"Just look at her, Shubham made her a queen from a middle class girl",said Rakhi.
Meera was dancing with her husband and the whole crowd was busy in capturing this precious moment.
Everyone claps, Meera got conscious and took her hands off Shubham's shoulders.
"You go and sit there..",said Shubham.
Meera was so nervous. She gestures Shubham that she will not go alone.
Shubham understood it.
He holds Meera's hand and slowly walked down the stage with her.
He made Meera sit on the sofa.
"I didn't know that you are this much shy",said Shubham in a low voice.
"No, I am not shy",said Meera.
"Then what was that? I will not go alone and behaving like a small kid. See, how tightly you are holding my hand",said Shubham.
Meera left Shubham's hand.
"I am not shy and I am not behaving like a kid. I am just too nervous as all this is very new for me",said Meera.
"Oh okay",said Shubham.
Meera gave him a angry look.
"What?",asked Shubham.
"Have you ever had a girlfriend?",asked Meera.
"No",said Shubham.
"Yes, I can see that as it is clearly visible. If you ever had a girlfriend then you wouldn't have ask those stupid questions like why am I holding your hand and acting all shy types and all that",said Meera.
Shubham smiles.
"See, I don't need to have a girlfriend to understand atleast you. Because you are different. You are not like all the other girls I have met",said Shubham.
"You have met so many girls but still you had no girlfriend. Why?",asked Meera.
"Because having a girlfriend means you have to give her time and honestly, I don't have that much time to waste on a girl. That's why I only used to meet them occasionally whenever I felt happy or bored. That's it",said Shubham.
Meera was shockingly looking at him.
"Now what?",asked Shubham.
"No.. nothing..",said Meera.
"Don't worry, I will not meet you only when I am happy or bored but I will be there for you whenever you will need me. Usually, I spend my time alone in a dark room whenever I feel low but now because you stay with me in my room so you will be also there with me in my that phase so be careful because I am too short tempered. Sorry in advance if I will ever hurt you in anger. And one advice, in case if I got angry or I feel low, you will sit quietly. Don't ever try to talk with me when I am angry or sad.. just a advice",said Shubham and left.
"Why was he telling me all these things? And what did he mean by all this? Was he threatening me?",thought Meera.
Party was over. All the guests had left from Malhotra's mansion.
"Where is bride's family?",asked Rani Malhotra, Shubham's grandmother.
"They left",said Rakhi.
"What? Without meeting me? I am late but that doesn't mean they will leave without meeting me. Sunita, did you tell them that I am coming late tonight because my flight was delayed?",asked Rani.
"Yes.. but I think that they didn't take it seriously",said Sunita.
"Leave them. Where is bride?",asked Rani.
"Ananya, tell bhabhi to come down to meet Dadi",said Rakhi.
Ananya goes to bring Meera.
Shubham's room
"Excuse me?",said Meera.
Shubham gave her a strange look.
"Yes?",said Shubham.
"What rubbish you were talking in the party?!",asked Meera.
"What?! I was talking? With whom and when?",asked Shubham with no idea about what she was talking.
Meera looked angrily at him.
"Do you have a personality disorder?",asked Meera.
"What?!",asked Shubham.
"Just give me a answer. Yes or no?",asked Meera.
"No",answered Shubham.
"Then why were you..",Meera was saying but a knock at the door interrupted her.
"Bhabhi?",said Ananya.
Meera opened the door.
"Bhabhi, dadi has come. She is calling you down",said Ananya.
"You go, I am coming",said Meera.
"Okay but come fast",said Ananya and leaves.
"I am coming in 5 minutes then I will tell you.. Till then think what you have done",said Meera.
Meera was going from room.
"Listen! Dadi is very strict. So try to behave like a typical indian bahu infront of her with pallu on head and all",said Shubham.
Meera looked at herself, she was in her night suit.
Shubham laughed gently.
"Don't teach me.",said Meera.
"Okay..",said Shubham.
Meera goes to change her night suit and come out wearing a saree.
She goes to the dressing table to took a pallu and fixed it with clips.
Shubham was watching her from behind.
Meera caught him staring at her.
She gave him a angry look.
Shubham started doing something else in order to avoid her anger.
Meera was leaving from room when she heard his giggle.
"Are you laughing at me?",asked Meera.
"No way. I was laughing at myself. Who can laugh at you?! No no.. never never..",said Shubham teasing her.
Meera left the room in anger.
Shubham laughed after she left. He was enjoying her anger.
In hall
Meera comes down.
Meera took dadi's blessings.
"Sunita, your daughter in law seems very sanskari just like Indian TV show bahu",said Rani laughingly.
Meera didn't understand but she can sense something fishy.
"Look at me, even at this age, I am so chill. I am not a typical strict grandmother in law",said Rani laughing.
Rani removes her shawl.
Meera looked towards Dadi, she was wearing top and jeans.
"Why are you in a saree so late in the night? You are newly married na, according to me at this time in night, it is the time for you to wear a hot nighty not a saree!",said Rani laughing.
Meera was smiling in embarrassment.
"Do you sleep like this in saree and jewellery like a TV bahu?",asked Rani laughing.
Someone was laughing behind after listening Dadi.
Meera turned back to see, it was Shubham.
He was laughing at Meera's innocence.
Meera's anger level was going up and up.
She was just waiting to get back to room so that she can teach her husband a nice lesson.
YOU ARE READING
Destined
RomanceMeera, a middle class small town girl with big dreams in her eyes. she has come to Mumbai in hope for a job as she is the only bread winner of her family. But destiny has some other plans for her. She ended up marrying The Shubham Malhotra, founder...
