My loveless marriage

Part 47

The whole hall erupted in a round of applause and cooed as Kunal kissed the top of Shruthi's head before setting her mang-teeka in place, gazing warmly down at her.

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With all the wedding rituals finally over, and a lavish dinner too which I didn't enjoy because Naina wasn't sitting beside me, it was time for bidaai.

Shruthi didn't weep as she hugged her parents, but her father wept as he handed Shruth's hand to Kunal, making him swear that he will keep her happy.

Shruthi hugged me and Naina, and I finally lead her to Kunal's car, and hugged Kunal, before the two of them drove off into the night - to the Raichand mansion.

"Well... let's just go home too.... or do you wanna go to your parents place?" I asked Naina, who was busy sniffing and wiping her tears as she clung tight to my arms.

"Let's go home" she said in a constricted voice, shooting her blood shot gaze to me.

"Shush now... they're alright... your brother is there... he will stand his ground" I wiped her tears, circling my arms around her and pulling her more to myself.

"Well... " she sniffed and trailed off, looking all around us as people all started slowly dispersing.

"C'mon you need sleep... you look exhausted!" I kissed the top of her head as I lead the way to our car.

"Hmm" she sighed and flushed as I opened the passenger door for her, before getting into the car myself.

Bringing the car to life, I put on the AC and some soothing music before I started driving, and within minutes, Naina's sniffles died away, only to be replaced by a soft snoring sound.

I chuckled to myself as I shot her one quick look, to find her deep in sleep, looking far more relaxed than I'd seen her all week!!

Humming to a tuneless song, I drove along the deserted streets, finally reaching our mansion in an hour.

My parents were still at the wedding hall with Shruthi's parents, and smiling at how cute Naina looked whilst she slept, I stopped the car on the driveway right in front of the entrance to the mansion.

As noiselessly as possible, I opened her side of the door and took her in my arms, and at the same time, Matt strode out of the mansion door.

Whispering to him to sort out the car, I carried Naina in my arms, smiling at how she slept in my arms and how tired she must have been!!

Finally laying her down on our bed, I carefully undid her footwear and put them away at the foot of the bed, before undoing her hair, which was in some sort of a bun.

I removed on bobby pin, and another, and another - fuck is her hair generating all these pins?!

I was yawning and my eyes were drooping by the time I'd finally removed all the bobby pins from her hair, almost gasping out loud as I looked at the night stand where I'd stowed the pins - there are at least 50 hair pins in there!!

I looked at her as she shifted a little on the bed, before snoring, chuckling at how loudly she'd begun snoring after I'd put her on this bed!

I stood for a while and watched her sleep peacefully, her deep breathing and her chest rising and falling in rhythm with her breath - I surely was smitten by her!! But the amazing thing was she too was slowly falling for me!!

I sat beside the bed and took hold of her hand, caressing her fingers as I slowly removed the bangles from her hands one by one. I sighed as she moved, and finally, blinked her eyes open.