EPILOGUE

I love you,

unconditionally, selflessly, and totally...

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SURPRISE!!!!!

"I missed him so much. If I didn't have to extend my meeting there, I would have been with him, cuddling in our room..." a woman in her late twenties sighs while making a design of a wedding dress for her exclusive client.

"No worries, this is the final design. Then I will be on way my home." She giggles imagining the reaction her lovely husband will give her when he sees her a day earlier than her arrival.

She landed in India two hours back and without going home she raced her car towards her office to send the last design to her VVIP client. She has been away from home for more than five days and now she is here a day before to surprise her husband.

She quickly completed her work and rode her car towards her home, in between she purchased her husband's favourite bouquet of carnations.

She parked her car in the garage and walked inside the villa with a bouquet in one hand while a trolley bag in the other and a beautiful smile on her face when she heard something, she never expected.

"Mom it's enough. I cannot live with her anymore." The familiar voice that soothes her in her difficult times, the same voice if she won't heard before sleeping in night, she might not catch a glimpse of sleep; said making her stop in her track.

I might be hearing things. She thought and shook her head with a silly smile.

"I want a divorce from her. I feel suffocated in her presence. I felt like vomiting every time she came close to me. It-" the same voice said with so much hate dripping his voice, making her numb in her place. She does not even in her dreams think that her husband who claims to be in love with her, is asking for a divorce, and is feel suffocated in her mere presence. Everything felt numb around her she didn't hear anything more as the things she was holding in her hand fell on their own.

Hearing the commotion, the family of five people looks towards the entrance, and they see her standing numb looking at her husband.

Building some courage in herself she walks up to him trembling in her step and asks;

"Divor... you are lying right? You can't s-" she mumbled looking at him, who rolled his eyes at her.

"I hate you... I can finally say with every bone and nerve in my body that I hate you." He gritted his teeth holding her hands in a tight grip.

The lone tear she had been holding for so long finally tripped down from her eyes, breaking her heart into zillions of pieces. She can never think that the guy she claims to be in love with every inch of her soul is saying that he hates her. She shook her head not believing a single word coming out from her lover or we say her husband's mouth.

"Please don't say this ranveer, i... I lo-" Ishika mumbled shaking her head lightly with continuous tears dripping down her face.

"Please don't say those three stupid words." Ranveer yelled pushing her away leaving a bruise on her arms, she stumble back yet she again tried to reach him, but he shaw her his right palm to stop her in her place.

"Why are you doing this to me Ranveer, please don't say this. I know you love me." Her voice broken full of despair, pleading him to not to break her after uniting her every piece.

"It was a lie. It was all a lie. I never loved you Ishika. Why this simple thing doesn't go inside your head." Ranveer yell pointing his forefinger towards his head in last sentence.

"I love you ranveer please don't do this to me. You know you are the only happiness for me in this black and white world. Please- " Ishika cried holding his forearm.

"I don't care." Ranveer hissed at her and walk out of the place leaving her alone and broken. She plead him not to go leaving her alone, but it seems her voice didn't reach him.

"RANVEEEEEEEERRRRRR" She cried out loud looking at him walking away from her.

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"Ishika...... everything is alright sweetheart. You are alright. I'm here. We are here. It's just a nightmare. Shh don't cry. Nothing will happen to you." Ranveer wiped the tear-stained face of his wife who just had a nightmare about what, he didn't know. He just left the bed for like fifteen minutes to get his twenty-one-month-old baby boy from his parent's room since he kept on crying wanting to be close to his mother. On entering the room with his kid in his arms who is wide awake at 2:43 am at night, Ranveer saw his three months pregnant wife is covered in sweat and mumbling something. He immediately put his kid beside Ishika and started patting her head softly to make her sleep comfortably.

On seeing his father actions, their boy, Maan also started patting her stomach softly and started speaking gibberish trying to copy like his father. Ranveer smile looking at him, but soon Ishika woke up and seeing Ranveer face she immediately hug him, and start crying. Ranveer patted her back softly, asking her what's wrong and soon she told him her entire nightmare she saw which seems to be real.

Seeing her mother cry, Maan also started crying, and sat on Ishika's lap hugging her, seeing him Ishika stopped crying following her he also stopped crying, giving a beautiful smile to his mom, who in return gave him a forehead kiss, and Ranveer kissed Ishika's head seeing her fine.

"Sweetheart, I am not leaving you for anyone, not just in this life but if there are lives after this life, trust me I will find you myself in them also." Ranveer said cupping her face, kissing her beautiful eyes, which look at him with so much love in them.

"just remember this, you are my heart, my soul, my body. You live inside me... if there is no you, then there is no me. And those three words can not even describe the amount of love I have for you. Hmm." Ishika nodded hearing him. Three of them lie down and soon slip in a beauty sleep.

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"Please don't go... I will be alone without you both..." Ranveer mumbled pouting cutely at Ishika who is packing her and their baby's bag for the wedding of her best friends, which is going to be happen in week. Most of their close ones had got married in past two years except the younger one who is getting married now.

"you should thank your stars I dint went there a month back. You know when we were in college we all decided that we will be at each others home one month prior the their wedding, and yet just going before a week. Still you got problems with that..." Ishika smirk looking at his reaction, putting Maan's clothes inside the bag.

"One month Ishika, who went to others wedding one month before." Ranveer asked still not believing what he heard.

Before she say something the door of their room knocked open, Gautam walk inside with two baby boys in his arm, who overjoyed looking at Ishika, she smile looking at them, and kiss both of their cheeks making them giggle.

"Bhabhi, why you all have to go a week before. We all will go on the wedding day together, right brother." Gautam whined making Ranveer nod his head with him.

"God! Both brothers are same." Ishika hissed at both of them, zipping the bag.

"I know why are you saying this. you can't live a single second without your Natasha" Ishika said teasingly to Gautam, who sulk sitting beside his brother.

"Besides its not like we will not be with you guys everyday...... we all will be together in afternoon for the rituals. Its just the matter of night guys...... God!!! Don't make those faces both of you. You guys are no kids but father of kids." Ishika said combing her hairs, looking at their pouting face.

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A week later,

"Now groom will put nuptial chain around the bride's neck...." Pandit ji said making the groom took the nuptial chain from the decorated plate.

"What are you thinking?" Ishika asked Ranveer who is lost in his thought with a beautiful smile on his face.

"Remembering our wedding moments. How I made Rudra ran away and act like I don't know anything. Then getting married to you, then making my place in your heart... Our fighting, our happiness, our sadness, our separation, your waiting. Our little love. Another one who is growing inside you... everything. It was and always will be magical..... Whatever people will say but I know from the moment I saw you when I was just 11 years old that you are the only one for me..... Let it again sink in you no one had, is will able to replace the place and love I have for you in me. I love you." Ranveer said looking at his wife, whom he loves to no end. He cupped her cheek and peck her forehead softly making her close her eyes feeling the warmth of her husband in the cold night of December.

"Thank you ran, for coming into my life. For never letting me go even when I was so hard on you. You truly made me the person I am. I love you Ranveer. I love you so much that I can't even say." Ishika said putting her head on her husband's shoulder enjoying the wedding.

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Life is never easy for anyone, it's us people who have the ability to make it easy by enjoying it fully by not thinking of it as a chore. There were and will be many ups and down, but we have to stay strong fighting for us, for the love ones, most importantly for your own happiness.

Life, what people nowadays call a burden, is anything but a burden. Ok I know, if someone has asked me about my life I would really had said that its dull, a huge burden to me with a capital B in it. But the day he, my Ranveer entered my life, it is anything but a burden. Nah! Its far more beautiful to me. He showed me those colors of life which I don't know even exist. He is the man without whom I cant see myself living a single second alone, because he is the oxygen I breath to live. He is the best drug I will take in my every lives. The way he makes me feel, so alive, so beautiful, to be honest these past ten years with him were so magical that I don't know how fast these years passed.

We have our ups and down but one thing I know is that we never slept off at night before dealing with the problem.

I know many... ok almost everyone found me the the rude brat but to be honest life made me that but now he changed me, how? I don't know, and sometimes I laugh remembering those moments where I have been rude to this adorable creature.

"di... lets go. We are getting late for the event." Natasha, Gautam's wife; said walking inside my room dressed in sea green saree looking so beautiful. I nod my head smiling at her.

Ok guys its time for me to go, but one thing I want to say, enjoy your life to the fullest, don't let people opinion go over you. Why? Because they don't know what are you going under every passing day.

Whenever you think you are not worthy of anything just remember how God send Ranveer to me, just like that the best planner will send the person who will know what you are worthy off, coz my dear friend you are beautiful.

Once again, thankyou Ranveer for coming into my life and loving me unconditionally.

I love you Ranveer.

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The end.

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Finally the most awaited chapter is here, those who follow me on instagram or on wattpad have already know about this surprise.

With this "HER REPLACED GROOM" finally came to an end.

this was a very remarkable journey with all of you guys. I really loved writing this story.

Thankyou for bearing with me to this long.

I really love you guys.

This might be the end of Ishika and Ranveer's journey, but not ours right......

My second story "CHAOS" will be starting from 21st november 2023, which will be just a day later.

Please show the same love, even more to our new couple.

Not to forget to comment down your views on this epilogue, more importantly how you like the book so far.

will meet you guys soon...

Till then,

XOXO

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