Sleeping in between my buds is most favourite thing...
They are soo squeeshy and small and um......small...
Especially noori...
My puri...

She cocooned herself in the blanket and all of them are lying on one another. A smile tugged up at the corner of my lips.
They are my little green field angels with small bags of glitter on their back....

I felt the sun rays peeping in through the closed curtains. I opened the curtains and snapped my head towards my kids quickly...

They are like moon-flowers because whenever I open the curtains in the mornings, they turn their heads away within milliseconds...
That too all together!...
I love to watch it.  
I'm not a sadist okay... I just love to irritate them some times.
My cute little buds.

I went to washroom and cleaned up myself. I came out in a robe and looked at my kids wide awake. They all went in together to take bath and I picked up noor. I can't really let her take bath with her siblings because this girl has fetishness for everything in the washroom.
Last time I found her stuffing soap in her mouth.

I was thinking about clothes and soon there was a knock on the door . Saraswathi entered inside with covers in her hands.
She smiled at me greeting ' good morning ' while the kids chirped back.
I smiled at her and she gave me the covers. I asked her to sit while the kids wore their clothes....
I drapped saree in washroom and came out.

Saraswathi said that kids went down and I nodded while sitting beside her on the couch.
" I'm sorry for behaving rudely by avoiding you last time . " I said and she kept a hand on mine.
" Why did you think like that?
You weren't rude at all
Let's not talk about past " she said softly and I smiled back at her while nodding.
I donot harm those who mean no harm to me.

" shall I get you your breakfast here? " she asked me and I said 'no' .

Third person POV :

Both the daughter in laws of the family descended the stairs together and entered the grand dining hall. Everyone looked at them while they both were talking to each other softly but formally.

Lakshmi looked at her kids who were seated in their chairs besides her in-laws. She glanced at the table which were filled with various foods.
She filled her plate and sat on the floor. Kids looked at their mom and got down from their chairs .
They sat around their mom freely because they were never accustomed to dinning table.

Anita and veer didn't know what to say. They surely can't force her.
They watched them as they all folded their hands and prayed for few seconds while Neelu already stuffed  fruits pieces in her mouth and started chanting along with her siblings.

Lakshmi opened her eyes and soon Abhimanyu shrieked from beside Neelu because of the tiny food particles that fell on his face from her mouth.

Lakshmi laughed at them and Abhimanyu glared at his mother.
" mom ! " Abhimanyu groaned.
" what did I do? " lakshmi asked playfully while controlling her smile and started cleaning his face with her pallu.

" Neelu don't eat while praying .
Fine?
Say sorry to your brother ma " lakshmi said and Neelu quickly turned to her brother and said "surry" cutely.... Who can resist this cute little 🍎?

Long forgotten those people on the dining table. They have been watching lakshmi and kids till they completed their breakfast and left with their plates in their little hands.

Arjun stared at them lovingly and forgot to even eat his breakfast.
He wanted to be a part of them. He too wanted to sit in between them, laugh along with her...
Listen to his sons and see his daughter playing pranks on her brothers...
while seeing them content in their life....
For a second,
he felt they didn't need his presence... They were happy the way they are...
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Anita entered the huge garden and sat back on a mahagony chair with a wooden table in front .
She looked around at the plants and trees while thinking....

She felt proud.
She is disappointed with how it is going on.....but still she felt proud of lakshmi. Though their marriage was sudden and Arjun insisted on leaving the next day of his marriage....
She tried her best to stop them and let lakshmi stay in the palace atleast for a couple of days...
But Arjun was persistent and she had to accept finally and let lakshmi leave along with him as she can't keep the new bride away from the groom. The society would point out at the girl's character and not to forget those vultures are every where waiting for an opportunity...

She has arranged everything ,
the ayi in his mansion and Rahul who used to update her with her daughter in law. ( in the initial chapters, rahul has talked with Unkown person on phone. That was Anita.)
But only if she knew that the ayi was more loyal to Arjun and Rahul wanted arjun and lakshmi together....
They never did tell her those abuses Lakshmi faced...
Which she only came to know when she saw those photos...

She wanted to correct everything... atleast something...
But she knew that it was already late..

" dadi ji ?  " Anita felt her heart leaping out as soon as she heard those words. She looked down to see Neelu with noor, with their little hands interwined.
She smiled at them and indicated them to come near her...

" Meri Achi bachi " Anita said while picking up both of them, making them sit on the table .

" call me that once again dear " she said and Neelu called her 'Dadi' and noor too followed her sister.
Anita started talking with her grand daughters happily.

Just a few seconds back she was sad and now she is happy.

" Dadi ji
Mummy no to stay eire (here)? " Neelu asked while moving her hand to & fro as to why?

Anita understood that she has to be careful while dealing with her grand kids as they are far more matured.
She saw the way they look at their mother, respect her decisions and follow her lead silently .
These kids are not attracted to the superficial things like the others.
They are too special.
They are gifted.

" I have made Kheer
Want to eat it? " Anita asked her grand daughter and Neelu's eyes sparkled at the name of food.
" khhheeerr? " Neelu shouted excitedly followed by noor shouting "kiaaaaaaa!!! " over excitedly beside her.

Anita lifted both of them and made them stand on floor. She took them inside to feed their little stomachs.
A big smile on Anita's face didn't go unnoticed by veer , who had a small smile tugged at the corner of his mouth watching his wife and grand kids from his balcony in study.

His phone rang and he picked it up
" Russian mafia huzoor " his messenger told and Veer cut the call .
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Saraswathi looked beside at utkarsh who is staring at her continuously while she is writting on a paper, sitting on stairs.
" do you need something beta? " she asked him softly while looking at his cute scrunched nose...

" what's your age aunty ? " utkarsh asked which took sarsawathi by surprise.

" you shouldn't ask elders age beta " saraswathi said and utkarsh wasn't having it
" Age is juz number.
Let me guess 28 ?" he said and saraswathi kept her notepad aside while facing him completely.
" a little more " she said smiling playfully. She knew that they are no normal kids....

" 28 years one day? " he said and saraswathi laughed at this. Surely these kids exceeded her expectations..

" you know weeks , days and years at this age? " she asked him amused.

" I know alot more aunty ji " utkarsh raised his collar up and kept his tiny hands on his waist.

" oh really? " saraswathi asked amused as she knew that the kids were intelligent but she didn't expect this much...

" I speak Telugu, Hindi, English, Russian, understand French and Arabic...
Ibbu bhaiya knows Arabic well " utkarsh said and saraswathi's eyes popped out of her sockets thinking that when she was of their age, she didn't even knew that different languages existed... Leave that, she couldn't even speak properly...

Staying in Russia with Alexander's family and their mom's friends ( Ben, Basheer, Antonio, etc. ) did rub their languages in these little buds.
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Arjun was in his study reading files. He heard the door creak open and expected it to be his daughter who was the only one who visited him without knocking.

He looked up and was surprised to find Ibbu standing near the door.
" are you busy Abbu? " he asked softly and arjun's heart clenched hearing that word...
His heart craved to listen to that word...
Which Ibbu only called ones before the blast...

" no son
Come....come in " arjun said while removing his glasses and closing his file hastily.

Ibbu nodded and came towards his father, but stood a meter away.

Ibbu felt a little weird... He knew that this man was close to him... He felt it... But still a little part of him held him back from facing his father...

A weird silence filled in the room as neither son nor the father spoke up..

Ibbu came near Arjun's hand and took it in his small hands. He raised up to his lips , kissed them and let them touch to his forehead with respect and left from there.
Arjun was shocked .
He looked at his retreating son from the room...
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As soon as Nandini Devi, mother of Veer Singh Rajput came to know that her Grand daughter in law is alive. She sprinted on her legs without a care for her aged body.
She remembers only seeing her grand daughter in law at the time of marriage.

Nothing stopped her from coming to the palace which she left long ago to visit pilgrimages all around India. She wants to see that little girl again.
She felt bad when she was informed that she died in a fire accident. Though she had her own set of doubts that kept on lingering.....

She is right now standing infront of the door while the Royal gaurds walked behind her and guided her inside. She looked around to see little kids running around here and there.
The palace felt lively after a long time...

Anita was walking by and noticed her mother in law who came without prior notice . She quickly went towards her and took her blessings. She asked her about her travel and asked her to take rest...
" Who are these kids?  " Nandini Devi asked looking at them.

" they are our lakshmi and arjun's children " Anita informed and knew that her mother in law will not settle down anytime soon.

" what?!
They had kids?
When? " Nandini Devi was shocked at this new found piece of information.

" Maa 
She has survived the accident but she lost her memory in the process " Veer lied to his mother again. He didn't want to tell his mother the truth and burden her more in this old age....

" these many kids? " Nandini Devi asked shocked while veer nodded his head. " all alone till now? " she asked again and he nodded telling her another story of how someone helped her and when she regained her memory, she came back to them.

Nandini Devi was very happy. Though she understood that there was something her son is hiding...
But her happiness was clouding all her senses that has great grand children !

She sat on the sofa as her knees started aching and Veer called the children to greet their great grand mother.
The kids eyes sparkled while looking at her. They all said 'namasthe' to her while folding their hands.
She called them near to her and looked at each and everyone's face keenly. She had a doubtful expression while looking at Ibbu and noor.

" tell me your names " she asked looking at everyone sternly and was internally shocked looking at the kids as they weren't  scared of her gaze but rather they stared back her,
without a smile.

" Aryan Atharva Ibraheem Singh Rajput " Ibbu said and she soon remembered who it was....
" Sushruta Advaya Singh Rajput "
" Aman Rudra Singh Rajput "
" Abhimanyu Singh Rajput "
" Avan Utkarsh Singh Rajput "

She liked children's names.
They suit them perfectly...

Ofcourse why not?
When lakshmi raked out her brains for months to name them...

" what about you ? " she asked looking at the 2 little girls standing beside their brothers at the end of the line.

Neelu didn't like the authoritative and demanding behaviour of the old woman.
" what is your name dadu ke mummy ji? " noor asked making Nandini Devi smirk in return .

" Is this how you respect elders? " she asked taken by surprise attack the little girl's attitude and little angry too...

" Respect is

'Bhaiya what is next wod? (word)
Era? Nest?  What?' " she asked whispering in abhimanyu's ear beside her.

" earned " he mumbled in her ear...

" yah yah
Respect is raened " she said looking. straight into the old lady's eyes and soon the whole room filled with laughter at the girl's words...
' Cute ' everyone felt in that moment...

Nandini Devi was happy at how bold and strong she is at this little age.... 'But how do these kids speak so mature ?' That she couldn't understand...

" I'm Nandini Devi " she answered with royalty and elegance radiating from her demeanor .

" I am Neelambari Devi " she said and nudged her sister to tell her name who just stared back at her neelu di whispering " Huh? " while looking at her with large doe eyes.
Noor didn't understand what was happening around her....

" tell your name balloon " she said to noor and noor nodded at her sister while saying out loud....
" nooyee yat " Neelu nodded her head disapprovingly while seeing her sister still not able to pronounce her name properly and helped her out
" she is noor-e-hayat "

Nandini Devi is a strong woman. She isn't against ones religion as she believed all are equal . She didn't held any prejudice over the two kids whom she clearly know that are not from their religion or their kin .
She accepted them all together as she knew that what ever god does, has a meaning...
She is woman of wisdom.

" maa ji take rest
You must be tired " Anita said looking at her mother in law who nodded . Nandini Devi remembered that she forgot to visit the one for whom she came.

" where is my grand daughter in law?" Nandini Devi asked.
" she is resting maa
her health isn't well " she said and Nandini Devi nodded while going back to her room which she had left years ago. She looked at the clean room and smiled thinking of her past...
A room filled with beautiful memories...
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Saraswathi entered her room and was soon cornered by her husband Sanjay. She took in deep breaths while trying to control her drumming heart...
It scared her to see her own husband towering over her and looking at her with anger evident in his eyes.

" Over?
over serving my brother's wife? " he asked pressing her more into the wall with his hands on her shoulders.

" how many years ha?
Tell me how many years has it been that we both got married?
Five years...
Blood five years! and you still couldn't conceive! Here my brother's wife came back with children of their own even after he tortured her .
But you, 
what have I given less to you?
I have given you all the luxuries you could only dream of and that girl faced hell with him but still she gave what this family needs.

I should I have agreed to my mother to marry her when my brother disagreed for his marriage.
Atleast I wouldn't have to deal with an infertile women like you. " Sanjay screamed at her and left from there banging the door shut.
Saraswathi fell down on her knees while staring at the plain walls...
With pain filled in her heart...

She tried and she is still trying since many years..  She knew that her husband wants power which is in Arjun's hands. She also knew that for this, she should give birth to the first child of this family.... But now that Lakshmi's children are born first, they will be the next heads of this family and superior to everyone in the next generation of this family hierarchy...

She neither thrives for power nor money... All she wanted was her husband to be happy with her...
All he ever asked her was only a heir and nothing more. She knew that he wanted to gain power through their child...
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Saraswathi was arranging her room when she recieved a call on her phone. She saw that it was her step sister and she lifted the call.

" I'm coming in half an hour. " Her younger sister said rudely and cut call. Saraswathi remembered that her sister is going to stay with them until she settles down in this new city as she got a job here.
She knew her sister's intentions too well. She went down and informed her mother in law about Manika's arrival to which Anita had already said 'OK' a month back when she asked.

Though Anita hated saraswathi's family, but she can't say anything to those cheap mentality people who would go to any extent to tarnish the name of their family. Though she can suppress them easily, but rumors will still spread even if she raise a finger...
They are her mother in laws relatives, so she has to restrict herself.....
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Manika smiled looking at the palace while the gaurd walked infront of her with her bags in his hand.
As soon as she spotted Anita, she hugged her while her eyes still lingered at each and every corner of the palace which screamed money and gold.

This is what she wanted.
Name and power.
She hated Anita for selecting saraswathi for their elder son but later she was happy knowing that he didn't hold much of a power. She was more elated when she came to know that her jiju's wife died in an accident.

Though she tried many times to get close to them, but Arjun was never present.... Even her family tried in many occasions to bring their younger child get tied up with Arjun while showing their pitty saying that he has lost two wives.....
But they never succeeded...
And now is her chance to trap him...

She moved towards Nandini Devi to take her blessings .
Nandini Devi eyed her and blessed her half heartedly as she saw the evil glint the young girl is harboring...
The old lady knows this girl's family all too well...

As soon Manika spotted Arjun descending down the stairs, she lunged towards him and hugged him tightly...
" how are you jiju? " she asked sweetly while battling her eyelashes,
showing her fake concern for him.
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Lakshmi stayed the whole day in room and she was bored...not to forget that she had her meals too in her room...
She thought of playing with her kids in the garden and got up looking at the time as it ticked half past four...

As soon as she descended the stairs, she looked up from her phone to see a girl almost her age hugging Arjun tightly around his