Martin smiled at her and said " ek shart par"
all looked at him..but Maria interrupted him "ohh!! Come on martin ! how can you be so rude?? Sharon is asking apology but you and your conditions.. arghh!!"
hearing Maria martin meekly said "I was just saying.."
"it's ok Maria , mujhe har condition manzoor hai" Sharon cut him in between.
All chuckled hearing martin's meek voice in front of Maria and waited for martin to say something, "mai toh bas yehi keh raha tha ki mai Sharon ko maaf karne ko tyaar hu ,but meri ek condition hai"
Maria glared at him..he gulped hard and said
"meri condition toh bas yahi thi ki woh mere pyaare kitchen mein toofaan na create kare" martin explained meekly
All burst out laughing at him and his kitchen-puraan..
"Arghh!! You and your kitchen!! Jao ab dinner bhi apne kitchen ke saath hi karna" she said glaring him and added "congrats Kria !! and Rey , am really happy, wish you a happy married life ahead, I have to go to hospital, will catch you all later" saying this she hugged them one by one and left bidding bye..
"Maria listen wait..!!" martin tried to stop her but she stormed off
"hey martin take this flower and give this to Maria, jyaada dur nahi gayi hogi" Sharon took a flower from the bouquet and gave it to him, he immediately hugged Sharon and said "oh Sharon baby you are my life savior"
Swayam smiled at Sharon's gesture, he was much more calm now.
"guys I'll meet you at home.." he hurried to follow Maria .
All chuckled at his condition, Swayam was just admiring Sharon , how she handled everything.. Swayam was very keenly noticing Sharon's expression, her eyes were telling him something which no one noticed.
"Sharon yeh plan tumhara tha??" Kria asked her,
"di is plan mein Vicky ne meri help ki, Aditya bhi unhi ka dost hai"
As soon as Sharon took vicky's name,
"OUCHH!!" all attentions drew towards the sound which was none other than of Vicky's who was screaming because Neha was pinching him on his arm..
"Ouch..ouch!! Neha tum kya kar rahi ho?? Acha am sorry na ..!!"Vicky screamed
Neha took a cushion from the sofa and threw at him "tum mujhe bata nahi sakte the ki tum itna bada plan bana rahe ho??"
Neha felt sad and sat defeated ,shikha came near her and patted her back, "Neha beta ,don't be sad ab dekho sab thik ho gaya na??"
"but aunty ab vicky mujhse baatein bhi chupaane laga hai!?" Neha complained in almost ready to cry state..
Vicky came close to her and side hugged her & said "Neha !! *sigh* baby aisi koi baat nahi hai, woh bas agar main tumhe pehle hi plan bata deta toh tum over excited ho jati and tumhe pata hai na ki tumhare liye over excitement hona kitna harmful hai"
"hmm shayad tum thik keh rahe ho.." Neha smiled and hugged him
All smiled at them, "and the plan was also very risky for Sharon to execute" Vicky added
"agar kiddo tumhe kuch ho jaata toh??" Kria said worrying
"mujhe!! mujhe kya hota? jiju hamesha mere saath the!!" Sharon said
"jiju??" kria asked
"haan R-E-Y J-I-J-U!!" Sharon said stressing each letter..
All laughed at her comment , Kria looked at Rey, their eyes locked with each other for a minute but Rey ignored her and said to pinky "chocolate!! Let's go to the office ,I've some important work to do"
"no way Rey , not today!! Today is your BIG DAY and you should go home & spend some time with your new wife, I'll handle everything at office" pinky replied in a teasing tone oblivious to their contract marriage.
"but.." Rey tried to make excuse
"no partner pinky is right ,you should take rest and spend some time with Kria" Neha suggested unknown of the fact that Kria slapped Rey at night before their marriage.. no one knew what happened at that night except martin, Swayam , Kria and Rey.
"yes I agree, you guys should take rest !! pichle kuch time se hi bahot jyada drama ho gaya" Vicky said supporting Neha.
"haan chalo mai bhi thak gayi hu.." Neha said yawning
"haan haan tum toh thak hi gayi hogi ,akhir kisi ki tie jalaane mein kitni mehnat jo lagti hai.." Vicky grinned only to get smack from Neha..
"ok guys !! am leaving .. bye everybody!! And you two have a nice time" pinky said smiling at the new couple, to which Kria blushed but Rey faked smile.
"umm .. guys I guess I should also leave" Aditya said and added "ok Vicky!! See you soon, Mr. Singhaniya and Mr. Shekhawat nice meeting you guys"
"thanks buddy, agar tum na hote toh yeh plan kabhi execute nahi ho paata" Rey said in gratitude.
"anytime buddy" He shook hand with trio, and left .
"chalo we too are going home, meet you at home" viha added
"acha bua chaliye mai aapko smriti niketan chod deta hoon" Rey offered
"arey nahi mai chale jaungi" shikha said smiling
"Toh phir mai bhi chalta hu" Rey said touching shikha's feet without even glancing once at Kria, "hamesha khush raho!!" shikha blessed him smiling
Kria looked at his diminishing figure , shikha whispered "I think tumhe uske saath jaana chahiye.." , Kria looked at shikha and smiled , she hugged her last time and ran after Rey.
Shikha turned to Sharon, and kissed her forehead "aaj mai bahot khush hu, aaj meri dusri beti bhi bahot badi ho gayi"
Sharon hugged her tightly and said "thanks bua humare saath humesha rehne ke liye.."
"acha ab mai bhi chalti hoon, orphanage mein bhi sabko khush khabri deni hai, apna aur apni di ka khayal rakhna" shikha smiled
All left but only swaron were left, they looked at each other, Sharon came forward & hesitated to say something
Swayam folded his hands and waited for her to say something.
Sharon sighed and said "I.. I..I'm sor..." but Swayam cut her in between and replied smiling "Sharon , it's ok.."
"nahi Swayam , us din maine tumhe kuch jyaada hi keh diya tha.."
"Sharon us din mai bhi gusse mein tha..and ek taraf se acha hi hua , mere aur Neha ke beech thodi duriyaan kuch hadh tak kam ho gayi woh bhi tumhari wajah se, infact thanks for that" Swayam replied trying to lighten the atmosphere..both just smiled, awkward silence prevailed between them, their heartbeat raised with every minute passing, they both liked each other but expected other one to take first step, they didn't knew whether they could call this feeling as 'love' but surely they were afraid that their feelings would show up on their face.
"I think now we can be friends, right??" Swayam said extending is hand which Sharon gladly accepted.
Their eyes locked with each other, but soon Sharon controlled herself and pulled her hand back to herself.
Sharon smiled and turned to leave .
"Sharon!!" Swayam called , hearing Swayam she stopped at her place, Her back faced him, he made her turn back by holding her shoulders very delicately , he came closer to her, lifted her chin and opened his arms slightly, Sharon shook her head in asking 'what??', he just replied by nodding his head and blinking his eyes saying 'come here' . words didn't came out from their throat but the understanding that they built during their small encounters, teasing and banters were enough to understand each other.
This was just needed, Sharon rushed forward and hugged him tightly, she hid her face in his chest and burst out crying, he kept stroking her hair and back..
"sshh..! ab aur kuch bura nahi hoga.." Swayam tried to calm her, he knew she too had been shaken from inside and didn't showed it to anyone not even Kria, she didn't want to make her worry more .
He eventually with time understood that she is a kind of a person who would show that she is happy from outside and would prefer to bury her worry inside her so that no one could see it on her face at least.
After few minutes Sharon spoke still hiding her face in his chest "swayu, woh Shivam ne.." hearing shivam's name Swayam came slightly out of hug, made her look at him and asked with concerned "usne kuch batamezee ki??" she looked in his eyes and shook her head in no, she again buried her face in his chest ,they stayed in the same position for sometime hugging each other tightly , Swayam waited for her to say something and open up.
"pata hai mai itna dar gayi thi..!!"
"kyun rey tha na tumhare saath??!" concern clearly visible in his voice
"haan woh hamesha mere aas paas hi hota tha, bodyguards ke saath"
"fir dar kyu laga??"
"wo..woh..woh kuch nahi"
Swayam lifted her chin and made her look at him
"tum mujhse keh sakti ho.."
"woh jab bhi main Shivam se milti thi ,toh uski woh gandi nazzrein..mujhe aisa lagta tha jaise ki mai..." her voice trailed off..
Swayam's grip became tighter at her waist as if protecting her from everything around, he knew what she was trying to say.
He cupped her face and kissed her forehead , Sharon closed her eyes taking in the moment..she opened her eyes and looked at him
"ab koi Shivam nahi hai, I promise main use tumhare sath kuch galat nahi karne dunga" Swayam assured her through his eyes
Sharon again hide her face in his chest as if she understood what he said in his mind..they stayed standing close in the same position hugging each other
after sometime when sharon fully calmed down , she said "swayu??"
"hmmm??"
"usne mere haath pe kiss kiya tha us din toh maine dettol hand wash se apna haath dhoya toh mera hand wash khatam ho gaya!!"
"WHAT??" he shouted but jerked her softly , he sighed and nodded hopelessly "tum kabhi nahi sudhrogi??"
"sudhrogi matlab?? Mujhe kya hua jo mai sudhru??"
"tumhe apne hand wash ki padi hui hai?"
"arey toh isme meri kya galti hai? usne mera haath pakda & kiss kiya and I felt so disgusted and YUCK at that time!! maine apna haath baar baar dhoya , and handwash khatam ho gaya" she replied cutely still holding him onto him
He got lost in her cuteness, Sharon shook him and asked "kaha kho gaye??"
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