Shiv opened the car door for her and helped her get out of the car as they had reached their private runway from where they would take their private jet to Mumbai.

As all the festivities had ended yesterday,as promised Shiv was taking Iti to her house as she was missing them and wished to spend some time with them.

Though Iti had told him a lot of times that she could go on her own but Shiv didn't listen and was going with her just to drop her and come back to Udaipur.

Also after their marriage it was the first time she was going to her home and it wouldn't look good if she goes alone.He should accompany her and that's exactly what he is doing now.

"Chaliye"Shiv said and Iti nodded and the two climbed the stairs and entered the jet.

They met the captain and then the jet took off.Iti had brought her kindle with her so that she could read something and pass the time while Shiv was busy on his laptop doing some of his work.

"Aap kitne din rukne wali h?"Shiv suddenly asked making her look at him.

"Hame pata nhi h,humne socha nhi ab tak"Iti said and Shiv nodded then.

"Jab aapka wapas aane ka mann ho hame bata dijiyega hum lene aa jayenge"Shiv said and Iti sighed.

"Hum khud bhi aa sakte h Shiv"Iti said but Shiv ignored that.

The rest of the flight they both kept doing what they were doing.

As they landed 10 cars were standing for them and Iti controlled the urge to roll her eyes.Already Mumbai had enough traffic,him travelling with 10 cars was just going to make it worse.

She didn't say anything and just sat in the car along with him.The ride till her home was almost an hour and Iti couldn't sit still,she wasn't even reading her kindle anymore.All she could think of was that she was finally meeting her family after more than a month.

She had missed them all dearly.

As the car passed through the road she couldn't help but feel a knot in her stomach,the excitement of meeting her family was too much for her,a bright smile continued to linger on her lips which Shiv too couldn't ignore.

He could visibly see her trying to sit still on the seat as her gaze was locked on the window watching as the car moved ahead.

"Pata h yaha se thodi hi aage hamara school h"Iti said as she grabbed his attention.

"Acha"Shiv couldn't help but respond to her excited self.

"Ji,woh dekhiye,woh tha hamara school,hamare bade dadu iss school ke trustee h aur hamare ghar mein sab issi school se padhe h,hamare dadu bhi!"Iti said with a smile and Shiv smiled seeing her happy self.

"Hamare school ke bahar na ek aloo sandwich wala hota tha,aapko pata h itna tasty sandwich milta h waha!aur hamare school ke canteen ke fried rice itne tasty hote the na!pr hum roz nhi khaa paate the,hamari mumma roz tiffin deti thi na!sirf saturday ko khane milta tha ek din kyuki papa itna junk nhi khane dete h hame,hamare papa doctor h na isliye thode health conscious h"Iti said and Shiv stared at her as she kept blabbering.

As the door of Sehgal House opened for their car to enter Iti's hand immediately went to the handle,ready to open as soon as it stopped.

As the car stopped,Iti didn't wait for anyone to open the door for her,she opened the door and literally tried to run in the saree she had worn,her whole family stood right at the entrance as they had called her to know where she had reached.

She immediately went and hugged her papa tightly, burying her face in his chest as he gently caressed her hair and kissed the top of her head lovingly.

Finally his lil girl was back home.

"Humne aapko bht miss kiya papa!"Iti said as she didn't leave his arms.

"Humne bhi aapko bht miss kiya!"Hriday said as he again kissed the top of his daughter's head.

Hriday broke the hug and caressed her face and smiled brightly at her which she reciprocated.

"Hatiye bhi!hame bhi milne dijiye apni beti se"Aayat said as she gently pushed her husband and took her daughter in a bear hug.

Iti smiled and happily hugged her mother too,getting the same warmth and affection she had been receiving all her life.

Shiv stood there letting his wife meet her family first and then meet them because he didn't want to interrupt their lil reunion.

Clearly,as much as his wife has missed them,they all had also missed her dearly.

As Iti hugged her buddy,badi maa,chachu,chachi,dadu-dadi,bade dadu-badi dadi she felt at home.

"Oh aa gayi yeh"Aashray said as he and Kabir too came out and saw Iti along with Shiv who stood beside the car.

Iti thought they would come and her hug her but instead they went past her and stood beside Shiv, touching his feet and even hugging him.

She stared at them with mouth wide open!

She wasn't home for a month and her dear brothers still didn't miss her.

"Humne bhi aapko bilkul miss nhi kiya tha by the way!"Iti couldn't help but tell them who then stared at her and blew their tongue out at her childishly.

"Papa!"Iti whined at that making Shiv smile while the elders all scolded the two for troubling her when she had just arrived.

Shiv then went and touched Andy's feet who was Iti's bade dadu,Andy too blessed him.

One by one he touched everyone's feet and they blessed him.

She had a huge family indeed!

"Aap dono ander aaiye na bahar kyu khade h"Aayat said as they all had been standing outside.

The family moved inside and Iti sat with her father while Shiv sat on a single sofa.

Water and juice were served to them.Shiv had a glass of water as he didn't preferred juice,he preferred tea instead.

Nobody spoke anything which became a bit awkward.

"Toh aapki Diwali kesi thi?"Mahir i,e Iti's dadu asked just to start a conversation.

"Bht achi rahi"Shiv too responded.

"Ghar mein sab kese h puttar?"Iti's badi dadi asked and Shiv gave her a small smile and responded positively at that.

Soon enough tea,coffee and other refreshments were brought for them,Shiv picked up a cup of tea as he needed it after the flight.

"Diwali gifts bhejne ke liye thank you beta"Iti's badi maa said and Shiv smiled hearing that.

"Hamari choti behen ne design kiye the woh saare outfits,I hope aapko pasand aaye honge"Shiv added giving credit to Gauravi who had very sincerely designed each outfit for Iti's family members as a Diwali gift,along with certain famous Udaipur handicrafts.

Iti frowned hearing that.

He sent Diwali gifts to her family and she herself wasn't aware about it?

"Bht acche the"Badi maa said.

"Designer h aapki behen?"Iti's choti dadi asked.

"Nhi,unhone as such course nhi kiya h designing ka,bas shauk se krti h"Shiv said and even Iti wasn't aware about it.

Though Iti had talked a lot with Veer and Gauravi she had barely asked them anything about themselves as they both kept asking her questions all the time because they wanted to know about her.

"Toh business mein help krti h?"Shivaay dadu asked and Shiv shook his head in denial at that.

"Hamare Nanisa Hukum ne ek foundation shuru kiya tha bht pehele for women,empowering women from the rural sections of Rajasthan,usse sambhalti h Gauravi"Shiv said with pride.

"Yeh toh bht badiya h"Iti's dadi couldn't help but say because she herself was very interested in social work and would often do it herself.

"Naam kya h foundation ka?"Iti's dadi asked.

"Princess Diya Kumari Foundation"Shiv replied.

"Aapki behen ka naam Diya toh nhi h!"Someone asked because they knew his sister's name was Gauravi.

"Princess Diya inki maa ka naam h"Hriday replied because he knew about it having spent half of his life in Udaipur.

Shiv heard him and nodded his head at that.

"Jijosa ek baat bataiye?"Aashray asked and Shiv nodded and gestured for him to speak.

"Aapke Mahal mein bhoot h?jese baaki Raj Mahal mein hote h?"Aashray asked excitedly as he was fascinated with the lives of the royals.

"Bhoot waghera kuch nhi hote"Shiv said and Kabir and Aashray frowned after hearing that.

"Pr Raj Mahal mein bhoot hote h!aapke purwajo ki aatmaiye hongi na!woh aapko pareshan nhi krti?"Kabir asked and Shiv gave him a weird look.

"Hamare hi purwaj hame hi kyu pareshan karenge?"Shiv asked instead.

"Nhi matlab hota h na movies mein ki ek prince ko king nhi banaya toh usne murder kr diya kisi ka,ya phir usne khud suicide kr liya toh uski aatma toh Raj Mahal mein hi hogi na?"Aashray asked.

"Aisa nhi hota h,aur pehele ke samay mein suicide nhi hota tha,Rajput apni jaan de dete the apni izzat bachane ke liye,itne kamzor nhi the woh ki khud khushi kr le"Shiv said taking pride in being a Rajput.

"Oh"Kabir said.

"Tum dono usse pareshan mat karo,he is tired,Iti ek kaam kar beta inhe upar le jaa apne kamre mein aur dono freshen up hokr aajao lunch ready h"Iti's dadi said and Iti nodded at that and got up and gestured Shiv to follow him.

"Nhi,hum chalte h,hum bas inhe drop krne aaye the"Shiv said and a series of protests were heard at his statement.

"Aap peheli baar shadi ke baad ghar aaye h!"

"Lunch toh krke jaana hi padega"

"Lunch time ho gaya h wese bhi"

"Woh hamari ek zaruri meeting h,hum late ho jayenge agar lunch ke liye ruke toh"Shiv again said trying to make them understand,he really did have an important meeting.

"Beta,lunch time toh wese hi ho gaya h,khaakr jaiye"Aayat insisted this time and Shiv sighed and stared at his wife for a moment and then nodded.

The two made their way to Iti's room and Iti smiled widely seeing that it was as she had left.

Shiv wasn't surprised when he saw one wall of the bedroom covered with a gigantic book shelf which was completely filled with book.The bed was window touching which was new for him because his bed was in the middle of the room,apart from it the room was bright and cosy.

"Apni khud ki library h aapke paas toh"He couldn't help but say and Iti smiled hearing that,she loved her books.

"Hamare papa ne yeh wall aisi banwayi specially hamare kehne pr"Iti said as always praising her papa.

Shiv had understood one things that she was a daddy's girl the way she talked so fondly about her father.

He could see a lot of photo frames lined up on one of the walls,he slowly walked towards it and a small smile appeared on his lips seeing a lil girl smiling in one of the photos.

She was an adorable kid!

"Washroom waha pr h,aap freshen up ho jaiye dadi ne lunch ke liye bulaya h"Iti said.

Shiv nodded and then both freshened up and went downstairs.

The whole family was just waiting for them,once they arrived they all settled on the dining table,it seemed as if a feast was prepared because of the number of dishes that were placed on the dining table.

Aayat moved forward to serve Shiv.

"Nhi,aap rehne dijiye hum kr lenge"Shiv said not liking that his mother in law was serving him.

"Nhi,nhi,hum kr lenge"Aayat insisted and served him even though he denied.

A lot of things were placed on his plate,paneer,butter chicken,aloo gobi,dal,achaar,raita,salad and many more things.

Iti didn't serve herself instead she ate with her father on his plate as she often used to do before her marriage.

Even though she was the eldest she hadn't changed certain habits.She often dined with her parents eating from their plates and at times even eating by their hands,she liked it though.

Her papa made a bite of the paneer bhurji and roti and forwarded towards her and Iti smiled at him and ate it.

She wished she could stay like this forever,being only their daughter.

Shiv on the other hand also noticed that the table had wafers,fried papad and a lot of other fryums kept too.

He wasn't a fan of such things and he didn't like eating these things with his food too but the same can't be said about his wife because he saw her eating potato wafers with the dal rice she was eating.

He shook his head at her antics.

"Yeh mat khaiye iske saath Iti,wafers khane ke baad,uske saath nhi!"Hriday did say but Iti pouted hearing that and looked at her mother.

"Aap hamari beti ko tokiye mat bilkul,itne time baad woh ghar aayi h,unhe jo khana h khane dijiye"Aayat said and Hriday sighed,his wife has spoiled her.

Iti smiled and gave a victory look to her father.

"Bht shaitan h aap Iti"Hriday said and Iti chuckled hearing that.

Shiv stared at his wife as she chuckled.

He hadn't seen her laugh much,when they were at Udaipur Iti used to keep to herself and stay quiet,here he could see different emotions emitting out of her.

"Yaha aap hamari baat nhi maanti,waha toh pakka roz pizza aur fried hi khaa rahi hongi aap,h na?waha koi daante wala toh h nhi aapko wese bhi"Hriday said but Iti shook her head in denial at that.

"Sirf 2 baar pizza khaya tha humne waha papa"Iti said but Hriday narrowed his eyes at her not believing his daughter.

She could eat pizza the whole week after all!

"Aap Shiv se puchiye,hum roz ghar ka hi khate h waha,sirf jab bahar gaye the tab khaya tha pizza aur woh bhi sirf 2 baar,sacchi papa!"Iti said as she stared at her husband waiting for him to support her.

"Haa inhone 2 baar hi pizza khaya tha, atleast hamare saamne toh sirf 2 baar hi khaya h"Shiv said and Iti narrowed her eyes at him.

"Nhi,papa aap hamari suniye,humne sacchi sirf do baar pizza khaya tha"Iti said seriously and Hriday shook his head at her antics.

The family then had their lunch with random chit chats,Shiv stayed silent most of the time because he didn't liked talking when he was having his meals.

Once the lunch was done they all settled in the living room.

"Hame ab chalna chahiye"Shiv said getting everyone's attention.

Though they did wanted him to stay with them for a few days they nodded and did asked him to next time stay over.

He got up to leave and everyone went out of see him off.

"Jijosa kya hum bhi aapke Mahal mein aa sakte h?humne kabhi real life Mahal nhi dekha h! please!!"Aashray said and Kabir too nodded at that.

"Zarur aa sakte h aap,aur aap sab bhi please aaiyega,hamari Nanisa Hukum bhi aap sabse milna chahti h"Shiv said and they all nodded at that.

Soon enough a series of car pulled over and men in black came out.

"Aap sab yahi rahiyega aur jaha bhi Ranisa jayengi aap inke saath jayenge,inhe kahi bhi akele jaane nhi de sakte aap"Shiv said in a stern cold voice and the men nodded their head at that.

Iti shivered hearing his tone.

She has never seen

him talk so sternly.

He is always sweet right?

"Aap log chinta mat kijiye,aap sabko bilkul pareshni nhi hogi inki wajah se"Shiv then turned towards his in-laws and said.

Glancing at his wife for a second he turned around and got into the car.