After 4 months,

In the morning,

Sunrays peeped in through the curtains of the window, two cute humans were seen to be sleeping on the bed. Shiva slowly opened his eyes, feeling the sun rays falling on his face. His eyes twinkled and a thin smile crept on his face, feeling the small weight on himself. He wrapped his arms around the small frame and caressed his head, and again closed his eyes. Rudra was sleeping peacefully on his papa's chest with a cute pout.

Few moments later, Shiva suddenly felt some gentle poking on his right cheek. Shiva frowned and slowly opened his eyes and looked beneath his shirt , he found his little prince poking his fist into his face.

Shiva : Uth gaya mera Sher. Chal nasta karte hain. Aaj na jaldi office mein bhi jana joga. Dadi ko pareshan mat karna bachha, thik hai.

Maybe the baby understood his words. Tears welled up in his pretty eyes and he started crying. Shiva panicked and started soothing him with a baby voice," Rudra beta… accha… no office.. aaj papa rudra ke sath khub khelenge, please ro maat.. mera sher… papa sad ho jayega na…hum ghumne bhi jayenge…. please shant ho ja". Hearing this, baby pandya slowly started to angle his neck and observed Shiva with his round moist eyes. He calmed down a bit and pulled his locket.

Shiva chuckled: Acha, aise locket tere liye bhi bana dunga. Aab khush.

Rudra smiled and cuddled him. Shiva picked him in his arms and started walking towards the cradle. Shiva took his soft cotton towel and a clean nappy for Rudra. He went to the washroom and started filling the baby bath tub with lukewarm water. He slowly undressed Rudra and placed him over the bathtub. He started cleaning him with herbal babies' soap. After bathing and wiping him, Shiva picked him in his arms and made him lie on the bed to dress him up. He took a bottle of baby talcum powder and sprinkled it on his chest. The moment his fingers brushed his tummy, Rudra started giggling. Shiva chuckled on seeing his cute antics. Rudra flipped and rolled over his back. Shiva picked him and settled him. At first, he opened the diaper and slid it under Rudra while gently lifting his little legs. Placing a soft kiss on his forehead, he settled him on his lap and started dressing him in a cute blue t-shirt and black shorts. Shiva arranged the breakfast for Rudra and fed him.

After freshening up, he picked up Rudra from the cradle while he peeped at him with his round eyes and smiled. Keeping Rudra in one arm, he started moving outside his room for breakfast. Then he got a call from his office where he was informed about an emergency meeting with some foreign clients. Sighing, he kissed Rudra's cheek and mumbled a "sorry". Shiva played with him with some toys, funny comics and after some time, he handed him to Suman and dejectedly left for his work.

At the office,

The entire day passed with conducting online, offline meetings and other works. Shiva tried to complete his due works by afternoon but couldn't get it done. It was past 6 pm when he completed the major work. He was pacing around the room grumpily. Rudra's innocent teary face was flashing in his mind. He took out Ishanvi 's photograph from his wallet and caressed it:

"Main acha papa banne ki koshish kar raha hoon Ishanvi. Par shayad main sab thik se sambhal nahi pa raha hoon. Tumhe har pal bahut miss karta hoon. Pata nahi sab kaise thik hoga" said Shiva and sighed.

Meanwhile, Raavi chirpily entered his cabin with a cup of black coffee for him.

Shiva : Suno, jaldi storeroom se last project ka file le ayo.

Raavi panicked and said : Main store room mein nahi jaungi.

Shiva rolled his eyes and asked: Tum pagal ho kya!, nahi jaungi matlab! tum kam karti ho yaha, main jo bolungi tumhe sunna padega.

Raavi started fidgeting with her dupatta and said : Abhi shaam ho gayi hai, aise akela, agar bhoot a jaye to, maine movies mein dekhi hai, ki…

Shiva yelled : Just Shut up. Abhi jao nahi to aaj ka salary kaat dunga. Aur waise bhi chudailyon se to bhoot hi bhagta hai, to tumhe darne ki kya zaroorat hai!

Raavi huffed in annoyance and left. She went to the storeroom to search for the file. Suddenly the lights went off. Raavi started panting heavily and couldn't trace the direction of the entrance door. She started shouting for Shiva. Shiva got startled on hearing the noise and went to the storeroom. He turned on the other lights of the room and dragged Raavi with him. He kept his hand on her mouth so that she couldn't make sounds.

Shiva : Chup, shant ho jao.

When he removed his hands, Raavi breathed and said: Maine pehle hi kaha tha main nahi aaungi, aap bahut bura insaan hai.

Shiva lifted a brow and uttered: Areh, wo kala saya kiska hai.

Raavi paled and stammered : Saya… kaun sa saya.. kaha se aya.

She clutched his shirt and said: Please mujhe bhoot o se bachalijiye. Aap se to sab hi darte hai, bhoot bhi dar jayega.

Shiva widened his eyes and started laughing.

Raavi gaped at him and seemed to get lost in his smiling face. She got mesmerized seeing him laughing wholeheartedly.

Shiva : Tum kitni buddhu ho, main to bas mazak kar raha tha.

Raavi said dreamily: Aap haste huye bahut alag lagte ho.

Shiva's eyes narrowed and he averted his gaze.

Shiva : File lo aur chalo.

Shiva hurriedly tried to move out and got stumbled with a stool, Raavi pulled him by his shoulder and steadied him, automatically his arms wrapped around her waist. He pulled back, hands firmly placed on her waist, when his locket got stuck with her pendant. He leaned in to remove it.

Raavi felt his hot breath against her neck and shivered on feeling the slight touches of his fingers against her skin just above her dupatta.

“Let me,” he murmured against her throat.

Raavi hummed in response. She gasped as she felt his fingertips brushing over her cleavage. Slowly, he separated the hook.

Shiva turned around and stated: Kya hua, kaha kho gayi?, let's go.

Raavi was still in a daze from the sudden havoc sensation on her body. She peered at him and stammered: Ha.. A.. ati hoon, cha.. chaliye.

That's it for today.

Thank you😊