~Vedh Singh Oberoi~

Two days ago

Vedh's burst out had left Aashrit stunned, he hadn't expected Vedh to blame him for his and Heer's divorce

Aashrit, considering the way Vedh begged Heer not to leave had come to make him aware about Heer's wedding but seeing Vedh blame him, he stormed out of his cabin in anger

Inside, Vedh was pacing around in anger, his breaths ragged and he knew he wouldn't let Heer go just like that

As soon as Aashrit stepped out of the building, a lady entered with her face covered with her shawl, she went to reception in hurry

The receptionist looked up at the lady who was behaving a little weird panicking or something, the receptionist looked at the lady up and down clearly judging her

"Excuse me, I have to meet Mr. Vedh Singh Oberoi"

The lady said, her eyes darting here and there every moment as she didn't let her face uncover keeping it in the place

"Sorry mam do you have any appointment with sir?"

The receptionist clearly displeased with the lady's presence asked sweetly as per her job while the lady again looked here and there and replied

"I..I am her relative you can ask him"

She said with quiet confidence, the receptionist gave a small smile before she called on the landline of Vedh's cabin

The ring went thrice before Vedh picked up, his anger was already bubbling up and the irritation could be sensed in his voice

"Hello?"

"Sir sorry to disturb but here is a lady insisting to meet you claiming herself as your relative"

The receptionist spoke with professionalism while the lady looked frightened, her eyes restless

"What is her name?"

Vedh frowned and asked, his confusion palpable while the receptionist asked the lady immediately

"What's your name mam?"

"Meena Mehta"

Meena ji replied without hesitation but her restlessness was visible on her face, the panic of getting seen here like this was eating her up but it was important to meet Vedh

"Mam you can go upstairs, the elevator is that way and sir's office is on sixth floor"

Meena ji nodded and quickly left for Vedh's cabin. Meena ji reached Vedh's cabin and entered after knocking softly

Vedh who was already confused about her sudden appearance looked at her and greeting her softly he asked

"How are you aunty?"

Meena ji nodded, her eyes stilled as they fell on Vedh's calm face pain flickered in them along with the brimming tears as she said

"I am fine Vedh but Heer is not"

Vedh frowned, his body stiffened and his heart clenched at the mention of Heer. She had already endured so much and now Meena ji was saying she was not okay

"What happened to her?"

Vedh asked, his voice firm with an edge of pain lingering in it

"Vedh, she is getting married again but she doesn't want to get married, she is doing all this just for Raj. Since she had come back after divorcing you she doesn't steps out of her room, doesn't even have her meals properly and....and the danger lingering over her, Vedh only you can save her"

Meena ji said all this in one go making Vedh confused and asked once again

"What do you mean aunty? How is she in danger?"

Vedh remembered Ms. Rachael talking about some danger on his pearl but didn't clear and Meena ji's answer also didn't give him what he wanted to know

"Leave it Vedh, just know that neither Heer nor I want this marriage. Don't let this marriage happen, do something"

Vedh's frown eased as a thrilling idea crossed his mind and a chilling smirk spread across his face before he held Meena ji by shoulders and reassured her

"Don't worry aunty, you go home rest is upon me"

Meena ji nodded softly before she left the way she came meanwhile Vedh's smirk remained because now he knew that Heer wasn't going anywhere

Even if Meena ji hadn't come, Vedh wouldn't have let this marriage happen even if it got him everyone's hate

After that Vedh straight went to the mall where Aman and Heer were shopping, it was not a big deal to get out information about Heer's whereabouts

Seeing Heer and Aman walking close and talking to each other Vedh's heart was at fire, he so wanted to strangle Aman then and there but he controlled himself

His eyes never lift off Heer's figure and when Heer smiled at Aman, Vedh wanted to shoot Aman right there in front of everyone but he could only stare at Heer and he knew that Heer could feel his presence but he kept himself hidden

Vedh followed them until Heer was at her home safely then he also went back to his house, of course he had to plan (*author smirking*)

Four hours before the marriage started

Vedh once again stood in front of the large portrait of his parents, in the small library attached to his bedroom

This time also Vedh's expressions were neutral but his eyes held a spark that was unmistakable, then Vedh spoke

"Ma, Papa I am again going to marry Heer"

He took a pause letting out a deep sigh, this time his parents didn't seem that much happy the way they did on Vedh and Heer's marriage day

"I know you must be angry at me for leaving her, but trust me I never wanted whatever happened and moreover I got to know she....she is my pearl, the pearl I forgot years ago in the haze of my trauma"

Vedh's face glowed as he talked about Heer being his pearl, today he wore a golden kurta with white lower, he barely wore kurtas but when he did, he always looked handsome and charming as ever

A small smile spread across Vedh's face before he touched the feet of his parents' picture and left to crash his wife's wedding

While going out of the house he saw Sudha ji and asked her

"Chachi prepare for the grih pravesh of your bahu"

He didn't clarify, he didn't have to, he just left Sudha ji with a knowing smile on her face and she immediately went to prepare to welcome Heer once again

Right now Saket was on his holidays so he came back from hostel and Smita had completed her business tour so she was back too so they all also helped Sudha ji do the preps

Present time

~Mr.& Mrs. Vedh Singh Oberoi~

As Heer lifted her hands to put garland around Aman's neck, a heavy gunshot rang through the walls of banquet

Everyone flinched including Heer, the garland slipped from her palms as she tried to cover her ears while the guests started to run here and there trying to find a safe corner

Just then Vedh entered the banquet, he had a gun in his hand and his aura was terrifying with that chilling smirk on his face

A shiver ran down Heer's spine and her whole body trembled as she saw Vedh enter her wedding like that, like a gangster

Yes, Heer wanted Vedh to come and maybe even stop the wedding but she didn't wish to see him like this

She was afraid of him, again.

Vedh walked with confidence while a queue of well armed men dressed in black followed him scaring everyone even more

Aman moved forward towards Vedh along with Raj who was burning in fury till now while Heer was frozen at her place

Reva walked to Heer hoping to ground her while Aashrit could only predict why Vedh was here because the way Vedh shouted at him two days ago he didn't expect Vedh to come now

"Why are you here now?"

Raj asked furiously while Aman stood behind him frowning, Vedh looked at Raj and smiled which was not at all a soft smile, it was scary

"Sale Saab, you are getting my wife married to someone else and now you ask me why I am here?"

The calmness in his tone hinted towards the danger but Raj took one more step forward in anger and said

"But you two are divorced"

Raj sounded a bit confused while Aman's frown deepened whereas no other person dared to intrude the conversation between one terrifyingly furious and one dangerously calm man

Heer could only stand at the altar, frozen at her place with not a single expression on her face but the storm of fear inside her was invisible

Listening to Raj, Vedh's smile widened, his eyes darkened and then he laughed, not silently, not quietly but loudly

His laugh was dark, loud and terrifying but then he stopped, the laugh vanished immediately, the smile remained as he spoke

"Your sister signed the papers, I didn't"

He dropped the bomb on everyone, almost every heart beat in the hall increased and Aashrit's eyes narrowed while Raj's eyes widen

He did not think like this!

The confession was the last thread before Aman lunged forward and grabbing Vedh's collar in the haze of anger he said

"Mr. Oberoi, it's better if you give the signed divorce papers and leave, I marrying Heer today"

Aman's words hit Vedh hard and before anyone could think or process, he punched Aman across his face and now Aman was lying on the floor while Vedh was fixing his collar

"I and Heer are not divorced so technically and legally she is my wife and this marriage is illegal"

Vedh didn't punch Aman because he grabbed Vedh's collar but he dared to say that he was marrying Heer when she was Vedh's wife

Vedh glanced one look at the armed men dressed in black and they held Aman so he doesn't interrupt again

Vedh straightened again and looking at Raj his smile returned before Raj said, his voice no more above a whisper

"This is betrayal, I don't accept you as my sister's husband"

Vedh closed his eyes and chuckled before he again opened them, this time his orbs were dark, deep carrying danger

"Alright, if you are not convinced then I will marry her again"

Then his eyes moved past, behind Raj where Heer stood wide eyed frozen and only blinking too scared to even move

Vedh's eyes softened and he walked towards Heer while his men held back Raj who was about to walk behind him to be an obstacle but could only shout from behind

Heer flinched as Vedh entered the altar and Reva moved in front of her to protect Heer just like she did always

Reva stood between Vedh and Heer like a wall but Vedh was only looking at Heer, his eyes never leaving her face and again she was looking down

Vedh's eyes had softened now as he looked at Heer dressed up as a bride and no matter who she was marrying but now she will marry him

Reva was saying something to Vedh which he didn't even acknowledged but he didn't like Reva standing like that between them so he said

"Aashrit, take away your wife before I ask my men to hold her as well just like they held the other two"

Aashrit listening to Vedh immediately lunged forward to grab Reva but before that he spat furiously to Vedh

"I dare you to lay even a finger on my wife and see how I forget that you are my best friend"

Listening to Aashrit, Reva immediately looked at him, she had never seen him talk to Vedh like that meanwhile she had even slapped Vedh

Aashrit dragged Reva out of Vedh's way because he knew Vedh would do what he said and Aashrit didn't want a single finger laid on Reva

Reva struggled but Aashrit held her tightly while Heer flinched as Reva got away from front of her, she was scared and terrified of the man she wished to come and take her from this marriage

Her eyes were lowered once again because this was not the man who begged her not to leave when she signed those divorce papers but her eyes keep glancing at her brother who was in the hold of Vedh's men

Vedh took a step forward to Heer and she trembled while Raj shouted at Vedh, who barely heard his words

"DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH MY SISTER MR. VEDH"

Raj shouted while Heer's gaze could not stop but keep drifting to her brother struggling to get to her

Seeing her glance at Raj again and again with fear Vedh's eyes softened once more and he said to his men, without looking away from Heer

"Take the groom out of here and leave Raj"

The men bound to their boss's orders, took Aman out of the banquet while his parents went behind him, scared

Raj was left and as soon as he was free, he ran towards Heer and Vedh and stood between them breathing heavily

Vedh stepped back finally looking away from Heer, he looked at Raj who was trying so hard to protect Heer and Vedh realised he wasn't wrong either, he was just protecting his sister after whatever happened to her because of Vedh

Vedh sighed and then he did something no one in the hall expected from him, not even Raj or Aashrit or Heer

He folded his hands in front of Raj

Vedh Singh Oberoi, the man who never even had to ask for anything it was present even before he asked, the man before whom the world folded hands and he didn't show mercy, he was now folding his hands in front of her wife's brother

"I am sorry Raj, I am sorry for what happened with Heer and...and I want a chance just one, I won't disappoint you or her"

Raj frowned while Heer's eyes brimmed with tears, their divorce was something that made Heer see the sides of Vedh that nobody has ever seen

Aashrit looked shocked at Vedh's gesture, since their childhood he has never seen Vedh folding hands for anything and now here he was folding his hands in front of Raj just for Heer

In that moment Aashrit knew that Vedh loved Heer deeply and he would do anything to keep her to himself

Reva looked shocked too but if she were at Raj's place she would have given Heer to Vedh not just because he was a man folding hands but because she has seen this man's aura and reputation and folding hands was something he would never do

"And why should I give you this chance?"

Raj asked suddenly, his voice cold and distant but acknowledging as his eyes flickered with emotions for his sister, he knew what Heer's condition was behind him and he also knew that Heer wanted to go with Vedh

"Because I love her, and I promise to be the best for her"

Vedh replied without a second thought and without hesitation, Heer's eyes flew to Vedh at the moment he said those words

She hadn't expected those words from Vedh

Raj's eyes only narrowed at the confession, he still didn't look satisfied with what Vedh said. Well the things Heer suffered because of Vedh, after that it's not easy to trust him

"Kneel"

Suddenly Raj said with neutral expressions, he didn't seem like he had just asked the most feared and ruthless businessman to kneel

Vedh's frown eased the moment he heard Raj asking him to kneel, while Reva and Aashrit gasped in unity but before anyone could intrude

"Bhai"

Heer whispered from behind Raj, and he tilted his head to look at his baby sister who was crying brutally till now meanwhile Vedh sighed and started to kneel

"Wait"

Heer suddenly moved, finally after being frozen for last twenty minutes and this time she spoke, she was not speechless now

She took steps towards Vedh and held him by arms refusing to let him kneel, she was scared of him yes but right now as his wife all she cared for was his dignity

"Bhai please, don't do this. If you don't want to give him a chance then don't but please don't insult his love"

Yes.

This is Heer Mehta or Heer Vedh Singh Oberoi, this is what she is, always trusting everyone easily without questioning them

Heer stood between the two intimidating men, her brother and her husband but in that moment she was like a barrier for her husband's dignity

"No please Heer, if kneeling gets you to me then I will kneel"

Vedh said from behind, he sounded so vulnerable that Heer closed her eyes feeling Vedh's pain in herself, it was not like she loved him or something but it's just she trusted easily and she trust Vedh

Raj looked between Heer and Vedh, his own eyes held helplessness now, he couldn't see his sister cry and on the other hand he didn't even trust Vedh

"But betu tell me, tell me how to trust this man after what you have been through"

Heer softly wiped her tears, she was not asking Raj to get her married to Vedh, she was simply asking him not to break Vedh's reputation

"Bhai I am not asking you to get me married to him, I will marry whoever you say but if he says that he loves me then please don't disrespect him or his love like this"

Her demand was simple but behind her Vedh's eyes darkened upon hearing her, this was not what he was here for, he was here for her, to take her with him

He was adamant to take Heer with him.

But Vedh didn't say anything because he had.........Plan B ready.

Heer then didn't say anything after that, she just got aside from between her brother and her husband who was probably going to be her ex now

Vedh also didn't say anything, he just looked at Raj with those neutral expressions he always had on his face

"Jao, diya tumhein ek aur mauka par iss baar agar meri behen roi, toh isse itni door le jaunga ki tumhari parchai bhi nahi pohachne dunga"

("Go, I gave you one more chance but this time if my sister cried then I will take her so far that even your shadow won't reach her")

Raj stared in Vedh's dark orbs for a moment longer while Heer stood at side, quietly and behind then stood Aashrit and Reva watching all the drama

Hearing Raj's last words Vedh scoffed internally because now he knew that it won't be possible to separate Heer and Vedh

Vedh nodded with great determination to never disappoint Heer again and then ignoring Raj's presence (Just like you people are ignoring to vote) he moved towards Heer who was too stunned with Raj's decision

"Can we get married again?"

Vedh asked Heer, unexpectedly softly, too softly for a man like him and even he himself was shocked with this newfound softness

Heer didn't look up at him but she knew he was watching her every move so she just nodded, a small subtle nod which was almost unnoticeable but he noticed

Vedh forwarded his palm towards her, she hesitated but took it with grace, slowly and his warmth spread into her cold palm

Vedh felt Heer's cold soft palm against his warm rough one and it unknowingly brought him peace, this time he knew why

Just when Vedh and Heer started to walk towards the altar again, Reva walked towards them, her gaze warning and her presence alarming stopping Vedh and Heer in their tracks

"Don't ever dare to hurt her again otherwise-"

"I remember the slap mam"

Reva started to warn Vedh or maybe threaten him but he casually cut her off remembering how harsh her slap had been that day

His tone and confession made a small smile of proud appear at Reva's lips before Vedh glanced behind her, towards Aashrit and said

"Now can you shift back at our mansion?"

Aashrit couldn't help but smile as Vedh made sure to let his know that Oberoi mansion was theirs and not only Vedh's, Aashrit nodded

Reva moved back to stand beside Aashrit while Heer and Vedh sat back at the aisle and then they both get married again, this time with different rituals but the same feelings

This time Vedh knew his feeling for Heer but he didn't know how to explain them to her meanwhile Heer was still the same, she was marrying Vedh again, trusting him again, hoping again that he will let her fulfill her dreams but she was still scared of him

Specially after his dangerous entry with a gun in his hand

The rituals were completed shortly then the couple stood up to collect blessing and then it hit Raj that it was the time of farewell

This was a new feeling for him because this was the first time he was bidding his sister a farewell as he was not in the first wedding

Raj's eyes filled with tears and he broke down in less two minutes as now he saw his baby sister's whole childhood flash before his eyes

This was the same girl who had been like a daughter to him, who was played in front of him, who had been his heart always, the same girl who was just a small kid barely fitting in his small arms and now she was someone's wife

She was dressed as a bride, for Raj the very first time and now she was also ready to leave her childhood behind, specifically him, who had been her protector till now but from now on it was Vedh

Seeing her brother break down like that Heer too broke down, she didn't care about anything, she just cried hugging her brother

The sobs of the siblings mingled together as they cried like hell and this time also, Vedh couldn't see Heer crying so he turned his head away

Even Reva had started to cry till now while Aashrit was silently consoling her even when they were avoiding each other for last two days, after Aashrit's confession

Finally the farewell was over and the 'newly wed' couple walked out of the banquet with Aashrit and Reva just behind them and Raj nowhere to be seen

They got into their separate cars when everyone noticed that Vedh had entered like a gangter, their was a huge cue of black Scorpios lined up like some movie going on

Then there was departure and the relatives could only scoff and leave.

All the way to Oberoi mansion Heer was just looking down at her lap no able to look at Vedh while he couldn't even look away from Heer

After about an hour

Their car rolled to a stop in front of the Oberoi, it was almost the night when they reached. Vedh reached to the door of his side and got out before he circled the car to Heer's side to open the door for her

Vedh offered Heer his palm and she accepted it with quiet hesitation while Vedh couldn't feel anything more than peace at this moment

This felt like home. Peaceful.

Not the house but her.

She was home.

The queue of black cars vanished before they entered the premises and now there were only two cars, one of Heer and Vedh and one of Reva and Aashrit

As the couple stepped out in the soft wind of evening, suddenly the loud beat of dhols filled their eardrums and then the dancing figures of Saket, Smita and Chhavi

Chhavi immediately ran towards Heer and hugging her tightly Chhavi turned 360 degree around, her affection visible in her actions

"Bhabhiiiiiiii"

Heer stumble, a gasp with a soft giggle left her mouth but she eventually hugged Chhavi back, Chhavi had always been like her own sister to her

Behind her Smita jumped forward and hugged Heer so tightly that they both might have fallen if Vedh wasn't standing behind them

"Bhabhi you are finally back"

Smita exclaimed loudly between the dhol beats, her tone was childlike who has just gotten his favorite toy after being denied a hundred times

After the girls stepped aside holding Heer, it was Saket's turn who came forward and laid down on his stomach in front of Heer's feet like worshiping Heer

"Bhabhi ma, you are back to your devotee"

Everyone laughed including Reva and Aashrit, meanwhile in the process of welcoming Heer they unintentionally pushed Vedh at side who looked at them with irritation

He was annoyed at the way they snatched his wife away from him, actually newly wedded wife

Just then Reva walked forward and seeing Heer laugh after so many days she felt really happy so she danced, on the dhol beats

She danced without companion and without caring about anyone, she was happy, happy for Heer

Seeing Reva dance, Saket, Smita and Chhavi joined her at an instance showing their happiness with the movements of their feet

The Oberoi mansion was again decorated the same way it was decorated six months ago on their wedding

Aashrit looked at Reva dancing, his eyes filled with admiration as his lips curved in a small smile after two days, for a moment he forgot about the tension between them

He slowly slid out his phone and took several candid shots of Reva, some smiling, some giving random expressions while in some she was laughing with all her heart

While on the other hand Vedh was not able to tear his gaze away from Heer, though she was looking down but he was mesmerized by her

He noticed the way a small smile spread on Heer's lips when she glanced at Reva and all dancing madly, the way she hesitated to glance at him and avoided his presence

She was happy but that happiness had no relation with Vedh's presence, she was happy because she was again in her family, the family which accepted her as their own

Between all the happiness Shakti ji stepped out of the house, he stood in front of Heer and Vedh with a soft smile while everything behind them stilled for a moment

Shakti ji took a wad of five hundred rupee notes before he started rounding them over Heer's head, he was taking her evil eye off

The gesture was filled with warmth and Heer could only feel that warmth rushing into her veins, she felt precious in that moment while Vedh beside her stood straight with a neutral face but he too was grateful for that gesture

"Forgive me too child, please"

Shakti ji said, his palm rested over Heer's head who shook her head, tears filling her eyes as she looked at the soft expressions on Shakti ji's face

Heer didn't say anything before they walked towards the main door where Sudha ji was already waiting to welcome her daughter in law once again

As Vedh and Heer once again stood at that doorway, dressed as a newly wed couple Sudha ji caressed Heer's cheek lovingly like a mother longing to touch her daughter

Then Sudha ji welcomed Heer the same way she had done the last time but this time their was more warmth in her behavior then last time

Heer softly hit the kalash filled with rice and with her right led she stepped into the mansion once again the elder daughter in law

Behind the couple all the other youngsters entered including Reva and Aashrit who were still avoiding each other

~Mrs. Reva Aashrit Thakur~

After a little chatter all the family members left for their separate rooms to rest after the chaotic incidents of the day

Meanwhile Reva had gone back to Mehta house to bring Heer's stuff and Aashrit had gone to their mansion to bring their stuff

Reva reached Mehta house, it was still gleaming with lights but now it was quiet, the preparations for the wedding had ended, Heer had finally left the house

Reva looked at the house with a soft smile and a sigh slipped past her lips before she moved forward into the house

She was about to step into the house when she heard a soft rustle from behind her, she turned around only to see a drunk Raj trying to crawl towards the house

He wasn't even able to hold himself up straight to get into the, Reva frowned as she moved to help Raj

She helped Raj stand up properly, his breath was smelling of alcohol, Reva turned her face the other side as she asked

"Why are you so drunk Raj?"

Raj then looked at Reva, still in the haze of alcohol, he looked as if he was confirming Reva's presence

"Reva is it you?"

He asked, he voice completely intoxicated, not even a bit like the man speaking for his sister a few hours ago

"Yes it's me Raj, lets go in"

Raj only hummed softly leaning slightly against Reva who slowly took him in the house with great difficulty handling his weight

"Reva don't tell anyone please"

Raj mumbled softly, even in his intoxicated state he still about his family first, Reva stopped for a moment and looking at Raj she thought how could both these sibling be so generous to think about other always before themselves

Reva quietly and slowly took Raj to his room while he kept mumbling things in his intoxication every now and them

Reva pushed open his bedroom's door and slipped in while carrying Raj leaned against her shoulder just then her foot slipped

They both landed on the mattress, with Reva pressed under Raj and him hovering over her completely

Raj's eyes slowly opened more as he processed what happened, he made no effort to get up from Reva instead he said

"Reva....my everything is taken away from me, my sister and then you"

Reva froze the moment he said those words, she felt confused but she also knew there was no profit in asking him now so she kept struggling to get away from his grip

"I love you Reva, I have always loved you since childhood but you married that...that Aa..Aashrit, I know you don't love him, leave him Reva co..come back to me, I will give you everything"

Reva's breath broke as she stared at Raj in disbelief, her eyes filled with tears as she heard those words, Raj's hands continued to rest on Reva's bare waist

How could he?

How could he ask her to leave Aashrit? Her husband?

Even the thought of leaving Aashrit felt like a sin to her as the voices started ringing in her mind, Aashrit's words

'I love you Reva'

'Your presence anchors me'

'I just need you beside me'

'Please don't leave me Reva'

Then her own voice, promising, reassuring rang in her mind

'I won't ever leave you Aashrit'

He had believed her and even the thought of breaking his trust did not feel right, it felt like something in Reva was shattering with that single thought

Reva suddenly pushed Raj off herself with newfound strength and stood up in fury, her eyes blazing with anger as she spat

"What do you even know about me and my husband huh? He cares for me, he respects my boundaries not cross them, he is the every bit of the man a girl asks for and moreover, I love him yes I do so never ever ask me to leave him"

~Mr. & Mrs. Aashrit Thakur~

Aashrit had just entered their room as he came back with their stuff, he stood in the middle of the room as a sigh left his mouth

He was thinking about Reva and his confession, he felt that he shouldn't have confessed to early and that too just like that

He was still thinking with closed eyes when suddenly someone hugged him from behind, for a moment his thoughts stilled, he felt the peace

Then he felt tears soaking his t shirt before he other a sob then another, Aashrit immediately turned around only to see Reva crying

Her face was red from crying, her wet eyes made his own fill with concern, he cupped her face softly and asked

"What happened Reva?"

Reva took Aashrit's hands away from her face and kept them on her bare waist before she whispered, her tone dripping with genuineness

"Aap chute hain toh bura nahi lagta par jab unhone chua toh mujhe accha nahi laga"

("I don't feel bad when you touch me but when he touched me I didn't like it")

Reva's words made Aashrit's eyes darken in something more than rage or fury, his eyes had fire, fire that would burn every reason behind his wife's tears today

"Who?"

That's it.

Only one word, that was all Aashrit asked Reva, his grip tightening on her as if grounding both himself and her

"R..Raj"

Reva barely whispered the name and Aashrit was already ready to make Raj regret every breath he took around Reva looking at her in wrong way

Aashrit's grip loosened and he tried to get away from Reva so he could go and teach Raj a good lesson but Reva's next words halted him

"I love you Aashrit"

Aashrit stilled, his eyes widening slightly as he stared at Reva's tear streaked face

His wife just confessed her love for him

Aashrit didn't only hear it, he felt it in the way she said it, the way she hugged him, the way she cried at his shoulder for protection

This was love....in it's purest form

Aashrit looked at Reva, he deeply looked at her who was taking deep breaths to calm herself, she leaned against his shoulder and mumbled

"He said, he knows that I don't love you but Aashrit he doesn't know that I love you. Pata nahin kaise ho gaya bas ho gaya, aapko chhod ke jaane ke khayal se main kaapne lagti hun, aapka bharosa todna paap lagta hai. Aapke bina saans lena mushkil ho gaya hai Aashrit"

("I don't know how it happened but it just happened, I start to tremble even at the thought of leaving you, breaking your trust seems like a sin. It's now difficult to even breath without you Aashrit")

Aashrit could only close his eyes and feel the moment, his own breath trembling as he hugged Reva tightly

That was the reply.

He loved her too.

Maybe more than he had confessed, maybe more than he even know but he loved her with his everything and the love was never going to fade away

Minutes later, Aashrit got away from Reva his softened gaze lingering on her petite figure, her sobs had faded now she was no more crying

Aashrit didn't step away he stood close, too close that their breaths mingled, Reva couldn't look in Aashrit eyes after her confession

She was shy.

Aashrit slowly leaned forward and holding Reva's chin softly he held her face up so their lips were close then slowly, hesitantly he whispered

"May I?"

The air between them felt charged with emotions now, the cries, the sobs, the fury, the complaint everything vanished in that moment

In reply to Aashrit's question, Reva only closed her eyes softly, giving him the permission to move forward

Aashrit's own lashes fluttered shut when finally their lips met, touching, testing at first when Reva didn't pull back Aashrit's lips moved

The kiss was soft, calming and confessing, it said all the words their words couldn't and the emotions they couldn't pour out completely

Their eyes were closed when Aashrit softly nibbled at Reva's lower lip, not to hurt but just to enter her mouth

She gasped softly and Aashrit pushed forward his tongue, discovering the ends of her mouth properly

After a few minutes Reva gasped for air and Aashrit let go, they were both taking heavy breath while Reva had also turned red

"Was it good?"

After calming his breath Aashrit asked, his tone clearly teasing her while her eyes widen as she glanced at him for a moment

Before Aashrit could process, Reva hid her face in his chest because of her shyness, a gesture that brought a soft chuckle from Aashrit

He then hugged Reva softly to his chest, a small smile lingering on his face but a mental note still made to teach a lesson to Raj for what he did today

He shouldn't have done that.