Next morning, Kavin entered inside the bureau and looked at Sachin who was busy reading a file. He smiled and went near him.

"Good morning Sachin!"...He wished him with a pleasant smile.

Sachin looked up at him from the file as he heard his voice.

"Good morning Kavin!"...He wished him back with a cheerful smile.

"Main Purvi ko lene aaya hoon"...Kavin said with a soft smile, looking at him.

"Wo to chali gayi!"...Sachin exclaimed, looking at him.

"Chali gayi?"...Kavin uttered surprisingly.

"Haan!"...Sachin uttered, looking at him.

"Kahan?"...Kavin asked restlessly.

"Ye to pata nahin...Maine unhe rokne ki bahut koshish ki par wo nahin maani...Khair tumhare liye ye chitthi chhod gayi hain"...Sachin said, giving him a letter.

Kavin took the letter and opened it quickly.

Kavinji,

Meri chhaya aapki zindagi mein hamesha grahan bankar rahi isliye main jaa rahi hoon. Ho sake to mujhe maaf kar dijiyega.

Purvi.

Kavin felt dejected after reading the letter. He kept it in his blazer pocket and walked quickly outside the bureau. He sat inside his car and drove off to find Purvi.

At the other side, Purvi was standing near a lakeside. She was looking deep into the waters of the lake with tear brimmed eyes while thinking about her guilts in the past life.

She shut her eyes and closed her ears with her hands as these lines continued to hit her ears. After sometime, she opened her eyes and removed her hands from her ears. She took a deep breath and was about to jump down in the lake but in the mean time Kavin reached there.

"Purvi..."...Kavin called out restlessly from behind.

Purvi got startled as she heard his voice. She turned back and looked at him.

"Aap!"...She uttered surprisingly.

"Ye kya karne jaa rahi thi?"...Kavin uttered with tear brimmed eyes, walking towards her.

"Aap yahan kyun aaye hain?...Aap door rahiye mujhse!...Mere kareeb mat aaiye!...Mujhe akela chhod dijiye!"...Purvi said in a teary voice with tear brimmed eyes, moving away from him.

"Purvi...Main tumhe lene aaya hoon...Ghar chalo"...Kavin said softly, moving towards her.

"Ghar?...Kiska ghar?...Kounsa ghar?"...Purvi mumbled with tear brimmed eyes.

"Wahi ghar Purvi jahan tumhe sahara mila tha, pyaar mila tha, mann ki shaanti mili thi, Aarush ki masoom aankhon mein tumne apne bhavishya ke sapne dekhe the...Wahi ghar Purvi jahan uncle ne tumhe nayi zindagi dene ka faisla kiya tha"...Kavin uttered softly, looking at her.

Purvi turned back and looked down at the lake with tear brimmed eyes.

"Wahi ghar Purvi jo kal tak tumhara sasural tha aur aaj mayaka ban chuka hai"...Kavin added, moving close to her.

Purvi closed her eyes and let the tears flow.

"Mammmmmy..."...A sweet voice came from behind.

Purvi's heartbeat stopped for a second as the voice hit her ears. She opened her eyes and turned back. She started sobbing when she saw Aarush over there. Aarush was in Dipankar's arms. ACP Pradyuman and Nivedita have also come there with them. Dipankar put Aarush down and Aarush came running to Purvi. Kavin looked at him and then at Purvi.

Purvi sat down on her knees and spread her arms to hug him in her embrace. This was the first time he addressed her as "Mammy" and walked upto her on his own. It was a great feeling for her, how could she ignore it, how could a mother ignore her child and his pure love for her.

"Mammy"...Aarush uttered in his babyish voice, touching her face.

Purvi didn't utter a word. She just closed her eyes and felt his soft touch and soothing voice.

"Mammy"...Aarush uttered again, wiping away her tears with his little hands.

Purvi opened her eyes slowly and looked at him. Her eyes welled up with tears again.

"Aaru!...Mera bachcha!"...She uttered in a teary voice as he hugged her warmly.

Within seconds she too put her arms around him and hugged him back. In that embrace there was something so warm and something that felt right. Purvi started sobbing bitterly when she realised what she was going to do a minute before. She pulled away from the hug and looked at Aarush. Aarush was already looking at her with a fear in his eyes - the fear of losing her. Purvi noticed it very well.

"Mammy apne Aaru ko chhodkar kahin nahin jaayengi, kabhi nahin jaayengi"...She said while sobbing bitterly and hugging him again.

Kavin, ACP Pradyuman, Dipankar and Nivedita were looking at both of them with tear brimmed eyes.

After sometime, Purvi and Aarush parted away from the hug. Purvi stood up properly and picked up Aarush in her arms. Aarush put his little arms around her neck as she walked upto Dipankar and Nivedita.

"Ye kya karne jaa rahi thi!...Haan!"...Nivedita uttered with tear brimmed eyes, looking at her.

Purvi looked down in tears.

"Ye kadam uthane se pehle ek baar bhi hamara khayal nahin aaya?"...Nivedita asked in a teary voice, looking at her.

Purvi looked up at her with tears as she heard her. Before she could utter a word Dipankar spoke up.

Dipankar: Kaash us din maine tumhe jaane diya hota, to aaj ye naubat nahin aati...

"Mujhe maaf kar dijiye papa"...Purvi uttered in a teary voice after interrupting him.

"Ye galati maafi ke kaabil nahin hai Purvi...Lekin phir bhi ek mauka de rahe hain tumhe...Aur ye mauka aakhri mauka hai"...Dipankar said sternly, looking to the other side.

Purvi gave Aarush to Nivedita and looked back at him. She turned his face towards her and hugged him warmly. Nivedita, Kavin and ACP Pradyuman laughed fondly at her act while Dipankar smiled softly and hugged her back.

"Aaj ke baad aisa karne ki sochna bhi mat beti...Tumhari aur Aarush ki wajah se hi to wapas jeene ki aasha jagi thi hamare dil mein...Agar aaj tum kuchh kar jaati to hum to jeete-jee mar jaate"...Dipankar said with tear brimmed eyes.

"Aisa mat kahiye papa...Main aapko aur maa ko chhodkar kabhi nahin jaaungi...Main waada karti hoon"...Purvi said in a teary voice in the hug.

Dipankar wiped away his tears and caressed her head. Nivedita smiled with tear brimmed eyes and patted her back.

"Ek waada mujhe bhi chahiye beti"...ACP Pradyuman said to Purvi as she parted away from the hug.

Purvi looked at him as she heard him.

"Kavin ki zindagi mein shaamil hone ka...Beti maine pehli baar mein hi tumhe Kavin ke liye pasand kar liya tha...Aur aaj mujhe apni pasand par naaz hai...Main jaanta hoon tum aur Kavin ek doosre se bahut pyaar karte ho"...ACP Pradyuman said softly, looking at her.

Purvi looked at him and then at Kavin with tear brimmed eyes.

"Kavin ka faisla mujhe maloom hai lekin tumhara faisla maloom hote hue bhi ek baar phir puchhna chahta hoon...Kya tum Kavin se shaadi karogi?"...ACP Pradyuman asked her.

Purvi heard him but didn't say anything. She was still looking at Kavin who was also looking at her with tear brimmed eyes. She immediately ran to him and hugged him all the tight. Kavin smiled with tears and reciprocated the hug.

ACP Pradyuman smiled placidly as he got his reply. Dipankar and Nivedita smiled with tear brimmed eyes while looking at Kavin and Purvi. After a while, they left from there with ACP Pradyuman leaving them all alone.

Kavin and Purvi pulled away from the hug and looked at each other, deep into each other's eyes with tears. Purvi hugged him again and started sobbing bitterly. Kavin put his arms around her and rubbed her back gently but didn't stop her from sobbing. He let her sob her heart out and drain away all her pain and agony through her tears. Sometimes we don't have to say anything. Our hearts and feelings speak it all.

A sumptuous bungalow was decorated gracefully with showy fragrant flowers and colourful ribbons. And its terrace, lawn, doors and windows were glowing with a row of shiny golden bulbs. The marriage pavilion was decorated gorgeously with flowers and garlands in the lawn of that bungalow. Guests and relatives were dressed up in traditional clothes and were seated near the marriage pavilion.

Kavin was elegantly dressed up in his maroon plus golden touch sherwani and was seated in front of the fire. A priest was chanting hymns while performing the marriage rituals. Within twenty minutes he called the bride.

Purvi descended down the stairs with the help of Nivedita and Sonam. She was looking ravishingly beautiful in her red plus cream combo lehenga. Her eyes were decorated with a stroke of kajal and liner whereas mascara was enhancing her eyelids along with the cream shade of eye shadow. Her lips were glorified with a stroke of red shade of lipstick. Her jewelleries were shining from a distance.

Kavin looked up at her when he heard the sweet tinkling sound of her anklets and found himself lost in her. Sonam brought Purvi near the marriage pavilion and made her sit beside him. After some rituals Kavin and Purvi stood up from their places to put garlands around each other's necks. They smiled and looked into each other's eyes which had welled up with tears till then. They put garlands around each other's necks when the priest told them to. Everyone clapped for them in sheer happiness. They again sat back at their places and the rituals went on.

After sometime, the priest told Kavin to put vermillion on Purvi's upper forehead. Kavin took a pinch of vermillion and was about to put it on Purvi's upper forehead but he stopped and stared at her for sometime because he wanted to capture this precious moment in his heart forever.

Purvi closed her eyes and a tear raced down her cheek when he put vermillion on her upper forehead and tied nuptial chain around her neck. Now, they were married and were officially wife and husband. They stood up from their places and took the blessings of Dipankar, Nivedita, ACP Pradyuman and Dr. Salunkhe. The elders smiled placidly and blessed them a lifetime of love and happiness.

It was late night. Kavin entered inside his room and found Purvi standing near the window and staring at the moon while thinking about something. He walked upto her and tapped her shoulder.

"Kya soch rahi ho?"...He asked softly after she turned back and looked at him.

"Aaru so gaya?"...Purvi asked, looking at him.

"Haan!...Sonam ke saath so raha hai"...Kavin replied, looking at her.

Purvi nodded and looked down.

"Ab tum batao...Kya soch rahi thi?"...Kavin asked softly, tilting her chin up towards him.

Purvi: Kuchh nahin...Bas beete hue waqt ke baare mein soch rahi thi...

She stopped speaking when Kavin placed his index finger at her lips.

"Bhool jao beete waqt aur uski badnuma yaadon ko...Jo yaadein hamare dil mein dard aur mayusi paida karein unhe ek bura khwab samajhkar bhool jaana chahiye"...Kavin said softly after interrupting her.

Purvi looked at him as he removed his index finger from her lips.

"Purvi...Aaj main tumse ek waada karta hoon...Main tumhara saath kabhi nahin chhodunga...Tumhe zindagi bhar chahoonga...Tumhe itna pyaar doonga ki beete hue dinon ki badnuma yaadein dhundhli ho jaayengi...Aur yaad rahega to sirf main, mera pyaar, hamara pariwaar"...Kavin said lovingly, caressing her hairs.

Purvi looked down when her eyes got teary with his words. Kavin gently lifted her chin up and wiped away her tears. After that, he took out a box from his sherwani pocket and gave it to her. Purvi looked at the box and then at him in confusion.

"Kholo..."...Kavin whispered with a soft smile.

Purvi opened the box and saw a beautiful pair of golden bangles in it.

Purvi: Ye...

"Meri maa ke hain...Aur ye mere dil ke bahut kareeb hain...Kyunki inse unki yaadein judi hain...Purvi...Agar tum inhe pehnogi to mujhe achchha lagega"...Kavin said softly after interrupting her.

Purvi took out the bangles from the box and kept them in his hands. Kavin looked at her in confusion.

"Agar aap pehnayenge to mujhe achchha lagega"...Purvi said softly, looking down with a shy smile.

Kavin smiled and put the bangles in her hands. Purvi bit her lower lip and blushed deeply when he kissed her hands after putting the bangles in them.

"Purvi..."...Kavin uttered softly.

Purvi looked up at him. They both looked into each other's eyes for long. Kavin came more closer and picked her up in his arms. He took her to their bed and gently laid her down. Purvi lowered her gaze and smiled shyly when he laid next to her and kissed her forehead.

"Purvi..."...Kavin whispered softly in her left ear.

Purvi looked up at him and saw him up close to her.

"Tum...Tum bahut achchhi lag rahi ho...Ye laal lehenga, ye gehne, ye mehendi, aankhon mein kajal, maang mein sindoor, baalon mein gajra...Bahut khoobsurat lag rahi ho"...Kavin said softly, looking at her.

"Aap bhi"...Purvi uttered shyly.

"Kya?...Khoobsurat?"...Kavin uttered and chuckled.

Purvi looked up at him and giggled as she heard him. She had a wonderful laughter - very contagious. Kavin looked at her laughing at him.

"Tumhare honthon par hasee kitni khilti hai"...He said softly, admiring her laughter.

Purvi stopped laughing and looked at him. She closed her eyes and gasped when he touched her lips before leaning towards them. Heat rose from her stomach to her chest when she felt his warm breaths on her lips. Kavin's lips were getting more closer and her heart decided to skip a beat, the smell of him hypnotic beyond reason. She parted her lips and felt him washing over like a wave of warmth. He could feel the soft tickle of her breath beneath his nose, fingers carding through her hairs as they breathed each other in. Her lips were soft, almost silken, and pillowy against his own. They kissed each other for long. The night was silent and the only sound that could be heard was the sweet tinkles of bangles and anklets as they celebrated their nuptial night. The moonlight streamed in illuminating the soulmates. Their union was the promise of years and the sweetness of waiting for real love.