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“Nice dress,” he whispers, pulling me into his arms and kissing me chastely on my lips.

I forget the world whenever he does that. Finally, we are getting our ‘We’ time. The dance continues for a long, and then we meet a few other guests and blend in.

“Hey,” Mohit and Sophia join us. “Bags packed?”

He asks this question to Aarav which stuns me a bit.

“Yes, all set to leave.”

“Leave where?” I ask curiously to my husband, who still maintains the same smugness on his face as if he is in the mood of punishing me.

“Scotland. I have a meeting there. Three days.”

“When are you leaving?” My voice chokes.

“Tonight. After this party ends.”

That’s it. I can’t pretend to be happy anymore. So, I excuse myself from the rest and leave hurriedly towards someplace where I can shed my tears for my husband’s silly attitude. He never hides his travel plans and this time he didn’t even bother to inform me that has hurt me in ways he would never understand. I am hardly out of the venue when Aarav grabs my elbow and hauls me to his hard body. I didn’t know he was following me.

“Leave me, Aarav. I don’t want to talk to you.”

“Why, Jaan?”

I struggle to get free but his grip tightens on my waist.

“Don’t you call me that when you couldn’t even inform me such a simple thing? I am not stopping you from working Aarav, but you never hid your plans from me. And why? Only because I couldn’t make time for us? I am sorry, okay? I am sorry that I hurt you but it’s not that I was enjoying doing it. Every night I wanted to end up in your arms, but this damn fatigue killed my desires. I am so sorry that I…”

“Ssshh” he hushes me with his finger on my lips. “Stop crying first.”

As if I can. Tears gush out of my eyes, but the next instant, Aarav kisses them away, soothing some of my pain.

“Now listen to me carefully,” he pulls me stronger to his body. “I am not going to Scotland alone. You are coming with me.”

What? Is he serious?

“But..”

“Let me complete.”

I frown but he’s right. Until I know the entire picture, I better keep my doubts away.

“I planned this a few days ago. A small getaway with my wife where I can have her all for myself. Where I don’t need to share her with anyone.” He rubs his nose with mine.

Aww. I bite my lower lip. Desire floods on his face again seeing that gesture but he keeps control.

“The only business I have there is to make love to you, uncountable times until we both drain out.”

I shut his mouth but he kisses my palm and then moves it away to speak again.

“I have packed our luggage already and we are flying tonight. Everything is booked, Jaan. All we got to do is make use of that bed to its fullest.”

Shit!! This man!! The way he talks can bring any woman to the brink of submission.

“But Aarvi?” My doubts begin to sneak out.

“Aman and Jaya have agreed to look after her for three days. Her nanny knows that too, and so does Daadi, Mohit and Sophia. She’ll stay happily with them. I have warned them not to experiment with our daughter. If she starts missing us too badly, we’ll take the next flight and come right here.”

Sounds like a plan. Aarvi is very close to Aman-Jaya and Mohit and Daadi too. So, I have no doubt she will stay with them happily without us for three days. But I still can’t believe Aarav had planned all this and I never realized until he shared it with me. A tingle runs through my body at the mere thought of me and Aarav alone in Scotland. For sure, we won’t be leaving the room at all and somehow that sounds even sexier.

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