Arshi SS-In The Ocean Of Love

In the Ocean of love Chapter 9

Akash looked at his wife doing the final bits of packing.Her movements calm and in control as always.They have to catch a late evening flight.Ever since the altercations on phone with his brother payal has been livid but on a detailed discussion with her gynacologist who suggeted it would be better for them to go down to India if they plan to move now itself,before the third trimester. Akash was concerned about travelling given the heavily pregnant state of his wife, but the doctors words have some recessing effect on payal.He can feel the dilema.They don't want to be stuck in a situation in a foreign country where there is no one they can turn for help.Akash knows if he continued working he cannot shift his whole attention to payal with the launch in its way.He knew payal is aware of his involvement in the launch project and she wants him to prove himself to everyone.If they go back he can't accomplish it the way he wanted to.If he stay back with payal,with no one around to turn for help he doubt whether he can move forward with his complete involvement.Any way his work has to take a back seat and he made up his mind on that because there is nothing more important for him than the safety of his wife and his unborn baby at the moment.They discussed with payal's parents who also advised them to fly Down.His mother was ecstatic to see him again and to be able to hold his baby first.He can't help but smile at the memory of his mothers antics.Still payal seems to be on two minds to take a decision,so he delayed the decision.The dilema ended for him the moment his dadi called him the previous evening.She told him indirectly flying down to India is the best decision at the moment.Even though she didn't elaborate much Akash understood that she wanted to avoid a conflict between His brother and sister in law.Knowing his brother very well he can guess that their demand to bring khushi here would have caused some friction between them which is the reason for his dadi's intervention.Even though he didn't reveal dadi's call to payal he knew she caught it and didn't probe further about it much to his relief .Anyway they will have a tough time staying in shanthivan given their troubled equation with his brother.He just hope it would not upset payal anymore on her last trimester as she seems to crave her family and her baby sister's presence with her.He walked up to her and put his arms around her potrued belly from behind.

"That is enough jaan..I will cross check once again later all the packed stuff..okay?You need to get a little rest now."

She turned around in his arms and hugged him sideways.

"I am sorry Akash.I know how much this project meant to you..I so wanted to see you launch your designs here.You gave all your time and hard work for it..it just break me to think you have to leave it all midway because.. "payal choked as she broke down in her husband's arms,tears clogging her throat words failing in her mouth.

Akash blinked his eyes to keep the his unshed tears at bay.He pulled her back from his embrace to have a look at her face.Her beautiful face strained with tears.He brushed her tears away and cupped her face in his hands.

"Sshh...why are you saying sorry.Nothing is more important to me at the moment than you and our baby.We are together in this.You will see me doing something more great on my professional front later and I promise you I would make you proud."Akash reassured her with that kind characteristic smile of his.

Payal smiled at him through her tears.Her husband.The kindhearted man who knows only to love. The day they found out the truth about shyam changed their lives forever.He could not deal with the fact that she hide his ex brother in law's real identity from him.He felt betrayed and rightfully So.She did not made an effort to convince him why they did that and that they were not the culprits but victims as much as his sister Anjali is.She was ready to leave shanthivan holding her little sister's hand.But he saw that.Their unsaid struggle and purity of intention behind keeping Shyam's identity under wraps.But what broke him completely was the way his brother, whom he practically worshipped and looked up to, betrayed him behind his back.The relevations that Arnav black mailed khushi keeping his marriage as a bait for it and he knew Shyam's real identity way before and didn't even consider him worthy to share it with him totally shattered him.The matured young man aged a hundred years that day.He took a firm stand for her and her sister.But he can't do hard and extreme emotions,So she knew he can never hate his brother or family for their wrong deeds.He was just broken,defeated.It broke her more than him so there never has been a question or discussion when he decided to move out of the country.She saw it coming and just knew that they both needed that at that moment.