The entire Shukla clan was in Mumbai to attend his event, Neetu's family had arrived after a really long time and all of them had decided to spend some good time together.

"Mama, yaar mujhe bore ho raha hai!" Akriti whined.

"Movie dekhegi?" Sidharth suggested.

"Nah, raat ko mujhe overthinking karni hoti hai." She shrugged and it made her uncle chuckle.

"So?" He asked.

"Sooo..? Let's gossip!" She chirped.

"Jaisi maa vaisi beti!" He shook his head as he laughed at her.

"Come on yaar, spill some tea! Kuch interesting batao?" She said.

"Acha, lemme tell you one! Mom ki best friend Divya Aunty cheated on her husband! And guess with whom?" She gushed.

"With whom?" Shehnaaz joined them on the sofa excitedly.

"Ayye! Kisi ki personal life ke mazey loge?" Her uncle on the other hand smacked her head playfully and scolded her for enjoying such kind of things.

"Usko chhod! Tu bata!" Shehnaaz insisted.

"With her step brother!" Akriti answered.

"Divya ka step brother? I know her father got married again lekin uski toh behen thi na?" Sidharth joined the conversation again.

"Look who's talking?" Shehnaaz laughed, high fiving Akriti.

"Bhai behen dono hue the Mama. Rupesh uncle was mostly abroad isliye zyada log jante nahi the. But he came back some years ago and was catching up with his so called sister." Akriti narrated the plot.

"Dikhti kaisi hai ye?" Shehnaaz asked and Akriti opened her social media to further enlighten them.

"Abhi bhi vaisi dikhti hai." He chuckled.

"Haina, mummy bhi yahi bolti hai. And she also told me you used to have a crush on her." Akriti mentioned in the moment.

"Really?" Shehnaaz excitedly exclaimed.

"Crush? Nah! She is six years older to me!" He scoffed.

"Crush toh crush hota hai, isme kya badi baat hai?" Shehnaaz shrugged to see if he would admit.

"Exactly! Let's just crush this topic okay?!" He chuckled, replying and eyeing his niece for bringing up unnecessary matters.

"So what's the plan? Mama kahi ghumne chalte hai na, just the three of us. Yeh mummy logo ki baatein toh khatam ho nahi hongi." Akriti changed the topic then.

"Kal! Kal shaamko jayenge mere office se aane ke baad!" Shehnaaz suggested, she had presented her report with Rizwan a couple of days ago and her senior, Bhattacharya, was going to announce their results and his feedback on their report and presentation.

"Kya yaar?! Hum itne din baad aaye hai aur aapko office jana hai? Mama ye bilkul aapke jaisi ho gayi hai!" Akriti replied, complaining.

"I'll take that as a compliment!" He commented, smiling.

The next day, Sidharth was dropping off Shehnaaz to her office when his phone was continuously buzzing with someone's call.

"Utha le na call!" She told him.

"Faltu call hai." He shrugged.

"Lekin kab se baji ja raha hai!" She replied.

"Abhi drive kar raha hu na." He commented.

"Bluetooth kisliye hai!" She rolled her eyes at him as she said that and was about to take his phone in her hands when he grabbed it first.

"Acha thik hai, tu itna bol rahi hai toh kar leta hu baat." He replied and answered it immediately.

"Ha, ha. Acha thik hai. Kardo, okay done! Anything else? Yeah, cool." He said, talking to the person on the other side before hanging up.

"Kiska tha?" She suspiciously eyed him and asked.

"Bola toh faltu call kar rahe ye office wale, chhuti pe hu na! They won't let me be!" He replied and sighed when she believed him.

"Okay, bye! I'll see you in the evening!" She said as they reached her office and dropped a kiss on his cheeks before walking out.

"Pheww!" He shook his head after bidding her and dialed the caller back again.

"Kya okay- thik hai bolke phone rakh diya tune? Hain? Phone bhi nahi utha raha tha!?" Harjot's sharp voice on the other hand seemed angry.

"Aunty phone nahi utha raha iska matlab busy ho sakta hua na!? Shehnaaz ke sath hi tha." He replied calmly, not wanting to lose his patience today.

"Acha sunn, mai flight me baith gayi hu aur ye dheera dheera chal padi hai. Do ghante me aa jaungi airport, tu mujhe apna address bhej." She told him.

"Aap plane me baith kar baat kar rahi hai!? It's not allowed Aunty!" He exclaimed.

"Hun ki kara? Tu phone chak leta toh na karti!" She shrugged.

"Oh God, I'm sorry aunty. Aap aaiye, mai aapko lene aata hu airport me aur abhi phone rakhiye!" He replied.

"Ha, rakh rahi hu." She replied and hung up as instructed.

So the plan was to surprisingly propose to Shehnaaz and Sidharth had very cleanly planned everything for today. The ring was done, the venue was none other than their apartment and there was a dinner with the entire family followed by the proposal. He had been on this since the event, he called Harjot and explained to her about his idea in the first place to call her over. However, her husband couldn't make it due to his health issues.

"Kya matlab hai ke hum inko baad me surprise karenge? Uske liye pehle shagun toh dena padega na." Harjot asked, she had brought loads of gifts for the groom and his family as per the rituals she had followed.

"Aunty surprise ka aur kya matlab hota hai?" Akriti asked and eyed her grandmother.

"Nani is she serious?" She whispered.

"Mai baat karti hu." Rita ji replied, greeting Harjot.

"Aap filhaal aram kariye, filhaal aap humari mehman hai. Beta please make yourself home " She told Harjot and Amrit, while the rest of the family had lunch together.

Sidharth was somewhere nervous, even though he knew his girlfriend wasn't going to say no but wouldn't it be overwhelming for her, the proposal all of a sudden? He kept tapping his foot as he sat silently and thought about everything all over again. But he wanted this, didn't he?

He had always wanted to be with someone who would love him and whom he would love unconditionally, through the good and bad days, through the arguments and the way people had always romanticized relationships. He was glad he had found someone who was more than that, she was his best friend, his confidant, his soulmate, his lover, his everything and he was really lucky to have her.

"How was your day?" He asked when he picked her up.

"The same. Presentation achi thi humari kyuki Rizwan ne banai thi. Uske ideas aur concepts sabko ache lage and mine were okayish." She mumbled, upset.

"It's okay bub, you'll get there! It was your first anyways." He replied, caressing her back.

"When will I get there? Maine jitna bhi prepare kiya kafi nahi tha. I wonder if I will ever be enough?!" She sighed, resting her head on his shoulder.

"Aye! You're enough for me! More than enough!" He told her, not liking the fact that she was so upset.

"Hmm, I know." She replied, kissing his cheek loudly.

"Apne ghar chale? Thank gayi hu mai." She asked him and he wondered if he should postpone his proposal because she wasn't feeling well.

But the surprise was already waiting for her at home, what about it? He anyway drove them to their apartment and waited for her while she freshened up.

"Pizza order kar-" she came out to ask and found them at the dinner table with a loaded glass of beer.

"Arey waah Sidharth!" She chirped, diving in as he chuckled.

"Tell me something, will you marry me?" He asked her.

"Anytime!" She chuckled while eating.

"Then I think it's time." He replied, placing the ring box on the table and opening it. She choked on her food, coughed while he patted her back to make her feel better.

"You fucking serious!?" She asked him, unable to understand how she felt at the moment.

"I've never really been more serious Shehnaaz. I've never loved someone this much." He replied and she felt as if the world around her stopped revolving.

"Sidharth.. are you-" she paused herself, still reeling with the surprise.

"I'm sure. I want this, I want us to get married. I know I've never told you that I love you lekin iska matlab ye nahi ke Mai tujhse pyar nahi karta. Bolna zaruri nahi samajhta tha mai. But you know what, more than anything, I want to thank you. Thank you for loving me so much. For loving me even when I wasn't ready to be loved by you. Thank you baby!" He told her and cupped her face. Both of them couldn't help those tears in the eyes while he silently asked for her hand, she did as asked and he slipped the ring into her finger.

"Oh my God! Sidharth! I love you so much!" She whispered, throwing her hands around him and hugging him tightly.

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It's NOT the end until I die!! Lol! I was kidding you guys! I had promised people for a proper and complete story with a grand sidnaaz wedding followed by kids because I didn't give you people that in the previous story..

So yeah.. we're approaching the end.. but we still have some time! So buckle up for the grand SIDNAAZ DI WEDDING!!

Iss story me drama hai, emotion hai aur comedy bhi! Shaadi is going to be a perfect blend for all of that again! You all are cordially invited to come and bless my cartoons here!!