Chapter-9
"ohh.. nice to meet you gaurav⦠and by the way , I am her fianc ⦠Reyaansh Singhania" he extended his hand for a handshake⦠gaurav felt the ground under his feet shaken, so its him ā¦he looked at reys hand ,looking directly into his eyes , locked his palm in a handshakeā¦.
He took his hand and made his step to taani's room when he felt a strong hold on his upper arm from the back ⦠he turned back , it was rey... " sorry gaurav , but you cant meet her now , ummā¦., she is getting dressed ā¦"
Gaurav stood still for a second and then said " ohh.. I am sorry , I will wait" he said and moved towards the wall.. rey smiled and walked pastā¦.
"fianc??" he thought " I came here to tell taani that I am not ready for the marriage ⦠but I ended up declaring I am her fianc ???!!" he scratched his head "whats happening rey ??? " he thought as he walked down the stairs and made his way out of the haveli towards his building
Beep ⦠beep ⦠his face lit up seeing kria 's name flashing on the screen of his phone
"hey good morning sweetheart ā¦" he said gleefully
" good morning baby" she said " when are you coming back??"
" coming back???[he giggled ]⦠why you miss me that much kria??"
"whats there to question in that rey??"
" aww don't get sad my darling I will be back today evening itself ā¦.wapas ⦠tumhare pass" he said softly ⦠his voice expressing his love for her
"come back soon rey.. miss u badly ⦠acha ab rekhti hu, I have to go now ⦠miss u babyā¦."
"miss u too sweetheart ā¦" he cut the call with a soft smile and walked the road to his building ā¦
Mumbai
" that was pefect dialogue delivery!!!"rishab gave an evil laugh and kria lifted her brows in victory
"he is gonna get suffocated in love ā¦.bus ab mujhe sirf us din ka intezar hai jab rey vo dance academy k papers mujhe denge" she said with an evil glare and composed herself in rishab's armsā¦
Jodhpur
Gaurav leaned to the wall looking outside when he heard the door open behind him⦠he turned to look towards that side ā¦she lifted her lehanga a little and put her first step outside the doorā¦his gaze fell on her wheatish feet which was adorned by he payal⦠the red jerry work of the lehanga 's bottom that seemed to be an umbrella over themā¦she came outside and closed the door behind her ⦠her back facing himā¦. Her long silky curls which were neatly combed and pinned ⦠the small jingling pieces on her ear which moved along with her movesā¦she turned around now he could see her face ⦠she bent down once more checking the pins of her duppatta , arranging the flows of her lehanga.. she looked like a goddess ā¦.he couldn't take his eyes of her ā¦.she lifted her head and was to take a step forward when she found him standing there ⦠she gave a beautiful smileā¦..he closed his eyes ā¦ā¦her smile ā¦. He was drowned in them ⦠"guarav⦠tum yahaanā¦" she smiled widely and lifted her lehanga on either sides a little and sprinted towards him.. she stood in front of him smiling ā¦. He couldn't take his eyes off her .. his beats were racing fast⦠"gaurav ⦠kaisi lag rahi hu mein??" she circled one round smiling widely ..holding her lehanga like that⦠her eyes twinkling⦠her face shining in happiness⦠he couldn't answer anything⦠what should he say ⦠he was dumb now ⦠she frowned seeing him mum .. she poked him on his chest with one finger, with a cute angry frown "why are you mum huhhh??" she gave a cute angry glare ⦠"kya mein achi nahi lag rahi hoon"she made a puppy face ⦠he couldn't hold but smile seeing her innocent cute expression
"achi nahi ⦠bohot zyada achi lag rahi hai" he said , and smiled ⦠she also smiled ā¦
"acha ek baat bata , purvi aur rohan nahi aye ??" she asked
"they are coming, I just came a bit early" he replied
"acha , to chalo , neeche chalte hai" she smiled and was about to walk when he held her wrist from behind⦠she turned back, looking at his grip on her wrist and then to his face with a doubtful expression, indirectly asking "what happened "
"vo taani⦠I am sorryā¦" he said leaving her hand , drooping his head
" she walked towards him and stood in his front " sorry??? Lekin kis baat k liye gaurav??"
He lifted his head and looked into her eyes"I bursted all nonsense on you in the rehersal hall andā¦"before he could complete
" no gaurav, actually it was my fault ,and there is no need that you say sorry⦠I was a bit over tensed , that I forgot about your condition⦠actually its me who should say sorry" she said softly looking into his eyes
" no taaniā¦" again before he could say anything she started
" chodo na yaar , what s this sorry and all.. aur waise bhi this sorry and all doesn't suit your akdu type character okkā¦so leave it!!" she smiled mischeviously and he too had tooā¦
" oh ho ā¦here you go with that killer smile of gaurav for which girls make que's ⦠but only I am lucky to see that" she giggled mischeviously ⦠he gave a tap on her head ⦠"ok ab chalo neeche chalte hai"she said with a smile
"ohh someone is really impatient now" he said with a naughty smirk to tease her .. she blushed but hiding her blush pulled him on his upper arm " chalooo"⦠he looked at her hold on his upper arm as the descended the stairs ā¦.
They entered the hall which was fully decorated with flowers and lights and diya's ā¦taani stood near gaurav , both gazing the room from one side to another
just then .." taaaniii" purvi gave a shrieking call as she came running and hugged taani ⦠taani shuddered all off a sudden hearing the shriek but then tapped purvi seeing her ā¦
" kya yaar dara diya na meri express ko??" gaurav asked purvi smiling playfully,hiding his grief within himself and smiling .. rohan looked at gaurav doubtfully , his glance asked gaurav why he didn't tell taani?...but gurav quickly looked aside not able to face rohanā¦
"oyee ab ye teri express nahi ⦠kisi aur ki hai .. samjhe!!!" purvi made a face as she felt she delivered a winning dialogue⦠and then started chit chat with taani as they walked leaving the boys behind
"gaurav tu taani ko kyu nahi bataya huhhh ???" rohan went to gaurav
"how will I tell .. cant you see how happy she is ā¦"gaurav galred at rohan⦠just then there was a buzz that the groom's side had arrived and all went to the door .. trisha and purvi ran towards the door⦠gaurav felt his throat dry,closing his eyes, tightening his fistā¦. Earning strength to face what was going on⦠purvi looked at them smilingly and signaled with her palm asking them to come to the entrance ⦠gaurav and rohan managed to smile and signaled her that they are comingā¦
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All had gone to the entrance of the haveli to receive the boy's party ⦠taani stood near the stage where the ring exchange was to take place ā¦. Her eyes travelled from the decorated chairs to the taal's to the flowers to the diyas and finally to the taal with a beautiful golden ringā¦. Her hazel eye balls reflected the blaze of the ring ⦠she stood smiling
"ansh eh sab kya haiā¦" a twelve year old taani pouted
" re mujhe kya pata ⦠mujhe kyu pooch rahi hai"ansh gave an angry wave ⦠feeling irritated at the boring family fuction
"ansh vo dekho rings ā¦" her eyes twinkled
" ha to mujhe kya ⦠mujhe in sab faltu cheezon mein koi interest nahi" he said angrily and turned his face expressing that he isn't interested in her talks
Now taani was really angry " agar tujhe mujhse baat karne mein koi interest nahi hai to mujhe yahan keech ke kyu layi ā¦.mein apne kamre mein teek thi .. hmmm" she frowned angrily and stamped her feet and moved from the place a little .. standing two steps away from him , making an angry face and looking at him through the corner of her eyesā¦ansh quickly darted to her side and stood by her left side ⦠she moved two steps again to her left to express her anger and he moved again towards her right ⦠they continued this until taani bumbed onto her daadi and fell down.. ansh couldn't help but chuckle at taani lying on the floor about to cryā¦but this time she didn't cry , this time she was angry .. she managed to get up and leaned to him with a revenge full face and said "zyada smile mat kar , jab mein teri biwi banungi na to tere chai mein namak milake de doongi tujhe " she blew a small puff of air outside feeling victorius at her answer ⦠he blazed in anger now " mein tumse shadi nahi karunga, samjhi !!!" he barked into her ear ⦠" tujhe karna hoga ⦠nahi to papa tujhe ghar se nikalenge " she smiled naughtily again feeling her victory ⦠"nahi .. tu dekhna .. mein nahi karunga "he marched from the place
She smiled as she placed her curls behind her earā¦soon the family and friends enterd along with rey , his dad and mom..her ma, daadi ,chaachu , chaachi all were busy talking to rey and his family.. trisha nad purvi stood by the side passing silly comments and chuckling while gaurav and rohan stood on the other sides , silently participating⦠she continued looking at him⦠he has changed a lot ā¦. A soft smile adorned her lips⦠she remembered the naughty, stubborn, ansh with careless mushy hair and angry look⦠she continued looking at him⦠his hair, his choclaty brown eyes, short stubble, short smile,broad chest, stiff figureā¦her eyes were fixed on himā¦he felt a gaze pulling him, he turned to the direction from which he felt it, his eyes caught sight of her ⦠she still continued looking at him with a smile ā¦he cuved his brows , and arranged his collar nervously.. her smile widened seeing his actionā¦.she kept looking at him with a smile
"ansh beta e angooti taani ko pehnavo" rajshri said to an angry ansh
An angry ansh snatched the ring from his mothers hand and pushed it roughly onto her tender finger "ahhh" she left a small cryā¦she glared at him angrilyā¦while he gave a naughty grin seeing her in pain.. she took the ring from her mother and pushed it onto his finger with double force so that it hurts his knuckles.. he left an "ahh" and she was relieved..and passd a similar grin which he had some minutes backā¦
She couldn't help but smile remembering those days ⦠" taani" purvi jerked her " kya soch rahi ho???⦠dekho maa bula rahi hai tujhe" purvi pointed to the direction where taani 's mother stood .. taani walked to the palce where all had gathered for the ring exchangeā¦she looked at her friends who stood by the side , purvi was already super excited for her best friends engagement, she winked her eyes, rohan stood by her side smiling at purvi's antics ā¦. She looked onto gauravā¦he placed his palm on his heart and then raised his thumb slowly wishing her all the bestā¦.she smiled , he smiled and winked his eyesā¦
She stood by her ma's sideā¦she wanted to look at him but she couldn't ā¦but she could feel his gaze on her , they were so intense that even without her knowledge it added a reddish glow to her soft cheeks.. she smiled softly and slowly lifted her head to look at him, as soon as she looked he looked to the other side ⦠she felt awkwardā¦why did he turn his face???..he started talking with her chaachu,ignoring her gaze completely⦠she managed to hide her awkwardness by a smile ⦠her ma gave her the ring to wear him.. she looked upto him.. his face looked blank without a smile.. what happened ??? she questioned herself⦠he wasn't like this few minutes before ⦠I could feel his gaze , but now why he look deflated ā¦.he doesn't seem happy!!!.. she was brought out of her trance by trisha's nudge "dii don't make jeeju wait so long⦠jaldi pehnavo na ring " trisha giggled .. taani smiled at her sisters comment.. she extended the ring forward to wear him , with a soft beautiful smileā¦. Slowly she put the ring on his finger , her eyes twinkling, her cheeks red,her lips formed the most beautiful and innocent smile⦠she looked into his eyes , her hazel eye balls reflected immense love and affection and they were searching for the same from his deep brown ballsā¦but now they seemed blank ⦠it was not like this when they met in the morningā¦but then now what happened ⦠she however managed to smile.. as she looked at her family and friends clapping happily for her ā¦
His ma gave him the ring for her and asked him to wear it on her finger ā¦he extended the ring forward , looking down to his left sideā¦she looked at him doubtfully, why isn't he looking at her??? He extended the ring and pushed it on her finger "shhh"she left a soft cry.. it hurt her knuckle⦠but it was soo feeble that only he could hear it in between the sound of claps ⦠all were happy and clappingā¦.suddenly he looked to her finger and then to her face.. she hid her pain and smiled expecting his but then turned his face and left the scene along with the others who left the place ⦠taani stood looking at his retreating back ⦠all were happy talking to each other .. her family, friends and allā¦. "taani show me the ringā¦" purvi came and pulled her palm to bring her out of the trance ā¦" wooww.. its so beautiful.." purvi started her chatter about the ring and rey , his look and all ⦠but taani was somewhere else .. her eyes were still on his retreating back⦠her eyes followed him, walking out of the house with the phoneā¦
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Precap:
A servant in the mansion came to rey " saab ji ,e chitti us admi ne diya hai..aapko dene k liye".. he handed a piece of paper to rey.. rey frowned ā¦as he leaned to see the man who gave it.. but he could only see the man's back ā¦he opened the paper
"she is pure like fireā¦ā¦. ,
serene like waterā¦ā¦,
patient like earthā¦ā¦..,
strong like the windā¦ā¦,
and has no fake cover like the sky ⦠"
don't ever dare to hurt her !!!!...else you will have to pay for it Mr Reyaansh Singhania⦠mark my words!!!!
I am so sorry for being late .. I have an exam this Saturday , its an important one , a common entrance test.. that's y ā¦please don't be angry with me ⦠hope u liked the update ⦠I am gonna rush this ff next weekš as the story is nowhere even near its start ā¦. The real track starts after marriageš.. so I will rush it next week
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