Next morning when Aditya woke up he knew he was alone in the bed before he even opened his eyes. His wife, it seems, was in a rush to be out of the room this morning. He too got out of bed quickly to get ready for the day.

When he came down, he went straight to the kitchen. He stopped at the door, crossed his arms and leaned against the doorframe and just watched his wife cooking breakfast and singing softly.

Today she was in a very pretty blue sari, with matching bangles that made musical sounds as she worked. His eyes dropped down to her waist and noticed the waist chain there, and thought, "Who could resist that?"

He walked up to her quietly and wrapped his arms around her to hug her. "Why did you leave before I could wake up?" He gave her a light kiss on the side of her neck.

Anjali sighed when she felt his arms around her and his husky voice in her ear. "You were sleeping so soundly, I didn't have the heart to wake you. You don't get to sleep in everyday." She turned in his arms to look up at him.

Aditya returned her smile and bent to kiss her softly on the lips. "Good morning!" Holding her in front of him, with his hands at her waist, playing with the chain.

"Good morning, now go sit down, I will bring you your tea and breakfast." She pushed him towards the dining room. He left reluctantly, making her smile.

They had a quiet breakfast, just talking, about nothing in particular. After breakfast, Aditya showered and changed in to his dressy trousers and blue striped shirt. She made him go to his study to do his work, she didn't want him to distract her while she was doing her household chores.

The day moved quickly, by the time Anjali went back to start lunch it was noon already. She glanced outside through the kitchen window to see day had turned grey and dreary. It looked like it would rain soon. She made her way outside to remove the clothes from the clothesline before it started raining, forgetting all about lunch.

Aditya was in his study, only half paying attention to the files in front of him. His mind kept wandering back towards Anjali. He sighed and dropped the pen on the desk. If only she hadn't insisted he try to do some work while she finished the household chores. He glanced at the clock. He was going to give her few more minutes then he was going to make her sit with him to watch a movie or may be sketch something for him.

He glanced out the window to see that it had started to rain. He got up to close the window in the study. He then made his way out in the hall. He glanced in the kitchen to see if she was there but frowned when he didn't see her.

He was just going out to look for her when he remembered she had gone out to put the clothes on clothesline earlier. He turned and made his way towards the terrace. He stopped in his tracks when he saw Anjali trying to get the clothes and in the process was getting wet in the rain.

He couldn't help staring at the picture she made, wet in the rain. Her hair was plastered to her head, with some tendrils sticking to her soft cheeks. Her sari had become very transparent and clinging to her curves, leaving nothing to imagination. Aditya started walking towards her as if in trance, ignoring the fact that he was also getting wet in the rain. Anjali turned just as he was extending his arm to tap her on the shoulder.

Anjali turned to go back in the house but stopped when she saw Aditya standing in front of her. She was surprised at first then noticed the look in his eyes and shivered, not from cold, but the desire she saw burning behind the dark eyes.

She stared back at him, with the same burning need. His shirt was plastered to his chest and bulging biceps, his trousers were clinging to his muscular thighs.

She bit her lips to control her trembling, the rain was cool, but she felt very warm from the inside.

When Aditya saw her bite her beautiful pink lips, he lost all control. He had seen the answering desire in her eyes as she stared back at him, but had controlled his need, but now he did not want to wait. He wanted to spend the rest of the day showing his wife just how much he desired and loved her.

He stepped forward to lift her in his arms, she tried to protest, but one look from him stopped all her protest, and she clung to him as he carried her to their room.

They spent rest of the day in their room, loving each other, and making memories for the days to come.

While Anjali and Aditya were lost in their own world of passion and love, across the town, Nick Malhotra paced his office. He wanted to put his plan for revenge in motion. He will make sure Aditya and Anjali were separated forever.

He had wanted Anjali from the first moment he saw her but once again Aditya and his charms had won her over. Then, when he had chased her off the college campus, he thought he would be able to claim her as his, but he had to finish college then his father sent him abroad to study more.

Once he came back, he had run into trouble with some people so he had to leave again. By the time he returned again Anjali was married to Aditya and all he had been able to think about was revenge.

If she couldn't be his, she won't be Aditya's either, he will make sure of that.

He had wanted to destroy Aditya but all his plans failed and now that Dhaval is arrested Nick had nothing to lose. He is sure Dhaval will never implicate him but he only had short time to put his plan in motion.

Anjali rushed up the stairs, she knew Aditya must have been getting impatient by now. She had been kept busy with one thing or the other, and was now half hour later than her usual time.

Ramila and Pankit had surprised Anjali and Aditya with bringing his grandmother back with them when they returned. Then when uncle and auntie returned few days later they also surprised everyone with bringing his other grandmother with them and Mehta House has not been the same since.

For the past week, Anjali had been talked into reading part of Geeta, by the two ladies every night and this was making Aditya very unhappy. He wanted her to spend her evenings with him only as this is the only time they are alone and able to talk about their day. He looked forward to the end of the day when he could put his head in his wife's lap and let her sooth away the stress of the day while they both talked about how their day had been.

Once the family noticed the changed relationship of their eldest son and daughter-in-law, they has stopped interrupting the couple in the evening time, realizing they needed this time to be with one another, but the two elder ladies had yet to realize this.

Aditya glanced up from his laptop when Anjali walked into the room, she sighed when he barely glanced at her before going back to his work.

She walked to the dresser and took off her jewelry first, her movements were slow, she felt exhausted and all she wanted to do was curl up and go to sleep but she knew she would have to appease him first. She decided to change into her nightclothes first, few more minutes was not going to make a difference.

Aditya looked up to see Anjali walk into the bathroom slowly and frowned. He knew she thought he was upset because she hadn't been spending as much time with him, but the truth was further from it.

He shut down his computer and put his work away then turned the bed covers back. He wanted her to sleep tonight and not worry about anything else. He will talk to his mom about hiring more staff for day-to-day work so Mani can help with the wedding preparations at home while Anjali helps Kajal and Sonal with the wedding shopping.

He knew she was not only physically tired but also emotionally. She has met with her father twice this week and it had been hard on her. He knew it was bothering her that she was having a hard time getting past her father's previous treatment of her.

The first day had been gut wrenching when he witnessed her breakdown after her visit with her father. She had cried herself to sleep in his arms. He was glad they had the two days alone the previous week and promised himself he would take her away after the weddings.

Aditya waited for her to come out of the bathroom. When she came out, he went towards her and without saying anything lifted her in his arms and carried her to the bed. He laid her on the bed and covered her with the sheet he then turned all the lights off and lay down beside her to take her in his arms.

"Aditya..." He stopped her by placing his index finger on her lips. "Shh...No talking, you need to sleep. Close your eyes and don't worry about anything." He kissed her on the forehead.

Anjali put her head on his chest, moved to a more comfortable position and mumbled, "I love you" before drifting off to sleep.

He pulled her closer to him and he too gave in and closed his eyes to sleep.

Next morning Aditya woke up early and turned the alarm off. He got ready quickly and went down to let his mom know not to wake Anjali early.

He talked to his mom about decreasing her workload but he shouldn't have worried as both his mom and auntie assured him that they had already noticed Anjali was doing too much and decided to do something about it.

His aunt blessed him. "Aditya, don't worry, we will make sure Anjali doesn't overextend herself."

Aditya turned to his mom. "Mom I am going for a run, I will have breakfast later." When his mom nodded her head in acknowledgment, he turned and walked out as both ladies watched him proudly.

By the time he returned from his jog Anjali was a wake and was in the bathroom. She rushed out of the bathroom just as he closed the bedroom doors.

He caught her just as she was rushing past him and pulled her into his arms, hugging her tightly. "Slow down sweetheart, why are you rushing?" He bent and nuzzled her neck.

She pushed at his chest. "Aditya, let go, I am very late this morning, why didn't you wake me? And the alarm was off too."

When she continued to attempt to move out of his arms, he held her tightly to hamper her. "Anjali!" She finally stopped and looked at him. "Okay now that I have your attention, listen. I told mom that I kept you up last night and you were tired so to let you sleep in today." Her mouth dropped open.

"You what? Are you crazy?" She made a fist and hit him on the chest hard

He loosened his hold on her. "Ouch, why did you hit me so hard?" He rubbed the spot, pretending it hurt more than it did.

Anjali glared at him. "Aditya, what is wrong with you? Why would you say something like that to maa and auntie?"

He sighed and pulled her closer. "Relax, I am just joking, I told mom to let you sleep in because you were tired but they had already planned not to wake you today." She relaxed into his arms.

She looked up to smile at him but got lost in his eyes. She could see the awareness in his eyes and in the next moment he pulled her up and kissed her passionately lifting her off her feet. It was a long moment before they both came up for air.

He placed her back on her feet and caressed her the corner of her lip with his thumb. "I am going to shower, don't go down without me, I want to have breakfast with you today." Anjali nodded her head. He let her go completely and made his way to the bathroom.