Exploring new places and the culture of that place has a different sort of charisma. The enthusiasm for exploration in all the travellers makes them forget everything, somewhat similar excitement was getting experienced by our gang. While Naina had slept, Sameer sat with his laptop to complete some of his pending work. When the announcement of the flight nearing the destination was made, Sameer decided to wake Naina. But seeing her innocent sleeping face, he didn't have the heart to wake her up. He knew that since past 10-15 days she would be very busy and would have been having tiring days. Running all day for this or that, doing this puja, getting dolled up every day to look like a bride, and then they had consecutive functions, these all things would have exhausted her. This was also one reason behind bringing her to her desiring destination for holiday.

Sameer: Kitni pyaari dikh rahi hai Naina 😍😍. Itne din thik se dekha tak nahi maine Naina ko... Haayee itni sundar aur pyaari biwi dene ke liye thank you, Bhagwan Ji 😁🙏

"Tumhe diya nahi gaya hai tumne cheena hai Naina ko Bhagwan Ji se 😂😂"

Sameer turned and saw Pranati standing next to him and smiling. Sameer flashed his shining white teeth and rubbed the back of his neck in embarrassment.

Sameer: Pranati, tum yahan kya kar rahi ho???

Pranati: Flight land ho chuki hai Mr Majnu, aur sab jaane ki taiyari mein hai 😂😂

Sameer: Kyyaaa!?? 😲😲😲

Pranati: Haan Maheshwari Ji, aur kya aap apni biwi ko uthane ka kasht karenge ya phir agar aapki izzazat ho toh kya main aapki biwi ko utha dun!?

Sameer: Ammm...haan utha raha hun...

He turned to Naina and shook her lightly while slowly calling her name. Naina wriggled in her place before opening her eyes and found herself sleeping on a chair then it dawned to her and she is in the flight.

Naina: Sameer Ji! Bhabhi!

Prameer: Haan Naina!!

Naina: Hum pahunch gaye kya??

Sameer: Haan Naina, flight land hogayi hai. Woh meri bhi aankh lag gayi thi toh mujhe dhyan nahi raha tumhe uthana. Sorry...Tumne kaha tha na ki landing se pehle tumhe utha dun taki tum bahar dekh sako...

Naina: Koi baat nahi Sameer Ji, main wapas aate waqt dekh lungi upar se Jaipur 😊😊

Pranati: Mr And Mrs Maheshwari, please chaliye...Baaki baatein hotel pahunch ke kar lijiyega.

Sameer: Haan baba, chalo Naina aao.

Within the next 30 mins, our gang were inside the cab heading towards the hotel where they were about to stay but everyone except for Pranati didn't know what surprise lies for them. Naina was enjoying the old looking roads and the architecture passing by, since 6th grade she had a fascination for historic places after knowing about them in the history classes. And Sameer was happy to see the genuine happiness on his wife's face, he was glad that now for some days she doesn't have to pretend to be happy.

Sameer: Naina...

Naina: Ji Sameer Ji...

Sameer: Naina, tum khush ho na yahan aake. Ya, tumhe kahin aur jaana tha??

Naina: Nahi nahi Sameer Ji, main bahut khush ki aap mujhe yahan leke aaye. Jaisa ki Bhabhi ne aapko bataya hoga, mujhe historic places bahut pasand hai...Aur thank you Jaipur ko trip plan karne ke liye 😊😊

Sameer: Tumhari khushi aur iss khubsurat muskaan ke liye main kuch bhi kar sakta hun. Naina, bas humesha aisse hi muskurati raho. Tumhare iss dost ko kuch aur nahi chahiye iske alawa 😊

Naina smiled and started gazing outside. Seeing their small conversation, Pranati and Pralay were happy. Initially, when Sameer introduced the plan of a group trip right after their marriage, Pralay wasn't in favour of the idea but when Pranati convinced him saying that if anything goes wrong in between Samaina then both of them would be there to sort out. And even he knows how hard nut Naina is and it might take a long time for Naina to break it and come out of it.

Pralay: Prani, Naina Sameer ko accept toh kar legi na??? Mujhe Sameer ki chinta ho rahi hai, kahin aissa na ho woh galat ummid leke baitha ho aur usse sach mein Naina ko.....

Pranati: Aissa kuch nahi hoga!! Aur tum apni behen ko mujhse jyada acche se jante ho...Naina jaroor Sameer ko apnayegi aur dekhna jitna pyaar Sameer karta hai Naina se utna hi pyaar Naina karegi Sameer se....😊😊

Pralay: Waise.....pyaar main bhi bahut karta hun tumse ❤️❤️. Main bahut khush hun ki maine 2 saal pehle tumse aur tumhari family se humari shaadi ki baat bata di thi. Regret hai toh ek baat ki, maine tumhari boutique band karwa di. Agar uss din main muh khol deta toh aaj tumhare paas tumhara boutique hota aur tumhe haath felane nahin padte.

Pranati: Pralay, jo hona tha so hogaya. Ab uss baat ko yaad karke kya fayda?? Main bahut khush hun tumhare aur humari family ke saath 😊😊

Pralay: I love you Prani 😘❤️

Pranati: Love u too ❤️😘

Pralay kissed her forehead and extended his arm to wrap it around her shoulder, and Pranati kept her head on his shoulder. Both of them enjoyed the ride to the hotel by keeping the other one closer themselves.

The driver halted the car in front of a small kothi which looked ancient. The exterior walls were painted ivory colour along with the borders of the rooftops painted brown. The design was very similar to those of the palaces of raja maharaja, the architecture of narrow pillars providing support to the box-like upper floors, and the oval balcony with designed pillars. The railings had intricate designs and were painted rust red.

Swati: Oh! My! God! 😲😲😲😲
Sameer it's beautiful!! 😍😍😍😍 Itna sundar architecture maine kabhi nahi dekha and look at the garden yaar! Kitni sundar tarike se pedon ko trim kiya hai....

Anjali: Swa, yahan fountain bhi hai 😍😍. Wow, Sameer! Great choice ❤️. Par itni beautiful aur amazing jagah par 6 haddiyon ko kyun leke aaye??

Naina: Haddi?? Aap kya keh rahi hai Anjali Bhabhi??

Anjali: Ohho Naina, itni khubsurat jagah hai yahan ke kone kone par Sameer ko tumhare saath time spend aur romance karne ka mood karega na 😉😉. Toh bechare ko humari wajah se apne emotions ko control karna padega aur raat ko.....

Pandit held Anjali's arm to signal her to stop while listening to what Anjali said Naina's cheeks heated up and turned pink while Sameer too was flustered but more concerned about Naina's reaction. He saw Naina blushing but the next moment Swati exploded the next bomb.

Swati: Ek sec, tum dono ki Love Marriage hi huyi hai na?? I mean arranged-love marriage....

Sensing silence, Swati continued: Tab hi main sochun, tum dono dur dur kyun ho. Kya yaar, 5 mahine mile tum dono ek dusre ke saath time spend karne ko, bond banane ko aur tum dono ne usse use hi nahi kiya 🙄🙄🙄🙄
Par Sameer woh gifts toh phir kahan hai jo tumne Naina ke naam se kharide the humare saath??

Sameer: Woh ghar par hai...Wapas jaake Naina ko de dunga. Ab hume andar chalna chahiye....

Seeing Sameer's flustered face and him trying to quicken things, Naina decided to help him out.

Naina: Sameer Ji sahi keh rahe hai...Sab thak gaye honge na.

Everyone: Haan chalte hai...

Sameer guided everyone inside the kothi. Sameer had booked the entire kothi for all of them so that they all can stay under one roof and there won't be any mobility between rooms. The interior was too very beautiful and had the designs and furniture in antique style. Entering through the entrance, you find yourself in a huge hall with 8 seaters antique sofa set and a wooden crafted centre table. There were two bedroom doors right behind the sofa and a staircase leading to some more rooms upstairs on the right-hand side and a glass door leading to the backyard on the left-hand side. Just next to the right side staircase, a small kitchen was there which had basic appliances like a gas stove, induction and a fridge. The walls of the whole kothi were painted with a light shade of pink and had folk paintings and the portrait of Raja Maharajas.

Person: Khammaghani Sa 🙏🙏
Tha naam Sameer Maheshwari hai kya??

Sameer: Namaste 🙏🙏
Ji main hi Sameer Maheshwari hun aur yeh meri wife hai Naina, aur yeh iske bhaiya bhabhi hai Pralay aur Pranati, aur yeh mere dost Manoj aur Raghav hai aur unki patni Swati aur Anjali hai....
Aap hi Hukum Dayanand Galotiya hai??

Person: Arrey na na...Mhai hukum no manager. Mera matlab hai main Hukum Galotiya ka manager hun. Woh Hindi bolne ki aadat nahi hai na. Isliye...
Mera naam Jaydev Singh hai....

Sameer: Accha, bahut khushi huyi aapse milke aur jaanke ki aapko hindi aati hai 😄😄

Jaydev: Mujhe English bhi aati hai 😁
Woh main hukum ke UP wale hotel mein manager tha jab wahan ka hotel bayecha gaya toh hukum ne apne badera ka yeh kothi, mera matlab hai purvajon ki kothi ka manager bana diya....

Naina: Aapke hukum ki kothi bahut khubsurat hai, aur aapne bahut acche se iska khyal bhi rakha hai...

Jaydev: Aapke bindh ne mera matlab hai pati ne hukum ke sabse favourite kothi ko chuna hai...

Pranati: Matlab aur bhi kothiyan hai aapke hukum ki??

Jaydev: Ji, yeh aapne aate waqt ek kaale rang ka lohe ka gate dekha hoga, uske andar kul 9 kothiyan hai aur saari hukum aur unke parivaar ka hai. Darasal, saari kothiyan milakar ek bada sa mahel hua karta tha kuch 500-600 saal pehle, phir dheere dheere jaise parivaar badhta gaya aur parivaar walon ko apni personal space ki jaroorat huyi toh mahel ko kothi mein badal diya gaya. Aap chhat par jaake dekhenge toh saari chhatein ek dusre se judi hai. Aur jo backyard hai na woh Maharaj Galotiya ka rajadarabar hua karta tha....

Anjali: Wow! Yeh jagah kaafi interesting hai 😍

Jaydev: Aapno pura Rajasthan interesting hai hukum 😄😄. Waise main yeh side wali kothi main rehta hun, jab bhi aapko kahin jaane ka plan ho mujhe 1-2 ghante pehle bata dijiyega main gaadi aur saari booking karwa dunga 😊.

Sameer: Shukriya Jaydev Ji 😊😊.

Jaydev: Hukum yeh toh mera farz hai...Aap log aaram kar lijiye. Main chai nashta bhejwata hun, phir menu dekhke lunch order kar dijiyega. Ram ram sa Hukum 🙏🙏🙏

Sameer: Thik hai, Thank you once again....
Ram ram sa Jaydev Ji 🙏

After Jaydev left, Sameer asked Mundit and their wives to stay in the rooms upstairs and Samaina and Pranati Pralay would stay in the rooms downstairs. Picking up their luggage, Sameer and Naina entered their bedroom. The bedroom had somewhat similar furniture like the hall. A huge king size bed was in the middle of the room, a TV unit right in front of it and a door for the washroom at one corner and the wardrobe on the other corner. There was a small coffee table too with a small size couch.

Sameer: Naina tum change karlo, tab tak main dekhke aata hun kisiko kuch chahiye toh nahi...

Naina: Woh...woh Sameer Ji....mujhe aapse kuch kehna hai....

Sameer: Haan kaho na...

Naina: Woh... Sa... Sameer Ji....woh...air... airport mein... airport mein Pralay bhaiya ne jhooth bola tha

Sameer: Jhooth? Pralay ne? Kis baare mein Naina?? Mujhe kuch samjh nahi aa raha hai.

Naina was fidgeting her dupatta and bit her lips between her teeth. Seeing her apprehension and Sameer held her shoulder and indicated her to sit on the couch. He kneeled in front of her and held her hands.

Sameer: Naina bejhijhak bolo, bolo kya jhooth bola Pralay bhaiya ne??

Naina: Bhabhi ke boutique ke baare mein...Woh actually do saal pehle, unki shaadi ke rasmon ke time hi ek din Tauji Taiji, Chachaji Chachiji aur Papa ghar par baat kar rahe the tab bhi maine suna ki Taiji Tauji aur Chachaji Chachiji, Bhabhi ke boutique mein kaam karne ke khilaf hai, par Papa unka oppose kar rahe the.... Tauji, Taiji aur Chachiji Chachaji chahte the ki Bhabhi ghar par Taiji aur Chachiji ki madaat kare aur kabhi kabhar jaroorat ho tab bhi boutique jaaye. Par Papa chahte the ki Bhabhi ka boutique unse dur na jaaye...
Jab yeh baat maine uss din Bhaiya ko batayi toh unhone immediately Pranati Bhabhi ko call kiya aur sab bataya. Unhone kaha ki, woh Bhabhi aur unke sapnon ke saath humesha hai. Shaadi hone ke baad, jab Bhabhi aur Bhaiya apne honeymoon se wapas aaye toh Tauji ne Bhabhi ke boutique ke selling papers ready rakhe the. Sab ne Bhabhi se kaha ki shaadi ke pati aur uska parivaar hi patni ka kaam hota hai. Papa aur Bhai ne bahut koshish ki par Tauji Taiji nahi maane. Aur mazburan bhabhi ko apna boutique bayechna pada. Apne hi designs woh apne hi company ko bayechti hai....

Some tear rolled down from her eyes, which Sameer couldn't see so he wiped them and held her in his embrace. Naina sobbed a little bit and then started speaking something.

Naina: Uss din ke baad se maine bhi apna MBA ka sapna dekhna chod diya. Maine college mein enroll bhi kiya tha MBA ke liye par, phir laga ki agar mere saath bhi aissa hua toh koi fayeda nahi hoga mera padhne ka. Uss din se main ghar ke kaam karna shuru kardi par Papa ne bahut kaha ki main apne sapne pure karun. Agar mere sasural wale iss baat na khush ho toh wahan meri shaadi nahi karwaunge aur jaroorat padi toh puri zindagi mujhe apne saath rakhenge par mere sapne pure hone denge par....

Sameer: Naina, baccha....Har koi ek jaisa nahi sochta na. Aur mujhe aur na hi Papa ya Dadu ya Bua Dadi ko tumhare sapnon se koi problem hai. Main toh soch raha tha ki Jaipur se jaane ke baad jab tum ghar mein ghar walon ke saath settle ho jaogi tab tumhe MBA mein enroll karwaunga. Papaji ne kaha tha mujhe tumhe independent banna hai. Dadu ne toh tumhare liye humari company mein job bhi dekh rakhi hai....

Naina: Kya!??

Sameer: Haan Naina, in fact kal hi jab main tumhe tumhare Papa ke ghar chodke office gaya tha tab Dadu ne mujhe remind kiya ki tumhare liye acche MBA colleges dekhna shuru karun aur kuch 3-4 mahine baad tumhari CAT coaching shuru karwa dun.

Naina: Par Sameer Ji, ghar?

Sameer: Naina, ghar sambhalne ke liye Ramdhari kaka hai na. Yeh 3 saal tum khub maan lagake padho, ek baar tum apna MBA complete karlo phir main tumhara saath dunga office aur ghar sambhalne mein. I promise 😊

Naina: Par main bahu hun uss ghar ki. Meri jimmedari banti hai usse sambhalna aur sabka khyal rakhna.

Sameer: Naina, tumhara college maximum 6 ghante ka hoga aur tum self-study bhi kuch 5-6 ghante karogi na. Toh baaki ka time ghar par de dena.
Accha abhi woh sab chodo, usko time hai. Naya session shuru hone mein time hai. Ab Jaipur enjoy karo, hmm...

Naina smiled and hugged him. She thanked him and smiled wholeheartedly. The only difference was today she stayed in Sameer's embrace even after realising their position. This gave a ray of hope to Sameer that maybe she was started to break the shell and that day isn't far when she will wholeheartedly accept him in her life as her husband and her best friend. Sameer kissed her head and asked her to freshen up.

Sameer was all smiles as today he had the first victory in the battle of winning his love. He was sitting on the sofa when he felt a light tap on his shoulder. He found Pranati standing just behind him with raised brows asking him the reason behind his never ending smiles and shining and happiness filled eyes.

Pranati: Ek sec ek sec...I know this look 😏😏
Naina....

Sameer: Haan, Naina meri aur humare rishte ki taraf kadam badha rahi hai 😁😁

Pranati sat next to him and ruffled his hair.

Pranati: Pata hai aaj bhi mujhe teri aakhon mein wohi pyaar aur chamak dikhti hai jo 2 saal pehle dikhi thi....

*Yes you read it right!! Sameer fell in love with Naina 2 years back. How and when?? Let's see*

Sameer: Kyunki mera pyaar kaama hi nahi, bas badha hi hai...Tujhe jitna thank you bolun utna kaam hai yaar Pranati, agar uss din teri shaadi mein nahi aata toh mujhe Naina nahi milti aur na hi jeene ki nayi wajah milti 😊❤️

Flashback: 2 years ago.

In one of the beautiful wedding banquet hall of Mumbai, the wedding of Pralay Agrawal and Pranati Verma was going to take place. The reception of the bride groom was going on when a group of three boys and two girls came up on the stage to meet the bride and groom. The guys where decked up in kurta and nehru jacket and the girls wore saree. And they were none other than Sameer, Manoj aka Munna, Raghav aka Pandit, Swati and Anjali.

Munna: Congratulations Saali sahiba ❤️

Pranati : Thanks a lot Jiju ❤️

Sameer: Bahut sundar lag rahi hai Pranati ❤️

Pranati: Thank you Sameer 😘.
(To Pralay) Yeh mere school ke dost hai, Swati, Sameer, Anjali aur Mumma Pandit, par Mundit se meri dosti college mein huyi.

Pralay: Toh aap log hai Pranati ke favourite friends. Bhai aap logo se main thoda naraz hun...

Pandit: Arrey!! Humse naraz kyun hai dulhe raja? Hum sabne kya khata ki??

Pralay: Aap sabko aapki dost ne saari rasmon mein invite kiya tha, aur aap sab aaj shaadi wale din aa rahe hai 🙄🙄

Munna: Woh, Sameer toh out of India tha. Aur hum sab bhi office ke kaamon mein reh gaye the...Sorry yaar Pranati 😔😔

Pranati: Chal chal thik hai...Jao aur enjoy karo.

Pralay: Aap log dinner ke baad thoda Pranati ke saath reh lenge? Woh jab tak mere saath puja khatam na ho jaye Pranati aa nahi sakti mere paas aur na hi main ja sakta hun iske paas....

Sameer: Haan sure! Hum abhi dinner karke aate hai. Pranati don't worry we will be back in 20 mins maximum....

Samundit and Swanjali went for dinner when Sameer got lost in a girl who had the perfect figure with long tresses reaching her waist which were curled at the ends. She wore a mauve pink silk lehenga and blouse with golden leaf patterns and the solid mauve pink silk dupatta draped around her body like she was wearing a saree. A decorated beige waistband was also in her attire that secured her dupatta at right place. Her hands weren't filled with henna designs and her face looked little pale. Her innocent orbs showed unspoken words which couldn't be comprehended by anyone and her light makeup made her look like a princess.

Sameer got carried away by that girl so much that he could roam around her all day long and stare her beautiful face for his whole life. After finishing the dinner, Sameer asked about the mauve pink silk lehenga girl to Pranati. Pranati looked confused first but then understanding his reference she smiled.

Pranati: Woh meri badi nanand hai, Naina. BBA ke first year mein hai....

Sameer: Itni choti hai kya??

Pranati: Bahut lambi kahani hai. Long story made short, uski mom ke death ke baad waise hi upset rehti thi par 10th mein usse pata laga ki uski mom ki tabiyat unki pregnancy ke baad aur deteriorate karne lagi aur kuch saal baad woh chal basi, yeh baat usse bahut buri lagi aur woh khudko unki maut ka karan samjhne lagi. Pralay bata raha tha woh apne Papa yaani bade chachaji ke alawa kisi se baat bhi nahi karti thik se. Bade dramein huye ghar par usse 12th tak padhane ke liye phir 2 saal ghar par thi. Bade chachaji aur Pralay ne milke usse samjhaya phir jaake maani BBA join karne ke liye.

Sameer: Oh, bahut bura hua bechari ke saath....Lekin khushi hai ki woh life mein aagai badh rahi hai 🙂🙂

Pranati: Tu kyun puch raha hai??

Sameer: Mujhe lagta hai ki woh....woh mu...mujhe pa... pasand aa gayi hai. Matlab shayad I love her. Kyunki jab se usse dekha hai meri nazar sirf usse hi dhundh rahi hai aur ussi par tiki huyi hai.

Pranati: Woh toh main dekh rahi hun. Baithi main yahan hun aur tum badbada wahan raha hai 😂😂

Sameer: Pranati tu bata na teri nanand ko kaise pataun???

Pranati: Sameer, usne apne ird gird ek box bana liya jahan koi nahi ja sakta siwaye Bade chachaji ke....Itna asaan nahi hai usse pyaar lena aur usse apna banana. Uske school aur college mein kitne saare ladkon ne propose kiya par usne sabko reject kardiya.

Sameer: Pranati, tu Sameer Maheshwari ko janti nahi hai. Naina meri banke rahegi aur uske uss box ke andar mujhe jaane bhi degi. Mere liye apne dil ke darwaze bhi kholegi.

Before Pranati could say anything else, a girl came to inform Pranati that it was time for her to go near the mandap for rituals. Sameer was hell nervous now as there is a difference between doing and talking about accomplishing a task. But his determination and love gave him the strength of conquering.

After the wedding was over, he shared everything with Jaiprakash and Vivek. They suggested him to stay quiet now and let Naina complete her studies first. They also decided that they would themselves go to Agrawal House to fix the alliance. But Sameer being Sameer, made numerous rounds of her college, her house and made sure she is safe and nothing or no one is troubling her.

He loved Naina from a distance and spent his maximum day in her thoughts. He wanted the two years to pass as soon as possible, so that he can then enter her life and bring back the old Naina. And after two years what happened you all know...

Flashback over.

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