Sidharth: Okay, Listen! This ain't a movie or some tele drama, so don't expect me to sleep on the couch cause it's too small. Also, I don't want you to sleep on the couch or on the floor.

Shehnaaz: (shocked) I never said I am going to sleep on couch or floor either and neither did I tell you to sleep there.

Sidharth: So are you comfortable sleeping with me on the same bed? (With smile)

Shehnaaz: With pillows in between!  (lifting her eyebrow)

Sidharth: Yeah, when did I say in my arms? (Husky voice)

Shehnaaz: (Looks at his arms, image flashes of resting her head on them and thinks - those biceps are huge.. , clears her throath) Hmm.. I just said that not to create any confusion.

They both keep a pillow to make a bunker in between.

Shehnaaz: I can't sleep with the lights.

Sidharth: But I need them!

Shehnaaz: How does it matter, once you close your eyes?

Sidharth: Exactly Chashmish, how does it matter once you close your eyes?

Shehnaaz: Aarghh!!! Fine, I'll pull the blankets over my face!

Sidharth: Ohh no!! I don't want to end up in jail!!

Shehnaaz: Huhh??? What??

Sidharth: What if you suffocate inside the blanket, the cops will think that I killed my wife on first night!!

Shehnaaz: Sidhaaarth!! (He smiles at the way she calls him) What do I do?

Sidharth: I wish you could do as I wish.

Shehnaaz: (narrowing eyebrows) What?

Sidharth: Take this (hands over an eye mask)

Shehnaaz: Thanks! Good night!

Sidharth: Wait! Are we going to sleep with this flowers on the bed?

Shehnaaz: Hmm.. Whats there in it?

Sidharth: (shrugs) I don't know, it's my first time, I've never slept on such thing earlier!

Shehnaaz: (rolls her eyes) And I sleep everyday on such beds!! (Annoyed) I am tired Sidharth, I need to sleep.

Sidharth: Okay..

They both sleep on their respective sides. After 5 mins, Sidharth starts sneezing.

Sidharth - Aaachooo, aaachhooo.... Aaachooo (5 times)

Shehnaaz gets up and sits straight looking at him. Puts her hand on his shoulder.

Shehnaaz: Sidharth, Are you alright? What happened to you?

Sidharth: Aaachooo.. I.. I.. Achoo.. don't know!!

Shehnaaz: (Panics) Oh My God!! Are you allergic to Jasmine flowers?

Sidharth: Noooo.. Aaaachoo.. Ideaaaachoo..

She gets down from the bed and runs to the other side, holds his hand and pulls him up.

Shehnaaz: Sidharth, get up quickly.

She drags him to the bathroom and turns on the shower.

Sidharth: What.. Acchoo.. are you doing? Aachoo.. Clause twoooo.. aaachoo.. remember..??

Shehnaaz: (face palms) I am not romancing you under the shower. You are allergic, just cleaning you up to get rid of the scent on your body and clothes. Now blow your nose.

Sidharth: Whaaat..?? Acchooo.. not infront of.. achooo.. you..

Shehnaaz: Okay, I am going out. Blow your nose and just wait, I will bring your fresh clothes.

She gets his clothes from his cupboard and goes inside the bathroom again. Sidharth had now taken of his wet shirt and wiping himself. She turns her back immediately.

Shehnaaz: Oops!! Sorry!! I didn't realize you were wiping already. Keeping your clothes here.

He smiles and sneezing was reduced now.

She goes out and carefully pulls out the bedsheet along with the flowers wrapped inside and places it outside, changes the pillow covers and bedsheets. Sidharth walks out of the bedroom and looks at his wife doing the work. He feels happy for the way she was taking care of him.

He sneezes again and Shehnaaz looks at him. She picks a towel and asks him to sit on the bed since he had not dried his head fully. She wipes his head while he enjoys his wife's full attention.

Once, she dries his hair, she goes out of the room. Sidharth is puzzled as to where did she go? He waits for her for 10 mins while his sneezing has subsided. He then goes to search for her. When he reaches the door, he finds her walking with a tea cup. He smiles at her.

Shehnaaz: Sorry, it took me sometime to search for cardamom. Have it.

She gives him the cup which has ginger and cardamom flavoured tea.

Sidharth: You made this for me? (His nose red and eyes shine due to happiness and sips it)

Shehnaaz: Yes, Maids would be sleeping now so didn't wanted to disturb them.

Sidharth: You were so tired few mins earlier and yet you did all this. Thank you!!

He says with a brightest smile and hugs her tightly after kissing her forehead. She shivers at his touch and looks down at the floor. She blushed unknowingly and it didn't go unnoticed by him. He saw her blushing for the first time and he just loved to see that.

He realizes that her clothes were little drenched and understood that it might have happened when she took him to shower.

Sidharth: Chashmish! You are wet! Please go and change before you start sneezing.

She nods in silence and takes fresh clothes inside the bathroom to change.

Sidharth's thought - She has done everything a wife or a mother would do out of care. How I craved for this attention since past 5 years which only my Maa gave me.

He gets emotional and decides to hide his feeling from her. Before she walks out of the bathroom, he gets into his side of the bed placing a pillow in between and turns his back.

She comes out of the bathroom and looks at his sleeping figure and smiles touching her forehead remembering his lips on it and his warm hug. She then puts on her eyemask and goes to sleep.

As the alarm goes off, Shehnaaz opens her eyes and screams which wakes up Sidharth. They were sleeping in each others embrace. His one arm under her head and another wrapped around her shoulder making its way to her back. Even her arm was hugging him from under his arm.

They both seperate and immediately sit up straight.

Shehnaaz: Mr. Sidharth Singhania. What is this behaviour? Did you forget the Clause 2?

Sidharth: What did I do? You were the one lying on my arm and hugging me!

Shehnaaz: What? You were holding me! How did you cross the border?

Sidharth: I crossed the border? It's you!! Look behind!!

Shehnaaz: Why should I look behind when I can see in the front that's behind you.

Sidharth: What??

They both look behind them where they can see a pillow each lying behind them which was in the middle when they slept at night. Shehnaaz was embarrassed while Sidharth smirked.

Sidharth: See! I am not the only culprit! You are my partner in crime! I hope I didn't lose my virginity last night!

Shehnaaz: (looks at him in shock) What are you talking? Do I look like a rapist to you? And seriously?? You are virgin?? Ha ha ha (sarcastically)

Sidharth: I am!! (Hits her with pillow)

Shehnaaz: I don't believe!! (Hits him back with a pillow)

They were having a pillow fight laughing like small kids!

He holds her hand and that's when she realises that they were acting like small kid. He gazes into her eyes and she too looks at him with the same intense, he moves his face closer to hers, so does she. While their faces were just few inches away the alarm which had gone on auto snooze goes off again bringing them back from their trance.

Shehnaaz suddenly realizes what she was about to do and she turns her face the other way. Sidharth realizes her awkwardness and breaks the ice.

Sidharth: Aaa.. Chashmish, turn off your alarm. I am going back to sleep.

She nods and turns off the alarm while he lies down again turning his back to her. She goes inside the washroom.

Sidharth's eyes were wide open and his lips curved into a smile. He curses the alarm for disturbing the romantic encounter with his wife. His thoughts - If the stupid alarm had to wait for atleast 5 more minutes than I would have been lucky enough to earn my first kiss from my dearest wifey. Now I don't know when I would get it.

Shehnaaz stood infront of the mirror near the wash basin to wash her face but when she looked into the mirror, she could see all the scene running in it which just took place before she entered the washroom. She blushes and smiles.

Her thoughts - I wasn't in my sense and I was about to kiss him. As I feel shy, reality hits my face. I am just his employee and my job designation just updated as 'Wife on Contract'. Why am I behaving like his real wife? I have started to have a different kind of feeling for him. How can I forget my mission? I am here to investigate a murder mystery and I should focus on it.

She washes her face and goes out, picks up her yoga mat and goes to the gym area to workout. She was more of punishing her body than working out today. They had a off today as they had their wedding reception tonight hence after her normal yoga, she went on to use all the gyming equipment for hours. She was giving pain to her external body inorder to divert her attention from her internal pain.

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