Fate

30. Wedding Day.

Fifteen Days Later.

Ayesha.

I stared at the holy fire dancing in the havan kund witnessing another pair getting hitched together in the sacred bond of seven lives and promise to spend the present one with each other no matter how many ups and downs they go through, but they have to go through it together.

I bowed my head when he was asked to fill my hair partition but my body felt numb and it lacked enthusiasm, nervousness and happiness a bride should feel. I was just numb, lonely and lifeless.

"Aaj se aap dono pati aur patni hue." The priest announced and I closed my eyes feeling the grief spreading in my body and tears rolled down from my eyes. (From today onwards you both are man and wife.)

For the last fifteen days I tried my level best, everything in my power to stop this arrangement because I do not want to be called as Rehaan Rajvansh's wife. But I didn't contact him, utter a word to him and at last he won. I wanted to spill everything to his mother but then why would she believe me when I said I was happy with this marriage on first hand?

"You are my brave child. Of course, you are unhappy with the outcome but have faith in yourself, you'll come out better and stronger. Failures teach you a lesson, not put you down."

My father, he had the super power to make me believe in myself even at my worst, if he was here maybe I wouldn't have been facing such situations or at least he would have helped me to see it in an easier way.

Taking the blessings of the Gods and Goddesses we proceed to my Nitin uncle and Veena aunty who played the role of my parents for this whole marriage drama, I would always be thankful to them for everything. At last his parents.

Once we stepped down from the dias, I felt soft carpet on my bare feet, Rehaan looked for his shoes but they were not there and he glared at Armaan who raised his hands in surrender

"I couldn't win from an advocate and a surgeon." He defended himself and I smiled while Nisha came beside me

"Sandals?" Nisha asked in a soft whisper and I nodded negatively conveying that I do want to step into my heels again

"I will have to remove them once we reach his home." I replied bitterly and Nisha rubbed my back calming me down

"We'll make sure he goes bankrupt." She replied and I shook my head smiling when I saw an evil glint in their eyes

.

"Maama, why are you crying?" I pointed at pictures in their wedding album which made her laugh but baba didn't

"Because I had to leave my family." She replied and Ansh's head snapped in her direction

"Then why is baba not crying?" He narrowed his eyes at our father and I copied my younger brother's expressions

"Because I was getting another family." He replied and kissed mumma on her forehead making me and Ansh cover our eyes with our hands

"Shoo away from our mother!" We jumped between our parents and mumma laughed while papa scowled

"Baba?" I again called him
"Yes, cupcake." He replied and I looked at my parents

"If you got another family, mumma did too. Why was she crying?" I asked blinking dumbly

"Because I was not going away from the previous one just getting more people to love me however, she had to leave her home where she grew up to live with me.", He explained