"Kayish where are you taking me?" I asked but he kept pushing me forward, my eyes are blindfolded by the black ribbon beside I could hear the angelic giggle from my devilish daughter who knows where he is taking me and is taking advantage of this whole situation teasing me me me along with her dad.
If it had happened to her she would have beat me a lot of questions by asking 'Mommy! where are we? Mommy! Have we reached? Mommy! How long does it take to reach? Mommy!-' until she gets the answer.
"Be patience my girl." He whispered in my ears, his warm breath caressing my neck lovingly sending me goosebumps to my stomach.
"We are almost reached." He unwrapped the ribbon from my eyes letting me see the beautiful views of a big house, besides all my loving people, are smiling ear to ear by welcoming me in their warm embrace.
"T-this this-" I trailed off, my brain refused to function.
"This is your dream house." He cheered, his eyes holding so much pride.
"It's so amazing." My voice croaked, tears are formed in the edge of my eyes, but I blinked it back not wanting to ruin our happy moments.
"The surprise you have planned for me is this house, isn't it?" I hugged him tightly not leaving any space between us.
"Eww! You are crushing each other." Sweety cringed playfully.
"Let's go inside." He took my hand in his big and lead me inside to our dream home.
The exterior look of our home is breathtaking which is coated in the light purple color that is one of my favorites.
A giant glass is shielded on the wall just below the roof shining colorfully absorbing the sun rays, which reflection is falling on the black carpet revealing the painting of our small family that Sweety showed me the other day.
"It's her drawing, isn't it?" I asked holding all my emotions on the bay.
"It's our first portrait, I'm going to keep the memory of this." He gave me a genuine reply.
"Guys let's go inside," Juliet called us standing near the doorway.
We walked further holding each other's hands while Draco put Sweety on his shoulder giving us some space, rather she is his favorite niece who is always tender and affectionate to new people whether she knows them or not which makes everyone admire her deed.
"Wow!" I opened my mouth surprisingly once we reached the doorway; the interior view is exactly how I designed it five years ago when we were in the relationship but didn't think of it before that he would take this seriously and will build a house for me just to fulfill my wish.
"Wait! Wait! Wait!" Claire stopped us from entering the living room, she then placed the small rectangular-shaped plate on the floor that is made up of red paint.
"Place both of your right feet above this." She pointed to the box.
"Don't question me, do what I said." She whined like a child when I gave her a confusing look.
"Okay!" I rolled my eyes and stepped on the plates, Kayish followed my action then stood beside me. The paint swallowed our feet completely soaking our feet red.
"What now?" I asked still standing on the plates with our one leg like a Crain.
"I can't spoon feed everything, just come out of this before you break the poor plates." She scoffed.
As we told, we stepped out of the plates and entered further, she, on the other hand, took the plates and walked away to God knows where.
"I will give you a tour of our house." Kayish led me to the living room which was so vast that could accommodate 50 people.
My eyes wandered all over the place and the left corner of the place attracted me where I could find the dining place along with two other rooms. Even before asking him about what for that, I assumed and decided that those two rooms are for the guests.
I went into the kitchen and fell in love immediately. It was the best and most elegant kitchen in the entire state.
I was on my heels when I saw a huge room that was decided and designed for Sweety as a playroom. It had all the toys which she loves and all the anime she used to watch.
I held his hand and was about to say about the place, he placed his finger on my lips and said, "There is lots more waiting for you on the upstairs."
I was so excited and followed him. There was a set of stairs that stayed together and it parted in two ways. Each side had four rooms and the left stair connected in a room's door which he mentioned as our bedroom.
That Stair was shaped exactly as my relationship with Kayish. As to how we started our journey together and parted in different ways but at last, we became one. I was overwhelmed and my eyes were literally in tears.
We went inside our bedroom and there I saw an elevator. He placed his hand on my stomach and said, "This is specially designed for you. So, you won't get tired." Then lingered a kiss on my belly.
Our room has an interconnection to the next room and it was painted and themed as "Barbie world". He said it is for Sweety and arranged another room for our upcoming baby.
"You are so sweet." I gave him a mischievous smile but he dragged me to the door which led to the balcony.
I opened the door and my eyes met the beautiful view of an enlarged garden where varieties of rose shrubs are planted. On the left side, I could see a boat-shaped swimming pool that added more beauty to our courtyard.
"I love it." I squealed clasping both my hand like a child. "Kayish, thank you so much!" I pecked his lips, but he was smiling all the time ear to ear without saying any words.
"What's the reason for your smiling, huh?" I asked.
"You don't know how special today is." He shook his head.
"Don't tell me you've planned another surprise for me, you already filled my plates." I laid my head on his chest enjoying his steady heartbeat.
"Come on, let's eat." Claire jumped in front of us and dragged me away from my Romeo.
We went to the patio where the mouthwatering food is being served. I filled my plate with grilled Turkey, buffalo wings, mac, and cheese, crispy potato, Nuggets, and grabbed a glass of chocolate milk.
Claire eyed my plates weirdly. "Girl, look at your plate." I walked away and took the place where Mom Daisy is feeding Sweety.
"Hi, mom." I greeted and started to eat my meal. It took 30 minutes to empty my plates.
"Riya, go and talk to them." Mom Daisy Nudged my shoulder gesturing me to talk to Kayish's mother. I didn't get the chance to engage in the proper conversation with her in my entire life.
"But mom I-" I suppressed my lips.
"No but." She narrowed her eyes at me.
"Don't be mad at me, I'm going." I raised my hand as a surrender and walked towards them.
"Hi Rachel, how are you." I hugged her.
"Fine, Riya." She gave me a polite smile.
"Hi, Aunt, hmm- hmm—" I started to fidget my finger, the moment feels like presenting my seminar in front of a bunch of students for the first time.
"I will give you some space." Rachel nodded her head and walked away.
"Riya, you look so beautiful." Mrs. Miller stroked my hair so affectionately.
"I'm sorry for being rude to you in the hospital. It's like-"
"No, problem dear. I can understand." She gave me a weak smile. "You are the perfect woman for my Kayish and Warren did a good job by offering a job in his company."
"What are you saying?" I asked confused by her statements.
"Riya." She held my hand. "There is a small history behind your promotion and transfer from California to New York. They planned everything and it went well as they expected." She briefed the story in two lines.
"Aunt, you mean dad and Mr. Miller were planning this?" I asked completely shocked by the exposure of this news. She nodded her head to confirm whatever running in my mind is correct.
Oh, God! They planned everything!!! I can't believe this.
"Thank you so much, Mom. I have no words." I hugged her making her chuckle widely.
"You two are destined to each other that's why fate brought you together." She drew her hand through my forehead.
"Be happy my daughter." I bit my lips preventing them from falling in front of her.
"Ju- just a minute." I excused myself and walked towards dad who is talking with someone on the phone. He disconnected the call once he saw my tear-stained face.
"What happened princess?" worries hitched through his voice.
"You are an amazing dad." I hugged him and buried my face on his chest. "Why you didn't tell me that you planned this everything," I asked, my voice croaked.
"So, you find out our little secret, aren't you?" He said casually rubbing my back.
"Dad!" I whined looking at his dark brown orbs. He let out a long sigh before he spoke. "Warren proposed this plan two years ago. At first, I said no because I don't want to hurt my daughter's feelings." I nodded my head to continue him further.
"Then a year later, he came to my office and asked me to reconsider his plan. Truth to be told I'm not happy when I sent you New York but a small hope stuck in the hole of my heart that I'm doing this for my daughter's benefit, and I succeeded." He gave me a proud smile.
"Now, don't cry. You deserve happiness." He wiped my tears with the pad of his thump.
"Warren is caring a lot about his son but Kayish hates his dad, for him, he is a horrible dad but I can't blame him either, he spent his childhood lonely because his dad didn't give him proper attention as a five-year-old boy could expect.
"Warren was running behind his company for that he failed to show his affection towards his son but when time made him realize his mistake it was too late his son started to hate him out of his heart.
"As a dad, he didn't stop to love his son, he watched his every movement and find out you are the woman his son loved in his life and about Sweety." I struggled to find a proper word when dad informed me about Kayish's dad and his love for his son.
"Dad, he is an amazing father. Kayish needs to know about his dad." I pecked my dad's cheeks and ran towards Kayish.
"Riya, what happened to you, you alright?" Kayish cupped my face eyeing me up and down.
"I'm fine." I shook my head.
"Then why are you crying?" he asked.
"It's just out of happiness." A small smile escaped from my mouth. "Kayish, I wanted to tell you something." I grabbed his hand and dragged him to the balcony.
"About what?" he raised his eyebrows questioningly.
"Your dad." He twisted his lips when he heard the word 'your dad' then averted his gaze away from me.
"Please Riya, don't spoil my mood. I don't want to hear about him." He said normally but the bitterness in his voice is not noticed by me.
Losing my patience, I initiated everything to Kayish that what I had recognized about his dad a bit earlier. He listened to everything attentively and the sour expression on his face changed into a shade of red.
He is crying. A pool of tears is started to fall through his cheeks.
He bit his lips to control his sob but failed miserably. "Kayish." I tried to take him in my arms, but he ran away in the blink of an eye like a lightning.
I followed after him and saw him hugging his dad tightly saying something again and again.
Everyone gathered there to see the grateful moments, nth time in a day my eyes welled with tears. Today he rejoined with his parents.
"Mommy! Come with me." Sweety came and grabbed both my hand and lead me towards the living room.
"Go, son. You can do this." Mr. Miller patted his shoulder pushing him forward. He took a slow and steady step, all the while his eyes are only focused on me.
Everyone's face is shining with armor as they have an idea of what's behind his movements and as unexpected he kneeled in front of me holding a ring.
"Will you marry me, once again?" He asked nervously.
Electricity passed through my whole body and I stood there like a statue, it took me a second to realize I'm not dreaming. He wants to marry me once again. Why I'm going to say 'no' when It feels so good to real.
"I will," I replied without hesitation. He let out a satisfied breath and slipped the ring to my finger with that he caught my lips hungrily.
I heard lots of applause from my family and smiled internally. Everyone is happy for me and I'm happier than everyone, I mean everyone in the world. Thank you so much for this day.
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