She stood at the French window gazing at the flowers which had blossomed and looked fresh after the rain......
Their little world which they were trying to build up with love was yet to blossom.....She went back to the day they got married....
It was exactly a month since their wedding....
A simple affair with just her family and ETF..They had mutually opted for that......She now knew that a wedding had nothing to do with the grandness ....Only the compatibility and love between the couple mattered the most in marriage.....only then will it succeed.....She was a living example of it....she had married Suraj like a princess but.........She didn't think further about it....She felt even his thoughts meant betrayal to the love she had for Arjun, her husband!
Amidst the fun, frolic and blessings, they had tied the knot.....a simple dinner party followed which was planned by her parents of course with ample help from Shree and Chotu....
She remembered her mother's words before they left that night...
"yaad hai Riya, bacchpan mein tum apne saare wishes fairy queen se maangthi thi...aur apne choti si diary pe likhthi thi.....harr roz, main woh padhkar unn saare wishes ko poora karthi thi....par jaise jaise tum bade hoti gayi, apne personal baatein, apne personal diary mujhse chupaakar rakthi thi....Arjun se pyar bhi chupaaya tha.....isiliye tumaari yeh wish poore karne mein itna dher hogayi......"
Riya is pleasantly surprised by her mother's confession about reading her diary and fulfilling the wishes......
Riya: [tears flooding her eyes] maa.....
Mom: [wiping her tears] mera ek hi wish hai......main tumhe zindagi barr khush dekhna chahthi hoom Riya.....yeh wish tum poora karogi na?
Riya nodded and placed her hand on her mom's hand.....they were surprised by another hand on theirs......Arjun stood beside them and had placed his hand on theirs and assured, "Aunty, aapka yeh wish zaroor poora hoga.....Riya ke life mein ab sirf khushiyaan hogi.....yeh mera vaadha hai aapse!"
Arjun's promise had left my parents with tears of joy....while I was in a trance hearing that.....He indeed was my perfect man.....perfect husband.....
But a question continuously ringed in my mind...can I become the perfect wife? Well I left that question lingering and questioning myself and decided to let time answer that
Days passed by....home, work, cases, ETF.....we were happy together....
We hugged, we kissed...we spend all our free time together.....but it never went beyond that.....
Arjun didn't want to force anything on her......he wished to take it all slowly......And it made him more and more special and she couldn't help falling for her man more and more every day!
Riya was ready to take the next step in their relationship but felt it awkward or rather shy to pursue anything related to it and never was able to take the first step!
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It was almost 3 days since Arjun had gone off to Delhi for a case investigation......She was missing him big time in office and at home......She missed his presence, their casual chats, their dinners together, their hugs....
She missed everything about him! about them!
He was expected to be back tonight but he hadn't called even once to confirm his return....She had been trying his phone since morning but he wasn't picking up or the phone was out of network coverage.....
