonged. Her interaction with his family confirmed that. She belonged in his home, in his family and in his bed. She was already in his heart. He was going to make sure that she gets back there and this time he was not going to let her go. He was deliberately baiting her to see her reaction and he loved it. He had made sure that there were no drivers available so that he can drive her home. He was happier than he had been in a long time. He was going to bring his wife back home.
They had all checked into the hotel for the wedding. The same one that they had used for their wedding and it made Aarti sad. She was pining for what she had lost. Yash on the other hand was happy. He had managed to get the same room that he had for their wedding, but for her. He wanted her to remember the night that they first met.
And she did. She couldn't believe her bad luck. How was it possible that she was allocated this room? She couldn't help remembering that first night they met. Maybe it would have been better if they had gone all the way that night. Then the London incident would not have happened. And what made it worse, he came to check up on her to see if she was fine. He looked at her and he looked at the couch and she knew he was thinking about that night. He remembered what happened then and she could see what he wanted now, Luckily they both had to attend to preparations for the wedding and had to leave immediatley. She did not know what was wrong with Yash since she had been in Bhopal. He was always around her, touching her. The looks that he gave her made her blush ... amongst other things. But she wouldn't be in Bhopal much longer. Today is the wedding and after that she would go back to Dehli.
To Yash she was the most beautiful woman at the wedding. Unfortunately he had to attend to guests so he had to drag his attention away from her. But he fully intended to spend more time with her.
The ceremony was over and the party had started. Yash was dancing the night away with Ishita. She knew that they were not together but anymore but it still hurt. And how dare he give her all these signs and now he spent all night dancing with that pretentious cow. She was over this party. Just as she was about to leave he came to her and asked her to dance. The nerve of him.
"No thanks but I see Ishita is still free."
"Are you jealous?"
"Of Ishita. Don't be ridiculous."
"Then dance with me. Or do you prefer to sneak out to a club and dance there."
She turned and walked away.
He followed her.
"Are you going to change so we can go the club?"
She gave him an angry glare.
Once again they found themselves in a lift alone.
"Why are you following me?"
"You didn't answer me about the club."
"Yashji please, I am not going anywhere with you."
"Yashji again, huh?"
"Yes, as you said before I am not a member of your family anymore and we are not friends"
"Then what are we because we are not strangers."
"Just leave me alone Yashji. Just go back to Ishita."
She unlocked the door to her room and was shocked by what she saw. The whole room was filled with flowers and heart shaped balloons. What was going on here?
"Darling do you like my surprise."
She turned around.
"You did all this."
"Yes."
"For me"
"Yes, does that surprise you, Aarti?"
"Why?"
"Why do you think?"
She didn't answer.
"I love you Aarti. I never stopped. I want you back in my life."
"No Yash, it's too late for that."
"It's not too late Aarti."
"No, we can't be together. Please leave Yash."
"Why can't we be together and don't give me your normal answer of I don't know. I want to know Aarti. I want an answer from you for a change. If there is no hope then I need to know. Don't you love me? Tell me that you don't love me and I won't bother you anymore."
She turned away and said. I don't love you"
He yanked her around.
"Look at me and say it. Say it Aarti"
She couldn't lie to him to his face.
"I know you love me, Aarti. So tell me what is holding you back. Tell me now. This time I will not let you go without you giving me a valid reason why we can't be together."
"I can't give you children, Yash. I can't have children."
"I know that. It doesn't make me love you any less."
"No, I know you will end up resenting me."
"Aarti. You are the most important thing in my life. I know I reacted very badly when we lost the baby. I wasn't there for you. I am so sorry. Will you please forgive me so we can move on with our lives? Together."
"I understand why you were angry Yash. I don't blame you. But I know how happy you were when you heard about our child. And how devastated you were at the loss. I can't deny you that. You should be with someone that can give you a family,"
"I can face anything with you by my side, sweetheart, anything. I don't want a family without you. I love you, only you and I will always love only you. This time I won't let you go"
He pulled her ad kissed her. She could not resist.
"Please say you will marry me. Please don't leave me again,"
"Yash, please. We can't."
"Ok then I will make love to you until you agree. I will not allow you to leave this room until you say yes." He continued kissing her. "Marry me sweetheart, marry me." his lips went down to her neck. "Say you will marry me, my darling."
"Yash, you are not being fair" she breathed
"That's what I am counting on"
Finally she moaned and said, "Yes, I will marry you."
He continued kissing her, his hands starting to remove her saree.
"Yash, I already said yes."
"I know. I'm just giving us a head start on the honeymoon. "
Part 10
"Aarti I have to go."
"Just stay 5 more minutes, please." She made that pouty face that he couldn't resist and snuggled close to him.
"Aarti it is already late. If your mother catches me here, she will think I am even more of a scumbag than she already does."
"Why do we have to wait for her consent, Yash. We are both adults and we were already married. I don't want to live apart from you anymore and I am getting tired of sneaking around"
"I thought it made it more exciting" he winked
"Yash please, I'm serious."
"I know baby. But I know that you want to build a relationship with your mother and I won't stand in the way of that."
"What if she never agrees?"
"Just till the end of this month. If she still doesn't agree then we will go ahead anyway."
"Promise?"
"Promise. Now let me go."
She was already asleep again by the time he was dressed. He kissed her cheek and said "I love you."
Yash was at his wits end with this situation. When they told his family that Aarti agreed to marry him again they were over the moon, but her mother did want to agree. She refused to attend the wedding if they went ahead. This was hard on Aarti, because she wanted to make things work with her mother but more than anything she wanted to marry him. They had been doing a lot of talking since they got back together and he now understood why she reacted the way she did when she found out that she was pregnant. He knew she would only be completely happy if she had a relationship with her mother and he had to make that happen. She had to get her to consent to this marriage.
He had been spending most of his nights with Aarti. He remembered how this routine started. He was working at home the evening when his phone rang. He smiled when he saw who it was.
"Hello darling."
"Hello. What are you doing?"
"Working. And you."
"Nothing. Mother has gone to bed and now I have nothing to do. She really sleeps soundly, nothing wakes her up when she sleeps, you know Yash."
"I see, I think you should also get some sleep, honey. I have about an hour of work to complete and then I will join you in dreamland. I love you, baby. Good night."
Aarti was disappointed. He could be so dense sometimes.
About 15 minutes later her phone rang. She was not happy with him.
"Yes." She was irritated.
"Open the door Aarti."
"Are you here?"
"Yes."
She was so excited, she ran down the stairs and jumped into his arms.
He had not seen much of Aarti in the last 2 weeks. Aaman and Arpita were in town and were staying at Aarti's mom's house. They had come to finalise things for A&A Engineering. It was decided that A&A would be incorporated as a subsidiary of SD but Aaman would still be running the company. Yash and Aarti helped him appoint a new engineer. He was an up and coming engineer at SD but as it was unlikely that they would have a senior position for him any time soon they referred him to Aaman. He accepted and he was young and single so did not mind relocating.
Aarti and Yash would be available to A&A on a consultancy basis.
Worst of all, they hadn't had alone in a in this time. Luckily he was very busy preparing for the annual board meeting. He had seen her at dinners with the family. They had gone out with Arpita and Amaan. But it was not just the two of them. He had tried to arrange opportunities but she always had an excuse. She was always going out with Arpita or something. She seemed a little distant but he was sure that he was just imagining it.
Finally it was the day of the board meeting and Aarti would be there as well. He had a surprise for her. They were discussing the reports that were prepared, annual company results and they were about to announce the appointment of a new GM. Yash as the CEO was making the announcement but it was decided by the senior board members. "Ladies and gentleman, our new GM is a very accomplished engineer, has helped in the growth of this company and has been instrumental in establishing a new engineering firm and owns shares in SD so our new GM, based on a unanimous decision, is Aarti Scindiya." He refused to address her by any other name.
Aarti was shocked. She did not even know that she was in the running. When she got over the shock she answered, "Thank you Bauji, Yashji and everyone that voted for me. However, I respectfully decline."
"What" Yash was absolutely shocked. He thought she would be happy.
"I have already decided to accept another position but we can talk about this after the board meeting."
He was not having it. "Excuse me, everyone. Bauji, please carry on, we will be back shortly."
He walked over to her and took her by the elbow and led her out of the boardroom into his office.
"Aarti, what is going on? What position could be better that the one that you were just offered. Do you intend leaving again."
"Yash, listen to me. This position is the perfect for me. It is my dream job. "
"How long have you known?"
"About 2 weeks"
He realised that he was right about her aloofness all along.
"And you choose to tell me in the board meeting."
"I didn't choose to day. I didn't expect that I would be offered the GM position. I had to give you an answer,"
"I can't do this anymore, Aarti. If you leave this time it is really for good."
"Yash, this is what I really want. I am prepared to make you a deal. I have e-maiedl you the job specs. Please just have a look at it. If you don't agree with me, I won't accept the position." She could see that he was not interested.
"Please Yash,"
He did as she asked. She saw the look on his face change for anger to shock. Eventually he said, "Aarti?"
"So what do you think? Do you think I can do that job?"
He walked over. To her and took her face in his hands and gave her a tender kiss. He had tears in his eyes.
"But the doctor's?"
"Even they can't believe that this has happened. But there will be some complication so I have to be very careful."
"Are you sure this is what you want Aarti. Absolutely sure?
"110%"
"You have made the happiest man in the whole world. How long?"
"I am about 2 and a half months so I am guessing it happened on our pre-honeymoon night."
He kissed her again.
"Yash, we have a board meeting"
"Of course" he said and they went back.
"So, Yash, did you manage to convince my bahu to work for us.
"No bauji. But she I'm sure she won't mind consulting for us. Otherwise she has decided that she wants be my wife and mother of your grandchild that will born in about 6 months."
Everyone congratulated them.
Yash could not wait for his future-ex-mother in law any more. He has to make her understand.
"Mamaji, please' He stood in front of her with his hands together.
"Aarti needs you in her life. We have both abandoned her when she needed us most. We now have the opportunity to make it up to her. To make her happiness complete. Yes I acted rashly when I divorced her, my only defence is that in the grief for my baby, I made a stupid decision. But, mamaji. I love her more than anything in my life. I will do anything for her. I need her mamaji and she needs me. We belong together. We were always meant to be together. We could have been married so long ago Mamaji but we did not want to do it without your blessing. She wants you in her life mamaji. Our baby with need its grandmother. We will get married anyway, but please let us do it with your blessing." He bent down and touched her feet. He stayed down.
"Fine, you have my blessing but don't you hurt my daughter again."
"I promise mamaji, I won't. I will do everything in my power to make her happy."
She touched his head in blessing.
"You can go upstairs to tell her now."
"Thank you, thank you. Thank you!!!"
He ran upstairs to her room. She was pacing the room in anticipation.
When he opened the door, she stopped and looked at him nervously.
He nodded. She flew into his arms out of pure happiness.
They got married the very next day. It was a small ceremony at home with just the family and their closest friends. The bride and groom were radiant.
Mr & Mrs S were lying in bed on their wedding night, tired and content. Their wedding as well as the wedding night so far has been absolute bliss.
"So you have finally made an honest man out of me."
"Mmm. I wonder who was sneaking into whose bedroom at night before marriage."
"You could have refused me.
"I know but I didn't want you to suffer too much."
He grabbed her and ticked her.
"You little minx. Like you didn't want it too. You were almost in tears the nights I didn't come."
She laughed with so much abandon. He knew his happiness was complete.
"Darling, I feel pretty close to tears right about now" She said with a naughty smile on her face.
"Well we can't have that now can we?" he said as he started his exploration of her beautiful body again.
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