6| Nayaab

⚜️ Tere aane se maine jaana ke,

Tu hi jeena ka hai bhana ⚜️

"Bhabhi please dinner karlein. Bhai aate hi honge aur aapki tabiyat bhi theek nahi hai." Mahira heard her sister-in-law request for the nth time.

Please have dinner. Brother must be on his way plus you're not completely healthy yet.

"Aish mujhe bhook nahi hai abhi. Mujhe usse baat kiye bagair waise bhi chain nai ayega." Mahira said as she glanced at her phone hoping for a message from Rudransh.

Aish, I'm not hungry. I'll anyways won't feel at ease without talking to him.

It was 10 pm currently and Rudransh wasn't home yet. Except for Mahira everyone else were already done with their dinner so they were sitting with her in the family room, waiting for her husband.

"Mera chain wain sab ujda..." Ayaan started singing but immediately stopped as he received a glare from his sister-in-law.

[Bollywood song lyrics]

"Chup raha karna. Gadhe jaisi awaz mei raat ke 10 baje gaane haa raha hai." Avantika scolded her son who made a sad face and got up from his seat.

Stay quiet. You're singing like a donkey at 10 in the night.

"Mai chala sone. Mere talent ki koi kadar nahi karta." Ayaan complained as he started walking outside.

I'm off to sleep. No one cares for my talent.

"Aap mei talent ho to koi kadar karein na bhai." Aishwarya mumbled but he heard her anyways.

We would've if you had any, brother.

Giving her side eyes, Ayaan walked out of the room.

"Mahira beta dawai leni hai, kuch khaa le." Avantika tried convincing her to eat something but Mahira shook her head sideways.

Mahira child, you've to take your medicines. Please eat something.

"Tu bimar hai Mahira." Avantika said as she caressed her head.

You're not healthy, Mahira.

"Maa I promise mai ek baar Rudransh se baat karlu to khaa lungi." Mahira said she passed an assuring smile to her mother-in-law.

I promise once I have a word with Rudransh, I'll have something.

"Ek baar phir use call kar." Avantika said and Mahira nodded.

Try calling him again.

"Switched off." Mahira murmured.

"Kuch hua hai kya? Do you wanna talk to me about it?" Avantika asked.

Has something happened?

"Thanks but nahi maa. Aap dono please so jaiye. Fikar mat kijeye." Mahira reassured her.

Thanks but no. You two please go and sleep. Don't worry so much.

"Chal theek hai. Par khane ka lena aur dawai bhi." Avantika said and Mahira nodded with a halfhearted smile.

Okay fine. But have your food and take your medicines too.

"Bye beta. Good night." Avantika said Mahira returned her greeting. Aishwarya did the same and exited the room.

Mahira started watching a random movie on Netflix while she waited for her husband. Due to the medicines she took earlier, she started feeling drowsy in no time and didn't realise when she dozed off on the couch.

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"I'll send you the files, first thing tomorrow morning." Mahira heard Rudransh's voice nearby.

She groggily rubbed her palms against her eyelids to get rid of all her sleep. She realised she was now in their room, lying on their bed. She turned towards the watch on the night stand and looked at the time. It was almost 11:30 pm.

"Rudransh?" She called him as she saw his figure standing by the window in their room.

"I'll call you tomorrow." He spoke into his phone and disconnected the call.

"Sorry. I didn't mean to wake you up." He said as he started walking towards her side of the bed. He kept his phone on the night stand and sat in front of her.

"How're you feeling now?" He asked as he cupped her face with one hand and caressed her cheek.

"Good." Mahira replied with a halfhearted smile.

"Why did you fall asleep in the family room? Hamare kamre mei bhi to tv hai. Yehi dekh leti movie." Rudransh said gesturing towards the tv in their room.

We have a tv in our room as well. Should've watched the movie here.

"Actually I was waiting for you." She said as she sat straight up and crossed her legs.

"Wait. Don't tell me tumne abhi khana bhi nahi khaya." Rudransh gave her a disappointment look.

Don't tell me you haven't had your dinner yet.

"Come on. Let's feed you something." He said as he grabbed her hand in an attempt to get the both of them off their bed but she didn't move.

"I uh, I need to talk to you about something Rudransh." Mahira said looking down.

"Kya hua? All good?" He asked with furrowed eyebrows.

What happened?

"Ayaan ne mujhe sab bata diya hai." Mahira said and looked up at him.

Ayaan told me everything.

"Kya bataya?" Rudransh questioned.

About what?

"Wahi baat jo tumhe batani chahiye thi." She said, giving him a pointed look.

The same thing that you should've told me.

"Mai usse chodunga nahi. Meri hi galti hai maine usse torture wali baat batai." Rudransh spoke to himself.

I'm not gonna spare him. It's my fault I shared the torture story with him.

"Torture wali? Mai Parth Mehta ki baat nahi kar rahi." Mahira said.

Torture story? I'm not talking about Parth Mehta.

"Pehle to uska naam mat lo. Aur agar Ayaan ne tumhe nahi bola to tumhe kaise pata chala?" Rudransh questioned.

Don't take his name, first of all. And if that's not what he told you then how do you know?

"I mean usine ne batai wo baat per mai uss bare mei nahi puch rahi. Ayaan ne mujhe kuch aur bhi bataya hai." Mahira said.

I mean he did tell me but I'm not talking about that. Ayaan told me something else as well.

"Aur kya bata diya usne?" Rudransh asked and noticed how a slight blush spread on his wife's face as she said the next sentence.

And what did he tell you?

"Yeh ki tum mujhe pichle 2 saal se pasand karte ho." She said and looked in his eyes, waiting for his response.

Just that you're interested in me since last 2 years.

"Usne tumhe bata diya? Kya chuti..." He was about to cuss at his brother but stopped when he received a glare from his wife.

He told you? That fuc...

"Kya ye sach hai?" Mahira asked.

Is it true?

"Yes. I'm in love with you since last 2 years." Rudransh confessed as he cupped her cheeks.

"You lo-love me?" She stuttered a bit at the revelation.

"Yes. Why are you surprised though. Mujhe laga Ayaan ne tumhe bata diya hai." Rudransh said.

I thought Ayaan told you already.

"He said tumhe mai pasand hu. He didn't say you love me." Mahira said.

He said you're interested in me.

"Pasand karta hu matlab mujhe tumse pyaar hai. I don't complicate these things." Rudransh said.

I'm interested in you means I'm in love with you.

"I need to talk to you as well." He said after a small pause.

"I've been thinking about what you said to me yesterday." He said.

"About how I forced this marriage on you without your consent. I did that partially because I am irrevocably in love with you since a business party I saw you at 2 years ago but that doesn't give me the right to take away your free will." He said.

"Ansh, I was angry yesterday," Mahira started but got cut off by her husband.

"No wait let me finish, Mahi. I don't have any right to keep you chained to me, in this marriage if you don't want to. I was at my office this evening a little late than usual because I was thinking about everything that I did and all that happened between us. What I did was absolutely wrong and unacceptable. I am really really sorry about that." Rudransh said and looked in her eyes with nothing but guilt swimming in his own.

"Ansh, I don't even think about that anymore. I don't care under what circumstances we got married. I'm glad we did." Mahira said as she cupped his face.

"You say that now but what happens many years down the lane when you look back and realise what all I've stripped you off of. " Rudransh said.

"Regret is not a feeling I'd like you to experience ever in your life. So I've thought of giving you something I never have in these past months of our marriage. I'm going to give you a choice." He said and Mahira furrowed her eyebrows.

"With all my love towards you, this is the only time I'll be asking this question and the only time I'll take your answer without a word. Do you want to divorce me?" Rudransh asked, keeping a stone on his heart.

Mahira opened her mouth to answer but he once again cut her off

"Be sure, you're never going to get this option again in your life, ever. If you happen to say no, I'll keep you tied to me for the rest of our lives. You'll never get rid of me." Rudransh said.

"Shut up and I dare you to cut me off once again. I'll slit your tongue." Mahira snapped at him with blazing eyes.

"Get rid of you? I cannot imagine a day of my life without you in it, Mr. Rudransh Rajvanshi. You talk of letting me go and here I pray that I get to spend the rest of my days with a man who is mad enough to do literally anything for me." Mahira said in a soft voice.

"You are everything I'd ever want in my life. You love me not just in your words but also in your actions. You respect me and you make my heart tingle with all the cheesy lines you say. You fight with me like we're enemies but love me in the softest of your forms. You make me laugh, you're loyal to me, you put me before yourself and you care for me like I'm a baby. What more can I ask for? You're all I'd ever want in my life and more. Like hell I'd ever let you go. You must be a twisted man but you're my twisted man, for the rest of our lives. You're not allowed to even think of letting me go, let alone about a divorce. Do you understand me?" Mahira said as she grabbed his collar and brought their bodies closer.

"Yes, Mrs. Mahira Rajvanshi." Rudransh said with a heart-melting smile.

"Matlab tae karliya hai ke zindagi bhar mujhe pershaan karna hai." Rudransh joked as he tucked a loose strained of Mahira's hair behind her ear.

So you've decided that you'll trouble me for the rest of our lives.

"Haanji bilkul. Ek din bhi tumse ladhe bagair mera guzaara jo nahi hota." Mahira retorted.

Yes of course. I cannot spend even a single day without fighting with you.

"Ye baat to hai. Tumhari life ka prime entertainment source mai hu." Rudransh said and revived a nod from his wife.

That's true. I'm the prime source of entertainment in your life.

Looking down at her lips, he leaned in and met hers lips for a sweet long kiss. They continued smiling as they poured all of their love for each other in that kiss.

Somewhere they knew, this smile is gonna be stuck on their faces for all the years to come. All the years that they're gonna spend with each, as a happily married couple.

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