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Drishti spent the rest of the morning with her parents, choosing the outfit and accessories for the reception party.

She had chosen a red and golden-coloured heavily worked lehenga and heavy jewels from the ancestral jewellery set her mother-in-law had given her.

She had to dress up as a royal bride, and Drishti quite liked the idea of that, especially since she would be wearing the tiara too.

She couldn't wait to click pictures and post them on her Instagram with the caption #princessmaheswari.

"Drishti, where is Shravan?" Anuradha asked, and Drishti frowned.

"I don't know. I didn't see him," Drishti said.

"Jeeju went upstairs half an hour ago," Damini said, scrolling through the iPad her brother-in-law gave her half an hour ago, asking her to choose which tiara she wanted.

"Lunch will be served in an hour. I will ask someone to go up and call him," Anuradha said.

"No aunty. I will go call him," Drishti said and left for their room.

As she entered the room, she saw Shravan sleeping p