Forever Yours

Chapter Twenty

Siddharth froze. His heart stopped beating for a tiny second when he saw his Superstar descending from the staircase dressed in a black pleated dress, high heels and side-parted straight hair. Her lips were painted in a dark red lipstick and Siddharth genuinely couldn't think of anything other than kissing the life out of her.  

Shehnaaz bit her lip, as heat rose to her cheeks feeling the intense gaze of Siddharth upon her.  

"Hi beautiful.." Siddharth whispered to her, pulling her into a side hug, pressing his lips on her forehead.  

"Hey. Did you have to wait long?" Shehnaaz asked. Siddharth shook his head. "I got done only minutes ago."  

Shehnaaz nodded, smiling softly. 

"Aaj toh tu kisi ki jaan le legi Shehnaaz. Ya toh woh tujhe dekh ke marr jaayega, ya tujhe dekha isiliye use mein maar doonga." Siddharth said sincerely. 

Shehnaaz chuckled. "Paagal."  

"Bahut pyara lag raha hai mera baby. Mann kar raha hai party hi skip kar doon." Siddharth confessed. 

"Why?" 

"Meri Naaz ko sab dekhenge. Kisi ki nazar lag gayi toh?" Siddharth asked cutely.  

"Nahi lagegi nazar. Maa ke kehne par kaala teeka lagaya hai, aur vaise bhi aap saath ho toh mere saath kabhi kucch galat ho hi nahi sakta." Shehnaaz said firmly. 

Siddharth smiled.  

"Suno.." Shehnaaz called him softly, wrapping her arms around his neck. "Wahan pe aapki ex-es bhi hongi?"  

"Shaayad." Siddharth shrugged.  

Shehnaaz nodded. "Hmm."  

Siddharth smiled, kissing her cheek. "Kya hua chotte bacche?"  

"Agar aapne kisi bhi ladki ki taraf dekha na, mein aapka mooh tod dungi." Shehnaaz warned him cutely.  

Siddharth laughed. "Accha?"  

"Seriously bol rahi hoon Siddharth.." She whined, "Agar kisi ke saath faaltu baat kari na toh mein.. mein-- mene ni aapke mooh lagna fir."  

Siddharth pulled her into a sweet kiss. "Nahi karunga kisi se baat. Agar kisi ne mujhse baat ki.. saamne se phir mein kya karoon?" He asked curiously.  

"Jo pooche, uska jawaab do. Phir bye-bye bol do." Shehnaaz responded irritated.  

Siddharth watched her face contort and nose flare up when she talked about the strangers of his past and felt his heart filling up with affection for his little bird.  

"Tu kaise itni pyaari si hai.." Siddharth asked, pulling her closer to himself, as if hiding her from the world.  

Weird right? Sometimes he couldn't get enough of showing her off to the world. He couldn't get enough of telling the whole world that she was his. Through and through!  

Other times, He just wanted to keep her with himself, away from the prying eyes of the world. He wanted to hide her away, somewhere safe and shower her with so much love, so much affection.  

They stood in that position for what felt like hours, safe and happy in each-other's proximity but then Siddharth pulled away, placing a small peck on the top of her head.  

"Adith is outside, waiting for us. Ready to go?" Siddharth asked gently, as he took Shehnaaz's phone from her and kept it in his pocket. 

"I'll be okay right?" She asked hopefully.  

"Of course. You'll be phenomenal." Siddharth assured her, leading her out of her apartment.  

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