"Daddu, I have asked the driver to get the car for you. Shehnaaz is upset after all that happened today. I am taking her with me for a long drive", says Sidharth.

"Huh?", Somesh looks at him puzzled.

"Mrs. Mittu, shall we go?", Sidharth leaned against Riya's room door with his hands crossed against his chest.

"Where?", Asked Shehnaaz

"Long drive and then home.", Sidharth suggested.

"Sidharth, she is here for her Pagh phere ceremony, hence would stay with her parents.", Tells Arushi who came to say bye to Shehnaaz.

"What? What for? We just got married a day back..", Asked Sidharth in shock. Arushi laughs at her son's innocence.

"Beta, daughters are considered as Goddess Lakshmi and hence after they leave home post marriage, they return to their maternal home to ensure the prosperity and happiness of her maternal home as well." Arushi sweetly explains her son. He looks at Shehnaaz in utter shock who bit her lower lips and shrugged. Looking at them, Arushi chuckled and nodded her head.

"Shehnaaz, I want to speak to you in personal.", Demands Sidharth with a straight face.

Shehnaaz pats Riya's shoulder telling her that she will be back soon and escorts Sidharth to her room.

"Shehnaaz you knew about this ceremony earlier?", Sidharth asked loudly as soon as he stepped inside the room.

"Tssshhhh.. keep your volume low. My home is smaller than your's, so they can hear us outside.", Says Shehnaaz in low voice while latching the door.

"Let them hear..", yells Sidharth.

"What the hell? Sidharth, you wanted to speak in private remember? If you don't mind them hearing then let's speak outside.", Shehnaaz speaks in an annoying tone while placing her hand crossed against her chest.

"No, I want to speak here itself. What the hell is your home and my home? How long are you staying here?", He asks in a lowered but frustrated tone.

"It's just for 2 days Sidharth and I have been calling this my home since 28 years.. how can I suddenly stop calling it my home?", She asks.

"I am sorry but not. Fine, I agree it's your home, but now even the other one is your home and not just my home.", He frowned like a grumpy little kid with his crossed hand against his chest which she found very adorable.

"Awww.. why are you so cute Mittu? Just like a kuchie-poochie baby..", Shehnaaz shook him by pulling both his cheeks and spoke animatedly with a pouty face.

He chuckled while enjoying the slightest of touch he missed since the time they entered inside the Saxenas house. She hugged his huge figure by his chest and he adjusted his jaws on her head locking her into himself.

"You knew it that you will have to stay here?", He asked her in a whiny and complaining tone.

"I knew that there is something like this but I had totally forgotten and was reminded by Amma just few minutes back.", She said hugging him even more tightly.

"Why am I missing you already Sexyna?", He said snuggling his nose in the crook of her neck.

"Because you love me..", she giggled into his chest.

"Hmmm.. true! But you really don't love me else you wouldn't have stayed back here.", He complained

She pinched the side of his tummy making him flinch out of his place and shriek.

"Aaauchhh.. Sexyna?", He pulled up his shirt tucked into the pant and inspected the area where she pinched, while she hopelessly ogled at his exposed abs biting her lips. He looked up and chuckled. When she lifted her eyes to meet his, he raised his eyebrows.

"What are you staring at dear? Come home, I will strip for you!", He said huskily.

"Shut up Mittu!! I think I can wait for sometime to devour it.", She said looking at his abs.

"Huh!! Yeah whatever!!", Sidharth  frowned. Staring at his face for sometime, she pulled him closer for a liplock kiss which lasted until they were out of breath.

"When are you coming back?", He whined yet again.

"I told you two days.", She said.

"Hmm.. so first day is anyways gone. I will pick you up tomorrow evening, okay?", Said Sidharth.

"Day means day+night", she said.

"Really? I thought day meant only day. That's why they mention day and night while booking hotels, you see?", He smirked.

"Well, this isn't hotel you see. It's my home and here we speak in general like all layman speaks. Remember how you said we just married a day back and not a day and a night back?", She smirked back at him.

"Arghh.. I think my logic goes out of window when I am with you and only you have the right to shut my mouth.", He said with a sad pout.

"The last sentence though.. literally...", She said kissing him to shut his mouth.

"Smart!!", He said smacking his lips.

"Yeah!! Your Sexyna is smart!", She lifts her imaginary collar.

"..and Sexy!", He said drooling over his wife.

"I know.. let's go now! And tuck it inside else they will think we were upto something else.", She said tucking his shirt into his pants.

"Stop it Sexyna! I know you are doing it to help me but it isn't helping me. Instead it's causing me more harm.", He said holding her hand.

"Oops!! Sovvy!!", She said with a puppy face. She unlatches the door.

"Hmm.. so is this your room in which you are going to stay for 2 days?", He asks looking at the room which he hadn't seen all this while. She giggles and nods yes.

"Huh!! You seem to be to happy staying here!", He says irritated

"Stay with me!", She says looking into his eyes.

"I would have, but I hate the sight of one person in your house. I hope she won't dare to touch you again.", He said gritting his jaws.

"She won't! Not after what you did with her today.", Said Shehnaaz with a strict face.

"Huh?", Sidharth was taken aback.

"I know that the whole drama which happened today was initiated by you Sidharth.", She said.

"..pufff!! I feared you would react detrimental to it after learning", he sighed.

"I would have, if everything wasn't sorted out. Especially, after learning that Riya got abortion.", Said Shehnaaz.

"I am sorry but I couldn't stop myself from punishing your chachi for hurting you.", He said touching the cut on her lips which was almost healed and non-painful now.

"I love you", she said hugging him.

"I love you too", he said.

"What will you do at home without me tonight?", She asked him in her meek voice still embracing him.

"Hmmm.. good question!! Probably I will go to sleep early without having to take care of a drunken wife.", He replied nonchalantly.

There was a few minutes of silence before they both burst out laughing on their conversation.

"We make a good pair.. isn't it Mittu?", She asked gasping for breath.

"Can't agree more! How did we doubt our daddus matchmaking ability though?", He said.

"Perhaps we forgot that if we are bad, they are our dad's dad!!", She winked.

They hear a giggling sound outside their door along with a hush. Shehnaaz rolls her eyes and opens the door which she had already unlatched long ago. The two grandfathers turn their backs on being busted by their grandchildren for eavesdropping. Shehnaaz places her hands on her waist and taps her feet waiting for them to turn. The two daddus gulp down the saliva of fear and turn around to look at their grand daughter.

"What are y'all upto, huh?", She raises her eyebrows at them while Sidharth hopelessly gawks at his wife cutely scolding their daddus.

"It's not my fault. Somu dragged me here.", Said Ramesh (Shehnaaz's grandfather) pointing at Somesh.

"What? No.. he did!", Somesh points at Ramesh.

"Don't lie Somu, you did!", Said Ramesh.

"No, you liar!! Firstly, you dragged me, then you giggled as well. After that, blame Somu for everything. I am always a scapegoat for everyone.", Somesh frowns making a cute dentured pouty face.

"Shut up and take the blame, I will treat you with pineapple pastry.", Whispered Ramesh in Somesh's ears.

Somesh gulped and smiled at Ramesh on the mention of pastry and looked at Shehnaaz.

"What are y'all even? Worst than a 3 or 4 year old kid. Daddu, you just crossed the whole limit by bribing him a pineapple pastry? If I am not mistaken then you yourself scolded him to not eat sweets as he is diabetic.", Shehnaaz scolded Ramesh.

"As if I was going to give him one after confessing.", Ramesh throws tantrums.

"Ramu... Cheater!! I am not going to talk to you..", said Somesh angrily.

"Even I don't want to talk to someone who can forget his friend for just a piece of pineapple pastry.", Says Ramesh.

"Stoppppp!!!", Shehnaaz screams dramatically closing her ears.

"Ahhh.. Sexyna.. you could have warned before tearing my ear drums!!", Yells Sidharth.

"Mittuuuu!!! You should have been helping me.. do you see that they are fighting like little kids? Oh wait!! How would you? You were busy gawking at me.", She scolds Sidharth.

"What the hell Sexyna? You are scolding me as if I was gawking at my neighbour's wife.", Says Sidharth.

"Try!! I won't hesitate to blow some chilli powder into your eyes. I am not that simple looking Indian naari who would quietly tolerate such things..", warned Shehnaaz.

"What? I really don't want to gawk at anyone else but if you are challenging me than I can do anything. So stop challenging me.", Sidharth smirks.

She glares at him by narrowing her eyebrows. She then signs him that she is watching him.

Sidharth bows down to gesture that it's his pleasure followed by a playful wink.

They frown and turn around to realise that both Somesh and Ramesh weren't there. When they go back to living room, they find them laughing while eating pineapple pastry.

"If I am not mistaken then you both were not talking to each other", said Sidharth.

"..and Mittal Daddu, are you eating pastry?", Shehnaaz scolds.

"It's sugarless!!", Shrugged Ramesh.

"And we two were arguing there because of y'all..", said Sidharth.

"Wrong! You both were arguing for gawking at some non-existent neighbour of yours.", Teased Saanvi giving hi-fi to the daddus.

"Shall we leave now?", Aarushi asks to Sidharth and he nods. Sidharth and Shehnaaz look at each other and instantly regret arguing earlier.

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To be continued.. ❤️❤️