The next morning, Mahendra woke her up and informed her that he had to leave.Subhadra just nodded because she didn't want to talk with morning breath.After he went, she brushed, showered, and got ready. She made sure that all her bags were packed and she wasn't missing anything.After triple checking everything, she took her suitcase and keys and locked the door.She dropped her keys off at the reception desk and almost laughed when the receptionist was blatantly checking out her neck. She was probably checking for hickeys."Foundation works like a charm, doesn't it?" Subhadra winked at her and in return, the receptionist looked at her in disgust.Subhadra got into a cab and told the driver to take her to the airport. She opened her phone to text Mahendra, to find there was already a text from him.Mahen_Vrma: Did you check out?Subha_Kr10: On my way to the airport. Receptionist was checking for hickeys on my neck. Lol.Mahen_Vrma: Haha. You should have walked awkwardly. Let her thi

That night, Mahendra ended up dropping Subhadra at her house.The following morning, Subhadra woke up to the mailman ringing her doorbell.She signed the form and took her mail. Some of it was spam, but one was in a thick envelope.She opened it and found a wedding card. 'Vikram Satkar weds Nehra Trivedi.'She didn't know what to feel, but one feeling was apparent. Relief. She was also happy for the both of them. Somewhere, in the deep corner of her heart, she felt a bit of sadness, but that was natural. Everything had worked out for the best.She immediately got a phone call. It was Nehra."Hello Nehra. I see everything worked out."Nehra's voice was delighted. "Oh yes. Everything worked out just fine. You have to come to the marriage. It was because of you after all.""Nehra, I would love to come, but what about my belly?" Subhadra laughed."Your mother will wonder what happened to my pregnancy.""Just wear a fancy saree. She won't notice, but please, you have to come.""Alright,

That Friday, Subhadra took nearly an hour to get ready. Half that time was spent in her trying to get her saree right. Nehra was right. Her mother wouldn't be able to tell if she was pregnant or not, if she wore a heavy saree like the one she was wearing. Mahendra told her that he would come and pick her up. He had arrived thirty minutes ago, when she'd barely even gotten ready. He had been talking to her father for the past half hour. God knew what they were both talking about. When she heard her Dad's rambunctious laughter, she came out of her room, to find both her parents talking and laughing with Mahendra. She wanted to jump his bones, which was pretty awkward considering her parents were right there. "Mahi, I'm ready."Subhadra's mother came to her and fixed her saree a bit. "Thanks Amma.""Be careful, you two." She warned. "We will.""See you later, Uncle, Auntie." He nodded toward her parents. Her father extended his hand for him to shake."It was very nice to meet you

Mahendra was nervous about telling Subhadra, but he couldn't go five days without her. Many times, people had told him that the beginning of a relationship was bliss. It was only after, that it would start to fizzle out. Mahendra thought that those type of relationships were not relationships at all. He could never imagine such a situation with Subhadra. She was a firecracker who would keep him on his toes, and if she was too tired for that, he would keep her on her toes. When Subhadra's beautiful face popped through his office door, his heart started beating faster, as it always did when she was near. "Sweetheart. You're here!" Mahendra got up from his chair and hugged her, twirling her around in the process. Her giggles were music to his ears. He just hoped she wouldn't be angry after what he would tell her. "Subha, I have something to tell you.""Go on." She kissed his cheek. "I have to go to Vishakapatnam for five days."He saw her lose her smile. "Oh.""I booked a train ti

The arrangements had all been made without any hurdles. Subhadra's and Mahendra's parents had gotten along very well and wanted to plan the wedding as soon as they could, from the prompting of Subha and Mahi, of course.Three months after they both had proposed to one another, they were finally getting married.Subhadra thought about it, but ended up giving a wedding invitation to Nehra. She had been invited to her marriage after all. Her courtesy was to give an invitation to Neha. Whether she showed up or not would be up to her.The days were passing by quickly and each day was more hectic than the last one, but through it all, Subhadra and Mahendra had fun. They were beyond excited.Subhadra had eagerly been waiting for the day she could finally call Mahendra Varma her husband and now, it was just a few hours away. In the meantime, photographs were being taken with all the people who had arrived.Subhadra was quite shorter than Mahendra, so she had to wear heels to look decent in th