Bhumi's pov!

"Thank you Mr Samuel. Please contact my PA for further dealings," Aryamann said to the family solicitor and hung up the call.

It has been a few weeks since the Harini drama began.

Initially, she was adamant on not letting us do a DNA test.

Aryamann, on my insistence, filed a defamation case against Harini. Which turned out to be the best decision ever.

The court demanded that Harini agree for a DNA test. And with no choice left, she agreed to it.

The DNA test report came out two days ago, and it turned out not to be a match. As expected.

The court took a case against Harini for falsely accusing Aryamann and trying to ruin his reputation and marriage.

Taking into consideration the fact that she is pregnant, obviously with some other guy's baby, the court gave her a concession that helped her escape from any serious charges.

She was ordered to pay a hefty fine and a few months of social services under strict invigilation of a senior social work activist.

Finally! The Harini drama is over.

Harini Bhatia is out of our life for good.

"Penny for your thoughts?" Aryamann asked, hugging me from behind me.

I was standing near the window and looking down at the garden.

I smiled as I loved the back hugs.

"Just happy that the Harini drama is over." I said, heaving a dramatic sigh, making Aryamann laugh.

"Well, our happily ever after begins now. We can have a perfect life from now onwards." Aryamann said.

"Nothing will be perfect, Aryamann. I don't want it to be either. What matters is that we should be happy even in our imperfect lives." I said.

"I will be happy as long as I have you and the boys in my life." Aryamann said.

"And I will be happy as long as I have you and the boys in my life," I repeated.

"I will be even more happy, if we could have a little Bhumi in our lives, though." Aryamann said cheekily, making me blush.

"Maybe we can think about it in another few years." I said softly.

"Few years?" Aryamann asked, and I can imagine the frown on his face.

"Well, the boys are hardly three. I would prefer to have the next baby when they reach around six or seven years old." I said.

"Why so late?" He asked, sulkily.

"Well, then they will be old enough to help us take care of their little sister. It was tough with the boys. I would like as many hands as possible when the next baby comes." I said and Aryamann's arms tightened around me.

I know he is feeling guilty for not being there with me.

"I didn't say that to make you feel guilty, Aryamann." I said, softly.

"The guilt will never leave me, Bhumi. I will never forgive myself for leaving you to manage all alone," he said.

"Guilt will never let us be happy, Aryamann. So, for the sake of our future happiness, you have to let go of all the bitter memories of the past. We have to move forward with a happy mind." I said.

"How do you always say the right things?" Aryamann asked.

"That's Bhumika Basu Mehrotra." I said, flicking my hair in an attitude.

"Tell me how it was?" Aryamann asked, after a few moments of silence.

"What?" I asked in confusion

"We were so caught up with Sammy's illness and then the Harini drama. I never got time to know about the boys. Their initial years, how was it?" Aryamann asked and a smile bloomed on my face imagining those days.

"Where do you want me to start?" I asked, excitedly.

I love talking about my boys.

"From the start. Right from where you found out that you were pregnant." Aryamann said and I sighed.

The initial days, even months, were filled with anguish. But it is better to talk it out. We all need closure. Maybe once all is talked out, we can close the doors to the bitter memories.

"You remember the day I left?" I asked.

"Can I ever forget?" Aryamann asked, with a humourless chuckle.

"When I woke up that day, I was feeling nauseous. I have been feeling that way for a couple of days. I didn't take it seriously. I thought it was all because of my heart break." I said, and Aryamann pulled me towards the couch in the bedroom.

He hugged me close as I talked.

"Then I realised I haven't had my periods in over three months. I was so lost in you leaving the country. I didn't even notice such an important thing. So, as soon as you left for the office, I went out and got a pregnancy home kit." I said.

"How did you feel, when it showed positive?" Aryamann asked.

"Shocked at first. Though I had a doubt, I was shocked. Even before I began feeling the happiness, I knew I wanted the baby. It was a piece of you. Something of you I could have forever. I could think of nothing but escaping from there." I said.

"I don't think I will ever be able to forgive myself for giving you reasons to think that I would ask you to get rid of the babies." Aryamann said, the hurt and guilt evident in his tone.

"We talked about it, remember? No more guilt." I said adamantly and he sighed.

"Hmmm. Continue," he prompted.

"Well, I called Ansh and he helped me leave Mumbai." I said and explained to him how I was on a cargo ship and how I was airlifted and taken to Bangalore.

He looked at me in disbelief.

"When did you come to know that we are having twins?" Aryamann asked.

"On my second OBG scan. In the first scan, the doctor didn't notice anything special. The heartbeat and all was okay. But in the second scan, the two heartbeats were evident. Ansh was there with me. He cried. Can you believe it? He cried when the doctor said that I am having twins." Bhumi said with a chuckle.

"And you? What did you feel?" He asked.

I tightened my arms around him.

"All I wanted was you there with me." I said, as tears ran down my cheeks.

"Oh, my love. How I wish I was there right next to you." Aryamann said and hugged me tighter.

We stayed in each other's embrace for a little while like that.

"I guess that's enough emotions for the day. We will talk the rest some other days." Aryamann said.

"Yes, we will see the albums. That would make it more interesting." I said excitedly.

"You have the photo albums?" Aryamann asked.

"Every single moment of their lives are photographed and recorded. I have albums and video tapes. But we have to go to Bangalore to collect all the things." I said.

My things were still in my Bangalore apartment. I haven't had a moment to arrange for them to be flown over.

"Bhumi? How long is your course?" Aryamann asked.

"It was a four year course. Three and half years are already over. A project is left now. I have classes in between too." I said, worrying how I am going to complete the course from Mumbai.

"Let's move to Bangalore," Aryamann said, suddenly.

I looked at him in shock.

"What??"

"Let's move to Bangalore for the next six months. You can finish your course and then we can come back." Aryamann said.

"What about your work? Don't you have a company to run?" I asked, looking at him as though he grew a pair of horns.

"Well, Daksh and Gaurav can definitely manage without me for six months. If there is anything important, I can always work online. I can set up a study in your apartment. And if there is an emergency, we have a private jet, a chopper and pilots at our service to fly me back and forth. What is there to worry about?" Aryamann asked.

This man will never cease to surprise me.

The hard-core workaholic, The Aryamann Mehrotra is willing to delegate his work to his brothers and be a stay at home dad for the next six months, so that I can complete my studies.

"Thank you," I said and kissed him hard.

*******

" 'Don't go out. Don't you understand, Tink. You mean more to me than anything else in this world' Peter Pan said," Aryamann read from the book, as he laid next to the boys.

"They are asleep," I whispered and Aryamann closed the book and slowly stood up from the bed, without waking the boys.

"Man! Don't they get bored listening to the same story on a daily basis." Aryamann asked, making me chuckle.

"They are obsessed about Peter Pan. They eat, sleep and breathe Peter Pan." I said, rolling my eyes.

"Just like someone's obsession with Vampire Diaries and Originals. Seems like apples really don't fall far from the tree. I happen to know someone who eats, sleeps and breathes Vampire Diaries." Aryamann said in a teasing tone, earning a wack from me.

"I am not obsessed," I said, in a mock offended tone.

"No kidding," Aryamann said, sarcastically making me huff.

Soon we reached the bedroom and got into the bed.

As we laid there, in each other's arms, I felt content.

"I still can't believe that this is real," I said.

"Tell me about it! I still fear that one day, I will wake up and find you gone. That I am back to those miserable three years, missing you and not being able to do a thing about it." Aryamann said.

"I am happy destiny gave us another chance. Imagine, if I had won the tickets to some other resort? Or if Daksh bhaiyya had arranged for you to stay at some other resort. We might not have met again." I said, dreading those possibilities.

"Well, don't thank destiny. Thank your brother for that." Aryamann said, making me frown.

"What do you mean?" I asked, in confusion.

"Ekansh came to know that I am taking a vacation and will be in Chennai. So, he arranged for you to reach there too. He planned for us to meet again. Because he decided that three years of punishment is enough for me to realise your value in my life." Aryamann said and I looked at him in disbelief.

"Ansh? Ansh did this?" I asked.

"Yes. Only if he did that three years ago, we wouldn't have wasted three precious years of our lives." Aryamann said in a miffed tone.

"Whatever Ansh did, he must have done that keeping my well-being in his mind." I said, defending my brother.

"Of course, you would support your brother." Aryamann said in an annoyed tone.

"Well, he is my brother," I said, in a duh tone.

"Oh? Whom do you love more? Me or your brother?" Aryamann asked and I couldn't help the smile that bloomed on my face.

Aryamann Mehrotra is one hell of a possessive man!

"What kind of question is that?" I asked with a casual shrug.

"Tell me now," Aryamann demanded.

"You are my husband, Aryamann. He is my brother. What ridiculous comparison is that?" I asked, shaking my head.

"You, Bhumika Basu Mehrotra, are the most important person in my life. I love you more than anything or anyone else in my life. See! How easy it was for me. Why can't you do the same?" Aryamann asked.

My heart burst with happiness!

I can see the love in his eyes as clearly as I heard the love in his words.

"You really have to ask that, Aryamann?" I asked.

Aryamann hovered over me and stared deeply into my eyes.

"Say it. I want to hear you saying it." He demanded.

I brought my hands up and cupped his face. I stared into his chocolate brown eyes and said the words he so wanted to hear.

"Aryamann Mehrotra, the love of my life. Nothing or no one is more important to me than you. My boys are exceptions...." I said cheekily and the next second I was pulled in for a hard passionate kiss.

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