Tale of Two Lovebirds

Chapter 48

~ HAPPY NEW YEAR! ~

Note: Please enjoy this long chapter, I owed you guys something nice after all this time. I hope you like it! Thanks to the lovely @deepveerian for the inspiration. The screening part has a lot of input from her.

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Chapter 48

"Look at the time, it's getting late." Deepika warned Ranveer, getting ready herself to take a shower. He was lost looking at his phone, probably going through his Twitter feed. "Ranveer..." She repeated. He was like a child sometimes and that is exactly why she liked to joke that she had three children at home instead of two.

"Ranveer..."

"Hmm?"

"Shower. Now." She talked to him like she talked to Ria when she was being stubborn.

He set his phone aside, getting up on his feet and stretching as he yawned. She walked by and he caught her, wrapping an arm around her, pulling her into a hug from behind.

"Help me, na?" He asked with a lazy voice, before leaving a kiss on her neck.

She chuckled, amused, far from annoyed by his lack of urgency to get ready. "Help you with what?"

"...with the shower." He said innocently. What did she think?

She brought a hand to his face and patted his cheek. "Aww my baby, I can do that..."

"That only, I'm not asking for more..." he teased. "So behave because 'it's getting late.'"

"I'll try to." She played along and he hugged her closer to him. "No promises though..."

They were alone at home. Ria and Dhruv had gone to a birthday party with Ranveer's mother.     It was one of her closest friend's grandson's birthday. Ranveer's sister and her kids were going too, it was going to be a big party for both kids and adults and everyone was excited to attend. Ranveer's mom loved showing off her grand-babies to her friends - like all of her grandmother friends did - and Ri and Sami loved birthday parties for the cake and all the fun. Sanu and Dhruv were still too little but they always enjoyed being with Dadi.

Ranveer had the movie screening that same day. It would have been wonderful if his family could have attended but he told them he didn't mind them going to the party instead. He wasn't going to be alone anyway, his lovely wife was going to be there with him. Which was both a good and a bad thing since she had to actually see his scenes with Valentina after everything that happened. He hated that, this would normally be a happy and exciting moment for him and he was full of mixed feelings. Although, he was grateful for Deepika's unconditional support. He offered her not to go if she didn't want to but that wasn't an option for her.

"Thank you for coming, baby. It means a lot to me to have you by my side." Ranveer whispered before their car pulled over, sneaking a quick kiss before they arrived and the cameras started clicking them.

Deepika smiled, bringing a hand to his cheek and wiping his lips with her thumb, making sure there was no trace of her lip color on him. "I love you." She whispered and he couldn't help kissing her again.

"I love you too..."

They arrived before she could wipe his lips again and he got out of the car, walking around to her side to get her door.

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Ranveer! Ranveer!

Deepika! Deepika!