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CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
POV: Arnav
One Night Before the Wedding
I was exhausted with the haldi function today. I just wanted to sit with Maa for some time and decompress a little. She was there, sitting on the sofa looking at the kids playing and smiling in that kind, maternal way. I love to see that smile on her face. I can never explain my emotions, but, she is my Maa, and she knows me so very well. What I need, when I need it, everything.
I fell onto the sofa beside her. “Maa, are you interested in playing hide and seek with these kids?”
She chuckled, “I want to play hide and seek daily. With Shreya and your children, too.”
“Aren’t you expecting my kids a little too early? I’m not even married yet.”
“Beta,” she teased me, “today is the last night of your bach
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