A Chance At Love - Prem Preeti

Yeh Mushkil..!

"Subha 8:30am woh soo raha hai.. kya ho gaya hai usse.. uss din gaadi mein bhi soo raha tha.. aaj bhi.. sab theek hai...." and Preeti opened her eyes wide.

Biting her lip, Preeti turned to look as her sleeping husband and the phone in her hand. "Woh.. woh.. thak gaye the... tho neend aa gayi..." she tried to say when she felt her husband stirring.

"Kaun hai.." she heard him murmer sleepily and she closed her eyes as her Papa asked her. "Tum dono soo rahe ho... iss waqt..?"

"Woh.. Papa..." she tried to say when Prem asked for the phone and she couldn't have been more glad to hand it over.

"Hello..." she heard him say and she ran her fingers in his hair. With his head on her chest, the feeling was unnerving as it is without having to think of an answer for her Papa at the moment.

"Sab theek hai Papa.. meeting delay ho gayi tho soo gaya kuch der... aur kuch nahi hai.. main aapko call karta hoon kuch der mein..." he smiled as he disconnected the call and handed the phone to Preeti who blushed as his arm came around her bare waist again as he snuggled in.

"Kya baat hai Dr Preeti.. aap ek simple sawal ka jawab nahi de saki Papa ko.."

"Mujhe nahi pata tha ke aapki meeting delay ho gayi hai.. main kya kehti..."

"Yehi.. ke haan... soo rahi ho.. thak gayi ho.. kal mujhe itna tang kiya, itna bechain kiya, aur phir maine tumhe sone nahi dia..." Preeti blushed at his words and his breath tingling her neck as he spoke blocked her senses.

Preeti closed her eyes as he caressed her waist and he felt her grip on him tightening as he smiled.

"Tumse kuch kahoon.." he whispered and she smiled as he continued, "main hamesha se thoda careful tha ke tumhe mujhse kahin koi shikayat na ho... meri deewangee tumhare liye kahin bohat ziada na zaahir ho.. par kal raat pehli baar tumhe iss haq se itna pyaar kia yeh jaan kar tumne mujhe itna hi chaaha hai jitna maine tumne.. itna hi intezaar kia hai mera hone ke liye.. jitna maine kia hai... aisa lagta hai itna paas ho kar bhi tumhare.. tumhare itne paas nahi tha jitna aaj hoon.."

Preeti closed her eyes as he raised his head and kissed her cheek. "Dekho aaj tum mere paas nahi.. main tumhare paas hoon.. tumhara hoon.. bina kisi hesitation ke.. bina yeh soche ke kahin tumhe kuch ziada na lage.." and he could feel her heart racing as he said softly, "Aaj apni kiss main le loon.."

Her blushing only intensified as he cupped her cheek ever so softly as he leaned on her. The fireworks that erupted at his nearness and tenderness as he kissed her had never been more unnerving as she lost herself into that moment.

*****

Preeti pinned her saree as she watched him semi dressed, working on some files on the bed. It was past 10am on a working day and he was home trying to catch up on calls and work he had missed thanks to that hour and half he had carried her off to have a wash together to save time.

Stepping out to check on breakfast, she couldn't have been more glad that Dina was on leave beacuase answering her would have been impossible this morning.

*****

Prem smiled as he saw her stepping out of the room. He knew she loved him and God knew, that despite knowing she had loved him always, yesterday's incident had triggered new emotions as he realised the depth of her feelings for him and he had lost the last strain of hesitation he had with her. He had bared his emotions with nothing to conceal or hold back and he was hers.

His chain of thoughts was broken as he remembered he was yet to call Pritam Uncle and he held his head. What would he say without sounding lovesick especially when he had sounded completely lost on that previous call now he thought of it.