In the room where Pragya used to stay, Bulbul was waiting for her sister.

Once her sister entered she quickly made her sit on a chair and went to lock the door.

Pragya, "Bulbul, I got so many things to do and you call me here when I am busy."

She complained like a child which annoyed Bulbul.

Bulbul, "What did Jiju told last night? I saw both of you going out. Did both of you confess love for each other?"

She asked excitedly which made Pragya shocked.

Pragya thought nobody would have noticed them leaving late at night but she was wrong. Her sister had noticed it!

Pragya, "No Bulbul but I did told him a lot of things."

She then tells roughly what she had told to him.

Pragya then smiled thinking that she did what her sister motivated to do.

Bulbul hearing it said, "Good but did you hug or kiss him?"

Pragya, "No Bulbul! How can I do that?"

Bulbul, "What? You never hug or kiss and you're asking me how can you do that! For God's sake, you're his wife Di!"

Pragya, "Yes Bulbul but still he might take it wrong..."

Bulbul, "Huh! Like seriously?"

Bulbul seeing her sister was losing patience of how to bring some senses into her mind.

Bulbul then asked, "Did you said you love him directly?"

"I... I..." she stammered.

Bulbul, "Di, so you didn't tell you loved him? You didn't tell I Love you!"

Pragya, "I didn't Bulbul but I did told what I feel about him."

Bulbul, "Di... You na... Why are you doing like this? It's just three words. You could have told that. If you had told that then the whole atmosphere will be different. He will be behind you and not away from you like now."

Pragya,"But Bulbul, as long he is happy that's enough. It doesn't matter whether I am with him or he is behind me or not."

Bulbul shook her head in disbelief.

Pragya, "Now you get ready as we need to go out right?"

Bulbul, "No di. We are not going out. Today I will tell Jiju in front of everyone that you love him."

Pragya panics hearing that and was imagining the things would happen.

By the time, Pragya tries to stop Bulbul she had already left the room which made Pragya even more shocked.

She rushes to catch up with her to stop her.

Pragya was more scared of his reaction as she had earlier assured him that she will not force him or let others change his decision.

Bulbul was near to Abhi who was with his laptop typing something. He was sitting among elders, Sarla ma and Pragya's bhai too.

Bulbul, "Jiju..."

Abhi, "Yes Bulbul..."

Bulbul, "Actually Jiju, I want to tell something on behalf of Di. I think it's absolutely fine to tell that in front of everyone here. I think all would be happy about it too."

Abhi,"Even I want to tell about it."

Bulbul and Pragya at the same time, "What?"

Abhi, "Come on! You think I don't know what my wife wants to tell? I know and I also know she is shy about it."

"What is he telling? I am shy?" she thought looking confused.

Abhi, "Don't be shy Pragya. It happens after every marriage and I am very glad about it."

Bulbul squealed in happiness,"Honeymoon?"

Abhi shook his head as no and looks at Pragya with a smile that she was unable to comprehend whether it was a smile of something good or something bad going to happen to her.

He then says something which makes everyone shocked including Pragya.

To say she was shocked was not enough and eventually she had fainted to what he had told in front of everyone.

After sometime,

"Where am I now? His room or mine?" she thought as she opened her eyes with difficulty.

She saw him sitting by her side looking caringly at her. She also saw her Ma, Bulbul and bhai as well.

Sarla ma, "Are you feeling better now? Why did you faint all of a sudden?"

Pragya, "Wo... I..." she tells with difficulty and tries to lean against the headboard when Abhi helped her to do so.

Bulbul, "Ma, she would have got shock that Jiju did such a big thing. In that shock she would have fainted."

Sarla ma, "I agree but Abhi...What's this? Nothing like this happens after marriage like you said just now."

Abhi,"Is it? I thought it happens this way and that's why I did it. A husband do give a gift to his wife to make her feel shy."

"Yes Abhi. But your gift is very unexpected until my sister fainted and not feel shy!" her bhai told him.

Abhi smiles and looks at Pragya endearingly.

Pragya was now clueless of why would he even gift this house to her!

Yes he said he is giving this house as a gift to his wife!

Abhi then tells," It's not as if this is the only house I have. I have a lot of properties around and I think it is perfectly alright to gift her this house."

Pragya looks back at him in disbelief.

She still couldn't believe what he had done.

Pragya was looking at Abhi without blinking.

Sarla ma and others felt that the couple need sometime alone so they left from there by closing the door.

Abhi, "Why are you looking at me like this?"

Pragya took a few seconds to register what he was asking and said, "What have you done and why did you do like that?"

Abhi, "I thought you would like it."

Pragya, "Like it? But why?"

Abhi, "Because you like elders and so you should be liking the place they live."

Pragya, "But still for that you are giving me your house? Isn't that ridiculous?"

Abhi, "Ridiculous? How can it be ridiculous when I am giving you such a lovely house?"

Pragya, "Look, this is not like food okay? If I like I get it. Even if I like a food from a restaurant it will be ridiculous for me to buy the restaurant as I like the food."

Abhi, "That's a very bad example!"

He said and chuckled which made Pragya gasped.

Abhi, "Okay, it was not a bad example."

He then smirked at her.

Pragya, "Please! This is not funny. I don't need your house. I am not interested in properties and all."

Abhi,"Fine but think about it. Because you are not only having the house but also the people who live in the house."

Pragya couldn't interpret what he was trying to say now.

Abhi, "Including me."

He looks at her and she was still looking confused.

He then said, "Now you will be my house owner as well. Isn't it a good chance to be a boss to me once? It's like you will be a boss to your boss!"

Pragya widens her eyes in shock while he winked at her with a happy face before leaving the room.

"Is he just saying that I should boss him around or I should treat him like a tenant?" she asked herself.

"But why is he feeling happy about it? I thought he always like to feel that he is the BOSS!" she murmured when Bulbul came in the room and hugged her.

Pragya, "Bulbul..."

Bulbul, "I am so happy for you!"

Pragya, "Huh?"

Bulbul, "Oh my cute Di, Jiju wants you to be here."

Pragya, "I don't understand Bulbul. What are you saying?"

Bulbul, "You are such a cute fool di. He gave you this house now right?"

Pragya, "Haan!"

Bulbul, "That means he doesn't want you to leave from this house. He wants you to stay here."

Pragya, "So?"

Bulbul, "So... It means he likes you to be here. Think about it. If he doesn't want you to be in his life, then he would have tell some other reason or plan something else to be away from you. But he didn't. Instead he gifted his house to you especially the house that he stays in."

Pragya,"It means you're saying he is okay with me to stay here."

Bulbul, "Not only to stay here di but also stay in his heart!"

Pragya, "No Bulbul. It can't be like that. He didn't mean that way. He just gifted me this house as I like the elders here."

Bulbul, "Oh di! He is indirectly telling he love to live in the place you live."

Pragya, "No Bulbul. It's not like that. Don't give me false hopes."

She tells her sister not to make assumptions when he never told her anything directly.

Bulbul rolled her eyes in response.

Abhi who was still outside overheard their conversation as Bulbul never closed the door properly.

"I don't know what am I doing but it gives me happiness from what I am doing even if it confuses her." he thought as he walked away from there.

Sneek peek to next part,

"I didn't expect this from you!" she said.

Abhi, "Even I didn't but I did it as you like them."

"I do like them but there is a limit for everything. Why are you continuously doing something to make me feel as if it's something special or rare to like them?" she asked.

Abhi, "It is special and rare these days to like them."

"Let it be. But for me it's not something special or rare. So please don't do anything further that makes me feel awkward." she said firmly.

Abhi, "I will try not to..."

"Just stop it! If you continue means then I don't know what I will do!" she told in a high pitched tone that made Abhi taken aback.

Abhi, "Chill! I only did it as I thought it will make you happy but if it is making you feel this way.... I better not do it."

"Thank you! Thank you so much!" she said sarcastically.

Abhi smiles and was about to walk away when she said, "I got something for you."

Abhi hearing that shrieked, "Again?"

Pragya, "What again?"

Abhi, "This is how you said when you got the letter. And now... Again?"

Pragya smirked and said, "No... Not a letter this time. But it's a photograph!"

Abhi, "What photograph?"

Pragya, "Wait!"

Abhi looks at her walking to the same drawer where she had placed the letter. He was now getting worried thinking the photograph will be something that would cause him to fear.

She took the photograph and seeing it she said, "I don't believe in luck usually but recently I think I am getting very lucky."

Abhi now was perspiring in nervousness as she said that line but covered it up with a stern look.

Pragya then smiles and shows the photograph to him.

He was shell shocked and likewise he thought, it was something like the letter that now Pragya can use to blackmail him.

Thank you for reading! 😊📖
I am planning to end this story in a few more updates.