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PART 2

Sitting on the bed, hugging her knees she sat like the typical Indian bride wearing the red attire. The veil covering her face, the black beads on her neck, vermillion on her head was the proof that she is not "Gupta" anymore. She got married and today was her first night as a married woman.

From the time the marriage was fixed how she wished this to be a dream. Every girl dreams about marriage and she was no different. Even she had her ' about her marriage- how she is going to get married, what her husband will be like with whom she'll be spending the rest of her life, his likes, his dislikes. But for her, this marriage was nothing but a nightmare. How she wished this to be a dream, which will get over when she'll open her eyes. But this was not a dream. She got married and her identity was not 'Riddhima Gupta' but 'Riddhima Malik.'

She knew in what circumstance she was married to him- a complete stranger. It was more like selling her, like she is some kind of show piece- you like and you buy. The girl who believed in creating her own destiny was destined to be with him. Never had she imagined that one day life will play such a cruel game.

Wiping the lone tear that escaped from the corner of her eye, she got up from the bed and walked towards the dressing table. Standing in front of the mirror, she looked at her reflection- the woman standing in front of her was nothing more than a machine who works on other terms and conditions. She touched her reflection; the pain on her face was hidden behind the layers of make-up but what about the pain that she was holding inside. Pain, ready to burst out any moment, how is she gonna hide it. She had heard of people separating coz of broken marriage but what about her- when she knew from the start that hers is going to be a broken marriage before they even got married. He never loved her and neither she then why?

Last few days were no less then living in hell. The old chirpy Riddhima died the day this marriage was fixed. The marriage talk started on her birthday and as soon as she reached her house, her parents gave her the biggest surprise by telling her - "Rahul and his mom came and asked for your hand. We haven't said anything, for us your happiness matters the most. We want to know your answer. If you are happy with the proposal then only we'll go ahead". Before she could react to what was happening the doorbell rang and stood in front of her the person she was least expecting to see at that hour.

"sir..?" Was all she could muster out as she saw him smiling looking at her, holding the flowers he brought for her.

"hey riddhima..i hope I didn't disturb you." he smiled answering her. Taking the flowers from his hand she moved aside as she heard her dad asking her 'who is it?' He entered her house and took blessings from her parent's like he knew them from a long time. Her parents didn't believed in the classes- coming out from a upper middle class background doesn't mean you can't marry a man from a different society nor they were the types who would force their opinion on hers just coz they like it. She looked at her parent's and saw the happiness on her face and right there she knew that her parents are okay with the alliance- more like happy.

He asked her parent's permission to take her out and they agreed at once as they knew that riddhima needed some time alone with him to decide.

He took her out for a dinner and told her how he is attracted towards her right from the time he saw her for the first time. She isn't like the girls he met earlier, the simplicity, the caring nature and her handling of matters is what developed his likeness towards her into love. He won't force her into marriage if she isn't comfortable and he'll wait for her answer. The final decision will be hers only. That day changed everything. His words, his attitude towards her parent's, his nature attracted her towards him and after few weeks of going out she said yes to the marriage.

The marriage was fixed after two months. Both families were happy with the alliance, no one except them knew about the marriage or them being a 'pair' as he wanted to keep this a private affair. Being a Malik , he knew about the ups and downs of being in the limelight all the time and he didn't wanted to take any chances. Even in the office front they had a typical- boss-employee relationship. Riddhima respected his decision as even she didn't want her co-workers to treat her differently. Time passed by and then it was just one week left for her marriage. The glow on her face of being a bride was clearly visible but as the saying goes "all good things come to an end" , it happened with her- just a week before her marriage, she got the biggest shock of her life- Rahul Malik his would be husband married his childhood sweet heart ' Muskaan in a temple. The news came like a shock to her as she heard her parents and his mom talking about it as she stood at the stairs. Her dreams of getting married and starting a happily married life broke into pieces as her head started spinning and she dropped down to the floor felling into darkness. When she opened her eyes, she found herself on the hospital bed with a glucose needle attached to her hand. She opened her eyes weakly thinking what she heard was a dream- but the look on her mom face as she saw her red eyes told her everything.

"mom.." hugging her mom, she broke down completely as tears rolled out from her eyes. She looked outside and saw her dad standing at the door, looking at her with concern. Even his mom was standing beside him. Although her dad wasn't crying she knew he was crying from inside. His eyes told her everything. Before she could talk to him, he walked out from there leaving her with her mom.

She was discharged from the hospital after few hours. She reached home but there was no sign of her dad. She tried asking her mom about dad but even she had no idea. They tried calling his cell phone but every time the reply was same "the no. you are trying to call is currently switched off". It was midnight and they were sitting in the living room waiting for him, the door opened and he entered the home. His red eyes and tear strained face told her everything. He wasn't the strong dad anymore, instead stood in front of her a weak person who was fighting with his destiny. His hands were tied as couldn't do anything for his own daughter. She tried putting a brave face in front of them but her eyes didn't helped her and she ran to her room and locked herself, not wanting to trouble her parent's anymore.

She cried the whole night thinking why? Why did he do this to he?. What was her fault? He was the one who came up with the proposal. He taught her the meaning to love then why ? just to break it into pieces. What had she done to deserve this. There were too many questions in her mind but there was no one to answer them. This wasn't the end. Next day she got a call from Armaan Malik telling her to meet him. She was in no mood to talk to him or anybody but he came to her house and took permission from her parents. She had no option left but to go with him as she could never say 'no' to her parents.

He took her outside and tried talking to her but she was least interested. It was only coz of her parent's that she agreed to talk to him. Although she knew that it wasn't his fault coz rahul didn't told anyone about marrying muskaan, it was only after he left the country he called them and told them. But after what all happened, she wanted to stay away from the Malik's as far as away. She didn't wish to keep any relation with them.

"riddhima, it's for our own good" he tried explaining to her as calmly as he could.

"do you have any idea what you are talking about Mr. Malik. After what your brother did to me, my family you expect me to say yes. How could you even think of something like that? What do you think that I am some kind of machine that will work according to you".

"listen riddhima I am not here to argue with you, even I am not interested in this. I am doing this for my family. For me my family matters the most, honestly, I was never really happy with this alliance from the beginning itself. It was only coz of rahul I was tolerating you but now it's a matter of my family prestige. I won't let you or any one spoil it, even if it means marrying you." he replied. Frustration and anger were clearly visible in his voice, something he was trying very hard to control. Knowing very well she won't agree , he went ahead with plan B.

"I guess I have no other option left" he said and before she could react, he pulled her closer to him and cupping her face in his hands kissed her forcefully not giving her any time to react. By the time she realized what was happening it was too late. They were surrounded by reporter and cameramen's flashing their cameras. She looked at him who was standing beside her, looking at her with hatred that he had hidden behind the mask- the mask of happiness. She tried pushing him but couldn't as she felt his hand wrapped around her shoulder as they were surrounded by reporters.

The reporters bombarded them with question- how they met, how long they have known each other, are they engaged or not?, when is the marriage fixed?. Armaan replied to each and every question cleverly as if everything is fine between them, telling them that they'll be getting married after three days. Riddhima standing beside him was still in a state of shock as for her, her parent's matter the most and right now she needed to talk to them.

After answering all the Questions, he held her hand and took her towards his car.Pushing her in the passenger seat, he sat in the driver's seat and sped off before anyone could chase them.

Gripping her hand he took her inside the farm house and closed the door as he pushed her on the sofa.

"so what were you saying?" he asked. He wasn't one of those guys who like hearing "no". Since childhood he got what he wished for and this time too he was doing the same. He wanted to marry riddhima not for himself but for conditions his parents and grand dad kept in front of him. Rahul was supposed to marry her but he left the moment he came to know that muskaan is pregnant with his child. He can't leave her alone and he knew that if he stayed here, his parents will force him to marry her. They never liked muskaan from the start and even though he was never happy with this proposal, he agreed for the conditions his family laid in front of him and his brother. But after knowing the truth he had no option left but to marry muskaan. He left the country without telling anyone not even Armaan. When his parent's got to know about the marriage, they disowned rahul from their property and Armaan was left with no other choice but to marry her. Armaan never really liked Riddhima from the start- He never believed in the concept of love and marriage. For him, business was everything and he marrying her was nothing more then a part of the business.

"Mr. Malik how dare you?. What do you think of yourself? Just coz you have the power and money you can't make others work according to you. Your brother has already humiliated me and my family and you expect me to marry you?" she screamed on his face. how is she going to show her face to her parents. She knew that by now her parents must have seen them on the news.

"Enough Riddhima . I am not saying anything that doesn't mean you have the right to say anything. I know what rahul did was wrong and my family is sorry to but I can't let that affect my family prestige. My mom wants us to get married and I can't say no to her, it's as simple as that.

" so you want me to marry you coz your mom wants. And what about me? What if I don't want to get married? What are you gonna do then? humiliate me or worse you'll kill me right. Do whatever you want to, I don't care. My answer is still no and no one can change it not even you or your mother" she walked past him pushing him aside. She and her family were still coping up with rahul's betrayal and armaan who doesn't even like her came to her house, kissed her forcefully in front of the whole world and wants her to marry him.

"well..well..well'I am impressed riddhima. you are ready to sacrifice your life .tch'tch,..tch...but you know what, making your life a hell or humiliating you won't make any difference to me. I am thinking of something big. How about your parent's and you have a brother too..right. I guess you wouldn't like seeing your brother'"She stopped in her tracks. She turned around slowly as she saw him relaxing on the sofa with a smirk on his face challenging her to leave the room.

"you wouldn't do that." She said as she walked towards him and grabbed his collar "you won't" she yelled at his face..

"try me riddhima" he said releasing his collar from her hand. "I can do anything and no one's gonna find out. You have already seen the trailer." He said touching his lips with his thumb.

"And if I am not wrong, the pictures must have already been splashed on the television screen 'Armaan Malik- the most eligible bachelor of the city getting married to Riddhima Gupta'. So the choice is yours. Either marry me or be ready to lose your family for ever." He said which sounded more like an ultimatum to her. Riddhima looked at him and knew he was telling the truth, there was no denying that he can't do that. He had money and power whereas she was nobody in front of him. At one side was her self-respect and the other side was her family. Marrying him means losing her self-respect; she won't be able to look at herself. On the other side was her family, which meant the world to her, how is she gonna live without them. She can't let her family suffer coz of her. It was her who said yes to marriage. Her parent's never forced her. it was entirely her decision so why should they pay the price of something they haven't done. No she can't be that selfish. If this is the only way left to take her family out of this mess, she'll do this not for her but for her family.

"I think everything is clear now and you have no problem with the marriage anymore." He said looking at riddhima who stood in front of him like a statue. He knew he had played his cards too well in front of her to back out. He knew that for woman like riddhima ' her parent's happiness is more important then hers. "I guess it's time for the big announcement." He said as took out the cell from his pocket. He talked to his mom telling her about the marriage and they should start the preparation.

He took her to his house and told her parent's about them getting married. Her parent's were in shock at her decision. They even asked her if she is taking this decision under some pressure to which she replied "no dad, I think armaan is the one for me. His brother left me that doesn't mean he is like him. I know the circumstances under which we are getting married but I genuinely like him and when he proposed to me I couldn't say no" she said as she tried to put a normal face in front of them. She knew it will be difficult for her to make them understand but she had no choice left. Marrying him was the only option in front of her. The news of her as his fianc was already being shown as the main headlines on every news channel and reporters were standing in front of her house to catch a glimpse of her. In just a couple of hours she was being treated as a celebrity. Everyone wanted to know about her, her family, her background. Now that everything was going according to armaan's wish, he had made sure that there was ample security around her house. Not a single outsider was allowed to enter the house without any valid permission. As soon as the news of her getting married spread across the city, there was no end to the calls. Her relatives, far-distant cousins who never really talked to her all these years wanted a piece of the cake.

Finally the day of her wedding arrived, everything was going the same way it was planned except instead of getting married to rahul, she was sitting beside armaan as his bride. The marriage ceremony took place and they took blessings from their elders. She wasn't a Gupta anymore but Malik. Bidaai took place and now she is standing in front of the mirror looking at herself thinking about her future, her life which for her nothing more then a joke. Her life isn't her anymore. The moment she agreed to marry him, the real riddhima died.

"click" wiping the tears from her cheeks, she looked at the door as she saw him entering the room. He looked at her and without saying a single word walked towards the cupboard. Taking out his night-clothes he went towards the bathroom and giving a side-glance, he entered the bathroom, kicking the door really hard making her jump in fright. Riddhima stood still at the same-spot by the time he came out of the bathroom after a shower. He looked at her and saw her standing at the same position looking at him, there was no expression on her face. Even though , she knew that armaan won't cross his limits there was still a part of her heart that was scared of facing him.

He walked closer to her, making her move backwards, fear clearly visible on her face. She stopped as she felt the wall behind her. She tried moving out but couldn't as she felt saw his hands on both sides of the wall, blocking her. She closed her eyes, sighing as she felt his intense gaze on her. And Then'''''

To be continue..

Okay so this is part 2, hope you all enjoyed it, looking forward to your views..

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