Megha's POV
" Ma, what is the matter?? I don't think there is any festival today. Is Bhai coming today? " I was curious like anything.
" No beta, Vimal is not coming today... but someone else is. He will come and take you away from us. Today he is coming for dinner with his parents. We are planning for you to get married by the end of this month."
I was curious about this man who was going to be my husband. I still remember the day when ma told me about my betrothal. I was shocked. I didn't know anything about the man with whom I was going to spend the rest of my life.
Last year during Navratri, when I was doing Garba ( Gujarati traditional dance) with my friends, one of my classmate Sachin came and asked me for a dandiya dance.
He was a good friend of mine so I agreed. We were dancing with the famous dandiya songs. He was smiling like anything. I always had this feeling that he used to like me.
He caught my hand while dancing and was about to say something when my mom called me. She took me back to our home. That day she told me that I was betrothed to someone.
I didn't know how to react to that. But I knew one thing for sure that I could never say no to my parents. Though I was a modern girl, still I could never let my parents down.
My father has always been my hero. He provided me with everything. He would always do what is best for us. He is a very traditional man but still, he never stopped his children from doing anything. He just taught us all the good moral values. Bhai and I never did anything wrong, as we wanted our parents to be proud of us.
If my father has promised my hand to someone, he must be really good for me. I will get married to the person. I will not let my father down.
In the evening I was working on my latest project when my mom sent for me. I was curious to know about my would-be husband. I came downstairs and was going towards the drawing-room when I saw Sita aunty.
What was she doing here?? Oh, that means... Mehul ???
I didn't know how to react. He was quite arrogant. But at least I knew everyone in his family. It was a mixed feeling.
I greeted Aunty and touched her feet. She smiled and hugged me very tightly. We walked to the drawing-room. I saw Uncle and dad talking to a tall, handsome man. He was ogling at me. I greeted Uncle too and he introduced me to him. He smiled at me and after that, we all had our dinner.
He really complimented my mom for such a great treat. He seems to be... ok. He used to come to our place with Mudit Bhai. Then he stopped coming. I just know that he went to Dehradun to study. He seems to be very sweet and humble. The way he behaved with my parents and Dadi, I was impressed with him.
When my Dadi gave him shagun to him, he looked very confused. It seemed that he had no idea about our betrothal. He objected once or twice but our parents paid no heed to it. They were busy discussing the marriage.
I was feeling out of the place so I decided to go out. As I walked out of the room, I felt a strong hand pulling me towards another room. It was Mehul. I was shocked at his behaviour.
He asked me if I knew about all this and asked me to call this wedding off. To say that he was annoyed would be an understatement. He was furious. I was getting scared that I would have to marry him. I couldn't say no to my father so I told him that he should deny getting married to me.
He was still holding my hand very tightly. I started crying and asked him to leave my hand. As soon as he left my hand I ran from there and came to my room. I cried for a very long time. I didn't know what to do... Shall I tell my parents that I don't want to get married to him? But they seemed so enthusiastic.
Megha's POVIn the morning when I came downstairs, I saw that my parents were having tea. My mom called me and said, "Good morning beta, your wedding is in 1 week, so we have to do lots of shopping. Get ready fast Sita Ben is also coming, we will go together. She is also very excited, how are you feeling? "" I don't know ma, I am a bit confused. Mehul seemed to be upset about it. What if, he is not happy about this? What if, he can't deny his parents but don't want the marriage as well? Will we be happily married then ma?"" You are thinking too much beta, he was just shocked, just the way you were.. when I told you. You don't need to worry about anything. You both will be comfortable with each other very soon and will fall in love eventually. We all got married like that only."" But ma, papa(father) .... "" Don't worry beta... he is a good man. I know you will be very happy with him, it's just a matter of time. He is a modern guy and and he th
Mehul's POVBhai and bhabhi went to their room. They were so much in love. I would never have what they have. I went out of the house.I wanted to see Rahul desperately but he was in London. If only that girl had refused to marry me, I would not be in this situation.Dad and bhai were discussing as about business and the marriage arrangements. They invited many people like friends, relatives, clients, employees etc.But I didn't want to invite anyone. I didn't want to be a laughing stock. I was not ready to share this with my friends that I don't even like the girl and I am going to spend the rest of my life with her.Only Rahul would be able to understand. I wish he was here but he is in London for the next 15 days for. I don't want to bother him with my problem while he is there.Bhai brought an outfit for me to wear for the engagement. I was lying on my bed with my head buried in pillow."Oh come on Mehul, don't behave l
Megha's POVI got engaged to him today and I really don't know exactly how I was feeling. I knew that he didn't want to but still we are engaged now.I felt some kind of jolt when he touched my hand. I didn't even look at him as I was scared... what if, he is still angry with me. Even he didn't say a single word. Oh god what kind of a marriage is it going to be.Everyone was enjoying. The soft romantic music was flowing in the air. Mudit bhai and bhabhi went to thedance floor and Vimal bhai and Sejal bhabhi followed them. They were dancing beautifully. They were in love with their partners. Their moves were simple but looked amazing because they were in love and shared a blessed life with each other.Would I never feel this way?.... I felt bad for myself.... Don't I deserve a beautiful life like them?I can't even talk to my parents about my apprehensions.It was a beautiful evening, everyone enjoyed except the two o
Megha's POV Sejal bhabhi came with makeup artist and my wedding dress. She helped them to get me ready. When my makeup and hair were done she helped me change into my wedding dress. She made me wear my jewellery as well. There was a knock at the door, bhabhi opened it. My parents and brother were there. They saw me dressed as a bride and maa got very emotional and started crying. Papa smiled and said, "Oh, come on Hetal... our daughter is looking so beautiful just like some angel, and you are crying. We must be happy that our little princess is getting married today. "I was feeling very low... They all are so happy, how can I tell them that I was not very keen on getting married.My eyes were filled with tears." Don't you dare cry now.... All the efforts will wash away with your tears." Said bhabhi making everyone smile."And we don't want to scare Mehul. Do we? " Bhai was teasing me so papa hit him on his arm lightly and wen
Mehul's POVBhai hit me with his elbow and I winced. I looked at him and he was smirking at me. So, my dear brother. You better close your mouth or some insect might go inside. By the way what are you looking at? She is not even pretty. Right ? "I just rolled my eyes and again looked at her. Vimal bhai had already left. He was escorting her along with Sejal bhabhi. She was walking towards me shyly and slowly.She reached the stage, bhai pushed me in her direction and told me to help her. I extended my hand towards her and she looked at me, as if she was surprised at my gesture.Then shyly she placed her hand on mine and I helped her to climb on the steps which was tricky with her very heavy dress. I felt some kind of tingling in my hand. That was weird so I released my grip on her hand and she was standing in front of me now for Jai Mala or Varmala (exchanging garlands).Everybody in our families were on stage, Sneha bhabhi and Sejal bhabhi
Mehul's POVI was just thinking all this when dad came to me and sat beside me." Mehul, promise me that you will behave nicely with her. She is new in this house and she needs your support. She is your wife, so she is your responsibility. You have to take care of her. You should not be rude to her. She needs your love , care and attention. Please be nice to her, she is here to be with you and for that she left her loving family behind. She deserves your love. Don't forget that, if you didn't know her, she also didn't know you. If you are not in love with her, she is also not in love with you. That means she might be feeling exactly like you. Now go to your room and Please be nice to her. I hope you are getting my point. Don't let me down or be ready to face the music..." Dad left after saying that.I got up and started dragging myself towards my room when I saw bhai standing there. He came and placed his hand on my shoulder and said, " I know what is going on in y
Megha's POVIt is a bright morning, I got up from bed and went to the balcony. The birds were chirping and the slow breeze caressed my skin. The view of the garden was awesome. It had all kind and colours of flowers. Their fragrance was coming my way. The whole thing elated my mood.Last night, I was very scared that Mehul might take out his wrath on me. But he talked in a cool manner, he even apologized to me for his earlier behaviour. Though he was not friendly or normal but at least he was not angry.I went into the room again and did all my daily routine and took out a traditional Gujrati suit from my bag and went to take a bath. I came out of the bathroom and went directly towards the dressing table.My hair was still dropping, I took my towel and was about to dry them when I suddenly felt some movement behind me, I turned all of a sudden and my hair swung into the air and water droplets from them landed on... Mehul's face.Oh my God !!
Mehul's POVShe went to her parents place with her brother. I came back to my room. It was neat and clean. It was still decorated, which reminded me about last night. She was looking very beautiful.And in the morning, when she came out of the washroom with her hair still dripping a few drops of water, she was looking like an angel. She went to the dressing table without even looking in my direction.I went towards her as I wanted to go and asked her, if she was done as I wanted to use it. She got startled and turned suddenly and the water droplets from her hair landed on my face. I felt very strange but good. I wanted to...She looked a bit shocked and she kept looking at me. Her big beautiful black eyes were looking into mine. I was mesmerized with her beauty.Oh !! Not again... Why was I thinking about her in this way? I don't like her and I don't find her beautiful. That's it.I got ready to go to her place for lunch. M