ArBi FF~Tera hone laga hoon~ Updated

~*~* Tera hone laga hoon *~*~

PART 2

Armaan was driving the car home while Bharti and Jiya sat in the back. Jiya snuggled a little closer to Bharti and Bharti put her arm around Jiya.

Jiya: "Can I ask you something?"

Bharti: "Sure you can"

Jiya: "Now that you're coming home with us, will you play with me everyday?"

Bharti: "I will"

Jiya: "And will you help me with my homework?"

Bharti: (smiling)"I will try my very best, but I can't promise that you'll have the right answers"

Jiya: "And will you and Dada take me to school every morning and will both of you tuck me into bed at night?"

All this while Armaan was watching them in the rearview mirror and smiling at his Jiya's sweet innocence. After this last question Bharti caught Armaan's eye in the mirror and smiled at him.

Bharti: " Of course we will"

Bharti kissed Jiya on the head and looked out the window. She felt a feeling that she had not felt in a while. She felt utterly content.

Armaan: "Okay, we're home."

Armaan opened the door for Bharti and Jiya and closed it once they were out of the car. When they got to the front door Armaan asked Bharti to wait just a bit for him. He returned in a few minutes with a kalash of rice and he placed it down at Bharti's feet.

Armaan: "I'm sorry, I don't really know what other rituals must be done. And I didn't want all those ladies coming here, I thought it would just make things uncomfortable.."

Bharti: "Thanks Armaan and this is perfect"

Bharti tipped the kalash over and entered her new home. She looked around and was quite surprised with what she saw. It was very simply and beautifully decorated with flowers and a welcome sign. Then her eyes came to rest on something which brought tears to her eyes. On the lounge wall hung a large black and white photograph of her, Armaan and Jiya. She couldn't remember when exactly the photo was taken, but she thought it looked like the perfect family photo.

Jiya: "How do you like my gift? This is my gift to you and Dada for your wedding, even though I had to take Dada's help in making it.."

Bharti: "Jiya, it is..I'm speechless. I love it"

Bharti gave Jiya a big hug and Jiya stretched out her arms to Armaan and he too joined the family hug. Armaan noticed that Bharti was slightly uncomfortable and he broke off from the hug. Armaan excused himself to go and fetch Bharti's bags. Jiya pulled Bharti along and gave her a mini tour of the house. When Armaan returned, Bharti asked him if he would mind if she went to go and change out of the wedding attire and Armaan told her to do whatever she wanted that would make her comfortable. Bharti went off to Armaan's room to change while Armaan told Jiya to go and get ready for bed as it was late and it had been a very eventful day.

When Jiya got out of the bathroom she was surprised to see Bharti sitting on her bed.

Jiya: "Aap yahaan?"

Bharti: "Did you think that I'd forget my promises so quickly. I'm not sure what your Dada is doing, but I'm here to tuck you in."

Jiya: "Thanks Bharti aunty, it means a lot to me.."

Bharti: "Look Jiya, you don't have to say thanks for everything, It's only my pleasure to do whatever I do for you. As they say in the movies, "no sorry and no thanks" We can just apply that too, what say?"

Jiya: "Sure"

Jiya sat on the bed next to Bharti and Bharti brushed her hair and then tucked her in. Bharti asked if she wanted to read any of her story books, but Jiya said that she was just too tired. Bharti kissed her and said goodnight and told her that if she wanted anything to just call for her or her Dada. Bharti then switched off the lights and walked out the room leaving the door slightly open before going to look for Armaan.

She looked in the lounge and the kitchen, but there was no sign of Armaan. She looked in some of the rooms and then went to check in his room. There she found Armaan re-arranging his cupboards and moving things around.

Bharti: "Hey you, what are you doing so late at night? You must be tired..."

Armaan: " I'm just moving some of my stuff so that you have place for your clothes and everything..sorry, I should have done it earlier. But it looks like you didn't bring that much. I was expecting many more bags of clothes and make-up and shoes, you know.."

Bharti: "You know me Armaan, I am not your typical woman. Anyways I have kinda given up on those heels. As you know, I keep on falling in them"

Armaan just smiled upon Bharti saying that and blushing and he remembered all those moments. He had to admit, he loved being there to catch her every time she fell. Armaan and Bharti together quickly tidied the room and put Bharti's stuff away.

Armaan: "Do you want a cup of coffee?"

Bharti yawned and nodded. She followed Armaan to the kitchen, but he just told her to sit down and relax. Bharti sat down on the sofa and thought about everything that had happened today while absent-mindedly playing with her mangalsutra between her fingers. She looked down at it and really couldn't believe that she was actually a married woman. Well, she has some mornings when she wakes up and still can't believe that she's a woman! And now she's a married one, but she was glad that Armaan was her husband..it could have been worse. But that KK keeps on creating new problems for her to face and now she'll have to face them without Payal. She just sighed and laid her head back, closing her eyes.

Armaan arrived with the mugs of coffee and couldn't help but be mesmerized by the sight of Bharti peacefully sitting there with her closed eyes. He couldn't believe that Bharti was actually his wife. Yes, things didn't happen as he had thought it would, it was not a "normal romance", but then again you could only expect the unexpected with Bharti. He knew from the first time he saw her that she was special, but he never thought that he would fall in love with her and that too so quickly. He never expected to feel the way he did about Bharti. She was definitely an independent woman, confident and even feisty, but he always felt this urge to protect her and be by her side. Maybe that's why he always went to her whenever she needed his help or was in some problem. He had all but given up on love because it was so difficult to meet the type of woman he was looking for. He wasn't just looking for a partner, a wife..he was looking for someone to be Jiya's mother. That was probably why he never introduced Jiya to any of the women he met, and over the years he had decided to just concentrate on Jiya and being everything she needed. He loved her so much it hurt and he didn't want her to ever lack anything. He always tried his best and he knew that she loved him and was happy, but he couldn't miss the emptiness in her eyes sometimes. After all, a little girl needs her mother and that was something Armaan could never be . . . But he was so happy now that they had Bharti in their lives. She may not be the "conventional mother", but she loved his Jiya dearly and he could see that. He could also see how happy Jiya was with her and all of this just made him love Bharti even more. He suddenly realised that he had been standing there for a while and he didn't want the coffee to get cold. He wiped the edge of his eye before the tear could run down his cheek and sat down next to Bharti.

Armaan: "Bharti?"

Bharti: "Oh hi..you know I have realised that it is actually quite tiring getting married, lets try not to do that too often, ok?"

Armaan: "Yeah sure, two times is enough for me.."

Bharti: (biting her tongue) Oh sorry, I didn't mean it like that..

Armaan: "Don't worry, I'm just joking. Here, have your coffee"

Bharti: "Thanks. Hmm..nice coffee, I can definitely get used to this"

Armaan and Bharti sat there drinking their coffee in a comfortable silence, each being lost in their own thoughts. After they finished their coffee Bharti offered to wash the mugs since Armaan had made the coffee. Once the washing up was done Armaan asked if he could talk to Bharti about something. They sat down on the sofa again and Armaan took Bharti's hand in his and she flinched a little, but left her hand there. This just made Armaan think that it was even more important to say what he was about to.

Armaan: "Well, Bharti as you know we're married now and we are husband and wife, but we're not like the usual husband and wife and..Okay I'm probably not making any sense. What I'm trying to say is..lets take things slowly. This is all as new to me as it is to you and I really don't want you to feel uncomfortable about anything or forced to do anything that you don't want to. We are friends before anything else and we will always remain friends. So lets just try to be comfortable with each other and we'll take things as it comes. And Bharti, I just want you to know that you can trust me...and I'll always be here for you "

Bharti: (looking deeply into Armaan's eyes) Thank you Armaan, this means a lot to me and I know that I can always count on you.

Bharti moved her hands from Armaan's hands to his waist and moved herself closer to him. She put her head on his chest and hugged him. Armaan was taken aback for a second, but then he put his arms around her and hugged her tightly. After a while both of them broke off from the hug while still holding hands.

Armaan: "You're tired, why don't you go to bed. I just have something to finish up. And let me know if you need anything."

Bharti just nodded and Armaan leaned foward and kissed her on the forehead.

Armaan: "Goodnight Bharti. "

Bharti: "Goodnight."

Bharti went to Armaan's room and got into bed, only then realising just how tired she was. She didn't even realise when she fell asleep. She woke up sometime during the night and looked across the bed to see it empty. She sat up in bed wondering where Armaan was and looked around the room to see Armaan sleeping on the small sofa next to the bed. She got out of bed and walked over to him, smiling at how innocent he looked. She took the throw that was folded on the bed and gently covered him with it and kissed him on the forehead before climbing back into bed.

Bharti: (still looking at Armaan) KK, maybe this whole situation will be difficult, but I know I'll somehow be able to handle it because I have Armaan with me...

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~*~* Tera hone laga hoon *~*~

PART 3

Bharti woke up to the sounds of Jiya and Armaan talking and the smell of breakfast being made. She looked over at the clock and saw that it was 8am, much too early to be waking up in her books. But she thought that she needs to get up as she should go help with breakfast. She somehow managed to pull herself out of bed and went to brush her teeth and get ready.

Jiya was busy in the kitchen making breakfast as she had insisted on making Bharti Mama's first breakfast. She asked Armaan when Bharti Mama would be waking up and Armaan said that she's probably still asleep and that he'll go and wake her up now. He assumed she was sleeping, so he lightly knocked on the door before entering and softly calling her name. Bharti was out of the bath and had not heard Armaan enter as she was drying her hair. She tossed her hair to the other side and saw Armaan in the mirror. She had not expected to see him so she let out a little scream.

Armaan: (laughing)"Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you, are you okay?"

Bharti: "I'm fine and stop laughing!"

Bharti picked up the cushion and threw it at him. This made Armaan laugh even more. Just then Jiya came in to see what happened. She also laughed, but then went over to Bharti and hugged her and said good morning before turning to Armaan and looking at him angrily.

Bharti : "Dada, why are you troubling Bharti aunty so early in the morning?"

Armaan: "What is this? One day and you're already on your Bharti aunty's side! What about me?!"

Jiya then ran across to Armaan, hugged him and told him that she's always on his side. Armaan picked her up and swung her around before kissing her cheek. Bharti couldn't help but smile at their father-daughter moments. She turned around to continue getting ready. Jiya went to the kitchen saying that she still has some stuff to do. Armaan went to draw the curtains and make the bed. He then went over to Bharti with the hairbrush and said that he's sorry for scaring her and sorry for laughing at her.

Bharti laughed at him and took the hairbrush from him.

Bharti: (smiling) "Okay you're forgiven, but you might want to try flowers next time"

Armaan and Bharti started laughing even more and Bharti said that she'll be right out. Armaan turned to go, but stopped and asked Bharti if he could apply the sindoor for her. Bharti nodded and gave him the sindoor, which he lovingly applied for her. Both of them then went to join Jiya and Bharti saw the spread of toast, pancakes, fruit and juice.

Bharti: "Oh wow Jiya, you did all of this yourself?"

Jiya: "Well, I had a little help from Dada. Pancakes are the only thing that I can make at the moment so I hope you like it. "

Bharti: "I'm sure I'll love it. Thanks Armaan and thank you my sweetheart"

Bharti went over to Jiya and hugged her. They sat down and enjoyed their breakfast with Bharti occasionally feeding Jiya the pancake which had a chocolate sauce smile on it.

Armaan: "So Bharti, today's Sunday. What do you want to do?"

Bharti: "I'll do whatever Jiya wants to do."

Jiya: "We can go shopping and watch a movie and have lunch and then lastly we can go to the beach for the sunset."

Bharti: "Now that sounds like a plan, Armaan do you have you credit card ready?"

They finished up in the kitchen and quickly got ready to do some shopping. They had immense fun going in and out of shops trying on everything, even Armaan had fun watching them. Jiya picked out clothes for Bharti while Bharti only looked for stuff for Jiya and nothing for herself. Once they were done Bharti went to the counter to pay. But Armaan came next to her and paid for everything.

Bharti: "Armaan! I was just joking about the credit card."

Armaan: "It's my treat"

Bharti: "And why didn't you get anything for yourself? "

Armaan: "Next time"

Bharti: "I'm going to hold you to that!"

They went to catch a movie, but there wasn't anything good showing. Jiya was hungry so they decided to go and have lunch. Next stop was the beach and now they were glad that they didn't watch a movie as they could spend more time at the beach. Jiya and Bharti built sandcastles and then Armaan was swinging Jiya around in the air and she was having so much of fun. Bharti thought that Armaan must have a camera in the car and went to check. Luckily she was right and took many photo's of them. Armaan saw what she was doing and went to get the camera from her.

Bharti: "What is this? The photographer doesn't like photo's of himself?"

Armaan: "Lets see how you like it."

And he started taking photo's of Bharti. Jiya was just watching both of them and smiling, thinking that she had never seen her Dada so happy before. Jiya ran over to them and took the camera and started taking their pictures. Jiya then asked someone to take pictures of the three of them. By the end of that they were all very tired, so they just sat on the sand and watched the sun go down. Jiya unfortunately missed it as she had fallen asleep on Bharti's lap.

Bharti: (watching the setting sun) "I always love sunsets more than sunrises. It's just so beautiful, all the colours..."

Armaan looked at the setting sun and then at Jiya and Bharti with the setting warmth of the sun on Bharti's face.

Armaan: "It definitely is.."

He then took a few pictures of Bharti and Jiya and by this time Bharti was just too tired to fight with him. Armaan picked up Jiya and him and Bharti walked along the water's edge for a bit before returning to the car. When they got home Armaan made a quick dinner while Bharti went to bath. By the time she was out the food was done and Jiya was awake. They ate and Armaan asked Jiya if she had any homework for the next day. Jiya said she did and had completely forgotten about it. After dinner, Armaan and Bharti helped Jiya with her homework and then Bharti excused herself to do the dishes. When she was done, she went to Jiya's room to see Armaan reading her a story and she just went and sat at the edge of the bed watching the two of them. Just then the phone rang and Armaan went to answer. Bharti kissed Jiya goodnight and was about to go when Jiya stopped her.

Jiya: " Thank you Bharti aunty."

Bharti: "What for?"

Jiya: "For everything - for coming into our lives, for giving me my Mama and most of all for making my Dada happy. You know, he's always smiling and happy, but I have never truly seen him as happy as I saw him today. He has never said it, but I'm sure he has been lonely. I never met my real Mama, but Dada was married to her and I'm sure he felt her absence even more than I did. But ever since you came to work with Dada, he has been happier. And I'll pray every night that we will always stay a family and you'll never leave us."

Bharti didn't know what to say, she just kissed Jiya's cheek and hugged her tightly, while wiping away her tears. Somewhere in the back of her mind she wondered what would happen when she was Bhaskar again. Both Jiya and Bharti were oblivious to Armaan who was standing at the door wiping away his tears.

Jiya: "Can I ask you for something? "

Bharti: "Anything Jiya."

Jiya: "May I call you Bharti Mama"

Bharti smiled at her and just nodded. Jiya hugged her again and Bharti told her to sleep as she had school the next morning.

Bharti switched off the lights and saw Armaan as she came out of Jiya's room. He stood there wiping the tears from his eyes and just said "thank you" to Bharti. Bharti put her hand on his shoulder and told him that there is nothing to thank her for.

Bharti: "Armaan, you know I haven't felt like I am a part of a family in a long time and never before have I felt so..needed. It's a big responsibility, but it's an amazing feeling. I should be the one thanking the two of you...."

Armaan: "Bharti, you're an integral part of this family now...Oh I almost forgot, that was Amarjeet Sir. He said we have to come to work tomorrow, he has something urgent to discuss with us."

Bharti: "Oh ok, we'll go to work together then after dropping Jiya at school. Oh man, I completely forgot! Payal is going to London tomorrow and that too for a month. I've got to see her off at the airport."

Armaan: "How about we pick her up after we drop Jiya, we won't be that late and Amarjeet Sir didn't specify a time."

Bharti: "Okay, I'll just go call her"

Bharti spoke to Payal and organized everything with her. She switched all the lights off and went to her room. There she saw Armaan putting his pillow on the sofa to sleep.

Bharti: "Excuse me Mr Armaan, what are you doing?"

Armaan: "Um... going to sleep."

Bharti: "Yes, I can see that, but why on the sofa?"

Armaan: "Well, I thought..you know..you on the bed and.."

Bharti: "Look, yesterday you told me that I can trust you and I do, but you should trust me too. Come on I don't bite, though I do talk in my sleep sometimes and I occasionally kick, but it shouldn't be too hard. (winking at Armaan). Come sleep here, the bed's big and anyway we have lots to do tomorrow."

Armaan came to sleep on the bed and Bharti said goodnight before switching the lamp off.

The next morning Armaan woke up early, showered and went to wake up Jiya. Thankfully he didn't have any problems with her, but that was not the case with Bharti. Armaan tried to wake Bharti up, but to no avail. He shook her, drew the curtains and pulled the bedspread off her, but she continued to sleep and that too like she was dead. Armaan finally decided to splash some water on her face as he had no other option. Bharti woke up gasping taking a fighting stance and shouting "who's there?" Armaan couldn't help but laugh once he recovered from the initial shock.

Armaan: "Bharti...It's me..Armaan. "

Bharti: "Oh Armaan. Yeah, I forgot..well I guess this is going to take some getting used to.."

Armaan: "Come on, Hurry up or else we're going to be late."

Bharti quickly got ready and had no idea what to wear. She thought it may not be all that appropriate to wear her mini's now that she's married, but she knew sari's to work were out of the question. So she settled for a skirt and top and of course her mangalsutra. She reached the kitchen to see breakfast on the table and Jiya already eating.

Bharti: "Goodmorning sweetheart. So sorry I'm late, waking up in the morning is not my strong point. All ready and packed for school?"

Jiya: "Yes Bharti Mama, don't worry Dada always manages to make everythig happen on time."

The three of them finished up and left to leave Jiya at school. Jiya hugged and kissed both her Dada and Mama and went in the school gates.

Armaan: "Atleast she's not late...By the way do you always sleep like you're dead?"

Bharti: (blushing slightly) "No yaar, it's just difficult to wake up sometimes, I think I was just really tired from yesterday. But it was great fun, we must definitely do that regularly."

Armaan: "Yeah, Jiya had a blast. What time's Payal's flight?"

Bharti: "About 9.30am..Hey did Amarjeet Sir say what he wants to talk about?"

Armaan: "Nope, just said he wants us both there."

Armaan and Bharti reached Payal's house to see her with all her suitcasaes packed.

Payal hugged Bharti and told them to come in. Armaan said he'll go put all the bags in the car. There sure were a lot of bags and as he went out, he and Bharti shared a smile.

Payal: "And now? What's the private joke?"

Bharti: "Nothing yaar..Do you really have to go?"

Payal: "Yes Bhaskar...So..How was your 'suhaag raat' and all?"

Bharti: "Ahh..it was all fine, no problems. You know Payal, Armaan is actually a cool guy, he said we're friends and we don't have to rush into anything. He's not the 'hermit' I thought he was before. He just really loves his daughter and I can see all that now."

Payal: "Bhaskar..Have you ever noticed that the way you are with me and the way you are with Armaan is completely different..I don't see Bhaskar when you're with him"

Bharti: "Yeah well, I don't know what happens..I realised that too, when I'm with him I feel different. But anyway I need to be Bharti to get through this whole drama, so I guess I'm just getting into charcter, what say?" (bumping shoulders with Payal)

Payal: "Haha, so funny. Sometimes you get too much into character...So listen, you'll manage with me gone, won't you? Don't go do anything stupid or try to run away, ok? "

Bharti: "What choice do I have, huh? Yeah yeah, I'll be fine. And no running, promise."

Just then Armaan came back and said that they should be leaving or else Payal will miss her flight. They got to the airport on time and gave Payal's luggage in.

Armaan: "Have a safe trip Payal and do keep in touch."

Bharti: "Yeah, I want to speak to you everyday!"

Payal: "Haan meri ma, now can I go?"

Bharti: (pulling Payal into a hug) I'll miss you yaar, take care and come back soon.

Payal: "I'll miss you too and don't worry about anything. Bye"

Payal went off to board her flight and Bharti watched her go until she was out of sight. Armaan put his hand on her shoulder when he saw her wipe a tear away. He asked if she was okay and she just nodded. They then left to MU and everyone came to congratulate them again. Sunny came close to Bharti with a sulky look and nudged her. He whispered in her ear and asked her how her 'suhaag raat' with Armaan went. Bharti just looked at him and laughed to herself.

Bharti: (whispered back) I'm not telling (winked at Sunny)

Sunny just went off from there very upset. Amarjeet came down the stairs and told everyone it's not a holiday and they should all go back to work and called Bharti and Armaan to his cabin.

Amarjeet: "Well, you two have gotten married now even after all my warnings so I thought you'll deserve some sort of gift, some Consolation. Bharti, you are very talented and Armaan you are just so hardworking. Hopefully you two as a pair will now produce even better work for MU. On behalf of Men's Universe, here is a honeymoon package for you two. You two can choose any holiday destination you want and are free to go whenever you choose."

Bharti hesitated and looked at Armaan and Amarjeet told her to take it and he put the voucher in her hands.

Amarjeet: "Armaan, you seem quite lucky already. My wife will snatch a free holiday without any hesitation and she'll probably be off without me.."

Armaan: "Um..Thanks Sir."

Armaan and Bharti left from there and met Pushpak on the way who told them that the photo's of the models are on Bharti's desk and they need to choose the top 3. Bharti and Armaan went to Bharti's office and Bharti immediately picked up the file and started looking through it. Armaan looked with her deciding to let Bharti bring up the topic of the honeymoon. They choose the top 3 models after a bit of fighting and Bharti sat back and sighed when they were done. Armaan said he'll take the photo's to Amarjeet for approval and he started to leave.

Bharti: "Listen Armaan, about the honeymoon trip..How about if we postpone it and go later...I mean Jiya's school is on now and MU's birthday issue is coming up, so there will be tons of work to do."

Armaan: "Yeah, that sounds fine to me."

Armaan left and Bharti was wondering if Armaan was truly okay with going later as he looked a bit disappointed....

The next few days passed quickly with Armaan and Bharti getting into their new routine. They left Jiya at school every morning and came to work. MU was a madhouse, even more than usual, with everyone working around the clock for the birthday issue. At home Bharti was not stressed as Armaan handled everything, he made sure the house ran smoothly. Armaan learnt his lesson and told Bharti she doesn't have to help with cooking. Once she tried to cook and they had a mini fire in the kitchen. Cooking was Armaan's forte and whenever he wanted a break, they would just eat out. It was all quite boring to Bharti, but she thought to herself boring is better than having a whole lot of problems. Because of this, she didn't have much to tell Payal, but Payal had a lot of stories to tell her. Payal was having so much fun in London and she said she had even met a cute guy. His name was Rishi and he worked in London, but he would be moving to India in two months. Bharti told her to be careful of him, but Payal just laughed her off saying that if she can handle 'Bhaskar The Man' she can handle any lady-killer.

As for Armaan and Bharti's relationship, things were going well. They were growing closer gradually. Bharti thought they would get tired of seeing each other the whole day, both at home and work, but that wasn't the case. They were so busy with their individual work that they didn't see each other that much at work and only occasionally did they have lunch together. When at home, the three of them spent as much time together as possible, but often it was just Armaan and Bharti because Jiya was busy with exams. Armaan and Bharti would spend their free time just talking, Armaan would share some of his college stories and told Bharti bits about when Jiya was a baby. Sometimes they would recall the days when Bharti had just joined MU and they would have a good laugh thinking of all the problems they had with Gyaan and Richuraa and also all the times Bharti would do something silly or clumsy.

As the days grew less to the MU birthday issue Armaan became particularly busy with the models and all the photo shoots. He would even have to work late many nights. One day Bharti was looking for Armaan to discuss the front cover and went to his studio. He was busy with a shoot, so Bharti waited and Vineeta arrived and sat next to her. Bharti wondered why she did that, as Vineeta and Bharti didn't get along that well. They just sat there and were watching Armaan, who was finishing up with his shoot. All the models were standing around Armaan as they viewed the photo's . One model in particular hung around after the others left and was going really close to Armaan. She was sitting on his chair handle and leaning in to him while occasionally putting her hands on his arms and shoulders. Bharti was shocked that she was flirting with him so blatantly. Bharti saw that Armaan was oblivious to this and he wasn't responding to the model or anything, but Bharti didn't know why, she felt this tinge inside her and she was getting really angry.

Vinita: "Darling, look at that model, she is such a flirt. Don't you get irritated at all? Or feel insecure?"

Bharti: "Huh? No, why should I get irritated, models are like that..and why should I be insecure!?"

Vinita: "Well darling..Armaan is your hubby and he spends the whole day with all those hot models . I mean, no offence, but look at the models and look at you...I mean you're not around him all the time like the models are..."

Bharti: "What rubbish! It's nothing like that, Armaan is a professional And I don't need to hover around him the whole day! Anyway they aren't that hot.."

Vineeta: "Oooh is someone a little jealous??"

Bharti: "Shut up Vineeta! You don't know what you're talking about.."

Vineeta: "Oh come on honey, start behaving like a woman. He's your husband, you should be feeling something. If it were me.."

Bharti: "Yeah, well I'm not you. (turning away from Vineeta) Sunny! Sunny! Come here. Give these to Armaan and ask him to sort out the layouts, I want to see final drafts by tomorrow!"

With that she left from there. Armaan didn't even know she was there and only heard her when she was yelling for Sunny. Armaan just saw her turn and leave. He called for her, but she didn't seem to hear him. He wondered what happened and went to Vineeta and Sunny. Vineeta shrugged and said she didn't know before leaving. Sunny gave Armaan the files and told him that Bharti wants the layouts by tomorrow. Armaan wanted to go check on Bharti, but couldn't as he had another photo shoot lined up and now he had 24 hours to work out three possible layouts. Bharti would just have to wait until later. But later never came. Armaan was busy the whole time and he had to stay at the office and work late that night for the layouts. He tried calling Bharti, but her phone was off and he had to carry on with his work.

By 3 in the morning, he was eventually done and was extremely tired. He finally got home and all he wanted to do was sleep. He went to Jiya's room and kissed her forehead before going to his room. He was surprised to find his room empty - no Bharti. He looked around and couldn't see her and the bed had not been slept in. He got a bit worried, her phone was off and he had no idea what happened. He remembered that when he last saw her, she had left the studio upset. He looked around the house and saw the balcony door open. He went outside to see Bharti just sitting on the swing looking at the sky and occasionally muttering to herself.

Armaan went closer to her and just looked at her, he was surprised to see her up so late and that too muttering to herself.

Armaan: "Bharti..."

No answer

Armaan: (moving closer)"Bharti, what are you doing up so late?"

Armaan moved to sit down next to her on the swing and looked at her. Bharti just turned her head to the other side.

Armaan: "What happened, are you okay?"

Bharti: (suddenly turned to face Armaan) What Armaan? I can't sleep, okay? That's it.

Armaan: "You can't sleep? Now that's hard to believe. What happened?"

Bharti: "Nothing Armaan. You finished work late, huh?"

Armaan: (Fake smile and sarcastic tone) "No, I was out partying. I tried calling for you to join me, but your phone was off."

Bharti: (Bharti just looked at him more angrily) Oh.

Armaan: "Bharti, what's wrong with you? You know I was working and anyway I had to finalise those three layouts for you for tomorrow..well for today."

Bharti: "Oh, so the models also worked until so late?"

Armaan: "Huh? Models? Well, Bharti..I don't know if you know this, but I'm a photographer..and I do photo shoots, so technically, models are required."

Bharti: "Stop trying to be funny."

Armaan: "Look I did the work you told me too. I am tired, my neck is killing me and I have another photo shoot tomorrow morning. I can't listen to all this now, clearly tell me what's wrong or I'm going to sleep."

Bharti: "Fine, go to sleep! Anyway you've got to work with your models tomorrow.."

Armaan suddenly realised what was going on and he couldn't help but laugh. Bharti looked at him even more angrily and asked him why he was laughing.

Armaan: "Mrs Sinha...Are you jealous?"

Bharti: (widened her eyes at him) What!? Are you mad? Me? Jealous? Of course not!"

Armaan: (smiling even wider) Bharti chill, it's only normal if you feel jealous."

Bharti:"I'm not jealous okay! Why should I be?"

Armaan: "Well...your handsome husband is surrounded by all those good-looking models all day, so.."

Bharti: "Listen Mr photographer, go flirt with your models!"

Armaan: "Me? Flirt with the models? Oh I see, you saw Monica at the photo shoot... Bharti, you know how these top models are. I just ignore her. I can't stop her or anything or else she'll throw a tantrum.."

Bharti: "Acha?! So you care so much about this Monica, huh? You know her name, what else do you know about her, her height?!"

Armaan: (grins sheepishly)"Actually I'm the photographer..so I..do know her height.."

Bharti: "Armaan!"

Armaan: (smiling)"Look, we have lots of work to do tomorrow. Go to sleep, we'll talk in the morning."

Armaan turned to go inside to sleep, while Bharti just looked at him and then turned to look at the sky. She didn't realise when Armaan came back and stood in front of her. He moved closer and closer to her and Bharti stayed extremely still. They looked into each others eyes and Armaan's face was so close to Bharti's.

Armaan: "Waise, it feels good to know you're jealous."

Armaan winked at her and went inside to sleep.

Bharti sat there stunned for a few minutes and just continuously blinked her eyes. Suddenly, as if she snapped out of some kind of daze, she looked at the sky and put her hands in the air..

Bharti: "What is this yaar!? I should be jealous of Armaan, not those stupid models! Aaargh!"

The next morning Armaan woke up a little later than usual and was worried that he'll be late in leaving Jiya at school and reaching work on time. He was quite surprised to see Bharti already awake and ready in the kitchen. She had woken Jiya up and Jiya was in the kitchen too. Bharti couldn't cook, but she could pour out the juice and cereal, which she very proudly did. Armaan stood at the doorway watching Jiya and Bharti and he saw them as the perfect mother-daughter duo. Jiya noticed her Dada and laughed at him.

Jiya: "Dada, what are you doing? You're late, go and get ready!"

Armaan: "Haan meri ma, I'm going."

Armaan turned to go and he and Bharti exchanged a smile. When Armaan was gone Jiya and Bharti looked at each other and giggled.

Bharti: "So Jiya, how is school going and exam preparations? I'm sorry, I haven't been able to spend as much time with you as I would have liked to, what with all the work.. "

Jiya: "School is okay and exam prep. is going well so far. It's okay Bharti Mama, I understand and I'm used to it. Actually before I would hardly see Dada at the times when work got really busy. At least now I see both of you a bit more."

Bharti felt bad that Jiya had had to be alone so often what with only one parent. She touched her cheek and smiled. Jiya finished up her breakfast and went to pack her bag. Bharti also finished up and poured out Armaan's breakfast before going to wash the dishes. Armaan arrived while Bharti's back was turned and he was so happy to see his breakfast on the table.

Armaan: "So, Miss Bharti, you've become quite domesticated I see"(winked at Bharti)

Bharti had the pile of soap bubbles in her hand and threatened to throw it at Armaan. Armaan immediately pulled his ears and said sorry. He sat down smiling and asked Bharti if she slept okay.

Bharti: "Um..Actually I didn't really get that much sleep. Listen Armaan, I'm sorry about last night. I don't know why I was acting so irrational and childish..and um jealous.."

Armaan: "Aw, no worries Bharti. I think I may know why, but just don't worry about it. Come on, it's natural, everyone feels jealous about something.."

Bharti just looked at the table and nodded.

Armaan: "Anyway, you haven't seen me with the models before, so it must have been..well, surprising to say the least. And that was nothing, you should see them when we go away on location."

Bharti: (looked up widened eyes) What!?

Armaan: (laughing) Just joking...

Bharti threw the dishtowel at him and turned to put the milk back into the fridge.

Armaan: "Anyway I'm sure that I would probably be jealous if I had to see you with the male models..Well, actually no..you know I'm better looking than them"(winking at Bharti)

Bharti: (raising her eyebrows) Flirting early in the morning?

Armaan: "Yeah, why not?"

Bharti just shook her head smiling and turned to the sink again. Armaan stood up and moved closer to her. He stood behind her and leaned in so that he was next to her ear. He was so close that Bharti could feel his breath on her neck and she felt herself freeze.

Armaan: "Seriously, it feels good to know that you felt jealous, but Bharti those models are no match to you. In my eyes you're the most beautiful woman in the world."

Armaan went away from there leaving Bharti standing still at the sink. After a few moments she shook her head from side to side

Bharti: "What just happened?"

Once everyone was ready, they got in the car and started off to Jiya's school. The drive to MU was quiet and Bharti just sat looking out the side window while continuously fiddling with her fingers in her lap. Armaan had the urge to put his hand on Bharti's to still her fingers, but he decided against it. He just continued to drive, but he couldn't help the smile that was on his lips.

Today was just as busy as the past few days, but everyone continued their work with a smile as the birthday issue would be finalised by the end of the day. Throughout the whole day Armaan and Bharti kept on stealing glances at each other and smiling and once Shonali came up to Bharti and said to her that today was the first time she and Armaan seemed like a couple in love. Bharti just blushed upon hearing this and didn't know what to say. Bharti couldn't explain what she felt every time she looked into Armaan's eyes. It was like this tugging feeling on her heart, which would always beat so much faster. And when Armaan smiled at her, she found herself grinning like a fool and she felt like her heart was doing cartwheels inside. Armaan on the other hand had always felt all these feelings, but today they were stronger for some reason. He always smiled when he saw her radiant face, his heart beat faster when Bharti was near and his eyes always seemed to search for her, no matter where he was or what he was doing. ..

Armaan finished his last photo shoot and made a conscious effort to distance himself as much as possible from the models. He met up with Bharti for lunch and they managed to have a mini break as they went down to the office cafeteria together. Armaan was finally finished with all his work at around 3 in the afternoon and left to pick up Jiya, but this was when Bharti's work truly started. It was now her turn to work late. Bharti and her team worked tirelessly to complete all the editing and finalise the layout of the whole magazine. Finally the magazine was done at 10 PM, which was thankfully earlier than anticipated. Bharti sent the magazine off to the printers and then phoned Armaan to tell him that she's on her way. By the time she got home Jiya was in bed, so she just went in and gave her a kiss on the forehead. She was quite pleasantly surprised to see the table set for supper when she came out the bath. Armaan had given Jiya her supper, but had waited for Bharti so that he could eat with her. They sat down and Bharti smiled at Armaan.

Bharti: "Thanks Armaan, I'm just so tired. All I want to do is eat and then go to sleep. "

Armaan:"Only my pleasure Bharti."'

Bharti and Armaan ate in silence and both of them washed up wanting to have an early night

Bharti: " By the way, I think I'm going to go in late to work tomorrow. Is that okay?"

Armaan: "Yeah sure, I'll leave Jiya at school and then I'll come back to pick you up."

Bharti: "No no, you must be tired. I'll come by myself."

Armaan: "No really it's no problem. Anyway I'm okay, I had a bit of a nap earlier. Oh, I almost forgot, Jiya brought this questionnaire thing that we both have to fill in and she needs to hand it in tomorrow."

Bharti: (yawning)"Oh I'm definitely going to need a cup of coffee for this. You want one?"

Armaan: "Sure. Let me help you."

It was actually quite a funny sight, both Armaan and Bharti moving around each other to get the milk and then to get the mugs. Especially Bharti in her drowsy state. Somewhere in their minds both of them were making a conscious effort not to bump into each other. Bharti was standing at the counter, adding coffee to both the mugs.

Bharti: "Sugar.."

Armaan was standing next to her on the left and stretched around her to get the sugar from the top right cupboard. Bharti didn't realise that Armaan had done that and she was about to reach for the sugar herself when she felt Armaan so close to her back. She turned around to find herself completely enclosed between the counter and Armaan's body. She just stood there looking up at Armaan and Armaan, who was stretching for the sugar, stopped and looked down at Bharti. He took the sugar and placed it down and slowly moved closer to Bharti. He moved his hand from the sugar container to her waist and pulled her slightly closer. With his other hand he gently placed the stray tendril of hair behind her ear. He leaned towards her and gently brushed his lips against hers. Bharti found herself kissing him back and she had placed one of her hands on Armaan's chest and the other had made its way around his neck. Armaan pressed his lips slightly against hers when he found that she was pulling him closer to her........

When they finally broke off from their kiss, Bharti still had her hands around Armaan's neck and was looking down. Smiling, she slowly looked up to meet his smiling eyes.

Bharti: "Well... I'm not sleepy anymore..."

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Bharti: "Well... I'm not sleepy anymore..."

Armaan just looked down at her and was smiling. Bharti smiled back at him, but started getting a little uncomfortable. Armaan was just gazing at her and smiling and this made Bharti blush.

Bharti: "Armaan...Jiya's forms.."

Armaan suddenly came back to reality and loosened his grip on her, before taking a step backwards.

Armaan: "Oh yes...the coffee?"

Bharti: "Um, I'll make it."

Armaan went to sit at the table and looked at the forms, but he couldn't concentrate. His mind kept on replaying the moment that had just happened. He couldn't believe that they had kissed, well more than anything, he was surprised that Bharti had responded to the kiss and kissed him back. Before this Bharti had always kept herself distant from him and he wondered what had changed. How he wished he could know what was going through Bharti's mind, what she was feeling...

On the other hand, Bharti made the coffee and while she was stirring she got lost in her thoughts. She didn't know what just happened. She didn't feel like herself, well she didn't feel like Bhaskar. So who was she right now? Bharti? All she knew is that she didn't mind what just happened.

Armaan: "Bharti?"

Armaan had come back to the kitchen and was standing next to her watching her intently.

Bharti: "Huh? Oh here's the coffee..."

Armaan and Bharti had their coffee and completed the forms. When Bharti was filling in the forms, Armaan couldn't help but just watch her. She really was beautiful. Bharti looked up at him and caught him watching her. She raised her eyebrows at him and he just shook his head.

Bharti: "You should probably get some sleep, you've got to drop Jiya at school early in the morning"

Both of them got ready for bed and Bharti fell asleep quickly. It took Armaan a while to fall asleep, as he was still thinking about how things had suddenly changed between him and Bharti. He wondered what the future held in store for them. All of these thoughts swirled around in his mind before he finally fell asleep.

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The next morning Bharti awoke to a beautiful sunny morning. She stretched in bed and woke up with a smile. She hadn't slept that well in a while. The clock said that it was 9 am. Now that's more like it she thought to herself. The house was still, so she knew she was alone. Bharti looked over to Armaan's side of the bed and found a note on his pillow. It read:

Good morning Beautiful

Hope you slept well. I'm going to leave Jiya at school and then stop by MU to see if anything important is going on. I'll come pick you up around midday. Breakfast is in the kitchen.

Don't miss me too much 😉

Armaan

Bharti smiled upon reading the note and went to freshen up a bit. After brushing her teeth she got herself a cup of coffee, which made her smile as she remembered all that happened the previous night. She made her way to the balcony and was enjoying the warm sun rays on her face while sipping her coffee. All of a sudden the mug was not there when she raised it to her lips. She opened her eyes and looked around and that's when she saw him...

Bharti: "Aaargh KK!? What are you doing here?"

KK: "Bhaskar, where are your manners?"

Bharti: "Oh I'm sorry. Hello KK, how are you? How's the family? Would you like a cup of tea?!"

KK: "All that sarcasm...I thought you would be glad to see me..."

Bharti: "Have I ever been glad to see you? I was having such a good morning and then you had to show up."

KK: " Oh come on Bhaskar, now my feelings are hurt."

Bharti: "Then why are you smiling."

KK:(smiling wider) "It's a beautiful day"

Bharti: "Yeah, it was..So what's going to happen now, what is the new problem going to be or are you just going to let me find out myself?"

KK: "Why are you always so negative Bhaskar? I just dropped by to see how things are going."

Bharti(raising eyebrows): "Well, ever since you changed me from a man to a woman and then made me face problem upon problem after that, I tend to expect the worst from you."

KK:(laughing) "Well, it's all the result of your own doings..So how is married life and everything well with the husband?"

Bharti: "As if you don't know..."

KK: " You are quite fortunate to have a husband like Armaan, I can see that he loves you very much. That little angel Jiya too."

Bharti:(looking at him seriously) "KK, what's going to happen to them when this is all over?"

KK: "That's all up to you"

Bharti: "Do you ever give straight answers!?"

KK: "I don't think you need to worry about that now, you still have a long journey ahead. Bhaskar, I don't know if you know this, but it's going to take you nine months to have a baby. At the rate you're going, you're going to be a woman for years."

Bharti just got so irritated with KK that she picked up the vase on the table to throw at him. But like the mug of coffee, that too disappeared.

KK: (raising his palm to Bharti)"Shanti Bharti...""

KK turned around to go, but before leaving he turned to Bharti and smiled.

KK: "By the way, I'm going to let you find out your next problem all by yourself"

And with that he disappeared.

Bharti: (shouting at the sky)"Yes, go! Go and spoil someone else's morning."

Sulkingly Bharti went inside to shower and get ready. Her mood lifted slightly when she saw the breakfast Armaan had left for her accompanied by a single red rose. She thought to herself that she'll be fine and her day will definitely improve once she sees Armaan and goes to work. She put the trouble that KK had warned her about out of her mind. She finished up her late breakfast and went to look through some of her files. A few minutes later the doorbell rang.

Bharti: "That better not be you KK!"

She opened the door to find a young pretty looking woman. Behind her stood a stern-looking old man and an large old woman with a very irritated look on her face.

Young woman: (smiling) "Hello"

Bharti: "Hello, how can I help you?"

The large woman looked like she took offence by this for some reason.

Large woman: "You can let us in and give us something to drink. It's so hot! And then you can get our bags."

Bharti: "Excuse me? Look, what ever you're selling, I don't want to buy."

Bharti started to close the door and the young woman held the door.

Young woman: "Relax Mama. Um, is this Mr. Armaan Sinha's house."

Bharti: "Yes, it is..."

Young woman: "Um, who are you?"

Bharti:"Who are you?"

Young woman: "I'm Tamanna. Armaan is my brother. These are our parents(gesturing to the man and woman)"

Bharti looked at them in shock.

Bharti: "Um, come in."

Tamanna: "May I now ask who you are?"

Bharti: "I'm...Armaan's wife."

Armaan's mother: "What!? He remarried and he didn't even tell us!? I'm going to kill him!"

Bharti: (taken aback) "Um, just excuse me."

Bharti went to her room and closed the door.

Bharti: "KK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

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Bharti rushes to the bed and grabs her phone to call Armaan. Meanwhile Armaan is at MU discussing the recent sales of the birthday issue with Gyaan. He hears his phone ring and looks at the caller ID. He has a huge smile on his face when he sees Bharti's name.

Gyaan:(nudging Armaan and winking) "Girlfriend's call?"

Armaan: "Um Gyaan..I'm married..Excuse me"

Gyaan: "Oh yeah..Bharti..I tend to forget.."

Armaan: "Hi Bharti, how are you?"

Bharti: "Armaan! I'm..I don't know. Look, please come home quickly, there are some people here who are claiming to be your parents and your sister Tamanna!"

Armaan:"What!? Okay I'll be right there."

After Armaan hung up he was really confused. He was sure that his family were supposed to only arrive in Mumbai next week, that is why he put off telling Bharti about them, he thought he would have more time. And then it hit him, he hadn't told his parents that he got remarried. He was sure that they would know by now since Bharti was in his house. He hurried home worried about how his parents would react and what they would say to Bharti.

Bharti just sat down and threw her phone across the bed. She put her head in her hands.

Bharti: "Come on KK! I can handle anything, I have shown you that! I've handled all that you've thrown my way, but a 'saas'!? Why KK why?"

There was a soft knock on the door and slowly it opened. It was Armaan's sister, Tamanna. Bharti got up and straightened herself up.

Bharti: "Oh hi, um sorry about that. I've called Armaan, he'll be home soon..."

Tamanna: "Oh okay good. Um, are you okay?"

Bharti: "Me, I'm..well honestly I was not expecting to meet Armaan's family. He has never mentioned any of you before..."

Tamanna: "Yeah, well you see, Armaan doesn't see eye to eye with our parents and I never get to see him because of where we live, but we do speak occasionally. I apologize about my mother, she didn't know about you and that Armaan married you. He told me a little, but I think he was putting off telling our parents, especially my mother...She still thinks that everything will go back to how it was with.."

Mother: "Excuse me, but do you not have water in your house?"

Bharti: "Oh I'm sorry, It's in the fridge in the kitchen."

Mother: "Do you have any manners!?"

Tamanna: "Ma! I'll get it for you, go wait in the lounge. Armaan will be home soon."

Mother: "He better be!"

And with that she stormed off. Bharti looked confused from the door to Tamanna. Tamanna excused herself to go get something to drink for her parents. Bharti just sat back down on the bed and laid back. Just then her phone started to ring, she looked around for it and finally found it on the carpet next to the bed.

Bharti: "Payal! What timing yaar!"

Payal: "Well hello to you too. What's up dude? You didn't call last night, busy with Armaan, huh huh?"

Bharti: "Oh, I...forgot, will tell you about that later..I think I am going to seriously run away now!"

Payal: "Run away, why?"

Bharti: " What do I tell you...Guess who just arrived at my house?"

Payal: "Shahid Kapoor!? At your house? Oh wow!"

Bharti: "Oi hello, where did Shahid come from, and by the way, why would I run away if it was him? "

Payal: "Oh sorry, was just thinking about him actually, you see Rishi and I went to watch 'Chance pe Dance'...He looked so good..well they both did. Oh sorry Bhaskar, but dude, wouldn't you run away if it was a guy?!"

Bharti: "Okay, I didn't follow anything you just said...Armaan's family is here..sister, father and mother..Payal, my saas looks like the serial type 'saas'...What do I do yaar!?"

Payal: "Hahaha, you being serious?"

Bharti: "Payal!"

Payal: "Okay chill dude. Is she going to be there permanently? "

Bharti: "No idea, she just showed up and she didn't know that I'm Armaan's wife.."

Payal: "Woah, so Armaan didn't tell her, well at least you know Armaan is not a momma's boy, so I'm sure things will be fine. Just go with the flow."

Bharti: "Go with the flow...easier said then done, what if she expects me to be this 'perfect sari-clad, domesticated bahu', then what?"

Payal: "Well, she's going to be very disappointed, lol, jokes apart, Armaan doesn't expect all this from you, so she won't. It'll be fine, especially if she's not staying with you'll."

Bharti: "Yeah okay, I'm just waiting for this Armaan to get here, he too seemed surprised. By the way, you are going to movies and stuff with this Rishi guy, huh? Date and all..."

Payal: "Shut up Bhaskar, it was just for fun."

Bharti: "Acha...Payal's got a boyfriend.."

Payal: "Aaargh Bhaskar, I'm going to hang up now"

Bharti: "Okay wait, sorry, I was just joking. I know you'd never have a boyfriend, you never had one in all these years that I knew you, so I doubt you'd get one after just a few weeks in London."

Payal: "You know Bhaskar, you can be a real jerk sometimes...Look I have to go. Speak to you later. Bye"

Bharti: ""Bye-bye"

Bharti sighed and laid back on the bed. Meanwhile Armaan just arrived to see his father reading the paper, Tamanna in the kitchen and his mother fanning herself frantically and looking around the house with disapproving eyes. As he stood at the door, his mother lay eyes on him. She immediately went to him and squeezed him into a big hug.

Armaan: "Ma! I..can't..breathe!"

She let go of him and starting pulling his ears.

Mother: "Serves you right, I should do much more to you! You remarried and didn't even tell me! "

Armaan: "Ma.."

Mother: "And who is this girl, I have never heard of her before, you know this is not right!"

Armaan: (getting slightly angry)"Okay listen.."

Mother: "And I don't like her, she is so rude, do you know she didn't let us in and now is in her room. She is not coming out and my poor Tamanna has to work."

Armaan: (looking towards Bharti's room)"Bharti.."

Tamanna: "Ma, stop being melodramatic, I'm not working, I'm pouring water and you scared Bharti, I'm not surprised she isn't coming out here, she's probably confused. "

Mother: "Oh you know her so well now?!"

Armaan: "Ma, just sit down, relax, I'll be right back"

Armaan greeted his father, gave Tamanna a quick hug and went to the room to see Bharti. He opened the door to see her sitting on the bed with her head on her hands. Armaan went in and gently closed the door. He went and sat down next to her.

Armaan: "Bharti..you okay?"

Bharti: (looking up at him suddenly)"Armaan, who are those people? They were saying that they're your family. I believe your sister, but I swear you don't seem related to your mother in any way, no offence"

Armaan: (giving a slight laugh)"Yeah, I know, she takes some getting used to. Look I'm so sorry I didn't tell you that they were coming, in fact I had no clue myself. They were supposed to arrive next week."

Bharti:"Oh, it's okay. They just surprised me...Um are they going to be staying with us?"

Armaan: "Actually, yes and no. Bharti, don't look so scared. You see Tamanna recently bought a house here in Mumbai and the renovations are going on. So she wants to be here to oversee some things and her husband is away for business at the moment. My parents just came to get her settled, they won't stay."

Bharti: "Oh okay..Armaan, you didn't tell your family that we got married and you never mentioned them before..."

Armaan: "Oh you know everything was always hectic with us and the wedding was rushed, so I didn't get a chance."

Bharti: "Tamanna knew"

Armaan: "Yeah, I told her. The thing is I'm not very close with my parents, my mother expects things that are impossible in my eyes. And I didn't want any unwanted commotion with her coming. Believe me, things wouldn't have gone smoothly."

Bharti:"Oh I see, well I don't think she likes me very much."

Armaan: (laughing) "Oh don't worry, I'm sure you'll grow on her, you do take some getting used to. There, at least you smiled, come on lets go out, they won't bite..I don't think."

Bharti and Armaan went outside. Armaan explained to them how it was all rushed and he didn't get a chance to tell them. Armaan's mother just looked Bharti up and down. Bharti excused herself to go and fetch Jiya from school. She told Armaan that she'll phone MU to say that neither of them will be in for the rest of the day. After Bharti left, Armaan's mother just shook her head.

Armaan: "What Ma?"

Mother: "You trust her with Jiya, how can you just let anyone be near my granddaughter!?"

Armaan: "Ma, Bharti is my wife, whether you like it or not, it is just something you have to accept! And she adores Jiya."

Mother: "You're going to speak to me like this because of that girl? You know this is wrong. She is not your wife and she can't be Jiya's mother. I'll never accept her. Priyanka is your only wife and Jiya's mother!"

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Originally posted by: JAZZ_ACUA

i just read the full ff.
it was wonderful. please keep writing.

LOVE YOU
JIA