Sidharth: Hello Shehnaaz, I just called you to remind you to ask for a leave to go on our honeymoon.

Shehnaaz: Sidharth, hold on to your horses.  I am a bit busy right now and I don't think we can go on with our plan as well for the time being.

Sidharth: Hmmm.. I feel like that your work is your husband and i am just having a side affair with you.

Shehnaaz: Sweetheart, will talk about this is the evening. Please!

Sidharth: (frowns) Fine! Bye!!

Shehnaaz: Sid...(Disconnected)
Oh God! He looks annoyed! I am so held up! I will make up for this when I go home in the evening. Let me complete this work for now.
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Rudhra and Naina left for their honeymoon in the evening. They said bye to Sidharth and Reema. Shehnaaz was working late so they spoke to her on phone.

Sidharth was even more annoyed with Shehnaaz that they were the one to plan before Rudhra and Naina to go on their honeymoon but couldn't go because of Shehnaaz's work.

Sidharth: Amma, I am going to sleep, if Shehnaaz returns then please open the door for her.

Reema: Okay Sidharth.

He goes to his room and lies on the bed and after a struggle of half an hour he falls asleep.

He turns around and puts his hands out of habit to search for her in the middle of his sleep but when he doesn't find her, he wakes up and looks at side. He gets up and checks his mobile for the time. It was 4 a.m.

He finds a light from the hall with some soft noise. He goes out of his room and he finds Reema sitting position on the sofa and she was snoring softly. The TV was on at a low volume. He remembers that he had informed her to open the door for Shehnaaz.

Oh hell!! That means Shehnaaz didn't return yet. Poor amma slept off on the couch whole night. How can Shehnaaz be so careless? She is so much dedicated to work that she forgot that there is a family who is waiting for her at home. So irresponsible and inconsiderate!

He turns off the TV and shook her softly.

Sidharth: Amma.. amma.. (she wakes up) Come let me drop you to your room.

Reema: Shehnaaz? Did she come? I didn't realise when I dozed off.

Sidharth: She is working until late, don't worry about her. You please sleep in your room.

Reema: Oh poor Shehnaaz! I hope she ate her dinner atleast.

He was even more annoyed with Shehnaaz hearing how worried his mother was for her. He helps Reema lie down and puts a blanket and goes out to sit on the couch waiting for her.

At around 6:00am, Shehnaaz returns home and he opens the door. She smiles saying 'Good morning' and hugs him but neither does he replies with smile nor does he reciprocates the hug. She looks at his frowning face as he closed the door and went back to his room. She follows him.

As soon as they enter the room, she hugs him from behind but he pulls out from her grip and goes and lies down on his bed. She makes a pout and goes and changes her clothes.

She comes back and lies on the bed besides him and hugs him again from the back.

Sidharth: Can you please mind your hands to yourself? I need to sleep.

Shehnaaz: Why is my little baby still angry with me? (Speaks in a baby tone)

Sidharth: I am not! (Angrily)

Shehnaaz: Oohh!! (She turns him around to make him lie on his back and lies on his chest) Come on sweetheart, I missed you so much.

Sidharth: Yeah! I know that's why Officer Shehnaaz couldn't even inform that she will not come home entire night.

Shehnaaz: Stop lying! I sent you a message that I have to go out of the city with Vikram on an important mission.

Sidharth's blood boiled listening to Vikram's name.

Sidharth: So, you think I am lying now?

Shehnaaz: Let me speak with the proof. Here see this.

She shows him the message on her WhatsApp. He looks at it.

Sidharth: Did you for once notice that it wasn't sent?

Shehnaaz: What? (Surprised and checks) Hell!! I sent a message in flight mode.

Sidharth: Right, you could have called up instead of messaging or atleast used a little bit of your brain to think about family. But I understand! How can I expect an orphan to even care about family.

Shehnaaz: Sidharth! I agree that it was a mistake from my end that forgot to turn on the data. Why are you being so harsh? Why don't you understand that my responsibilities at office has increased in Bhaiyya's absence. I got an information about a smuggle and I had to go on secret raid with Vikram. I can't disclose you all the professional information.

Sidharth: Right! You had all the time earlier to spend with me but now you don't. Vikram becomes very important now. It's not that you've joined the police department newly.

Shehnaaz: Sidharth, I could give you time earlier because I was on the mission at your home itself. It was my professional commitment too to stay with you.

Sidharth: Yeah, I was used to get  success in your mission. It was always about your profession!

Shehnaaz: Shut up! I don't sleep around with random person for the sake of mission. We've discussed this earlier as well and you know it very well that I love you. Why are you bringing up this again? I wonder did you really understood me or just acted that you understood me.

Sidharth: Excuse me!! I was always Sidharth Mathur. I wasn't acting as Sana, Shehnaaz Yadav, Roopmati or Shehnaaz Raghuvanshi. I don't change my clothes so often, the way you change names.

Shehnaaz: Really? Then what's Arthur?

Sidharth: Arthur was to not hurt anyone's feeling. I changed it because I cared for my family's feelings. You change names to hurt people.

Shehnaaz: (Claps) this is just great!! I can't put brain into someone who doesn't want to understand. I need to sleep for an hour because I need to leave to office again after 2 hours. I haven't slept whole night!

Sidharth: Please!! Officer Shehnaaz Raghuvanshi please!! (He points his hand towards bed and goes out of the room)
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It had been 4 days for the cold war. Shehnaaz and Sidharth weren't talking to each other. They were growing irritated and angry for all this time on smallest of smallest issues at office due to this.

Shehnaaz comes home in evening and cooks his favourite food and puts on a nice saree and waits for him to arrive from his radio station. It was his birthday next day. So she wanted to celebrate it at midnight.

He always returned back at 8:30pm but today it was 11pm and he hadn't returned yet. Reema had already gone to sleep after having her dinner. There was a knock on the door at 11:45pm and she opens the door. He looks at her all dressed up in saree. He smirks and goes inside by ignoring her. She rolls her eyes, sighs and shuts the door.

She heats the food and goes to the room with the plate. He had changed his clothes. She keeps the plates on the table. He sat on the bed to lie down when she goes and sits on his lap by putting her hand around his neck. He was surprised. His hands automatically held her by her waist to avoid her from falling.

Shehnaaz: Happy Birthday Sidharth.

She kisses his lips but he doesn't kiss her back. She looks at him. He turns away his face. She kisses him all over his face and neck. She knew his weakness and she went on to softly bite his earlobes. A soft moan escaped his mouth and he pulled her back griping a handful of her hair. Her neck was clearly visible to him. He controlled his emotions with great difficulty.

Sidharth: (gulped) What are you doing?

Shehnaaz: Showering love on my husband on his birthday.

Sidharth: I didn't ask for it neither do I want it. Keep yourself away from me.

She gulped and the movement on her neck drove him crazy. It was making him weaker and weaker.

Shehnaaz: Are you sure?

He wetted his dry lips with his tongue and spoke hesitantly.

Sidharth: (fumbled) Ye.. Yes!

Shehnaaz: 100%?

Sidharth was silent, he moved gaze from her neck to her cleavage and the birthmark near it. His grip loosened, only to be tightened again and he planted a kiss around her jawline and neck traveling down to the cleavage.

She griped his hair and pulled him back. He looked at her with a puppy face.

Shehnaaz: Save some romance for our honeymoon sweetheart!

Sidharth: (surprised) Did you just say honeymoon?

Shehnaaz: (nods) I have got the tickets to Bangkok, Thailand already. We are leaving tomorrow itself. Bhaiyya and Naina Bhabhi will return in the morning so we don't have to be worried about amma as well.

Sidharth: Bangkok? I had other plans but its okay, else you would change your plan. I'll speak with the radio station tomorrow morning.

Though he had partied with his colleague, he ate a little food made by her and they both call it a night after romancing.

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To be continued.. ❤️❤️