A/N

Hello everyone!

Happy new year everyone! Though late, but still a new year...

Here's the next update! I won't bore you already with the author's note.

Happy reading!

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Pia's POV

"Woah!" I exclaimed, looking at the boat in front of me. Swayam walked ahead and stepped into it, forwarding his hand for me.

"Hop in." He says, gesturing with his hands. I walk towards it and it was floating unevenly in the water already. It wasn't a modern boat but not even an old one. It was a long and pretty huge boat with a shed above, beautifully decorated in Rajasthani style. This is known as Shikara according to what Swayam said and we are going to ride in it in the lake.

I slid my hand into his and carefully stepped into the boat and sighed deeply as I stood in it comfortably. The boat started moving and we were now sitting in it, looking around. I see the palace approaching and get excited to explore it but the boat goes past it, making me frown.

"We will first look around the places here." Swayam said, noticing my frown and I nodded, turning to look around and capture the serene beauty of the Lake Pichola. It was just noon and the sun shined above us but the lake kept the surroundings cool.

The thought of how the past couple of days flew by flashed in my mind, making me smile. The days in Chittorgarh were mesmerising. The rich history and the beautifully built monuments just took my breath away when we walked through them. Be it the great Chittorgarh fort, Rana Kumbha Palace and also the Palace of the brave Rani Padmini or the sacred Meera temple... We also had a joyful trek to one of the famous temples there.

Presently, we are in Udaipur which is rightly called the Venice of the East because of its huge number of lakes. The city of love. This city had an altogether different vibe when we came here. Today morning started with a calming and relaxing stroll in the garden and riding the rope line upto the famous Karni Mata temple. I was feeling so blessed with the number of temples we visited in the past days though they weren't planned but someone fell on our route. And here I am, standing in a boat,  travelling to our next stop.

We explored from one palace to another by the shore of the lake and right now we were done exploring city palace as well. I thought this was it but Swayam surprised me by taking me back to the waters and near the same boat.

"Again?" I asked, confused and looked over at him.

"Yes and don't ask many questions, you are in for a surprise!" He says and I grin in excitement. I happily step into the boat once again and it starts sailing into the waters. The lake was really mesmerising. I turned around from the edge of the boat and gasped and what I saw in front of me.

"Please have a seat, your highness!" Swayam said, pulling a chair out and dramatically bowing towards me. I let out a hearty laugh and walked upto the cozy table for two, arranged in the middle of the boat and slid into the chair he held for me. The food was already kept and I can't wait to dig in after all the exploring! He took his seat in front of me and we both started eating, having small chats here and there.

"So, did you like my idea of a lunch date floating in the water?" He asked after the lunch was done and I smiled at him. Actually smiled even more widely because the smile didn't seem to leave my lips.

"It was amazing!" I shout and he chuckles at it.

"I am excited to see your reaction tonight then." He says, sparking my curiosity.

"What is tonight?" I ask narrowing my eyes at him and he gives me a smirk.

"You will know as the evening will pass by." He says and a groan leaves my lips. Not again! As much as I love his surprises, I am getting curious again and again, creating too much suspense for me.

"Swayam!" I whine and he shrugs his shoulders.

"A surprise is a surprise." He smiles at me and I huff in return, turning away. I felt him sit beside after a few minutes and I leaned my head on his shoulder, soaking in the calmness surrounding us. We sailed in the boat for some more time before it was time for sunset and the surroundings looked so serene. We sat there on a small slab of wood in the boat, hand in hand, just watching the sun setting down the horizon. After the sun was down, our boat started moving too, now towards the Lake palace. The excitement returned in my body but I frowned, thinking what can we do here in the evening, when it's getting dark. I looked at Swayam questioningly and he smiled sweetly at me.

We climbed down the boat finally and I stood there, admiring the beauty of this palace. The whole palace is made of white marble, with water on all the four sides.

"Now the surprise is, we are going to stay here for the rest of our stay!" Swayam whispered in my ear, startling me out of my trance and I looked at him wide eyed. Woah!

"Really? Wow!" I jumped in front of him and started walking backwards, grinning at him and secretly, admiring him.

"Careful there!" He shouted when I was about to bump into a person behind me but didn't as I stopped with his warning. I passed him a sheepish smile. As we were checking in, something stroke me and I turned to Swayam.

"Swayam, what about our clothes and everything, they are at our hotel right?" I asked getting tensed.

"Don't worry, it is already taken care of." He smiled at me and lead us to our suite. I was mesmerized by the white shining marbles all around. As we entered our room, I saw that our luggage was already kept there. I looked at Swayam and he shrugged, walking further in and I followed him, grinning wide all the while! The room was no less Royal. Everything of it spoke brilliant work!

Later, I went to freshen up and had a really long, relaxing shower. I stepped out of the washroom drying my hair and looked around, my eyes searching him. I found him no where so I walked further and turned around and saw that he was standing leaning on a pillar in the balcony, facing the lake. I walked up to him and he seemed pretty much lost in some thought because he didn't even notice I was standing just a few steps from him. I cleared my throat but he didn't react. I peeked at his face to see a longing look on it, with a small frown. What could be troubling him?

"Swayam?" I called out, keeping my hand on his shoulder and he jerked straight startled. I gave him an questioning look for his reaction and he shook his head, running a hand through his hair.

"Are you alright?" I asked, not sure myself what made me ask that. He gave me a smile, which looked very much made up.

"Yes, I am. I will go and freshen up." He replied and even before I could say anything, he walked back into the room and disappeared behind the washroom door. I frowned at his behaviour and made a mental note to talk to him after he comes back. The ringing of my mobile brought me out of my trance and I walked upto it to see Simmi is video calling me. I quickly threw the towel in my hand on the armchair and answered call.

"Hello lovebirds!" I heard a group of people shout and grinned wide seeing everyone in the frame.

"Hi guys!" I replied, sitting on the edge of the bed.

"You forgot us Sharon!" Rinni complained, glaring at me.

"I am mad at you!" Simmi glared at me but Nil nudged her and smirked at me.

"Oho Simmi, you must understand na, they are on their 'honeymoon'!" Nil said, purposely dragging along the word honeymoon. I got the hint but maintained my straight face.

"And couples in honeymoon are really very busy, you know." Vicky added, smirking at me, looking into the camera and I cleared my throat.

"It's nothing like that guys!" I replied, looking away, trying hard to control my blush.

"Yeah yeah, we know what it is like." Rey replied this time, winking at me. Before I could reply anything a voice from the washroom cut me in.

"Pia?" Swayam called out and I doubt whether these people could hear it or not. I looked back at the screen and figured out from the neutral looks on their faces that they couldn't hear him calling me. He called out my name again but I choose to ignore it and looked back at the screen. He can help himself for whatever reason he was calling me for.

"Then say, how's it going?" Kriya asked wiggling her eyebrows in a suggestive way and I bit my cheeks to prevent the blush that was threatening to creep up.

"We are enjoying a lot with all the exploring forts, palaces and ancient monuments and even adventures here in Rajasthan." I said casually, ignoring the raised eyebrows from Kriya but everyone gave me a look that clearly said that my attempt was lame.

"Don't act dumb, Pia..." Bharat said, narrowing his eyes at me in an accusing way. I looked away and just then, heard a click of the door and my head whipped towards Swayam. He stepped out of the washroom, drying his hair with one hand and only a towel around his waist, his muscular body on perfect show. I couldn't hold myself from checking him out. He was looking so smoking hot and his muscles flexing as he worked on drying his hair.

"Where were you Pia? I called you so many times but you didn't ans-" He was cut in the middle by oohs and whistles from my mobile which made me realise that from the angle in which I have kept the mobile, Swayam would be clearly visible to them. My eyes grew wide and I looked at the screen to see everyone with teasing smiles and smirks and I turned back to look at Swayam again. He was frowning looking at me but when his gaze travelled to my hand, realisation dawned upon him and his eyes grew wide too. He quickly stepped out of the frame and clearing of someone's throat made me look back into my mobile.

"Enough of ogling your husband even on a call with us Pia. He is yours all the time." Simmi commented and I could feel my cheeks heating up. I bit my lip because I couldn't control my blush any longer.

"Someone's blushing and all ha!" Rinni teased and thank god Swayam walked into the frame all dressed this time.

"Hello there, 'husband'!" Amar wished with an underlying tease but Swayam didn't acknowledge it and stood beside me, giving a tight lipped smile to everyone.

"We aren't disturbing anything, are we?" Rey asked with all seriousness making my eyes go wide again and everyone laughed seeing our reaction.

"Shut up Rey!" Swayam warned and they shushed themselves.

"Well, no doubt they forgot us after going there." Vicky sniggered and I could hear Swayam curse under his breath.

"Are you guys done?" Swayam asked in a clipped tone and Rey got everyone keep mum.

"But seriously, did you both really forget us? Not even a message, forget a call." Rey asked in a normal tone this time.

"Nothing like that Rey. It's just that we have so much to explore around here, along with the travelling that we would end up so tired by the end of the day and the same routine follows." Swayam said elaborating what I had said.

"You sure there's nothing else?" Rey asked, smirking at him and he stepped closer to the screen.

"Yes I am sure." He replied and stepped back and snaked his arm around my waist and jerked me close a little.

"Even if it is something, what concerns you all? It's a couple's personal matter, so stay out of it!" He continued, smirking back at them and it got their mouth zipped.

"Okay whatever, but we are missing you guys a lot!" Nil said.

"Aww, we missed you all too..." I replied back.

"Hey by the way, when are you guys coming back?" Rey asked, sitting straight from his leaned back pose.

"Umm... Around 20 days. Why though?" Swayam asked, scratching his light stubble under the chin.

"Was just asking because we are getting a lot of offers after the huge success of the charity event. Thankfully majority of them fall after more than a month so you both can come back and manage. But we had to accept one of them coming up in the next 10 days. It's really a mess without you Pia!" Rey informed and the last sentence made me chuckle.

"I am sure you all will manage it well." I cheered and they nodded positively.

"That's great guys! Congratulations! Well, we are getting late for dinner, so bye!" Swayam replied.

"Getting late for dinner or something something?" Vicky asked in a suggestive tone, coughing in the end and I could see everyone holding back their laughter.

"You guys will never listen! Idiots!" Swayam said frustratingly and we heard a huge burst of laughter before he hung up. He then turned to me and caged me between his arms.

"Why didn't you tell me they were on call?" He asked, looking at me and I looped my hands around his neck.

"When would I? Especially when you literally ran into the washroom?" I asked back raising my eyebrows and he looked away, biting his lip. He looked so cute that I couldn't resist myself from kissing his cheek. I pulled back and he looked at me taken aback.

"With that I remember, what had happened to you back then? You were looking stressed and lost." I asked him and his expressions immediately changed. He quickly masked up a smile even before I could read what was going on in his mind.

"It's nothing Pia. Don't worry." He said, giving me a smile which didn't reach his eyes but I smiled back at him none the less. I stepped out of his hold and pushed him a little.

"We are actually getting late for dinner, so come on!" I said and walked past him, hearing him mutter something and then follow me to the dressing to get ready. We left the room when we were done. We had a lavish dinner and finally hit the bed, very much tired and dozed off immediately.

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The next day was no less happening. We had a kick start by cycling in the city early in the morning, around the lakes. The calm morning breeze and the beautiful lakes just made the morning picture perfect! We are now at Fateh Sagar Lake and Swayam somehow convinced me for a jet ski ride. To say I was scared would be an understatement. He didn't even take the operator with him by paying him a little extra and took the bike whole to ourselves. I was surprised that he knew hoe to ride one.

"You sure Swayam?" I asked him, eyeing him getting onto the bike. He adjusted his position on the bike and looked up at me while I was clipping up the life jacket as tightly as possible.

"You trust me right?" He asked, looking straight into my eyes and I nodded, taking a deep breath and exhaling it. He forwarded his hand for me to hop into the bike. He made me sit in front of him and the fear started fading, a warm fussy feeling of him being so close to me took over. I looked over my shoulder at him and he leaned forward, placing his hand on the steering handle bar. I could feel my heart starting to beat faster with the close proximity and I looked ahead, clutching the provision ahead of me, as tight as possible.

"Don't worry, you are in safe hands." He whispered near my ear making me smile. I trust him. With that said, he started the bike and we were off into the lake, literally tearing the water and speeding against the wind. The water splashing our bike also sprinkled some of it onto us making me squeal at the same time, laugh. I could hear him chuckle behind me and I just let the adrenaline take over and decided to enjoy it to the fullest.

"I said you will love it!" Swayam exclaimed, as soon as we got off the bike and he was right. I am a little disappointed that the ride ended so soon but we had to explore other places as well. Swayam joined me on the ground and we made our way to our bags. Luckily he had said me to pack another pair of clothes because right now, I was shivering from the cold breeze hitting my damp body. We  went to change in our respective cubicles and I walked out to find him waiting for me where our cycles were parked. I walked upto him, grinning all the way.

"Your smile doesn't seem to rest for even a second..." He teased and I couldn't help but blush a little.

"I enjoyed a lot! One of the best experiences of my life!" I exclaimed and peeking around us, quickly pecked his cheek. I couldn't stop myself and he was looking at me, eyes wide.

"I can see how happy this got you!" He grinned back at me but his eyes held an intense emotion. Our eyes locked and I feel I can never get tired this. The more I look into his eyes, the more I find myself falling for him. He broke the eye contact and cleared his throat, bringing me back to the ground too.

"I think we should get moving. We will grab something to eat for lunch on our way there..." He trailed off, stepping back and walking towards his cycle. I blinked my eyes to bring my focus back. We started off and as said, dined into a cozy restaurant on our way to the Monsoon Palace. The palace is situated on a hill top and we were almost exhausted cycling up there. To get the excitement back, we even raced to the Palace when it was just a kilometer away. I parked my cycle among the others and pouted at him. He chuckled seeing me pout and pinched my cheeks.

"Aww, don't feel bad. You can win next time." He cooed and I hit his arm away from my face. I walked ahead of him towards the palace, leaving the cycle here itself. This was our final destination for the cycle ride. I could hear him laugh behind me and jogging to catch up with me, I turned around and poked my tongue at him and continued walking ahead. He caught up with me at the entrance and we walked together from there.

The palace was Magnificent and stunning. I discovered the history was this was built mainly to look over the monsoon clouds and like a hunting lodge for the Royal family. We walked further in and it had vast centrail court with stunning staircase and numerous quarters and rooms. We strolled around, soaking in the beauty of the place, hand in hand. The domes, fountains, and jharokhas all around the palace are the exquisite marvels of Rajasthani architecture.

It was time was sunset now and we climbed upto the edge of the palace wall and I was enthralled with the scenic view. The palace overlooked the city, the Aravali mountain range, the lakes and even chittorgarh palace far in the end. The view was exotic.

Swayam stood beside me leaning on the wall and looking over the scenery. The sun was setting down and the place was illuminated with the golden orange glow. It was simply marvelous. I turned my head to look at him and he looked so handsome with his facial features highlighted with the golden light. I couldn't take my eyes off him and kept looking, trying to memorize every detail of his beautiful face.

The more I looked at him, I realised he was again lost, looking longingly into the oblivion. His face turned serious and his eyes held a strange feeling. His entire stance suddenly became dull and stressed. What is it that is bothering him so much? Why is he not sharing it? I kept my hand of his shoulder and he jerked as if he was startled out of his thoughts.

"You know you can share anything with me right?" I asked him softly and he averted his eyes from mine for few seconds before sighing deeply and nodding.

"It's nothing, Sha- Pia." He said shaking his head and closed his eyes when he stuttered. The tension was clearly visible on his face. What was he about to say that he cut it and said my name instead? Shaking that thought off, I stepped forward and cupped his face with my other hand and he immediately opened his eyes.

"I can clearly see something is bothering you." I whispered and he masked his face with a smile immediately. I raised my eyebrows challenging him to go ahead and he sighed in defeat, getting out of my hold and turning to the sunset again. He closed his eyes for seconds without saying anything and it pained me to see him in such a state.

"Actually Pia... I got a call from office yesterday." He started and I was all ears immediately. Office?

"Our company's shares have gone down by a huge margin because our rival stroke a new strategy in the market." He said and stood up straight again, looking at me with a straight face. I felt he was lying but what if this is the real reason? Shit! Is this because he is here and is not able to concentrate on his business? Maybe he wants to go back but isn't able to talk about it to me thinking I will feel bad. I looked at him and he had this lack of confidence in his stance. He quickly averted his gaze, biting his lips.

"Do you want us to go back?" I asked softly, trying my best not to make him feel guilty about it. He whipped his head in my direction instantly.

"What? No! Never!" He replied, stepping towards me.

"It's okay, we can go back if it's stressing you this much." I made him understand but he sighed again and held my hands in his.

"It is just a small matter. It's already been taken care of, you don't need to worry about it. This was the reason I wasn't saying anything about it. You will get tensed for no reason. I am just a little stressed, waiting for things to get back like before..." He explained to me and I felt he spoke the last sentence with some strange intensity. I might be overthinking.

"You sure?" I asked once last.

"Very much." He replied and smiled at me to which I nodded, returning the smile. Our eyes locked on their own and I could see the storm of emotions running within him. The sadness still lingered in there. I wanted to ask the reason, but shook the thought off, not wanting to stress him more. His eyes spoke everything he was trying to hide. The longing, the need, the strange emotion for something I cannot point on. I mentally decided that I will wait for him to tell whatever it is, if at all there is something. I might be overthinking too.

We were brought out of our trance by the guard's whistle, alerting the closing time. We walked back to the entrance in silence. I wanted to bring him back to his jolly mood but I don't understand what to do. We took a cab back to the city and stopped by some local market to look around and taste the delicacies here. He was smiling and giving me all the attention again like before but something was missing. We hopped around the market, eating at various stalls and purchasing few things. We joked around and talked a lot about the day and the surroundings but his carefree laugh was missing.

Just when we were walking down a little deserted street, an idea struck me and I grinned mentally. I looked around, finding that one thing and stopped, finally finding it.

"Swayam! Ice cream?" I asked pointing to the ice cream stall and put up the puppy dog face so he couldn't say no. He smiled as expected and we strode towards it.

"What flavour would you like to have?" He asked while reading the menu, frowning here and there and turned back to me.

"Kulfi!" I replied enthusiastically and he chuckled, getting two of them for us. He forwarded one towards me.

"Here you go, kid!" He commented and I playfully glared at him on the name he addressed me with. I took the kulfi and started eating it eagerly.

"Woah! Slow down woman." I heard him say and looked at him raising my eyebrows, making sure the ice cream was smeared a little here and there near my mouth and on my nose, wanting to look funny. I hope this works! As if my prayer was heard, he pressed his lips together, trying the suppress his laugh.

"Pia... What were doing?" He asked, trying hard to hold back his laughter and I quickly fixed my appearance and frowned, acting all clueless.

"Wait, I need to have one of this!" He handed over his kulfi to me too and fished out his mobile, taking my photo.

"Swayam, stop! Is something on my face?" I asked frowning but he didn't stop taking the pictures.

"On face? The kulfi cream is all over around your mouth and your nose too!" He said finally laughing softly, looking at me. To make him laugh more, I poked my tongue out and started licking the cream around my lips.

"What... What are... You doing?" He asked between his laughs and finally having a full fledged laugh. I wanted to grin back but masked my expressions and glared at him.

"What? Both of my hands are not free so I am licking it off." I replied shrugging and tried licking the cream on my nose this time, earning another burst of laughter from him. I frowned and huffed, turning away and heard him sober up a bit.

"You are laughing at my expense! You are so bad!" I scoffed and looked away, trying hard to plaster my smile with a scowl. He cleared his throat and turned me by my shoulder back to facing him.

"You looked so funny and adorable, I couldn't help. You still look though..." He trailed away, trying to suppress another urge to laugh and I acted all angry.

"You!" I exclaimed and raised my hand to hit him, completely forgetting that I had kulfi in both my hands and it resulted in his shirt on his chest getting splashed by the kulfi and some of it sticking into his light stubble too. Oops! Didn't plan this! I looked up at him sheepishly and his mouth was hung open, looking shocked. He looked at his shirt and back up to me. We just started at each other for a moment before we both burst out into laughter. We sobered up after a few seconds and again burst out into another round. Ouch! My stomach hurts! I looked at him and that laugh on his face, that huge smile is what mattered to me the most. I would happily be a joker for his this smile.

"What's with you looking at me like that?" He asked raising his eyebrows and chuckling a little, cleaning his shirt with his kerchief. He is looking so cute. Oh how I want to kiss him right now!

"Something is suspicious!" He muttered, narrowing his eyes at me after he was done. I shook my head at myself. I love him so damn much!

"Oh hello!" He asked, flicking his fingers in front of me, bring me back from my dream land. I looked at him and grinned from ear to ear.

"I was just thinking, you should laugh like that often, it really suits you." I spoke and he smiled at me but soon his expression turned into a realisation one and I bit my cheeks from inside, looking anywhere but at him. I waiting for him to say something but did not expect him to suddenly pull me into a hug. He hugged me tightly as if I will vanish any moment I returned the hug, wrapping my arms around his torso, one kulfi still in my hand.

"I am so thankful to God... Oh god! I love you so much!" I heard him say against my hair and the words alone managed to spread warmth into my heart. His voice held so much of his emotions. I smiled against his chest and felt him press a kiss on my head.

"I love you too..." I muttered against his chest. We stayed like that for some more time. His steady heartbeat soothing my ears.

"I guess we should stop hugging considering we are still in public and though there are very less people around, everyone are looking at us like we are aliens." He said and we pulled away.

"It was you who hugged me!" I accused, hitting him on his arm with my free hand his time and he yelped which was very much faked. We both chuckled again and I quickly finished up my kulfi, offering him at times in between. This time, the cream smeared on my nose again, unintentionally. I looked at him and he shook his head, looking at me and grinning.

"You are such a baby!" He whispered, bring the kerchief to my face to wipe out the cream. We were standing in such close proximity that I close feel my heart rising it's beats again.

"How I wish I could wipe the cream off with my own mouth but you are lucky, we are in public." He whispered again, this time huskily and in a low tone so that only I could hear it. I blushed furiously at it, hitting him again on his arm. And ladies and gentlemen, Swayam Shekhawat is back into his original self!

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I snuggled more into the the soft comforter, tuning out the calls of my name and resuming my dream where Swayam and I were getting cozy. I frowned at the irritating voice from far just when I was about to kiss him.

"Pia?" I heard a far away voice call again making me groan.

"Go away! I want to complete the dream!" I shouted irritated, my voice hoarse. I heard a chuckle near me this time but tuned it off again.

"What are you dreaming?" The same voice asked but I didn't find it in me to answer that. Suddenly I felt my body shaking furiously and I jerked open my eyes.

"What the hell!" I yelled, opening my eyes finally, rubbing any sleep off them.

"I was going to kiss h-" I gulped the rest of the words as I opened my eyes completely and saw him in front of me, arms crossed with a sinister smirk on his face. My eyes widened realising what I was about to say and I immediately shut my open mouth. He stood there, in nothing but just a towel around his waist, water dripping from his hair and him looking oh so fresh from the shower... I gulped, sitting against the headrest and looked away when I saw him making his way to my side.

"You were kissing who?" He asked teasingly and I was looking around for some or the other thing for a topic change. Just then, my eyes fell on the clock.

"Who the hell gets up at freaking 4:30 in the morning Swayam?" I asked irritated. He stood diagonally in front of me and shook his head at me.

"We have to go and catch the sunrise, remember?" He asked, raising his eyebrows. I recalled his words of last night before sleeping, a huge yawn escaping my lips. I stretched my body but my hands froze midway as his bare torso came into my view. His perfectly toned muscles, biceps tightened because of his crossed arms. A water droplet rolled from his forehead down his perfect jawline to his chiseled chest and vanishing into his folded arms. Damn, he is so hot! I so want to run my hand on his skin and trace those muscles... I could feel heat crawling up my my neck at my not so innocent thoughts. Snapping out of my dreamworld when he cleared his throat and I immediately looked away, tucking a loose strand of my hair back to it's place.

"Aren't you roaming around half naked like this too often nowadays?" I asked, faking indifference and a the smirk already resting on his face widened. He started leaning down and my back stiffened on its own. He rested his one hand on the top of the headboard and one beside me on the bed. His eyes fixed into mine, which held a mischievous glint in them.

"Is your brain running wild seeing your hot and sexy husband like this wifey?" He asked huskily and I am sure my eyes are as wide as saucers right now. I pressed myself back onto the headboard, trying to create as much space as possible between us because his breath fanning my face is already rising a havoc inside of me, turning my brain off.

"Can you demonstrate what you feel to do with me, when you see me like this, like last time?" He asked innocently, drawing a puppy dog face but his eyes spoke an entire different story. I mentally cursed myself for doing those bold moves last time. What the hell was I thinking back then? Well, I didn't think before doing that, wanting to take some kind of playful revenge.

He started leaning closer, his smirk returning back, making me gulp. All my logical reasoning running out of my brain as his face stopped right in front of me now. My heart raced hundred miles per second.

"I... I didn't... Ugh... Brush." I stuttered on the words and bit my lip. Shit! What is wrong with me? Why am I getting so hyped up with his closeness?

"I don't mind that." He whispered, inching closer and my eyes closed on their own accord, waiting for his next move with baited breath, a soft smile playing on my lips involuntarily. I controlled my urge to moan when I felt his lips at the base of my throat. Nonetheless, the traitor mouth couldn't be controlled when he kissed the side of my neck, lightly nibbling at it, proceeding up, all the way to my cheeks with feather soft kisses in a painfully slow pace. My heart almost thudded out of its place when he kissed just beside my mouth next.

I waited and to feel his lips on mine but all I got was sprinkles of water hitting my face making me squeeze my eyes first and open them immediately. I met with a grinning Swayam, shaking his head left and right to spray me with the water in his still wet hair from the shower. I raised my hand in front of my face and scrunched up my nose.

"Stop!" I squealed and heard him chuckle, his warmth fading away. I peeked from below my hands to see him shaking his head at me and laughing softly.

"There you go with every ounce of your sleep evaporated! Go and get ready soon, we have to be there on time." He said with an impish smile and made his way to get dressed himself. I let out a breath, trying to catch up as if I had run a marathon. I rushed into the washroom and leaned back on the now locked door, trying to get my rapidly beating heart into control.

A flashback of all the events a few minutes ago flashed in front of my eyes and I jerked open my eyes. I looked into the mirror and noticed my face was flushing. Oh my gosh! What was that? And fuck, I was actually wanting him to kiss me and do much more things.

My mind took me back to the conversation I had with the gang a couple of days back. Especially to the part where they were hinting on the main thing couples do on a honeymoon. Now that we are actually on a honeymoon, is he expecting something like that from me? He didn't ever force me for anything yet, but all men desire it from their wives right? He has been much more romantic than before in this trip and even earlier today. Is he hinting at something I am missing out on? Is he ready for it yet?

Which makes me question, am I ready for that step in our relationship now? It was evident from the stunt this morning that I definitely craved for his touch, wanting to feel his lips, the warmth radiating from him. I love him, I trust him. The dream, the tingles down my spine, the butterflies at the pit of my stomach and the blood rushing through my body said it all. I looked back up at my reflection and I blushed furiously again. I knew my answer.

Am I ready?

Yes. I definitely am. I am more than willing to give myself to him. Completely. I found a new confidence in me as the realisation settled. I feel a new excitement bubbling within me at the thought like some hormonal teenager. I chuckled at myself at my childish behaviour.

Am I going to wait for him to make a first move?

Umm... That's questionable though.

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A/N

So, how was it?

Did you like the spiced up ending? What was disturbing Swayam? What do you think Swayam might be thinking about this? Will Pia wait for him or try to woo him?

Actually had planned this update to be much much longer, like you can say almost a double of this but thought it will be too lengthy to read... Next chapter will spice up things more... Excited?

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