"What was that?" Sarah asked . With Shock was written all over her face.
"Just pretend you didn't see anything." Anokhi wiped her tears and thanks to waterproof makeup. It was still set in its place.
"Here it's you two and the other day it was Shagun and Ahir." That caught Anokhi's attention.
"What happened to them?" She questioned her.
"Shagun proposed Ahir and he said No, but when I talked to him. He seemed pretty broken about it. I am sorry I didn't meant to ruin your mood. I swear Ahir didn't do anything. I-"
"Sarah, I love you more for telling me this before it was too late." saying this she hugged Sarah, who was beyond confused.
"Where is Ahir?" Anokhi excitingly asked.
"The east side of the hotel with the guys and probably doing some weird rasam as said by his mom." She confusingly replied.
"Meet me in the lobby in ten minutes." She waved at Sarah and left.
It took her a while to find the east side of the hotel especially with the high heels she was wearing. The guys were cheering for Ahir in the room and making fun of him. Everything seemed dull without Shaurya, but she shook that thought out of her mind. This is not important right now. She shooed away the boys from there and told Shaheer to get the car ready when she got to know that Shagun was at her home.
"Anokhi ji?." Ahir asked with surprise, his voice was as quiet as ever. "What are you doing here?"
"I need to talk to you." She gasped for breath.
"I can see that. Btw you look absolutely gorgeous." He helped her sit down.
"I know. I mean someone told me that already, but that's not the point right now." She patted the seat next to her and he sat down next to her. "Ahir ji, Do you love me or not."
"Anokhi ji yeh-." He looked at her in shock yet again.
"Ahir ji seriously today I don't have time for hesitations. Four lives are at stake and their fate relies on your honest reply. Please Ahir ji give me the answer." She held his hands and almost begged him to reply.
He was hesitant at first, but he replied finally. "No. I don't love you. I had feelings for you, but I don't love you. I am sorry Anokhi ji, but I am in love with Shagun." He looked down at his black dress and balck shoes regretfully.
"No don't be sorry." She got up and hugged him. "Just have fun ,enjoy your day with full happiness. Shagun will be here on time and you will get engaged to her. I promise."
"But Anokhi ji-"
She cut his words and squeezed his hand. "Trust me on this Ahir ji. Please." She kissed him on his cheek and then left him there in confusion.
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Sarah was waiting in the lobby impatiently with Shaheer. She glared at Shaheer and he held his hands up high.
"Shaheer if your car is not outside when I get there, you won't have your legs then." He backed off and left.
"Anokhi, what the hell is going on? It's your engagement. You can't just leave like that." Sarah asked her worriedly.
"Not anymore. Not at the point, but just keep the guests here. I know we have an hour and a half, but just in case if I get late, tell them I am in traffic. They will understand."
"But Anokhi?" Sarah was still confused as she was earlier.
"Sarah, Babe I know you can do that so please keep them in the hall while I come back in an hour or so."
Fortunately, Shaheer's car was already outside the lobby and he was sitting in there getting bored. She told him to drive towards Shagun's house.
"Anokhi devi, I am telling you these are not the good signs of a sanskaari bahu. Are you trying to run away from your wedding? You should have told me before. The money wouldn't get wasted on this engagement also."
"Shaheer, you say one more word and I am going to stab you so hard with my heels that you won't be able to breathe again." She warned him and he zipped his mouth. "Drive fast. Someone's fate is depended on this day. I can probably run faster in my heels than the way your driving."
"Why are you so cranky Anokhi Devi ?" shaheer asked
"Try running with sky high heels, probably with ten pounds beaded dress and then have your love run away from this country while handing you off to his so called best friend who is in fact in love with someone else and all this happening on your SO CALLED BLOODY ENGAGEMENT DAY." She screamed.
"Damn your life is full of Masala , you can make a serial out of it ....trust me it will be better than the shows of Ekta Kappor ." He chuckled.
"You really want to get stabbed right?"
"You are on fire today Anokhi Devi ."
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Shagun's house
She kept on ringing the bell and Shaheer was banging on the door but there was no reply. Someone finally opened the door and both of them barged into the house and ran towards the living room. Shagun was painting and they both ran towards her and pulled her off the tool while she stared at them with shock.
"Don't ask. Don't say. Don't wait. Just do what as I say." Anokhi said she pulled Shagun towards the bathroom.
While Shaheer flopped on the couch and watched them with amusement thinking ' how Anokhi pulled Shagun with her as if they are lovers who are going to ahem ahem !' he thought and laughed at his own thoughts .
"Uhh you are covered in paint. You had to paint today, really?" Anokhi groaned pushed Shagun in bathroom so she could take a shower.
Anokhi went to Shagun's closet and took a fancy Indian outfit for herself and changed in to the other bathroom. When Shagun came out, Anokhi pushed her back in the bathroom and gave her the engagement dress.
"STOP" Shagun screamed when she came out. "Can someone tell me what the hell is going on and why am I in YOUR engagement dress."
"Simple because you are getting engaged."
"Excuse me with who and why and I refuse."
"You say one more word Shagun. I am going to tape your mouth, tie you, throw you in the car and take you to the engagement. Your engagement will go down in books for that. So you want to do that or rather respectfully get ready and get engaged to Ahir."
Shagun shut her mouth and Anokhi got her ready really fast with light makeup and simple hairstyle. While Shaheer put the dupatta on her so Ahir's mom wouldn't go all suspicious because of one incident.
They finally drove back and reached back the venue on time. It was a little bit hard to explain why Shagun was in place of Anokhi, but in the end Shagun and Ahir's loved conquered all and they were united.
But Unfortunately, Anokhi's love story was incomplete. Shaheer and Anokhi drove to airport and hoped for a miracle, but the flight was gone and so was Shaurya. There was no way to contact him. He closed every path for her and left her heartbroken, ALL OVER AGAIN .
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