Virat knew that Manvi wasn't really happy with him, he knew that she had forgiven him only because she loves him too much to see him unhappy, he could feel how she was still anxious while they lay stagnant on the bed, he was about to ask why she was nervous when Padmini called out for her to join them for dinner, Manvi gasped and moved away while he didn't want to let her go,
"Virat ji, how did you come in?" she wondered how he entered the house,
"Through the door," he paused; "Obviously!" he didn't get out of the bed but made himself comfortable by leaning back on the head board,
"Par Kantha b..." she stammered,
"Yeah she opened the door, and let me come in to your room," he answered her unvoiced question, while Manvi was now too embarrassed to go down, what if she had told her mama and papa,' her mama called out for her again, Manvi looked at Virat who was completely relaxed whilst her heart was going crazy.
"Aap please ab jao..."
"Okay..." He stood up and reached the door making Manvi heart almost jump out of her mouth,
"What are you doing?" she whispered, stopping him from opening the door,
"You are the one who asked me to leave,"
"Aap..." Manvi paused, she knew that he was doing this on purpose, "Not from here, go through the window," she pointed the window making him raise his brow, that wasn't possible they both knew because the room right down to this room was her parents and there was a huge probability in getting caught, "Not now, I will give your phone a ring while papa and mama will be having dinner, you can go then,"
"But I don't have my phone with me," he checked his pockets and Manvi was starting to go crazy,
"Okay, leave after five minutes, I'll make sure not to let ma or papa go to the room," she rushed out of the room before her mama comes to check on her,
...
"Manvi, how long have I been calling you... chalo come, sit and have dinner,"
"Where is papa?"
"He had his dinner already and is in the room,"
"Kya..." Manvi screamed and choked on her food,
"Dhire, what is wrong?" Padmini rubbed her back while Manvi gulped the water and stood up,
"Mama, I will be back," she tried to leave but Padmini frowned and pulled her back to sit down,
"No, have your dinner and then we'll both go finalize which dress you will be wearing tomorrow," Padmini was excited but Manvi felt as if she was in a hot water pot,
Manvi tried to gulp in all the food which was served, her head burning and her heart thumping, Padmini wondered what was wrong with her daughter,
"Mama, can't we decide it tomorrow?"
"Kyun? I won't be having time for these things tomorrow, we have a sagai at home yaad hei na? The decorating job will be starting early in the morning and..."
"Mama please kal, I will wear whatever you ask me to, but please..." she pleaded, there was no way she was going to get caught, she wished Virat to have left already.
"Fine... You..." Padmini didn't finish speaking but Manvi had left the table already after giving her a peck on the cheeks with a hurried good night wish,
Manvi kept her hand on her thudding heart while catching her breath, then she opened and closed the door hurriedly only to witness Virat in a deep slumber, on her bed! His slippers were neatly placed next to the bed and he looked very comfily settled in his white soft fabric sherwani, which he used to wear at home. Manvi didn't know if she should be tensed or relieved, this wasn't the first time where they have been in a same room and on the same bed, but that was different, they were out of their houses, her mama and papa had given her all the independence she needed because it was their outing but today they were in her house and in her bedroom, she didn't know what anyone would think but she felt awkward for doing something like this, sleeping on the same bed in her room before getting married... it sounded weird, but something in her told that they weren't doing anything bad, it was just sleeping, but she couldn't move a step forward from the door, she kept thinking, thinking about many things while her eyes stayed glued to his face, which was well covered with his arm, maybe because of the light she thought, he must have fallen asleep while waiting for her, she wanted him to have a peaceful sleep so she walked forward and dimmed the bedside lamp, then covered him with the blanket and walked to the washroom after grabbing her nightwear.
