Together Forever

Aatish

Like a hook through a trout's mouth, the mingled music of piano and cello captivated me, yanking me towards the closed doors before I could make a conscious decision to move. The sound of soft music pulled me out of the hypnotic spell and as soon as I peeped through the door, my breath whooshed out of my body. My eyes clicked onto that porcelain doll face and the world around us froze for the moment. It seemed as if I was looking at her through my camera lens, zoomed in all the way, the world pausing for that tiny span of time between the opening and closing of the shutter. Her beauty blinded me completely and for a moment I thought I was dreaming.

It is said, 'If you'll get everything in life, then what will you wish for... crave for? Some unfulfilled wishes give hope & fun in life.' I also thought on the similar lines until I met her today and realised first love is not just hard to forget; It is also impossible to let go of the spell that it casts on us. Love is quite a word... It's quite a feeling... It's quite a thing...Love is quite everything and it doesn't need a reciprocation every time.

Maybe it's one -sided but still it's love... Maybe you don't do but I do. Yeah, this is the one and only truth I am in one sided love with you.

Anayra

Once upon a time, in a faraway kingdom, there lived a beautiful and kind girl Cinderella who found her dream prince magically despite the wicked plans of her step mother and sisters and lived happily ever after. A princess named Aurora was cursed to sleep by an evil fairy, to be awakened by her Prince Charming and they lived happily ever after. And then there was this Rapunzel, whose fairytale revolved around the theme of love between a young prince and a girl, who defeated everything that came in the way of their love to be with each other.

Listening and watching fairy tales somewhere reinforced in my mind that the idea of love is always followed by the beautiful ever-after. Little did I know, no matter how many fairy tales we construct of happily-ever-after, the real life insists on intruding.

My life as Anayra Singh Shekhawat- The famous Ice Princess from the house of Shekhawats was not better than that parrot in a golden cage. My friends had even nicknamed me as Elsa - poised, regal and reserved and shut from the outside world. I was a prisoner of the so-called tradition, values and moral codes which are written differently for men and women.

I galloped towards a future with him to make my family happy but there was something else crouching in the back of my mind: If I agree to this, it would be the end of my dream... end of me as a woman. Something was whispering to me- 'This is your last chance.'

Itisha & Abhimanyu

We were two imperfect pieces that fit perfect- Together Forever

A little fun, a lot of love and laughter, crazy companionship-what else would you want in life to be happy?

Despite all the love, every relationship also needs trust. A marriage is built on the foundation of trust and loyalty- the ultimate love language. If you cannot offer your trust in a relationship, the other person feels unloved and betrayed. Hasn't someone rightly said, 'Betrayal always starts with small secrets? It hits hard, and that's when the relationship starts withering away. The funniest thing about betrayal is that it is done by the one we could never expect.

Note: Pl pick this book only after reading Book-2, You & Me Are Imperfectly Perfect. This is a prequel of You're My Bittersweet Penance which will be released in Feb End.

Trigger warning- This is strictly for 18+ audience.