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"I want you to love me, the same way I love you." He said and Vaish came down to his level with the tears now coming freely.

"You are bad. You made me cry twice on the same day.

You make me crazy. I smile just by looking at your smile and I feel sad when I see you upset. You make me want to beat you in your dramas yet I can't see you failing.

I should be angry at you for hiding the truth yet I'm relieved that it's you that I married.

I should be yelling at you for telling it in front of so many people yet I'm happy that you said and not him.

I should be slapping the hell out of your face and doing all the dramas in the world to take revenge yet here I'm sitting with you.

What could be the explanation of all the craziness that we are doing and yet sitting together?" Vaish whispered.

She looked into his eyes and said, "I love you Abhay."

He looked at her with a heart-warming smile and then... he jumped at her making them fall in each other's arm and then gently kissed her forehead.

"I'm sorry too for hiding the truth." Vaish said after a while when they were lying on the blanket under the moonlight, in each other's arms.

"I want you to know that I wouldn't have gone out with anyone but you and that is because a part of me always trusted you. I'm at fault too for hiding all this in first place but trust me I won't be going out with someone who is not you. It's like a part of my subconscious always knew you." Vaish continued.

"I know." He replied in a light cocky tone coming near his normal tone and immediately received a punch in shoulder.

"You are not off the hook just because you gave me a heart-warming speech. You, Mr. Developer have lots of work to do and have to make up for lots of things.

Firstly for being Mr. Developer and hiding things from your partner.

Secondly for being Mr. Stranger and hiding things from Mrs. Stranger.

And lastly for being Abhay and hiding things from Vaishali."

Vaish completed and Abhay sighed.

"I really screwed up, didn't I?" He asked.

"We screwed up, Abhay and there is no other way to sugar coat it. But that is what made us reach where we are right now... with each other. And if I could go back in the past and stop myself from doing any of those things... then I would not; because I'm happy and content with where I am right now. So the question is not whether we screwed up or not. The real question is, are we happy right now?"

"We are. I too could not imagine it any other way round." Abhay said finally letting go of the guilt.

She was right. Guilt is not what he was feeling right now. He was feeling free and satisfied for the first time in years and he didn't want to waste this amazing time for something so insignificant.

So he finally forgave himself, like his Fireball forgave him.

He smiled with proud seeing her in his arms and watching the night sky.

"Fireball, so you are finally accepting that I was right all along." He said coming back to his usual cocky self.

Too soon.

He felt a punch in his gut, not too strong but not too weak either.

Vaish looked at him, with fire in her eyes.

Here she comes; my Fireball. Abhay thought and prepared himself for the battle.

He was missing this.

"You are incorrigible. First of all, God Almighty blessed you with an understanding, smart, intelligent and awesome as hell wife like me and two seconds after your guilt party which I brought you out of, you have the nerve to say that! Like seriously? Can't you for one second be the pretty face? No you cannot. You have to open this good for nothing mouth of yours and destroy the magic of the moment. God where was my mind when I had fallen in love with this man? Oh Almighty what am I going to do for the rest of my life? I should have kept fasts like mom asked me..." She wasn't able to complete her sentence as Abhay captured her lips with his.

Vaish was flustered. This man was too confusing for her liking. First of all, he ignited this fire inside her and then he kissed her making her feel too hot inside out. What was she going to do with this man?

Well for starters she was going to kiss the hell back out of him because he is a damn good kisser. No questions asked. Other things can wait for later.

And so she kissed him back with all her will and found him smiling against her lips but she was too busy to care. She wanted more of him and all of him and she was ready for it.

"You were saying something?" Abhay asked with a smirk after few seconds of silence.

Vaish didn't answer because she was too busy getting her senses back after his kiss.

"Still think that my mouth is good for nothing?" He teased her again and now she looked at him with a face clearly saying are-we-really-going-to-talk-about-it-?

"Well now I know how to shut this sassy mouth of yours." He said with a satisfied smile and Vaish just shook her head.

Man and their ego.

She said nothing and Abhay pulled her in his lap and buried his face in her neck.

"I love you." He said randomly.

"I love you too." She replied. "What do you want to talk about?" She asked as she felt that something is bothering him.

"How do you know that?"

"Because I know you."

"I was thinking about our families. How will they react to it? My aunt is still not over the topic and your family is so protective about you. We can't even delay it because it's already out. Words travel fast. Your family is coming soon. I don't know what kind of first impression I will make on them?" He finally said.

"You don't need to make impression Abhay. You don't do that in families. You have to be you and believe me they will love you."

"How can you be sure of that?"

"Well people say I'm a combination of my mom and dad and if I fell in love with you then they will too. As for Sammy boy, well just talk about latest technologies with him and he will worship your feet." Vaish assured him and he smiled.

"But before that I need to talk to them and inform them about you. Alone." Vaish said.

"Why? We both are in it together and we should inform them together."

"No Abhay you don't understand. I'm their daughter and I can't bring a stranger in front of them and tell them that he is your son-in-law. I can't give them a shock like that. I will talk to them first so that they have enough time to sink in the fact. I have already betrayed them too much. I can't do this to them."

"But this way you will receive all their anger."

"Yes they will be angry with me but they love me too much to let their anger get better hold of me. But they don't know you and they won't be lenient with you." Vaish argued and Abhay sighed not liking the idea but didn't tell her to stop because she was in this position because of him in the first place.

"What about Pooja Aunty?" Vaish asked.

"What about her? She knows the truth."

"But she said that the discussion is not over yet."

"She will scold me for not telling her but she won't be angry because she is impressed with you." Abhay said and Vaish nodded.

Suddenly something flashed in Abhay's mind and he stood up with the lightning speed resulting in the fall of Vaish who was sitting in his lap.

"What the hell?" Vaish screamed and massaged her back for taking the fall.

"Sorry Fireball but I got this amazing idea." Abhay said and helped her in standing up.

"I don't care if you are selected as new prime minister. Next time you drop me like this then we will have some serious problems." Vaish threatened and he nodded like an obedient child he never was.

"Now tell me that idea and pray that it better be good." Vaish asked and Abhay showed his thirty two teeth smile.

"Well as we talked, Pooja Aunty wasn't hard on me because she knows you and she likes you, right?" Abhay asked.

"Yes but how is it an awesome idea?"

"Imagine this. If I meet your parents first; without them knowing about us and impress them both. Then they will like me and won't be that angry with you when you tell them about me." Abhay completed and Vaish thought about it for a second before nodding.

"That sounds good but how will it be possible? My parents are not that easily impressed especially my dad." Vaish said with a worried expression on her face.

Abhay took her hands in his and looked in her eyes tenderly before saying, "In that case I'm glad that I have someone who can help me greatly to win over him, someone who knows him so well and is really close to him."

Vaish smiled at him.

"But won't we be lying?"

"We are not. We are just being our true self. Playing a little drama and planning little something. We will plan for us to be together. We will pull the curtains out on right time. But they are your family first and it's your decision in the end." Abhay said.

"Our family and our decision." Vaish corrected him like always and Abhay smiled.

"I just don't want this thing to end up in wrong way and you being the bad guy. Hiding things from people we love has landed us in trouble in first place." Vaish expressed her worries.

"May be you are right. May be this all we end badly." Abhay said.

"I don't know what to do. I just want one chance, one opportunity to meet them without them being prejudiced about me. I don't know what to do for that to happen. I too don't want to lie to them but I'm just worried about them not accepting me." Abhay expressed his concerns.

Vaish took his face in her hands and gently kissed his forehead.

"Listen Abhay, I love my parents. I do. But I love you too much and if it came between choosing...."

"No Fireball. That's exactly the situation I'm trying to avoid. I would hate to put you in a situation like that. That is why I want to meet them first. Besides it my only chance to get a full family and I would hate to have it blown up like that." Abhay said.

"I just want to make a good impression. I want them to meet me and see me as a man who is more than the stranger who married their daughter in Vegas without asking their permission; one opportunity to prove myself. But you are right too; I can't lie to them on our first encounter and then expect them to trust me with their daughter for rest of her life." He continued.

Vaish saw the look of distress on his face. She felt as if she was talking to the teenager who had just lost his parents and doubted himself. She knew that it took him a long time to come out of his guilt about something which was never his fault in the first place. She can't see him falling into it again.

So she took a decision, one which will decide their future.

"Alright." She said.

"What?" He asked her.

"You should take a chance."

"You don't have to say that to make me feel better."

"No listen to me. You should meet them but you don't need to lie to meet them." She said.

"How is that possible? How will I meet them without lying?"

"You can meet them as Abhay Singh, a software designer. That's not a lie."

"Ok. But why will they want to meet a software designer out of blue?" Abhay asked confused.

"I think I know two people who can help us with that."

Vaish said with a mischievous glint in her eyes and Abhay immediately understood whom she was talking about.

Time to call best friends.

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So...

I'm sorry for delay but writer's block is real. I'm trying to move on.

Coming back to the chapter, our couple is back and is planning something... Let's see how it goes (;

Friends and Family are coming in picture... Its gonna be interesting (;

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