Madness and Magic...❤️

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Sidharth's slumber broke with the sound of alarm,he was still half-asleep and mistaken the sound as her phones ringtone,he instinctively extended his hand to shake Shehnaaz awake.

"Your phone is ringing baby... pick up and make some excuse," he mumbled groggily in a sleepy state.

"Umm..." She mumbled and then buried her face beneath the covers,she wasn't willing to wake up.

"Shehnaaz... tumhara phone baj raha hai baby... Dekho kaun hai." he grumbled again in sleep while rubbing his eyes when he reached out to shake her awake when his fingers fell on her chooda and then it hit him. This wasn't one of those countless nights which they had spent talking till they passed out. This wasn't his single life anymore where he would wake up alone or if not alone then worry about sneaking her out before anyone got to know that she was at his place.

He pushed himself up on his elbow, and saw her sleeping face. He gently moved his fingers over the bangles encircling her wrist, and his eyes went to the sindoor on her hairline, which screamed that she was his wife.

He smiled thinking about how he had always been guarded but this firecracker of a girl had barged into his life with all her fire and chaos, destroyed his guards and without even trying, made herself the most exciting part of the timeline of his life and now she was indeed there in front of him,his wife.

He had never thought of marriage to be this beautiful.When he was with Sameera,it felt like just a box to check at the right time but Shehnaaz made it feel so exhilarating yet enchanting.He looked at her face again and then he thought about their tight itinerary.They had to go back to Mumbai and then in just two days, she would leave for Delhi. And he would have to return to Mumbai after dropping her in Delhi, alone. He hated the thought.

Last night only she had officially become his, and now the thought of staying away for even a single day felt scary and painful.Suddenly a thought entered his mind,what if he just took her somewhere, where it was just them and then her alarm rang again.

He stretched his arm and fumbled for the phone on her side table when he felt some net-like fabric,he instinctively picked it up and sucked in his breath when he realized that it was the same bra she wore last night.He suddenly felt like a clueless teenager instead of a grown up mam. Just then, she stirred in her sleep and opened her eyes and her eyes snapped wide open in horror when she saw what was in his hand. she snatched it from him and shoved it under her pillow."Oh no! What an embarrassing start to our married life.Kya soch rahi hogi?" He thought and decided to clarify.

"Phone dhund raha tha... I don't know how this... This was there on the side table." he instantly defended himself.

"Hmmm....ok... woh... mujhe aise neend nahi aati..." she blurted,her voice sounded croaky with sleep still her face turned deep red."shit...again.. ab Roz chidaega..." She thought.

"Hmm...what?"his brows arched up.

"I have this habit of sleeping without... Umm... without.... " She felt too shy to complete her sentence and his face instantly lit up.She gulped seeing his naughty grin. "Oh god, just shut up, Shehnaaz. SHUT UP... No need to be so honest,ab 100% chidaega" she thought when she realised that her mouth was running ahead of her brain.

"Wow"His lips had a full bloomed smile and
his eyes daned with mischief.

"Excuse me?" She asked

"I said....Oh?" he said.She knew that her husband was never going to let her live this down.

"Kal kyun pehni thi phir? And if it was such a struggle, you could've just asked me to take it off. Khud kyun mehnat ki?" he didn't stop,there was sheer amusement in his tone.