"Bela , you are in a very urgent medical situation , I know. I'm not being insensitive but I wanted to make you know this truth at any cost. If he's behaving like that it's because of his psychological illness. An immediate treatment is needed for him." Dr suja ended the call.

"Ahh doctor!!!" Bela screamed in pain
"It's the time for delivery" doctor gave instructions to the nurses.

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"Dr...dr...tell me...tell me... where's she! I wanna know that now or else I'll die out of guilt and depression." Mahir said wiping off his sweat sitting in front of Dr.Suja
"Mahir , your condition is not ---" suja was broken short by mahir.
"If you don't tell my condition is going to be worse."
"Ok , she's in the district rural hosp. Giving birth to yours and shivanya's child." Before suja completed her sentence mahir rushed out of the room to the road.

"Now God knows what's going to happen!" Suja exclaimed

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Bela's POV

Now I understood why everyone glorify the role of a mother. What a pain it is! Even for money I shouldn't have agreed for this. I wasn't prepared mentally nor physically. My body below chest felt numb. My eyes were tired and they were urging me to close down the eyes. The exhaustion my body was enduring was beyond words.
Bela , you are in a very urgent medical situation , I know. I'm not being insensitive but I wanted to make you know this truth at any cost. If he's behaving like that it's because of his psychological illness. An immediate treatment is needed for him." Dr suja ended the call.

"Ahh doctor!!!" Bela screamed in pain
"It's the time for delivery" doctor gave instructions to the nurses.

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"Dr...dr...tell me...tell me... where's she! I wanna know that now or else I'll die out of guilt and depression." Mahir said wiping off his sweat sitting in front of Dr.Suja
"Mahir , your condition is not ---" suja was broken short by mahir.
"If you don't tell my condition is going to be worse."
"Ok , she's in the district rural hosp. Giving birth to yours and shivanya's child." Before suja completed her sentence mahir rushed out of the room to the road.

"Now God knows what's going to happen!" Suja exclaimed

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Bela's POV

Now I understood why everyone glorify the role of a mother. What a pain it is! Even for money I shouldn't have agreed for this. I wasn't prepared mentally nor physically. My body below chest felt numb. My eyes were tired and they were urging me to close down the eyes. The exhaustion my body was enduring was beyond words. What Dr. Suja told was piercing through my heart like a sword. I mistook Mahir. I never tired to understand him really. I wanted to meet him somehow in some manner. If someone sees me slipping out of the hosp now it will become a big scene but I was ready to take any risk to meet him. As it was rural under developed hosp , the room where I was admitted had about 5 beds with different patients separated by curtains.

It was almost midnight. After making sure everyone was dozing off I slowly went out and slipped out of the hosp somehow. As I was walking through the directionlessly , the only think I thought about was him. Where can I meet him? How will he be now! Headlight of vehicles flashed onto my eyes making me blind for some seconds. Locals were staring at me as I was behaving unusually. With feverish efforts I took each step which too were wobbly. The uneasy sweat covering me and the efforts I took while trying to think clearly were indescribable.

"Hey girl! Where are you going?"
"Whose this mad girl?"

People passed on comments while I bumped on accidentally onto cars .  With a muddled mind , I felt painful sensations over my body.

"Mahir!!!mahir!!!" I gasped for breathe

Feeling wetness on my body I looked up onto the sky to see it was raining. Dripped in the heavy rain I was walking seamlessly towards my direction.

The road was suddenly lonely. Except the flickering streetlights there was nothing left in the street. The music of rain filled my ears. Suddenly I felt a weekness in feet. But I wasn't ready to give up. I continued gliding through the water in the street. Tears were rolling down my cheeks.

Suddenly I saw a figure as distant as 10 metre away from me. As that figure started approaching me I figured out who it was. It was the person whom I searching for. It was him. No longer I felt weekness in my legs nor pain in heart. With all the feverish efforts I apparently ran towards him even though I was dragging myself onto him.

POV ends

"Is it a dream? This seems so better than my present reality" mahir wondered seeing her who himself was dripped in rain.
"Even If I die after being on his lap for a moment and then caressing him , I won't mind it" Bela muttered while running with all her efforts.
While the nature was expressing her emotions with rain , the outbreak of emotions of BeHir caused a rain in their mind while the uneven tornado settled somehow.

Climbing onto his shoulders , Bela hugged him pouring out all her sadness. Mahir , for a moment , couldn't believe what had happened and then hugged her. Both sat on their knees while Bela cried clinging onto his shoulders.

"I'm sorr---sorry----I never really understood you. I scolded you! I cursed you! I never loved you, I'm sorry. " Bela said in her feeble voice.

"No---no Bela.... I'm the one who never deserve a girl like you. You are the most serene and adorable girl I've ever met. I cheated you because of the fluctuations of my mind. I was going to hell with a handbasket. Sorry Bela! If you can accept, please accept my apologies. I want to live all my lives with you as a child of you. I want to embrace your love and care which none can provide me with. You taught me what love is! You gave me the sense of belonging! I love you Bela" Mahir cupped her chins in his hands.

For Bela , it was not the time to reply and waste time. She grabbed him and smashed her lips onto his lips pouring all the long lost love in seconds. Dripped in rain , kissing each other passionately.....the most beautiful sight of love ever seen it was!

"I love you" she replied after the kiss.

"I'm sorry... I'm sorry mahir , Bela" A lady said from behind.
"Shivanya!" Mahir exclaimed.
"Till this day I was behind you destroying both yours lives. I never truly loved you , I just wanted you. When I saw my child that Bela gave birth to , that moment gave me so much enlightenings. I won't ever interrupt your lives again. I'm taking baby with me. " Shivanya said while her tears were masked by the rain.

"Shivanya , I'm happy that you understood it atleast now. Let's be  good friends" mahir smiled.

"Nah! We can never be good friends either. Let's live our journeys apart. Bye!" After bidding goodbye to both she went away.

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"I don't know how to love someone. I destroyed his life all by myself. What can I do now! But atleast I'm feeling a relief in heart! A big weight out of heart. Atleast they'll be happy together"  shivanya cried standing alone in the balcony in rain.

"Shivanya" someone called from behind.

"Arjun! You here!" Shivanya exclaimed.

"I hope you aren't angry with me now. I love you, I came to tell you...just that." Arjun said

While shivanya stood without replying , he said , "ok .. I'm going...I won't ever interfere in your life again"

When he took two steps ahead suddenly shivanya clutched his hands and hugged him while crying.
"I love you too.... I found happiness in just meeting you while I was just longing for a sense of belonging in my husband. When you kissed me that day , I felt like I was trying to cheat my husband. I behaved to you badly because of that" she whispered

"No shivanya , I tried to be close to you without consent , so I don't find any mistake in you" he hugged.

3 years later.....

"Such an amazing house!" A grandma said.
"Thanks aunty"
"I hope you both live together for 1000 years. You both together look like shiv and Parvati and our chota beem like Lord Ganesh." She showered them with blessings and then went away.

After few moments....

"See she told we were like shiv and Parvati." Arjun winked.
"Maybe" shivanya smiled.
He grabbed her from behind hugging her belly and resting his chin upon her shoulder.
"It's not maybe...let it be the truth" he kissed her neck.

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Scene: A college

"Arey , I love that girl Bela. Lemme go and propose her." A lad said to his friends.
"It can get dangerous" the friends advised. But he went towards Bela who was waiting for someone. Suddenly a car stopped in front of her from which the famous business tycoon Mr. Mahir Sehgal came out. On seeing him she hugged him and we're about to go but the boy stopped her and said , "I love you!"
Bela was left speechless hearing this. After a moment of awkward silence the boy asked her , "Is this your uncle or father?"

"Not her but your--- your father" mahir smirked while others laughed seeing the boy being embarrassed.

"How old I look like?" Mahir asked smirking at him.

"30---maybe" he said fearfully.
"Then how can I be her baap! And one more thing , love is never decided by age... it's decided by heart destined by faith" mahir smiled at him.

"I love him since years , never interrupt in any of these matters again" Bela said confidently. Forward to 3 years , she is now glowing with her confidence and happiness. From having zero dreams to chaving  sky high dreams of career she's just being amazing while mahir know what love is! Never ever he experienced insecurity or low self esteem issues.

"So today is very special for us! After 3 years of living together we are gonna be engaged " Mahir whispered onto ears of Bela who was decked up in a beautiful gown. There were none in their beautifully decorated house , other than them. The silence was serene.

"I can't believe! How uncertain destiny is! The destiny I cursed upon one day made us together.

After exchanging the rings , both pecked their lips for a while they hugged each other.

From being his surrogate to being his sweetheart , she learnt a lot while he realised who he was. Their love story isn't a fairy tale. It has it's own downfalls and tragedies. Moreover that's life right? Uneveness, uncertainty makes it the most beautiful....

                        THE END

*I'm sorry for the late update. I have been quite busy. Thanks for the patience.