Arohi stared out at the blue blue sea infront of her and thought, We're in paradise. This had to be paradise, it was so beautiful, so perfect. They had just arrived in Cinque Terre which basically was a seaside resort town made up of 5 villages which were built on narrow cliffs along the sea. Monterosso, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola, Riomaggiore form the Cinque Terre. They were staying in Monterosso, in a family run B&B(Bed and Breakfast). "I've always wanted to come here." Arjun said as he gazed out at the sandy beaches infront of them. "So when we decided on Venice I thought this would be a perfect way to extend our trip. " "I love it." Arohi said as her gaze moved over the cliffs and hillsides that made up the villages. "I know, so do I" Arjun said squeezing her hand. "Mr. Singhania?" A young attractive man, asked walking up to Arjun." "Yes, you must be Antonio?" Arjun said shaking his hand. "Yes, Yes." "I will drive you to the B&B." Antonio said smiling. Once in the car, he talked non stop in broken English, and even some Italian. Arohi laughing, practiced her broken Italian with him. Arjun shook his head watching the young man fall for the Arohi charm. " Yeh mujhe pooch raha hai, key tum mere bhai ho." Arohi said giggling. Arjun didn't think that was funny. "I better show him exactly who I am," Arjun said Pulling Arohi closer to him and giving her a long hot kiss. "We're here." Antonio called looking in the rear view mirror at the kissing couple. "I guess he's not her brother" he thought to himself sadly.

They stepped out and found themselves standing infront of a beautiful Tuscan two story villa. Next to it sat a smaller building painted in the same earthy tones. It was surrounded by lemon trees and a garden with lilacs and lilies. They were welcomed by a lovely Italian couple who showed them to the smaller building which was the B&B they would be staying in. Walking in Arohi's face broke out into a smile. The walls were a pale yellow, with beautiful ceramic art hanging from it. The bed was covered with pale green and white bedding. So fresh and mellow. Light wood furniture decorated the room and two beautiful earth ware pots in a light green and yellow sat next to the huge bay window. From the window, they had a beautiful view of the sea and the hillside. Right outside their window amidst the beautiful garden sat a small white breakfast table and two chairs. "This is where we will serve your breakfast." the sweet older women said pointing to the table. "10:00 okay for you two?" she asked. "Yes, that's fine." Arohi said smiling. The couple handed Arjun and Arohi a glass of Lemonchello. As Arjun finished up the paper work, Arohi went and stood outside staring out at the beautiful view. This was going to be their home for 5 days. She'd traveled quite a bit in her short life but she had never, ever, seen anything as beautiful as Cinque Terre. And now she would get to share this with Arjun. Him bringing her here was the most amazing of gifts. She would always remember this.

"Hmm, you taste like lemons." Arjun said as he wrapped his arms around her and kissed her. "So do you" she said smiling. "So do you want to explore or should we take a nap?" he asked raising his eyebrows. "Are we really going to be napping?" Arohi asked. "Nope." he said trailing kisses along her ear. Arohi laughed pushing him away. "As wonderful as not napping with you sounds, I really want to go explore." she said excitedly. "Please" she said seeing Arjun's frown. Arjun's frown slowly turned up into his sexy dimpled smile. "Alright" "Let's freshen up and we can go wander." Arohi smiled grabbing his hand, she pulled him into their cute little room.

They trekked back down to the main strip. If nothing else, they would get quite a good workout on this trip, as everything was built along the cliffs they had to pretty much hike to get anywhere. But that was okay, it just meant they would take more kissing breaks along the way. Making it down to the "downtown Monterroso" the first stop Arohi made was for gelato. Arjun laughed as he followed her into the shop. "I know" "I know" "I'll get my own." he said. Arohi smiled. "Good boy" she said as she licked her gelato. "They walked along eating and browsing through little shops." Arohi bought a large hand made ceramic vase that was painted by a local artist. "It'll be perfect for our living room." she said. As she gave the shop keeper their shipping address, Arjun looked at his suddenly domesticated Arohi. Almost a year ago this same Arohi was running from commitment and now she was his wife and she was renovating their home and she was planning to learn how to make gelato, the latter thought made Arjun chuckle. They spent the rest of the afternoon exploring just the one village, making plans to explore the rest in the next few days. They stopped for dinner at a rooftop restaurant overlooking the sea. Watching the sun set they sipped their wine and ate their delicious pasta and seafood dinners. After dinner they walked barefoot through the sand, holding hands and stealing kisses. "I love you." Arjun said against Arohi's hair as she leaned into him. "I love you too." she said smiling. As they continued to walk, she felt a slight shiver. "Cold?" he asked. "Just a little." she said as he put his arm around her pulling her close. "We'll head back." Arjun said against her hair as he kissed her forehead.

"You can go ahead and shower first Arjun." "I just wanted to check in with Aria quickly." "Sure." Arjun said as he grabbed his things. Arohi quickly called Aria, but it went straight to voice mail. "Hi Ari, miss you." "Just checking in to see how you're doing." "I got your birthday messages." "Thank you." "We're having an amazing time." " I can't wait to tell you all about it." "Anyways, I'll call you when I get back to Mumbai." " I love you, and if you need anything, you know you can call me anytime." "Talk to you soon." With that Arohi hung up the phone. Hmm. she could still hear the shower. What to do now. "She opened up her suitcase and dug around for her shorts. That's when she noticed something towards the bottom. Pulling it out, she smiled wickedly. She'd forgotten about this, she thought to herself. Once Arjun came out of the bathroom Arohi gave him a little secret smile. Arjun raised his eyebrows. But smiled back. "Everything okay?" he asked." "Yup," she said, still smiling as she grabbed her things and walked into the bathroom. Arjun stared at the door closing and then shrugging he grabbed his phone to check in at his office.

"Lily, did Mr. Mehra come by with the new set of plans for the high-rise development?" "It's very important that those plans are submitted by the end of the week." "There is a strict deadline on this project." Arjun continued talking but as the bathroom door opened he lifted his eyes to the bathroom door and lost all ability to speak. His mouth fell open. At the bathroom door stood his sexy wife, wearing a barely there almost see through bright red piece of lingerie. Arjun couldn't take his eyes off her as Arohi looked at Arjun and gave him a flirtatious smile. Lily on the other end of the phone continued talking and listing off things she thought Arjun should know. Arjun didn't hear any of them. Making her way towards Arjun, Arohi side stepped him when he reached for her. His eyes flashed. "Sir," "Sir," "are you there sir?" Lily said for the 4th time. Arjun cleared his throat. "Yes Lily," "I'm here" he said hoarsely. "Okay, I'll let you go." he said, about to hang up. "No sir, I have a few other questions for you too." Arjun bit back a groan. "Go on Lily" he said gritting his teeth. Arohi made herself comfortable on the bed and watched Arjun, who watched her. The questions took much longer then necessary because Lily would have to keep repeating them to Arjun, since his ability to think had gone out the door, since Arohi had walked into the room. Finally Arjun had had enough. "No more questions Lily!" "I pay my directors well so that they can take care of things if I'm not there." "If you have any more questions you can ask them." With that he hung up. "Now where were we." he said to Arohi as he tore his t-shirt off. "Well, we weren't anywhere because you've been over there for much too long." Arohi said with a pout. Arjun grinned. "Well, we'll take care of that problem right away." he said as he quickly joined her on the bed. He grabbed Arohi and pulled her to him kissing her like he was going to devour her. Arohi moaned as his hands started roaming over her body. "Were you trying to kill me?" "Wearing something like this and staying out of my reach for so long." he said against her neck. "I wasn't trying to kill you, I was trying to seduce you" she said laughing when he bit her ear lobe. "Well you succeeded." he said as he practically ripped the outfit off her. It's safe to say to got very little sleep that night.

"Arjun can you please put sunscreen on my back." Arohi said sitting up. Arjun smiled wickedly. "I can put it on your front too." he said. "No thanks" Arohi said shaking her head. "Just the back will do fine." They were laying on the beach, relaxing. Both flipping through magazines. Arjun kneeled down next to Arohi and kissed the back of her neck. Arohi held out the sunscreen and he slowly took it, kissing the other side of her neck. "Arjun!" Arohi said. "Sunscreen please!" "Yes Maam." he said kissing the center of her back where her bikini tied together. Hearing Arohi's sudden intake of breath, Arjun smiled. He lathered his hands with sunscreen and started massaging it onto her back. "Are we going scuba diving or snorkeling today?" Arohi asked. "Snorkeling." Arjun replied kissing her neck again. "Are you done?" Arohi asked. "If you're talking about the sunscreen," "then yes I'm done." "If you're talking about wanting to make love again." "Well you obvoiusly know the answer to that." "I wonder if there's a private place around here." Arohi stared at him, her mouth open. "Besharm Singhania!" "Please behave." "I am not going to any private place with you." "We're going snorkeling now." " I would have thought after last night you would have been satisfied." Arjun grinned. "You should know I am never satisfied when it comes to you." I"'m always wanting more." he said huskily as he leaned down and kissed her. As they broke off the kiss Arohi felt breathless. Maybe a private place wouldn't be so bad she thought to herself. Arohi stop it you're getting worse then Arjun she thought as she looked up at Arjun. "We're going snorkeling!" she said. Almost as much to herself as Arjun.

They did go snorkeling and then spent some time in the pool, lounging, laughing and doing lots of kissing. Barely being able to keep their hands off of eachother. "Let's go back to our room." Arjun whispered against Arohi's lips. Arohi smiled. They got out of the pool laughing and still kissing. People around them smiling at the young, who had to be newlyweds. Arohi and Arjun spent the rest of the afternoon in their room. The next few days went about the same. They spent lots of time in the water, trying different water sport like scuba diving, jet skiing, and even surfing. Which was much harder then it looked. Arohi was horrible at it, but Arjun caught on quick. "You look like a surfer dude." Arohi teased. Arjun laughed it off. But he had enjoyed being out on the water like that. They also spent a lot of time walking through the different villages, exploring, buying little things for their home or for their families. They tried different foods and Arjun fell in love with a particular pizza place. He started going every day so the owner knew him by name. They would also have long leisurely dinners and listen to musicians playing lively music. Sometimes people would dance and Arohi and Arjun would join in laughing. There was a walkway linking all the villages together. It was a long walk but one day they set out to do that. Stopping at picturesque points to take pictures. They also spent lots of time on the beach, relaxing, sleeping. Because they defiantly weren't sleeping at night. Breakfasts sitting in their little garden with it's glorious view and eating their fill of delicious fresh baked pastries and croissants, yogurts, cup after cup of frothy cappuccinos. "I'm going to need to go on a major diet." Arohi said as she took a bite out of her croissant. "No point in a diet, we'll just increase your night time exercise regime." Arjun said as he drank his coffee. Arohi stared at him and then as the meaning behind what he said registered she burst out laughing. "You're always going to be this besharm aren't you?" she asked. Arjun grinned. "Pretty much." he replied. "Good!" she said laughing again. Much too soon their holiday ended and it was time to go home. As Arohi packed, she looked outside at the pretty garden, and at the beautiful view. "I don't want to go back." she said as Arjun came along and wrapped his arms around her from behind. "I know, me either." "This trip has been just amazing." "The most amazing trip I've ever taken." "I loved every minute of the last 10 days." Arohi said. "And you're the one that made it special for me." "Thanks Arjun." Arohi said turning around and hugging him. "I didn't make it special." "We made it special together." "I've had the best time and it'll all because of my amazing wife." "And sure we're going back home, but that doesn't mean the honeymoon is over." "We're just starting a new chapter in our lives." Arohi nodded. "I'm ready for it." she said smiling. "Me too." Arjun said. Grabbing their suitcases, they looked back at their room one more time, and then smiling at eachother they shut the door behind them

3 months later

"Arjun, what do you think of these paint colors?" Arjun stifled his groan. Oh no! Arohi had her paint swatches out again. Normally he wouldn't have a problem with it, but since Arohi started renovating 2 months ago, she has changed her mind about 5 times, about what color she wanted to paint the different rooms. "Arohi, I thought you'd already chosen your paint colors." Arjun responded. "Well I did, but then I saw these colors and I think I like them better." "Okay, then I'm sure they are fine." Arjun said as he flipped through a file. "You haven't even looked at them." Arohi said frowning. Arjun sighed. "Babe, please, I've got to find an important file." "Can we discuss this later." Arohi stared at him. "Fine!" She said. As she opened her mouth to continue, her phone rang. "Saved by the bell." Arjun muttered, now flipping through another file. "I heard that!" Arohi said as she walked out of their room.