41"Ok mom, but why so fuss?""Nothing special, it's just you look pretty in proper dresses.""Just see my Navi, she looks so pretty.""Radha aunty adopt me, someone is taking my place,o no.." dramatically she kept her hand on her forehead.Everybody laughed, " stop being dramatic darling, you are my chirpy bird and you'll remain but yes Navi is now special to me, dare you say anything, Radha and Navi let's get her married to the first handsome hunk whosoever comes first.""Done aunty.' Navi said winking at Harjot and got the glares. Together in harmony the food was prepared. Variety of dishes and sweet dishes were all done . Preparations for naan and chicken curry were already done in the morning and half of the workload was covered.As the breakfast was heavy they skipped lunch.Navi and Harjot made some snacks and cakes.Later, everyone went to change and get ready to welcome the guests. Both the girls were looking so

The best of colours, unique hand embroidered suits and sarees were there to choose from. Sukh had invited Bhels also to choose the dresses for Drisha and Ranjeet's mom.They had also reached with gifts for Harjot and family. Drisha gave a huge hamper of chocolates to Harjot with a naughty smile. Harjot bit her lower lip and accepted it. Before she could type thank you, she received a message from Ranjeet," enjoy your time with chocolates, many more are waiting for you."By the time dresses were chosen and designers went away. it was time for dinner, they invited Bhels to have dinner with them. Everyone was having dinner when there was the honking of cars, Navi ran upstairs and quickly changed her dress, covered herself with the long veil and came down wearing heavy anklets.She saw Hardeep through the veil and was very happy. She saw Anamika's smiling face and her hands were itching to meet her. Then she saw how Sunny and Priya , Lucky and Pooja also greeted eve

45Radha was happy that Mandeep and her brother and sister in law were coming. They also have to feign as if they are seeing Hardeep for the first time, especially Navi's parents; they have to show that they were Vani's (Navi's fake name for Hardeep) parents.Everyone was excited, girls for henna, guys with the decorations and parents thanking God as their kids were getting married.Before leaving for henna , Navi and Harjot instructed the cooks to use less oil and less spices, the girls also told them to keep on serving the guests, with fruits, juices, snacks, tea, coffee or milk and to wear gloves and masks while cooking and serving. Radha and Sukh were amazed to see how girls were managing everything smoothly.The girls were literally thrown out of the kitchen to get henna done. Lucky and Sunny were now sort of free as they managed everything properly regarding the decorations then they took permission and went to Ranjeet's mansion also, which was near

47Hardeep was in no mood to return to the villa but Sunny made him understand about the situation. He even suggested him, " see stay married to her for six months at least and see if everything is ok then carry on or else leave her and then nobody will blame you.""Yes, that will be better, I'll stick to her for six months, without touching her or even seeing her. Tomorrow morning I'm going back to the city and as for Navi, I've missed her because if my stupid thinking. God knows where she is, even her mobile is unreachable. Imagine a CEO is unable to locate his girl. What an irony, I was given a chance to marry my love but I kicked it away. And now I've to spend my life with some veiled girl. My dad, all he thinks is his ego, his respect, his responsibilities towards others but did his son ? Ha nothing."Sunny was quietly enjoying all this and was recording, thinking, "you just wait man."He coaxed Hardeep and brought him back to Villa. Once there again