18.

Ryan looks at his newly wedded bride as their car stops in front of Roy mansion. Looking at her sleeping peacefully, he didn't want to wake her up but he had to.

He looked at the entrance to see his whole family present for her welcome including his baby sister Aaravi and Abhimanyu with his cute nephew.

He softly call Aaruhi to wake her up.

“Aaruhi, wake up…we have reached to home,"

But she didn't wake up, making him sigh softly. He lightly tapped on her cheek making her frown in sleep.

“Let me sleep…" she murmured in sleep.

"Aaruhi, everyone is waiting for us. Wake up,” feeling irritated with constant disturbance, she finally opens her eyes with a frown.

But as she saw Ryan's face infront of her eyes, she blinked her eyes and then looked around.

At the same time the door of her side opened. She turns to see Aaravi smiling at her.

“Are both planning to spend your first night in the car, huh?" She teases. Ryan playfully glared at her.

Aaruhi looked at her with red cheeks earning chuckles from her.

“Okay okay….now come out, everyone is waiting. And Bhai please help Bhabhi," saying she walk away with a wide smile

Ryan comes out of the car and walks to her side.

He forward his hand to her to hold it. Aaruhi places her hand on his, making him firmly hold her hand as he helps her out of the car.

They slowly walk near the entrance while holding each other's hand.

Aaruhi smiles seeing his brother standing with Aaravi. Abhimanyu smiles back at her.

They stand at the threshold. Siya walked near them with Aarti thali. She smiles looking at them feeling happy.

She performed their welcome Aarti. Kissing their forehead, she steps aside and asks Aaruhi to gently kick the rice pot in her way to step inside her new home.

Holding her lehenga a little up, Aaruhi kicks the rice pot softly as she takes a first step inside her new house.

She felt flowers shower over her and a smile formed on her face.

Ryan looks at her as she steps inside his house beside him as his wife. His heart filled with joy.

Then Aaruhi put her feet in a big plate filled with red water(Alta) then made her footprint in the white cloth after stepping out of the plate.

Kritika and Aaravi help her to walk inside. While Ryan walks behind her with Abhimanyu and Kris and Kabir.

“Kritika takes them to temple so they can take blessings from God then let them rest," Pallavi said.

Ryan and Aaruhi walked inside the house temple.

They together light up the lamp and while standing in front of God, they pray for their happy married life.

After few more post wedding rituals, Aaravi took Aaruhi in Ryan room. Entering inside the room, Aaruhi looks around the beautifully decorated room for their wedding night. She smiles slightly, blushing hard at the thought of her first night.

“Didu, rest for a while. I am sending Bhai here, okay… " saying Aaravi turned to walk out but suddenly she stopped then turned to her.

"By the way, this room is soundproof,” she told her.

Aaruhi frowned before her eyes widened as she understood the meaning behind her words.

Aaravi giggles and runs out of the room, leaving red Aaruhi.

Aaruhi cups her cheeks feeling them burning because of Aaravi's teasing. She looked at her left side and saw herself in the mirror.

Her red lips formed a beautiful smile, as she looked at herself. She is looking so breathtaking with smudged Sindoor on her hair and forehead and little diamond locket of her mangalsutra  on her chest, shining brightly. She lightly touches it and looks down at the precious beaded thread which now ties her with Ryan for eternity.

Placing a light kiss on the locket, she looked up with a shy smile and looked around the room decorated with white and red roses, fragrant candles and golden fairy lights around the huge room.

Staring at the bed which has white curtains around it and red rose petals spread on the mattress and on the floor around the bed, she bit her lips and her heart started beating fast in nervousness or maybe excitement.

She snapped her head hearing the door unlocking from outside and felt her breathing turning heavy suddenly.

The door slowly opens and her heart skips a beat as Ryan steps inside the room. He stops at his place, seeing her standing in the middle of hi- no! Their room.

Aaruhi looks at him as her heart is going crazy inside her when he closes the door and locks it.

Ryan turns to her. He smiles softly as she is looking so innocent as she is staring at him with his big beautiful eyes. But soon she moved her eyes down watching him coming near her.

Then his eyes took the decoration in his room and he gulped realizing that it's their wedding night. He felt a sensation in his chest.

He looks at Aaruhi who is standing in front of him nervously fidgeting with her fingers.

Walking near her, he stood in front of her and waited for her to look up at him. But it seems like his innocent wife is too shy to face him.

He smiles and gently raises her head holding her chin. His smile widens when Aaruhi closes her eyes.

“Open your eyes, Aaruhi…" he whispered as his eyes captured her beautiful face in his mind.

She is looking ethereal and breathtaking with his name Sindoor and Mangalsutra on her.

He leans his face a little towards her face and he can hear her heartbeats in the silence.

“Open your beautiful eyes, Ruhi…" As he murmure this, Aaruhi opens her eyes hearing what he just called.

But seeing his face so close to her, she forgot to blink her eyes and just kept staring at him innocently. Her breath stuck in her throat and her heart went crazy.

Ryan intensely stares into her big innocent orbs with warmth in his eyes before his eyes move to her face and then settle on her lips which are parted slightly.

His fingers move to her jaw from her chin and lightly caress her skin.

“You are looking like a goddess in red," he whispered while brushing his thumb on her cheek bone.

Aaruhi gulps slowly and moves her lashes down to hide from his stare suddenly feeling shy under his gaze.

Ryan smiles at her move and leans towards and places a light kiss on her head. Aaruhi sighed in content, feeling her heart filled with joy.

“Go change into something light and comfortable," he told her while brushing her baby hair aside on her forehead.

Aaruhi looked at him. He smiled at her, making her smile too. She nodded slowly.

“I will also go and freshen till you get rid of these heavy jewelry," She again nodded.

She saw him walk inside the closet. Taking a deep breath, she slowly walked in front of the mirror with a smile on her face.

Sitting in front of the mirror, she smiles seeing her happy face.

“You are very lucky Aaru," she whispered, looking at herself in the mirror.

Ryan comes out of the washroom, freshly showered and changed into a t-shirt and sweats.

His eyes fell on Aaruhi who was sitting in front of the mirror, removing the earring from her ears. His heart skipped a beat for the nth time today as he looked at her sitting there without any heavy jewelry and dupatta on her body.

Her neck only has her nuptial chain and small red bindi on her forehead and red smudge Sindoor on her head. Her wrists are filled with red bangles. Her hair flowing freely on her back hiding her back.

Suddenly her eyes went to him and suddenly everything went still for both of them.

She stood up and started looking for her dupatta which she had thrown somewhere a while ago.

She breathed heavily, feeling the heat rising in her body.

Suddenly Ryan realizes he is staring at her like a creep making her uncomfortable. And instantly he looked away.

“You c..can freshen up now," he said without looking at her.

Aaruhi nodded even though he couldn't see her and hurriedly walked inside the closet to take her clothes.

Ryan looked up as he heard the door closing sound and let out a sigh.

After handing a wet towel, he walked towards his bed and let out another deep sigh looking at all the decorations.

He stands there looking at the bed then taking a deep breath he sits on the bed, leaning against the headboard and starts scrolling through his phone while waiting for Aaruhi.

After half an hour, the door of the bathroom opened, making Ryan turn his head.

Aaruhi comes inside the room in a white suit and her wet hair rests on her right shoulder.

She looked at Ryan from the corner of eyes before she walked in front of the mirror and started drying her hair. She glances at Ryan through the mirror.

She smiles when he looks away from her after their eyes meet for a second in the mirror and looks down at his phone.

Leaving her hair open, Aaruhi walks near the bed. Ryan looked up hearing her anklet bells making soft soothing sounds.

She nervously looked at him.

“If you are feeling uncomfortable I will sleep on the couch," Ryan said.

Aaruhi look at him and shook her head,

“No, it's not like that. You can sleep on your bed-”

“Aaruhi, it’s your bed too.." he said, stopping her in the middle.

She looked at him with a warm gaze. Ryan forward his hand for her to come.

“Come sit with me," he softly still held his forward for her to hold it.

She held his hand and sat in front of him on the bed.

He smiles seeing her cute face as she stares at him.

“From today onwards, whatever is mine is yours. My room, house, family and even myself…everything belongs to you. I know we got married in a hurry and unfavorable situation but the thing is that we are married now. We are husband and wife. We have to now live together and share our life. For me marriage is a sacred bond and I strongly believe in this. I promise you I will try my bestest to be a good husband to you and fulfill all my responsibilities and duties as a husband. You can share anything with me and tell me anything. Don't hesitate to talk to me…I am a good listener, trust me," Aaruhi couldn't help but fall more and more for this man in front of her.

She smile and said,

“You know Ryan.." Ryan listened to her as she whispered in her soft voice and give a heartwarming smile.

“.... I am so lucky to have you. At the same time, I wonder whether I really deserve you," She said with a look of admiration in her eyes for him.

Ryan felt so happy hearing her and his melted seeing so much respect and admiration in her eyes for himself. He felt like he achieved something very big.

While his one hand is still holding her hand, he cups her face with the other and softly caresses her cheek making her sigh softly at his tender touch.

“You only deserve the bestest of this world," he whispered as he slowly leaned near her face.

Aaruhi stares into his eyes which are filled with adoration and warmth. Ryan stared deep into her eyes. Not able to hold his intense gaze, Aaruhi closed her eyes.

Aaruhi tightly held his hand, feeling his warm breath on her face. Her breath turned heavy in anticipation.

She can feel him too close to her.

Not feeling anything for a minute, she slowly opened her eyes. Her breath hitch as his lips hovering over her's.

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