They all smiled when they saw them and one of the men who seem to be a few years elder than the other one, moved forward and, speak with enthusiasm" Thank all of you who have taken out the time from their busy schedule to share our happiness. We, The Rathores, Thank you for attending my brother's 3oth and my 33rd Wedding Anniversary".
Everyone clapped and, youngsters shouted with happiness" Happy anniversaries Uncles and, Aunts".
Vihaan, Vansh smiled and waited for their parents to say more.
Shanya saw the resemblance between Senior Rathores, and the younger Rathores standing beside her.
She could see Vansh's eyes, matching with his father Mr Shiv, the elder one and, smile matching his mother, Mrs Shakti. Even though Mr shiv was the eldest Rathore, Shanaya heard from Vansh that his father was not ready for the children until he saw his brother Mr Surya becoming the father of Vihaan and his elder sister Avni.
She clapped hard when Mr shiv finished his Thank you speech and hugged Mr Surya, who moved forward along with his wife, Mrs Chaya.
Mr Surya was just the elder version of vihaan, but without anger and dominance, and would smile a lot, while Mrs Chaya was a beautiful woman whose Brown eyes matched with Vihaan.
"Just like my elder brother said, We are thankful for attending our wedding anniversaries. And On this day, I would like to thank my late parents who choose the perfect bride, my brother and sister in law, who make her feel at home and lastly to my wife " Speaking with warmth and a smile on his face, Mr Surya extends his hand to his wife.
Clasping them, spoke again " Dear wife, We have spent 30 years of our life together, which was a full roller coaster, with pain, struggles, moments, happiness, but, whatever I am, I am because of you, your strength and, your motivating words. I love you and, I hope I will continue leaving like this for centuries, with you beside me, fighting with me, helping me, loving me and supporting me" kissing on the palm of her hand, he looked in her eyes with warmth and love.
Shanaya saw everyone clapping, whistling, and her eyes stopped at Vihaan, who patted Vansh's shoulder with care. She knew Vihaan's care and love for his family, but that was the first time, she was witnessing it.
Her attention returns to Mr Surya who ends the speech"At the end, we have a special announcement to make" and move toward the left side, letting Mr Shiv took the centre.
"Well, we do not know whether we should be happy or, sad to announce this, but, our eldest child, Avni Rathore is going to get married to her love of life, Anubhav."
The announcement was received with enthusiasm by all the members present. The youngsters shouted with happiness, Vihaan and Vansh clapped hard and Shanaya, could not be more overwhelmed.
They all kept clapping and shouting when, a strikingly beautiful girl resembling Mr Surya, Mrs Chaya and Mrs Shakti in the '30s wearing Dark Blue lehenga came and, stand beside Mr Shiv.
Shanaya observed she was a girl of 5"4" height, with an oval face and big eyes magnified with kohl, black hair tied in a bun, red lips and the neck adorned by a diamond necklace. She had completed the simple yet beautiful look by diamond and blue pearl earrings, matching her dress.
Mr Shiv engulfed her in his open arms and kissed on he head. Placing his hands on her shoulder lovingly, he spoke:" A week earlier when she told us about Anubhav, we became sad thinking that she will be leaving us soon, but then we realized she had found her mate and we became happy for her."
"She looks beautiful in the dress you have designed, beautifool" Shanaya attention shifted to vansh when she heard him complimenting her.
Vansh had given Shanaya the nickname 'beautifool' as he had found it funny.
"My dress has nothing to do with it, baby. She is already beautiful and charming" responding, she kept on looking at Avni, who was smiling to something Mr Surya had said and a smile found its way to Shanaya's face.
"I never find her beautiful" Vansh replied.
"Yes, the same way I never find you attractive" she spat back and winked at him when she saw his horrified expressions.
"Can't believe that you took my sister's side rather than mine?" Vansh said in an unbelievable tone.
"I guess, you have forgotten, Dee and I met before, we both met!" emphasizing 'before we both met' she turns her attention to Avni.
Vansh was about to respond when Vihaan looks at him and before he could defend himself, he heard him ordering" I am not here to listen to your rubbishness. Get a room, if you can't stop behaving like immature child" and saw him casting a look at Shanaya, who kept on looking at Avni with much more seriousness. He chuckled inside himself at her behaviour, knowing too well how much she was trying to avoid Vihaan's glares.
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Vihaan was busy on a call, away from the clamour of the party. While listening to the other one on the side of the phone, his right hand was busy enjoying the texture of his silky hair.His face looks tensed and, he uttered something sharp in response to the other person."Tell them 'The Rathores' do not need this project on their rules. We are number one on our condition." switching the phone to the left side, holding it with the then free right hand, Vihaan spat.He listened to what another one said and roam his eyes in frustration at the surrounding when he saw Avni going toward a particular direction and following her way, his eyes catch Shanaya who was laughing to something Vansh had said.He continued staring at her, noticing her behaviour, observing how she often uses her hand
And what is that?? If you are curious to know about me, ask me directly." Shanaya needed no help to recognize the owner of the manly and dominating voice. Her body quivered when her back felt the waves of heat radiating from his body and, she presumed, he must have been just, behind her. She gulped the saliva down her throat and moved her right hand in her hair to set the fling back in a beautiful style. "He is just trying to intimidate me!"self-convincing herself, she glanced toward Vansh and, Avni to see them thinking hard to overcome the situation. That was one of the reasons they were her favourite people they knew when to come forward to help her when to step back and when to comfort her. The situation was not something big, but, she could not ever let Vihaan know she was talking about him. She could not
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Smiling with pain, Shanaya nodded to something Vansh said, unaware of the context of it. She was there, physically, mentally but not emotionally. Within a minute, her eyes had lost the shine they had, her heart had lost the happiness she had felt, for some days, her face had lost the smile and, her body had lost the strength of standing. Listening partially to what all were talking about, noticing Vansh and Avni's concerned looks, ignoring Vihaan's gaze, nodding to Saaransh, she just wished to be somewhere alone, somewhere she could overcome and can heal herself. She did not hear Avni asking Saaransh"For how many days you will be here?" or Saaransh answer"For a month" but, her attention shifts to the conversation when she heard Saaransh asking "Are you okay, Shana?". In haste, she spoke,"Ummm? Oh, yes! perfectly fine
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