Mausam had a team of very expensive people to make her look best.
It was a luxury ,
Though it made her very uncomfortable,
She was not very comfortable with extreme luxuries , where people did things for her.
For hours she sat and let them work their magic.
As she looked in the mirror ,
She could not believe she could look this preety
She smiled at herself.
As the stylist and makeup artists left ,
She sat there looking at herself.
Now a really big challenge was ahead of her.
Today , for the first time she was attending her son's birthday party,
First time she was going out in public among society with her husband ,
As mrs.kapoor,
And she would meet future mrs. Reyansh Khanna today.
Just because she decided to give up her love , did not make it hurt any less seeing him with someone else.
But she would meet her,
Swollowing her pride and love,
She would smile at her.
And she would enjoy her baby boy's birthday party .
She had not liked giving birth,
But she wanted to be with her children.
Take over responsibilities of being a mother.
She sighed ,
Such a tough day it was going to be.
She took out a Arav's birthday gift,
She had picked it out after so many hourse of online searching,
Buying gifts for boys was so tough,
And that too your own pre teen son.
She walked past the gawking servents in the corridor , and gently knocked on Arav's door.
" Who is it?" He shouted.
" It is me, your mom." Mausam replied gently , feeling nervous.
She did.not want to make him mad or hurt his feelings , so she debated about seeing him before his party.
" Come in" she heard a authorative command.
So much like his father , she thought and smiled.
" Arav." She saw him , standing on his bed in a white shirt , and black pants.
His eyes were raised , looking at her suspiciously.
" I came to give you , this , your present , if you don't want it , I'll get you anything you want." She mumbled.
Her children made her feel something,
Maybe it was guilt , or longing , or maybe uncomfort,
She felt so complicated.
" Ohh. Of course you don't know what I like." He said , not even looking at the gift.
" Just put it on the desk there." He ordered her.
" Okay. So who is your best friend?" She asked mainly to stop making him glare at her.
" Just leave." He said in plainest voice.
" Oh , okay ." She left .
At least he took the gift.
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" What were you doing there?" Arman aksed her as she closed the door behind her.
Suddenly he appeared in front of her ,
And she lost her balance,
And found herself in his arm.
His large hands were on her bare waist,
And she was a breath away from him.
She was instantly captivated in his dark golden gaze.
" Dadda , look , my new dress." Suddenly there daughter , came running outside .
And they jumped apart.
Yet she could feel his dark and brooding gaze on her.
But She averted her gaze and looked at her daughter , who looked so happy.
It made her smile involuntary.
" Ahh mom , I , my new dress." She said shiely.
" Wow. It's so preety. With this levender dress , we match . Wow." Mausam sat down to Aruhi's level and started praising her.
" If you are ready let's go." Armaan said , and Arav sliped out of his room ,
And we all went together.
In the car I could not stop smiling ,
Being with my children ,
It felt like I had a family.
My lips unconsciously curved upwards.
Updated on -31/7/24