It was around eleven in the night when both Anusha and Abhay reached Gupta mansion. Before coming back Anusha had made sure to bid her goodbye to her parents and take their blessings with her husband.

Mr and Mrs Gupta were waiting in their living room for the couple and once they heard the door bell ringing, the elder couple hurriedly ran towards the door and with extreme glee and welcomed the couple back.

"We are so happy to see you back Anusha, hope your father is doing well." Mrs Gupta uttered with a genuine smile on her face.

"Thanks Mom and yes he is doing much better now." Anusha replied back.

"That's good to hear, it's getting too late you both should head towards your room and take some rest." Mr Gupta said and saw the couple nodding their heads in acknowledgement.

Both Abhay and Anusha sauntered towards their room while their hands were still intertwined with each other.

"Did you see?" Mrs Gupta whispered with a knowing smile on her face.

"Yeah the kids are heading towards their room." Mr Gupta replied innocently.

"Oh God! I can also see that, I was saying about their hands and the smile which was present on their faces." Mrs Gupta said while shaking her head a little at her husband's response.

"I really don't understand how women's mind works." Mr Gupta said.

"My dear husband what I meant to say was that I think now everything is sorted between Abhay and Anusha. They were holding each other's hands tightly and that blissful smiles on their faces was screaming that their equation has definitely changed for the better." Mrs Gupta spoke while explaining her thoughts to her husband.

"Yeah I really hope the best for both of them." Mr Gupta said and the elder couple kept on staring at each other with complete fondness.

Once the couple entered inside their room, they decided to freshen up first and then cuddle together. After taking a fresh bath both of them were dressed in their night attires and were snuggled together in their bed.

Anusha was cuddled up against Abhay's broad chest, while he was holding his wife firmly in his arms.

"I thought that Mom and Dad would be upset at me after hearing my past and probably would be sad knowing my behaviour with you at our initial days was because of my bitter past experiences." Anusha whispered her thoughts slowly while tracking Abhay's cheeks.

"Firstly whatever happened is your past and I don't want you to bring it up again because it's called past for a reason and secondly Mom and Dad are not aware about that story because your past experience is a fragile part of you and that's something which should remain between you and me." Abhay replied while putting his wife's hairs behind her ears. Anusha's lips wobbled after hearing her husband's response and smuggled closer towards Abhay's body and held her husband tightly.

"You are so gorgeous." Abhay whispered sensually near Anusha's ears and pecked the outer shell of her ear making her Shiver.

"Abhay-" Anusha whispered feeling shy and her heart started thudding rapidly.

"May I?" Abhay inquired while bringing his lips closer to her wife's and was hardly able to control his inner emotions.

"Yes please." The moment Anusha gave her acceptance Abhay closed their lips together. The moment their lips met they felt as if time had stopped however the fluttering in their hearts only kept increasing. Both of them closed their eyes in extreme pleasure and focused on depicting their tender and raw emotion through their passionate kiss. Anusha felt her toes curling, she warpped her arms firmly around her husband's neck while Abhay's hold on her wife's petite waist became stronger. Both of them felt themselves losing in their love for each other wanting nothing but the time to stop in that moment.

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It was around six in the Morning, the sun was shinning brightly. Anusha started squirming in her sleep, she opened her eyes because of the bright light coming from the tinted window of their room. She shifted her body a little and saw Abhay sleeping soundly. His arms were still wrapped around her waist. Anusha flushed at the events which happened yesterday and all the happy moments shared between them started flashing in her mind. Anusha silently shifted her body away from her husband and moved towards the washroom to freshen up with a tender smile on her face.

After getting ready Anusha hurriedly made her way towards the kitchen and saw her mother in law preparing breakfast for her family.

"Good Morning Mom!" Anusha chirped happily.

"Good Morning my precious daughter, I see! You are looking extremely happy in the early morning. Any specific reason?" Mrs Gupta Snickered.

"Your son and my husband, he is the reason of my happiness." Anusha replied while chucking a bit.

Mrs Gupta laughed a bit and ambled towards her daughter in law. She held Anusha's hands gently and stroked her fragile hands softly.

"I am elated to see you both happy and so in love with each other." Anusha's mother in law whispered making Anusha confused.

"How did you got to know--?" Before Anusha could complete her sentence Mrs Gupta interupted her in between.

"I am an old lady young women and I have seen many couples falling in love with each other but when a women falls in love with her husband that glow is very different and you are also having that glow on you. Your eyes and your smile are reflecting the love and adoration which you hold for your husband." Mrs Gupta said while Patting Anusha's head lightly.

Mrs Gupta and Anusha were preparing for everyone's breakfast when Mr Gupta and their son's came inside the living room and sat on the table to have their first meal of the day.

The entire Gupta family was sitting on the table and were having their breakfast while having a little chit here and there. They all were laughing and having their meals when everyone heard the door-bell ringing. Karan groaned and went to open the door. Meanwhile the other members of the family continued to have their breakfast however all of them stopped when they heard Karan yelling.

"Mom---Mom, look who it is." Karan yelled and instantly everyone ran towards Karan and saw a person standing besides Karan.

"Who is it beta(son)?" Mrs Gupta questioned while the other family members kept on frowning as the they could only see the back of the stranger.

"Mom this is Komal." Karan replied with a laugh and they all were stunned when they saw the stranger turning towards them. Mrs Gupta took a second or so and her eyes lit with amusement and adoration to see that stranger whose name was Komal standing in front of her.

"Komal you?" Mrs Gupta recognised the stranger with excitement.

"Hello Aunty how are you? I am sorry for showing at your door step without any prior information." Komal said.

"It's alright dear, no worries after all this place is just like your house too." Mrs Gupta replied tenderly.

"Hi Uncle how are you? Hi Rohan." Komal bowed in front of Mr Gupta and smiled in acknowledgement towards Rohan.

"I am doing great Komal, it's so good to see you after so many years. How are your parents doing?" Mr Gupta questioned and continued the conversation with Komal. Everyone started having a conversation with Komal and were too indulged in the moment that Anusha felt so confused.

Anusha remembers the day of her marriage very clearly and she does not remember meeting any relative of. Abhay named Komal at their marriage.

"She is the daughter of Mom's best friend." Abhay said making Anusha turn towards her husband.

"Oh! But I think she was not present on the day of our marriage. Right?" Anusha inquired slowly to which Abhay chuckled.

"She was traveling overseas and I think she is not aware about our marriage I guess." Abhay replied.

Both of them were so lost with each other and continued communicating silently that they didn't see a third person walking towards them.

"Abhay---" Both of them moved their head towards the new voice and Abhay was taken aback when he felt someone throwing their body on him.

It all happened in the spur of the moment that nobody was able to predict komal's gesture. She hugged Abhay tightly and giggled loudly.

"I am so happy to see you Abhay. It's been like ages. I missed you so much." Komal said and kept on staring at Abhay.

On the other hand Anusha didn't know what to feel. She didn't want to feel jealous because her trust and love in her husband is way too stronger but she didn't know what to do when she saw the stranger latching on her husband like a koala.

Abhay cleared his throat and made some distance between himself and Komal.

"It's good to see you too." Abhay said and turned his head towards his wife. He could see that Anusha's attention was diverted.

"Who is she? Is she the new maid here?" Komal questioned and was stunned to see how rapidly Abhay had shifted his attention towards her words.

"Watch your words Komal. She is not some maid over here, she is my wife and the owner of my heart. Make sure to show the same respect to her which you show to us. She is the daughter of this family and is very close to all of us." Abhay fumed causing a deep astonishment to Komal.

"Your wife?" Komal whispered in utter shock.

"Yes my wife." Abhay said bringing Anusha close towards his body.

"Mom I am leaving for my office and I'll drop Anusha at her office in my way." Abhay said to which Mrs Gupta nodded and the couple left the house together while their hands were intertwined together leaving Komal lost at her place.

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•How was the chapter?

•A new character has made her appearance in the story and I am excited to see how the book will turn from here on. What do you all think about Komal?

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