Shaheer's POV
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Walking out of the meeting room i throw the file towards my secretary.
Meetings, contracts, business this is my life now.
I don't know if I am able to smile as i used to before.
I wakeup
Work and
Sleep
It has been my routine.
Nothing more nothing less.
But I try to keep myself engaged with family as much as I can.
And today is the family lunch and i can't afford to skip this.

Giving a blank look to my wrist watch i cursed my stars.
01:00pm
Oh god you are really mad at me , right?
Mom is gonna kill me.

It will take atleast half an hour to reach home and I was summoned at sharp 01:00pm.

I am really dead .

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Walking inside the main hall I saw my mom with a box ,chasing my dad who was running ahead, maybe bored of those vitamin capsules.

God! If I was my old self i would have laughed till my heart's content.

Heart , this word itself seems so foreign to me.
Cause I don't own one.

Anyways I went up my room to get fresh but not before getting a whole from mom that how I should give sometime to my family.

I came back after changing and saw everyone on the dining table.
Great
Now I am gonna get deadly glares from my brother's and sister-in-law.
Woww
Just this thing was left for the day to be more worst.
This is the reason why I avoid sitting with them or being in the same place as them.

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Author's POV
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Everyone was having their lunch peacefully when a house help came with a parcel in his hand.
"Mam actually this parcel is for avni mam. Where should I place it?"
He said this to Dhara and before she could reply avni was on her feet going to take the parcel when aham held her hand.
"First have your food then do whatever you want. And what is it with you hopping around everytime"
Avni went back to her chair with a pouty face.

Dhara directed the helper to place the box on the centre table in the hall.

After having the lunch shaheer as usual went back to his room where he left his most important work unfinished.

Everyone else settled themselves in the hall except for the elders which means only aham , avni , saurabh and pallavi were there.

"What is it baby? Why are you always so excited whenever this parcel thing reaches you" aham was so irritated at this point cause his wife was not even looking at him when he is on leave today and free at her service.
Infact she directly went to open that damn cover which may have some stupid stuff.

"Oohhoo aham , you won't understand. " Getting this rude reply aham was beyond irritated.
Going ahead he saw the thing she was holding and made a weird face.

"A book? Seriously avu? As much as i know you don't like studies at all" avni rolled her eyes and showed him the title that is when he understood why his wife was so eager for this book.

"Mareez-e-ishq"

The title itself made it clear that it was a hopelessly romantic book and it justifies that his wife is reading a book.

"You know it is my favourite author's . I was waiting for this book for so long" pallavi jumped in between and snatched the book from her hand.

"Woowwww! Avu i will return you after I read it. Actually i could have ordered but it is out of stock right now. Okay bye" pallavi ran like a bull is running behind her and poor avni couldn't even run behind her.

All this was witnessed by saurabh who couldn't do anything but laugh at three of them.

But for someone it was not funny.
Not able to run, jump and do whatever she used to was getting on her nerves.
Now she was feeling like a doll who was supposed to do whatever she was told.
Day by day depression was making a place in her mind.

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Yeah
No shayari today .🙂

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Hey everyone!
My exams are over
And i am gonna be regular.

It was just a part of a pregnant woman's life.
Especially the kind of free bird avni was.
I hope you will understand her.

And at last,
Who missed our dear pooja in this chapter?

Love
Krishnaa ❤️.