Esha woke up feeling a heavy weight on her head. It felt like her head would burst open.
She groaned turning to her side only to realise that her hand was clutched in someone else's in a firm grip.
Someone whose touch she could recognise even in dark.
The touch of her husband. She opened her eyes and was met with his sleeping form.
He slept while sitting and holding her hand in a firm grip.
She remembered she fainted. She looked at the time.
It was 4 in the morning. She was unconscious so long.
She sat up slowly trying to get rid of her headache. Her movements broke Hridhaan's sleep and he looked at her groggily.
When he realised that she was up he got up in haste.
"You're awake! Finally! Yahi baitho mao abhi aa rha hu."
He said sternly and rushed out and Esha sat there timidly.
Where did he go? Was he going to get something?
Her eyes widened as she thought something.
Was he going to bring divorce papers? Was that why he went out of the house?
She bowed her head biting her lips nervously. She didn't want to leave him. She loved him and can't live without him anymore. Moreover she and her baby needed him.
She was busy thinking all kinds of negative things when a glass of juice was forwarded in front of her.
"Huh!?"
She looked up confused and saw him standing there holding the glass close to her mouth.
"Peeyo isse. Khatam kro abhi ke abhi. Last khaana kab khaaya tha tumne. Jab mai aaya faint hui padi thi tum. Doctor ne bataya weakness hai."
She opened her mouth to say something but he pushed the glass more into her.
"Pehle peeyo. Phir baat krenge."
His tone scared her. She gulped the juice looking at him through her lashes trying to grasp his emotions.
But he maintained the stoic expression making her scared.
After she finished the juice he set the glass aside and sat on the bed pulling her in front of him. She bowed her head not knowing what to say.
"Tum mujhse jooth bolo, itni badi baat chhupao, aur mai tumse naraz bhi nhi ho skta? Gussa mujhe hona chahiye lekin nhi! Tum mujhe wo bhi nhi rehne dogi. Faint ho kar pad gyi. Ki chali Hridhaan ko tension dete hai."
He scolded her and she sat listening to him like a child being scolded by her mother.
"Look at me when I am talking to you."
She looked at him biting her lip nervously like a scared child and he continued.
"Mai naaraz tha toh ye nhi ki ek baar call kr ke mana hi le. Sabke calls aa gye lekin tumse ek phone nhi hua. Ek baar phone kr deti. Daudte huye aa jaata mai. Ab aisi shakal mat banao. Daant nhi paaunga mai tumhe."
She pouted with teary eyed and pleaded him with her eyes to forgive her.
He sighed and pulled her on his lap. She immediately clung to him hugging him tight and sobbing in his arms.
He rubbed her back and caressed her hair.
"I am sorry. I really am Hridhaan. I love you. Mai nhi jee paaungi aapke bina. I did prtend to be Eshana but I wasn't pretending to be in love."
"I know!"
He whispered caressing her back and she looked at him sniffing.
"Aap mujhe chhodenge nhi na?"
He kept his forehead on hers sighing and whispered.
"Chahu bhi tab bhi nhi chhod paaunga. Aisa phasaya hai tumne mujhe apne pyaar mai ki tumhare bina ab ek din bhi rehna nhi chahta."
He kissed her softly and they poured their feelings in the kiss. The kiss was a mess. They were a mess. Yet it was the most beautiful and the most meaningful kiss they ever shared.
She pulled back and hugged him hiding her face in his neck and he dug his nose in hers taking in her sweet scent.
"Hridhaan?"
He hummed in her neck and she whispered so softly that he nearly missed it.
"I am pregnant."
He went stiff. She felt each of his muscle going stiff.
She pulled back from the hug and saw his wide eyes and shocked expression.
"Hridhaan?"
She whispered slowly. Scared that he might not be ready for a baby yet. Afterall it had been only 4 months since their marriage.
And moreover now the truth was just out.
She cupped his face and he looked at her. His eyes darted between her eyes and her belly.
He repeated the action a few times before whispering in a cracked voice.
"Esha?"
She smiled softly and caressed his face in her palms.
His eyes teared up and he craddled her face in his hands and kissed her all over her face making her giggle.
After making her have a healthy and hearty breakfast he pulled her in his arms again cuddling her into his chest.
She snuggled into his warmth like a greedy cat and sighed in content.
"Mujhe hamesha lagta tha ki meri kismat bhut kharab hai. Soon after my birth, parents se alag ho gyi and ended up at an orphanage. Grew up there and lived so many years alone. No friends, nothing. Mujhe laga tha yahi meri zindagi hai. Lonely and alone. Phir aap aaye. Aapne meri kismat badal di Hridhaan. Ek nobody se princess bana diya mujhe."
She kissed his chest and he smiled looking at her.
"You were never a nobody Esha. And you are not a princess. You're a queen. Meri queen. And we are soon going to get our little prince or princess."
He said and then kissed her forehead.
"Aur maine tumhari kismat badli? Giving someone everything who had nothing is easy but giving someone everything when they already had everything is difficult. Mere paas sab kuch tha Esha lekin tumne meri zindagi mai aakar mujhe pura kr dia."
He said and she leaned in taking his lips in a soft kiss.
**************************************
The story is over. I hope you liked it.😁
Please do leave your comments.
Also, please vote for the story.😊🙏🏻
Laters!!😘❤️
