Next morning,

Khushi is sleeping peacefully, snuggling into his arms. She slowly opened her eyes and saw him sleeping with his arms wrapped around her waist. She blushed remembering everything that happened yesterday. She felt goosebumps as recalled his touch on her body. She is trying to get up when Arnav pulled her back to the bed.

"Sleep Khushi, it's Sunday." Saying this he tightened his hold on to her and she gave into demand after a little bit of struggle.

It was around 8 in the morning when they woke up again. Khushi sat on the bed with the bedsheet wrapped around her chest. She can sense his eyes on her, she looked around to find her dress. She grabbed the bra and tried to find her prosthetic.

"Here is it." Saying this Arnav gave her the breast prosthetic. Khushi took it and wear it, she gasped as he hooked her bra along with a kiss on her bare shoulder.

"I never knew that you were this shy." He teased her and hugged her from behind, placing his chin on her shoulder. She blushed and tried to cover her body with the bedsheet.

"Are you okay Khushi?" He asked.

"Hmm, I'm okay." She whispered.

"We should get up." He tried to make her comfortable. Saying this he worn his undergarment and get up from the bed. She kept blushing seeing him getting dressed in front of her. He picked up her dress and gave it to her.

Khushi got dressed and looked at him. Being studied in girls school and college for all her life, she is too shy to look at him after what happened last night.

"You should go and take a bath Khushi, till then I will collect the water." He offered her and she run into the washroom without saying anything. Arnav stood there watching her with a smile.

When Khushi came out of the washroom, Arnav appeared in front of her with two mugs.

"Here is your tea." He said giving it to her.

"Hmm, you should get fresh." Khushi took the mug and rushed into the kitchen.

Khushi is busy preparing the food when she felt him hugging her from behind.

"Let me see how you are going to run away from me?" He teased her.

"Arnav, leave me. I'm preparing our food."

"Who is stopping you from it? Do your work, I'm just hugging my beautiful wife."

"Arnav..." He turned her towards hima nd lifted her chin with his finger.

"Last night was magical Khushi and you are damn beautiful." He said placing a kiss on her forehead.

"I hope you too feel the same." He asked and she nodded her head.

"I can't hear it Khushi."

"Hmm, last night was beautiful." Khushi said after sometime. They stared at eachother and he placed his lips on her lips kissing her passionately. They broken apart when they smelt a burnt smell.

"Hey devimaiyya..." Khushi pushed him away and turned off the stove.

"This all happened because of you Arnav. If you didn't kiss..." Khushi stopped and saw him looking at her with a smirk.

"Laadgovernor, don't you want to go for delivery. Get ready for that, you can do this romance later." She said trying to scare him.

"Yeah, I will hold on to that later part for now." He pecked her cheek and went from there leaving a blushing Khushi.

Arnav got ready and Khushi came with hai lunch.

"Arnav, don't forget to have your lunch. Ride slowly and take care." She said to him as she hand over him the lunch.

"Okay I will keep that in my mind. Close the door properly and call me if there is something. Don't wait for me if I'm late, have your food and take rest." He pulled her for a kiss and left from there. She stood on the door step as he rides away from their home.

She knew that he is working hard for both of them. When they met he has been working under a bond for an year. He already asked for advance salary and this part time job is need for them to sustain. He can't look for another job for the next six months as the contract bound him to the company. If he breach the contract, he have to pay one lakh rupees to the company and they can't do that now.

It was raining in the evening and Arnav assured Khushi that he is safe. It was around 10 in the night, when he returned home. He was all wet and she gave him the towel while scolding him.

"How did you got wet when you had your rain coat with you?" She asked drying his hair.

"There were a lot of orders and didn't get enough time to stop." He told her.

"Did you get time to have lunch at least?" She got the answer as he reminded silent.

"Go and change your dress Arnav, I will lay down our food." She told him and went to the kitchen.

Arnav returned back wearing fresh clothes and sat next to her on the floor to have the food. She served him the food and that's when he noticed the tears falling from her eyes.

"Khushi, why are you crying?" He asked holding her hand. Her cries get intense as she looked at him.

"We shouldn't have fell in love Arnav. It's all because of our love that you are suffering all these. You were having a peaceful life and now you don't even get a minute to rest. All you do is work hard to feed both of us. I feel terrible that you are going through all those customer complaints and spats because of me." Hearing this Arnav moved closer to her and cupped her face.

"Shh Khushi, it's nothing. All these things are temporarily, soon everything will be fine. Don't worry about me. I would do this for a thousand years, if I get to see you when I return home. Our love is the most beautiful thing that happened in my life. Don't taint that Khushi." He told her.

"It's hurt to see you like this." She told him.

"I'm a strong man and I can sustain without food for a few hours, so that's okay." Saying this he showed her his biceps and she smiled at him.

"Now feed this hard working husband of yours." He said flickering his nose with her nose. She wiped her tears and started feed him and herself. He bite and lick her fingers intentionally making her blush at his naughty antics. Once they are done with the dinner, both of them settled on the bed.

Khushi got busy in writing the records.

"Aren't you sleeping?" He asked lying beside her on the bed.

"I will, once I'm done with this. There are a few more pages left. You can sleep Arnav." She said while concentrating her eyes on teh records.

"Then let me help you." He sat next to her and took the book from her.

"Arnav, you should take rest."

"I will once i have my wife with me." He winked at her and started to recite the content to her. Khushi shook her head and started to pen down the notes he told her.

"See, it's got finished with our efforts." He told her as she arranged her books and records near to the bed. Khushi laid next to him and he raised himself on elbow.

"You are such a natural beauty Khushi." He tucked a few hair strands as she smiled at him. Arnav leaned closer and pecked her lips.

"Sleep Khushi. Good night." He said pulling her and she snuggled into his arms with a shy smile.

Weeks passed and their love grew stronger.

Arnav is sitting on the bed with his eyes fixed on the mobile screen.

"Out..." He shouted as the cricket player caught the ball. She rolled her eyes seeing him going all gaga over the cricket match.

"What the!!! It's buffering again." He said and waited for the network to come back. Khushi knew that he is home because he don't want to leave her alone as he isn't working at this time.

Khushi brushed her hair and tied her hair. She moved towards her husband and snatched his mobile from his hand.

"What the!! Give me the phone Khushi." He told her.

"I want to go out." Khushi told him.

"Where do you want to go at this time?" He asked.

"Will you take me out or not?"

"Did you get your periods?? Do you want me to buy some pads?" He asked.

"No, it's not that. Now come with me." She kept pulling him.

"Let me change at least."

"You look presentable Arnav. Now come with me." She dragged him out and locked the house.

"Drive to XYZ street." She told him as he started the bike.

"Why do you want to go there at this night?"

"Can't you do this simple thing for your wife?" He smiled at her question and drives to that place.

"Stop here Arnav" She said as they reached near a area where a mass of people were watching the match through projector. There is a big screen and people where whistling and cheer for the team.

"Now you can watch the match without buffering." She said leaning into him. He squeezed her hand and lean in to kiss her.

"Arnav, you can't kiss me now." She pushed him away and turned his head towards the screen.

"Now watch your match." Both of them watched the match among the others. At the end, India won the match and everyone cheered in happiness. They returned back home and he kissed her thoroughly for what she had done for him.

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It's been two months since they got married. It was a Sunday and Arnav got ready for delivery work.

"Khushi be ready in evening. We are going out today. No need to prepare dinner today." He told her and went for work.

Khushi got ready for their outing. She worn a red saree which is his favourite.

Around 5 in the evening, Arnav returned back from work. He stood there mesmerized with her. She looked gorgeous in that red saree and accessories. It is a simple red saree with narrow golden border around it.

"You look gorgeous." Saying this he stroked her cheeks making her blush.

"You should get ready Arnav."

"I feel that we should spend our day here, in fact on the bed. I can also make you blush like this" He teased her.

"Forget about the bed for now, or else you have to forget about it for a week." She teased him.

"Teasing your husband isn't good, don't you know that?"

"No, a wife can always tease her shameless husband. Now go and get ready."

"Only after my kiss." Saying this he kissed her making her breathless.

"Now i will get ready." Saying this he went to the washroom. He got fresh and they left for outing. That's the first time they went out for outing after marriage.

"Arnav, what the need of buying this dress?" She asked him.

"Khushi don't start again. I have enough money to buy a dress for my wife. So tell me if you like it or not." He asked her.

"What about your dress? Let me buy a dress for you then. There is no way I'm going to select a dress for myself without select one for you. And I too have a little savings with me." Saying this he asked the salesman to show some shirt for him. He knew that she is not going to change her decision, so he let her select a shirt for him.

After their little shopping, they went to a restaurant to have dinner. Arnav went to washroom and she went through the menu. After a few seconds, she heard someone calling her.

"Khushi didi, you here?" One of her classmate named Gia called her. Both of them are doing B.ed together and she was younger to Khushi.

"Hey Gia, I wasn't expecting to see you here. Are you alone?" Khushi asked her.

"No, I'm here with my brother. Is it a dinner with your husband?" Gia asked Khushi.

"Yes, he just went to the washroom. Shopping for your wedding?" Khushi asked her.

"Yeah, only a few stuffs." Both of them were chatting when Gia saw her brother Gagan walking towards her with Arnav.

"Omg, isn't that Arnav?" She waved her hands at them. Arnav and Gagan came towards them.

"It's been long since I saw you Arnav." Gia said to Arnav.

"Yeah, I haven't seen both of you after our college." Arnav told both of them.

"Ohh, I forgot to introduce my friend. This is Khushi didi, we are studying together now and we studied in the same college too." Gia introduced Khushi to Arnav and Gagan.

"And Didi, this is my twin brother Gagan and his friend Arnav. They both studied in the same class." Once Gia is done with the introduction, Arnav moved next to Khushi and held her hand.

"Gagan, Gia, meet my wife Khushi Gupta Shahzad Arnav." The twins looked at each other and Arshi.

"You married Khushi didi?" Gia asked Arnav.

"Yeah, I fell hard for her and married her right away." He said looking at Khushi. For Khushi, the situation was little awkward. She and Gia studied in the same college in the past. When Gia joined the college, Khushi have already passed out. She don't know what she might be thinking about her for marrying someone younger to her.

"Gagan, told me that you are getting married next week?" Arnav asked Gia.

"Yup, both of you should come to my wedding. I will come to your house to invite you both formally. So you both carry on." Gia said and walked away with her brother.

Arnav looked at Khushi who stood there with a worried face.

"Are you okay Khushi?" He asked squeezing her hand a little.

"Yeah, I'm okay." She said and sat on the chair.

"You don't look okay, what is it Khushi? Is it related to Gia and Gagan?" He asked holding her hand. She looked at him for a moment and then at their entwined hands.

"Gia is your friend and we studied in the same college. The only difference is when i passed out from the college, she joined for first year. I don't know how she feel about me being married to someone younger to me."

"So the problem is our age?" He asked her.

"Nobody will accept our age difference Arnav."

"Khushi, when we fell in love we only considered our feelings. There wasn't any place for money, religion or our age. Those were outdated concepts. Relationships survives only on feelings and emotions, other things doesn't have any role in it. Let them say anything they want, we can shut their mouth only by the way we lead our life."

"Sometimes, you talk like a wise man." She said with a teary smile.

"And most of the time you talk like an immature child." To his reply she jabbed her elbow on his chest.

"Do you know why age doesn't matter between us?" He asked her and she stared at him.

"Three years younger or older, you are going to blush like an apple whenever we make love. That's an universal truth."

"Shameless man." A blushing Khushi said and he placed a kiss on the back of her palm.

"Should we place our order?" he asked her and she nodded her head. He kept teasing her throughout the dinner and she turned into an apple as they finished the food.

After dinner, they returned back home. Arnav locked the door and moved towards Khushi who is busy in removing her ornaments. He hugged her from behind and moved away her hair.

"Let me prove that my blushing theory is right." He turned her around and made her lie in the bed. He indeed prove her that she is going to blush even if he is younger or older to her.

Next month,

"Khushi, are you ready or not?" He called Khushi as he started his bike. He is in a maroon shirt and black trousers.

"One minute Arnav, let me wear my sandals." Soon she emerged out of the house in a blue saree paired with a green blouse. She locked the door and get onto the bike.

"Let's go now." She told him and they went to Gia's wedding. They reached the venue. Arnav introduced her to his friends. They made her comfortable and Khushi too started to enjoy the function.

Khushi is checking something on her phone when she noticed her parents sitting on the last row. She couldn't control her happiness and moved towards her parents.

"Amma, babuji." Khushi called them and they looked at her for a moment. Shashi and garima looked at their married daughter standing in front of them. They knew that she got married to Arnav and now they got to witness that as she had mangalsutra and sindoor on her forehead.

"How are you both?" Khushi asked them. Arnav saw her standing beside her parents and walked towards her.

"Did we know each other?" Shashi asked Khushi.

"Babuji, I'm Khushi."

"We don't either know any Khushi or share relationship with that person." Garima stood silently with her husband.

She was happy when she saw her daughter but soon it got vanished realising what she did to them.

"Babuji, don't do this to me." She said trying to control her tears. She felt Arnav standing next to her and holding her hand.

"We only have a daughter, Payal and she is happily married. We should go now as we don't talk to strangers." Saying this Shashi went from there and Garima followed him. Khushi gulped her saliva and closed her eyes to control her emotions. Arnav wrapped his arms around her shoulder.

"They will come around Khushi, just give them time." He tried to console her. He took his phone and called Gagan. He told him that they are leaving as Khushi wasn't feeling good.

"Arnav, I'm okay. We can stay for sometime." She told him.

"We are going, come with me." He lead her out of the hall and they started their journey back home.

Arnav can feel her tears wetting his shirt as she laid her head on his back while sitting on the bike. He stopped the bike on the highway and they get down. He embraced her as she broken down in his arms. He stroked her head as she sobbed recalling what happened in the wedding.

"Shh Khushi, don't cry like this. Your amma babuji will come around for sure."

"I'm just a stranger for them. I knew that they hates me, but i never knew that they will hate me enough to address me as a stranger. It was okay if they have shouted at me or slapped me, but this hurts a lot." She cried hard.