I want those cotton candies Akhil" Shraddha asked her husband with a hand on her protruding belly and her other hand playing with the collar of her husband's shirt. She had been bothering him with this request for about 2 days and he hasn't been able to satisfy them only because it was too much sugar and her request to get them from a particular place has been holding him.

"How about some healthy stuff baby ? Those are loaded with sugar" he tried reasoning with her.

"I don't want healthy stuff also she ditched me and went to eat all by herself. Bitch" Shraddha cursed and sat on the bed dejected.

"Who is this she now ?" Akhil asked admiring his wife. She had looked cute since the start of her pregnancy. Right now she looked like a kid fighting. Especially her lips. But he had to forget all about this and focus at the issue in his hands because his family were hell bent on treating her like a freaking glass doll and he has been the villain to all of them except for Avinash who had supported him. But his brother had to bear the brunt of his mental family too.

"You are not listening Akhil. Aadhya had these cotton candies from the beach and she has been tempting me with these pictures. Omg look at this" she complained and showed him the phone.

He knew the culprit now. His lovely wife seldom used such colourful words when she did it was for her close people and this happened to be her best friend. He cursed Avinash under his breath but he had this sudden idea. After promising his wife with the same cotton candies, he dragged her with him to go disturb his brother.

The couple sauntered in to the room and saw Avinash working on something seriously. He looked up at the sudden intruders and left his work to join them.

"Ok ask Avinash and he will make it happen baby" Akhil told his wife and wrapped an arm around her.

"What do you want bhabhi ?" He asked immediately. She seldom asked him stuff and when she did ask him he never ignored her. He would do anything.

"Avi, I want cotton candies" she asked him and glared at her husband who was looking at his brother with hope.

"That should be easy. I will make some arrangements" Avinash replied and pulled out his phone to get some help on her request.

"Oh no I don't want these" Shraddha interrupted him when he was calling some reputed dessert chefs.

Akhil was grinning imagining what was about to happen next.

"Why are you smiling like an idiot ? She is craving for something" Avinash asked his brother.

Akhil pulled his wife's phone and showed a few pictures and Avinash was lost. All he saw was Aadhya devouring some cotton candy. Her hair flying and her eyes closed relishing the sweet stuff. She looked adorable. Akhil was definitely irritated. His wife was looking at the picture as if the cotton candy could be grabbed right out of the phone and his brother was admiring his fiancé. Perfect. "Idiots" he cursed loudly.

They both glared at him. But Avinash was smart enough to call Aadhya and satisfy his sister in law's craving.

"What" Avinash shrieked.

He couldn't imagine she would do anything like this.

"What if you fall sick Aadhya ? We aren't done and Shraddha isn't getting it either" he almost shouted and looked at his brother who had a look that said he knew it all and now he wondered why the request had come to him.

"I will get these guys" even before Avinash could finish the sentence , Shraddha's phone was vibrating and it was her.

Shraddha's eyes beamed as she talked and she glared at the brothers and they knew what was happening at the other end. Avinash grabbed for the phone and denied her. She had simply asked him to keep quiet and even told him that she will be there at his place in another couple of hours as her evening was free. He couldn't believe that Aadhya was actually free and she was going to juhu beach to get those cotton candies against his wishes and he couldn't bring himself to speak a word against her.

"And you call me Jhoru ka gulaam. I mean look at you. Even before you are married" Akhil teased him and Shraddha was laughing. Avinash was embarrassed and red. She was having him wrapped around her finger in ways he couldn't imagine.

This was the first time she was coming to his house without being invited. What was she thinking when she promised her friend. Not that they were going to bully her or anything. It's just that she felt too shy and awkward but she had to overcome them.

She was called in and Saroj Nanda was the first to spot her. She signed her in and asked one of them help to call Purnima. Both Saroj and Purnima were surprised but at the same time they were clearly irked with the two brothers. It was just a freaking cotton candy and nothing was going to happen to her. God they were being so over dramatic. The cotton candies were sent to Shraddha through the maid and she was asked to sit with them since she had come on her own after long. She couldn't deny their request but she wanted to see her friend first. They had allowed her to go provided she joined them all for dinner and she obliged them.

Aadhya stepped foot in to the TV room and found the brothers staring at Shraddha munching her cotton candy like she hadn't eaten anything in days. She closed her mouth to stop the laugh that threatened to escape and announced her presence. Akhil for the moment was grateful because the smile on his wife's face was infectious and for Avinash he gave her an irritated expression.

"You did not do this right Aadhya. You could have fallen sick and what were you doing in that crowd. Waise tho yeh sab karne mein tujhe allergy hai" Avinash bickered with her

She opened her mouth to retort but she paused when his mother was accompanied by a couple of maids with some velvet boxes more precisely jewellery boxes.

"Yeh kya hai Avinash. It's just a cotton candy and stop fussing. Women crave during pregnancy and as long as it's within limits it's all good. Stop being a control freak" Purnima chided her son and he was irritated further. She was driving him crazy. Period.

Purnima opened all the boxes and they were all strings of pearls and jades, uncut diamonds, chokers and necklaces. Aadhya gasped looking at them. They all looked heritage and grand.

"Aunty" she croaked when Purnima asked her to try one of the chokers.

"Yeh kya aunty. Anand papa Aur mein aunty" Purnima asked her.

Aadhya bit the insides of her mouth upon being caught. She did not mind calling her similarly but it never happened earlier. She was equally understanding and in fact she had taken her side more than she took her own son's side since the time it all started.

"Sorry" she mumbled. Purnima smiled at her and put the choker around her neck. Aadhya tried adjusting but the thread was stuck somewhere.

She urged her son to help her. He acknowledged her at once and sat by Aadhya's side at once. So gently he placed his hands on her neck, she froze upon feeling his cold fingers on her neck. Her body grew rigid, when he moved all her hair to one shoulder. This was the first time he had ever touched her hair that way. They smelled like fresh roses. He managed to adjust the choker around the neck amidst the physical attraction that was building around them.

"It's looking lovely. Isn't it Avi ?" Purnima exclaimed.

He was nowhere paying attention to his mother. Screw the choker but her back was enticing him. Consciously, he made an effort to pry his hands off her neck and sat quietly next to her. She had grown rigid when she felt his hot breath fanning the back of her neck. His lips probably touched her skin or so she thought when he was adjusting the damned neck piece. She couldn't sit any further in front of his mother as if nothing happened. To make it worse he was holding on to her pinky finger tightly. She looked at him hoping he'd let go but who was she kidding. He left the place announcing that he had some important work to attend and at the same time her phone pinged.

"Listen to Akhil" the message read.

Akhil had also managed to play some crap before his mother and took her away along with Shraddha. She had no choice but to follow. If this was the price she had to pay for a cotton candy she wouldn't have ever satisfied her best friends craving.

She was pushed in to his room and the door behind her closed. She felt her heart go erratic. The air around her had a different vibration. He was nowhere to be seen but she knew she can't go out either. She took careful steps in to the room and found the french doors open but where was the devil she wondered.

"Bad manners it is to call your fiancé a devil" she heard him but his voice was more like a whisper.

"I" she swallowed the block that had appeared to have formed all of a sudden.

He hugged her from behind around her waist and rested his chin on her shoulders. He ran a finger along her choker and placed a long wet kiss on her left shoulder. She tilted her head to the other side giving him more access. He moved her hair to one side just like the way he did sometime back but spent a few seconds smelling her hair that smelt like a garden of roses. He suddenly wanted to have her in his room forever.

"This looks beautiful on you" he said running a finger once again on the choker.

She hummed not knowing what else to say. He made her to face him and lifted her chin making sure her eyes met his.

"Are you ready to be mine ?" He asked running his hand through her hair.

She had turned red at his innuendo but she could never doubt his intentions. She closed her eyes and a warm smile embraced her lips.

"Aadhya weds Avinash" he said.

"Avinash weds Aadhya" she said and rested her head on his chest. He threw his hands around her and secured her to him.

~ To be continued ~

Hello Lovelies ! Hope you all loved the previous update. This is more like a filler maybe. I surely enjoyed writing this one but I did cut it short afraid it was getting a little too boring. Looking forward to more comments and likes. They really set the tone for the next update. Thank you for all the support so far.