"Updates." The lady in black saree sitting on the single seater sofa said dangerously looking at the person standing in front of her.

The person gulp nervously, wiping the sweat formed on his forehead and uttered;

"Ishika had arrived early in the morning around 4, and now she is on shopping with her mother in law." The man in his late thirties mumbled,

"What? You mean to say is that, there is no problem going on between kapoor's, after doing this whole shit. Huh!" the lady yelled at the man who just nodded his head in fear, and the lady throw the vase at him which was placed on the coffee table. The man flinch but didn't move from his place knowing if he move than more will be on his way.

"From our internal sources, this is the video; they gave to me from the morning, where they all are clearly happy." The man said showing the video on his phone to the lady, she snatches the phone and grips it tightly looking at the laughing Ishika, and soon the phone was broken into little pieces on the floor.

"Uhh! I can't see her happiness, I want her to cry, I want to break her completely, that nothing can fix her." The lady yells in anger, and throws everything which came in front of her.

"It seems like she didn't look at the parcel or else, she would be broken by now. I hate her, I hate her so much." The lady said dangerously while walking at a distance and breaks the mirror in pieces.

"I hate you Ishika." The lady yell looking at the broken pieces, bend down a little and took them in their hand which make their fingers bleed due to the sharpness.

"I promise you Ishika, I will make you cry tears of blood. I promise's you that." The lady said looking at the frame of Ishika hanging on the wall. A sinister smile form on the lady's face and she sat down on the bed.

"No problem, this time I will make sure Ishika you will suffer."

"It's time to execute our next plan." The lady said with a smirk to the man standing behind her.

Soon the smirk turns into evil laugh while the man nodded his head in fear.

"Dad," Ishika said knocking on the door of her in laws room. Both husband and wife smile looking at her and ask her to come inside, she enters inside the room with three tea cups in the tray.

"You guys are not busy right?" Ishika asked playfully while sitting in-between Rahul and Ruhi, and they laugh at her playfulness and shook their head at her.

They all took their tea cups in their hand start sipping it, Rahul said, "This is what I am waiting for quite long time."

On which Ruhi retort, eyeing Rahul, "you had just few hours ago."

Rahul comment truthfully, "but no one can beat this taste." Ruhi nodded her head in conformation with a happy smile sipping her tea.

"Dad..." Ishika said after sometime while putting the empty cup on the table.

"Hmm." Rahul hummed looking at Ishika who didn't turn her face but was lost somewhere.

"Dad...... what if your past comes all of a sudden and stand between your present and make you question your present or future decisions." She asked looking so lost to Rahul, who smile painfully looking at her, he pat her head lovingly, and Ishika turn her face towards him. He pull her in a fatherly hug still patting her head and look at his wife who was also looking at him with painful expression on her face but also with concern in eyes.

"Ishu my sweet child, past is called past for a reason. Which means that the deed is already done, and you can't change it however it is, maybe it's good, bad or nothing. Sometime life plays with us that we can't understand what happened, sometimes we lost the battle of life and sometime we succeed in it. In the end we cry in both situations, tears do flow from our eyes, whether it is happy tears or the sad one."

"Past always comes in front of our present because it's his work if it doesn't do its work properly then how come we, humans will become strong. 'Life's job is to keep going'. If every time we keep looking at our past, trust me one can never get up, because he will live his life in fear, sorrow, coz he will think that the thing happen in past will happen again with him so he start distrusting everyone because of his past experience, but one thing the person fails to understand is the experience or we the lesson our past taught us which we people always ignore and believe the worst part of it. And one day his fear won over him, and he loss everything he had."

"But one should always trust them, their god, because the almighty will never do anything wrong with their children."

"Ishika no one knows better than you that life is not a bed of roses, in your every step the thorns are there to prick you and make you lose but what you do and who you trust is always in your hands, not in others. So the day you let go of your past you will find everything clear. Don't let the emotions win over your rational thinking. I know something is disturbing you from the time you came back from your business trip, and I am not going to ask you anything because I trust my daughter, whatever she choose will be best for everyone." Rahul completed kissing Ishika's forehead as she nod her head in understanding while smiling.

"Now my child it's quite late you should go and sleep and let me romance with my wife. Also be prepare, something special is on its way for you." Rahul said playfully shooing Ishika away, and Ruhi hit Rahul on his arm.

"What is it dad?" Ishika asked wriggling her brows.

"Well that is a surprise my dear daughter." Rahul said ruffling her hair, she whines but nodded her head nevertheless. Kissing their cheeks and bidding good night she come out of their but not before listening to Rahul who asked her to send Ranveer to his room for sometime as he want to discuss something with him.

ISHIKA'S POV

I walked inside our room and tell Ranveer to go to dad, since he is calling him. He went after pecking my lips and I ran in the closet to change in comfy. I pick Ranveer's t-shirt and my night shorts, and walk to the bathroom for a relaxed but quick bath. After 15 minutes I walk out in the room. After Appling moisturizer I went out in the balcony and sat down on the sofa. Soon Ranveer came and pull me inside the room. He sat down on the bed and pull me on his lap, I sit on him by putting my legs on each side of him and wrap my arms around his torso and put my head on his shoulder while he did the same by wrapping his hands around my waist. W both sat in the same position for some time and soon we both lie down facing each other.

"Ran, when I told you about meeting Rudra, you never said anything about it." I asked the question which keep bugging me from yesterday, looking at him, as he was slowly running his long fingers in my head; he smiled at me and said,

"What's there to ask sweetheart." He murmured and pulls me harder into him.

"I know you are mine, and no one can snatch you from me, and above all I have faith in you which are more than enough for me. I know you will never leave me." He completed and kissed my forehead with a smile and asks me to close my eyes and sleep, and just like that I slip in comforting sleep.

"Dad breakfast is over, now please tell me about my surprise gift." I exclaimed enthusiastically while mom and dad laugh shooking their head at me and Ranveer and Gautam simply smiled at me for some reason.

"it came to my notice that, you guys have been married for almost 5 months and this idiot of my son didn't take you on any trip, which make me question myself that...... is he any romantic or not, but then I realise that this man sitting beside you know nothing except office work. So..........." dad said making me nod with him,

"Yeah dad. You are right he is so boring." I said smirking at Ranveer, who glare at me.

"So, I came on a conclusion that I can't see my daughter getting old, as I, her father, is still young, and ready to play with my grandchildren." Dad said making me choke on the food, Ranveer pat my back and ask me to eat properly, I widen my eyes in shock now its Ranveer time to smirk at me, and Gautam well he is controlling himself from laughing hard.

"Don't tease her, come to point Rahul." Mom said glaring at dad.

"Well the thing is you both had a flight to catch, most likely your jet will be ready by 7:30 in the evening, you have time till then, so my dear children get up and pack your bags, you have only few hours left. I don't want no as an answer as I am ordering you both not asking you."

"And yeah, one last thing, location will be unknown to you both, will know once you reach there." Dad said and leave from there with mom. Soon Gautam also leave after teasing us. Now it's only we both, with passing time, I am becoming red in shyness. Ranveer clears his throat and says,

"I am boring, biwi?" he asked in his dominating voice running his thumb across my lower lip seductively, which made me gulp as I shake my head negatively.

"Well you need a serious punishment now." He said, and I run from there towards our room.

.

.

Wrong move.

Coz after me, he followed inside the room, and start taking slow yet intimidating steps towards me, I start backing away, soon I was pressed to the wall and next thing I know is his lips are over mine. He didn't move just kept pressing his lips on mine, after few seconds he back away, I whine internally, as since morning he didn't gave me any kiss.

"Step aside I have to pack the bags." I said whining at him.

"There is no need for you to pack any cloth.... since I won't let you wear anything or I say I won't let you get up from the bed, biwi." He said huskily near my ear which makes me lose my breathing.

"Shameless." I said and push him away from me and run inside the closet to pack few dresses.

"Oh my god!!"

"Ran... we are in ..." I rumbled looking outside then at Ranveer excitedly, who nod at me happily.

"Yes sweetheart we are in Italy, your favourite place." He said cupping my cheeks, kissing my forehead, pull me out of the jet with him.

We directly went to the villa which was booked for us, I am so dead tired but the excitement of this place win over the tiredness in me.

After taking the bath I walk towards the kitchen, since my stomach is making noises, and also Ranveer had went to other room to fresh n up. The kitchen is fully stocked, I quickly make tea and some toast.

The time I am done preparing everything, someone came from behind and wrap their hands around my waist and nuzzle his nose in the curve of my neck making me took deep breath, holding the slap tightly.

"Mine. All mine." He whisper, turning me around towards him. I slowly open my eyes to look at him.

Mistake.

I shouldn't have opened my eyes.

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I suddenly start feeling so hot. My surrounding become so hot, I am internally fanning myself.

I gulp hard looking at him, who is very keen on making me feel erotic by doing nothing.

Fucking shut up. Stop showing me all these scenarios, where I am asking him to do anything he pleases to me.

I ignore my inner voice who is asking me to do all the dirty things with this man, why, coz

My beloved husband is standing very close or I say extremely close to me in nothing but a towel around his waist, looking at me with a smirk, which clearly implies that he know what I am thinking.

"Darling, you know you surely can lick my abs, I don't mind." He said with a wink, my eyes widen in realisation that he heard my inner thoughts about him, and soon he broke in laughter.

In complete shyness I push him lightly, after taking the food I ran out of the kitchen to living room, and tried to control my heat which is pumping blood quickly.

I put both of my hands over my face in embarrassment, I always do this, whenever he come in front of me like this. It's not like I haven't seen men like this, well don't take me wrong but in my line of work, models are asked to be like this, but the thing is on seeing them, nothing excites me, even they feel like plain to me, but when I see him half naked moving in our room, it always makes me fluster, and oh my god about those dirty thoughts I get every time on seeing him naked or not. I can't control them.

Yeah, half naked. I replied irritatingly to my inner voice, which is doing the pity party of not seeing him in...

Oh god, please forgive me, for thinking like this.

Why I always do this. It's not like I am seeing him like this for the first time.

?

Hm speak.

Yeah, you are right, it's been so long I have teased him.

You just wait and watch Ranveer, I will take my revenge from you for making me fluster.

"Ran let's eat something, I am hungry." I said sitting on the near bench.

Today is our third day here, from last two days we are roaming here and there, from local food, shops to famous shops, and we have roamed everything, like almost everything.

"Okay, so what's next in your list?" he asked pulling me on his lap, I, still in shyness; wound my arms around his neck. He smiles at me holding me tightly.

"There is nothing left in my list, so we are going to do what is in your list." I said with a smile, and his sweet smile soon turns in smirk, as he asked huskily;

"Really?" I nod my head kissing the top of his nose. He smiled, we talk for some time, more likely me speaking, and he in every 3rd minute kissing my lips. After a while we went to the nearby diner, as it's almost 9:30 in night.

Our food was soon served, we began eating, while looking around as some baby was crying and his mother is trying to mend him, I saw someone familiar, I tried to look clearly as his back is facing me when Ranveer called me,

"Sugar eat your food properly." He said I nod still looking in other direction, most probably the man sitting behind Ranveer.

When that man turn sideways to answer the waiter, for whatever he is saying, my eyes widen in realization but still some doubt so I did what an insane person will do for sure;

"Leonardo." I yell without realizing, what I am doing.

"Leonardo?" I heard a confusing but angry voice of Ranveer, I gulp looking at Ranveer, but before he could say anything I heard another voice,

"belle." The hoarse voice called making me look in the intruder direction.

"Oh my god, belle is that you." The man said coming towards me, and before I could say he embraced me in a hug, and I happily return the hug.