Naina's POV
"Were you embarrassed by me as a wife?" I asked as we were sitting on the bed.
"Why?" he asked.
"Because I don’t work?" I asked.
"Who told you that?"
"I was just thinking...I mean I don’t go to work, and you already have Daya uncle to cook and clean,” I said.
"Naina you are my wife, not my maid and if I wanted a cook, I have it and I also have a cleaner. If I wanted someone to take care of me, I can have a nurse but do you know what I want?" he asked.
"What?" I asked as he pulled me in his arms.
"I want a life partner who will not cook for me but eat with me, with whom I can share all my problems, with whom I can enjoy papri chat, who can give me head massage after a long day of work, with whom I can go for a walk and I can lay down on her lap and she will caress my hair,” he said as he put his head on my lap and I laughed and started caressing his hair.
"Naina I don’t know about others, but I want my wife just to stay by my side," he said and I tried to control my tears but I couldn’t so I excused myself and went to the washroom, put on the tap and let tears roll down my cheeks.
"Naina?" he called and I quickly washed my face and came out of the bathroom.
"Are you okay?" he asked and I nodded my head in a yes.
"Naina I have never seen you talking about your friends," he said and I stopped in my tracks.
"I have only one friend. I don’t make friends after my best friend left me for some other girl,” I told him and he was quiet for some time.
"So where's that one friend?" he asked.
"We don’t talk much," I said.
"She didn't come to wedding, right?" he asked.
"No, he didn’t come to a wedding,” I said.
"So it's a boy, I thought it's a girl."
"Yes it's a boy. Anyways let's go and have dinner," he said and we went in the hall and he went to call Avni for dinner and I went in the kitchen to heat the dinner.
Then I put everything on dining table and we all sat to have dinner.
"Naina I am sorry for what I said in the morning. I didn't mean to hurt you," she apologized.
"It's okay but sometimes think before speaking, somebody can get hurt by your words,” I said.
"Yes I understood I was wrong. I am sorry."
"Okay."
"So Ranveer how did you confess your love to her?" Avni asked.
"I didn't confess," he said.
"What? You never confessed your love to Naina. I know you are married and you love each other but every girl wants to hear those three magical words," Avni said but before he could say anything his mobile started ringing and he excused himself and went towards the balcony.
After some time he came back and we all had our dinner silently and I cleaned the dishes and went to our room
Does he love me?
But he never confessed his love to me?
I was feeling restless then I went in the hall to see both of them watching T.V and Avni's head was on his lap.
I hurriedly went to my room, locked the door and started crying.
I can't see Ranveer with Avni.
I love Ranveer and I can't imagine them together.
What?
I love Ranvver.
I don’t like Sameer.
I was lying to myself that I like him. I was convincing myself to like Sameer.
And I have read somewhere if you have to CONVINCE yourself to fall in love with a person then you don’t love the person because love happens naturally.
And with Ranveer everything came naturally.
Me and Sameer made a plan but with Ranveer I never planned anything.
I never intended to fall in love with Ranveer but it happened.
There is only one man in my heart and that is Ranveer Singhania.
I went in the past and remembered all the Moments with Sameer.
How he didn’t share his food with me and Ranveer shared everything.
How Ranveer took care of me for the five days of the month and Sameer didn’t even care.
How he was ready to catch cold just to keep me safe.
How he gifted me the painting easel.
Ranveer never expected anything for me.
He did everything without asking for anything in return.
He did everything to make me happy and every time he respected my needs and wishes.
I love Ranveer.
I was going to do such a big mistake. I never loved Sameer.
God !
I am so stupid.
Thank god I opened my eyes.
Yes I was angry at Ranveer for pulling me into the mess Dad made and I neglected my heart when my heart was saying that Ranveer is the best man because I was too foolish to realize it.
How can I not realize that Sameer never loved me?
How can I not realize that Sameer was a selfish man who only thought about his wishes and needs?
I wen to ask him to get married to me and that time also, when I was in such a difficult situation he was thinking about his job.
Thank god I realized that Ranveer is the best man I could ever get in my life.
Thank god for sending him in my life.
Ranveer Singhania I love you.
I closed my eyes and was caressing my forehead.
"What happened? Are you okay?" he asked as he sat beside me.
After many years someone cared about me like this.
I hugged him.
"Hey are you okay?" he asked as he was caressing my hair.
I love you.
"I was waiting for you? Why you were with her?" I asked instead of confessing my love for him.
But does he love me?
Or was he fulfilling his duty only as a husband?
"Naina she will be leaving tomorrow and wanted to spend some time with me,” he said breaking our hug.
"Are you fine?" he asked, once again.
"I am fine but my head is paining,” I said as I put his head on his lap.
He was astonished as for the first time I was initiating something but then he started rubbing my forehead and I closed my eyes feeling better under his touch.
Ranveer Singhania I love you but,
Do you love me ?
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