04 years later...

The twins grew up to be no less than a replica of their old sister Madhushree. Madhu on the other hand, would be turning eight years old. Lakshmi could not stop telling how Madhu looked similar to Shree when she was eight. Madhu was the class topper, just as her father used to be. She also took up swimming lessons from Madhav, and each week she got better.

Madhu also grew up to be the responsible and caring older sister for the twins and her cousin Vasu.

Vasu, was no less the trouble maker his father Shyaam had been as a child. He grew up to be an avid Garfield fan like his mother Devi.

These days Vasu spends most of his time with Madhu and the twins ever since Devi and Shyaam had their handful after the recent birth of their second son, Vishnu.

At the same time, Shree and Madhav's weekend escape to Goa and their highly spirited activities combined with Madhav's pathetic pull-out game paved way for more happy news. A month after the Goa trip Shree and Madhav announced that they are expecting another child. The family was happy, especially RK who was eager to welcome the sixth grandchild.

Shree's pregnancy was smooth and untroubled, much to her relief. She rarely faced any discomfort even with all the piling work stress as the new CEO of RKGOC.

RK decided to let Shree go on maternity leave few months later. Madhav planned to whisk Shree off her feet and take her to Elysium so that she could relax. But Shree had other plans and decided to take a solo shopping trip to Singapore.

Shree returned home a week later and Madhav finally got the chance to take her to Elysium. The children, who recently got their school Christmas vacation decided to come along much to Madhav's dismay.

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Shree was walking barefoot in the little garden at Elysium somewhere towards sunset. Their beautiful little garden was in full bloom. The sky was spread in a veil of splendid purple, burning with red light as the sun was about to set. The gentle breeze flows to her fair face and pulls out a strand of hair from her hairdo. The warm air was thick with the scent of one hundred flowers, and the whispers and murmurs of insects. The roses dropped its glossy unwrinkled flame red petals onto the green grass. The daffodils which were yellow like the sun stretched their heads to the sky as they swayed to and fro to the soft breeze.

She always preferred to walk barefoot in our garden - very much to Madhav's disapproval. She loves the feeling of the moist soil on her bare feet. She was wearing a beautiful yellow frock. Yellow - she always looked stunning in yellow, and she looked much better than stunning with the baby bump and the voluminous locks of hair. She was ethereal - glowing with a soft warmth.

The smell of fertile soil mixed with the fragrances of the exotic flowers that bloomed in Elysium pierced her nose as softly and tenderly as possible. Shree sighed with as she opened her arms to embrace the beautiful scenery that surrounded her.

A radiant smile bloomed in her face as she plucks a few hibiscus flowers from the shrubs that were growing in the garden.

"Chellam." Madhav softly whispers wrapping their arms around her.

Shree blushes as Madhav wrapped his arms around Shree. 

Shree blushes as Madhav  places kisses on her beautiful neck. He turns her to face him and he plays with her hair as he tucks a big bright red hibiscus. She turns crimson with every kiss placed on her beautiful glowing face. She lets out a playful and bright laugh as she holds his arm.

"So fucking gorgeous and cute." He whispers into her ear. "I love you, chellam."

Her eyes are sparkling like two rare and precious brown gems. "I love you, Madhav." 

"Look at you, bright and full bloom, like our little garden." Madhav says as he caresses her baby bump. "I guess that shopping spree in Singapore was very satisfying!"

"It was!" Shree says. "I got some really nice clothes for myself. Also a few nice frocks for Madhu and the twins. A couple of flannels for you, some tee-shirts for Vasu and baby clothes for Vishnu."

"Nothing for our little one?" Madhav asks.

Shree giggles. 

"Plenty, my dear husband. I brought plenty for our little one." Shree says.

Madhav watched Shree as she twirled around on the cobblestoned path in their garden.

She hopped, skipped and twirled on every cobble stone. 

"Is this everything you ever dreamt of, Shree?" He asked, making her stop.

She walked upto him and laced her hand with his.

Shree sat down on the grass, pulling Madhav with her.

Their eyes were glued to the twilight sky as they laid on their backs. Madhav relaxed his arm around her shoulders and Shree gently nestled against him.

Shree looked up at him and kissed him. Madhav wrapped his arms around her, held her closer and kissed her back. The stars were immaculate above them, the grass peacefully sighing around them.

When they parted from the kiss, and let the butterflies in their stomachs subside, Madhav held her chin so tenderly.

Madhav was lost in her eyes. "I'm really glad I married you."

Shree's heart fluttered at his honest words. He held onto her.

She blushed softly, nodding.

He kissed her hair, breathing in that sweet scent. "I love you, Chellam."

"I love you, too." Shree whispered.

Madhav grinned like an idiot, eyes shooting back up to the twilight sky.

Shree held his hand and took it gently towards her baby bump.

"Oh, I almost forgot! How's the baby?" He asks sitting up.

"Perfectly healthy and beautiful." Shree says blushing, sitting up. "But that's not what I came to say. I went for a doctor's checkup in Singapore. I got an ultra scan. Madhav."

She looked up at him and the tears couldn't stop flowing.

"Madhav, we're having a son."

"We're having a son?" He asked wonderstruck with overflowing joy in his voice.

She nodded excitedly.

"We're having a son! Oh, isn't that what you craved the most for; a son!" He asks excitedly holding her face. 

"Yes, yes. I wanted a son to complete our lovely little family!" She says. 

"We're finally having one!" he said and pulled her into a tight embrace. "Did you tell the rest of the family?"

Shree shook her head. "I thought of telling you, then the kids and at last to our parents."

"MUMMA!" Madhu exclaims from the porch. "NANNA! Come in for god's sake it's starting to rain!"

"Madhu, you just interrupted your parent's!" Siddharth chuckles. "What's with you and invading their moments of privacy, huh?"

"Me? I'm not invading their privacy!" Madhu exclaims. "They're both in the garden. It's dark and it's going to rain! Someone needs to ask them to come in, right?"

Madhu turns to Madhav and Shree.

"I think they know when to come in." Siddharth chimes in.

"If they did, they should have come in the moment they stop our game of 'Tag' and chased us all inside."

"Yeahhh!" Bhagyashree exclaims. "I was about to tag Madhu akka!"

"Next time, sweetie!" Siddharth says ruffling Bhagya's wavy black hair.

A bright flash of thunder startles Bhagya.

"Guys! It's going to rain!" Madhu exclaims as Madhav and Shree dust off the bits of grass from their clothes.

"Nanna we hungry!" Anushree shouts.

"Yeah! We hungry!" Bhagyashree sings in chorus. She squeals in excitement as Madhav runs into the porch and carries both the twins effortlessly into his arms.

"Alright, you have my attention!" Madhav says and kisses their cheeks. "What are my little highnesses craving?"

"Paani Puri!" Bhagya exclaims.

"Really? No wonder you are your mother's baby! I'm making masala dosai and some samosas! Who's hungry?"

He laughs as he hears a lot of 'Me! Me!' from the kids.

Shree smiles as she looks on.

To be continued.....

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