PART 3
She moved towards her room as mom words played in her heart." He wished to marry you". Opening the door she looked around, pressing her forehead as the past few days events came back to haunt her. The last few days were nothing but bad memories which if given a chance, she wouldn't mind removing from her life. If Armaan and his behavior wasn't enough to handle, the truth revealed to her today was making her go mad. Sitting on the couch, she closed her eyes as she tried putting the pieces of puzzles of her life to find answers to her questions as she remembered her first encounter with him.
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Knocking on his room, she quietly entered his room and found his face hidden behind a file.
"ahem..ahem.." she coughed a little indicating him about her presence as she saw the pair of brown eyes looking at her from the file. Indicating her to sit, she pushed out the chair and sat without making any noise. She waited for him to speak as she was fidgeting on the chair, the silence in the room making her more nervous. Looking at hands that were kept on her lap, she was making knots with her fingers as she heard his voice.
"File" he said bringing his hands forward, his head still behind the file. Not getting any response, he looked at her from behind the file as he saw her looking at him nervously.
"File..Ms. gupta." He repeated as he saw her looking at him with the same expressions.
"Ms. Gupta.." he raised his voice a bit bringing her back to earth.
"File?" she asked herself then looking at him "which..file..sir" she asked weakly as she sat clueless in front of him, having no idea what he was talking about.
"Shawn enterprise" he said, the anger didn't went unnoticed by her.
"it's'it's on my table sir" she replied looking down.
"and what are you doing here without the file? I want that file NOW" he said as she stood up, nodding her head and walked to her cubicle. She opened the drawers but couldn't find the file any where. Looking around the whole table, she asked her colleagues and they all had the same reply "no".
She knew she saw the file on her table then where is it now. "oh god, he is gonna kill me now" she thought as she walked towards his room. Standing at the door she heard him blasting someone on the phone making her situation worse, as she felt the beads sweats on her forehead. She quickly wiped her forehead with the back if her hand knocking on the door and entered the room.
He was standing at the window, looking outside, his back towards her as she walked inside.
"sir..the file.." she was cut short as he spoke "Ms. Gupta we don't need that file anymore, you can leave." She didn't knew whether to be happy that she was saved from his yelling or should be sad that some problem has surfaced between Malik's and Shawn as she had heard him saying 'Shawn' when he was blasting someone on the phone. Without saying anything, she walked out of the room and reached her cubicle as she saw the file on her table that she was searching few moments back. She looked around and saw someone leaving the room and ran behind him.
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The ringing of her cell phone made her come back to realit and she looked at the caller bringing a smile on her lips.
"hello..mom'.how are you..and howz dad and my little devil' no I am fine'yeah..i did as you taught me too behave in front of in-laws'no mom'they didn't treated me like a stranger'mummyji loves me a lot'armaan took care of me..he had some important work, he'll be back before the function'no mom, I am not crying'I am happy.. acha you are coming to the reception'no mom, I don't want to hear any excuses, you have to come'.okay mom, mummyji is calling me, I have to go'okay bye.." she cut the call as the tears were ready to come out anytime. She can't tell her mom, about her and armaan's deal, his behavior towards her and the truth that was revealed by his mom this morning. Armaan had made a mockery of this marriage, before it even started and now this. Only God knew what else was hidden inside him. There were so many unanswered questions whose answers can be answered by one person-Armaan. She wanted to know everything about the marriage, right from the start, all the answers, it's better to hear it from his mouth then find out from some else as she looked at the clock waiting for him to come back.
Rubbing her eyes, she stood up and walked towards the window. She opened the window feeling the air stroking her face and air. She looked around as she saw the rush of people coming and leaving the house. Being the daughter-in 'law of one of the effluent families, her reception was going to be a grand affair. The who's who of the city was invited and she saw scared. What if her true emotions come out, although she wasn't an amateur now when it comes to faking emotions, a part of heart was still scared, scared that something was about to happen.
Looking around enjoying the beautiful view from her room, her eyes got fixed on a person, who was looking at her from quite sometime. From the time, she stood at the window she saw the person looking at her. Initially, she ignored it but now the gaze fixed on her, made her a bit uncomfortable. She looked at the person again and found him standing at the same spot, at the extreme corner of the house, this time signaling her something. She knew the person is a guy, looking at the physical structure. She saw him pointing his index finger at her and shaking his head slowly. She tried looking at his face but couldn't coz firstly he was standing too far to be noticed and secondly, his face was covered with a cloth, making it impossible for anyone to notice who the guy is from such a distance. She turned and looked at the front gate where the guards were busy with the people and as she turned to look at the guy, she found no one and the whole road was empty. "May be I am hallucinating.." she thought, yawning as she felt the tiredness in her body as she felt the pain in her body coz of sleeping on the couch.
"I should take a nap" she said to herself turning slowly and felt her breath getting stuck in her throat as she found Armaan standing right behind her, his gaze fixed on her.
"aap..aap kab aye.." she asked sighing, releasing the breath that she felt like holding from a long time.
"just now..and what were you doing" he asked as he walk passed her, standing at the window, looking around and closed it. He turned around and stood in front of her, crossing his arms taking support of the window as he waited for her to speak.
"I was just looking around" he looked at her for a moment and nodded and went to his wardrobe. He took out a pair of jeans and a t-shirt as the reception had still few hours left as Riddhima looked at him, not knowing whether to ask him now or not. He just came back from office and should I ask now or wait till the reception,. What if he gets angry. But he is like always angry with me, so it won't make a difference if I ask him now.
The inner turmoil was taking a toll on her and she asked "Why did you marry me?" his hands stopped at the bathroom door and his body stiffened at the question. Without looking back, knowing that riddhima was standing their waiting for the answers, he said "you know riddhima, i told you that day" closing his eyes, hoping that she won't probe him further.
"I want the real truth armaan." She asked as he sighed, opening his eyes. He turned as he found her at the same position, looking at him waiting for the answers. He felt the desperation in her voice as he looked at her eyes and saw the pool of questions waiting to be answered.
"I told you, it was mom wish and I couldn't say no to her" he replied.
"but she said that you wanted to marry me" she further probe, making him jitter as he made a fist in an attempt to hide his nervosuness.
"yeah'so.." he replied
"so, why did you lied to me?. I want to know the truth armaan. The real truth. For once please tell me the truth" she asked moving closer to him, trying to find the answers as he moved back.
"Riddhima, you know mom always wanted you as the daughter-in-law. I had seen the look on her face when she used to talk about you. The glow on her face was something, I was seeing after a really long time and when rahul left, I couldn't see her like that so i told her that I will marry you. I was fulfilling her wish. That's the whole truth. If you want to believe it, it's your choice and if you don't want to , it's still fine by me" he said sounding frustrated and entered the bathroom before she could probe further.
The whole after noon armaan avoided her as he knew that riddhima was not satisfied with the answers and he was correct. His reason didn't went down well with her as he saw the look of confusion on her face whenever he looked at he. Riddhima on the other hand knew there was more to this and he was hiding something coz he wasn't looking at her face.
"I will mail you the details tomorrow morning'..yeah'now I am busy that's why'no, I never'." he entered his room, stopping at the door as he looked at her. She was wearing the turquoise saree that mom had gifted her, no loud make-up, hair tied in a loose bun with few tendrils coming on her face. She was looking at herself, trying to take off the necklace that got stuck with her hair. His breath stuck in his throat as he looked at her, standing with her back towards him.
"I'll talk to you later.." he said cutting the phone and kept it in the pocket as he slowly walked towards her without making any noise. Feeling someone presence behind her, she looked at the mirror and saw him standing behind her making her hands stop. Looking at her through the mirror he brought his hand up to her neck as he tried detangling the necklace making her close her eyes as his fingers brush past her neck. Removing the hair from the necklace, he moved closer to her as she gasped feeling felt his breath on her neck.
KNOCK..KNOCK'
Armaan quickly moved back and riddhima opened her eyes moving away as she realized what they were doing.
Sir , mam wants to know if you are ready. Everyone is waiting for you in the hall" armaan nodded looking at the housemaid.
"i..i think we should" he said walking towards the door without even looking at her as she nodded, walking behind him. They walked down stairs as everyone was looking at them in awe. His mom looked at the made for each other couple, putting the kajal behind her ear to ward off evil eyes. Riddhima smiled at her actions as she remembered her mom doing the same thing.
"riddhima beta you are looking very pretty. I knew this color is gonna compliment you." She said kissing her forehead as armaan coughed a little making her turn her attention at him also.
"You always look good beta but that was before riddhima came, now you have a tough competition and don't expect me by your side. I'll always be beside my daughter."
"mom..that's not fair.." armaan winced like a kid,hufgging her from back bringing a smile on everyone's face including Riddhima. The man in front of her was totally different from the man who she was married to as she was noticing an entirely different side to him. From the time, she entered this house; this was the first time she saw him smiling, the mother-son sweet talks reminded of her and her mom talks. how much she was missing her mom today.
"naina'we should move now. We are already late" said his dad as they made their way towards the venue. Although his mom told them to come in a different car to give them some time alone, armaan insisted on coming with them as he wanted to avoid being alone with her as he didn't wanted to take any chances.
As expected the reception was a grand affair and with media covering the whole event, it wasn't any normal reception anymore. riddhima was standing beside him with a plastered smile, her eyes fixed on the door as she was waiting for her parents. She hardly knew anyone beside her in-laws and the office colleagues especially the fairer sex, not so happy with this alliance. Almost all the guests had arrived except the most important people in her life-her parents. She was constantly looking at the door, waiting impatiently which didn't went unnoticed by his mom. She looked around for armaan and even he was no where in sight. His mom told her to call them and as she was about to call, she saw them coming along with armaan. He was talking to them, laughing and playing with her younger brother. She looked at him and smiled as he smiled back. The wedding reception was almost close to end when her family arrived making it a family get-together.
Sitting on her own in her own room bed she was thinking about today's event. His mom insisted her to stay at her parent's house as she knew how much she was missing her parent's. May be she needed some time alone. She needed to clear few things out as her mind was still in a dilemma- what to believe and what not. His behavior and attitude towards her and towards her parents were totally different.in front of her parents , he was the ideal son-in-law, may be he was just pretending but his actions made her believe that he wasn't, and when it comes to her, she saw a totally different shade of him. Her chain of thoughts were broken as she looked at the phone and frowned looking at the caller. "mummy ji..this time.."
"hello riddhima' arm'armaan'accident , come quickly" hearing her voice, she stood up from the bed as the phone dropped from her hand.
End Of Part 3
Finally, part 3 completed, I hope it was an enjoyable interesting part.
i want to thank all of you for the response you have given to this fic. i have replied to few , few are left that i'll reply by this week end. thank you soooo much everyone. 😳
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Edited by Caramel_21 - 15 years ago
