PART - 53
"Dadu... See, these are the paintings bua and I made today", Siya showed Rajnath, sitting on his lap.
"Oh wow, I didn't know my Siya is so talented... Learn more from your bua and soon you will become the best", Rajnath said
"More good than bua?", Siya asked...
"Better is the right word. You have to say better than bua?", Akansha corrected her daughter. Siya nodded and quickly corrected herself making Rajnath smile.
"Yes, I am sure you will paint better than Aakriti, in fact the best", Rajnath praised the little girl making her happy.
"Thank you Dadu...", Siya said hugging him.
Akansha looked at her daughter who got a whole big family in just a day.
She met her Nanu, maasi(maternal grandfather, maternal aunt) brother, bua, and Dadu (paternal aunt, paternal grandfather) in a single day and Siya looked thrilled by all this.
Honestly she didn't expect Rajnath and Aakriti to be this welcoming as if they are waiting for this day for years.
And it's true, whenever Rajnath saw Dev happy with Rachna and his kids, he felt the emptiness in his other son's life and he knew both Dev and Aakriti feel guilty for Shaurya's pain as they both primarily forced Shaurya to agree to their ridiculous demands of trapping Akansha in the love game.
Rajnath wasn't aware of this until much later, otherwise he would have stopped this and made Aakriti and Dev understand that their demand to play with a woman's heart are nowhere near right and it shouldn't happen.
Rajnath played with Siya for a while before walking back to his room only to come back with a pair of earrings in a jewelry box.
"Akansha... Can we have a talk?", Rajnath said gently, Akansha who was startled at his sudden reach out, composed herself before giving a nod.
Both of them walked to a far by couch. Shaurya looked at Rajnath, who assured him that he will take care of it, Shaurya nodded, but still afraid of his wife getting hurt.
He kept on looking at them once in a while, one change in her expression, he would intervene, he thought.
He trusted Rajnath to not say anything that could possibly offend her or worse, hurt her, but when it came to her, he was always scared and extra careful, maybe because of the years he spend worrying about her safety, with time, the fear became an innate part of him.
"Akansha... Beta, I owe you an apology---", Rajnath started but Akansha cut him off, shaking her head.
"No Mr. Bisht, what ever you said that day was justified, my father would have been harsher if he was in your place, I am a mother myself, I would have forgotten all the rationale if my daughter is hurt because of someone, so I can understand you", Akansha said and Rajnath smiled.
"My apology is not for how I spoke to you on call that day.
I did that for your betterment as well, not just Aakriti's, so I'm not guilty.
I don't want Shaurya or Dev to know about your call and come at you.
I know how protective they can be of Aakriti and there's not even a single instance of them leaving anyone who hurt their sister, so I was scared for your future, yes I was upset with you for my daughter's condition but you are also someone's daughter, and I don't want my sons to hurt you for something you have done without complete knowledge.
I threatened you so that you wouldn't call again, I thought the issue was closed for once and all.
.. But it was just the beginning. I am sorry for whatever Shaurya has done to you.
I have raised not just Dev Aakriti, but Shaurya as well, so whatever he has done to you, or you can say, forced by other two kids, it was very wrong, I was highly disappointed with the three of them, I am glad at least Dev Aakriti realized their fault whereas Shaurya knew it was wrong from Day 1.
He didn't want to do it. Anyway whatever his thoughts were, it was wrong of him to play with your feelings and as a father, I was partially responsible for my kids faults, so yes, please accept my apology", Rajnath said softly.
"It's not your fault, but thanks for being kind. Your apology means a lot though it wasn't needed", Akansha said, Rajnath shook his head with a small smile.
"Thank you for bringing Siya here. I was waiting for this moment from years.
Whenever I see Dev and Rachna with my grandsons, my heart aches for Shaurya.
Out of my three children, Shaurya was the pure hearted one, you know he saw only cruelty and backstabbing right from childhood, but those couldn't pollute his selfless heart.
Until now, he only gave, never received much.
And when he got people to give him, god kept him away from those", Rajnath said, talking about Dev and himself.
They always wanted Shaurya to leave everything and come, live with them but he just couldn't. He can't let the state in the hands of his corrupt father, also he wanted to keep his parents away from Aakriti and for that he and Dev needs to maintain a distance.
"Anyway, let's not talk about all this, it's all in the past now.
.. I just wanted to give you these. Dev's mother shopped these.
When she embraced Aakriti accepting my decision, she knew she wouldn't live for long but she wanted to leave something for her daughter to cherish on, in her words, she wanted to be prepared for her daughter's marriage.
So, she took me to a jewelry shop and got all the jewelry needed for her daughter and then she also bought 2 pairs of these earrings.
One for Shaurya's wife and one for Dev's wife.
I gave what belonged to Rachna, these belong to you.
These aren't much, but again these are everything, my late wife's blessings.
Please don't deny them", Rajnath said and Akansha took the box with a smile.
"I won't... I'll take it as her blessing.
You and Mrs. Bisht are wonderful people.
.. I wish I had met her in person. It's not easy to do whatever you did", Akansha said looking at Aakriti.
"And then you loved Shaurya so much, more than his real parents could ever do.
Seeing you, I feel whoever quoted 'Blood is thicker than water' didn't have people like you in his life.
Thank you for these", Akansha said showing the box.
"Open and see, and if possible, wear them now. I'll be very happy to see you in them", Rajnath said, Akansha nodded with a smile and opened the box to see beautiful gold jhumkas(ear rings).
"They are beautiful", Akansha said with a smile and started taking off her earrings.
"Here... Your juice", Shaurya handed juice to Rajnath. He took a sip and made a weird face.
Shaurya seeing Akansha struggling with earrings, sat beside her, and started helping her in taking those off so casually as if it's their daily routine.
"Don't make faces, finish it", He said looking at Rajnath, while his hands worked on Akansha's earrings.
He took them off, and made her wear the earrings in the box Rajnath just gave her.
He always imagined Akansha in those earrings and now he is getting to make her wear them, his heart sure skipped several beats but he wanted to act all normal.
"Shaurya, at least put some sugar in the juice", Rajnath whined
"You have enough sugar in your body, have it, stop throwing tantrums, my 4-year old is better than you", Shaurya said
"Done", he said to Akansha, before putting her previous earrings in the box and effortlessly slipped the box in his pocket so casually, that little act of his made her heart flutter. He behaved so... so husbandly.
"They look so beautiful on you, thank you for wearing them, beta", Rajnath said, Akansha nodded with a smile.
Shaurya walked over to check on his daughter who is now asleep in Aakriti's lap.
He quickly tried to click a picture of his wife with the earrings discretely but to his bad luck, the flash was on and Akansha saw it, he cursed his fate and pocketed his phone.
Aakriti who noticed the situation burst out laughing.
Shaurya glared at her and picked up his daughter making Aakriti whine.
"Shaurya, stay for a while. I want to be with Siya for some more time", Aakriti whined
"We have to leave Aakriti. It's already late.
", he told his sister and turned to his wife, "Akansha, shall we?
", Shaurya asked, Akansha nodded, getting up.
She greeted Rajnath, took his blessings, her move surprised Shaurya as she never took his parents blessings and he is happy she didn't, they didn't deserve it.
But he was happy with the kind of respect Akansha showed for Rajnath.
Akansha picked the duffle bag she brought with them and bid bye to Aakriti and Rajnath. Aakriti hugged her, asking her to keep visiting them.
"Take care of your health... Come home early, this is not the time to come home or eat your meal, give your workaholic self a break", Shaurya said, looking at Rajnath.
"Look who is saying, you pull all nighters like you have zero need to sleep, and you are not just a workaholic, but devil at work. You should be the last person to lecture me, Shaurya", Rajnath taunted his son.
"I'm half your age so I still can, you can't... So follow my instructions", Shaurya said, glaring at him.
"Aakriti, call me the next time he comes home late, I'll shut down his media giant pressing false charges", Shaurya threatened.
"And people would call it 'Revenge politics', we are publishing news against your party MLAs, so you chose to shut down my company", Rajnath countered.
Shaurya rolled his eyes...
"I don't care, Take care or else I'll have to take care of your company", Shaurya said and walked out of the door. Akansha smiled at Rajnath and Aakriti before following Shaurya.
They quickly got into the car, with Shaurya carrying their daughter in his arms.
"Give me her blanket, she is shivering", Shaurya asked Akansha who took out Siya's travel blanket and covered her, while Shaurya helped his little one lay on him comfortably, ruffling her hair, kissing her hair.
Anyone can see the extreme love and adoration he held for his daughter.
"So... What's troubling you?", Akansha whispered, not to wake up their daughter.
Shaurya looked at her with wide eyes. Even today she held on to that skill, to know what's going inside him. He managed to fool everyone, even his best friend that he is fine but not her. He could never.
"Um... Nothing... I.. I was wondering about Siya's birthday...", Shaurya said
"If you wanted to celebrate it in a certain way, you can.
I don't mind. Tell me and I'll help you with the preparations.
But If you are troubled about the 4 birthdays you missed, then don't think about them now.
Guilt and regret will spoil the happy moments people could have.
So, for now keep those feelings aside and live in the moment, and the truth of it.
The only truth you need to focus on now is your daughter is here, with you, in your arms", Akansha said.
Her tone held basic empathy, she succeeded to hide her pain seeing him in distress.
He looked extremely troubled as if something is eating him from within.
She knew it was his regret and she also knew he could never really get rid of it.
Shaurya tightened his hold on his daughter, his eyes held moisture.
"I didn't know regret will be this painful.
I am dying every second and the worst part is I deserve it", He said, she turned her face to the other side to hold her tears.
Seeing him in pain was never easy for her, but with all the hatred she nurtured for him in these 5 years created a mad urge in her, making her wish for his suffering.
But now that she knew the truth, the hatred slowly started disappearing.
She didn't defend his actions, yes he was wrong, his choices were wrong, his idea of deceiving her was wrong.
But the fact that he was the only one in her life who loved her truly with no other emotions attached, stood tall, making everything look so small sometimes.
But her sufferings stopped her from even thinking about forgiving Shaurya.
She didn't see pure love in her father's eyes, it was mostly guilt of making her carry his responsibilities while her brother's eyes always held gratefulness, that doesn't mean she didn't find love and affection, they were there but emotions like guilt and gratefulness overpowered it but with Shaurya she only experienced love, just pure love, until the moment she discovered the truth, she never really felt any other emotion except for love and happiness with him.
There are little fights sometimes but she never cried because of him, but she felt all that pain at once when she got to know his real intentions to approach her.
One thing that hurt her the most even more than his betrayal was the thought that he stayed tolerating her rude and arrogant self because of his thirst for revenge, not out of love.
But when she got to know he stayed for her, out of love for her, her wounds started healing.
But trusting him with her heart is still far from reality for her or that's what she made herself believe.
"So, tell me something, you were always close to Mr. Bisht?
The way his eyes teared up seeing you and Siya together.
.. It's evident how much he loves you", Akansha asked, to shift their conversation to a much lighter one as she knew they both needed some time off from these heavy emotions and he understood it.
"Yeah... He loved me just as much as he loved Dev or Aakriti.
You know when I was in 8th standard, he decided to leave this country with Dev, Aakriti and me.
He even decided to sell his media company if he couldn't be able to manage from the U.
S. But I was scared for Aakriti, I didn't want to leave from here as there are chances Virendar Shekhawat could have found out about Aakriti then", he said.
"That time I realized how much he loved me if he is ready to completely leave his home country and company behind, for me", he added, with a gentle smile reminiscing the first time he witnessed Rajnath's protective instinct for him.
"Why did he want to take you all away from here?", Akansha asked
Akansha was stunned hearing him. She never imagined Shaurya was subjected to child abuse. He never mentioned about it to her. He had faced a lot more than she knew, she realized.
"Why didn't you tell me ever?", she asked him.
"No one knew, except for Rajnath uncle. It was a one time thing. My father never abused me after that, he was scared something would happen to me as I got injured badly that I took months to recover", he said
"That was not the answer to my question Shaurya. Why didn't you tell me?", she asked again.
"Situations... We were never in a situation where I could share all this with you. I only gave you pain and the guilt was more disturbing than any of this", he said and she sighed in anguish.
"You and Mr. Bisht behave like a father-son but I never saw you addressing anything. Why?", she asked, suddenly realizing it.
"He is more than my father, he told me multiple times to address him 'Dad's just like Aakriti or Dev does but I didn't want to burden him with it.
He had suffered more than enough because of me, I wanted to put a full stop to this.
At the same time, I couldn't bring myself to address him 'uncle' so I let it blank.
I do address him as 'uncle' but rarely", Shaurya said, his eyes holding the guilt for troubling Rajnath.
That moment Akansha realized what Rajnath told her.
Shaurya indeed was the purest, despite grown up with betrayals, deceive and lies, he remained pure just like a lotus flower.
"Anyway, so tell me how do you want us to plan her birthday party?
How will she like it?", Shaurya asked looking at his daughter.
"Keep it simple, just with her close family", Akansha said
"Yeah... I am planning two parties. One is in the morning followed by a grand feast. I will invite all the party MLAs and important people.
Dev will also attend it officially but we won't tire Siya much in this.
After the cake cutting, you guys can go and rest, I'll handle the guests. ..", he began but she cut him off.
"Won't it be rude if I won't be there with you to look after the guests", Akansha asked
"I'll handle it, I don't want you to do something you don't want to. As I promised, I'll take care of everything", Shaurya said
"Your daughter does think of you as a superman but you aren't one, so shut up. I think I can handle it", she said sharply. He grinned buy quickly shut his lips tightly seeing her glare at him.
"After that we can arrange a theme party in the early evening inviting Siya's close friends, their parents and that includes Dev Rachna and the kids, and your sister and Harsh as well.
After that, we can have a family lunch. Your family and mine, what's say?
Aakriti and Rajnath uncle will be very happy to be with Siya on her birthday.
I'm sure your father and Akash feels the same.
You can invite Richa too if you want", Shaurya said
"You do know Richa wanted your destruction, right?", Akansha asked
"I know. But I am grateful to her for being your support system. I respect her for what she did, so it's okay if she wants to harm me. I can take care of that, but she deserves to be with Siya on her birthday; it's her right. She is her godmother, right?", Shaurya asked, and Akansha nodded.
"You don't have to do this", she said
"It's fine, I want everyone close to Siya there, and she is one of them, that's the only reason", he said, and she nodded
Both of them discussed the party theme and other things. Shaurya showed the pictures of the event planner's earlier works who usually plans gatherings at his place. He was never fond of hosting parties, maybe he would have if he had his reason to celebrate all these years, his wife.
"She does a good job but if you have any idea or any other planner, let me know, we'll hire them", Shaurya said
"No, these are good. We can hire her, we'll discuss the themes with her. Call her home in the evening", Akansha said and Shaurya nodded.
"Sleep for a few hours, You need some rest", he said
"You need it too... You have been working the whole day, Give her to me", Akansha said, forwarding her hands.
"I'm fine, a slight movement and she would wake up", Shaurya said
"I'm her mother. I know how to make her sleep again. Give her to me and shut your eyes", she ordered and he reluctantly gave Siya to Akansha but his daughter tightly held his shirt, whining.
"It's okay, I'll sleep with her in my arms, I don't have any problem", Shaurya said.
Akansha rolled her eyes at their drama before slowly taking Siya from him and making her sleep between them.
She woke up whining, but Akansha patted her to sleep quickly.
Shaurya covered her with the duvet properly before reclining their seats to make it comfortable for Akansha to lean back.
"Sleep, Shaurya", she said before shutting her eyes.
Soon, sleep took over her but like always, he couldn't. The anxiety he was avoiding till then started kicking in, he took long breaths to control himself.
'Till Siya's birthday' he chanted, and looking at his daughter and wife who are sleeping peacefully he calmed down a bit.
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The next evening, Shaurya and Akansha discussed party decoration and other necessary things for the party.
"What about the dinner menu ma'am?", the event planner asked Akansha, though Shaurya was also present there. She understood that Shaurya always went with whatever Akansha says, with how he looked at his wife for answers whenever they were asked to decide the details.
"It's a family dinner, so we'll manage it. What do you say?", Akansha asked, directing the latter statement to Shaurya.
"Yeah, we will...", he said with a gentle smile and turned to the event planner.
"Take care of the arrangements till the evening kids' party.
I want it to be the best, Drishti. I'm trusting you with this, don't disappoint me", Shaurya said softly.
Akansha quickly looked at him, hearing his soft tone and choice of words.
She isn't jealous, or maybe she is. She tried hard not to show it, but with one look, he understood she didn't like the acute familiarity he showed towards Drishti.
"I won't Sir. I'll make sure everything is perfect and according to yours and ma'am's liking", Drishti said, and he nodded. She bid bye to them and left.
"She is the one who organized all the gatherings hosted by me, so I her a bit, I mean her work a bit", Shaurya clarified.
"Did I say anything?", she asked him sharply
"No, I just wanted to share...", he fumbled
"Okay, I'll be in my study, let me know if you need me, I mean for work of course", he added and walked away. A small smile made it's way to her lips.
Whenever he fumbled with words, it made her smile, not because she enjoyed seeing him fear her.
She knew that's not the case, Shaurya didn't fear her, well in certain things he did, but mostly he was scared of hurting her, that made him get cautious with his words.
His care and love sometimes cracked the strong walls she built around her.
They decided to invite guests the next day. Shaurya returned from his study for dinner, and found his wife and daughter seated in the dining hall with Akansha feeding their daughter.
"I'll feed her, have your dinner", Shaurya said, forwarding her plate to her.
"Dadda... Yay, you are home?", Siya asked getting excited.
"I'm home from af..", he started but seeing Akansha shaking her head he understood she might have told her that he is at office so that she doesn't disturb him.
"I... I just got home", Shaurya said, "come on, have it", he said holding a spoon full of rice which Siya quickly had.
"Invites will be ready till tomorrow.
I'll send invites to party members, MLAs, MPs and other important people.
We can invite the family and close friends personally.
What's say?", Shaurya said, while feeding his daughter.
"Yeah, works. What about her friends? I'll get their parents' phone numbers", Akansha said
"I already have some of their contacts, took them during the Father's Day event. I'll call them, give me rest of the contacts as well, I'll call them personally", he said
"Let it be, I'll invite them", Akansha said, she knew with his busy schedule, and elections just around the corner, his schedule is tight, still he is trying his best to balance his personal and professional lives and in the process his health is getting effected.
She has noticed he barely gets to sleep these days and so she wanted to help him as much as possible.
"Mama bear, Dadda, are you planning my birthday party?", Siya asked
"Yes my magic unicorn", Shaurya answered, feeding her the last morsel.
"What's there in the party?", Siya asked with excitement.
"Dadda's, mine and your friends will attend the party was th their families, you will cut the cake, they will have food give you gifts and go. That's it", Akansha said, hiding about the evening theme party, which Shaurya arranged specially for the kids, so that it remains as a surprise to her.
"My friends will be here? And they will give me gifts?", siya asked with excitement
"Yes", Shaurya said, Siya clapped her hands in happiness, then wounded her arms around her mother's neck, kissed her cheeks, then did the same to her father making her parents smile at her antics.
"Dadda... Did you talk to mumma about my gipht(gift)?", Siya suddenly asked making Shaurya get cautious and Akansha suspicious about it.
"What gift?", Akansha asked and Siya looked at Shaurya with 'I'm-sorry-I-got-you-caught' expression and Shaurya reciprocated with 'you-shouldn't-have-done-it' look.
"What are you hiding? Both of you?", Akansha asked sternly. "Siya? What did you demand from Dadda?", Akansha asked
"Demand? No she didn't. She just made a wish, she wasn't stubborn at all", Shaurya came in his daughter's defense quickly.
"And you are her genie, so I'm sure you'll definitely fulfil her wish, so tell me what is it?
", Akansha asked, folding her arms, ready for the battle and Shaurya gulped, already accepting defeat.
Well this time it wasn't fear, it was the deep attraction he felt towards his wife but he knew he had to stay in limits.
Shaurya made Siya drink some water and asked Mrs. Sudha to take her to the room which she quickly obliged. Akansha looked at Shaurya expecting answers, with her arms still folded.
Shaurya took a step towards her, gently rubbing his fingers on her arms, unfolding them.
She took a sharp breath before staring in his eyes.
The raw desire mixed with love in his eyes made her feet numb and her heart throbbing with excitement.
If it was earlier, though the attraction was still there, the hatred for him made her repulsive of his touch but with the truth now out, her hatred diminished and the hidden love started taking front seat sometimes, if not all times.
"Akansha... You know me and my undeniable attraction towards you.
With years it only multiplied. I know you hate me near you and that's the reason I'm holding myself.
Please help me doing so. I.. I don't want to lose my control and make you hate me more.
So... Please... Please avoid doing somethings, that turn me on", he whispered, making her eyes go wide.
This is the first time he had opened up about his desires after they met again.
Well, his eyes always gave away but he was never vocal about them.
"Shaurya... You...", she started but he pulled her closer, and the next second hugged her tightly.
"Please stay. Just a minute", he said, nuzzling his head in her neck, the feeling of butterflies in the stomach is back, she shut her eyes in bliss.
She missed being in his arms and the familiar feeling of belongingness.
She was always strong, she didn't need anyone but he will always remain as the man who broke her walls and stepped inside the deepest part of her heart and the truth is he never left.
To balance those feelings she cultivated hatred against him and her situations and the truth she saw made her job easy, but now the fact that the foundation on which she built the fort of hatred against him is all a lie is sinking in slowly.
Now she knew his fault was agreeing to deceive her in the beginning, when he planned to make her fall in love and break her heart.
She also knew he already started liking her when he first saw her, and maybe that's the reason he stopped Dev from pursuing her.
But still, the thought of Shaurya deceiving her didn't sit well with her.
The pain is raw, and yes there was a time when she thought of forgiving him for that betrayal if he repented it properly.
That time she was madly in love with him and she knew he loved her more than her.
He could never see her in pain and she even doubted if he had ever told her about his initial plans of deceive if Aakriti didn't tell her that night.
One more thing she held against him was that one night after marriage, he had the chance to tell her the truth that he didn't marry her for revenge but out of love.
But he decided to let her suffer for that one night because of all the pain his sister suffered because of her.
Aakriti's presence in the wedding Hall and that whole evening was one more reason he couldn't tell her the truth and finally when he wanted to tell her, he saw his parents' that face which shook him from within.
Wait! His parents!
Akansha jerked away from the hug, took a few steps away from him, glaring at him.
"Sorry", he quickly said but the peace that's on his face was not at all sorry.
"Your parents. Wouldn't people find it odd if your parents won't be at Siya's birthday party?", Akansha asked
"Don't worry about it. They are going to Vaishnodevi darshan. I have planned it much before. I would never let those people come in front of you or Siya anymore", Shaurya said and Akansha nodded.
"Let's go and sleep, tomorrow and day after tomorrow are going to be hectic", Akansha said and walked away.
Shaurya nodded, but before he could take a step, a throbbing pain shot in his head.
He sat there holding his head, had some water and after the pain subsided, he called his doctor to take needed medicines as he didn't want to fall sick and spoil his daughter's birthday party.
It's her first birthday with him and he wanted to make it memorable for her and for Akansha as well.
Every time she had to celebrate it alone, she had to fulfill the duties of mother and father alone.
It's time he started fulfilling his responsibilities and make amends for his past mistakes.
With determination, he got up and left to his room and laid beside his daughter and slowly sleep took over him, with his eyes which are staring at his wife and daughter now shutting slowly.
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The next day, Shaurya personally invited Siya's best friend Amulya's dad and a few others whose contacts he had.
Akansha informed the rest. She invited her father her brother, sister and nephew.
She told her father to bring her mother as well to which Vasant denied straight citing she didn't deserve to be there and Akansha didn't argue.
Her mother never really cared for her but at the end of the day she is her mother and she didn't want her father to stand alone in the gathering with everyone asking about her mother but when Vasant strictly denied bringing her, Akansha too realized it's better that way.
Her mother didn't deserve her forgiveness.
Akansha and Shaurya invited Rajnath, Aakriti, Dev and family for the evening dinner.
They are super happy to be a part of it.
They all even expressed regret that they couldn't be able to help them with the preparations but badly wanted to.
So, Akansha and Shaurya created a group naming the group 'Siya turns 5'
Akansha and Shaurya distributed the tasks which they gladly took the responsibility of, well except for Dev who cribbed about workload.
"Shaurya is doing a lot more work than you.
Being a chief minister, his workload is a lot more than you, is he cribbing?
Look at Mr. Bisht, he had a giant company to run, still he is actively taking part in preparations.
Learn something from them Dev??????", Akansha sent annoyed at his cribbing
"Are you boasting about your husband'd Chief Minister position???", Dev replied
"Hence proved, you don't have brains. @RachnaBisht you have my sympathies", Akansha sent, Rachna reacted with a laughing emoji to the message. Rajnath who was seeing the texts laughed at the banter.
"@AkanshaDixit, you have a point but one correction though. I'm your father-in-law, addressing me Mr. Bisht is not at all right. If not Dad, you could call me uncle, at least", Rajnath said
"Really Dad! That woman is taunting me and you are supporting her? This is not a family group but family circus", Dev sent
"True! But I was wondering who the Ringmaster is?", Aakriti sent
"Shut up and do the work assigned to you. Was the menu finalized?", Shaurya replied, fed up of all thd time pass they are doing instead of working.
"Phattu! Until now you didn't dare to say a word as your wife is involved in the conversation. Such a coward you are", Dev teased Shaurya.
"What's the secret behind this obedience of your husband @AkanshaDixit. Do you use broomstick or TV remote or belan? Or all three?", Dev sent
"Rachna should use all three and even more. You clearly became useless. Do work and stop this nonsense right away. I want the best for Siya", Shaurya said
"Exactly! So keep your nonsensical words aside and start working", Akansha sent to which Dev replied with a '????' which Akansha royally ignored.
"@AakritiBisht, Add Kala Jamun as well in the menu, it's my favorite", Dev sent.
"Menu will go without Kala jamun, Aakriti", Akansha sent to which Aakriti reacted with a '????' irking Dev.
At last, they completed the assigned tasks with their bickering continued.