Making Her Mine

Chapter23

"Ah, the romeo in you is more than the romeo in romeo himself!"
Ayaan who had just neared them said he stood beside Iram.

Rihab made a face at that. "Iam  not Romeo. I prefer Rihab. Me and Mehek will create our own love story unlike Romeo and juliet."

Safina felt colours rising to her cheeks as she bent down so that nobody can notice as all the cousins had neared them while the elders too were looking at them keenly.

"Toh lets begin the 'who finds the ring' game?" Fiza said with a teasing tone as she kept the big bowl on the soft carpet and asked all of them to sit down, around it.

Within a few seconds everyone were gathered in the living room; kids, teenagers, elders, ofcourse the bride and the groom, all excited except the bride.

Rafiya asked for one of Safina's ring from her and put it in the mixture of rose petals and milk stirring it so that it won't be easy for them to find it.

Rihab at once got in the task of searching the ring but Safina was hesitating..

"Come on safi, just do it thinking it as a dare!" Rashiya'a who was sitting beside her, whispered in her ear as she knew Safina had this thing in her to complete all that task given to her.

All other Rihab's cousins were encouraging Safina to do it as few of them supported her whilst  few suppored their brother Rihab.

Inhaling deeply Safina started searching for the ring as her palms got inside the cool liquid but just in few seconds Rihab Yunus had found the ring and cheerful laughter with claps and chortles filled the home.

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"Bhaiya is so eager to spend time his bride that he didn't let us play another game,huh.." Teased, ayesha, one of Rihab's cousin as they lead Safina to his room.

"Yeah, very much eager that he got married all of a sudden, ni?" Said the other.

"Hmm, But what can he do either, if our bhabi is so beautiful!"

That comment made Safina blush but she knew it was not love for which Rihab married her..

It was guilt.

Safina didn't know what they thought of her, as they got married all of  a sudden.

Did they also think that something was wrong in her that she got married to him, out of the blue?
She had heard some cruel whispers of  the gossip mongers in the wedding hall but she didnt let her happy facade slip away.

Rashiya'a squeezed her arms in a friendly manner and safina gave her a tight lipped smile.

"So, how's the decoration di, I mean bhabi?" Fiza asked, as safina and others entered the room and was welcomed by the whiff of roses and lillies.

"Beautiful!" Safina couldn't help but compliment even though that was the last place she dreamt to be now.

"Haye, this beautiful room and our gorgeous bhabi, bhai toh fida hojayenge!" Ayesha teased saying Rihab would be smitten by safina.

"Girls, let the bride and groom rest," Iram said as she came in the room with hussain in her arms.

"Yeah, it's almost 1 A.m, come on girls, enough of your teasing, now leave them alone!" Ayaan's mother who was Rihab's chachi (aunt) said in a teasing tone as all the girls burst into fits of laughter and safinq didn't know what to do, so she just kept her eyes glued to the gold and black fur carpet that shined with its intricate patterns.

"Okay, we shall leave now!" Said Iram as all the girls walked out of the room except Rafiya and Rashiya'a.

"Come here!" Rafiya said as she took hold of safina's hand and made her sit on the bed as she sat beside her and said, " I know, you didn't dream of a wedding like this, but everything happens by the will of Allah, my child."