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CHAPTER 19
It was a loud morning at the Bhallas. All were running towards every nook and corner of the building on the lookout for the missing person. Rinki kept punching numbers after numbers trying to find if Simmi was with any of her friends. Mrs. Bhalla sat down on the couch in memories of her daughter. Mr. Bhalla, Romi and Raman drove down slowly through the busy morning roads. Ishitha wanted to divert Mrs. Toshi off her worries when she found her blood pressure rising and asked her to take care of the kid while she helped Rinki. The men of the house got back and their heads hung down in defeat. It was as if in cue that the baby also started crying and Ishitha along with Rinki were nowhere to be seen. Raman took the baby in his hands while the senior Bhalla couple were consoled by Romi who was trying to give them some hope. Police complaints were filed by Raman when Romi shouted for him. He was still cooing the baby while Ishitha was with Mrs. Bhalla in her room. He hurriedly placed the baby in the crib and ran down thinking his mother's health worsened but all he saw was Simmi standing hand in hand with another guy and both garlanded along with Mihir and Mihika. He rubbed his eyes more than once thinking he was hallucinating.
A tensed Mihir rushed to Raman trying to pacify him but he was already angry and his fists were curved in to a ball. All he asked Mihir was to call for his parents and asked Mihika to enter the house with a stern tone. Minutes later all assembled at the hall and the first to rush towards Simmi was an emotional Mrs. Bhalla, who spoke between her tears "Yeh sab akele mein karnae ki kya zaroorat thi? (What is the need for you to do this all alone?). Simmi hugged her mother and cried "Mummy, I love him and he is Parmeet Singh Khurana". A loud voice echoed through the halls "But what was the need to elope with this guy and Mihir Mihika this is not what I expected from the two of you". Simmi chose to remain mum to her brother's questions and tried staying in her mothers embrace while one her hands still holding on to husband. He signaled the two of them to stop who opened their mouth to offer him explanation. Ishitha had a disappointed look towards Mihika and did not want to get in to any sort of conversation with her whatsoever. Parmeet kept looking at the house and tried gauging everyone's reaction. His eyes changed from being dull to satisfied and signaled Simmi to get blessings of elders. Mr. Bhalla couldn't believe that his daughter was capable of all this and none of them were aware of the truth that forced them in to getting married. The new couple bent down to get blessings and Mr. Bhalla walked off silently to his room while Mrs. Bhalla kept calling out "Bhalla Ji .. Bhalla Ji". Raman was given no chance to speak as Mrs. Bhalla kept hovering over the newly married couple. Raman clearly did not like the sight of Simmi's husband, knowing his mother's nature he asked Romi to keep an eye on them for the time being while he met Mihir Mihika along with Ishitha outside the house. Parmeet couldn't keep his eyes off the four of them outside but had to stay with his wife and mother in law. Simmi shared the truth of being pregnant with Param's child while Romi stood flabbergasted. She took a promise to hide the truth of her being pregnant from her elder brother.
Meanwhile, Raman started to question the two of them and the Mihir was the one who shared everything from the time they came across the two of them till what happened at the hospital. Mihika slowly opened her mouth about how Simmi eloped and she called her for help and had to contact mihir as she couldn't get out of the house that late in to the night.
Raman: This was my sister Mihika, who are you to take such big decisions. Yes Mihir knows my family well and he is more than Romi to me but who gave you the rights to interfere in my sister's life. Not once you tried calling me nor your sister. You call me and blast while your sister was ill for no fault of mine and now when it comes to my sister you deal with my sister.
Ishitha: Raman, maybe she tried and couldn't reach me.
Raman: Ishitha I am not talking to you and Mihika will answer me. Bas maine boldiya. Answer me Mihika.
Mihika: Jeeju, She was pregnant and had eloped all alone. It slipped out of my mind to call you and was worried that by chance if she comes to know we might lose her forever. That was why I called Mihir and took his help. I am sorry jeeju, I should have told you.
Mihir: Bhai we did try and your phone was just ringing. No matter how we could not reach you. Plus you weren't at office to discuss with you personally and calling landline was a bad option. We were tied Bhai. We definitely did not want to hide it from you and felt it was not right to leave Simmi to fend herself cos she was pregnant. At that moment he regretted for neglecting his phone.
Raman walked back in to the house without answering them guilty and before he could enter the house, he looked back at Mihir and asked him to fetch every single detail about the guy. He decided mentally that his sister will stay with this guy happily married only if his investigation turns right else she will remain Raman Bhalla's sister all her life. Ishitha hugged a worried Mihika and got inside the house. She followed her worried husband straight in to their room and relived rinki who was sitting with the baby. Ishitha sat next to him and locked his hands with his and when she was about to speak, he requested her to remain silent as he did not want to talk about it anymore instead asked her to take care of the kid. In a while, she left trying to prepare for lunch but to her surprise she found her mother in law cooking a grand lunch with Neelu's help and she offered some help and a late lunch was set. Raman was the last to gather at the dining table but he sipped some water from glass and walked out. Toshi stopped him and asked him to stay for lunch. He asked his mother to take care of his pregnant sister, glared at her and hurried out of the house. Simmi stared at her father who was up for some more shock and he quietly walked from the table in disappointment and Param made Simmi sit and helped her with lunch. Toshi was impressed by her new son in law. She felt pacifying her husband can also wait as pampering her daughter and son in law was of prime importance to her.
A week passed and the house was slowly getting back to normal. Param made no attempt to get back to his house nor continue with his work. He made excuses of spending time with Simmi and get things settled before work. He found himself chatting with the women of the house gossiping which deifinitely did not go well with Ishitha but she continued remaining silent. One such evenings she was busy setting her wardrobe when Raman came in stealthily in to his room and pulled Ishitha by her waist and she almost shouted in shock and he placed his hands on her mouth convering them on time. The force by which he grabbed her waist and her shock got them on the bed one on top of the other. He held on to her, rolled over and got on top of her. She blushed and signaled about the door being open and he thought she was teasing him and paid no heed to her whatsoever and slowly lowered his face close to her face. The proximity made her bite her lower lip and her ears turned red when his hands brushed past her ears. He moved the lock of hair which was covering her eyes and she raised her hand to tuck her hair while he stopped her hands mid air and locked them on either sides of her head. "Koi na koi aajayega Raman.. !!!!".. "Aane do Jhansi Rani, Yeh hamara kamra hai, jail thodi hai". Listening to such words made her cheeks to flush and her to lips twitch. He ran his thumb over her twitching lips and pulled them gently asking "When are you going to feed my lips??".. She moaned his name and felt the steam ejecting through her ears in those few seconds and her eyes were closing in reflex. Seconds later he rammed his lips with hers. He was the one who initated the kiss but as he progressed, she kissed him with equal vigour. They couldn't get enough as both continued exploring their first kiss which was out of passion. She yanked his hair while he locked his hands with hers and continued tightening the hold as the kiss progressed. The kiss slowly toned down as they started fighting for breath. "Mere baal ko bhaksh dogi ya phir" and winked at her. She tried pushing him in return with a pout on her face. There was someone who was watching all this from one corner outside their room and the person's light movement casted a shadow to fall inside the room which was noticed by Ishitha and her expression suddenly changed to skeptical. Raman looked at her questioningly which she brushed it away thinking she was imaginging such things all of a sudden and continued staring in to his eyes.
It was more than a month since baby was born and today was the day they had planned for naming the baby. Raman also forgave his sister and were back to talking terms while his relationship with Param more of a formal one. The mother of the baby dressed herself in a green saree which was gifted by him for the naming ceremony. She wanted to surprise him with the way she dressed and she kept herself away from him much to his annoyance. She noticed Param staring at her more than once which clearly irritated her but kept them all to herself for Simmi's sake who was settling down with him after a not so great wedding. She was measuring contents for halwa and was running short of sugar. She yelled out for Neelu but Param came in to the kitchen offering his hand and she turned down his help cleverly which made him walk out of the kitchen. She placed the stool in position and stepped on to it to get the sugar packet which was kept inside the storage shelf. She found herself being lifted and she shouted again in anxiety. Beads of sweat appeared on her forehead thinking it was Param but to her relief it was her husband. She got hold of the sugar packet with her nervous hands and refused to leave her. He placed her on the kitchen top and moved few inches back to drink her beauty with his eyes. He was left high and dry as she was nowhere ready for any fun on bed. He moved closer and snaked her hands around her stomach and locked his hands behind her back. Their foreheads met and her glossy lips attracted him once more but he resisted his desire and dropped long wet kisses on both her cheeks. Both their nose met and their tips played moving from one side to the other. Her hands circled around his neck and she kissed his forehead and his lips aimed for her ear lobe. He gently bit her lobe and she moaned his name softly this time. He released her hands from his neck and his eyes looked drugged for her and just her. She couldn't take his eyes off him and to make it worse he whispered in to her ears "Chat pe 10 Pm" (10 Pm at the terrace). She blushed like he kissed her all over and there she felt his hands again snaking around her waist only to get her down from the kitchen top. She turned away from him blushing and he vanished like he was never there with her.
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